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Students must rise up against UG’s injustice and mistreatment

Oct 18, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Our country is dying its slow death and the hope of a saviour is nowhere in sight. How we came to this point? Guyana’s history has it all written. Looking ahead where do we go and what...

Dealers are selling unworthy cars that lack collision “cushion”

Oct 18, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The recent No 59 fatalities are horrifying in the latest of senseless deaths. I would appreciate from the authorities some answers on the following; daily we see unsafe roads, lack of...

Red Thread is in solidarity with the poor who are squatting in Sophia

Oct 18, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, On Monday, October16, 2017, a group of Sophia residents staged a picket demonstration outside of the Ministry of Communities on Brickdam to express their outrage about the manner in...

Indigenous people of Baramita Village, Region 1 are suffering

Oct 18, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The Carib residents of the Baramita village, Matarkai sub-region, Region 1 (Barima-Waini) have bitterly complained that the root cause of their current and ugly social ills is...

Linden is in Guyana and Jagdeo is a Guyanese

Oct 18, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, MAYOR of Linden Carwyn Holland made an official statement to the media, condemning the October 4 visit of former President and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to the mining town....

Mechanisms must be in place to prevent child abuse

Oct 18, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice supports CPIC Monique’s call for civil society to get involved in the campaign against child abuse. Mechanisms must be put n place to foster the involvement of...

BREAKING NEWS: Pothole leads to five dead on Berbice Road

Oct 15, 2017 KNews News 0

An afternoon drive for a family of five came to a tragic end at around 14.30 hrs today, after their vehicle, which had driven into a pothole, slammed into a truck at Number 59 Village Public Road,...

PPP says it welcomes inquiry in the crime period after 2002

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The letter published by the KN, penned by one, Earl Hamilton, demands a response, if only to underscore the unschooled repetition of untruths, in the face of available facts. When...

Under the reign of the PPP, a ghost stalked Guyana

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, During the reign of the PPP it seemed like an evil spirit was hovering over the nation of Guyana. Death from murders, accidents, suicides and the like were prevalent. Many people...

Murder of Berbice carpenter…NY Judge orders Marcus Bisram extradited

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 0

Less than a year after a shocking case that alleged a police cover-up and attempted bribery of investigators into the killing of a Berbice carpenter, a New York court yesterday ordered that...

Absence of GRA’s annual reports for last six years flagged at Business Summit

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 1

The absence of the annual reports for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for the last six years was flagged at the Private Sector Commission’s prestigious Business Summit which concluded yesterday...

MOU between PPP/C Govt. and Sleep-In secured concessions galore

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 1

Sleep-In International Hotel had secured a sweetheart deal through the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that it had signed with the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C). That MOU secured a...

Businessman shot dead while leaving City hotel

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 0

– Gunmen escape with victim’s gold jewelry A 48-year-old businessman was shot and killed around 18:00 hrs yesterday as he was leaving a City hotel with a female companion. The victim has been...

De local business people chuck de Business Summit

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 0

Yesterday dem boys notice that almost everything at de Business Summit was foreign. And dem notice that dem foreign businesses who come to tek part bring dem own sugar, dem milk, dem tea and some...

Govt. steams ahead with Sheriff St./Mandela Ave project despite mixed signals

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 0

It appears that despite what is being reported, Government is moving ahead with the Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue Roadway Enhancement Project. In a full-page advertisement in Kaieteur News on...

Several City businesses in breach of fire safety regulations – Fire Prevention Officer

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 1

A significant number of businesses in Georgetown were discovered to have breached the basic fire safety measures. This was a statement, yesterday, by the Fire Prevention Officer, Andrew Holder during...

Suspected robbers nabbed after raiding Chinese supermarket

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 0

Swift action by the police has resulted in the arrest of two men who robbed the Golden World Chinese Supermarket at Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) around 20:30 hrs on Wednesday. The men who are...

Post Offices to become internet hubs

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 0

With the commissioning of the Kitty Post Office, the Minister of Public Telecommunication has said that she is going to turn all Post Offices into ICT Hubs so that they can generate some other source...

Police credit improved crime fighting skills to overseas-based training

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 0

The Guyana Police Force is accrediting its improved capacity to solve crime to continuous training offered by their overseas –based counterparts. According to Police Commissioner (Ag), David...

Businessman sues GWI, partner over alleged breach of contract

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 0

Businessman, Thomas Pinkerton, is suing the Guyana Water Incorporated, (GWI) and his partner, James Samuel, over an alleged breach of agreement involving a contract. He entered into an agreement with...

The Private Sector Commission should step aside

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

The poor turnout at the second day of the Business Summit has doomed that event to failure. But it also is a reflection of the lack of confidence in the present political and private sector...

Nandlall calls for investigation into leak of casino licence application

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 0

Attorney at Law, Anil Nandlall, is calling for an investigation into the leak of Sleep-In’s casino license application which was in the custody of the Gaming Authority. Almost a week ago, Nandlall...

GPF to receive 30 containers of equipment for crime fighting efforts – Minister of Public Security

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 0

As part of efforts to boost its capability to fight crime, the Guyana Police Force, (GPF) is set to receive 30 containers of equipment which includes 56 vehicles and other mechanism from the Chinese...

Ways governments can implement and shape an Anti- Bribery / Anti- Corruption Policy

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter of mine in your newspaper on corruption and the instruments to be institutionalized to stop it. To facilitate the work and examination of the internal control system,...

Who are the harbour bridge bidders making this request?

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, With reference to the article headlined ‘Deadline extended for new Demerara Bridge prequalification’ published by the Stabroek News on October 7, 2017, the project manager, Rawlston...

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GECOM imbroglio: The AFC is dead

Two flashes came immediately over me when I heard about Granger’s unilateral appointment of a GECOM Chairman. And no, it... more

THE PRESIDENT’S POWER TO APPOINT IS INCONTESTABLE

The legal experts will pontificate about the lawfulness of the President’s unilateral appointment of a Chairperson for... more

Insuring the Caribbean’s future

By Sir Ronald Sanders Insurers and re-insurers are facing major losses in the wake of the damage done in the Caribbean and... more

The frightening increase in Cancer cases

This past week many things grabbed my attention. One of them was the rate of cancers, the other was a criticism of the government’s... more

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