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Can Mr. Clinton Williams please answer?

Dec 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can Mr. Clinton Williams please answer?

Dear Editor, Can Mr. Chairman of the Board of Industrial Training, Clinton Williams explain how the West Berbice Rural Women and Youth, run by the wife of an elite of the PPP, was allowed to run...

THE BLUE- EYED BOYS

Dec 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE BLUE- EYED BOYS

Divisions are reported to have emerged within Cabinet. These divisions are reportedly over the positions taken by certain ministers; positions which have not been supported by other ministers,...

House lot scandal the Minister needs to investigate

Dec 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on House lot scandal the Minister needs to investigate

Dear Editor, I am sending a list of names of people who got houselots from the Governments in 1997. Out of 54 households only four Afro Guyanese were given lots. Many Indians households who already...

What is happening at the Blairmont Masjid?

Dec 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is happening at the Blairmont Masjid?

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me a space in your newspaper to let the Muslim and Guyanese know what is taking place at the Blairmount Masjid. The Mausam is staying at the Masjid house in the Masjid...

GTU hoping for augmented membership in 2016

Dec 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GTU hoping for augmented membership in 2016

— set to continue multi-year agreement discussion with Govt. Teachers should be given the right to support the work of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) if they so desire. However, they are not...

$7B plus unearthed from audits transferred to Treasury – Finance Minister

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $7B plus unearthed from audits transferred to Treasury – Finance Minister

The phased transfer of billions of dollars discovered during Government’s forensic audits has begun as scheduled. The first set of monies transferred to the Treasury totaled over $7B. The money...

Passenger shot dead over bus window row

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Passenger shot dead over bus window row

What is being described as a “stupid row”, that led to a mini bus passenger being shot dead and another narrowly escaping serious injury, yesterday marred what was turning out to be a relatively...

Govt. mulls legislations to tackle ‘landlordism’ in mining, logging

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mulls legislations to tackle ‘landlordism’ in mining, logging

– state contracts to utilize species other than Greenheart A longstanding problem called “landlordism” is likely to become a major item on Government’s agenda with legislations likely to...

New Year’s Day ban on Styrofoam…Restaurants can be fined more than $100,000

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New Year’s Day ban on Styrofoam…Restaurants can be fined more than $100,000

In a few days, on January 1, a ban on expanded polystyrene, commonly called Styrofoam, is to become effective. The ban is expected to affect several importers and food establishments which have been...

Money changer murder suspect calls mother

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Money changer murder suspect calls mother

“I am innocent; I am coming home” Despite telling his mother that he is innocent and would turn himself in, the 19-year-old suspect in the murder of money-changer Mohamed Fizal Mahmood Baksh was...

Dem boys seh…Holiday season suh bad that Rum Jattan extend drunkeness

Dec 27, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Holiday season suh bad that Rum Jattan extend drunkeness

Christmas come and gone. This year wasn’t as nice as de previous years and it ain’t got nutten to do wid de new coalition govt. Is just that everything bad was happening to Guyana and now...

Christmas Day “bundles of joy” get ABCD diapers

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas Day “bundles of joy” get ABCD diapers

In the tradition of sharing “Bundle of Joy” hampers to all babies born at Georgetown Public and Woodlands Hospitals on Christmas Day ANSA McAL Trading Limited introduced ABCD Diapers as part of...

Budget 2016 to be presented in January – Finance Minister

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2016 to be presented in January – Finance Minister

– Appropriation for Constitutional and other agencies to be approved first By Kiana Wilburg The accomplishments this year for the Ministry of Finance are many. But Finance Minister, Winston...

Burns, Khawaja pummel Windies on Boxing Day

Dec 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Burns, Khawaja pummel Windies on Boxing Day

MELBOURNE (Reuters) Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns rewarded the Australian selectors’ faith with a pair of sparkling centuries as the hosts dominated a limp West Indies attack on the opening day of...

Tackling mental health – an ongoing Ministry of Public Health initiative

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tackling mental health – an ongoing Ministry of Public Health initiative

By Sharmain Grainger Like so many diseases, mental disorders do not target people of a particular race, gender, creed or even age – everyone is vulnerable. A recent visit to the Georgetown...

Stag Super XVI…Grove Hi Tech and Mahaica Determinators into semifinals

Dec 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Super XVI…Grove Hi Tech and Mahaica Determinators into semifinals

Following intense Christmas Night exchanges at the Farm Community Centre ground, East Bank Demerara, defending champions Grove Hi Tech downed Pouderoyen 2-0, while Mahaica Determinators edged Den...

A recap of court cases for 2015

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on A recap of court cases for 2015

By Feona Morrison Every year hundreds of people are separated from their families during the Christmas season due to them being incarcerated. Even though relatives are allowed to visit their loved...

Grove home burglarised on Christmas Eve

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Grove home burglarised on Christmas Eve

…Second time in almost two years An East Bank Demerara family’s plans for a jolly season were thwarted after burglars gained entry into their home while they were away on Christmas Eve...

Former murder accused shot in suspected execution attempt

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former murder accused shot in suspected execution attempt

Ex-soldier and former murder accused Keron Herbert was shot three times at around 19.00 hrs yesterday in what appears to be an execution attempt. Herbert, 29, a father of four, who resides at Lot 31...

Noise nuisance at Supenaam market

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Noise nuisance at Supenaam market

Vendors operating in the Supenaam market and who on a daily basis are bombarded by the loud sound of continuous music emanating from a stall holder are calling on the relevant authorities to...

Helping your overweight child

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Helping your overweight child

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine We tend to have a culture of thinking that a fat/chubby child is healthy and our kids should eat as much as they want. I am beginning to...

UDFA GT Beer quarter finals on tonight at MSC

Dec 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA GT Beer quarter finals on tonight at MSC

Milerock and Rockers collide, Winners look to get past Ward Panthers Tonight the defending champions Winners Connection are eyeing their third straight Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) GT...

Boxing Day traditional cards, the Hall of Fame and the lost art of the sport

Dec 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxing Day traditional cards, the Hall of Fame and the lost art of the sport

Former Continental of Americas Champion, Michael Benjamin regurgitates the memories Yesterday was Boxing Day and though historically the name had nothing to do with boxing matches, that day had...

AP EXPLAINS: What is Boxing Day and how it got its name

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on AP EXPLAINS: What is Boxing Day and how it got its name

In Britain and other countries like Australia and Canada, the day after Christmas is a secular national holiday known as Boxing Day. Here’s a brief look at some theories about how the holiday got...

Crane resident dies after head-on collision

Dec 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Crane resident dies after head-on collision

Yesterday in the early hours of the morning, reckless driving once more claimed another life. Dawson Bess, 22, of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara was killed after he attempted to overtake...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more