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GuyExpo 2013…100 percent increase in international Booths

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GuyExpo 2013…100 percent increase in international Booths

GuyExpo will be opening today. This year’s exposition will see greater participation from local and international exhibitors, geared towards achieving the theme “Advancing Productivity...

Over $3 Million goes to M&CC annually

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Over $3 Million goes to M&CC annually

– “Paying people who do very little or nothing” On the matter of the present state of the Capital City, the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has taken to questioning...

Three escape alive after cargo boat smashes into barge at Waini

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Three escape alive after cargo boat smashes into barge at Waini

Three persons working for a Canadian exploration company escaped without serious injuries Tuesday evening after their cargo vessel slammed into a barge on the Waini River, Region One, and sank. The...

Audit Office responsible for certifying GEA’s financial reporting – Anand Goolsarran

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Audit Office responsible for certifying GEA’s financial reporting – Anand Goolsarran

…Auditor General to review GEA financial records Although, the Audit Office has been preparing the audited reports of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), it will now be reviewing financial...

UG must embrace changes to progress – President Ramotar

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UG must embrace changes to progress – President Ramotar

Having stood the test of time for half a century, the University of Guyana is still on course to achieve its full potential as was envisaged at its inception on October 1, 1963. And although...

Europe wants 32,000 litres of Guyana’s coconut water weekly

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Europe wants 32,000 litres of Guyana’s coconut water weekly

The byproducts of coconut are taking a strong stand in Guyana’s exports, with a European group proposing that Guyana supply them with 32,000 litres of coconut water on a weekly basis, for...

Nine thousand Guyanese on Public Assistance for 2013

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Nine thousand Guyanese on Public Assistance for 2013

– increase in cases engaging Ministry’s attention There are approximately nine thousand Guyanese who currently receive $5,900.00 per month via the Public Assistance Programme, under...

President Jagdeo said it, now President Ramotar repeats it

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on President Jagdeo said it, now President Ramotar repeats it

In my column of August 29, last, captioned, “Politics that just don’t make sense at all,” I referred to a statement made by former President Jagdeo at the International Convention Centre...

The problems with the flights

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The problems with the flights

Guyana’s air travel woes may have resulted from its own devices. At least the United States Department of Transportation feels that Guyana was not too accommodating of aircraft operating out of...

Int’l Property Law needs to be upgraded -VP of GCCI

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l Property Law needs to be upgraded -VP of GCCI

Vice President (VP) of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Lance Hinds, is urging those in the relevant authorities to update the Intellectual Property Law (IPL). Hinds, in an...

APNU believes Parliament Clerk lacks independence, is dominated by OP

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU believes Parliament Clerk lacks independence, is dominated by OP

“Come on President Ramotar, assent to those Bills,” was the lament of A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Basil Williams, yesterday when the party held a special media briefing at...

Police no match for “hot plate minibus drivers”

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News 2

“Hot plate buses would roll up, pull and tug at passengers, chuck some of them inside, while a set of school children gang up waiting on the hot plate buses. Many people are victims to robberies in...

National Minimum Wage Order…Gov says it is working “assiduously” to pursue respect

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on National Minimum Wage Order…Gov says it is working “assiduously” to pursue respect

Three months after the National Minimum Wage Order took full effect, the matter of its compliance has brought forth many questions as there exist reports of employers who have still not...

WORKERS ARE MAKING THEIR OWN HUSTLE

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WORKERS ARE MAKING THEIR OWN HUSTLE

Guyanese today who are employed in the public sector are not wasting time like previous generations hoping that one day official providence will smile on them and grant them a fat pay increase....

Burrowes School of Arts graduating class hosts art exhibition

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Burrowes School of Arts graduating class hosts art exhibition

The Burrowes School of Arts graduating class of 2013 is currently holding an art exhibition at the Umana Yana in Kingston, Georgetown. The exercise, which is customary after the annual...

Lawyer takes Chief Electrical Inspector to court

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer takes Chief Electrical Inspector to court

Attorney at law Saphier Husain moved to the courts and was granted an Order Nisi against Ronald Barclay, the Chief Electrical Inspector at the Ministry of Public Works. The order quashed...

State care does not end at 18…

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on State care does not end at 18…

Facility to be rehabilitated – Ann Greene A facility located in the compound of the Sophia Care Centre is set to be rehabilitated to house individuals who age out of state care through a...

Lion’s club donates incentives to St Stephen’s Primary

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lion’s club donates incentives to St Stephen’s Primary

The Lions Club of Georgetown Stabroek Georgetown donated school supplies and gifts to the St Stephen’s Primary School for the inter House school sports which will be held on Friday....

ACTT Director draws distinction between registration and accreditation of institutions

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ACTT Director draws distinction between registration and accreditation of institutions

The work of a National Accreditation Council is no small task since, among other things, it includes ensuring that only the right institutions are registered and the appropriate ones are...

Testing in progress to ensure better chicken

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Testing in progress to ensure better chicken

– Ramsammy While the standard and quality of locally produced poultry plays a significant role in agricultural development, Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, says that tests...

Discipline Officers who were “sporting”

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Discipline Officers who were “sporting”

DEAR EDITOR, It is deeply disturbing to read that the police told a complainant to pull a corpse out of the water on Sunday and leave it on the side because the police were “sporting” and...

Inedible Consumer Service

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Inedible Consumer Service

DEAR EDITOR, I am fed up – which is quite the opposite of being well-fed. The other day my limited cooking skills were challenged momentarily when I extracted an oversized ‘pig-tail’...

The record needs to be set straight

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The record needs to be set straight

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to comments, purportedly made by Alliance For Change (AFC) spokesperson(s) who the Kaieteur News (27.9.2013) identified as Mr. Michael Carrington...

Corruption and crime are choking the economic life out of Guyana

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corruption and crime are choking the economic life out of Guyana

Dear Editor, Since the November 2011 general elections, the minority government has done nothing to help lift Guyana out of its economic predicament. For years, red tape, corruption, bribery...

EZjet boss guilty, faces up to 40 years

Oct 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on EZjet boss guilty, faces up to 40 years

A Florida court yesterday accepted a guilty plea from the founder of EZjet, Sonny Austin Ramdeo, and he could face up to 40 years in jail when sentenced in January. Appearing for...

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The Horse Racing Authority Bill will solve nothing!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Horse Racing Authority Bill of 2024, though ostensibly aimed at regulating horse racing... more