February 2015

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Remuneration for teachers

Feb 12, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Remuneration for teachers

The University of Guyana is still on strike. The students who have been called on to pay more for their tuition are out of the classrooms because the lecturers are contending that for too long they...

Rohee lauds 10 percent reduction in electricity cost

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee lauds 10 percent reduction in electricity cost

– But opposition insists that GPL needs to get a handle on line losses By Kiana Wilburg General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party /Civic (PPP), Clement Rohee announced yesterday...

Feces and soap in an uncivilized land

Feb 12, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Feces and soap in an uncivilized land

Here is what I found by just random listening. I found that the word “clean” appears on most people’s tongue when they talk to me about their visits abroad. I didn’t think about it but when...

US support oil and gas development in Guyana

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US support oil and gas development in Guyana

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud, last week met with a mission from the Bureau of Energy Resources of the U.S Department of State, as the Government of Guyana’s...

Dramatization of CSEC Novel ‘The Lion And The Jewel’ set for Theatre Guild

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Dramatization of CSEC Novel ‘The Lion And The Jewel’ set for Theatre Guild

The Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Theatre Guild will be staging a dramatic play on Nigerian writer, Wole Soyinka’s, novel ‘The Lion And The Jewel’. This is to aid students...

GRA urges self-employed persons to take advantage of tax payment workshops

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GRA urges self-employed persons to take advantage of tax payment workshops

Guyana’s tax agency, Guyana Revenue Authority, is offering interactive tax payment workshops with meeting the needs of self-employed persons being its main objective. These interactive sessions are...

2012 Rights of the Child report handed over to National Assembly

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 2012 Rights of the Child report handed over to National Assembly

In keeping with constitutional mandate, Chairperson of the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC), Aleema Nasir handed over the Annual Report of the Rights of the Child Commission for the year 2014 to...

1, 639 fuel pumps verified last year- GNBS

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 1, 639 fuel pumps verified last year- GNBS

– commences verification of devices in petroleum sector for first half of 2015 For last year, 1, 639 fuel pumps were verified by the GNBS at gas stations countrywide while, 238 flow meters...

MMA conservancy water level dangerously low

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on MMA conservancy water level dangerously low

Authorities are warning farmers in the Mahaica and Mahaicony area to conserve on water as the Abary conservancy has dropped to an alarmingly low level. In a notice published yesterday in the Guyana...

Guyanese are continually overtaxed in the Hotel Industry – Hotelier Robert Badal

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese are continually overtaxed in the Hotel Industry – Hotelier Robert Badal

As the Marriott Hotel nears completion, owner of the nearby Pegasus Hotel, Robert Badal, has reaffirmed that despite believing that Guyanese are continually “overtaxed” in relation to the hotel...

PPP/C donates computer to St. Cuthbert’s Secondary

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C donates computer to St. Cuthbert’s Secondary

The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) made a modest donation of one computer to St. Cuthbert’s Secondary School yesterday at the conclusion of its weekly press conference held at Freedom...

GPL moves to buy more prepaid meters as demand grows

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPL moves to buy more prepaid meters as demand grows

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is searching for suppliers of prepaid meters. In an advertisement yesterday in Kaieteur News, the state-owned company invited tenders for the meters which...

Brother of murdered woman produces recording of execution plot

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Brother of murdered woman produces recording of execution plot

The brother of the executed Patricia Persaud-Sanasie is convinced that a close relative paid to have her killed. Vishnu Persaud who flew into Guyana some time last week, told a news conference...

Suspected botched abortion…Mother of two suffered a heart attack – PM

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected botched abortion…Mother of two suffered a heart attack – PM

A Post Mortem (PM) examination conducted on the remains of 23-year-old Athina Kennedy, yesterday, revealed that the woman died from a heart attack as a result of a rheumatic heart disease. It was...

Region Five showcases talent at Mash Competitions

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region Five showcases talent at Mash Competitions

The children of West Berbice showcased their talents and skills last Thursday and Friday at the finals of the Region Five Department of Education Children’s Mash Costume Competition. The events...

Rohee lauds GECOM for May 11 elections measures

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee lauds GECOM for May 11 elections measures

– but lashes out against others for “bias and lack of objectivity” The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was praised, yesterday, by General Secretary of the People’s Progressive...

Park if you are tired-police advise drivers

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Park if you are tired-police advise drivers

If you know you are tired and have a far way to go, try as far as practicable not to drive. This advice is coming from the police traffic department in the wake of recent accidents, some of which...

MV Sabanto mishap…Mismanagement, damaged compass, GPS, malfunctioning radar responsible – AT&GW President

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on MV Sabanto mishap…Mismanagement, damaged compass, GPS, malfunctioning radar responsible – AT&GW President

After the captain of the MV Sabanto, which ran aground in November, was fired, President of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (AT&GW), Godfrey Whyte is lambasting the actions...

Suspected thief caught by Enmore residents

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected thief caught by Enmore residents

A suspected thief was caught by some residents in Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Sunday last and dealt a sound thrashing before he was handed over to the police. The alleged thief has been...

$15,000 for photocopying papers for mid-term tests

Feb 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on $15,000 for photocopying papers for mid-term tests

DEAR EDITOR, I have a ward attending Grade 6 at a city Primary School (name provided). She informed me that her class teacher demanded that each pupil in her class pay five-hundred dollars to meet...

Mr. Williams would be deserving of a cabinet level position

Feb 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Williams would be deserving of a cabinet level position

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Ruel Johnson’s letter to the editor in the Kaieteur News dated February 10, 2015. I understand his frustration at the coalition talks in this crucial time, when elections...

The Opposition Leader clearly does have a plan

Feb 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Opposition Leader clearly does have a plan

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to refer to a letter published in your letter column; ‘The opposition Leader and his ‘no plan’ answer’ KN February 11th 2015. It is clear that the author of the letter,...

Open defence of lawlessness

Feb 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open defence of lawlessness

DEAR EDITOR, How could the Public Service Commission defend indefensible behaviour? I am left to wonder under which rock the Public Service Commission and the Commissioner of Police reside? I ask...

Paradigm shift in GuySuCo

Feb 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Paradigm shift in GuySuCo

DEAR EDITOR, As a Guyanese with the ‘sugar industry in my blood’ as it were, having regard to my antecedents, I could not believe my eyes when I read, re-read and reflected on the lengthy...

Govt. further delays dissolution of Parliament

Feb 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. further delays dissolution of Parliament

Despite previous announcements—by Head of the Presidential, Dr. Roger Luncheon—that President Donald Ramotar would have dissolved Parliament at least by February 9, Parliament remains prorogued....

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(Kaieteur News) – I think that the Hon Leader of the Opposition (LOO), Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, blundered. Three Local Govt seats in hand. One went to the Hon Ms. Amanza Walton-Desir’s Forward Guyana Movement. Good! The second should have gone to the APNU. Would have been reflective of...

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