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The Head of the Presidential Security is one of the most important duties

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Head of the Presidential Security is one of the most important duties

Most Heads of State when assuming office will seek to enhance or change their security details. However, before such undertakings, a number of things are taken into consideration. These include...

GWR to host Presidential Inaugural Ball

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GWR to host Presidential Inaugural Ball

A Presidential Inauguration Ball is slated for May 29, next, at the Pegasus Hotel. The event is being organised by the CPIC Monique’s Guyanese Women’s Roundtable (GWR). GWR is an...

New Education Minister pleased with competent, experienced staff

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New Education Minister pleased with competent, experienced staff

– Intent on seeing continuity, not abrupt changes in sector While acknowledging that it will require an enormous amount of work to take up the reins of the Ministry of Education together with...

Appeal for assistance

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal for assistance

The construction of the Shri Surya Narayan Mandir located at 4607 Westminster, Phase 1, La Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, is progressing well, with just a little bit more to go. The Management...

Girl, 17, for court Monday for killing best friend

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 17, for court Monday for killing best friend

– victim was two months pregnant The 17-year-old girl who allegedly killed 21-year-old Lloyda Thomas last Thursday is to be charged with murder. Relatives of the victim revealed that she was...

First crop sugar falls short by 5,000 tonnes

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on First crop sugar falls short by 5,000 tonnes

– Skeldon barely makes 50 percent of target The extended first sugar crop has ended short of its target by almost 5,000 tonnes but the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) on Friday said that...

Another GECOM let down

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Another GECOM let down

by Chris Ram Introduction Once again, the role of GECOM in the determination and publication of the results of National and Regional elections as well as its general functions have been highlighted....

Pineapple processing facility closes, farmers suffer

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pineapple processing facility closes, farmers suffer

Pineapple farmers who live and operate within the Mainstay/Whyaka area are convinced that once the defunct Amazon Caribbean Ltd facility which was established with the interest of canning and...

Elections in Suriname 2015— By Dr Rishee Thakur

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Elections in Suriname 2015— By Dr Rishee Thakur

Most Surinamese seem to agree that national elections due tomorrow, represent a referendum on their own strongman Desi Bouterse. They also agree that his 2010 Mega Combination victory was the...

Mahaica moves to develop bird watching tourism

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica moves to develop bird watching tourism

Guyana’s bird-watching tourism has been identified as a niche market since 2006. However, the focus had been more in the interior locations of Guyana despite Hope Beach on the East Coast of...

Release of child killer sends the wrong signal – Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Release of child killer sends the wrong signal – Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha is among the recent bodies to express disappointment at the decision of former President Donald Ramotar to pardon convicted child killer, Ravindra Deo. Deo was...

Expect major changes for road, sea defence maintenance programme – Minister Patterson

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Expect major changes for road, sea defence maintenance programme – Minister Patterson

Managers and Directors of the newly renamed Ministry of Public Infrastructure were challenged by Minister David Patterson, during an interactive meeting at the Ministry’s Boardroom on Friday to be...

Home wreckers terrorise Brickering tenants

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Home wreckers terrorise Brickering tenants

…in apparent land dispute Residents of Lot 1 Brickering Public Road are at their wits end after consistent harassment over the past few days left their houses in various stages of destruction. The...

Courtney Crum-Ewing triumphs after death

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Courtney Crum-Ewing triumphs after death

– but parents saddened that he didn’t live to see “change” “People thought that Government couldn’t change but my son knew there was going to be a change… I used to see him campaign...

Floods threaten E’bo rice lands, emergency teams dispatched

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Floods threaten E’bo rice lands, emergency teams dispatched

The Ministry of Agriculture and the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) are working to alleviate the flooding of rice lands on the Essequibo Coast, the Office of the Prime Minister...

Profiles of Cabinet Ministers

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Profiles of Cabinet Ministers

Brig. David Granger…………President Mr Moses Nagamootoo……….Prime Minister Col. Joseph Harmon…………….Minister of State Mr Noel...

President to bring end to Rodney COI

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President to bring end to Rodney COI

…one more sitting possible The public hearings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of historian and former Working People’s Alliance (WPA) co-founder, Dr. Walter Rodney, may soon...

Bank of Guyana report shows…Economy declined in 2014

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bank of Guyana report shows…Economy declined in 2014

– Gold performance played major role A Bank of Guyana (BOG) report shows that Guyana’s economy declined in 2014, and the drop in gold declaration apparently played a major role in this...

Guyana’s youth unemployment rate among highest in C’bean

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s youth unemployment rate among highest in C’bean

– New Education Minister says “unacceptable” A recent study coming out of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has shown that Guyana has a youth unemployment rate of about 40%. The...

From the Diaspora…CAN PRESIDENT DAVID GRANGER HEAL THE NATION?

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…CAN PRESIDENT DAVID GRANGER HEAL THE NATION?

By Ralph Seeram This last election has left this nation more divided than ever. Some would like to disagree, but fact are facts, and in as much the APNU/AFC coalition touted UNITY as part of its...

Can the new government reduce poverty?

May 24, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Can the new government reduce poverty?

President David Granger is no stranger to problems, large or small. As the former head of the Guyana Defence Force and leader of the APNU+AFC Coalition, he has faced and has overcome many problems in...

Inflation, unemployment and the Proposed Policy of the Granger Administration

May 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Inflation, unemployment and the Proposed Policy of the Granger Administration

Dear Editor, The pace at which stories of developments have been happening under this administration is rapid and as such, as a nation, in our desire to embrace change, must ensure that caution is...

Sunday Cartoon

May 24, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Olive Blackmoore – 104 and still vivacious

May 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Olive Blackmoore – 104 and still vivacious

Not many persons are fortunate enough to see the age of 104. Mrs Olive Blackmore, also known as Dolly, is one of the lucky few. The dedicated mother of 10 was honoured yesterday at a small family...

A serious lapse in Protocol at the Official swearing-in of President David Granger

May 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A serious lapse in Protocol at the Official swearing-in of President David Granger

Dear Editor, There was a serious lapse in Protocol at the Official Swearing-in of President David Granger at Parliament Buildings on Saturday May 16, 2015. It occurred during the reciting of the Oath...

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Crowds, chaos and complaints

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The folly of the cash grant distribution is a textbook case of what happens when a government,... more