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Closed Areas Committee biased in allocating mining lands – GWMO

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Closed Areas Committee biased in allocating mining lands – GWMO

The Guyana Women Miners’ Organization (GWMO) believes that the Closed Areas Committee is biased in the allocation of mining lands, limiting opportunities for small and medium scale miners. This...

Investors working to meet stone demand

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Investors working to meet stone demand

– Natural Resources Ministry Amidst reports of a shortage of stone, investors are working to meet the demands of the construction sector and commercial entities. Despite the enormous...

EU supports C’bean disaster prevention

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on EU supports C’bean disaster prevention

Guyana is one of the many Caribbean countries to benefit from a European Union 8.5 million-euro Disaster Preparedness (DIPECHO) Action Plan, according to European Commission’s humanitarian aid and...

Construction of $32M petting zoo begins today

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Construction of $32M petting zoo begins today

Contractor Alvin Chowramootoo is scheduled to begin construction of the $32M petting zoo today with a projected duration of about four to five months. This project is part of the Zoological Park’s...

Damaged GT&T cables in Bartica affect more than 600

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Damaged GT&T cables in Bartica affect more than 600

More than 600 customers’ telephone services in Bartica are affected by damage caused to several cables in the mining district by a third party contractor. According to the Guyana Telephone and...

GNCPP takes civil society revitalisation programme to int’l partners

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GNCPP takes civil society revitalisation programme to int’l partners

By Zena Henry In the first of a sequence of visits aimed at engaging international missions in the revitalisation process of civil society’s participation in governance and the management of the...

We are hoping to transform the coconut industry – Agri Minister

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on We are hoping to transform the coconut industry – Agri Minister

Developing an extensive line of coconut value-added products and implementing a programme to help local consumers fully utilise all parts of the coconut tree are among some of the Agriculture...

National Drug Report 2012 officially launched

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on National Drug Report 2012 officially launched

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says it is about time that Guyana stops relying on international agencies to report on the local fight against the trafficking of illegal drugs. Speaking at the...

First batch of EMTs graduates

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on First batch of EMTs graduates

After three weeks of intense training, 22 persons graduated yesterday as fully qualified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) or Ambulance Technicians, at the Project Dawn facility in Liliendaal,...

COI on C’tyne orphanage resumes today

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on COI on C’tyne orphanage resumes today

The Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security has announced that the public hearing into the allegations of maltreatment of orphans at Camal’s International home for abused women and...

THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR GT&T

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR GT&T

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) should not be shedding any tears at this time over the plans of the Guyana government to enter into the telecommunication sector. This is not an...

Solid Waste Management Programme…Mocha residents learn about composting via outreach

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Solid Waste Management Programme…Mocha residents learn about composting via outreach

The Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme has embarked on a community-based outreach that seeks to educate residents about the benefits of composting to both the environment and individual...

Two-day CYP meeting opens today

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two-day CYP meeting opens today

Senior government officials convened by the Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) are meeting in Guyana to review national and regional priorities for youth development. The meeting scheduled for today...

President Ramotar in Havana

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President Ramotar in Havana

President Donald Ramotar is leading a Guyana delegation to the second CELAC meeting in Cuba. Here, President Ramotar, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Minister of Housing and...

34 GDF ranks gain professional training externally

Jan 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 34 GDF ranks gain professional training externally

The knowledge base and professional capabilities of 34 Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Officers and Other Ranks were enhanced as a result of professional training they gained at external institutions...

A lingering dilemma that needs to be resolved

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A lingering dilemma that needs to be resolved

Poor countries are poor not because they lack resources; surely we in Guyana should know that. They are poor because their laws and institutions of governance are incapable of addressing the specific...

The US, China, India, the Arabs: Which do you prefer?

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The US, China, India, the Arabs: Which do you prefer?

Would you prefer Arab or Chinese global domination over European hegemony? The Arabs, Chinese and the Indian sub-continent are unashamed worshippers of the white man’s culture? Why would you prefer...

An open letter to the West Indies Cricket Board

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to the West Indies Cricket Board

Gentlemen, Much has been said and written about the recent ICC proposals for reorganization. It is my understanding that the voluminous document is wide ranging in nature and requires careful study...

There are those perennial defenders

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are those perennial defenders

Dear Editor, Recently, I wrote an article, namely, “Soldiers should remain professionals,” published in the Stabroek News on December 31, 2013. Promptly on January 1, 2014, there was a response...

Freddie’s Commentaries lack Credibility

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie’s Commentaries lack Credibility

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to Freddie Kissoon’s missive (KN Jan 26) in which he describes me in unflattering terms. I was both amused and puzzled to read Freddie accusing people of...

The issue of labour and childbirth

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The issue of labour and childbirth

Dear Editor, The January 27 report in your daily could hardly be the conclusion of a clear case of negligence in which a young woman, Luan Rodney, died during childbirth. The Minister of Health’s...

The anomalies of the Canje road

Jan 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The anomalies of the Canje road

Dear Editor, It will be appreciated if you would publish this letter for the attention of the Police Traffic Department. The speed limit on the road in East Canje, Berbice, is 50 K.P.H. and based on...