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CIDI National Park 11 Race Cycle Meet…Hamza Eastman takes feature 35-lap contest; Michael Anthony is juvenile winner

Mar 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CIDI National Park 11 Race Cycle Meet…Hamza Eastman takes feature 35-lap contest; Michael Anthony is juvenile winner

Caribbean International Distributors Inc. (CIDI) made a welcome entrance to cycling with the successful hosting of an 11-race Meet at the Mecca of the sport in the city, the National Park, yesterday....

GM&SA Annual Awards…Manufacturing sector still plagued by retarded growth- GM&SA President

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GM&SA Annual Awards…Manufacturing sector still plagued by retarded growth- GM&SA President

By: Kiana Wilburg When it comes to the manufacturing and export industry, many of our local companies do more than just defy the odds. They exude discipline, an unending dedication to complying with...

Int’l Women’s Day…Improvements in equality enhance future generations – IDB President

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l Women’s Day…Improvements in equality enhance future generations – IDB President

On that first International Women’s Day on March 8, 1911, more than one million people took to the streets in several European cities. More than 100 years ago, the German activist Clara Zetkin...

Cops confident of capturing shopkeeper’s killers

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cops confident of capturing shopkeeper’s killers

Police appear confident they will eventually track down the men who allegedly robbed and killed shopkeeper Sheniza Khan Bhola at Rock Creek, Cuyuni/Mazaruni a week ago. An official confirmed on...

Symbolic Commonwealth baton travels to Guyana’s hinterland

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Symbolic Commonwealth baton travels to Guyana’s hinterland

The British Queen’s Baton Relay, 0rganized to draw attention to the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Scotland, recently made its way to Guyana’s hinterland after arriving in Georgetown on March 2....

No law in place to hold Local Govt. elections by August 1-GECOM Official

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on No law in place to hold Local Govt. elections by August 1-GECOM Official

There is no law in place which mandates that Local Government Elections be held by August 1, in Guyana, since President Donald Ramotar, has not assented to the Bill recently passed in the...

Strides of the past must not be ignored – Human Service Minister cautions

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Strides of the past must not be ignored – Human Service Minister cautions

– As IWD is observed It was American birth control activist, educator and nurse, Margaret Sanger, who best encapsulated the ambitious role of women, at a time when women hadn’t a voice and...

Guyanese businessman livid at former Brazilian partner’s smear campaign

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese businessman livid at former Brazilian partner’s smear campaign

-says it is hurting Guyana’s investment portfolio A Guyanese businessman is livid with the circulation of a video in which his former Brazilian partner is accusing him of defrauding him of millions...

Keeping anti-money laundering in focus

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Keeping anti-money laundering in focus

There has been quite a lot of information circulating as it pertains to legislation of Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) and much of that information has to do...

Bouterse to miss CARICOM intercessional

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bouterse to miss CARICOM intercessional

CARICOM Heads of Government of the 14 Member States and two Associate Members will tomorrow gather in St Vincent and Grenadines for its 25th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads....

Poor nurses performance..Nurses Association questions whether Ministry is looking at quality or quantity?

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Poor nurses performance..Nurses Association questions whether Ministry is looking at quality or quantity?

The “disappointing results” of the Professional Nursing Students in October 2013 at the State Final Examination was the number one topic of the executives of the Guyana Nurses Association (GNA)...

APNU’s ‘threat’ regarding media coverage has security implications – GINA

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU’s ‘threat’ regarding media coverage has security implications – GINA

The Government Information Agency (GINA) has taken umbrage to some of the comments expressed by the Leader of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Brig. David Granger during a recent press...

Rotaract Linden gears up for packed week of activities

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rotaract Linden gears up for packed week of activities

– joins entities worldwide in annual commemoration Every year, members of the Rotary International family across the globe commemorate World Rotaract Week (WRW) during the week of March 13 to...

PPP’s majority rule eroded its traditional policy of compromise

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PPP’s majority rule eroded its traditional policy of compromise

…flawed principle of executive entitlement has not worked – Ramkarran Compromise is the only way the Guyana Government will be able to move forward with the Anti Money Laundering and...

World Glaucoma Week begins today…Let’s ‘Beat Invisible Glaucoma’

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on World Glaucoma Week begins today…Let’s ‘Beat Invisible Glaucoma’

By Romila Boodram “Many people suffer with glaucoma and they don’t know it,” said Dr. Shailendra Sugrim, an ophthalmologist and Glaucoma Specialist at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

GDF increasing focus on AWOL soldiers

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GDF increasing focus on AWOL soldiers

The increasing number of deserting soldiers is becoming very worrying for the Guyana Defence Force, (GDF) and the organization is reviewing its policies to arrest the trend. A statement from army...

Essequibo educator chalks up 39 years of unblemished service

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo educator chalks up 39 years of unblemished service

By Yannason Duncan When the name ‘Miss Sybil Munroe’ is mentioned on the Essequibo Coast, words such as intelligent, hard-working, influential and committed immediately come to mind. This is...

IAST stands out in recycling processes

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on IAST stands out in recycling processes

The Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) has been playing a major role in transforming Guyana to an environmentally-friendly economy, through the recycling of a variety of ‘waste...

A safe haven for the vulnerable…$82M ‘BAL Nivas’ eagerly anticipated

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on A safe haven for the vulnerable…$82M ‘BAL Nivas’ eagerly anticipated

By Rehana Ashley Ahamad It was intended to be predominantly a safe haven for children, but when it becomes operational later in the year, BAL Nivas will be a sanctuary for every vulnerable person who...

EU tangibly empowering women locally

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on EU tangibly empowering women locally

The European Union is currently funding about 200 projects and initiatives around the world to help women benefit from education, healthcare, to work and live free from violence and discrimination...

Anti-money laundering legislation …Opposition’s amendments will have rippling effects – Teixeira

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering legislation …Opposition’s amendments will have rippling effects – Teixeira

Presidential advisor on governance and Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has articulated that the amendments that APNU want to apply to the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism...

Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI)…Teixeira says GHRA’s position unfathomable

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI)…Teixeira says GHRA’s position unfathomable

Government’s Chief Whip and Presidential Advisor Gail Teixeira has responded to the reservations expressed by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) with respect to the Commission of Inquiry...

Pastor on mission to rehabilitate local crime offenders

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pastor on mission to rehabilitate local crime offenders

By Zena Henry There is nothing like a second chance. It may be a cliché; but the undeniable feeling of being able to do it again is comfort enough for how bad it may have gone the first time. The...

Let’s start listening today

Mar 09, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Let’s start listening today

We Guyanese generally expect children “to be seen and not heard”. Fathers especially, seldom spend time with children to listen to what they have to say. Now that an increasing number of mothers...

From the Diaspora…RODNEY COMISSION OF INQUIRY, GIVE PRES. RAMOTAR SOME CREDIT FOR TRYING

Mar 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…RODNEY COMISSION OF INQUIRY, GIVE PRES. RAMOTAR SOME CREDIT FOR TRYING

By Ralph Seeram We are all familiar with the old saying “you can please some of the people all the time, but you can’t please all the people all the time”. President Donald Ramotar finds...

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The eternal optimism of the human spirit

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Every New Year’s Eve, like clockwork, we engage in a ritual that is predictable as... more