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Mormons give millions to Education Ministry to aid Special Education

Apr 17, 2016 KNews News 0

Millions of dollars in materials to aid the delivery of Special Education Needs (SEN) were on Friday handed over to the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) by the Jesus...

Mormons boost health sector with 87 wheelchairs

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mormons boost health sector with 87 wheelchairs

By Leon Suseran The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints effectively boosted the health sector of Guyana as well as several other organizations after it donated 87 wheel chairs recently...

Expulsion of Mormons…Leaked US cables say Guyana sought to limit number of Mormon missionaries

Sep 20, 2011 KNews News 0

The expulsion of several Mormon in late 2009 by Government was not met kindly by the local US Embassy which felt that a decision to limit the numbers of those missionaries was not based on...

Mormons endow Rehab Centre

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News 0

As part of its continued humanitarian efforts, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints yesterday endowed the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre with some much needed items to help sustain...

Dear Editor, The PNCR says it relationship with the American created Mormon Church is one that helps the destitute in Guyanese society. A party spokesperson explained that some time ago the Mormons...

The real reason for the Mormons being expelled

Sep 09, 2009 knews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The recent sabre rattling by the Jagdeo regime involving the Mormons in Guyana has nothing to do with persons violating the country’s immigration laws, but has everything to do with...

Mormons’ expulsion

Sep 06, 2009 knews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Thank you for your excellent articles on the expulsion of Mormon missionaries in Guyana. I commend those in the Ministry of Home Affairs, the CID, and the office of the President for...

Guyanese Mormons also do missionary work abroad

Sep 06, 2009 knews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to letter written by Mr. Shiv Maharaj, Phd, headed, “Support for expulsion of religious fanatics” found on page 3 of the Guyana Chronicle of Friday 04th September...

Using the Mormons politically

Sep 05, 2009 knews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The Guyana political opposition is all up in the story of the group of Mormons who have clearly broken the country’s immigration laws. Interestingly, the lawbreakers are all Americans...

President Jagdeo and the expulsion of Mormons’ distraction

Sep 05, 2009 knews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The decision of the Jagdeo administration to expel all members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) from Guyana appears to be nothing more than a veiled attempt to...

Mormons, mormals and morons

Sep 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

There are times when some members of the political elite say the stupidest things that you cannot help but describe them as sores (mormals) or morons. Is there any government in the world that has...

Mormons expelled from Guyana

Sep 03, 2009 knews News 0

– given 30 days to leave The Guyana Government has ordered the expulsion of all the foreign members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The church members, most of whom are...

Parika Village: the land of speedboats and happy people

May 19, 2019 KNews News 0

By Alex Wayne There I was heading for the Parika Minibus Park with mixed feelings. As always I could not help but wonder if the drive was going to be enjoying or not… Nevertheless, I braced myself...

Dem municipality tun to religion

Dec 01, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 0

Things got to be improving in Guyana. At least things looking up in G/T, Corriverton and Anna Regina. One got a pandit fuh a mayor, one got a pastor and de third got a Moulvi. Before those...

MoPH intensifies its fight to reduce maternal mortality rate

Oct 03, 2018 KNews News 0

The Ministry of Public Health has amplified its efforts in reducing maternal deaths nationwide. MOPH has recently collaborated with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), World Health...

Book review… Refreshingly honest and therapeutic

Aug 12, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists 0

Book: Burn Down Jonestown: Replace the Devil’s Debilitating Lies with Your Own Empowering Stories Author: Burgmeister B. Duckworthy Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Although raised religiously,...

A reporter and a missionary’s Guyana ‘Single Story’

Jul 29, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists 0

By Dennis Nichols Someone wrote a great rebuttal article to the New York Times Exxon-Guyana story recently penned by Mr. Clifford Krauss. In the article, and in response to a tweet from one of...

LOST TRIBE OF JAMAICA

Nov 07, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column 0

Once upon a time there lived in the Caribbean the Taino people. They gave us words like barbacoa (barbecue), hamaca (hammock), kanoa (canoe), tabaco (tobacco), yuca, batata (sweet potato) and...

The number is sixty nine

Sep 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column 0

My friend Kamal, who lives in Florida, decided to spend his birthday in his homeland, Trinidad. By all accounts it is expected to be on a grand scale – the Richter – and is likely to be...

THE NUMBER IS SIXTY NINE

Aug 11, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column 0

My friend Kamal, who lives in Florida, decided to spend his birthday in his homeland, Trinidad. By all accounts it is expected to be on a grand scale – the Richter – and is likely to be...

Book review: “Sitting on a Racial Volcano (Guyana Uncensored)”

Jun 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book review: “Sitting on a Racial Volcano (Guyana Uncensored)”

By Dr. Glenville Ashby In the field of psycho-pathology, “black rage” is a veridical mental disorder, a seething psychic wound that festers, then erupts with savagery at its perceived oppression....

Blindness Awareness Month…Society preparing ten students to write CXC exams

May 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Blindness Awareness Month…Society preparing ten students to write CXC exams

By Rabindra Rooplall May has been designated Blind Awareness Month and the Guyana Society for the Blind is preparing 10 students between the ages of 17 and 35 to write five subjects at the...

Prisoners being raped by jail system, comprehensive audit needed – Former staff

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners being raped by jail system, comprehensive audit needed – Former staff

– System designed to help trafficking, corruption By Rabindra Rooplall After working for the Guyana Prison Service for five years, and being gagged under the Prison Act, Chapter 11:01 of the...

Guyanese Americans urged to vote today

Nov 06, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese Americans urged to vote today

Dear Editor, I urge Guyanese Americans to vote today in the US general elections. This is a very important election. The opinion polls are showing a very tight Presidential election in...

Obama or Romney?

Nov 05, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Obama or Romney?

Americans go to the polls tomorrow to choose their president for the next four years. Who will it be, Obama or Romney? If foreigners (including Guyanese) could vote Obama would win overwhelmingly,...

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If true, Khemraj Ramjattan owes me an apology

Freddie Kissoon As stated before in several columns, I have two close friends, Raymond and Dawn Persaud, whose house is right... more

Governance ill-suited for modernisation

The style of governance since political independence has not been conducive to development. It is ill-suited for modernisation. Given... more