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Handle Chinese investments with care

Jun 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Handle Chinese investments with care

Dear Editor, I read with great interest a media report about Finance Minister Winston Jordan declaring to China that Guyana is open for business. Minister Jordan did a good job promoting Guyana to...

More focus must be placed on Local Content Policy – Former PSC Chairman

Jun 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on More focus must be placed on Local Content Policy – Former PSC Chairman

Former Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Eddie Boyer, wants more attention to be placed on Guyana’s second draft Local Content Policy. He said this on Thursday as he delivered his...

Looking at the GBTI financial statement

Jun 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Looking at the GBTI financial statement

Dear Sir, Commercial banks as financial intermediaries have a significant responsibility in ensuring that their actions in lending and investing the borrowed funds of depositors is done with the...

Nanny accused of burning hands of boy, 6

Jun 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Nanny accused of burning hands of boy, 6

Despite objections by Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh, Senior Magistrate Leron Daly, yesterday granted bail to the tune of $100,000 to a nanny who allegedly burnt the hands of a six-year-old boy who was...

BEWARE THE LIMITATIONS OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

Jun 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on BEWARE THE LIMITATIONS OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

Editor, I have previously written on reports about the processes used for the selection of the Deputy Chief Elections Officer; among these processes was the use of the Performance Appraisal System....

Targeting émigrés for one reason or the other

Jun 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Targeting émigrés for one reason or the other

Dear Editor, I am inspired to join the discussion by the cartoon depicting the PPP’s Gail Teixeira holding a placard proclaiming “Haitians Out!” (Sunday SN, June 17, 2018). To be fair, her...

Foreign companies exploit us

Jun 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Foreign companies exploit us

Dear Editor, Why does our country encourage foreign companies to exploit the local workers who are employed with them? This nonsense started since the days of the late L.F.S. Burnham, continued under...

Former THAG head secures top post of Caribbean tourism body

Jun 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Former THAG head secures top post of Caribbean tourism body

Barbados hotelier Patricia Affonso-Dass has taken up office as the new President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA). Karolin Troubetzkoy, the regional trade association’s...

Disappointed with the British High Commission

Jun 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disappointed with the British High Commission

Dear Editor, The recent speech by British Ambassador to Guyana was a great disappointment to this Nation at the Queen’s Birthday Party on 14 June, 2018. He mentioned a lot of good things about...

Freddie Kissoon’s ‘Here is a piece of Guyana for you’

Jun 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon’s ‘Here is a piece of Guyana for you’

Dear Editor, Freddie, as much as it is almost certain that my comments will not get inked, I will still foolhardily press on! (I still think this inviting comment is not genuine as hardly any...

GECOM must deliver free and fair Election

Jun 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM must deliver free and fair Election

Dear Editor, Recognizing the many negative attributes and the delicate electoral systems that exist at GECOM, it is critical to ensure that the future electoral process in Guyana is politically free,...

Is a mobile counseling unit the best option?

Jun 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is a mobile counseling unit the best option?

Dear Editor, If counseling is already available in each region, as recently pointed out by Chief Education Officer, Marcel Hutson, shouldn’t the Ministry of Education ensure that all parents are...

STANDING BY REFUGEES

Jun 23, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on STANDING BY REFUGEES

This year’s World Refugee Day, celebrated on Wednesday last, marked the 67th anniversary of the 1951 Convention on Refugees status by the United Nations (UN). The UN defines refugees as people...