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Assault of Trinidadian Soca artiste trial continues

Sep 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Assault of Trinidadian Soca artiste trial continues

The trial involving Maverick De Abreu, 25, who is charged for wounding popular soca artiste, Rodney ‘Benjai’ Le Blanc is winding down. De Abreu of Lot 66 Broad and Alexander Streets, Charlestown,...

Sarah Johanna residents want their village back on the map.

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarah Johanna residents want their village back on the map.

Sarah Johanna, a small community on East Bank Demerara is unpopular and often unnoticed, not even available on Google maps. Its residents are calling for the government’s attention in order for...

Guyanese man held in $3.5 million embezzlement

Sep 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man held in $3.5 million embezzlement

By Timothy Denton New York – Valley Stream resident Kwesi Bovell was arrested on September 6, and charged with multiple counts of wire fraud after allegedly embezzling $3.5 million during his...

Linden facing challenges with theft of earth wires

Sep 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Linden facing challenges with theft of earth wires

By Enid Joaquin Vandalism of earth wires attached to power poles belonging to the Linden Utility Services Cooperative Society Limited is a cause for concern, according to operations Manager Olton...

Council shuts down Stabroek Market Wharf …forces vendors out with nowhere to go

Sep 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Council shuts down Stabroek Market Wharf …forces vendors out with nowhere to go

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown yesterday barricaded sections of the Stabroek Market Wharf, in a move to force vendors from the premises. Stallholders who ply their trade on the Stabroek...

David Granger’s politics is becoming amorphous

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on David Granger’s politics is becoming amorphous

Even in the American and Brazilian constitutional system, where senators and chairpersons of parliamentary committees have power, it is the president on whom the society focuses when he/she opens...

Serena and Naomi

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Serena and Naomi

The US Open Women’s Final was turned into a spectacle by the emotional outburst of Serena Williams against the chair umpire. The greatest-ever tennis player was given a code violation for coaching...

US$32,000 suicide prevention programme to come on stream next year

Sep 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US$32,000 suicide prevention programme to come on stream next year

Areas that are known to have the highest suicide rates will be among the key targets for a strategic programme slated to be implemented next year. The lay counsellor programme which will ensure...

Music icon Eddy Grant visits New Amsterdam

Sep 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Music icon Eddy Grant visits New Amsterdam

Vocalist and music icon, Edmond Montague Grant, better known as ‘Eddy Grant’ yesterday brought life to the township of New Amsterdam with his effervescent presence. A visit organised by he and...

Courts celebrates 25 years with $$$million giveaways

Sep 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Courts celebrates 25 years with $$$million giveaways

Courts Guyana is celebrating 25 years of service in Guyana with millions of dollars in giveaways. The company has awarded four scholarships, launched an annual 10K road race, and is set to host its...

Granger’s shameless claims about sugar workers haemorrhaging treasury

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger’s shameless claims about sugar workers haemorrhaging treasury

Dear Editor, My blood boils with wrath and rage right now. Sugar workers whose jobs were mercilessly ripped from them by APNU+AFC are legally entitled to their severance payments, having earned it by...

Mangal’s public attack on the government and our energy sector is veering further off course

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mangal’s public attack on the government and our energy sector is veering further off course

Dear Editor, Jan Mangal’s public attack on the government and our energy sector is veering further and further off course. While he might be upset about losing his role as energy advisor, airing...

Remove the barriers to industrial hemp

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remove the barriers to industrial hemp

Dear Editor Industrial Hemp is set to be huge economic driver in the not so distant future and is estimated could be developed into US $5 billion dollars a year market if the loosening up of the Laws...

We will need a modular 60,000 barrel oil refinery

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We will need a modular 60,000 barrel oil refinery

Dear Editor, Presently, we import all of our refined petroleum products from crude oil such as motor gasoline, diesel, kerosene, fuel oil, jet fuel, avgas, lubricants and bitumen. Crude oil...

Fort Island residents want the authorities to check the work of this contracting firm

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fort Island residents want the authorities to check the work of this contracting firm

Dear Editor, Information has reached us from Fort Island residents, Region 3 (Essequibo Islands- West Demerara) that a task force was established by the Region 3 Administration. It is alleged that...

Positive experiences during a recent visit to Guyana

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Positive experiences during a recent visit to Guyana

Dear Editor, I feel extremely constrained to publicly reveal my experiences on a recent visit to Guyana. On about three occasions during the first week of September, I visited the NIS office at...

Disagree with Chronicle’s ‘chronicle’ of APNU’s Primaries

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disagree with Chronicle’s ‘chronicle’ of APNU’s Primaries

Dear Editor, Last weekend, the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) invited residents of the eight constituencies in Linden to vote for their preferred candidates for the upcoming Local Government...

Why I’m such a passionate patient advocate

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why I’m such a passionate patient advocate

Dear Editor, Today I am sad. Very sad. Today, the 14th September, would have been my brother’s thirty fifth birthday. He died last December at GPHC. I wrote a letter to the editorial on the 31st...

GPOC Mail Woes

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPOC Mail Woes

Dear Editor, On cable TV, there is an ad: The words, the inflection!! “My mum washes the dishes before she puts them in the dishwasher. So what does the dishwasher do?” In the decade of...

KAIETEUR NEWS IS 24 YEARS OLD

Sep 14, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on KAIETEUR NEWS IS 24 YEARS OLD

Anyone who has been around for a while in the media in Guyana can attest to the fact that age in the profession is just a number. Their longevity in the media has been a blessing, because it is not...