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Course repeaters make up bulk of failures at Nurses’ Exam – Health Minister

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Course repeaters make up bulk of failures at Nurses’ Exam – Health Minister

Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran has said that the large percentage of nurses failing the Professional Nursing Programme examination is as a result of those who are repeaters. But there has...

$4.5B Statement of Excess…APNU wants Finance Minister prosecuted over unlawful spending

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $4.5B Statement of Excess…APNU wants Finance Minister prosecuted over unlawful spending

By Gary Eleazar Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh’s submission of a “Statement of Excess” to the National Assembly last week to the tune of $4.5B, representing monies spent by the Executive that...

Mayor seeks court order to restore office resources

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor seeks court order to restore office resources

In a bid to have resources restored to his office, City Mayor Hamilton Green has filed a writ of mandamus petition against Acting Town Clerk Carol Ryan Sooba and Council Treasurer, Ron Mc Calmon. A...

Health Ministry takes Chikungunya awareness drive to Region Three

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry takes Chikungunya awareness drive to Region Three

— as plans made to train local personnel to test for virus Even as Guyana seeks to build capacity to test for the Chikungunya virus here, sustained moves are being made to sensitise the population...

Govt. to release 2012 population census on Monday

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to release 2012 population census on Monday

Government is set to release the findings of a population head count on Monday at the Guyana International Convention Centre, the Bureau of Statistics announced yesterday. The preliminary report of...

Faulty caesarean procedure lands 20-year-old in ICU

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Faulty caesarean procedure lands 20-year-old in ICU

By Abena Rockliffe Denika Hernandez, 20, is now in a critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after delivering her first baby. The...

New GPL technology allows customers to read consumption online

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New GPL technology allows customers to read consumption online

New technology that will allow customers to check their consumption of electricity online has been introduced by the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL). According to the state-owned company yesterday,...

Coomacka road a Region Ten nightmare

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Coomacka road a Region Ten nightmare

Coomacka is a community located some 12 miles on the outskirts of Linden; yet a trip by minibus to the central business district, takes about the same time that a minibus takes to commute...

Vryman’s Erven Secondary hit by thieves again

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vryman’s Erven Secondary hit by thieves again

Thieves have once again hit the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School in New Amsterdam. The school, which is a regular target for thieves, recently had its staff room broken into and ransacked. Window...

Gunman shoots housewife after failing to find husband

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gunman shoots housewife after failing to find husband

A gunman shot a 22-year-old housewife in the foot at around 15.00 hrs yesterday after barging into the woman’s Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara home to find her reputed husband. Aneesia Pharous, of...

Current political climate poisonous to progress – Private Sector Chairman

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Current political climate poisonous to progress – Private Sector Chairman

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Ramesh Persaud expressed on Wednesday that the Commission is not only disappointed, but concerned about the disadvantages of the current...

Guyana Police Force enlists 131 recruits

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Police Force enlists 131 recruits

The Guyana Police Force has been boosted by 131 recruits. The recruits were officially admitted into the Guyana Police Force during a “Passing out Parade,” held at the Tactical Service Unit...

Youth group secures funding for Regional education project

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Youth group secures funding for Regional education project

Global Youth Movement – Guyana (GYM-G) will embark on a one year Community Mercury Education and Awareness Project in Region Five. The project seeks to “stimulate community action on...

Govt. actions warrant no confidence motion

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. actions warrant no confidence motion

… Undermines parliamentary democracy – APNU Gary Eleazar The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Administration is determined to provoke a constitutional crisis and undermine...

Air Services limited to offer special packages for Guyana Festival

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Air Services limited to offer special packages for Guyana Festival

A move which can be described as both patriotic and good entrepreneurship has been made by Air Services Limited (ASL) in putting together unique tourism packages for the upcoming Guyana Festival. The...

Bad news for passengers as Dynamic Airways cancels for weekend

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bad news for passengers as Dynamic Airways cancels for weekend

Several passengers were left stranded yesterday at the JFK Airport, New York, after new operator, Dynamic Airways, ran into ground-handling problems on its inaugural return trip. The operator...

Essequibo rice farmers protest again

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo rice farmers protest again

Region Two rice farmers again staged another peaceful protest demonstration decrying the poor drainage system in the Region, the non-payment and the non-functioning of sluices in the Region. Some...

Damaged sewage mains create discomfort

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Damaged sewage mains create discomfort

The ruptured main sewage line in Waterloo and Light Streets is the source of discomfort to the residents in the area. Guyana Water Inc. (G.W.I) in a report stated that ‘a truck belonging to a...

Another cog in a big wheel

Jun 28, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Another cog in a big wheel

Guyana does not have a drug problem. There are a few addicts whom we derogatively refer to as junkies. These have been the young men who opted to experiment out of boredom and because of curiosity....

Plumber on attempt murder charge

Jun 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Plumber on attempt murder charge

An East Canje man was on Thursday placed on $100,000 bail by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on a charge of attempted murder....

ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

Jun 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is establishing an office in Guyana. The decision which emerged as a result of cooperation between the Guyana government and the US...

The grassroots forces can score an important victory for Guyana in 2016

Jun 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The grassroots forces can score an important victory for Guyana in 2016

DEAR EDITOR, The 2011 election results had a very deep meaning. If one analyzes Guyana’s history, one would realize that 1964 was the last elections when no party got more than 50 percent...

Time to increase the jail time for drug traffickers

Jun 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to increase the jail time for drug traffickers

DEAR EDITOR, It is high time to increase the period of incarceration for drug traffickers. I make this bold suggestion in light of the prevailing circumstances. In today’s society, persons seek...

Will the AFC meet the same fate as the WPA?

Jun 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will the AFC meet the same fate as the WPA?

DEAR EDITOR, Rising tensions between the PNC and WPA – fuelled by the revelations at the Rodney Commission of Inquiry (RCOI) – are very unlikely to anymore welcome the WPA’s Dr Rupert...

Guyana is experiencing its worst period of policy paralysis

Jun 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is experiencing its worst period of policy paralysis

DEAR EDITOR, After 22 years of PPP rule, it is clear that Guyana is experiencing one of its worst periods of policy paralysis… never seen before. Today we hear the President speak of “serious...

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A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more