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Boys need to be included in Teenage Pregnancy discussions – Men’s Affairs Officer

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Boys need to be included in Teenage Pregnancy discussions – Men’s Affairs Officer

Quite easily, when thought is given to teenage pregnancy, images of very young girls with swelling bellies come to mind. With the way the masses think, hardly ever does it immediately register that...

Copa Airlines get Latin American kudos for on-time performance

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Copa Airlines get Latin American kudos for on-time performance

Copa Airlines, a subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A., and member of the Star Alliance global airline network, continues its position as the top airline in on-time performance and flight completion in...

IAC hosts successful Eid Fest

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on IAC hosts successful Eid Fest

The Indian Action (formerly arrival) Committee on Saturday July 25, 2015, hosted its Seventh National Eid Fest at the Kingston Development Center Mosque, Corriverton, Berbice. In attendance were...

Second Ground Entertainment ‘Ballers in the Summer’ knockout competition… Agricola defy odds to become West Side Street Football Kings

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Second Ground Entertainment ‘Ballers in the Summer’ knockout competition… Agricola defy odds to become West Side Street Football Kings

Not very often you could find a team’s dream survive for an entire tournament, but that was exactly the case with giant killers Agricola, who cemented their standing in street football after...

First stage of Inter-Guiana Games cancelled

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on First stage of Inter-Guiana Games cancelled

– Suriname informs of inability to take part By Edison Jefford Guyana has shelved all preparations to host the first stage of the 2015 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) owed to the non-participation of...

Walter Rodney COI… Chairman warns of incomplete terms of reference

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Walter Rodney COI… Chairman warns of incomplete terms of reference

…as late politician’s family beseeches Gov’t to allow two more weeks of public hearings As the inquiry nears end, the immediate family of Dr. Walter Rodney and the Guyana Trade Union Congress...

Education Minister meets E’bo residents

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister meets E’bo residents

On Sunday, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, the Minister of Education visited the Essequibo Coast, where he met and held discussions with residents on their setbacks in the community. The meeting with the...

Preparations begin for Guyana Cup 2015 horserace meet on Sunday 16th August

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations begin for Guyana Cup 2015 horserace meet on Sunday 16th August

Ninth annual event has over $25M on offer Preparations are underway for the ninth annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet which is arguably one of the biggest sporting event held in Guyana. The mega event,...

Ian John is GSCL Inc President

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ian John is GSCL Inc President

Ian John was elected President of the Georgetown Softball Cricket Association Inc (GSCL Inc) when the body held its Annual General Meeting on Saturday last at Guyana National Industrial Sports Club...

Research ongoing for ‘natural’ treatment for Diabetic Foot

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Research ongoing for ‘natural’ treatment for Diabetic Foot

Diabetic foot care has long been recognised as an area of health care that attracts a sizeable sum, globally. It is nevertheless a very crucial undertaking. While reducing cost for treating this...

URGENT ACTION NEEDED

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on URGENT ACTION NEEDED

Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud, is faced with the first major public crisis of his tenure since taking over the reins of leadership of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) a little over two years...

Haags Bosch Dumpsite Death…Widow still awaiting answers after almost four years

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Haags Bosch Dumpsite Death…Widow still awaiting answers after almost four years

By Shyon Hoppie Almost four years ago, 42 year-old Clive Chisholm, was crushed to death by a Cevon’s Waste Management truck at the Haags Bosch dumpsite behind Eccles Industrial site, East Bank...

PPP again accuses Govt of ‘extravagant spending’

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP again accuses Govt of ‘extravagant spending’

Repeating statements that have been deemed by the masses as “highly hypocritical,” People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Clement Rohee, said that his party continues to pay close...

RIDING ROUGHSHOD OVER THE WORKING CLASS

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RIDING ROUGHSHOD OVER THE WORKING CLASS

Forty-two persons from the One Laptop per Family (OLPF) project have been sent packing by the APNU+AFC government. They have effectively been put on the breadline. Some of them will now lose their...

Speeding hearse collides with minibus

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding hearse collides with minibus

Every morning Mahaicony carpenter, Steve Solomon, would board a route 44 minibus and make his way to the city to ply his trade. It would usually be a smooth ride along the East Coast Demerara...

Rohee dubs Nagamootoo’s statements on Sean Hinds ‘a huge joke’

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee dubs Nagamootoo’s statements on Sean Hinds ‘a huge joke’

– says the PM has a wide imagination, is good at “spinning things” By Abena Rockcliffe General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee, yesterday dismissed...

Sooba is gone but the law remains an ass

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sooba is gone but the law remains an ass

In my first year as a student at UG, just weeks after I enrolled, I came across an article in a journal. It had a profound influence on me. It is strange how a chance encounter with a song, newspaper...

13-year-old dies under mysterious circumstances

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 13-year-old dies under mysterious circumstances

The immediate relatives of 13-year-old Nikita Alana Naseeb, a former Cotton Field Secondary School student and Lima resident, are reluctant to pronounce on the nature of her death. This suggests that...

‘I have the support and cooperation of the Public Security Minister’—Brig (Ret’d) Collins

Jul 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘I have the support and cooperation of the Public Security Minister’—Brig (Ret’d) Collins

Presidential Advisor on National Security Brigadier (ret’d) Edward Collins is expected to present his first report to President David Granger by the end of August. The Advisor has been on a series...

Remanded prisoner attacked in heat of morning devotion

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Remanded prisoner attacked in heat of morning devotion

Like any other God-fearing person, murder accused Sean Collins, would rise at the break of dawn and surrender himself to the heavenly Father by reading a few Psalms before attending his court...

Repeat offender jailed for 2 years on break and enter charge

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Repeat offender jailed for 2 years on break and enter charge

Wearing an orange jersey that looked like it would glow in the dark, Hugh Cort was once again arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Ann McLennan, to answer to a charge of...

Mr Veecock missed the point about the Police Commander

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr Veecock missed the point about the Police Commander

DEAR EDITOR, I take note of Mr. Carl Veecock’s response yesterday in Kaieteur News to my letter on a recent incident involving a police officer and it is clear that he misunderstood the issue. The...

Good advice from a former PM

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Good advice from a former PM

DEAR EDITOR, A former Prime Minister has given some good advice to the newly elected Granger/Nagamootoo administration. Hamilton Green, who served as Prime Minister and Vice President for several...

A sociological perspective to the Sean Hinds scenario

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A sociological perspective to the Sean Hinds scenario

DEAR EDITOR, The Sean Hinds matter has really opened the door to an interesting aspect of the Guyanese society. I wish to add a sociological perspective to the discussion by examining organisational...

The school uniform voucher should be increased to at least $15,000

Jul 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The school uniform voucher should be increased to at least $15,000

DEAR EDITOR, We appreciate the reported commitment of government to continue the school uniform voucher programme and its promise to consider increasing the amount. We would like the amount per...

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