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LIAT prohibits e-cigarettes in checked luggage

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT prohibits e-cigarettes in checked luggage

Regional airline LIAT has announced that e-cigarettes are prohibited for carriage in checked luggage on the airline’s services effective immediately. Citing a recommendation from the United States...

Mining, logging threaten wildlife population – Natural Resources

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mining, logging threaten wildlife population – Natural Resources

– explosives, poison to be banned from hunting Guyana yesterday celebrated World Wildlife Day with warnings of tougher action on illegal activities. The message was delivered yesterday by...

THAT IS NOT MY PROBLEM!

Mar 04, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THAT IS NOT MY PROBLEM!

We have to stop this habit of manufacturing controversy where none exists. We have to stop allowing politics and the need to score political points to cloud our judgment and force us into irrational...

WBD businessman shoots another thief at workshop

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on WBD businessman shoots another thief at workshop

Burglars are likely to now think twice about stealing from Bellevue, West Bank Demerara businessman Ronald Cappell. Cappell packs a licenced handgun and he’s been forced to shoot two thieves within...

National Youth Council asserts non-partisan position in electoral process

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on National Youth Council asserts non-partisan position in electoral process

…announces “Vote Like A Boss” campaign to bring out young voters By Nicholas Peters The Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) has asserted that the body’s collaborative efforts with the...

End to strike action does not mean end to remedial demands – UGSS President

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on End to strike action does not mean end to remedial demands – UGSS President

“The revolution lives on,” said President of the University of Guyana Students Society (UGSS), Joshua Griffith, in wake of the end of industrial action at the University of Guyana (UG). Griffith...

Creditinfo looks to boost image with visit of top exec

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Creditinfo looks to boost image with visit of top exec

A senior executive of Guyana’s first credit bureau is expected in Guyana today to help boost that entity’s presence here. According to Creditinfo Guyana, the visit of its group’s Chief...

Elizabethan waltz of Elizabeth Harper

Mar 04, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Elizabethan waltz of Elizabeth Harper

Anyone who saw the Elizabeth Harper interview by Olive Gopaul would know that the event hardly had anything to do with journalism, politics or television interviewing. It was a waltz by Mrs. Harper...

UG drainage network for “rehabilitation and improvement”

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG drainage network for “rehabilitation and improvement”

Under the Ministry of Education, bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation and improvement of the University of Guyana’s drainage...

Police Force receives 130 televisions

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police Force receives 130 televisions

In an effort to keep law enforcement officers updated on what is happening around the country, Princess International Hotel yesterday donated 130 televisions to the Guyana Police Force. Receiving the...

Mother of two jailed after thrashing friend with pipe

Mar 04, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mother of two jailed after thrashing friend with pipe

A mother of two was yesterday sentenced by Magistrate Dylon Bess to three months in jail, after she admitted to lashing her friend with a PVC pipe. An unrepentant Sade Grant, 26, of 2646 National...

Friends on bail after assaulting each other

Mar 04, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Friends on bail after assaulting each other

Yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court two friends were ordered to post $25,000 surety each after they were charged with assaulting each other. The charge stated that on February 28, at...

Man remanded after stealing grandfather’s money

Mar 04, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man remanded after stealing grandfather’s money

Magistrate Annette Singh remanded a man to prison yesterday after he was charged with stealing a large sum of money from his grandfather. James McDonald, 32, of 59 Bent and Lime Streets,...

Some writers do have an aversion to politics

Mar 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some writers do have an aversion to politics

Dear Editor, In Ms. Ryhaan Shah’s last last letter, she comments about yours truly, “Such machinations do, however, make him perfectly suited for a position as a public official in Guyana. With...

The truth about tides

Mar 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The truth about tides

Dear Editor, While driving in Georgetown during the after lunch period on Tuesday February 24, 2015 I heard part of a very interesting programme on 560 Radio dealing with TIDES. The presenter should...

The medical expenses were PPP dominated

Mar 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The medical expenses were PPP dominated

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News editorial of March 1, 2015, titled Medical Expenses is revealing, exposes the crassness, self-serving and callous attitude of this PPP administration. Comments which...

The truth about the debates

Mar 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The truth about the debates

Dear Editor, Please note that an article published in today’s Kaieteur newspaper entitled “President ‘ready to rumble’ but…” and written by Abena Rockliffe (page 3) while very informative...

GRA needs to respect taxpayers’ time, money

Mar 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on GRA needs to respect taxpayers’ time, money

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to share an annoying experience as a taxpayer. On many occasions I have been asked to submit a copy of returns submitted and lodged at the GRA Head Office, Camp Street....

Neglecting our teachers

Mar 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Neglecting our teachers

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to highlight my concern over the slow pace at which the Ministry of Education is dealing with teachers, who have dedicated their entire life, moulding the...

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Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport endorses Mashramani Street Football Championships

Guyana’s silence represents a shocking neglect of its national interest

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Guyana has long championed the sanctity of territorial integrity and the rejection of aggression... more