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Teachers accuse education officials of demoralising them– GTU informs

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers accuse education officials of demoralising them– GTU informs

Teachers within the public education system are often demoralised by education officials. This troubling state of affairs was revealed by President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Mr. Mark...

Unruly witness jailed for seven days for contempt

Apr 14, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Unruly witness jailed for seven days for contempt

It was near pandemonium yesterday in the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court being presided over by Magistrate Rhondell Weever. The chaotic situation came about when one of the witnesses began...

At the supermarket you see the failure of 50 years of Independence

Apr 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on At the supermarket you see the failure of 50 years of Independence

Let us take a temporary break from the implications and consequences of the Harmon events and look at some of the failures of Guyana that call into question the very viability of this country. On...

No plan to intervene in handling of Agriculture portfolio – AFC

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No plan to intervene in handling of Agriculture portfolio – AFC

-as party stands behind Noel Holder In the wake of reports that Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, is taking heat from the Alliance for Change’s (AFC) leadership over his handling of the...

EU remains world’s leading aid donor in 2015

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on EU remains world’s leading aid donor in 2015

The European Union and its Member States have once again kept their place as the world’s leading aid donor, providing more than half of the total Official Development Assistance (ODA) reported last...

The silence of the coalition

Apr 14, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The silence of the coalition

In living memory, never have the shenanigans of one individual set the country so on edge. Never have so many offered their comments and advice. The issue involves Minister of State Joseph Harmon,...

Amerindians voice concerns over Princes Street hostel

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindians voice concerns over Princes Street hostel

Ministers Dawn Hastings-Williams and Valerie Garrido-Lowe have pledged to enhance the facilities at the Amerindian hostel in Princes Street, as part of an effort aimed at addressing indigenous gender...

Dominican sex workers arrested in immigration sweep

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Dominican sex workers arrested in immigration sweep

Police arrested eight Dominicans suspected to be sex workers, in a house at Bartica last Monday. They were arrested after police received information that some of them may have arrived here illegally...

Gastro outbreaks possible because of unhygienic practices – Health Ministry

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gastro outbreaks possible because of unhygienic practices – Health Ministry

While a reoccurrence of an outbreak of gastroenteritis is not unlikely, deliberate efforts have been advanced by the Ministry of Public Health to reduce this possibility. This state of affairs has...

Another rape on the Essequibo Coast

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Another rape on the Essequibo Coast

Police have detained a young Richmond Village, Essequibo Coast man, after his 55-year-old victim positively identified him during an identification parade on Tuesday, at the Anna Regina police...

St. George’s student, 15, chopped by classmate

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on St. George’s student, 15, chopped by classmate

A 15-year-old male student, Auburn Campbell, of St George’s High School, Company Path, Georgetown, was nursing wounds to his hands after his classmate dealt him five chops in the school compound...

Man crushed by steel door

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man crushed by steel door

Family members of 56-year-old Ganesh Narine, of Pomona Village are preparing to bury him after he was involved in an industrial accident and later died. Narine was pinned by a metal which fell and...

Kids in playground find missing man’s body

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Kids in playground find missing man’s body

Family suspects foul play The badly decomposed body of a man of No. 5 Village, who was reported missing since April 1, was found Tuesday afternoon in a clump of bushes near a nursery school. The body...

Harmon updated by SARU on progress of investigations

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon updated by SARU on progress of investigations

On Monday, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, met with the members of the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU). A statement from the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday said that the members provided...

Thief snatches schoolgirl’s phone in compound

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Thief snatches schoolgirl’s phone in compound

– cops yet to investigate complaint, says mom A mother is expressing concern for the safety of her 15-year-old daughter, after the Tucville Secondary School student was robbed of her...

Spurned Linden man wanted by police for attempted murder

Apr 14, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Spurned Linden man wanted by police for attempted murder

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for a Linden man, 10 days after he attempted to murder his ex-lover Simone Belle and her male friend, Sherwin Hughes. Colwyn Croal, known as ‘Alex Croal’, is...

U.S. embassy announces new U.S. Visa Service via DHL

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. embassy announces new U.S. Visa Service via DHL

The United States Embassy has announced a notable change to the Immigrant Visa process. The US Embassy via a statement yesterday noted that effective April 18, 2016, all approved visa applicants...

Walter Rodney CoI report…Coalition members to submit comments by tomorrow – President

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Walter Rodney CoI report…Coalition members to submit comments by tomorrow – President

Coalition members of A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC), have been sent copies of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report. They are scheduled to submit...

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with horse

Apr 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dies after colliding with horse

A 20-year-old motorcyclist lost his life Tuesday night after he collided with a horse on the Mocha Access Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD). The horse also died in the accident which occurred a little...

WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM?

Apr 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM?

The government was always asking for problems when it only allocated $300M for the hosting of Guyana’s 50th. Three hundred million dollars is ‘chicken feed’ to host such a major event. The PPP...

Gun point robber remanded

Apr 14, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Gun point robber remanded

A gold miner accused of robbing a woman with a gun, and a Sign Artist who allegedly kept the stolen items were both given separate fates on Tuesday when they appeared before Magistrate Annette Singh....

Jamal Munroe called ‘Ocho’ in court again

Apr 14, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jamal Munroe called ‘Ocho’ in court again

A man who is well known to the authorities and has a number of matters pending before the court has been slapped with two more charges. He is now charged with Robbery with Aggravation and Burglary....

Salesman found with marijuana in purse

Apr 14, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Salesman found with marijuana in purse

A salesman who police say intended to traffic 18 grams of what they believe is marijuana was remanded to prison Tuesday, when he appeared at the City’s Court. “It’s only 18 grams your...

The Town Clerk, Mr. King is above the law

Apr 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Town Clerk, Mr. King is above the law

Dear Editor, I read a letter in the press recently written by Pitchan Bharat and captioned ‘Why is Royston King allowed to behave like this?’ in which he expresses his disappointment as a...

Four reasons why these three persons should not be there

Apr 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Four reasons why these three persons should not be there

Dear Editor, At a press conference held on 6th April, 2016, Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine announced the names of the confirmed commissioners for the pivotal Commission of Inquiry into...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more