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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...

Understanding the rationality of Guyanese squatters

Mar 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Understanding the rationality of Guyanese squatters

Dear Editor, I read in Kaieteur News of 1st March 2016 that the Minister with responsibility for housing – Ms’ Valerie Adams-Patterson observed that some persons who have been allotted house lots...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…ANTIBIOTICS OFF THE MENU!

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…ANTIBIOTICS OFF THE MENU!

PAT DIAL Every year on March 15, World Consumer Rights Day is commemorated worldwide as a celebration and to strengthen solidarity within the International Consumer Movement. It is an occasion...

Believe in Yourself

Mar 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Believe in Yourself

There may be days when you get up in the morning and things aren’t the way you had hoped they would be. That’s when you have to tell yourself that things will get better. There are times when...

Retribution is a bitch

Mar 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Retribution is a bitch

About 20 years ago, someone from overseas had told the government that the Camp Street jail was badly sited; that it should be removed and the site, which represents prime real estate, be converted...

A Caribbean banking agency in the US: a further step to independence

Mar 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on A Caribbean banking agency in the US: a further step to independence

By Sir Ronald Sanders Caribbean governments, indigenous banks and offshore banks located in the Caribbean are extremely concerned about the withdrawal of correspondent relations from Caribbean banks...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community…Acquiring U.S. Citizenship through Birth to a U.S. Citizen Parent

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community…Acquiring U.S. Citizenship through Birth to a U.S. Citizen Parent

By Attorney Gail Seeram We all know that if you are born in the United States, then you are a U.S. citizen by birth under the Fourteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Note, if you are born in...

The Story within the Story…Camp Street jail and our penal system

Mar 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Camp Street jail and our penal system

The Story within the Story By Leonard Gildarie I was tuned in to another major concern of mine for this week, but the events on Thursday at the Camp Street jail changed all that. All too well,...

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