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Bollywood diva, Preity Zinta disappoints at local concert

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bollywood diva, Preity Zinta disappoints at local concert

When Bollywood star, Preity Zinta’s fans heard that she was coming to Guyana to perform, it was like the best news they had received after a long time. Some of them came from as far as Berbice to...

Local charitable organisations urged to take advantage of GPHC’s paediatric cardiac programme

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Local charitable organisations urged to take advantage of GPHC’s paediatric cardiac programme

With support from an overseas-based charitable organisation which has a keen focus on helping to save the lives of children, Government through the Ministry of Health is now able to offer open heart...

IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GUYANA

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GUYANA

In Paris, more than 150 world leaders have participated in the Climate Change Conference which is a clear indication of the tremendous importance of the event. It was a very important conference for...

Guyanese robbed, beaten, stabbed and set afire in T&T, dies in hospital

Dec 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese robbed, beaten, stabbed and set afire in T&T, dies in hospital

A Guyanese national living in Trinidad and Tobago has died in hospital, days after being beaten, stabbed and burnt alive by two men in Carapichaima. According to reports, Deokaran Seokaran had gone...

Unacceptable occurrences at 704 Sports Club and Bar parking facility

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unacceptable occurrences at 704 Sports Club and Bar parking facility

Dear Editor, Thank you for allowing us this opportunity to share our experiences that occurred about 3 weeks ago with the public. After a week of long intense hours on the job, a group of coworkers...

Plea from resident to stop Chubby’s loud music

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plea from resident to stop Chubby’s loud music

Dear Editor, Permit me a place in your letter column to highlight this issue which I consider an of important matter please. I am a resident of Laing Avenue. There is a guy by the name of Chubby who...

Anil Nandlall needs to know what an uncorrupted government is

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anil Nandlall needs to know what an uncorrupted government is

Dear Editor, It seems that some people are bent on giving misinformation to the public and also that they never wants to see a uncorrupted Guyana led by people who have Guyana’s development at...

African Guyanese must condemn discrimination in the society

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on African Guyanese must condemn discrimination in the society

Dear Editor, Given the legacy of abuses Indians and other groups have suffered ever since they arrived on the shores, and shared (at times similar) experiences with Africans, intellectuals from all...

Complaints against the Rodney Commission Secretariat

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Complaints against the Rodney Commission Secretariat

Dear Editor, In our initial letter to the Commission of April 14, 2014 we pledged to assist the Commission in its task of arriving at findings that explain the circumstances of the unnatural death of...

I am angry at so many aspects of life in Guyana

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am angry at so many aspects of life in Guyana

Dear Editor, Picture, if you will, the almost frantic atmosphere of Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC). Nurses and doctors move methodically through the hallways, like preprogrammed robots, tending...

Possession of 56 grams of ganja in Jamaica is not a criminal offence

Dec 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Possession of 56 grams of ganja in Jamaica is not a criminal offence

Dear Editor, With the current debate regarding marijuana legislation and sentencing policy in Guyana, I here share how Jamaica has recently updated its legislation and changed its policy with regard...

SARU zeros in on sole sourcing between NEW GPC and previous Govt.

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on SARU zeros in on sole sourcing between NEW GPC and previous Govt.

In the coming weeks, the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) is expected to zero in on all aspects of sole sourcing which occurred between the previous regime and New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation...

Legislation to relax marijuana convictions for Parliament

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Legislation to relax marijuana convictions for Parliament

Attorneys Nigel Hughes and Mark Waldron have completed a draft new legislation to relax marijuana convictions. This comes in the wake of the imprisonment of former national footballer turned coach,...

Citizens died while PPP/C Ministers utilized medical aid on “cosmetics”- Harmon

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens died while PPP/C Ministers utilized medical aid on “cosmetics”- Harmon

– Says APNU+AFC ministers may not utilize budgeted medical aid By Abena Rockcliffe The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) government was so “callous” about the welfare of ordinary...

No place for “extremism” in Guyana

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No place for “extremism” in Guyana

— says Pres. Granger President David Granger has declared that there is no place for extremism in Guyana. This comes in light of the recent terrorist attacks in France and the United States. The...

Economy will rebound through industries

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Economy will rebound through industries

– Minister Gaskin Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, on Thursday sought to assure stakeholders that despite the challenges that Guyana’s business community has faced over the year, the...

Dem boys seh…No hole can ‘hole’ Clinty de Willy

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…No hole can ‘hole’ Clinty de Willy

When most people do wrong dem does run and hide. Dem learn that from small, and Jagdeo, that scamp, reinforce it to de nation. Every time he get ketch like when he give way Sanata complex to he best...

False report targets GRA lawyer

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on False report targets GRA lawyer

A report about the Guyana Revenue Authority assessing and recommending that Attorney at Law Hissaun Yasin-Nandlall be demoted was a document that may have been tampered with, according to Chairman of...

President makes monetary donation at opening of ISA Elementary School, GIT Secretariat

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President makes monetary donation at opening of ISA Elementary School, GIT Secretariat

The Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) yesterday commissioned a spanking new $190M building, which now houses the ISA Elementary School—a branch of the ISA Islamic School. This three-storey edifice located...

Rice board in discussions to stabilise rice prices

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rice board in discussions to stabilise rice prices

By Jarryl Bryan The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is taking the first steps in establishing a stabilisation fund for rice farmers, an initiative that rice industry experts and farmers have...

WICB PCL Cricket…Shiv (82), Barnwell (79), Reifer (64) keep Jaguars on top after Fudadin completes fifth ton

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB PCL Cricket…Shiv (82), Barnwell (79), Reifer (64) keep Jaguars on top after Fudadin completes fifth ton

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Noble House Seafoods, Stag Beer & Cascadia Hotel In sweltering heat at the Queen’s Park Oval yesterday T&T’s Red Force, set 265 to avoid an...

Adherence to Ombudsman’s advice not mandatory – Vincent Alexander

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Adherence to Ombudsman’s advice not mandatory – Vincent Alexander

— in fact, Freddie Kissoon’s dismissal was “wrong but not illegal” Ombudsman Winston Moore ruled that Freddie Kissoon, a former lecturer at the University of Guyana (UG) was wrongfully...

Health care professionals honoured for HIV/AIDS work in hinterland

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health care professionals honoured for HIV/AIDS work in hinterland

The National Aids programme Secretariat (NAPS) on Thursday rewarded nine health care practitioners for their outstanding work in the hinterland regions. The awards ceremony, which was held at the...

Businessman detained over allegedly discharging rounds indiscriminately

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman detained over allegedly discharging rounds indiscriminately

A Cummingslodge businessman was yesterday released on station bail after “cooling off” for a night in the Sparendaam Police Station lock ups. The businessman was arrested on Saturday for...

Eureka! Eureka! Someone discovers a law

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Eureka! Eureka! Someone discovers a law

Here is a section of a court item taken from the Kaieteur News of Saturday, December 5, 2015 – “Three persons were brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Thursday and ordered to pay...

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The PNCR and AFC are a blight on democratic politics

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) have forfeited... more