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Zimbabwe government panics as Chinese loot economy

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Zimbabwe government panics as Chinese loot economy

By Dumisani Ndlela (allafrica.com) Relations between Zimbabwe and China could sour after revelations that nationals from the Asian country are mopping hard currency from the economy, creating a cash...

Region Ten gets Local Board of Guardians

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region Ten gets Local Board of Guardians

By Jacquey Bourne Eleven members were inducted as a new Local Board of Guardians, an extended arm of the Ministry of Social Protection, on Thursday at the Egbert Benjamin Conference Centre, Linden....

There are more important things than Minister Harmon right now – PPP Chief Whip

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on There are more important things than Minister Harmon right now – PPP Chief Whip

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is Guyana’s only parliamentary opposition. Naturally, it has been highly critical of the Government in several instances, in fact blasting the administration...

Local Gov’t elections case …PPP/C unclear before which court matters will be heard

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local Gov’t elections case …PPP/C unclear before which court matters will be heard

Supreme Court Judge Diana Insanally on Wednesday granted leave to the Attorney General to file and serve Affidavits in answer within seven days to the writ filed by the People Progressive Party...

Education Minister willing to draw from experience of predecessors

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister willing to draw from experience of predecessors

—assures that changes to NGSA will not hamper its integrity “I have a very open office,” said Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine. He disclosed that he has been seeking support to...

68 out of 86 drugs on the essential drugs list short at the Public Health Ministry

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 68 out of 86 drugs on the essential drugs list short at the Public Health Ministry

…sick patients are continuously given prescription slips to buy paracetamol A massive drug shortage continues to shake up the Public Health Ministry. Sick patients are still being referred to...

Sunday Cartoon

Apr 24, 2016 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Man arrested after chopping spree

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man arrested after chopping spree

The police have arrested the man who chopped another man with whom he apparently had an old grievance. The man was attempting to flee the Region. He was arrested on one of the Chinese ferries which...

Local porn site reopens, continues to target women

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local porn site reopens, continues to target women

A local porn site which was abandoned by its administrator after extensive media scrutiny, is now activate and its members are targeting young women more than ever. The operator for the site,...

IN PURSUIT OF PRISON REFORM, NOT INMATE LOCK-UP

Apr 24, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on IN PURSUIT OF PRISON REFORM, NOT INMATE LOCK-UP

The media report that prison officers are fearful for their lives and that the prisoners took over the Camp Street Prison is not surprising. The truth is that the prison system in Guyana is nasty,...

Cops detain suspect in 2012 murder of woman, two sons

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops detain suspect in 2012 murder of woman, two sons

Almost four years after Jennifer Persaud and her two sons were found butchered in their home, detectives believe that they may crack the triple murder that occurred in September 2012 at Anna...

Correction

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Correction

Kaieteur News wishes to apologise for a misleading headline published in the Saturday April 23, 2016 edition of the newspapers. The title which read that the “CCJ ruling sends two GPL employees to...

GPOC moves to dispose of huge cache of unclaimed shipments

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPOC moves to dispose of huge cache of unclaimed shipments

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) has hundreds of items that have been brought into the country by that entity and not cleared. The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), in a notice published April...

Gunmen attack, rob Adelphi shopkeeper’s home

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen attack, rob Adelphi shopkeeper’s home

Two masked bandits on Thursday evening robbed the home Kamaladai Balram and her family of Lot 16 1, Street Adelphi, East Canje at around 10:15hrs. According to reports received, the family who was...

Public Health Ministry ‘goes for the gold’

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Public Health Ministry ‘goes for the gold’

…as defaulting, hard to reach areas to get close attention in ‘Vaccination Week’ All primary health care staff involved in the Ministry of Public Health’s Expanded Programme on Immunization...

Region Three to focus on HPV during ‘Vaccination Week’ observance

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region Three to focus on HPV during ‘Vaccination Week’ observance

With keen focus on raising awareness about the vaccine to guard against the Human Papillomarvirus (HPV) and dispelling myths linked to the vaccine, health facilities within Region Three are ready to...

Cabinet to consider relaxing 2AM curfew for Jubilee celebrations – Ramjattan

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet to consider relaxing 2AM curfew for Jubilee celebrations – Ramjattan

Even though he is no stranger to indulging in the delights of Guyana’s nightlife, Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan remains adamant that the seemingly “unpopular” 2:00 am curfew is...

I have the same sense of trepidation

Apr 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have the same sense of trepidation

Dear Editor, Here is an observation that I have serious misgivings about, for good reason. I had the same feeling about the so-called upmarket hotel being constructed in Kingston some years ago,...

CONSUMER CONCERNS… THE INSIDIOUS KILLER – PROTECT YOURSELVES

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS… THE INSIDIOUS KILLER – PROTECT YOURSELVES

PAT DIAL Recently, the newspapers carried a report with a photograph showing a large number of neatly stacked boxes containing insecticides which had been seized from China Trading, a large...

Dog kennels for the City Council

Apr 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dog kennels for the City Council

Dear Editor, When one reads the newspapers, at times one is given the impression that the Town Clerk of Georgetown Royston King is trying to become a stand-up comedian. The most recent yarn, is his...

TIPS FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE

Apr 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on TIPS FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE

Read these tips, live by them more fully, and I promise you will experience a beautiful life: Take a 10-30 minute walk every day and while you walk, smile; Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each...

DENTAL HEALTH…Demystifying Dental Filling Procedure – TOOTH PREPARATION

Apr 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH…Demystifying Dental Filling Procedure – TOOTH PREPARATION

By Dr. NerominiFagu Many of us have been told by our dentist that we need a filling on a tooth or we run the risk of losing that tooth to decay. Yet many persons often put off the treatment, some...

Seven complaints against the Government

Apr 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Seven complaints against the Government

Dear Editor, If loyal and patriotic Guyanese think that the appointment of Brian Tiwari stinks to high heavens, then how will they rate the following: 1. The appointment of the Regional Executive...

The de-recognition of rural Guyana

Apr 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The de-recognition of rural Guyana

Dear Editor, Our ability to meet the challenges facing this nation on the social cohesion front and to achieve the opportunities of our time depends in large measure on how we configure and...

The monster that eat 17 prisoners

Apr 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The monster that eat 17 prisoners

Dear Editor, I write this letter in the capacity as a coordinator of ACDA-RESCU; a group, self funded and with help from friends, that carry out an information interaction on substance abuse. Our...

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