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US-based Guyanese top achiever opens Reading/Math centre at old primary school

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese top achiever opens Reading/Math centre at old primary school

Gears for Success has opened its first Mathematics Room at Vryheid’s Lust Primary School and contributed to the revival of the school’s Reading Room with over 500 books donated. The project is...

C’tyne man to face jury for murdering teen at back to school lime

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne man to face jury for murdering teen at back to school lime

Ivor Thom, 44, a labourer of Corentyne, Berbice who has been charged with murdering Vishram Mohabir, 19, of 253 Ramphal Street, Williamsburg Corentyne, during an altercation at a wash bay will have...

Life sentences galore…As courts get tough on child rapists

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Life sentences galore…As courts get tough on child rapists

Life in prison sounds very harsh, but so also is the evil act of rape which wounds and scars the victim for life. Rapists pose a threat to boys/men and women/girls and the remainder of society. The...

Music, Art and Culture festival – platform for local artists

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Music, Art and Culture festival – platform for local artists

Fourteen local visual artists, craftsmen and women and musicians set the Pan African Gardens, Merriman’s Mall alight with their artistic displays and music. They were participating in...

Region Five Youths complete skills-training camp

Aug 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region Five Youths complete skills-training camp

Several youths from across Region Five, Mahaica-Berbice, on August 17, completed a two-week skills training camp at the Hopetown Practical Instruction Centre, West Coast Berbice. The camp,...

Stop selling poison in schools

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop selling poison in schools

Dear Editor, I strongly condemn vendors for selling poison to Guyanese schoolchildren in the form of soft drinks and energy drinks. This should be banned immediately. With this in mind, I commend...

Third Annual National Anti-Violence Candlelight Vigil set for Sunday September 9

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Third Annual National Anti-Violence Candlelight Vigil set for Sunday September 9

Dear Editor, The third Annual National Candlelight Vigil was officially launched at a press conference in Georgetown on August 10. In attendance was this year’s vigil patron, Dr. George Norton,...

Visiting US Delegation welcome but disappointingly lacking in diversity

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Visiting US Delegation welcome but disappointingly lacking in diversity

Dear Editor, Like what I suspect would be the majority of Guyanese, I welcome the news that a delegation including nine members of the United States Congress would be visiting Guyana shortly. I share...

A most remarkable coincidence

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A most remarkable coincidence

Dear Editor, I have noticed a recent release from the government announcing “Hinterland Consultations on the Green State Development Strategy starts this week”. The release stated that Team...

Oh dear! Three deaths over the past three years. This must be a curse

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oh dear! Three deaths over the past three years. This must be a curse

Dear Editor, First was PPP. He was found guilty of corruption in 2015 and sentenced to death by Chief Justice Jimmy Carter SC OE. This was followed by APNU who died from complications of obesity in...

Blaming the government

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Blaming the government

Dear Editor, Interestingly the President would tell the gathering at the opening of the party’s three-day 20th Biennial Delegates Congress at Congress Place, Sophia that ‘ the coalition...

New Political Culture

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on New Political Culture

Dear Editor, The late President of Cooperative Republic of Guyana. Forbes Burnham, is properly regarded as the brightest beacon among Caribbean Leaders. PNC/Reform ideology, that is, the body of...

When will the power situation change for Region Two?

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will the power situation change for Region Two?

Dear Editor, The poor service of GPL continues as the residents of Region Two have been affected for over two weeks by frequent power outages. It is only fair that the Government of Guyana provide...

Another Failed promise in the APNU/AFC manifesto

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another Failed promise in the APNU/AFC manifesto

Dear Editor, Despite teachers are being labeled as supporters of the coalition government, President David Granger and Cabinet are reluctant to adhere to the demands of the Guyana Teachers’ Union....

Remembering Kofi Annan

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remembering Kofi Annan

Dear Editor, The former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80 after a short illness, his family and foundation announced. The Ghanaian was the seventh secretary general and served...

INTEGRITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

Aug 20, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on INTEGRITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

Recent events involving some members of the government, particularly in the procurement process and the parking lot fiasco have highlighted poor behaviour and the need for enforcing a code of...

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The same old tune is being sung all over again!

Kaieteur News – All former ruling parties that find themselves on the Opposition benches are forced to adopt distinct... more

Do Caribbean countries need a new social contract?

By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American... more

H@rd Truths by GHK Lall – What is VP Jagdeo so mortally afraid of?

Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has made a living out of trying to drive fear into conscientious citizens... more

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US-based Guyanese top achiever opens Reading/Math centre at old primary school

C’tyne man to face jury for murdering teen at back to school lime

Life sentences galore…As courts get tough on child rapists

Music, Art and Culture festival – platform for local artists

Region Five Youths complete skills-training camp

Stop selling poison in schools

Third Annual National Anti-Violence Candlelight Vigil set for Sunday September 9

Visiting US Delegation welcome but disappointingly lacking in diversity

A most remarkable coincidence

Oh dear! Three deaths over the past three years. This must be a curse

Blaming the government

New Political Culture

When will the power situation change for Region Two?

Another Failed promise in the APNU/AFC manifesto

Remembering Kofi Annan

INTEGRITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

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The same old tune is being sung all over again!

Do Caribbean countries need a new social contract?

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