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PPP hijacked Red House

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP hijacked Red House

– staff being paid from state funds – New Govt. The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) hijacked the originally state-owned historical building previously called Red House. Disclosure...

Dindyal mismanaged GPL projects – Brassington

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Dindyal mismanaged GPL projects – Brassington

– Board and CEO had major power struggle Days after Government announced that it has parted ways with the head of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), an explosive report has laid bare the...

Cutlass attack of West Berbice couple…Fisherman remanded on armed robbery charges

Aug 22, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cutlass attack of West Berbice couple…Fisherman remanded on armed robbery charges

Gopaul Seecharran, 20, a fisherman of Macy Dam, Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice, was yesterday refused bail when he appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Mauricia...

Berbice vents outrage over violent crime

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice vents outrage over violent crime

Waving placards and burning tyres, residents of Number 45 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, yesterday voiced their outrage over the recent spate of violent robberies in their community, and which...

18 companies in line to supply drugs

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 18 companies in line to supply drugs

– gone are the days when New GPC enjoyed monopoly – Public Health Minister By Kiana Wilburg For over a decade, only one company enjoyed the lion’s share of the contracts for drugs and...

Mouth open story jump out – Jagdeo thief Red House

Aug 22, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mouth open story jump out – Jagdeo thief Red House

When de Waterfalls boss man seh that Jagdeo and he kavakamites tek three-quarters of Guyana, people think was joke. Dem already lef sheer breeze in de Treasury…not a cent. Dem did also tek every...

Police Traffic H/Q commissions arch, sign

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police Traffic H/Q commissions arch, sign

Persons who normally have difficulty finding the Guyana Police Force Traffic Headquarters should have no such complaint moving forward, while ranks stationed there have much to celebrate. In an...

Nat’l effort needed for suicide prevention – Lawrence

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Nat’l effort needed for suicide prevention – Lawrence

…urges citizens to “stop and listen” By Desilon Daniels Even as the relevant authorities continue their efforts in suicide prevention, Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence opined...

Charlestown man missing since early July

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Charlestown man missing since early July

Thirty-five year-old Kofi Mc Calmon has been missing for almost seven weeks. Family members are now seeking the whereabouts of the man who was last seen on July 7. According to his father, McCalmon...

Guyanese man turns tailpipes into artwork

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man turns tailpipes into artwork

New York (NY Times) – “No one can teach you to be an artist,” Lenny Prince likes to say. “The mufflers themselves trained me.” Mr. Prince, 50, who owns Half Price Mufflers on Castleton...

GTU General Secretary elected CUT executive member

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GTU General Secretary elected CUT executive member

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) will have direct input in the decision-making processes of the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT). This is due to the fact that the GTU’s General...

Lady Jags hammer St Kitts 8 – 0 in Olympic qualifier

Aug 22, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lady Jags hammer St Kitts 8 – 0 in Olympic qualifier

Guyana’s Senior National female Football team – the Lady Jags – started their quest to Brazil for the 2016 Olympic Games on a winning note, after easily disposing St Kitts and Nevis 8 – 0...

Annai students receive scholarships to attend Burrowes School of Art

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Annai students receive scholarships to attend Burrowes School of Art

Art teachers are in short supply. This is according to Art teacher of 20 years, Godfrey Alexander, who is on a mission to help address this shortcoming. Alexander has been teaching at the Annai...

Facilitators pleased with output as youth clinic and developmental camp concludes

Aug 22, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Facilitators pleased with output as youth clinic and developmental camp concludes

Two weeks of football activity climaxed to a delectable conclusion when the curtains were drawn on the youth clinic and developmental camp organized by the Guyana Coach’s Association at the...

Successful August Vacation Swimming programme ends

Aug 22, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Successful August Vacation Swimming programme ends

By Sean Devers The August Vacation Swimming Programme concluded yesterday morning with the closing ceremony at the National Aquatic Centre and Administrative Officer of the National Sports Commission...

NO MORE $10,000 FOR THE BIG SHOTS

Aug 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO MORE $10,000 FOR THE BIG SHOTS

The mistake that governments make is to give money to all parents to help send their children to school. Once you start that, people will come to expect it to continue, and if you have to stop the...

I will tantalize Donald Ramotar, Guyana’s 7th Executive President

Aug 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I will tantalize Donald Ramotar, Guyana’s 7th Executive President

I have written about this many times before, and in doing so each time I was laughing my head off as my finger (singular; I type with one finger) moved on the keyboard. A few years back, when he was...

Moulding “democratic citizens”

Aug 22, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Moulding “democratic citizens”

The extraordinary growth of governments and the impact on their citizens, demand that those citizens understand both their role and that of their respective governments in the creation of the...

PSC alarmed over “dismissals” of public servants…Former Govt. used contracts to control workers – Harmon

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PSC alarmed over “dismissals” of public servants…Former Govt. used contracts to control workers – Harmon

The previous administration used contracts for its employees in the public service as a means to control them. Responding to questions yesterday over the number of employees whose contracts were not...

No longer will citizens wait years to receive house lots – Bulkan

Aug 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No longer will citizens wait years to receive house lots – Bulkan

…interviews will be done one month after application As he withstood severe heckling from the opposition benches, Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan on Thursday brought good news to the...

Woman accused of jewellery theft remanded

Aug 22, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Woman accused of jewellery theft remanded

A 19-year-old woman accused of simple larceny was remanded to prison when she made her first appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. It is alleged that on August 18, Tameka...

Opening of C 3 Recreational Park in Cotton Tree… Trophy Stall, R. Jagroop Construction, Ishmael Poultry Farm joins list of Sponsors

Aug 22, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Opening of C 3 Recreational Park in Cotton Tree… Trophy Stall, R. Jagroop Construction, Ishmael Poultry Farm joins list of Sponsors

Trophy Stall of Bourda Market, Romell Jagroop Construction Services and Ameer Ishmail Poultry Farm are the latest sponsors on board with the family oriented C3 Recreational Park in Cotton...

RHTY&SC invites nominations for its most popular cricketers over its 25-year history

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more