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PPP accuses Gov’t of ‘dishonesty’ over rice markets

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP accuses Gov’t of ‘dishonesty’ over rice markets

-recommends nine measures to assist farmers By Jarryl Bryan The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has accused the Government of being dishonest in promoting rice importing countries, Panama and...

Water, paved road for Timehri North residents

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Water, paved road for Timehri North residents

Persons living in the Timehri North area will benefit from better access to potable water and paved access roads in the near future. The announcement was made by David Patterson, Minister of Public...

Kudos for Guyana’s envoy to Barbados

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kudos for Guyana’s envoy to Barbados

With a month remaining in his tour of duty on the island, Guyana’s first Consul General to Barbados, Michael Brotherson, has come in for compliments from that island’s Foreign Minister, Maxine...

EXITING THE CLASSROOM FOR GREENER PASTURES

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on EXITING THE CLASSROOM FOR GREENER PASTURES

Guest Editorial The American Muslim Minister and human rights activist, the late Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, said: Education is the passport to the future; for tomorrow belongs to those who...

26 complete SASOD’s public policy advocacy training

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 26 complete SASOD’s public policy advocacy training

A closing ceremony was on Friday held for the Guyanese vulnerable communities’ capacities strengthening project; civil society public policy advocacy training, by the society against sexual...

Taxi driver died from blows to head

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver died from blows to head

Taxi driver Sherland Dalloo was clubbed in the head before being dumped in a canal in a remote section of Onverwagt, No 27, West Coast Berbice. A post mortem examination conducted by Dr. Vivikandan...

CRIME IS ON THE LOOSE!

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CRIME IS ON THE LOOSE!

There is a security crisis in Guyana. Serious crimes are being committed against citizens every day Just this weekend a business man was shot after exiting his business. He was lucky that he was not...

Rupununi gets sustainable agriculture action plan

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi gets sustainable agriculture action plan

A five-year action plan, expected to boost food and nutrition in Region Nine was handed over to the Ministers of Agriculture, Business and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs during the Rupununi and...

American fined after failed bird smuggling attempt

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on American fined after failed bird smuggling attempt

-court hears woman stashed birds in hair curlers An American citizen was fined $75,000 yesterday after she was caught trying to smuggle 18 Twa Twa birds in her luggage, minutes before she was...

Guyana unfazed by Venezuela’s attempt to ‘fund the world against us’

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana unfazed by Venezuela’s attempt to ‘fund the world against us’

Most might find it strange that Venezuela is going through recession, is faced by food shortages and shortage of basic commodities but has yet found it necessary to aid numerous countries. However,...

Mahaicony employer puts workers’ lives at risk

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaicony employer puts workers’ lives at risk

Stephen Clarke Jnr, who was formerly employed as a welder at M. A. Haimpersaud Construction Service located at Branch Road, Mahaicony, now has steel plates in his left leg following an accident at...

GRDB investigates reports of inferior seed paddy– Minister Holder

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB investigates reports of inferior seed paddy– Minister Holder

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is investigating reports of ‘fake’ seed paddy being distributed to farmers within the rice growing regions. This is according to Minister of Agriculture,...

Corentyne canecutter loses all in fire

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne canecutter loses all in fire

A Corentyne cane cutter who is also a well-known race horse trainer and a father of 19, on Sunday afternoon looked on helplessly as all his earthly possession went up in flames. The man Alfred Gray,...

M&CC to clampdown on crooked officials, power abusers

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC to clampdown on crooked officials, power abusers

…as Georgetown aims to become a “green city” As Georgetown moves towards becoming a “green city”, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be clamping down on the crooked officials...

West Berbice man jailed on sexual assault charge

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice man jailed on sexual assault charge

A West Berbice man who is well known to the police as a maniac was sentenced to two years in jail after he was found guilty on a charge of sexual assault. The man, Tribhawan Singh, called...

Republic Bank announces new Credit manager

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank announces new Credit manager

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has announced Parbatie Khan as its new General Manager of Credit. Khan would succeed Patricia Plummer who retired from the bank on Friday after a career spanning 43...

University needs to be self sufficient

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on University needs to be self sufficient

Two years after an audit uncovered financial irregularities at the University of Guyana, Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine said that the institution is in a better financial state. The...

Food and Drugs Department defends import requirements for food

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drugs Department defends import requirements for food

More than a week after a local distribution company said that it was being harassed by the Government Analyst –Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD), the entity is insisting that all food imports must...

Waiting too long is not an option – says Cancer survivor of seeking treatment

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Waiting too long is not an option – says Cancer survivor of seeking treatment

Two years ago this month, Ranette Dharry, was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was at an advanced stage and treatment was crucial. Fortunate for Dharry she was able to access most of the needful...

Jamaican Attorney retained in elections petitions case

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican Attorney retained in elections petitions case

Attorney-at- Law, Abraham Dabdoub, of Jamaica has been retained on behalf of PPP/C member, Ganga Persaud, who is seeking to legally challenge the outcome of the recently held Regional and General...

African and Indian intellectuals: The difference

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on African and Indian intellectuals: The difference

The trouble I had with Swami Aksharananda during the election campaign of May 2015 was that as a trained sociologist, he was in a superior position to understand the sociological contours of Guyanese...

Begging the question

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Begging the question

Dear Editor, The Guest Editorial of Sunday, 1 November 2015, titled ‘Begging has become a way of life’ was pointed and quite relevant. This scourge is evident, I am sure countrywide, but in the...

The show time of this one man band is over

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The show time of this one man band is over

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in in your paper to respond to a letter carried in captiioned “ Chenapou’s Land demarcation problem is problem of its own making”. I wish to correct some...

Two situations of extreme cruelty to animals

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two situations of extreme cruelty to animals

Dear Editor, I was recently driving through Mcdoom, East Bank, delivering supplies of dog food donated by my Guardian Angel from Toronto, Ian Tenneesee. As I neared the home of Gloria Fernandes, an...

Request for urgent announcement by Indigenous Affairs Ministry

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Request for urgent announcement by Indigenous Affairs Ministry

Dear Editor, The Auditor general report for the year 2014 states that over 100 million dollars were unaccounted for by the former Ministry of Amerindian Affairs (KN.2015,10.29,) of which 41 million...