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APNU’s Trotman hits hard on good governance and corruption

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU’s Trotman hits hard on good governance and corruption

“What’s new?” This was the first question put to the government side of the house when A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) representative Desmond Trotman rose to address the National...

Bids tendered for NDIA stationery supplies

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bids tendered for NDIA stationery supplies

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) was the lone agency yesterday to receive tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance,...

Regional integration and multilateral diplomacy to be enhanced in 2014 – Finance Minister

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Regional integration and multilateral diplomacy to be enhanced in 2014 – Finance Minister

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has singled out foreign relations, particularly within the ambit of regional integration and multilateral diplomacy, as being on government’s 2014 agenda for...

Justify request for $6B GuySuCo bailout – AFC

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Justify request for $6B GuySuCo bailout – AFC

Government, through Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony, has declared that sugar is too big to fail, but the Alliance For Change (AFC) has adopted the stance that if Government...

Budget debates…Cut the budget and you will cut your votes and seats – Labour Minister tells Opposition

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Budget debates…Cut the budget and you will cut your votes and seats – Labour Minister tells Opposition

Labour Minister Dr. Nanda Gopaul during the debates yesterday at the National Assembly warned the Opposition, “Cut the budget and you will cut your votes and your seats.” Of course this was met...

Guyana’s annual energy consumption accounts for five million barrels of oil – IDB

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s annual energy consumption accounts for five million barrels of oil – IDB

Guyana’s annual energy consumption accounts for approximately five million barrels of oil, equivalent from a variety of energy sources – diesel, fuel, gasoline, avgas, LPG, kerosene, bagasse,...

Numerous broken promises for Region Ten – MP Vanessa Kissoon

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Numerous broken promises for Region Ten – MP Vanessa Kissoon

– says $3.2B electricity subvention is not a “favour” By Latoya Giles While government continues to boast about this year’s budget being the largest ever, many persons do not see this,...

Education Ministry anxious to access $32.3B allocation – Manickchand

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry anxious to access $32.3B allocation – Manickchand

All secondary schools across the country will be furnished with computer laboratories by year end, an undertaking that will be dependent on the National Assembly’s approval of the $32.3 billion...

APNU questions GGMC’s involvement in Del Conte Road

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU questions GGMC’s involvement in Del Conte Road

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s Joseph Harmon, on Monday last formally tabled questions in the National Assembly, querying the involvement of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission...

March session of Demerara Criminal Assizes commences

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on March session of Demerara Criminal Assizes commences

– Highly anticipated cases listed for trial Three Judges have been selected to preside over the March session of the Demerara Criminal assizes, which opened yesterday at the Georgetown...

The doctor comes first

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The doctor comes first

Most of our people belong to one religious order or the other, and thus subscribe to a faith. Most of the faiths in Guyana share a belief in the existence of good and evil. Thus, most Guyanese...

Swiss House Cambio boss murder…State calls witnesses as PI begins

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Swiss House Cambio boss murder…State calls witnesses as PI begins

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of former Swiss House Cambio Managing Director Farouk Razac, yet again commenced at the city court yesterday and four civilian witnesses were called to...

Toilet bowl thieves caught

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Toilet bowl thieves caught

Quick action by police has led to the capture of two men who were caught stealing a toilet bowl set from an abandoned Ministry of Health building on Princes Street, Georgetown around 11:00 hrs...

Several agencies benefit from US Port facility security training

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Several agencies benefit from US Port facility security training

A team of International Port Security (IPS) program instructors from the United States Coast Guard recently delivered a technical course on the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code to...

Busted!!!

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Busted!!!

This alleged chain snatcher was caught by the police yesterday at Drysdale and Ketley Streets, Charlestown, yesterday morning

Port Kaituma stabbing…Porter remanded for attempted murder

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma stabbing…Porter remanded for attempted murder

A 21-year-old porter, accused of stabbing another man several times during a dispute at a Port Kaituma shop, was yesterday brought before a senior Magistrate, charged with attempted murder. At the...

CDB set to sponsor YCG-coordinated ‘Photo Story Challenge’

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CDB set to sponsor YCG-coordinated ‘Photo Story Challenge’

With funding from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) is finalising plans to host a public seminar on ‘photo story telling’ for youths, with a particular focus on...

Domestic violence and traditional focus

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Domestic violence and traditional focus

The recent forum organized by SASOD, Red Thread, Colwyn Harding Support Group, and Help and Shelter highlighted several serious issues. The event addressed the prevalence of sexual and domestic...

I repeat; Rickey Singh is the most shameless journalist in the world

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I repeat; Rickey Singh is the most shameless journalist in the world

On July 11, 2012, I did a column with the above caption (minus the words “I repeat” of course). It was about the dishonest and sickening journalism of a man nearing his eightieth birthday...

First Lady’s Foundation holds vigil for children with autism

Apr 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady’s Foundation holds vigil for children with autism

Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. To emphasize its importance, April 2nd, is dedicated annually to raising...

The fate of crucial witnesses

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The fate of crucial witnesses

Dear Sir, My letter, I hope, should attract the attention of the Attorney General and the DPP in particular. It relates to the crime of ‘murder’; more particularly, the murder of witnesses in...

No national response to domestic violence

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on No national response to domestic violence

Dear Editor, The cartoon in the Sunday Stabroek of 30 March, 2014 highlights the inability of the Ggovernment to fulfill its commitments to dealing with domestic violence. The interview with Ms Benn...

A case of the parliamentary minority

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A case of the parliamentary minority

Dear Sir, Yesterday was April 1, which is universally known as ALL FOOLS DAY. I was surprised that nothing was mentioned about it. Maybe it is a good thing especially since there is a budget debate....

The torment of editing

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The torment of editing

Dear Editor, I met someone who was a bit disturbed at the way his letter to a newspaper was edited. “They seh wha I seh yes, but ah don’t like how deh put it” he said a bit scornfully,...

JAIL THE NOISE MAKERS

Apr 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on JAIL THE NOISE MAKERS

Dear Editor, Repetitive loud noise from any quarter, be it music, sawmill, factory or revs of motorcycle and boat engines, can be destructive to health and mental stability of individuals. Noise...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more