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UG on course to addressing ‘REP’ problem – Vice Chancellor

Aug 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG on course to addressing ‘REP’ problem – Vice Chancellor

Faced with a “REP” problem for a protracted period, the University of Guyana [UG] is in desperate need of redemption. The way has already been paved for this renaissance but the problem must be...

I encounter slime eels daily; yes every day

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I encounter slime eels daily; yes every day

In my Monday column, with the heading, “Slimy eels that crawled out of the gutter of dictatorship,” I applied the term slimy eels to those newly born columnists, commentators, newspaper...

Girl, 16, shot on her way from church

Aug 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 16, shot on her way from church

Investigations are ongoing concerning an incident that took place last Sunday evening around 20:30hrs (08:30pm) when a 16-year-old was shot. At the time she was accompanied by her parents and...

130 teachers benefit from overseas training

Aug 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 130 teachers benefit from overseas training

One hundred and thirty teachers from across Guyana are set to benefit from a four-day workshop organized by School of the Nations in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. The workshop, which...

Ministry rolls out training for Mabaruma HEYS facilitators

Aug 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry rolls out training for Mabaruma HEYS facilitators

Seventy-four facilitators from 39 villages are currently being trained in the Mabaruma Sub-district, Region One for the second phase of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Flagship youth...

To think I once preferred Ralph Ramkarran

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on To think I once preferred Ralph Ramkarran

Dear Editor, I was shocked by the content of a letter in this column entitled. “Ralph Ramkarran will never apologize to inferior quality” written by a T Karran. Firstly, Mr Harris was attacked...

Reduction of class sizes could dispel need for corporal punishment – RCC

Aug 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Reduction of class sizes could dispel need for corporal punishment – RCC

If moves are made to review how education is delivered, particularly in the public education system, the issue of corporal punishment is not likely to be brought into question. This is the...

The Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017, an assault on press freedom

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017, an assault on press freedom

Dear Editor, In almost every policy of this Administration and in almost every Bill tabled in the National Assembly, one can easily discern some element of authoritarianism. The Broadcasting...

Guyana-Jamaica Group to sponsor Early Childhood Education Symposium

Aug 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-Jamaica Group to sponsor Early Childhood Education Symposium

The Guyana-Jamaica Friendship Association (GJFA), a non-profit organization in New York, will sponsor a Symposium and Workshops on Early Childhood Education in collaboration with the Ministry...

New Beach Authority in the pipelines for #63 Beach

Aug 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New Beach Authority in the pipelines for #63 Beach

With the Emancipation Day activities taking place across the country the Number #63 beach saw hundreds of Berbicians and Guyanese “packing up” at the beach for the day of excitement. Director of...

A fine example of the talent of local entrepreneurship

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A fine example of the talent of local entrepreneurship

Dear Editor, There are some positive things happening in Guyana that we don’t seem to hear about, or are reminded of. How many of us know that the only fully automated concrete block factory in the...

GDF rank battles for life following accident

Aug 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GDF rank battles for life following accident

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank is battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was struck down on the Bath Settlement Public Road, West Coast Berbice around...

Need for a petroleum institute to be part of UG’s curriculum

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Need for a petroleum institute to be part of UG’s curriculum

Dear Editor, There have been many comments concerning the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund with respect to the coming production of oil and gas in this country. What concerns me more is the...

Ramjattan’s future is in Trotman’s hands

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Ramjattan’s future is in Trotman’s hands

Khemraj Ramjattan, the Minister of Public Security, is likely to become the next victim of a Cabinet change. There are forces egging on the President to dismiss Mr. Ramjattan by daring the President...

Residents cry out for infrastructural work to be done in Free and Easy

Aug 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Residents cry out for infrastructural work to be done in Free and Easy

Over the years, the main roads and bridges in Free and Easy have been deteriorating and nothing has been done. Free and Easy is a village located on the West Bank of Demerara, 12 miles south of...

A mother pleads for the safety of her son in the jail

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A mother pleads for the safety of her son in the jail

Dear Editor, With all the drama of the Camp Street prison fire, jailbreak, pasture prison, tarmac prison, brick prison, Lusignan prisoners and security at war, prisoners shot etc, and still there is...

Minister Holder plans irrigation works

Aug 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Holder plans irrigation works

Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, on Monday last, assembled with the World Bank’s Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience group to discuss several vital subjects linked to climate change and...

GCCI has subtly disrespected the President

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GCCI has subtly disrespected the President

Dear Editor, The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) recently held a rather extravagant dinner for the launching of its business magazine. The Magazine focuses on the promise of oil...

Hindu pandit of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha defends himself

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hindu pandit of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha defends himself

Dear Editor, I wish to reply to an article published on 28th July, 2017 by Mr. Badree Etwaroo, Phd, referring to the Guyana Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha. I am a young Hindu priest, and member...

This type of advertising maybe misleading and should be stopped

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This type of advertising maybe misleading and should be stopped

Dear Editor, The practice of advertisers using cliches and phrases, particularly in radio and television commercials, such as: ‘Here is a breaking news alert’ or ‘Breaking news item’ or the...

Congratulations to Digicel for sponsoring football for secondary schools

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on Congratulations to Digicel for sponsoring football for secondary schools

Dear Editor, Congratulations are in order to Digicel for running off their National Secondary Schools’ Football Championship successfully once again. Even though there may have been a few...

Iran’s penal code recognizes inferior and superior humans

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Iran’s penal code recognizes inferior and superior humans

Dear Editor, Farhang Amiri, 63, was murdered outside his home on 26 September 2016 in the city of Yazd, Iran, where he and his family have long resided. A court in Yazd has recently sentenced a man...

Since Guyana neglected her, she may represent the USA

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on Since Guyana neglected her, she may represent the USA

Dear Editor, I was never wrong. Editors, you can all attest to the fact that I have penned articles which was published in the past in particular about US based Track Athlete and World Junior Silver...

African Guyanese must be equal with other communities

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on African Guyanese must be equal with other communities

Dear Editor, Up, you mighty people! With much pride in the post emancipation period Africans have sung “First of August come again.” This reminder of the struggle that finally broke the physical...

Complaints against the REO of Region 5 by Mobraikabai Amerindians

Aug 02, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Complaints against the REO of Region 5 by Mobraikabai Amerindians

Dear Editor, Residents of the Mobraikabai Amerindian village of Region 5 (Mahaica-Berbice) complained bitterly to me when I visited that village on 28-29th July, 2017 that the Regional Executive...

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