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Evidence of Political Interference in Village Councils Elections

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Evidence of Political Interference in Village Councils Elections

Ministers of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Sydney Allicock, and Valerie Garrido-Lowe are calling out the Parliamentary Opposition for blatantly disregarding the Amerindian Act 2006 and interfering...

Sparse turnout for Lindo Creek church service

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sparse turnout for Lindo Creek church service

On Wednesday afternoon at 2PM, the families of the eight murdered Lindo Creek miners held a church service in memory of the victims ten years after their death. It was held at the Brickdam Cathedral....

It is not over until the court decides

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on It is not over until the court decides

A number of Guyanese are confused over the implications of the decision of Venezuela not to participate in the case brought by Guyana and which is concerned with the validity of the 1899 Arbitral...

Substance abuse intervention for Lusignan inmates

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Substance abuse intervention for Lusignan inmates

Inmates of the Lusignan Prison are currently benefitting from a three-day substance prevention programme. The programme is being executed by the Ministry of Social Protection, Probation and Social...

Guyanese among six charged with 800 pounds marijuana plot in Barbados

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese among six charged with 800 pounds marijuana plot in Barbados

Barbados (Barbados Today)- Despite being offered bail, six men, including a teenager, have been remanded to Dodds on a number of offences connected to $1.5 million in drugs. Raoul Hardat Singh, 54,...

Suddie hospital receives new generator

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Suddie hospital receives new generator

The Suddie Regional Hospital, Region Two, received a new 2,000-Amp Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) and a 750 KVA Caterpillar Generator unit to boost the delivery of its service. The items were...

Caribbean Premier League matches confirmed for Guyana

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Premier League matches confirmed for Guyana

By Zaheer Mohamed Dubbed the biggest party in sport, the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will be staging at least five matches in Guyana this year. Local cricket lovers can now breathe a sigh of...

Desmond Sears is new PSC Chairman

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Desmond Sears is new PSC Chairman

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Marriott Hotel elected Desmond Sears, Chairman. Sears served as Vice Chairman of the Commission for the last...

Is the Venezuela refugee crisis a Maduro ruse?

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Venezuela refugee crisis a Maduro ruse?

DEAR EDITOR, A strange and troubling situation is developing in which people fleeing from Venezuela are coming here and claiming to be citizens of Guyana. The media recently reported that 70 such...

Abusive Babu Jaan man burns home down, attempts to kill wife

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Abusive Babu Jaan man burns home down, attempts to kill wife

A woman is now fearful for her life after her ex-husband of 28 years attempted to kill her at her home yesterday in Babu Jaan, Port Mourant. He later set her home on fire and escaped. Injured is...

Time for forensic audit and criminal charges in Region 6

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for forensic audit and criminal charges in Region 6

DEAR EDITOR, In 2016, when the Auditor’s General Report was presented in the National Assembly , it stated among other things that 79 contracts totaling $147.586 million were not awarded to the...

Case dismissed against businessman for 2012 killing of Mahaica trucker

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Case dismissed against businessman for 2012 killing of Mahaica trucker

Magistrate Wanda Fortune has dismissed murder charges against businessman Amarnauth Bhopaul for the killing of truck driver, Jadesh Dass, almost six years ago. He was discharged yesterday after...

Issue has to do with absence of fairness in process that led to hiring of GECOM DCEO

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Issue has to do with absence of fairness in process that led to hiring of GECOM DCEO

DEAR EDITOR, With respect to the controversial appointment of Roxanne Myers as Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), I’ve noticed that the defence has...

Bartica residents urged to own ‘greening’ of town …-as Climate Change C takes awareness session to Region Seven

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica residents urged to own ‘greening’ of town …-as Climate Change C takes awareness session to Region Seven

Head of the Office of Climate Change (OCC), Janelle Christian, on Wednesday charged the residents of Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) to take ownership for the Transitioning to National Energy...

Freddie Kissoon on the subject of “gonads”

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon on the subject of “gonads”

DEAR EDITOR, I fear that Mr. Freddie Kissoon was not paying attention in his Biology classes at school. Note what he writes – “The plural noun, gonads, have (sic) been used been used...

Safety and Health in the Working Environment

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Safety and Health in the Working Environment

DEAR EDITOR, Every year, led by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), on 28 April, there are International observances of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Day; and 12th June as World...

Jagdeo is not morally qualified to lecture anyone

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo is not morally qualified to lecture anyone

Dear Editor, On Monday June 19, 2018 an article was published in another section of the media, headlined “Jagdeo criticises Henry for racializing issue”, in which the opposition leader alleges...

More evidence about Jagdeo/Ramotar no rules, no integrity era

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on More evidence about Jagdeo/Ramotar no rules, no integrity era

Dear Editor, Permit me a bit of space in your publication to comment on an issue that is very current. Mr. Roy Beepat of the Giftland Mall on the East Coast has raised some pertinent questions...

Teen to stand trial for attempted murder

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Teen to stand trial for attempted murder

ineteen-year-old Calvin George of 859 Grove, East Bank Demerara was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. George is accused of attempting to murder...

When you point a finger, three others are pointing back at you

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on When you point a finger, three others are pointing back at you

DEAR EDITOR, I read an article in KN on June 20th,”The final chapter of the junk Bulldozer’. This story is centred at the heart of our failure to make any progress since independence. It is the...

GRANDMOTHERS: UNSUNG HEROES OF SOCIETY

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on GRANDMOTHERS: UNSUNG HEROES OF SOCIETY

In Guyana as in other countries, the ideal family unit comprises a father and a mother. The father is expected to provide financial security, physical protection, safety and to be a strong male...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more