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GECOM ready for Local Government Elections

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM ready for Local Government Elections

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner Vincent Alexander yesterday announced that the Secretariat is prepared for the 2016 Local Government Elections and will address every one of PPP’s...

Murder charge pending

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Murder charge pending

A young mother of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice, has been taken into police custody under suspicion of murdering her nine-month-old daughter. According to information received, the accused had...

New $800M Demerara Bank Ltd., branch commissioned

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New $800M Demerara Bank Ltd., branch commissioned

Demerara Bank Ltd has commissioned a spanking new edifice worth some $800M and covering an area of 25,000 sq feet. It is located at Lot 214 Camp Street, North Cummingsburg. This new branch will...

Guyana Chronicle Newspaper Editor passes away

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Chronicle Newspaper Editor passes away

Veteran Journalist and Editor of the Guyana Chronicle, Mohamad Raschid Osman commonly known as Raschid Osman, has passed away. Kaieteur News understands that Osman died, peacefully in his sleep...

GPHC hosts 8th Scientific conference

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC hosts 8th Scientific conference

Scores of medical professionals, including 30 from supportive Universities and other medical institutions in Canada and the United States, are gathering at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre for the...

39 hinterland ICT hubs by December

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 39 hinterland ICT hubs by December

Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, has confirmed that 39 Information Communication Technology (ICT) hubs in hinterland communities will be fully equipped with computers and...

GMSA honours outstanding leaders in manufacturing, business sectors

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GMSA honours outstanding leaders in manufacturing, business sectors

Those persons who exemplified ingenuity and years of unwavering commitment to the manufacturing industry and to the business community were honoured on Wednesday by the Guyana Manufacturing and...

B Division Police unveil elaborate Christmas Plan

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on B Division Police unveil elaborate Christmas Plan

Samuel Whyte The Police in Berbice (B Division) under the command of Assistant Commissioner Christopher Griffith on Friday unveiled their annual Christmas policing initiative. The plan which went...

This is what you call hard guava season

Nov 22, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on This is what you call hard guava season

President David Granger and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo’s strongest supporters during the 2015 campaign were the young, the women and the poor. Six months later, this is the group that...

Veterans receive $1M from GDF at Wreath Laying Ceremony

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Veterans receive $1M from GDF at Wreath Laying Ceremony

The Guyana Veterans Legion, on Friday received another sizable donation, on the celebration of Veterans Day, as Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Mark Phillips, handed over a cheque...

Minister makes good on promise to discard parts of NGSA

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Minister makes good on promise to discard parts of NGSA

Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, since his appointment as Minister of Education, had stated the need for parts of the National Grade Six Examination to be discarded as it was fostering unhealthy, “exam...

A beautiful mind has died

Nov 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A beautiful mind has died

Dear Editor, In the more than seven decades I’ve been alive, few people have made an impression on my mind to match Raschid Osman; his memory lingers.…It’s that intrinsic sense of aesthetics he...

Dredge owner says a story has two sides

Nov 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dredge owner says a story has two sides

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in response to the Issenuru issue and to enlighten the Guyanese public that a story has more than one side. I started working my Draga SD 7652 at a point about...

Bharrat Jagdeo is in no position to criticize the APNU+AFC Government

Nov 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo is in no position to criticize the APNU+AFC Government

Dear Editor, The dishonesty and racism of Former President Jagdeo is second to none. The Pradoville2 empowerment scheme and abuse of Ministerial power hav given Guyana a small sampling of the...

Put your mind at ease

Nov 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Put your mind at ease

One day, a religious leader was walking from one town to another with a few of his followers. While they were traveling, they happened to pass by a lake. They stopped to rest there and religious...

STANDARDS CORNER…Shopping furniture for the approaching Christmas Season

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS CORNER…Shopping furniture for the approaching Christmas Season

It is during the Christmas season that many Guyanese take the opportunity to add a new piece of furniture to their décor to beautify their home for the holidays. The Guyana National Bureau of...

Dental Health…DENTAL CARE FOR BABY TEETH AND GUMS

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Dental Health…DENTAL CARE FOR BABY TEETH AND GUMS

By Dr. NerominiFagu Baby teeth begin to develop while babies are still in the womb. Each child is born with a full set of twenty baby teeth hidden in their gums. The teeth may erupt at different...

Shadow Minister’s urgent plea for good governance

Nov 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shadow Minister’s urgent plea for good governance

Dear Editor, Information flowing from a Government to her people is not a luxury and privilege enjoyed by those people. It is the Government’s duty to impart and the people’s right to receive...

Transparency and democracy coming to this part of Guyana

Nov 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Transparency and democracy coming to this part of Guyana

Dear Editor, With reference to an article carried in another newspaper bearing the caption, “Region 3 Chairman protests REO’s dictatorship,” kindly permit me a space in your letter column to...

QUEST MEDICAL CENTRE LABORATORY RE-CERTIFIED BY GNBS

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on QUEST MEDICAL CENTRE LABORATORY RE-CERTIFIED BY GNBS

GNBS re-certifies Quest Medical Laboratory Quest Medical Centre Laboratory, of 129 Laluni and Irving Streets, Queenstown, Georgetown, was re-certified by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards on...

The Diwali date for 2016 is already determined

Nov 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Diwali date for 2016 is already determined

Dear Editor, Please permit a space in your paper to respond to an article “An-Afro- Guyanese male puts a Question to Hindus”, in the Kaieteur News on 11/20/15 by David Elias. Space will not...

Sunday Cartoon

Nov 22, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Mash 2016 definitely on, more than 13 activities announced at launch

Nov 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mash 2016 definitely on, more than 13 activities announced at launch

Mashramani 2016 is definitely on with many activities billed to be staged under the theme ‘Celebration of diversity, unity and sovereignty’. The theme and schedule of activities were launched and...

All it takes is the first step

Nov 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on All it takes is the first step

A long time ago I sat in the benches in school and tried to learn all that I could. Of course there were the distractions. Some of my friends had buttons and used every opportunity to gamble for the...

The Cougar (Puma concolor)

Nov 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Cougar (Puma concolor)

The Cougar (Puma concolor) probably has as many different common names as they do geographical races: Puma, Mountain Lion, Florida Panther, Painter, Mexican Lion, Catamount and Red Tiger to...

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