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AFC parliamentarian pleads a case for vendors

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on AFC parliamentarian pleads a case for vendors

Dear Editor, Local government authorities have to be more sensitive of the culture and the financial benefits which can be derived from organised and standardised vending. Vendors can provide three...

The police should investigate this man for sexual misconduct

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police should investigate this man for sexual misconduct

Dear Editor, In Kaieteur News dated October 12th 2017, it is reported that the city policeman involved in sexual misconduct with a juvenile two months ago is still on the job and has not been...

How many of the Ministers go to church?

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, I have long contemplated to write this letter but felt a deep compulsion not to write it because of a lack of vocabulary and deep hurt at this point in time because of all the atrocities...

I believe the Georgetown Hospital was responsible for this baby’s death

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I believe the Georgetown Hospital was responsible for this baby’s death

Dear Editor, Just like to share my worried and sadden opinion since my niece who was only 6 months old recently passed away at GPHC. I am also a qualified and trained first aider and nurse aid. My...

Nikita Da Silva is Guyana‘s newest Attorney

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nikita Da Silva is Guyana‘s newest Attorney

Guyana‘s newest Attorney-at-Law Nikita Da Silva is passionate about a career in criminal law. Her petition was accepted yesterday by Justice Navindra Singh at the Georgetown High Court. Ms. Da...

Senior cop denies threatening, abusing subordinate

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Senior cop denies threatening, abusing subordinate

-Magistrate to make ruling on October 30 Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Frank Thompson who is accused of abusing and threatening Constable Leandre Gillis, yesterday denied the allegations,...

55 Guyanese evacuated from hurricane-stricken territories to date

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 55 Guyanese evacuated from hurricane-stricken territories to date

Islands in the Caribbean that were hit by the most powerful hurricane ever recorded over the Atlantic Ocean are still struggling to rebuild their nations, as 55 Guyanese have returned home. The...

Physicians have a responsibility to educate their patients

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Physicians have a responsibility to educate their patients

– DCMO tells medical graduates One of the many jobs of a primary health care physician is to educate patients. This means that physicians must take the time to ensure that their patients have an...

I will no longer write on these topics

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I will no longer write on these topics

I made this decision on Thursday night after I swung from Lombard Street into Hadfield Street. I saw the same atrocity that I have complained about in these columns at least four times. As I waited...

Health system has need for more respectful doctors – RHS Director

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News 1

The health sector is in dire need for human resources. As such there will be no problem for the Ministry of Public Health to find vacancies for qualified doctors. This assertion was recently made by...

Influence of foreign investors on small states captured in new novel

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Influence of foreign investors on small states captured in new novel

The Education Lecture Theatre of the University of Guyana [UG’s] Turkeyen campus was the venue for the launch last Monday of a novel titled: ‘The Guyana Contract’. The publication by...

GuySuCo calls on GAWU to refocus on the business of sugar

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo calls on GAWU to refocus on the business of sugar

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) wishes to respond to Mr. Seepaul Narine’s letter that was published in the Stabroek News on 7 October, 2017 and titled ‘GuySuCo should...

An abuse of state resources

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

The PNCR will attract a new wave of criticism. It will now be accused of practicing the same perverted political culture which led this nation into the dark tunnels of despair. The PNCR is now...

Family of Berbice rape/murder victim to receive counselling

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Family of Berbice rape/murder victim to receive counselling

– Public Health Ministry The Ministry of Public Health will commence counselling for family members of teenaged rape/murder victim Leonard Archibald. This was disclosed by Balagun Osunbiyi,...

The Government, police and citizens are as guilty as the perpetrator

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Government, police and citizens are as guilty as the perpetrator

Dear Editor, Firstly permit me to offer sincere condolences to the grieving parents and siblings of Leonard Archibald, the 13 year old who was subjected to sodomy until unconscious, only to be...

RESIDENT OF MONTROSE VILLAGE APPEAL FOR ROADS TO BE FIXED

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on RESIDENT OF MONTROSE VILLAGE APPEAL FOR ROADS TO BE FIXED

Dear Editor, As a resident of the Montrose Village, East Coast Demerara, I am extremely perturbed with the roads in the area. Many years ago for those who can remember, there were the days when you...

Pensioner charged for motor vehicle theft

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pensioner charged for motor vehicle theft

A pensioner who allegedly drove away with a vehicle that he sold to a friend was yesterday order to post $380,000 bail by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly after he pleaded not guilty to two simple...

Murder accused walks free in Berbice

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Murder accused walks free in Berbice

Thirty-year-old murder accused, Satrohan Madray, called ‘Bluey’, on Wednesday walked out of the Berbice High Court a free man. This was following a not guilty verdict presented by a mixed jury...