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Ramkarran is way off mark, PPP is on top of things- Rohee

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ramkarran is way off mark, PPP is on top of things- Rohee

– Warns electorate to brace for the unexpected General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party(PPP), Clement Rohee, fettered by the comments made by his former comrade—Ralph...

Importance of healthy diets emphasised at World Consumer Rights Day seminar

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Importance of healthy diets emphasised at World Consumer Rights Day seminar

Given that poor diets account for more than 11 million deaths annually, consumers, producers, manufacturers, and food caterers who converged at the International Conference Centre for a half-day...

Man refused bail after dousing sister with boiling rice

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man refused bail after dousing sister with boiling rice

An East La Penitence resident appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday after it was alleged that he threw a pot of ‘boiling rice’ on his older sister. Chief Magistrate Priya...

Christianburg PTA threatens to shut school

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Christianburg PTA threatens to shut school

Members of the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) of the Christianburg Primary School had vowed to shut the school down yesterday, to send a clear message to the Ministry of Education that the...

Town Clerk demotes staff member not paid eight months after employment

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Town Clerk demotes staff member not paid eight months after employment

Not only is 20-year-old Nnesha Hinds unpaid eight months after being employed at City Hall, but the young woman has now been demoted retroactive to the day she started working at the agency. The...

New Auditor General likely under coalition gov’t – APNU+AFC

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New Auditor General likely under coalition gov’t – APNU+AFC

The country’s current Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, over the years has not only received criticisms from the political opposition but also from members of the government who sat on the Public...

THE FICKLENESS OF GUYANESE

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE FICKLENESS OF GUYANESE

When people say that taxpayers’ monies were used to pay for the construction of the Marriott Hotel what they really mean is that the property belongs to the people because it is State funds that...

Assassination in the night

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Assassination in the night

On a dark, lonely street, the assassins came. They killed a patriot. They killed a man, not known for mansions and fast cars, not known for smoking even a cigarette, but known for his love of country...

Ruimveldt resident sets trap, catches thief

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ruimveldt resident sets trap, catches thief

West Ruimveldt squatting area resident, Alister Wilson and his girlfriend, Vanesa Samuels, were able to trap and capture a neighbourhood thief, while he was allegedly trying to steal a sink belonging...

Venezuela rice deal signed…Guyana courts African states to take off surplus

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela rice deal signed…Guyana courts African states to take off surplus

As worry mounts by a number of farmers in Essequibo and Berbice over late payments from last year, the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (RPA) is advising that millers pay $3,000 per bag of paddy...

E/bo rice farmers continue protest

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on E/bo rice farmers continue protest

Essequibo rice farmers whose protests have been gaining momentum, continued to decry the price for paddy and other pressing issues. Friday’s protest saw some 70 rice farmers taking to the streets...

NAMS wins Eli Hazel/MoE Reading Competition in Berbice

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NAMS wins Eli Hazel/MoE Reading Competition in Berbice

The New Amsterdam Multilateral School (NAMS) took home the winner’s trophy yesterday from the Eli Hazel/Ministry of Education Reading and Explanation Competition. The event which was planned and...

Hundreds of people turned up at Fogarty’s for glaucoma screening

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds of people turned up at Fogarty’s for glaucoma screening

From around 10 o’clock yesterday at the Forgarty’s Store, Central Georgetown, hundreds, mainly senior citizens, turned up for glaucoma screening by doctors from the Georgetown Hospital,...

The race drum sounds

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The race drum sounds

The Times of India is the largest English language newspaper in India. It is a daily publication that examines sensitive issues in the country. Recently, it examined politics in India and the issue...

Giftland Mall nears completion, but no opening date set

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland Mall nears completion, but no opening date set

Dozens of business outlets including fast food restaurants, clothing lines, electronic stores and entertainment facilities are expected to be housed in the highly anticipated Giftland Mall for which...

Guyanese heads up key NY police precinct

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese heads up key NY police precinct

Queens, NY – There’s a new top cop in the 102nd Precinct. Deputy Inspector Deodat Urprasad last week took over from Deputy Inspector Henry Sautner, who was rotated out to head a detective...

APNU+AFC crafts plan to improve living conditions in Region Nine

Mar 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC crafts plan to improve living conditions in Region Nine

The deplorable living conditions which exist in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) were highlighted yesterday as Opposition Leader, David Granger, announced that his party has more than frail...

The PPP regime imploded at Babu Jaan

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP regime imploded at Babu Jaan

DEAR EDITOR, In this election the people have to wrestle with the iconic question: “Who to vote for?” as they contemplate what to do. How should the citizens go about answering this question?...

Courtney Crum, GNYC and the right to be heard

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Courtney Crum, GNYC and the right to be heard

DEAR EDITOR, Regardless of which political party they choose to support, no citizen deserves to be executed while proclaiming and informing others of their right to have a say in determining the...

Guyana has come a long way in terms of race relations

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana has come a long way in terms of race relations

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana has come a long way in terms of race relations. Gone are the days when race was used to divide us. As Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar reminded us, the PPP has always...

Let us not be tricked into a racial confrontation or civil disturbance

Mar 14, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us not be tricked into a racial confrontation or civil disturbance

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is concerned about the dangerous unfolding of PPP combustible politics and the safety and security of all Guyanese/workers, many of whom may be...

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Guyana and US sign pact to strengthen cooperation, address regional challenges

By Shania Williams Kaieteur News- Guyana and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Thursday, aimed... more