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Teen bandit escaped from station by ‘picking’ shackles

Nov 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teen bandit escaped from station by ‘picking’ shackles

-reportedly linked to at least four robberies Dominique Charles, who was recaptured on Wednesday following his escape from the Kitty Police Station, is likely to be charged with at least three armed...

CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING IN AMERICA

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING IN AMERICA

Guyana reels under the impact of the United States in every arena. For one, young Guyana celebrates every American holiday with gusto. Even the language of young Guyana is now American. Who can...

Vibert Parvatan remembers Idris Deen

Nov 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Vibert Parvatan remembers Idris Deen

Idris Deen will always be remembered as a strong-willed person who sincerely held on to his convictions and was eloquent and articulate in expressing his views, said his friend, Vibert...

St. John’s Association receives donation from Malta’s Ambassador

Nov 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on St. John’s Association receives donation from Malta’s Ambassador

Receiving a very handy tool that will be used to save the lives of Guyanese yesterday was the St. John’s Association of Guyana. The automated external defibrillator is a tool that is used to...

The idea of Guyana: Notepads and derelict fridges

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The idea of Guyana: Notepads and derelict fridges

Prime Minister of St. Vincent, Ralph Gonsalves in 2014 did an analysis titled, “The Idea of Barbados.” His analysis was published in Barbados Today and attracted widespread academic response....

70-plus proposals for investments in GuySuCo received

Nov 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 70-plus proposals for investments in GuySuCo received

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, on Wednesday evening, announced that the government has received more than 70 unsolicited Expressions of Interest from investors, who are interested in turning...

Schools are love nests

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Schools are love nests

Perhaps, it is the company that I keep or the generation to which I belong. But I have known of more teachers marrying their former students than students who married former school mates. It was not...

In wake of Chinese donation…CPCE Principal anticipates more interest in Science

Nov 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on In wake of Chinese donation…CPCE Principal anticipates more interest in Science

The education sector will, in the near future be furnished with seven trained science teachers from the Cyril Potter College of Education [CPCE]. Another 15 trained teachers will follow subsequently,...

Buried body of cane harvester to be exhumed for autopsy

Nov 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Buried body of cane harvester to be exhumed for autopsy

The body of Reginald Ramswamey, 46, a former cane harvester at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will be exhumed on Monday for a Post Mortem Examination to be conducted by Government...

Argument over wife earns Itaballi porter 20 years in jail

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Argument over wife earns Itaballi porter 20 years in jail

A man was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment, after he appeared before a Judge and a Jury in the Suddie Supreme Court on Thursday. Arthur Taylor, of Itaballi, Mazaruni, was found guilty by the...

The appointment of the GECOM chairman is justified

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The appointment of the GECOM chairman is justified

DEAR EDITOR, For the appointment of this chairman, lists of six persons had to be presented to the president so that the opposition and the president could find common ground in appointing a suitable...

This unhealthy alliance is untenable

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on This unhealthy alliance is untenable

DEAR EDITOR, The United Republican Party (URP) has long argued that Local Government should be separate and distinct from the Central Government. It allows for independence of thought, plans and...

Tinkering with the Constitution

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tinkering with the Constitution

DEAR EDITOR, I was never one of those people who are in favour of tinkering with The Guyana Constitution to suit our own needs. However, when PNC Forbes Burnham and PPP Bharrat Jagdeo are deemed to...

Exploitation by teachers cannot be justified

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exploitation by teachers cannot be justified

DEAR EDITOR, If the comments attributed to HM, Mrs. Winifred Ellis are true, then she ought to do the right thing and resign immediately as she would be unfit for that position. Blaming and shaming...

A report card on the Mayor’s performance

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A report card on the Mayor’s performance

DEAR EDITOR, With the elections for the Mayor of Georgetown looming large and with the incumbent’s second term swiftly coming to an end, I feel compelled to issue a report card on her performance...

And the children shall lead them

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on And the children shall lead them

DEAR EDITOR, It is encouraging that a few Bishops’ High School (BHS) alumni have dared to confront the totally abhorrent cultures of wilful blindness, and silence, in the face of all sorts of...

Will the AFC and the Coalition survive this email onslaught?

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will the AFC and the Coalition survive this email onslaught?

DEAR EDITOR, No one can rationally dispute that emails, whether hacked, leaked, deleted or concealed, played a formidable role in determining the Presidency of the most powerful nation on earth, USA,...

The disturbing case of ‘membership in the deviated sect’

Nov 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The disturbing case of ‘membership in the deviated sect’

DEAR EDITOR, We recently learned that six Baha’i citizens from Iran were sentenced to a combined total of eighteen years imprisonment, on charges of membership in the Baha’i Community. We are...