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MARAD officials interview survivors of Corentyne boat accident

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MARAD officials interview survivors of Corentyne boat accident

As efforts continue to locate the missing crew members of the capsized Motor Tanker Swift Dolphin, investigators from the Maritime Administration Department, (MARAD) have opted to conduct interviews...

Use of Facilities Fee will be transparent – UG officials

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Use of Facilities Fee will be transparent – UG officials

The $50,000 Facilities Fee which will be required of students by the University of Guyana (UG) from this academic year, is intended to do just what it suggests – enhance the University’s...

APNU calls for massive sensitisation campaign in wake of Ebola outbreak

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU calls for massive sensitisation campaign in wake of Ebola outbreak

– MOE strengthens Port Surveillance and other Clinical Health Systems.” Members of the main opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity, (APNU) is calling on the...

Education Ministry implementing measures to sustain gains – Manickchand

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry implementing measures to sustain gains – Manickchand

Although Guyana saw a nine per cent increase from last year in its performance of Mathematics at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Council (CSEC) examination, this level of performance is clearly...

Bai Shan Lin’s operations is a National Scandal

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bai Shan Lin’s operations is a National Scandal

– reflects classic example of Industrial scale corruption – Bulkan A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament, Ronald Bulkan has called the revelations...

Implementing non-legislative aspects of CFATF’s recommendations is Gov’t’s only choice – Ramotar

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Implementing non-legislative aspects of CFATF’s recommendations is Gov’t’s only choice – Ramotar

President Donald Ramotar yesterday said that while the political Opposition continues to dawdle with regards to the passage of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism...

In light of looming snap elections

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on In light of looming snap elections

…APNU holds firm to principles in manifesto With a no confidence motion to be debated at the next parliamentary meeting and a snap national elections looming, can the old APNU manifesto hold up to...

Misplaced priorities

Aug 16, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Misplaced priorities

People living in Guyana would be understandably less than confident about this government’s handling of health issues. The current Chikungunya virus outbreak which has been detected here seems...

Voluntarism is the bedrock of community policing – Rohee

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Voluntarism is the bedrock of community policing – Rohee

– As inaugural award ceremony for CPGs is held The Home Affairs Ministry yesterday hosted the first ever award ceremony to recognise outstanding members of Community Policing Groups (CPGs) and...

Diabetic Foot Clinic reduces limb amputations by 50 percent

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Diabetic Foot Clinic reduces limb amputations by 50 percent

Local diabetic related amputations have been reduced by 50 percent, thanks to the multi-disciplinary approach to patient care at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Diabetic Foot Clinic. Diabetes, a...

Upper Mazaruni gets school uniform material

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Upper Mazaruni gets school uniform material

Villages in the Upper Mazaruni sub-district were presented with school uniform material over the weekend. Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai, during a visit to Region Seven, distributed...

Two Lucky Guyanese off to the CPL T20 finals in St Kitts, compliments of El Dorado Rums

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two Lucky Guyanese off to the CPL T20 finals in St Kitts, compliments of El Dorado Rums

Two lucky Guyanese will be watching live the finals of the Limacol CPL T20 Tournament in St Kitts and Nevis with the kind compliments of El Dorado Rums, which is the official spirit of the...

Guyana secures new rice market in Panama

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana secures new rice market in Panama

Guyana has managed to secure yet another market for rice. This announcement was made yesterday by President Donald Ramotar during a press conference at the office of the President. Recently,...

Alleged sheep thief granted bail

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged sheep thief granted bail

A labourer from Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara was yesterday taken before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for stealing two sheep. Richard De Cunha, 20, of Lot 59 Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, West...

Bosai employee on bail for bodybuilder’s death in East Bank crash

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bosai employee on bail for bodybuilder’s death in East Bank crash

A man who was reportedly behind the wheel of a car that killed a renowned bodybuilder was released on $400,000 bail yesterday. Dexter Phil, 24, of Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden, appeared before...

THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO WAIT ON THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Aug 16, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO WAIT ON THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

I do not see why the University of Guyana should have to close its doors unless the government provides loans to students. I do not see, also, why the government should continue to provide such...

Cleaner fined, jailed for trafficking cocaine

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cleaner fined, jailed for trafficking cocaine

A 61-year-old cleaner was yesterday jailed for three years after he pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking charge. Allan Roach appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’...

East Canje man found dead in house

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje man found dead in house

The body of a 47-year-old man, with suspected marks of violence, was found at around 15: 45 hrs yesterday in a house in New Street, Cumberland, East Canje Berbice. Allan Gobin, the victim, was found...

Extensive spraying of paddy bugs begins in Region Two

Aug 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Extensive spraying of paddy bugs begins in Region Two

Spraying of rice fields in an attempt to contain the infestation of paddy bugs have commenced in Region Two. This activity follows the recommendations of rice farmers. The Guyana Rice Development...

Poor sanitation and stunting in Guyana

Aug 16, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Poor sanitation and stunting in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Research shows that poor sanitation accounts for 54% of international variation in child height or stunting. Much of the research material in this area focused on open defecation, but...

Life is about managing expectations

Aug 16, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Life is about managing expectations

DEAR EDITOR, The human mind works in mysterious and unpredictable ways. At one time you are happy and on top of the world and then in an instant you experience a change of mood and you become tired...

GWI sludge dumping in Irving Street canal

Aug 16, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on GWI sludge dumping in Irving Street canal

DEAR EDITOR, Since its inception, Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) water treatment plant at Shelter Belt has been dumping the back wash from its filters (sludge) into the Irving and Church Streets canals,...

The wide disparity in academic performances in the country can be bridged, but…

Aug 16, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The wide disparity in academic performances in the country can be bridged, but…

DEAR EDITOR, The recent grim news of unacceptably high failure rate at the GCSE and CXC examinations come as no surprise, this kind of unwelcoming news haunts parents and students, particularly from...

Is there a Chief Fire Officer?

Aug 16, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a Chief Fire Officer?

DEAR EDITOR, Just happened to catch a fairly lively TV discussion concerning the hazards of public fires ignited deliberately by various miscreants in different locations. The panel consisted of the...

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