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Contractor given three weeks to complete critical D’Urban Park works

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor given three weeks to complete critical D’Urban Park works

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, yesterday met with the various stakeholders involved in the D’Urban Park Development Project, in an effort to get a first-hand account of the...

Minister Nicolette Henry tours proposed Jubilee Float Parade route

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Nicolette Henry tours proposed Jubilee Float Parade route

The media were taken on a tour along the proposed Jubilee Parade route, yesterday. Commander of ‘A’ Division Clifton Hicken accompanied Junior Minister within the Ministry of Education, Nicolette...

Police up the ante against private hire operators

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police up the ante against private hire operators

…two nabbed red handed by decoys The Police in ‘B’ Division Berbice, have decided to take their fight against drivers who are operating their private cars for hire to another level. After...

Domestic violence still widespread in Guyana-US State Dept. 2015 Report

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Domestic violence still widespread in Guyana-US State Dept. 2015 Report

-victims lack confidence in justice system Despite stricter measures to tackle domestic violence, Guyana still has a far way to go to reduce the number of reported incidents. A United States of...

Joe Harmon controversy…GHRA worried coalition is repeating ‘modus operandi’ of former Gov’t.

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Joe Harmon controversy…GHRA worried coalition is repeating ‘modus operandi’ of former Gov’t.

“History is replete with examples of how and how not to deal with such situations as Guyana is facing today. In recognizing that a crisis exists, the President now needs to demonstrate to the...

Wanted murder suspect captured in Moleson Creek backdam

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted murder suspect captured in Moleson Creek backdam

Every rope has an end and that is what known character Basheer Harinauth, called ‘Boy’, found out. Harrynauth was nabbed on Monday by cops in the backlands of Moleson Creek on the Upper...

Education Ministry advancing inclusivity with launch of Deaf Curriculum

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry advancing inclusivity with launch of Deaf Curriculum

Social welfare and education policies on truancy as it relates to deaf students are among the recommendations made in order for a Deaf Curriculum adapted by the Ministry of Education to be effective....

Chinese national robbed as bandits grow bolder

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese national robbed as bandits grow bolder

Another person suffered at the hands of bandits during a daring robbery just outside Real Value supermarket at Church and Thomas Streets, yesterday. Yesterday afternoon around 14:00hrs, a Chinese...

One simply gives up on this silly country

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on One simply gives up on this silly country

On Tuesday morning, I dropped into the GRA’s office to collect a driver license application. While waiting for the metal detector, the lady in front of me was refused entry. I saw the security rank...

Ministry in discussion, not negotiation with GTU – says Minister

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry in discussion, not negotiation with GTU – says Minister

—not committed to 40 per cent increase for teachers While the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) is convinced that it has long started a process of negotiation with the Ministry of Education for a new...

Govt. targets unregistered businesses

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. targets unregistered businesses

-as worry mounts about tax evasion, non-compliance Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, is calling on business owners in Guyana to get involved in the formal business process and to comply with the...

PROPER HEALTH CARE NEEDED

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PROPER HEALTH CARE NEEDED

Maternal deaths raise serious concerns about the state of health care in a country. But what was equally bad in Guyana was the recent report by the media that a young mother who had just given birth...

Tripping over things!

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Tripping over things!

The reasons for the controversial trip by a number of Government officials to the People’s Republic of China have not been satisfactorily explained. The Guyanese people are still waiting for a full...

Poultry body accuses Jamaican feed company of dumping on local market

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Poultry body accuses Jamaican feed company of dumping on local market

The Guyana Poultry Association is complaining about a Jamaican company that has been dumping its feed on the local market. The association is urging Governments in the region to up the pressure and...

Former Leader of British House of Lords to attend Guyana Jubilee Celebration in NYC

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former Leader of British House of Lords to attend Guyana Jubilee Celebration in NYC

Former Leader of the British House of Lords and Director of the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Baroness Valerie Amos, will be a Guest of Honour at the Guyana...

Guyanese to get INTERPOL TIP training

Apr 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese to get INTERPOL TIP training

Guyana’s fight against trafficking in persons received a significant boost when a team comprising two officials representing INTERPOL and one Officer from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police visited...

Teen granted $50,000 bail for stealing $200,000 cash

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Teen granted $50,000 bail for stealing $200,000 cash

A teenager who is accused of stealing $200,000 from another man was placed on $50,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, on Tuesday. Eighteen year old Khemraj Persaud of Lusignan, East Coast, on...

Pastor faces High Court trial for alleged sex with under-aged church member

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pastor faces High Court trial for alleged sex with under-aged church member

Pastor Andrew Hannibal, 45, of Bennet Dam, Rosignol, and the founder of the Rosignol Deliverance Temple, of Marcy Dam, Rosignol West Bank Berbice, who is accused of having sex with a girl under 16,...

Carpenter remanded on gun in Septic Tank charge

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Carpenter remanded on gun in Septic Tank charge

A McDoom resident was remanded to prison yesterday at a city court after he denied concealing a gun and ammunitions in a septic tank. Darren Eddie, 22, visibly shaken as he stood in the prisoners’...

GuySuCo responds to GAWU’s assertions

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo responds to GAWU’s assertions

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) wishes to clarify statements made recently by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) in sections of the press,under the title...

You wouldn’t want the Golden Jubilee visitors to see this?

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on You wouldn’t want the Golden Jubilee visitors to see this?

Dear Editor, The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown has an obligation under the law to collect and impound stray animals found on their own wandering around streets, roads or parks of...

I was not accused of financial impropriety while at GTT

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I was not accused of financial impropriety while at GTT

Dear Editor, With the announcement by the NCN Board that I have emerged as the best candidate among those who were interviewed for the post of CEO came attacks on my person from online news sources....

Where were the City Police when this man was killed?

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where were the City Police when this man was killed?

Dear Editor, Could someone tell me the real purpose and utility of the City Constabulary of Georgetown? Yesterday just two blocks away from their Bourda Outpost, a Wakenaam businessman was killed...

Restore City Hall’s architecture right now!

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Restore City Hall’s architecture right now!

Dear Editor, What has happened to the City Hall Restoration Project? As we pass by City Hall compound, we see the sprucing up of all of the contiguous edifices including the City Engineer’s and...

Notes on the drainage of Georgetown

Apr 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Notes on the drainage of Georgetown

Dear Editor, Delivering the feature address at a recently held Sea and River Defense Resilience Project Workshop at the Pegasus Hotel and reported in the news media, David Patterson, Minister of...

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Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more