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Public Works Ministry working to make insurance for speedboats mandatory

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Public Works Ministry working to make insurance for speedboats mandatory

While no local insurance company offers insurance for speedboats, the Ministry of Public Works is examining this sector to have speedboat operators mandatorily insure their operations. Transport...

US$2.5M Vet Lab now for June commission

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US$2.5M Vet Lab now for June commission

Although it was scheduled for a November 2013 opening, the Ministry of Agriculture is hoping to have the US$2.5M Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory located at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara,...

Agri. Ministry harvest first batch of carrots, beets

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Agri. Ministry harvest first batch of carrots, beets

The Ministry of Agriculture on Monday harvested its first batch of carrots and beets from demonstration plots at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) and the National Agriculture Research and...

Locals complete CBSI Port Security Training

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Locals complete CBSI Port Security Training

Representatives from the International Port Security Programme, in conjunction with the Maritime Administration of Guyana, conducted a port security seminar over three days from May 6, 2014, at the...

Local Government Commission victim of unassented Local Government Bill – AG

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local Government Commission victim of unassented Local Government Bill – AG

By Zena Henry Attorney General Anil Nandlall has blamed the non-enactment of the Local Government Commission on the stalled Local Government Amendment Bill which was not assented to by...

Youth employment crisis in the C’bean must be addressed – LaRocque

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Youth employment crisis in the C’bean must be addressed – LaRocque

Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has called for greater focus to be placed on the creation of jobs for youths within the Region. Ambassador LaRocque...

Toyota Spacio hire cars…Owners should not be punished for administrative mistake – Nagamootoo

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Toyota Spacio hire cars…Owners should not be punished for administrative mistake – Nagamootoo

“A mistake was made and we would think this is an administrative mistake and the State must be big enough to say so and not blame and punish the owners of these vehicles.” This is the contention...

NGSA results to be released by June month-end

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NGSA results to be released by June month-end

Pupils who participated in the 2014 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) can prepare to be enlightened of their performances by next month end. This is according to a statement issued by the Ministry...

EU implements new visa system from today

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on EU implements new visa system from today

The Delegation of the European Union (EU) will from today be introducing a new Visa Information System (VIS) for its Schengen States. The Schengen Area is a group of 26 European countries that have...

Amerindian communities continue to enjoy good governance

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian communities continue to enjoy good governance

“The Government of Guyana believes in equality, non-discrimination and good governance and assures that under the new political dispensation as a minority government in Parliament we continue to be...

NOC should be shut down immediately – Nicole Cole

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NOC should be shut down immediately – Nicole Cole

-wandering laws should be struck out too By Latoya Giles Women and Gender Equality Representative Commission, Nicole Cole, on Tuesday stated that the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) must be...

PSC Chairman signs Book of Condolence

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PSC Chairman signs Book of Condolence

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Ramesh Persaud signed the Book of Condolence yesterday at the Bank of Guyana in recognition of its Governor, Lawrence Williams who died on May 7 after...

15 year old stabbed to death

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 15 year old stabbed to death

A 15-year-old boy is the latest in the growing list of domestic murder victims in Guyana’s hinterland, having been stabbed to death in what is being described as a drunken row. Police in a press...

Prisoner beaten…Inmate shoved burning mattress at prison warders – official

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner beaten…Inmate shoved burning mattress at prison warders – official

A senior Georgetown Prison official has come to the defence of warders at the penitentiary, following complaints by murder accused Calvin Bailey of being subjected to ill treatment. The official has...

Guilty of Rape not guilty of Robbery

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guilty of Rape not guilty of Robbery

– Probation report ordered The accused in the Number 73 Village, Corentyne rape/robbery trial was on Tuesday found guilty on the count of rape and not guilty on the count of robbery in the...

Ramroop media empire a real attempt to monopolise broadcasting

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramroop media empire a real attempt to monopolise broadcasting

Dear Editor, I refer to the front page headline of the Kaieteur News on Saturday May 10, 2014 which declared that CJ Chang cancels $2.45 million TV Licence. He did no such thing! This ruling is...

ON THE NEED FOR A MEDIA WATCHDOG

May 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ON THE NEED FOR A MEDIA WATCHDOG

The media, the Fourth Estate, acts as a watchdog against the government. But the media, including the private media, is so powerful that it too requires a watchdog to superintend its actions....

Officialdom supports discrimination

May 15, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Officialdom supports discrimination

Officialdom has many privileges and this has been the case from time immemorial. Those at the top would simply lord it over those at the bottom with help from the Administration. The result is that...

Fish shop shooting case dismissed …Third police suspect still at large

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fish shop shooting case dismissed …Third police suspect still at large

– “We have no justice to get,” says grieving parents By Kiana Wilburg The parents of Damien Belgrave, a man who was shot and killed while celebrating his 21st birthday at the Hadfield...

6-year-old stabbed in eye likely to lose sight

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 6-year-old stabbed in eye likely to lose sight

The parents of six-year-old Naresh Ramotar are extremely worried that their son might never be able to see from his left eye again. The grade one, Strathspey Primary School student was reportedly...

No fear in the absence of a scare?

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on No fear in the absence of a scare?

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to request clarity, or at best arrive at some understanding of the modus operandi of the Bomb Squad in Guyana. On page 13 of the Kaieteur News (May 13, 2014), I read under the...

I hope we don’t lose Professor Narine to other pursuits

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I hope we don’t lose Professor Narine to other pursuits

DEAR EDITOR, A search on Google will show that person or persons writing under the name M. Maxwell write letters regularly in the Kaieteur News. Other letter writers and columnists have questioned...

A despicable travel experience to Suriname from Georgetown

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A despicable travel experience to Suriname from Georgetown

DEAR EDITOR, For the benefit of others planning the trip, I wish to share my unpleasant experience travelling to Suriname last week via road from Georgetown. We left Georgetown by private car at...

To be blatant in the misrepresentation of facts is unacceptable politics

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on To be blatant in the misrepresentation of facts is unacceptable politics

DEAR EDITOR, It is worse than disgusting to know the facts and at the same time be subjected to repeated broadcasts and newspaper articles that are quite the opposite. Even worse is that one’s...

Two Town Clerks

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two Town Clerks

Dear Editor, With the ongoing saga at City Hall, where two Town Clerks are installed and there is no resolution in sight (besides holding Local Government Elections), I humbly beg to suggest that the...