November 26, 2015 - Page 2 of 3

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Prison officials and an orderly accused of abuse by ex-prisoner

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Prison officials and an orderly accused of abuse by ex-prisoner

– ringleader of the alleged beating placed in confinement An ex-prisoner is alleging that he was severely beaten by three prison officials and an orderly while he was remanded at the...

IICA pledges continued support for Tapakuma cassava project

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on IICA pledges continued support for Tapakuma cassava project

The Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has pledged to continue collaborating with the residents of Tapakuma and with local partners to ensure that the recently...

Guyana banking on Commonwealth support against Venezuela

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana banking on Commonwealth support against Venezuela

President David Granger yesterday morning departed for the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), in Malta. The forum opens on Friday and ending Sunday. With the President set to once...

Taxi driver seeks compensation for property damage

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver seeks compensation for property damage

A West Coast Demerara resident is seeking compensation after a utility pole belonging to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) collapsed on Monday causing damage to his fence. Winston...

President Granger replaces stolen laptop for QC student

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger replaces stolen laptop for QC student

Fifth-form student of Queen’s College, 16-year-old Terron Alleyne, who was on Friday robbed of his laptop computer, School Based Assessments (SBAs) and school books, had his laptop replaced by...

Police host community outreach against suicide

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police host community outreach against suicide

The Guyana Police Force in collaboration with the Cops and Faith Mission held an inter-Agency Suicide prevention programme at Black Bush Polder on the Corentyne, Berbice, recently. The event which...

Doctors from hinterland communities targeted for post-grad training

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Doctors from hinterland communities targeted for post-grad training

The government is placing a lot of emphasis on developing training programmes for health care providers. According to Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, doctors from indigenous communities...

Young Guyanese killed in Venezuela

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Young Guyanese killed in Venezuela

A young Pomeroon man who migrated to Venezuela last April, to seek employment has been shot and killed in the Spanish-speaking country. According to reports 27- year- old, Deon Davidson, formerly of...

Int’l day for Elimination of Violence against Women

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l day for Elimination of Violence against Women

GLGOU joins “Orange the World” to end gender-based violence Noting the effects of violence and the impact it has on the nation, members of the Guyana Local Government Officers Union (GLGOU)...

Ed Ahmad’s sentencing delayed due to oversight

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ed Ahmad’s sentencing delayed due to oversight

Guyana-born US-based businessman, Ed Ahmad, will have to wait another four weeks before his sentence for real estate fraud is handed down by a New York court. Ahmad, who reportedly has businesses in...

Calls being made to recognise and embrace GIS

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Calls being made to recognise and embrace GIS

Geographical Information System (GIS) may be a foreign term to many people. However, keen efforts are being made to ensure that it is not only known, but also widely used. This is according to Zoe...

Texila American University convocation

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Texila American University convocation

Nigerian is best graduating medical student A Nigerian was the Best Graduating Student as seven dentistry surgeons, 20 doctors of medicine and one nurse graduated from the Texila American University...

The Bar Association is contextually flawed

Nov 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Bar Association is contextually flawed

In my experience, I have found lawyers to be some of the most cowardly humans Guyana has produced. Moral obligation prevents me from naming names. But here are some nameless descriptions. I went to...

GPHC gets support to build paediatric cardiac care capacity

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC gets support to build paediatric cardiac care capacity

There are many children born every year with congenital heart disease. An examination of the birth situation in Guyana reveals that between 160 and 180 children are born each year with this...

Kaneville man shot in botched robbery

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kaneville man shot in botched robbery

A 57-year-old man is nursing a gunshot wound to his right side chest at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being shot by one of two young bandits early yesterday during a botched...

GBTI launches Education Savings Plan

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GBTI launches Education Savings Plan

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry on Monday launched an Education Savings Plan which will allow parents and guardians to set up an education fund for their children. The minimum target for the...

Sloth in executing capital projects will affect future budgets – PPP

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sloth in executing capital projects will affect future budgets – PPP

The slow rate at which Government is executing capital projects was flagged by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). The party is adamant that it is having a severe effect on the economy and future...

Former Editor-in-Chief Raschid Osman laid to rest

Nov 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former Editor-in-Chief Raschid Osman laid to rest

Veteran Journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of the Guyana Chronicle, Mohamed Raschid Osman was laid to rest at Le Repentir Cemetery yesterday afternoon after a moving ceremony at the First...

I support Vice-chancellor Opadeyi from what I read about him

Nov 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I support Vice-chancellor Opadeyi from what I read about him

Dear Editor, As Professor Opadeyi is about to take his leave as Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG), Professor Nigel Harris, Chancellor of the UG, and Mr Joshua Griffith, President of...

Export-led Growth is the Solution for developing economies like Guyana

Nov 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Export-led Growth is the Solution for developing economies like Guyana

Dear Editor, I would be grateful if you published the following letter in your Letters Column. Its contents are essentially aimed at boosting goodwill and interest in Guyana as a trading partner...

Haji Roshan Khan says the sugar strike is to bring down Guysuco

Nov 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Haji Roshan Khan says the sugar strike is to bring down Guysuco

Dear Editor, Why do political leaders always desire to make it difficult for the Government of the day? Except for the days when Dr. CheddiJagan was in power, I recall as a youth, he given support...

Guyana Police Force needs to be overhauled now

Nov 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Police Force needs to be overhauled now

Dear Editor, The Crime Chief’s recent disclosure that crime is not spiraling out of control is merely wishful thinking on his behalf. I wonder which country he is living in. No amount of doctored...

Ex-PPP Executive wants leaders people can trust

Nov 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ex-PPP Executive wants leaders people can trust

Dear Editor, I recently read a book written jointly by James Kouzes and Barry Postner titled “Credibility: How leaders gain and lose it, why people demand it”. The book is about how leaders earn...

Eusi Kwayana raises questions on the Rodney Commission

Nov 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Eusi Kwayana raises questions on the Rodney Commission

Dear Editor, The time has come for direct challenges on the issue of Walter Rodney’s unnatural death which international as well as Guyanese police experts determined from material found at the...

Something is wrong with the Guyana Dharmic Sabha

Nov 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is wrong with the Guyana Dharmic Sabha

Dear Editor, It is with horror I read the news about the suicides of several young people in our country. Majority of the names are Hindu names and I waited and waited to read or hear about the...

PREV 123 NEXT

UDFA Year-End Futsal Tournament kicks off December 15

Deeply concerned about political dysfunction in society

Dear Editor The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is deeply concerned about the political dysfunction in society that is... more