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City Hall tax amnesty further extended

Nov 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall tax amnesty further extended

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, (M&CC) has extended further amnesty to citizens who are in default of paying their taxes. According to information disseminated on Monday by City...

TSC insists teachers’ promotions above board

Nov 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on TSC insists teachers’ promotions above board

Teachers’ promotions in the public education sector this year was fraught with controversy. In fact the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) had moved to the courts earlier this year to file an injunction...

Increasing wages for teachers is priority – Minister of Education

Nov 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Increasing wages for teachers is priority – Minister of Education

In light of recent calls made by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) for improved remuneration, Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine has assured that increasing wages for teachers across the...

Ramotar and the Nader Effect

Nov 04, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ramotar and the Nader Effect

Outside of Geoff Da Silva’s apology when he was the CEO of GoInvest at a press conference at the Pegasus, no high –ranking PPP leader serving in state administration ever publicly apologized for...

POOR SERVICES CONTINUE IN HEALTH CARE

Nov 04, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on POOR SERVICES CONTINUE IN HEALTH CARE

The problems facing the country’s health care system, especially in the public hospitals and clinics are well known and have continued to affect not the rich but the poor and the working class. The...

A call from Labour to treat all workers equally

Nov 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A call from Labour to treat all workers equally

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), as a matter of principle, calls on government to treat all workers equally and eschew any practice of double standard. It is duty of every...

Violence and discipline breakdown in Guyana’s schools

Nov 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Violence and discipline breakdown in Guyana’s schools

Dear Editor, The anticipated crackdown by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Administration to stamp out gangland crime echoes our concern for the breakdown in discipline and the reported increase in...

Region 2 Councilors did not unanimously vote against Ministerial pay increase

Nov 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Region 2 Councilors did not unanimously vote against Ministerial pay increase

Dear Editor, Guyana Times reporter in Region Two has several articles, written by Indrawattie Natram, that are misleading and bordering on questionable journalism. She mentioned me as the Prime...

Serious accusation of police wrong-doing

Nov 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Serious accusation of police wrong-doing

Dear Editor, This is about a sad situation involving a friend of mine whose taxi was hit from behind by another driver. The first frightening thing that happened was that the Sergeant at the a...

None of Anil Nandlall’s claims are sensible or factual

Nov 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on None of Anil Nandlall’s claims are sensible or factual

Dear Editor, On November 2, 2015, the Guyana Times newspaper published an article titled “Extravagant Govt spending outrageous – Nandlall.” This article is replete with false information. It...

Swami Vidyanandaji will be greatly missed

Nov 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Swami Vidyanandaji will be greatly missed

Dear Editor, I write to convey sympathy on the passing of the great Swami Vidyanandaji Maharaj of Cove and John and the US. Vidyanand-ji is a well-known spiritual leader and scholar in Hinduism...

Couple in suspected suicide at seawalls

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Couple in suspected suicide at seawalls

Police are trying to ascertain the identities of a young couple whose bodies were found at the Kingston seawalls around 17.00 hrs yesterday. Police said that the victims of East Indian ancestry were...

Agreement reached to fast track Mexican rice deal – Prime Minister

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Agreement reached to fast track Mexican rice deal – Prime Minister

As Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo continues his discussions with Mexican officials to iron out details of a rice export agreement, Mexico has indicated its willingness to fast track the paddy deal....

Eleven injured in Region 8 as truck driver loses control

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Eleven injured in Region 8 as truck driver loses control

Pandemonium broke out last night at the Accident and Emergency unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), following the arrival of six out of 11 persons, who were injured in a...

Defence Counsel fined for contempt ….High Court trial for Robb Street Granny murder commences

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Defence Counsel fined for contempt ….High Court trial for Robb Street Granny murder commences

The High Court trial for the four men implicated in the execution-style killing of 72-year-old Robb Street resident, Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, has commenced. Fiedtkou -Parris of 42 Robb Street was...

CH&PA cracks down on empty house lots

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA cracks down on empty house lots

It appears that Government will be cracking down on citizens who have acquired house lots but have failed to start construction. In the past, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA)...

Guyana Goldfields workers survive horrific accident

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields workers survive horrific accident

Three workers attached to the Guyana Gold Fields are counting their lucky stars after surviving a horrific vehicular accident that occurred around 06:30 hrs yesterday at Aurora, Region Seven. The...

Donald show Jagdeo he balls

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Donald show Jagdeo he balls

Dead nah done, cry nah done is one old people saying. Another is that all skin teeth nah laugh. But de best of them all is what is play fuh li’l boy is dead fuh crappo. Something happen Saturday...

Guyana Softball Cup 5…Regal crowned Open and Masters Champs

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Softball Cup 5…Regal crowned Open and Masters Champs

By Zaheer Mohamed Regal were crowned champions of the open and masters’ categories when the fifth edition of the Guyana Softball Cup concluded on Sunday night at the Demerara Cricket Club ground,...

Stag Elite League …Alpha needle Monedderlust; Fruta Conquerors hammer GFC

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Elite League …Alpha needle Monedderlust; Fruta Conquerors hammer GFC

Alpha United came away with full points from an encounter that saw Guyana’s number one side on the ropes for very long periods against Monedderlust Football Club on Sunday night in feature play of...

Floodlight Association thanks fans, express disappointment at unsavoury incident

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlight Association thanks fans, express disappointment at unsavoury incident

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA), the organising body of the Guyana Softball Cup, would like to take this opportunity to express high levels of gratitude to the hundreds of...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Institutional strengthening is critical for advancing sports in Essequibo

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Institutional strengthening is critical for advancing sports in Essequibo

Dear Editor, A healthy and vibrant sporting environment has the potential to breed a successful and proactive society. However, it is quite the opposite in Essequibo since the institutional...

Forde recommences journey to South American 10k Triple Crown

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forde recommences journey to South American 10k Triple Crown

-Josiah-Tanner also wins for Guyanese first leg sweep Guyana’s, Cleveland Forde recommenced his journey for a South American 10km Road Race Classic Triple Crown on Saturday when he comfortably won...

Goodluck enjoys narrow lead after day 1

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goodluck enjoys narrow lead after day 1

Guyana NRA / Industrial Safety Supplies National Fullbore Championship…. Defending champion Lennox Braithwaite will have to come from behind on day two of the Guyana National Rifle Association...

Inter-Ministry Futsal Competition…Monkhouse hits five past Public Security

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter-Ministry Futsal Competition…Monkhouse hits five past Public Security

Carlos Monkhouse lashed in five goals to lead Customs to an emphatic 9-3 triumph over Ministry of Public Security as play in the inaugural Inter-Minsitry Futsal Competition continued on Sundauy...

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Battle for Glory: Petra-MVP Sports Girls U11 Football Championship reaches thrilling Semi-Final Stage

The Windfall Tax paradox

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- It is a curious feature of the modern age that the more complex our agreements, the more... more