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The APNU-AFC Government is becoming inscrutable

Nov 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The APNU-AFC Government is becoming inscrutable

The recent diplomatic appointments are another worrying sign that the new Government elected in May, may not be properly moored in the waters of political sensibility. If any decision is bizarre and...

Robb Street Granny murder trial… Accused had complained of police beatings – witness

Nov 18, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Robb Street Granny murder trial… Accused had complained of police beatings – witness

A police witness testifying in the matter for which four persons are accused of killing 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris has disclosed that the number one accused, Orwin Hinds, had complained...

We must close the Camp Street Jail

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on We must close the Camp Street Jail

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS There are very people in Guyana who would want Camp Street to continue as a prison. It occupies prime real estate; it is overcrowded, it is old and rotting. The...

Radio Paiwomak’s range will be extended by next month – PM

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Radio Paiwomak’s range will be extended by next month – PM

Following his commitment to extend the range of Radio Paiwomak beyond Iwokrama, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Sunday intimated to this publication that by December, this will be a reality. At...

Health officials hear Guyana “doing very well” in immunization

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health officials hear Guyana “doing very well” in immunization

…as EPI Managers convene The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) 31st Managers Meeting began yesterday at the Guyana Marriott Hotel and will see discussions on universal vaccination coverage...

Lady Northcote expected back on Region One route by month-end

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Lady Northcote expected back on Region One route by month-end

Motor Vessel (MV) Lady Northcote will be back in service by the end of the month, after spending the past two months in dry dock for repairs and upgrades. Minister within the Ministry of Public...

Stelling vendors to be relocated to Stabroek Square

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Stelling vendors to be relocated to Stabroek Square

On Monday, staffers of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s Force Account Unit (FAU) resurfaced the area in front of Stabroek Market. According to the ministry, the exercise was initiated...

DDL, unions ink another multi-year agreement

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on DDL, unions ink another multi-year agreement

– Minimum wage hiked by 20% By Jeanna Pearson Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) yesterday signed a Collective Labour Agreement with the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), the...

Govt. willfully dividing Hindu community – PPP

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. willfully dividing Hindu community – PPP

By Abena Rockcliffe Despite the fact that the Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, went to great lengths to explain the factors taken into consideration in pronouncing November 10 as...

Llewellyn John among legal luminaries to be honoured

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Llewellyn John among legal luminaries to be honoured

The Guyana Bar Association and the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers will honour 10 senior and 28 attorneys-at-law who recently qualified to be admitted to practice law in Guyana. The occasion,...

Bandits beat Sophia man for three hours during robbery

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits beat Sophia man for three hours during robbery

Armed bandits in the Sophia area continue their merciless rampage, this time beating self-employed farmer Deryck Halley before making off with his two Honda CG motorcycles, US and local currency...

Review, update of energy policy underway

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Review, update of energy policy underway

At a meeting recently held, between Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman and a team from the Commonwealth Secretariat at the Ministry of Natural Resources, it was revealed that the group has begun...

Men allegedly busted with cocaine in hotel remanded

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Men allegedly busted with cocaine in hotel remanded

Two men, who were found with a quantity of cocaine-filled pellets at an Alpha International Hotel, at Ogle East Bank Demerara, were yesterday remanded to prison after pleading not guilty to a...

CIOG examines suicide, appeals to religion

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CIOG examines suicide, appeals to religion

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) has commended Sheik Moeenul Hack for addressing the subject of Suicide that is currently gripping our Nation. In his Friday sermon at the Queenstown...

$$M bids for Region One security services

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $$M bids for Region One security services

During yesterday’s session at the National Procurement and Tender Administration (NPTA), Ministry of Finance, multi-million-dollar bids for security services for the Regional Democratic Council...

FITUG flays “arbitrary” appointments to Recognition and Certification Board

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on FITUG flays “arbitrary” appointments to Recognition and Certification Board

Government’s recent appointment of representatives to the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board (TURCB) has drawn fire from the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG)....

NIS contribution records to be available online

Nov 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NIS contribution records to be available online

In an effort to improve its service delivery to Insured Persons, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will be launching tomorrow its online programme which allows for the checking of Contribution...

The crime-fighting effort must be strategic

Nov 18, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The crime-fighting effort must be strategic

There would be few citizens who would not agree – and rather fervently at that – that rampant crime is their number one concern at the moment. In public discussions about how to deal with this...

Is there a system in place for social workers in school?

Nov 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a system in place for social workers in school?

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to the article in November 13th edition of the Kaieteur News entitled “Put trained social workers in schools”. While I sincerely laud the recommendations of the...

Former PPP Executive says teachers and nurses underpaid for too long

Nov 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Former PPP Executive says teachers and nurses underpaid for too long

Dear Editor, An optimist is someone who sees the glass as being half full rather than half empty. I consider myself as one of those who see the glass as half full. We are too rich in resources, both...

Guysuco’s CEO has some serious questions to answer

Nov 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guysuco’s CEO has some serious questions to answer

Dear Editor, It was disturbing to learn, according to a report in the November 4, 2015 edition of Stabroek News, that GuySuCo’s CEO advised that the Corporation failed to produce about 6,000 tonnes...

Intellectuals must be seen as people and not ethnic personalities

Nov 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Intellectuals must be seen as people and not ethnic personalities

Dear Editor, Although I managed to read the entirety of Mr. Ramharack’s surprisingly insular letter that was recently in the dailies, several refutations came to mind. However, in the interest of...

Plea to Attorney Pieters to sue Trinidadian bullies

Nov 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plea to Attorney Pieters to sue Trinidadian bullies

Dear Editor, I write about your report: Trinidadian Authorities racially profile Guyanese I hope Mr. Selwyn Pieters takes legal action against, not only against those officers directly involved...

Time for Caricom consensus choice is drawing close

Nov 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for Caricom consensus choice is drawing close

Dear Editor, It is only a week away before the election of the important office of Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat, and Caricom countries are still divided as to a lone candidate...

This was the single biggest disaster in the history of Guyana

Nov 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This was the single biggest disaster in the history of Guyana

Dear Editor, Former President Donald Ramotar has replied to me. I maintain that Walchandnagar’s bid for the parts of the factory was the lowest. Mr. Ramotar was not aware that there were...

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