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What about a Black Guyanese entrepreneurial class?

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What about a Black Guyanese entrepreneurial class?

Let me be effusively unambiguous, graphically pellucid and illuminatingly clear – I would agree with any critic of the AFC-APNU Government who points to the consistent predominance of state...

Police force hosts ‘Emancipation Affairs’

Aug 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police force hosts ‘Emancipation Affairs’

Being a policeman does not necessarily mean that you become alienated from social activities in society. Acting as a law enforcer is not the only the skill that members of the Guyana Police Force...

Social policy to support six-month maternity leave under consideration

Aug 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Social policy to support six-month maternity leave under consideration

Primary health care simply defined is essentially health care that is based on scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technologies that are universally accessible to individuals,...

Sugar can be profitable if focus is on Domestic, Caribbean markets – GuySuCo Chairman

Aug 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar can be profitable if focus is on Domestic, Caribbean markets – GuySuCo Chairman

– says Guyana simply can’t compete on the world market By: Kiana Wilburg The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the state of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is revealing some realities....

Special Magistrate to be appointed to oversee mining cases – Minister of State

Aug 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Special Magistrate to be appointed to oversee mining cases – Minister of State

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday said that Government plans to appoint a special Magistrate to oversee all mining matters which have been tied up in the court system. He made this...

The politics of the opposition

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The politics of the opposition

The politics of the opposition in Guyana has always been to make the government look bad. The people of the country have been hearing about a national front government, a government of national...

GT&T completes 1st phase of faster internet speed project

Aug 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T completes 1st phase of faster internet speed project

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday announced the completions of its Enhanced Broadband project, at least five months ahead of the original schedule. Guyanese who...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…REVIVING CULTURE OF MEDICAL SELF-RELIANCE

Aug 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…REVIVING CULTURE OF MEDICAL SELF-RELIANCE

PAT DIAL From time to time, consumers and other members of the public tell us about their ailments and the doctors whom they consulted or the hospital they attended. We usually inquired as to what...

THE RIOT ACT SHOULD ALSO BE READ TO THE BAUXITE COMPANIES

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE RIOT ACT SHOULD ALSO BE READ TO THE BAUXITE COMPANIES

The government has reportedly read the riot act to timber companies operating in Guyana. It has told them to shape up or ship out; either they begin to set up sawmills or run the risk of losing their...

Man charged with rice farmer’s murder

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man charged with rice farmer’s murder

Kurt Clarke of Howes Street, Charlestown was remanded to prison by City Magistrate Ann McLennan for the University of Guyana (UG) Road, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown robbery/murder of Mahaica rice...

Father of four-month-old charged…Trial to begin in September

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Father of four-month-old charged…Trial to begin in September

After four months of adjourned court hearings trial in the matter involving Kevin Critchlow and two nurses attached to the Plaisance Health Centre, will begin on September 22, 2015, at the Sparendaam...

NTN TV Berbice joins list of sponsors for BCB fundraiser at Albion SC

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NTN TV Berbice joins list of sponsors for BCB fundraiser at Albion SC

Popular Television Station, NTN Berbice joins the long list of sponsors of the highly anticipated Berbice Cricket Board Fundraiser …..”Caricom Championship 2015″. The tournament will...

Regional U-19 cricket in Jamaica… Guyana beat Canada to reach second consecutive final

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-19 cricket in Jamaica… Guyana beat Canada to reach second consecutive final

Play Jamaica in tomorrow’s grand finale It will be a Guyana, Jamaica final in this year’s regional 50-over under-19 tournament cricket tournament in Jamaica sparking memories of the 2007...

National Junior Men’s Hockey team departs for T&T

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Junior Men’s Hockey team departs for T&T

Guyana’s national junior men’s hockey team departed on Wednesday afternoon for Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) to compete in the Players Tournament which is scheduled for August 1st to 8th. This...

Forbes Burnham Memorial Softball to commence on August 9

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forbes Burnham Memorial Softball to commence on August 9

The inaugural Forbes Burnham memorial softball competition is set to bowl off on August 9. The tournament is being run under the auspices of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL Inc) and...

WICCBVI Blind cricket in St Lucia… Guyana, T&T share points in washed out game

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICCBVI Blind cricket in St Lucia… Guyana, T&T share points in washed out game

Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago had to share the points in their washed out game on Thursday at the Marsh Grounds in their opening game in the West Indies Cricket Council for the Blind and Visually...

The African Guyanese community is in a worse state than it was in 1838

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The African Guyanese community is in a worse state than it was in 1838

DEAR EDITOR, Cuffy250 Committee joins with the rest of Guyana in saluting the African Guyanese community on the observance of the 177th anniversary of the formal abolition of slavery. We urge that...

Dentistry in Guyana is under serious threat from “quacks”

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dentistry in Guyana is under serious threat from “quacks”

DEAR EDITOR, As a dentist who has been in practice here in Guyana for a number of years and has also been in practice in Brooklyn, New York for about the same time, I would like the public to...

Top Trade Unionists should represent their membership on decision-making bodies

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Top Trade Unionists should represent their membership on decision-making bodies

DEAR EDITOR, The trade unions in these parts have been traditionally associated with the political movements or ideologies; and since the rise of most of our political leaders can be traced through...

The rice industry – a key factor is being overlooked

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The rice industry – a key factor is being overlooked

DEAR EDITOR, Like the myriad concerned Guyanese, I have been following the vicissitudes of the rice sector, and like most, if not all, look forward to the early resolution of the circumscribing...

Guyanese should make more use of bicycles

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese should make more use of bicycles

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to supplement the advice given to the Police by Mr Bhulai in the letters column this week that bicycle patrols are more appropriate than horse patrols, by suggesting that we...

What exactly are the charges against ex-Minister Westford?

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on What exactly are the charges against ex-Minister Westford?

DEAR EDITOR, What am I missing? What exactly are the charges against ex-Minister Jennifer Westford? As far as my understanding goes, there was an amnesty offer to all and sundry who appropriated,...

What happened to the Coalition’s power sharing promise?

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on What happened to the Coalition’s power sharing promise?

DEAR EDITOR, The coalition campaigned on a promise of power sharing. But that promise has turned out to be mere rhetoric. Ten weeks after the controversial election, there is no discussion on power...

The Way Forward in Education

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Way Forward in Education

DEAR EDITOR, In the next two weeks all of Guyana’s young people who wrote examinations will be anxiously visiting their respective schools or signing on to the CXC website to access their results...

The Invisibility of Women

Aug 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Invisibility of Women

DEAR EDITOR, Anyone who believes that women are in the ascendancy and taking over in Guyana needs only look at recent political and administrative appointments to clearly understand the true status...

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The PPP has started the intimidation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In politics, as in life, what goes around comes around. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic... more