February 2016

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Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club to begin 2016 football season

Feb 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club to begin 2016 football season

Male and female Inter Primary School football tournament fixed The Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club (HOMFC) after having a very successful year of activities in 2015, especially at the youth and...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…USE BEAUTY AIDS AND COSMETICS WISELY

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…USE BEAUTY AIDS AND COSMETICS WISELY

PAT DIAL From time to time consumers have approached the Guyana Consumers Association asking our advice as to what are the better cosmetics or even shaving lotions. Except when we have specific...

Police nab four with stolen motor bike on boat bound for Orealla

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab four with stolen motor bike on boat bound for Orealla

The law has no boundary; no matter where you go the law will nab you. Four men who stole a motorcycle from a resident at Skeldon on Christmas Eve Day and had secured the merchandise found that out on...

Firearm licence fee hike can encourage blackmarket gun trade – PPP

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Firearm licence fee hike can encourage blackmarket gun trade – PPP

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is decrying the “exorbitant” hike in firearm licensing fees, stating that for years these measures were studiously avoided. The party is also contending...

Businessman held, released over arson deaths of girls and dad

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman held, released over arson deaths of girls and dad

Police have again questioned a North Road, Bourda man in connection with the 2014 deaths of two girls and their father, at the hands of arsonists who torched a property at the corner of Robb and King...

Another lawsuit filed to prevent repossession of turnkey home

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Another lawsuit filed to prevent repossession of turnkey home

Another resident of Region Three has brought a lawsuit against the Housing Ministry in a bid to stop the agency from repossessing a plot of land distributed under the previous administration’s...

OAS delegation welcomes constructive discussions in Haiti

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on OAS delegation welcomes constructive discussions in Haiti

The Special Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to Haiti, headed by the Chair of the Permanent Council, Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda, Sir Ronald Sanders, arrived in...

NCERD commences 30-year anniversary celebration

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NCERD commences 30-year anniversary celebration

—described as the engine of the education system The National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) has been blessed with tremendous human capital. This assertion was yesterday made...

Commissioners conduct final compilation of findings in Rodney COI

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Commissioners conduct final compilation of findings in Rodney COI

The final report of the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the death Dr. Walter Rodney is expected to be completed within a week. This disclosure was made as members of the Commissioners met with...

CPA to oversee operation of Child Advocacy Centres

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CPA to oversee operation of Child Advocacy Centres

In keeping with its purview to safeguard children, the Child Care and Protection Agency (CPA) will be tasked with overseeing the operations of Child Advocacy Centres (CACs) countrywide. Together with...

Who are these policemen that violated Mrs. Carol-Ann Munro?

Feb 02, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Who are these policemen that violated Mrs. Carol-Ann Munro?

I was having lunch at Excellence Restaurant on Charlotte Street with David Hinds and Leonard Craig when Bruce Munroe walked in. During our conversation I urged him to be active in politics but he...

Jagdeo accuses Jordan of misleading the House on cost to generate electricity

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo accuses Jordan of misleading the House on cost to generate electricity

By Abena Rockcliffe Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is accusing Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, of misleading the National Assembly on the cost being incurred by the Guyana Power and Light...

Ex-employee of mining company worried he might not be compensated for injuries

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-employee of mining company worried he might not be compensated for injuries

An ex-employee of Metallicca Commodities Corp (MCC) is recuperating from a hip injury he received while driving a “faulty” truck and is extremely worried he may not be compensated. Emanuel Payne,...

Minister Lawrence lauds position on public servants’ salary increase

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Lawrence lauds position on public servants’ salary increase

Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence, under whose portfolio labour falls, is happy with Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan’s decision with regard to respecting the collective bargaining...

No response from Govt. causes GTU to plan further protests

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No response from Govt. causes GTU to plan further protests

No response has been forthcoming from Government to appease the concerns of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) regarding the Teaching Service Commission (TSC). The GTU has moreover vowed to carry out...

AFC to host first post-elections press conference

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on AFC to host first post-elections press conference

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has once again promised the media to resume hosting weekly press conferences. On Saturday last, at the opening of the Party’s Headquarters, AFC General Secretary,...

Coverden fatal accident…Police preparing to send file to DPP

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Coverden fatal accident…Police preparing to send file to DPP

The police are in the process of preparing a file to send to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice after a Coverden, East Bank Demerara (EBD) woman was killed in an...

PPP says voters tricked into signing candidates list in Rose Hall

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PPP says voters tricked into signing candidates list in Rose Hall

As preparations are intensifying for Local Government Elections (LGE), the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is crying foul. It claims that individuals in the Rose Hall constituency are being...

Ex-BCGI employees seeks Govt’s intervention in seven-year wages and salary dispute

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-BCGI employees seeks Govt’s intervention in seven-year wages and salary dispute

Former workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) – a subsidiary of Russian Bauxite United Company (UC) RUSAL – yesterday met with the Labour Ministry seeking its intervention...

GPA calls for media houses to practise responsible journalism

Feb 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPA calls for media houses to practise responsible journalism

In light of an article which appeared in the Guyana Times Monday edition that featured a 15-year-old rape victim, the Guyana Press Association (GPA) issued a statement reminding media houses of their...

IS THE GOVERNMENT PREPARED FOR THE ZIKA VIRUS?

Feb 02, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on IS THE GOVERNMENT PREPARED FOR THE ZIKA VIRUS?

Guyana and the Caribbean have not even overcome the Chikunguna virus which wreaked havoc in the region, yet another mosquito-borne disease known as the Zika virus is about to arrive. There were...

‘Hot Skull’ gets eight months for escaping lawful custody

Feb 02, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Hot Skull’ gets eight months for escaping lawful custody

Although he had a matter of simple larceny struck out against him, a North Ruimveldt resident was yesterday ordered to serve eight months in jail by City Magistrate Alex Moore for escaping from...

Amelia Ward drug dealer nabbed

Feb 02, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Amelia Ward drug dealer nabbed

A Linden man who was recently freed of a drug charge due to some technicalities has been nabbed again. He was held at a police road block at Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice. The man, the driver...

One cigarette causes man to post $100,000 bail

Feb 02, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on One cigarette causes man to post $100,000 bail

Yesterday Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan sitting in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts placed Ryan Downer on $100,000 bail after he was accused of assaulting his friend with a stick over a...

Minister Keith Scott’s trade union claim cannot be verified

Feb 02, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Keith Scott’s trade union claim cannot be verified

Dear Editor, In examining the performance of the Granger/Nagamootoo government, one gets the clear impression that President Granger pronounces on the concepts and areas the administration will...

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Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Keeping my day job advising Pres. Ali

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Because Pres. Ali needs the hand, I’m keeping my day job. Unpaid advisor to HE Ali. It’s a thankless gig. But for country and presidency, no sacrifice is too high. Guyana needs some standards. Plenty; with starting all over recommended. ...

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