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Guyana’s health surveillance system gets kudos

Jan 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s health surveillance system gets kudos

Although Guyana’s laboratory testing capabilities may be limited, its surveillance ability is certainly not in question. In fact it was the Ministry of Public Health’s efficient surveillance...

LIAT removes fuel surcharges

Jan 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT removes fuel surcharges

Antigua – LIAT has announced the complete removal of fuel surcharges on all new tickets booked, effective 1st March, 2016. Chief Executive Officer, David Evans, said oil is now trading at a 12-year...

Budget 2016 to be presented today

Jan 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2016 to be presented today

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan is expected to present to the National Assembly today, the Budget to cover the fiscal year. In a brief interview with Kaieteur News on Wednesday, Jordan said that the...

Educator looking to CXC to introduce ‘Caribbean Citizenship’

Jan 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Educator looking to CXC to introduce ‘Caribbean Citizenship’

– could help to improve quality of life Instead of deliberate focus on writing many subjects, which are not required for matriculation, students should be encouraged to focus more on human...

Police bike patrol nabs two with illegal gun

Jan 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police bike patrol nabs two with illegal gun

Police ranks on motorcycle patrol were certainly on the alert last night when they recovered an .32 pistol with live rounds from two suspicious men. The ranks were patrolling in the Queenstown...

Poor parenting and relationship conflict fuel suicide in teens and young adults

Jan 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Poor parenting and relationship conflict fuel suicide in teens and young adults

– Child Counsellor By Jeanna Pearson A mere two weeks into 2016, Guyana was left staggering with a series of reported cases of suicide; almost on a daily basis new reports surfaced of someone...

Guyana says yes to Tourism Satellite accounting system

Jan 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana says yes to Tourism Satellite accounting system

Guyana has joined the Bahamas, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago in the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)’s Satellite Accounting implementation initiative – a move that will see...

UG IS GOING BACKWARDS RATHER THAN FORWARD

Jan 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on UG IS GOING BACKWARDS RATHER THAN FORWARD

What is the plan for the University of Guyana? That plan is not clear. It may not have been fully crystallized as yet. The government has announced how it intends to develop the University of Guyana...

Girl, 14, disappears without a trace

Jan 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 14, disappears without a trace

A Supply, East Bank Demerara (EBD) teenager has reportedly disappeared without a trace, leaving her mother fearful that something terrible has befallen her. Entiyah Singh went missing around 06:30...

Gunmen fail in robbery bid against Edun Egg Farm

Jan 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen fail in robbery bid against Edun Egg Farm

Two armed motorcycle bandits yesterday morning attempted a robbery on Edun’s Egg Farm delivery van around 09:50 hrs. An employee who asked to remain anonymous was with his boss Mr. Sidiq Edun and...

Mark Benschop, APNU+AFC, the masses and the asses

Jan 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mark Benschop, APNU+AFC, the masses and the asses

The local government elections will be a moment of political fascination. We have politicians from the APNU-AFC Coalition Government asking Georgetowners to vote for their slate to possess the...

Seeking meaningful constitutional change

Jan 29, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Seeking meaningful constitutional change

In Guyana as in other countries, democracy is a work in progress. There are different models of democracy; none of which is without some shortcomings. The model propagated by the Western world is...

Drug mule excreting cocaine under guard at GPHC

Jan 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Drug mule excreting cocaine under guard at GPHC

Up to late yesterday afternoon, ranks from the Police Narcotics Unit were still waiting to see if a Guyanese national would excrete any more cocaine pellets that he had ingested. The man was placed...

Pastor fined $100,000 on causing death charge

Jan 29, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pastor fined $100,000 on causing death charge

– ordered to pay $500,000 compensation to victim’s family Religious leader, Winston Cramer, who caused the death of a pedal cyclist by dangerous driving, was yesterday ordered to pay a fine...

The reason for the drug shortage

Jan 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The reason for the drug shortage

Dear Editor, The concept of supply chain is little known to anyone as a profession much less a practical approach and it is the reason for our current drug shortages. There are very few in Guyana...

War may break out at City Hall after the LGE

Jan 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on War may break out at City Hall after the LGE

Dear Editor, It seems like the fight is on. With the nominations for Local Government Elections all turned in, battle lines have been now been drawn. And it does not look good. I witnessed what...

Even mild corporate punishment is unacceptable

Jan 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Even mild corporate punishment is unacceptable

Dear Editor, The subject of corporal punishment is proving to be controversial in Guyana, for several reasons. One is that the definition of corporal punishment is different for each individual,...

Sugar and politics have always been closely connected

Jan 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar and politics have always been closely connected

Dear Editor, I thought it was very strange when the high powered Guyuco COI arrived at their conclusion that privatization was the solution to the interminable woes of the industry. However, I was...

Mr. Bruce disagrees with Mr. Ramkarran

Jan 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Bruce disagrees with Mr. Ramkarran

Dear Editor, In SN’s edition of Monday January 18,2016, “Jagdeo and Arrogance to blame for PPP/C Loss” by Mr Ralph Ramkarran. Mr Ramkarran enough already, ok enough already. This eight month...

National Hardware gets GuySuCo land for $5M per acre sells for $80M

Jan 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on National Hardware gets GuySuCo land for $5M per acre sells for $80M

…Eddie Boyer bought at $5M an acre Business is going well for National Hardware. The company has been raking in huge profits off of lands it secured as a result of the generosity of the National...

Three remanded over Bank of Baroda robbery

Jan 28, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three remanded over Bank of Baroda robbery

Two of the three men accused of staging a daylight robbery at the Bank of Baroda branch, located in the Mon Repos Mall, East Coast Demerara, hid their faces with boxers, as they were led into the...

Alleged photocopying of tax files…Ramjattan demands answers from GRA, Sattaur

Jan 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged photocopying of tax files…Ramjattan demands answers from GRA, Sattaur

Leader of the Alliance For Change, Vice President/Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, has vowed to investigate allegations of his tax records being illegally copied. Ramjattan is now...

C’tyne money changer murder suspect held on return from T&T

Jan 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne money changer murder suspect held on return from T&T

-confesses to luring victim to death Police in Berbice are preparing to charge a 19-year-old Corentyne man who has reportedly confessed to the brutal murder of money changer Mohamed Fizal Mahmood...

Man’s partially dismembered body found in bushes at Mahaicony

Jan 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man’s partially dismembered body found in bushes at Mahaicony

– police suspect hit-and-run, relatives demand justice Police are investigating the circumstances that led to the discovery of the partially dismembered body of 40-year-old Mahaicony...

High level meeting convened to address El Niño impacts

Jan 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on High level meeting convened to address El Niño impacts

– 28,000 acres rice affected by salt water A high level meeting was convened, yesterday, with the aim of bringing relief to affected farmers countrywide. The multi-sectoral approach in dealing...

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Berbice ease past Demerara in low-scoring match

The geography of pettiness

Kaieteur News – You have to admire the commitment. Not to international diplomacy, mind you, but to the art of the... more