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GPSU focuses on good governance for decent work in 20TH Biennial Delegates’ Conference

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU focuses on good governance for decent work in 20TH Biennial Delegates’ Conference

Participants in the Guyana Public Service Union’s (GPSU) 20th Biennial delegates’ conference will place significant focus on good governance as a means of fostering decent work conditions...

Bartica fully powered again… Berbice repairs almost completed – GPL

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica fully powered again… Berbice repairs almost completed – GPL

Electricity generation in Bartica has been restored to full capacity as a result of the installation of two generators, the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) announced yesterday. The repairs will now...

Housing Fraudster to be charged soon…More victims come forward

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Fraudster to be charged soon…More victims come forward

A number of persons have come forward with claims that they were hoaxed by a counterfeit land dealer who was captured by police during a sting operation on Tuesday. According to a...

Safe marine practices at the centre of World Maritime Day observance

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Safe marine practices at the centre of World Maritime Day observance

As Guyana joins the rest of the globe, in observance of World Maritime Day, today, workers of the local Maritime Administration Department, (MARAD) will be conducting sanitation drives and...

Even without partners, Mangrove Restoration Programme will continue – Ramsammy

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Even without partners, Mangrove Restoration Programme will continue – Ramsammy

Agriculture Minister Leslie Ramsammy has vowed that even without the financial input of partners, the Mangrove Restoration Programme will go on, stressing that it is a Government of...

Cabinet responds to school protests

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet responds to school protests

Recent bouts of picketing that have erupted in schools since the start of the academic year have found much displeasure with the Government, especially as the exercises have been taking place...

Guyana will not accept Haiti’s price for rice – Ramsammy

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana will not accept Haiti’s price for rice – Ramsammy

By Leon Suseran Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has stated that Guyana will not accept Haiti’s price for Guyana’s rice. He added that Guyana will be seeking markets other...

Handyman found floating in Liliendaal Canal

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Handyman found floating in Liliendaal Canal

After being missing for two weeks, the body of Roy George surfaced yesterday in a canal at the Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara pump station. The 44-year-old lived alone at North Sophia...

Guyana is an airline dream

Sep 26, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana is an airline dream

After a calm comes a storm. Then comes a lull in the storm and pretty soon another storm rages. Air travel in Guyana can be likened to the storm situation with its troughs and hills; its calm and its...

Meten-meer-Zorg murder/robbery…Prisoner rushed to GPHC

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Meten-meer-Zorg murder/robbery…Prisoner rushed to GPHC

Pandemonium broke out at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday, as one of the eight suspects remanded to prison for the murder of Met-en-Meer Zorg grocer, Zulficar...

Deadline set for completion of Mahdia Primary

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Deadline set for completion of Mahdia Primary

Even as students and teachers of Mahdia Primary school, Region Eight await the completion of their new classrooms, a fast approaching deadline looms over construction workers, who were hired...

The PPP and the USA: Guyanese must judge their politicians harshly

Sep 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PPP and the USA: Guyanese must judge their politicians harshly

I think most scholars from outside the United States who study American sociology would tell you that the American landscape as we know it from 19th right up to the last decade in the...

Anti-corruption body to scrutinize Guyana

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-corruption body to scrutinize Guyana

OAS aware of Guyana’s shortcomings Even without, the Public Procurement Commission and other key oversight bodies to limit or fight corruption, the Mechanism for Follow-Up on the Implementation of...

Another Port Kaituma School engages protest to highlight concerns

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Another Port Kaituma School engages protest to highlight concerns

In what appears to be a contagious syndrome occurring around the country in recent times, picketing action was yesterday engaged in the Region One area of Port Kaituma. Frustrated...

TIME FOR A GOOD MAN TO BECOME A STRONG LEADER

Sep 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TIME FOR A GOOD MAN TO BECOME A STRONG LEADER

Good systems are needed in every country. But could good systems prevent the malfeasance that has taken place in relation to the construction of the Marriott Hotel Project, the Berbice River...

Joint Services forge closer ties with Angoy’s Avenue

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Joint Services forge closer ties with Angoy’s Avenue

“We are willing to assist with any textbooks …just tell us.”- Commander ‘B’ Division By Leon Suseran The Joint Services recently presented cash prizes to several outstanding students...

PPP/C to host rallies to celebrate October 5th “return to democracy”

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C to host rallies to celebrate October 5th “return to democracy”

Almost 21 years since taking control of Government, the ruling party is set to host a number of rallies to mark the “return of democracy”. According to the ruling People’s Progressive...

Police OPR dismisses Shaka Chase torture allegations

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police OPR dismisses Shaka Chase torture allegations

Shaka Chase, the man who was initially charged with the murder of policeman Romain Cleto will now have to rely on the High Court for redress following the dismissal of his claims of...

Ex-drugstore employee could face $32M worth of fraud charges

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-drugstore employee could face $32M worth of fraud charges

– Court hears Raphael Laurie is likely to face charges for $32 million he allegedly embezzled while he was under the employ of Bacchus Drugstore. The former drugstore employee has...

Man remanded for robbing Chinese store of over $41M at gunpoint

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for robbing Chinese store of over $41M at gunpoint

A 24-year-old father of four, who robbed a Chinese store of over $41M in items ostensibly to provide for his children, will initially spend the next two weeks rethinking his decisions...

Police constable suspended for riding in overcrowded bus

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police constable suspended for riding in overcrowded bus

A female police constable, assigned at the Charity Outpost was sent on leave, after it was reported she had traveled in an overloaded and speeding minibus. The vehicle was at the centre of an...

Woman tells court she fed up, husband remanded

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman tells court she fed up, husband remanded

Dennis Dalrymple, a father of nine was remanded to prison on Tuesday after his wife testified to the court that “she has it” with his abusive behavior. The couple stood before Magistrate...

Man granted bail after stealing Police Cadet Officer’s Phone

Sep 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man granted bail after stealing Police Cadet Officer’s Phone

Norman Brusche, a Rose Hall Town, Corentyne man was on Wednesday granted $40,000 bail by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court...

Winston Brassington is not providing this nation with any proper explanation

Sep 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Winston Brassington is not providing this nation with any proper explanation

DEAR EDITOR, I am yet to see Winston Brassington provide this nation with a proper explanation of why these large deals being pursued see taxpaying dollars to largely finance them while...

It is time for the Minister of Home Affairs to go

Sep 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time for the Minister of Home Affairs to go

DEAR EDITOR, I was particularly amazed by the comments and actions of Minister Clement Rohee and others about crime in Guyana, at their recent press conference held Monday, September...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more