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GPHC doctor abuses reporters

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC doctor abuses reporters

Reporters from various media houses across the country were caught off guard on Friday when the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Director of Medical and Professional Services, Dr....

Nandlall says State was shortchanged in Budget cut appeal case, Trotman feels vindicated

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall says State was shortchanged in Budget cut appeal case, Trotman feels vindicated

By Abena Rockcliffe The Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the National Assembly can indeed make amendments to the National Budget. This ruling overturned a previous decision handed down by acting...

Women grasp business opportunities, target upward mobility

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Women grasp business opportunities, target upward mobility

Female entrepreneurs were pepped up to climb the metaphorical ladder of success in the business sector yesterday. Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence was declaring the Women in Business Expo...

Hosororo students receive bicycles

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Hosororo students receive bicycles

Ten male students of Hosororo Primary School in Region One received bicycles, under President David Granger’s ‘Boats, Buses and Bicycles’ (three Bs) initiative, aimed at ensuring that all...

Berbice rice farmers upset over halting of aerial pesticide spraying

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice rice farmers upset over halting of aerial pesticide spraying

Rice farmers are up in arms. They want the government to intervene in a dispute that has developed between rice farmers and the pesticide and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) that is threatening...

Composition of COI will ensure recommendations are int’l best practice

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Composition of COI will ensure recommendations are int’l best practice

The government has given assurances that even though the official Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Camp Street Commission of Inquiry (COI) does not make mention of upgrading the standing orders, the...

Sunday Cartoon

Mar 06, 2016 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Lot 12 Camp Street still not safe-prisoners

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lot 12 Camp Street still not safe-prisoners

This is not the time to be remanded to Camp Street! This is the warning from a number of inmates who said that despite the brokered peace following unrest which claimed the lives of 17 prisoners, the...

Pomeroon River is drying up

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon River is drying up

The prolonged dry season continues to take a toll on every aspect of life. Residents living in the Pomeroon River have reported that the River has dried up significantly. They said the water in the...

Application Filed to Dismiss Pradoville 2 land case

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Application Filed to Dismiss Pradoville 2 land case

The legal challenge to the sale of plots of land at Pradoville 2 took a surprising turn when Attorney for Ramesh Dookhoo and Florrie Ramnauth, Devindra Kissoon, intervened in the proceedings and...

Town Clerk ignores no-confidence, Councilor peeved

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Town Clerk ignores no-confidence, Councilor peeved

The affairs of the Linden Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) continue to be in limbo following the passing of a no confidence motion by Councillors last week, against its Town Clerk, Jenella Bowen....

Nurse willing to help reform nursing profession in Guyana

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nurse willing to help reform nursing profession in Guyana

By Sharmain Grainger “It cannot be seen as a career to just get money. You have to try not to think about the hours you are working or the money you are getting,” said Nurse Claudette Powell. In...

13-year student missing

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 13-year student missing

A 13-year old student of lot 35 Section ‘C’ Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara was declared missing by her relatives yesterday. Kelly Bacchus was last seen on Tuesday morning wearing her school...

GUYEXPO 2016 launched…Event must focus on local manufacturing, value added – President

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GUYEXPO 2016 launched…Event must focus on local manufacturing, value added – President

President David Granger says that it is vital that the Guyana Trade Fair and Exposition (GUYEXPO) place more emphasis on the local manufacturing sector to help revitalise the economy, which has too...

Inquiry into prison disturbance begins tomorrow

Mar 06, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Inquiry into prison disturbance begins tomorrow

A 3-member Commission of Inquiry (CoI) will from tomorrow begin to assess the circumstances that led to the disturbances last week at the Georgetown Prison which resulted in the death of 17 prisoners...

Annandale Secondary gets $30M extension

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Annandale Secondary gets $30M extension

A $30.4M school extension project has been completed and handed over giving students a chance to study in an environment better suited for learning and safety. The rehabilitation followed requests by...

Nearly one year after failed attempt… Impassioned debate among Georgetown LGE candidates held at Theatre Guild

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nearly one year after failed attempt… Impassioned debate among Georgetown LGE candidates held at Theatre Guild

Guyana finally had a chance to judge its election candidates, based on their plans for elected office and their performance under pressure, during a town hall like debate at Theatre Guild last...

NCERD giving keen attention to Special Education Needs in schools

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NCERD giving keen attention to Special Education Needs in schools

– convenes week-long training session for teachers By Sharmain Grainger Did you know that Special Education Needs (SEN) children are in every classroom in Guyana? Well this was intimated to me...

DENTAL HEALTH…PERIODONTITIS – Advanced stages of gum disease

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH…PERIODONTITIS – Advanced stages of gum disease

By Dr. Neromini Fagu One of the hardest things for me to do as a Dentist is to tell a patient that he or she will lose a tooth. And because people are not aware of how serious gum disease is, it is...

They didn’t send in the negotiators

Mar 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on They didn’t send in the negotiators

Dear Editor, It is with great shock that I learnt of the death of some 17 prisoners, most on remand apparently, following riots at the Camp Street jail. My sympathy to the relatives of those who lost...

Lawlessness on the harbor bridge must be stopped

Mar 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lawlessness on the harbor bridge must be stopped

Dear Editor, I write you this letter in the hope that highlighting this issue will result in the Guyana Police force putting measures in place to rectify this lawlessness. The La Grange Old Road...

Fated, slated, stated; the prison riots

Mar 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fated, slated, stated; the prison riots

Dear Editor, Now that the smoke has cleared away, the dead has been identified, the prison environment has been fated, principal prison employees stated (Deputy Prison Director) and an inquiry...

Damning accusation against the APNU-AFC Government

Mar 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Damning accusation against the APNU-AFC Government

Dear Editor, Please allow us the space in your newspaper to expose an vey unacceptable plot that is orchestrated by the organizers of Guyana’s Golden Jubilee Celebration. The organisers of...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…USED TYRES IN GUYANA

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…USED TYRES IN GUYANA

Ever since the commencement of the importation of used tyres in Guyana, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has been monitoring this commodity under its Standards Compliance programme to...

Authoritarian state violence should never be excused or justified

Mar 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Authoritarian state violence should never be excused or justified

Dear Editor, I have long come to the conclusion that there is a hard-core segment of Guyanese society, predominantly African Guyanese, that would never under any circumstances come to grips with the...

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