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Govt ignoring the concerns of Parliamentary majority – Harmon

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt ignoring the concerns of Parliamentary majority – Harmon

“By and large in a regularly democratic society when the legislative branch passes a motion or some law, the Executive branch sees it as an obligation and responsibility to ensure that action is...

CCJ affirms four-year jail term for Guyanese men

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ affirms four-year jail term for Guyanese men

The Caribbean Court of Justice yesterday upheld the conviction of Paul Lashley and John Campayne for breaking and entering. The court rejected the argument that they were only convicted because their...

Deputy Speaker position should be given to the PPP – Rohee

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy Speaker position should be given to the PPP – Rohee

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Clement Rohee says if the political Opposition is talking about inclusionary democracy and national unity, then the position of Deputy...

Guyanese charged in firebombing of mosque found fit to stand trial

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese charged in firebombing of mosque found fit to stand trial

New York (New York Daily News) – Ray Lengend, 43, is accused of hurling a Molotov cocktail at the Imam Al-Khoel Islamic Center in Jamaica, Queens, in December 2011 and carrying out five fire...

Investigation into Springlands Police Station receipt scandal complete – Auditor General

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Investigation into Springlands Police Station receipt scandal complete – Auditor General

Auditor General Deodat Sharma has said that the investigation into allegations of theft by a senior police rank at the Springlands Police Station has been completed. A report should be available very...

Kaburi looks to end destructive logging

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Kaburi looks to end destructive logging

– Amerindian villagers trained in sustainable forest management By Neil Marks The dazzling Blue Morpho butterflies which serenade you to Kaburi spells of the rich biodiversity of the...

“Join your national association” CNO urges Region Four nurses

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Join your national association” CNO urges Region Four nurses

In a fervent quest to ensure that practicing nurses are continually encouraged to help advance the profession, Chief Nursing Officer, Tarmattie Barker, has voiced an appeal for them to attach...

Education sector: Connecting classrooms in the 21st Century

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education sector: Connecting classrooms in the 21st Century

– Students learning in a fun, creative and interactive manner Guyana will be joining developed and developing countries in its Smart Classrooms rollout which should appeal to students who...

Teenager returns money from failed TIP venture

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teenager returns money from failed TIP venture

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Regional Councillor, Wazeer Latiff, is imploring the relevant authorities and residents of Essequibo to report people who are in the habit of soliciting young...

“Idle” Surendra pumps will be installed by next month – NDIA says

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Idle” Surendra pumps will be installed by next month – NDIA says

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) expects to complete the installation of a pump at Paradise, East Coast Demerara by next month. The revelation came in the aftermath of the...

Local Govt. Elections not as urgent as AML/CFT Bill – PPP

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local Govt. Elections not as urgent as AML/CFT Bill – PPP

By Gary Eleazar The Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) does not believe that there is much urgency for the holding of Local Government Elections, but rather, that the average Guyanese is more interested...

142nd Anglican Synod opens in Guyana

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 142nd Anglican Synod opens in Guyana

The 142nd Session of Synod of the Anglican Diocese is underway in Guyana. The highest decision- making forum of the Anglican Church in Guyana got underway with a Grand Pontifical Mass at St....

WHERE IS THE GOLD?

Jun 10, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE IS THE GOLD?

For the first five months of this year there was a precipitous decline in gold declarations. Gold declarations were 20 per cent below the corresponding period last year. This is highly unusual. It...

Selective application of a policy

Jun 10, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Selective application of a policy

The decision by the West Indies Cricket Board to remove the third Test between West Indies and New Zealand is going to have far-reaching implications for the future of the game. According to...

GPSU calls for meeting with Govt. in five days over wages and salaries

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU calls for meeting with Govt. in five days over wages and salaries

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is insisting that the Government meet with the organization within five days to discuss the longstanding issue of public servants wages and salaries. In a...

Street dweller murder trial

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Street dweller murder trial

– accused to know fate today Prosecutor Judith Gildharie-Mursalin has closed the case against street dweller, Omesh Chaitram, called “Black Boy”. Chaitram is on trial in the High...

WANTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on WANTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

The police are looking for 54-year-old Dion Shurwin Layne whom they want to question in relation to a matter of Trafficking in Narcotics which is presently under investigation. Layne was described as...

Low level of HIV discrimination among health care workers – survey

Jun 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Low level of HIV discrimination among health care workers – survey

A Client Satisfaction Survey has dispelled reports that patients infected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are highly discriminated against by health care workers. This disclosure was made...

The Matthias Constitutional Blunders

Jun 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Matthias Constitutional Blunders

Dear Editor, As far as I know, the members of the so-called “Breakaway Congress” of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), that brought a vote of No Confidence against the GFF President,...

There is something troubling about the theme of this conference

Jun 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is something troubling about the theme of this conference

DEAR EDITOR, There is a public invitation in the Sunday Chronicle of 8 June, 2014 to the First Assembly of God Men’s Conference which has a theme “Retaking the man’s position of influence”....

Focus should be on prevention and primary healthcare, not specialty hospital

Jun 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Focus should be on prevention and primary healthcare, not specialty hospital

DEAR EDITOR, I recently read a news article in which President Ramotar was quoted as saying that “Only someone who is mad or has another agenda will oppose a specialty hospital when you [have]...

Dr Roopnaraine will become the WPA fall guy

Jun 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr Roopnaraine will become the WPA fall guy

DEAR EDITOR, At the PNC’s Third Biennial Congress of August 22-26 of 1979, Prime Minister Forbes Burnham addressing delegates on the WPA threat told them: “While we number thousands, they number...

The reality is that we are still living in a wonderful and beautiful country

Jun 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The reality is that we are still living in a wonderful and beautiful country

DEAR EDITOR, Because of the present state of affairs in our country there seems to be among our citizenry a pervading atmosphere of depression and lack of hope in the future of our country, evoking...

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GUYSUCO’s problems are political not managerial

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The sugar industry has been for centuries Guyana’s agricultural backbone. Yet, its struggles... more