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Consumer Concerns…Local market overtaken by sub-standard footwear

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Consumer Concerns…Local market overtaken by sub-standard footwear

By Pat Dial The Guyana market is being inundated by very poor quality footwear sold at apparently low prices but which, in reality, turns out to be a deceit since the customer was under the...

Toshaos elections set for July

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Toshaos elections set for July

The election of Toshaos is expected to be held between July 16 and July 22, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon at a post-cabinet press briefing on Wednesday. They were to be held in April...

CGX Energy Inc. receives extension for continued works in Corentyne Block

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CGX Energy Inc. receives extension for continued works in Corentyne Block

– Unfazed by Venezuela-Guyana territorial dispute since Exxon Mobil’s significant find By Kiana Wilburg Canadian oil and gas company, CGX Energy Inc. announced on Friday that it has received...

WILL FLOODING BE A THING OF THE PAST?

Jun 21, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on WILL FLOODING BE A THING OF THE PAST?

Any doubts about the advent of the rainy season in Guyana were promptly erased a few weeks ago. The country, including the hinterland, was drenched with heavy rains that resulted in severe flooding....

G$800M released by Gov’t for rice farmers

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on G$800M released by Gov’t for rice farmers

In a bid to clear the approximately G$1.9B outstanding to millers across the country, the Government of Guyana through the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) authorized the release of G$800M to...

Paper merchant believes he is being victimized by Customs

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Paper merchant believes he is being victimized by Customs

Paper merchant Ronnie Jodha is hoping that the relevant authority will look into a plight that he has been faced with for far too long. The businessman is convinced that he is being victimized by...

Canadian bauxite firm bypasses Guyana for US$200M processing plant

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian bauxite firm bypasses Guyana for US$200M processing plant

A Canadian project developer which has concessions in Guyana to mine bauxite has bypassed this country, opting to build a processing plant in the US. First Bauxite Corp. on Thursday announced plans...

Community involvement necessary for effective health facilities in Hinterland – GRPA

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Community involvement necessary for effective health facilities in Hinterland – GRPA

Community involvement in hard to reach areas, like the Guyana’s hinterland, is necessary for accessible health facilities to be effective and feasible. According to Executive Director of the Guyana...

From the Diaspora…TECHNOLOGY, THE THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…TECHNOLOGY, THE THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED

By Ralph Seeram I am at the cosmetic counter in the Mall; the text came on my phone, “pink” so I told the clerk “pink”. “Which pink”? And she proceeded to show me the various shades of...

Watchdog group says…We have confidence in Ram, Goolsarran to conduct audits

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Watchdog group says…We have confidence in Ram, Goolsarran to conduct audits

As the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) continues to air its concern over the conducting of forensic audits by Christopher Ram and Anand Goolsarran, a local watchdog group has maintained that it...

Barefaced bandits escape with millions in cash and jewelry

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Barefaced bandits escape with millions in cash and jewelry

A Port Mourant Corentyne family is now pleading for assistance after two armed bandits entered their home and business premises and then proceeded to rob them. The intruders helped themselves to US,...

Sacked NCN Berbice Manager now centre of fraud allegations

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sacked NCN Berbice Manager now centre of fraud allegations

Millions of dollars are reportedly missing from the coffers of NCN Berbice operations as investigations continue into the operation of the entity which until recently was being controlled by fired...

Kuru Kuru shooting…It was an accident says victim

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kuru Kuru shooting…It was an accident says victim

Samuel Wilson, the man who was allegedly shot by his 16-year-old stepson at his Kuru Kuru Soesdyke/Linden Highway home just over a week ago is now claiming that the boy did not shoot him, that it was...

Sunday Cartoon

Jun 21, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Colwyn Harding assault trial…Torture cops to know fate Friday

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Colwyn Harding assault trial…Torture cops to know fate Friday

Police Constables Devin Singh and Roselle Tilbury- Douglas, who are accused of beating and baton raping Colwyn Harding, will know their fate on Friday, when Magistrate Leron Daly makes her ruling at...

Men’s Affairs Bureau hosts “My Father, My Friend”.

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Men’s Affairs Bureau hosts “My Father, My Friend”.

In honour of Father’s Day, the Men’s Affairs Bureau, (MAB) of the Ministry of Social Protection will be hosting a programme under the theme “My Father, My Friend.” The event will be hosted...

Albouystown man remanded on cocaine trafficking charge

Jun 21, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Albouystown man remanded on cocaine trafficking charge

Albouystown resident, Andre Douglas, who was represented by Attorney-at- law Jerome Khan, was on Friday remanded to prison for possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The 42-year-old...

Joseph Peters is the winner…LAPARKAN “GTPAK FATHER’S DAY PROMOTION”

Jun 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Joseph Peters is the winner…LAPARKAN “GTPAK FATHER’S DAY PROMOTION”

In observance of Father’s Day, Laparkan had launched a giving back promotion. On Friday, the winner of the promotion, Joseph Peters was presented with the winning certificate at the Laparkan...

There is a Grinch who is trying to steal Father’s Day

Jun 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a Grinch who is trying to steal Father’s Day

Dear Editor, It is here again. The day we refer to as “Father’s Day”. But I humbly submit that this special day is being used for Male Bashing by just too many influential people in our...

GTUC will determine its battles and will not be used conveniently by the PPP

Jun 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTUC will determine its battles and will not be used conveniently by the PPP

Dear Editor, In February 2002 out of concern about the degeneracy in our society, a decision was taken to start a national conversation on rights and the rule of law. This was influenced by the...

Useless tears

Jun 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Useless tears

A man had a little daughter, an only and much beloved child. He lived only for her, she was his life. So when she became ill and her illness resisted the efforts of the best obtainable physicians, he...

The PPP leadership should stop being national laughing stocks and go to Parliament

Jun 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP leadership should stop being national laughing stocks and go to Parliament

Dear Editor, So, what further nonsensical tomfoolery is this? How does the Editor-in-Chief allow one of his writers to display such ad hominem hostility and misleading untruths? I refer to the...

For too long, settling scores has been a disturbing feature of our political life

Jun 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on For too long, settling scores has been a disturbing feature of our political life

Dear Editor, If I were a columnist, I would feel obligated to use my craft to contribute to the public conversation and to enable my readers and the public as a whole to make sense of the world they...

THE GOVERNMENT IS BLUNDERING

Jun 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GOVERNMENT IS BLUNDERING

I am quite sure that those individuals appointed to conduct forensic audits of state agencies and corporations are quite capable of doing an independent and professional job. But that is not the...

Caribbean countries: Trapped?

Jun 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean countries: Trapped?

By Sir Ronald Sanders A common market in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries would lead to a substantial rise in the regional exports. This is one of the findings of a new World Bank...