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Personnel Officer, senior staff sent home

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Personnel Officer, senior staff sent home

…as Ministry of Presidency probes sale of state assets The release of two people from the Ministry of the Presidency, formally the Public Service Ministry, was done to facilitate an...

Norway halts forest payments pending new Govt. decision –Norway report

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Norway halts forest payments pending new Govt. decision –Norway report

On May 11, an election in Guyana ended the 23-year rule of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), which had been a partner for Norway’s US$250 million forest climate deal with the South...

NCN sacks Berbice head as shakeup continues

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NCN sacks Berbice head as shakeup continues

By Leonard Gildarie Head of the Berbice operations of the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN), Faizal Jafarally, yesterday had his services terminated with immediate effect, as the...

Anti-money laundering Bill, others for Thursday’s House sitting

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering Bill, others for Thursday’s House sitting

By Abena Rockcliffe Sending a signal that it means business, the government has given the Clerk of the National Assembly notice of five Bills that it wishes to pass in the National Assembly. Those...

South Ruimveldt resident shot in broad daylight robbery

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on South Ruimveldt resident shot in broad daylight robbery

Reginald Manbodh, 67, of 464 Kiskadee Drive, South Ruimveldt, was the victim of a broad daylight robbery for the second time just outside his home. He was shot three times when two armed bandits were...

Gold miners dissatisfied with new Govt. response to “crisis”

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miners dissatisfied with new Govt. response to “crisis”

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) yesterday expressed dissatisfaction with the attention given to the industry by the new Government. “This industry remains the leading...

Police does pray too

Jun 20, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Police does pray too

De rate some people was thiefing dem boys believe that Donald did serve out he full term, de country wouldn’t have had anything. People thief money till dem can’t find place to put money. Then...

Who’ll reign supreme at the Biggest Party In Sport?

Jun 20, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Who’ll reign supreme at the Biggest Party In Sport?

Defending champs Barbados Tridents face Guyana Amazon Warriors “If you love cricket then this is the kind of brand of cricket that you want to go out and support and go and watch. There’s a good...

Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Championships …Telman, Harvey, Nelson fires Stewartville to 3-0 win

Jun 20, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Championships …Telman, Harvey, Nelson fires Stewartville to 3-0 win

West Coast school Stewartville Secondary started their Digicel Schools Football tournament campaign by demolishing West Bank Demerara’s Endeavour 3-0 at the Leonora ground in what turned out to be...

Over $400,000 up for grabs for Father’s Day Dominoes Competition

Jun 20, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over $400,000 up for grabs for Father’s Day Dominoes Competition

A massive Father’s Day Competition organised by the President of the Georgetown Dominoes Association (GDA) Faye Joseph will take place tomorrow at her residence at 1223 Gualding Place, South...

National U-23 team pays courtesy call on Sports Director

Jun 20, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on National U-23 team pays courtesy call on Sports Director

Team to be announced today Guyana’s Olympic Under-23 football team yesterday made a courtesy call to Director of Sports Christopher Jones ahead of their participation in the Caribbean Football...

Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition…Hope march on after 3-1 win over LBI

Jun 20, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition…Hope march on after 3-1 win over LBI

Braving soggy conditions underfoot, Hope Secondary rebounded from conceding an early goal to come away with a workmanlike 3-1 win over a game, but clearly outclassed La Bonne Intention (LBI) as play...

South Road,Grove slayings…Former ‘killing squad’ ranks released, file to be sent to DPP

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on South Road,Grove slayings…Former ‘killing squad’ ranks released, file to be sent to DPP

Investigators have released the two police ranks and the ex-policeman that self-confessed hit man and informant, Lennox Wayne, has implicated in the killing of five civilians. But a file is to be...

Rice farmers call for removal of Rice Board Head

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmers call for removal of Rice Board Head

Essequibo rice farmers have called for an immediate engagement with the new Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder. The call came during protest action staged at the Anna Regina High Bridge, yesterday....

IDB urges increased transparency in extractive industries

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on IDB urges increased transparency in extractive industries

Latin American and Caribbean nations can provide more effective management and reduce the risks of corruption by improving the transparency of their natural resource industries through high quality...

Shot ex-policeman succumbs

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shot ex-policeman succumbs

Ravi Outar has in the past escaped death when he survived gunshot injuries. However, after being shot for the second time a week ago Outar lost the fight for his life. Yesterday Outar succumbed...

Wallabaka Backdam shooting…Family peeved over relative’s discharge from GPHC with bullet lodged in body

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Wallabaka Backdam shooting…Family peeved over relative’s discharge from GPHC with bullet lodged in body

The family of Quincy Abrams, who was discharged from the GPHC on Wednesday with a bullet lodged in his body, is peeved at the hospital’s decision to release the young man. One relative said that it...

Gov’t working to boost health system – Minister Cummings

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t working to boost health system – Minister Cummings

Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings, yesterday, visited the Maternity Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and interacted with nurses and doctors....

A NEW PPP IS NEEDED

Jun 20, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A NEW PPP IS NEEDED

The PPP should never have found itself in a position where firstly, it lost power and secondly, having lost power is being investigated for misappropriation of public property. Nothing is more...

Guyanese nabbed on cargo ship jailed for seven years

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese nabbed on cargo ship jailed for seven years

Barbados (Antigua Observer) – A Guyanese man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday by Chief Magistrate Pamela Beckles. The sentence was imposed after Ryon Marlon George pleaded...

The mistakes politicians make

Jun 20, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The mistakes politicians make

Rhetoric has long been part of the political landscape. Political parties and politicians make statements to appeal to their members and supporters as a means of enhancing whatever they wish to...

Blackouts plague Essequibo Coast

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Blackouts plague Essequibo Coast

With Region Two in need of a brand new generator to effectively distribute electricity to residents on the Essequibo Coast, blackouts continue to plague its residents. Residents of North Essequibo...

The Granger/Nagamootoo team has to put an end to Rickey Singh’s “eyepass.”

Jun 20, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Granger/Nagamootoo team has to put an end to Rickey Singh’s “eyepass.”

What is going through the mind of Mark Ramoutar the Chronicle editor and Rickey Singh, the Chronicle’s paid weekly columnist? How can humans behave so shamelessly? From the time the PPP came to...

Education Minister heads to The Bahamas for C’wealth Education Ministers’ Conference

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister heads to The Bahamas for C’wealth Education Ministers’ Conference

Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, is leading a delegation to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to attend the 19th Conference of the Commonwealth Education Ministers (19CCEM) that commences...

US ad tech firm claims role in coalition’s May 11 victory

Jun 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US ad tech firm claims role in coalition’s May 11 victory

A Louisville, Kentucky, US company claimed that it had a hand in defeating a 23-year incumbent president in Guyana. El Toro LLC, a local advertising technology company, was hired to help with digital...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more