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Lindo Creek CoI makes another attempt to hold public hearings

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lindo Creek CoI makes another attempt to hold public hearings

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) established to look into the 2008 deaths of eight miners at Lindo Creek, Upper Berbice region will attempt to host another public hearing. The first public hearing was...

Maybe Guyana is second only to China for cruel exploitation of labour

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Maybe Guyana is second only to China for cruel exploitation of labour

Integrated Security Services is in the news, facing serious accusations of non-payment to some of its security personnel, as reported in this newspaper two Sundays ago. I am not going to enumerate...

Two more successful kidney transplant surgeries completed at GPHC

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Two more successful kidney transplant surgeries completed at GPHC

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] has added two more successful transplant surgeries to its Kidney Transplant programme. The two latest cases are those of 28-year-old Richard...

Pregnant woman remanded for attempted murder

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant woman remanded for attempted murder

A pregnant mother of six who allegedly dealt a man several stabs about his body with a broken beer bottle was yesterday remanded to prison on an attempted murder charge. Thirty-one-year-old Vanessa...

The Bigger Question beyond Gun Control: Why are school children killing school children?

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Bigger Question beyond Gun Control: Why are school children killing school children?

Education must not be shunned in any gun control conversation. Deeper questions must be asked regarding why the shootings are happening in schools. Oh say can you see the frightening statistics from...

Taxi found burnt on Number 63 Beach after “hijacked” by female

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi found burnt on Number 63 Beach after “hijacked” by female

A taxi driver and Community Policing Group (CPG) member of Corentyne, Berbice yesterday found his car completely burnt on the Number 63 Beach after he was reportedly robbed. Thirty-two year-old...

Sealey had absolutely nothing to do with publication of letter

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sealey had absolutely nothing to do with publication of letter

Dear Sir, Reference is hereby made to the above caption as it relates to: “Justice delayed is justice denied” Guyana Chronicle- 14-02-18 by R. Trim. It has been brought to my attention that an...

The Mash route has a lot to do with the crowd

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Mash route has a lot to do with the crowd

Dear Editor, I ventured out to witness the Guyana Mash Celebrations 2018 to capture my ‘Kodak Moments’ and my first point of placement was the National Park because I am almost certain...

Open Letter to the President through the Editor.

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open Letter to the President through the Editor.

26th February, 2018 His Excellency Mr. David Granger President of the Republic of Guyana Ministry of the Presidency New Garden Street, Georgetown Dear Sir, The Head of the Scrap Metal Unit at the...

Minister Holder cannot shirk

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Holder cannot shirk

Dear Editor, The GAWU has recognized from reports appearing in several sections of the media that Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder, informed that GuySuCo is no longer under his charge following the...

EDITOR GREETINGS: This is what the Authorities and General Public need to know.

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on EDITOR GREETINGS: This is what the Authorities and General Public need to know.

When I saw the Captions “Judging Rules were not observed in Senior Panorama Competition” and “The Judging was unfair” in two of our daily newspapers with a complaint lodged...

Focus on how Oil Revenue will be spent

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Focus on how Oil Revenue will be spent

Editor, At this point, it’s probably reasonable to conclude that there are several deficiencies with the Exxon contract that should be remedied when the opportunity presents itself in the future....

One World, One Human Race is that for which We, People of African Descent, Should be Working.

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on One World, One Human Race is that for which We, People of African Descent, Should be Working.

Dear Editor, As this Black History month, February 2018, draws to a close, in this the fourth year of the UN proclaimed decade (2015 to 2024) for “People of African Descent”, I hasten to yield to...

WE MUST PUT DR. SHAHABUDDEEN IN CONTEXT

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on WE MUST PUT DR. SHAHABUDDEEN IN CONTEXT

Dear Editor, The great philosophers remind us that, “if we forget the lessons of the past, we shall be condemned to repeat them.” Now that we have all collectively and formally paid our tributes...

Guyana records marked reduction in TB – Minister Cummings

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records marked reduction in TB – Minister Cummings

Guyana has seen a marked reduction in the number of tuberculosis cases and the Public Health Ministry has been making this laudable development known. Speaking at a recent forum, Minister within the...

Economic Revolution

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Economic Revolution

Dear Editor: The political leadership in Guyana should have adopted the old Chinese adage which says; PLAN THE END OF THE ROAD BEFORE YOU START IT. If this was done, the calamity we now see would not...

City Hall must produce the plans for housing in some areas

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall must produce the plans for housing in some areas

Dear Editor, Of recent, there has been much ado, and quite justifiably so, about a vulgar attempt at land grabbing by the Town Clerk of Georgetown. First, there was the issue whereby residents of...

Union stresses importance of non-salary compensation for teachers

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Union stresses importance of non-salary compensation for teachers

The public education system has been thriving even in the face of many challenges, some of which have the potential of impacting the performances of pupils and students alike. But teachers have...

The police need behavioural centres

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police need behavioural centres

Dear Editor In a report appearing in Kaieteur News, February, 19, 2018, Crime Chief, Paul Williams was quoted as stating that the main suspect in the recent series of carjacking was a policeman....

Unlicensed shotgun found under farmer’s bed

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Unlicensed shotgun found under farmer’s bed

Police have arrested a 39-year-old farmer of Siparuta Village, Corentyne, East Berbice for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Based on intelligence, ranks visited the location at about...

North West miner accused of raping girl, 6

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on North West miner accused of raping girl, 6

A miner yesterday made an appearance before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he faced a charge of rape, allegedly committed on a six-year-old female...

Substantive changes were made to aspects of the 1980 Constitution

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Substantive changes were made to aspects of the 1980 Constitution

It is amazing the levels of misunderstanding and ignorance which exist about the Constitution of Guyana. In recent days, for example, the constitutional ‘experts’ on social media blogs have been...

PRACTICING DIRTY POLITICS

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PRACTICING DIRTY POLITICS

The government is midway through its five-year mandate which means that general elections are two and a half years away. Notwithstanding the history of such elections in Guyana, it is often a...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more