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Halting aerial spraying hurts Berbice rice crop – rice miller

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Halting aerial spraying hurts Berbice rice crop – rice miller

A prominent Corentyne, Berbice miller, Nand Persaud, and Company Limited, has called on authorities to take swift actions after significant paddy bug damage was noted on the current rice crop. In a...

The Guyanese public only knows half of what goes on

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Guyanese public only knows half of what goes on

From Saturday onwards I have been bombarded with calls and e-mails on two columns—my Saturday piece on a public speech Raphael Trotman gave in Bartica during the local government election campaign,...

Yarakita teen on murder charge

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Yarakita teen on murder charge

A Yarakita teenager who allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour was yesterday remanded to prison for murder when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates Court. Gold miner Ryan Alberts, 19, of...

UGSS President criticizes govt. for playing politics with students’ education

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UGSS President criticizes govt. for playing politics with students’ education

Scores of students yesterday staged a peaceful protest in front of the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus Administration building, remonstrating for an accredited medical school and improved...

Ministry of Health arson suspect further remanded

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Health arson suspect further remanded

One of the accused arsonists who were to blame for the 2009 Ministry of Health blaze was further remanded yesterday, when he made his second appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. Keith...

Yet another trapped jaguar

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Yet another trapped jaguar

The jaguar which was captured by a group of young men at Capoey Mission several weeks ago is being fed chicken. The jaguar which is still to be removed from the hinterland community by members of the...

Haslyn Parris was an extraordinary Guyanese of modesty, talent – PM

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Haslyn Parris was an extraordinary Guyanese of modesty, talent – PM

President David Granger paid his final respects to the late Mr. William Haslyn Parris, CCH, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Guyana, at a funeral service held at the St. Anthony’s of Padua...

School reopens…PTA worried about ongoing construction works at Primary school

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on School reopens…PTA worried about ongoing construction works at Primary school

While yesterday was the designated day for public schools to reopen after the Easter holidays, there are reports that at least one school building was not entirely ready for this occasion. The school...

Regions Five, Six development councils approved financing for projects

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Regions Five, Six development councils approved financing for projects

Several Community Development Councils (CDCs) in Mahaica-Berbice and East Berbice-Corentyne, yesterday received letters of approval for small grants under the Government of Guyana’s community...

Govt approves two-month extension for prison COI

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt approves two-month extension for prison COI

The government has granted a two-month extension to the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) established to inquire into the deadly fire, which claimed the lives of 17 prisoners at the Georgetown Prison on...

CADVA proposes Missing Persons Database

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CADVA proposes Missing Persons Database

– “Will provide updates on cases and would not allow any missing persons’ cases to remain cold cases”- Madray When a person disappears, family and friends are often left with nothing but...

Health International employees allege dismissal because of “change of government”

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Health International employees allege dismissal because of “change of government”

Eight former employees of Health International Inc. are claiming that they were dismissed from their posts with immediate effect after they were told that the company could not keep them because of a...

British politician expresses interest in investing in Guyana

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on British politician expresses interest in investing in Guyana

…during courtesy call on Business Minister Councillor Anthony Mc Almont, Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission and Employment Scrutiny Commission of Newham, London, paid a courtesy...

ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS!

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS!

Had the authorities heeded the complaints of the prisoners and their relatives, the riots which took the lives of seventeen inmates at the Georgetown Prison could have been avoided. Now that...

Linden shooting…Suspect still on the run

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Linden shooting…Suspect still on the run

The man who shot his ex-lover and her male friend at Half Mile, Wismar, Linden, on Sunday morning, is still on the run. According to reports, 40-year-old, Sherwin Hughes, of 138 Blue Berry Hill, and...

Former cricketer allegedly stabbed over ‘sling’ found under pillow

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former cricketer allegedly stabbed over ‘sling’ found under pillow

It is believed that former cricket player Abina Parker was stabbed when she confronted her spouse after finding a sling, hidden under his pillow Sunday night as they were about to retire to bed....

Five foreign companies bid to repair Region Nine hydro plant

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Five foreign companies bid to repair Region Nine hydro plant

Five foreign-based companies have submitted bids for the rehabilitation of Region Nine’s Moco-Moco hydro-power plant. According to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, in keeping with the...

Global Fund convenes forum to help countries sustain projects

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Global Fund convenes forum to help countries sustain projects

-dubbed ‘enlightening and rewarding’ by Minister Cummings “It is always a challenge for countries to transition smoothly from internationally funded projects and to sustain them effectively to...

The right to respond should be respected

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The right to respond should be respected

The reports of the ‘forensic’ audits are out. They are being made public on the website of the Ministry of Finance. The publication of these audits suggest that charges are not likely to be laid...

Use incarceration experience to become stronger

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Use incarceration experience to become stronger

-First Lady urges New Amsterdam women prisoners First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, visited the New Amsterdam Prison where she urged female inmates to see the experience of incarceration as an...

GTU encourages continued research on issues affecting education

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GTU encourages continued research on issues affecting education

—stresses importance of technology in education system Continuous research on issues affecting the education sector in Guyana is one that members of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) have been urged...

Minister Harmon’s continuation in office should end

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Harmon’s continuation in office should end

Dear Editor, As reported by Kaieteur News, Joseph Harmon, Minister of State had appointed Brian Tiwarie as a Ministerial Adviser on Business Development on Jan. 19, 2016. He was also officially part...

Pastor Jeffrey replies to a trenchant critic

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pastor Jeffrey replies to a trenchant critic

Dear Editor, When I read the article that Mrs. Verian Mentis-Baker wrote, titled, WENDELL JEFFREY MASQUERADING FOR MAYOR, I was not at first impressed to respond for her article was riddled with...

If death penalty is abolished, what then are the deterrents?

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on If death penalty is abolished, what then are the deterrents?

Dear Editor, Permit me to seemingly throw caution to the wind, or would that be to the typhoon regarding the issue of whether or not the death penalty should be abolished in Guyana. The latest to add...

Dr. Lucheon’s convenient ways of forgetting

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Lucheon’s convenient ways of forgetting

Dear Editor, On a recent television program held on Sunday 3rd April, 2016 on LRTVS channel 10 named “In Perspective” and hosted by PPP\C MP Zulifikar Mustapha, a lot of misleading information...