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Durban Park to become major public venue

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Durban Park to become major public venue

President David Granger and Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday afternoon made a brief stop at Durban Park, behind the 1763 Monument, where work is ongoing to transform the area into a...

Belize importer given option to ship out seized Guyana rice

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Belize importer given option to ship out seized Guyana rice

Belize: Jack Charles, the businessman who imported 75 tonnes of Guyanese Grade A white rice to retail for 69 cents per pound, must get the rice out of Belizean territory before January 26, or lose...

More motorcycles to boost police crime fight

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on More motorcycles to boost police crime fight

With the traffic landscape in Guyana changing rapidly due to the influx of vehicles, and with the expansion of several communities, the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s crime fighting capabilities...

NDIA conducts draft assessment of El Nino conditions

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NDIA conducts draft assessment of El Nino conditions

– as irrigation water quality deteriorates The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has announced that it is conducting a draft assessment of the El Nino conditions being...

Linden bridge a source of concern

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Linden bridge a source of concern

THE residents of Linden, especially motorists, are calling on the relevant authorities to build a double-lane bridge across the Demerara River. The single-lane bridge, which connects Mackenzie to...

Guyana’s 50th anniversary logo brand CAL crafts

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s 50th anniversary logo brand CAL crafts

Early yesterday, two of three Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) aircraft touched down on local soil bearing the country’s 50th Anniversary Logo. The branded airplanes were unveiled at the Cheddi...

Roraima Airways secures AMO Certificate

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Roraima Airways secures AMO Certificate

History was created on Wednesday when Ms. Chaitrani Heeralall, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) presented Roraima Airways with the Approved Maintenance...

PM receives Bar Association’s feedback on Code of Conduct

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PM receives Bar Association’s feedback on Code of Conduct

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has presented its report to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo offering comments and suggestions of the proposed code of conduct for Government officials and Members of...

New USAID project offers technical assistance to NGOs

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New USAID project offers technical assistance to NGOs

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that have been working to curb the transmission of HIV, are now getting technical assistance through the United States Agency for International Development...

US$13M Tele-performance investment officially launched in Guyana

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US$13M Tele-performance investment officially launched in Guyana

Brings employment for 1500 (By Mondale Smith) Through an investment valued at US$13M and an initial employment creation target of 1500 on the local shores, Teleperformance Guyana hosted its...

Govt. should announce end to raw bulk sugar production for export – GuySuCo Chairman

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. should announce end to raw bulk sugar production for export – GuySuCo Chairman

From an economic standpoint, Chairman of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Dr Clive Thomas, has said that the financial prospects of the sector would remain depressing if certain critical...

New Sea Defence Board targets illegal occupation of reserves

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New Sea Defence Board targets illegal occupation of reserves

Government is vowing a zero tolerance on persons blocking its sea defence reserves, warning that a new policy will see increase activities by inspectors. The charge was made yesterday as Minister of...

WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON?

Jan 16, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON?

APNU+AFC is not keeping its promises. Not the ones it made before the elections, but rather, the ones it made after the elections. The coalition promised greater transparency. Instead the public is...

Minister meets centenarian

Jan 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister meets centenarian

Centenarian Gladstone Mack met Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence, when she paid him a visit at his Sophia home. The Minister presented him with a hamper. The 104-year-old is the father of...

Should this man be elected?

Jan 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Should this man be elected?

Dear Editor, “Judge not lest ye be judged; leave all judgment, unto God”! In as much as I hold most religious leaders in “high esteem” and do enjoy almost on a daily basis, the religious...

The need to understand why people commit suicide

Jan 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The need to understand why people commit suicide

Dear Editor, The vexed matter of suicide has plagued our society for long time. Presently, there is plenty of talk about this life and death issue. Hopefully as a society we can make efforts to...

Brief analysis of where and why Guyana failed

Jan 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Brief analysis of where and why Guyana failed

Dear Editor, All of Guyana’s most critical development trajectories are heading downwards including population, consumer base and economically functional workforce; modernisation of economy and...

Ten points on saving Guysuco

Jan 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ten points on saving Guysuco

Dear Editor, With so many daunting challenges facing GuySuCo, particularly a foreseeable lengthy period of low sugar prices, increasing labour costs, difficulties in mechanization, and negative...

Concerned about democracy being lost

Jan 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Concerned about democracy being lost

Dear Editor, I refer to the Stabroek News article of January 14, with the headline “NICIL’s Deputy Head complaints to cops of being shadowed by unknown persons.” I am appalled and concerned...

21 years are enough for Patricia Chase-Green

Jan 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on 21 years are enough for Patricia Chase-Green

Dear Editor, I learnt through the local media recently that the Deputy Mayor of Georgetown Ms. Patricia Chase-Green has signaled her intention to run for the position of Mayor at the upcoming...

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Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport endorses Mashramani Street Football Championships

Guyana’s silence represents a shocking neglect of its national interest

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Guyana has long championed the sanctity of territorial integrity and the rejection of aggression... more