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Guyana is running dry

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana is running dry

It seems that global warming has taken its toll on Guyana, especially during the past fifteen or more years. In many cases, the weather pattern in the country seems to be moving from one extreme to...

Army Intelligence rank critical after struck by bus

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Army Intelligence rank critical after struck by bus

A Guyana Defence Force Sergeant from the army’s Intelligence Unit is in a critical condition after he was struck by a minibus on Church Street around 09.30 hrs yesterday. Sergeant Selwyn Woodroffe,...

Herstelling Assemblies of God walks against suicide

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Herstelling Assemblies of God walks against suicide

Concerned about the high suicide rate in Guyana, the Herstelling, East Bank Demerara Assemblies of God Church has launched a programme to help those on the verge of emotional collapse. Yesterday,...

Fisherman committed to stand trial in High court

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman committed to stand trial in High court

…admits to stabbing victim in self defense The fisherman accused of stabbing his fellow fisherman to death in the Atlantic Ocean has been committed to stand trial in the High Court. Gregory Nahar,...

HAAGS BOSCH ACCESS ROAD CLEARED OF GARBAGE

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on HAAGS BOSCH ACCESS ROAD CLEARED OF GARBAGE

The Solid Waste Management Unit of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown and Puran’s Brothers Waste Disposal Service have joined forces to remove the piles of garbage that lined the access road...

Infrastructure Minister promises infrastructure development for commuters

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Infrastructure Minister promises infrastructure development for commuters

During his presentation on the 2016 Budget Debate, at the Parliament Building, Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, revealed that there will be a chain of advances to better the lives...

Digicel celebrates ninth anniversary by giving back

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel celebrates ninth anniversary by giving back

For its ninth anniversary, Digicel Guyana spent last week leading up to today, giving back in a meaningful way to several orphanages and children’s homes around Guyana. The homes and orphanages...

On becoming a shareholder of a company

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on On becoming a shareholder of a company

By Kiana Wilburg When a corporation wishes to gain investment capital, it offers shares of the corporation to the public through a stock offering. Although various classes of stocks can be offered by...

Attorney General boasts of declining backlog in Land Registry

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney General boasts of declining backlog in Land Registry

By Abena Rockcliffe Addressing the National Assembly on Thursday, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams boasted that his government, during its nine month life span, has been...

Retired Snr Supt feels cheated by Police Service Commission

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Retired Snr Supt feels cheated by Police Service Commission

With the long-awaited police senior ranks promotions set to be released soon, not many will be happy. For a former senior officer, the recent position taken by the Police Service Commission on the...

Top Cop on personal mission to regain public trust for Police Force

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop on personal mission to regain public trust for Police Force

With mere months to go before he ends his career as a lawman, Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud, is on a mission to help the Guyana Police Force regain the much needed trust of the nation. Ever...

January passenger traffic jumps up by 6%

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on January passenger traffic jumps up by 6%

Passenger traffic at Guyana’s main Port of Entry – Cheddi Jagan International Airport — rose by six percent for January 2016. The airport’s statistics department revealed that 17,728...

Guyana welcomes another batch of Peace Corps volunteers

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana welcomes another batch of Peace Corps volunteers

Thirty one Peace Corps volunteers from the United States of America are now in Guyana and they are expected to tackle the areas of health and education after completing a two- month training...

Police ‘A’ Division youth groups ready to take the crown at Children Mash competition

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police ‘A’ Division youth groups ready to take the crown at Children Mash competition

After being crowned champions for the float parade last year, the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s ‘A’ Division youth groups will be participating in the Children’s Mash Competition to retain its...

CONSUMER CONCERNS… SQUATTING ERODES AUTHORITY AND RESPECT FOR LAW

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS… SQUATTING ERODES AUTHORITY AND RESPECT FOR LAW

PAT DIAL Just about two weeks ago, there was a very disturbing media report coming from Charity Village in Esseqibo: Scores of violent squatters had suddenly started to squat on State property at...

Sunday Cartoon

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…IMPLEMENT THE BED AND BREAKFAST STANDARD DURING GUYANA’S JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…IMPLEMENT THE BED AND BREAKFAST STANDARD DURING GUYANA’S JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

Nationally, preparations are being made for Guyana to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary as an independent nation during May, 2016. With the anticipated colossal influx of foreigners to our land to...

Orealla bound motorcycle bandits charged

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Orealla bound motorcycle bandits charged

The four men who were taken off a river boat bound for the riverain community of Orealla with a stolen motor bike in the dead of night, have been charged with the crime. The culprits Trishan Awadh,...

Become a lake

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Become a lake

Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told him he had a very sad life and asked for a solution. The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of...

Not this George Daniels

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not this George Daniels

Dear Editor, I have received several phone calls regarding a letter published on February 11, 2016 titled ‘ Sugar’s future is long gone’. Please be advised that I was not the author of that...

Notes on driving madness

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Notes on driving madness

Dear Editor, A recent article in one of the dailies again raised my anger. An elderly lady was struck down while on a pedestrian crossing! A speeding truck was involved. Another news item told of a...

Lincoln Lewis accuses APNU-AFC Gov’t as being just like the PPP

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lincoln Lewis accuses APNU-AFC Gov’t as being just like the PPP

Dear Editor, The support given on any issue to a group or individual, governmental or non-governmental, is premised on upholding and respecting laws, international conventions, charters,...

Guyana’s attractive eco-tourism offering remains matchless

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s attractive eco-tourism offering remains matchless

By Kiana Wilburg Endowed with massive, pristine tracts of tropical rainforest, high species biodiversity, amazing wildlife, magnificent rivers and waterfalls, mountain ranges, savannahs, wetlands,...

Renewing the Dream: The Coalition’s Policy for Homes and Communities

Feb 14, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Renewing the Dream: The Coalition’s Policy for Homes and Communities

In our 2015 Manifesto, we stated that, ‘The APNU+AFC will initiate a policy called, “Renewing the Dream.” We committed ourselves to, ‘expand and upgrade housing development and facilitate...

There is love for some, today

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There is love for some, today

Today is Valentine’s Day. It is a day when for some reason people focus on love for just that day. To see them behave the way they do, one would think that Guyana is the most loving country in the...

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