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Women Police host second hat show

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Women Police host second hat show

The Association of Women Police of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Saturday, held its second hat show and tea party at the Police Officers’ Mess, Eve Leary, Georgetown. In attendance was Commander...

TUC, FITUG host wreath laying ceremony ahead of May Day

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on TUC, FITUG host wreath laying ceremony ahead of May Day

On the lawns of Public Buildings, on Sunday, members of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) focused on people’s development within the working class. They were commemorating the father of Trade...

Alexander Street killing…Murder charge for driver who ran over shot businessman

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Alexander Street killing…Murder charge for driver who ran over shot businessman

Rawle Vieira, the driver who ran over Mahendra Persaud after the businessman was shot by bandits, is to be charged today with murder. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said that the recommendation was made...

Child with brain tumor needs urgent surgery

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Child with brain tumor needs urgent surgery

One glance at 12-year-old Mikelle Brutus and no one would guess that she’s suffering from paralysis caused by a tumor in the Pons of her brain. The Pons of the brain is responsible for all sensory...

Young drug trafficker shoots ex-cop

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Young drug trafficker shoots ex-cop

A young drug trafficker, who threatened a former policeman Sunday night, walked up to him early yesterday and opened fire on him. The shooter then went to the victim’s home and bragged about the...

Security Firm viewed as incompetent at De Kinderen Nursery School

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Security Firm viewed as incompetent at De Kinderen Nursery School

While persons have broken into the De Kinderen Nursery School yet again, the Headmistress and teachers alike have all expressed shock and disappointment at the actions of the school’s security...

Insanity at the birthday party

Apr 26, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Insanity at the birthday party

If any country is morally and social degenerating at breakneck speed, it is Guyana. The citizenry may not be able to endure more of the social bestialities that are taking over the society. Can this...

Roraima Airways inducts triple-engine aircraft to fleet

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Roraima Airways inducts triple-engine aircraft to fleet

Roraima Airways yesterday launched its Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) Division and christened its newest addition, the triple-engine Britten Norman Trislander, to its fleet. Apart from the...

Polio vaccine switch planned during Vaccination Week

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Polio vaccine switch planned during Vaccination Week

The health sectors of all countries within the Americas, Guyana being no exception, are expected to assume a polio vaccine switch. This is according to Representative of the Pan American Health...

Demerara Tobacco Ltd not invited to consultation meetings – says Public Health Minister

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Tobacco Ltd not invited to consultation meetings – says Public Health Minister

The Demerara Tobacco LTD was purposefully left out of the consultation sessions for the new tobacco legislation. This legislation is seeking to impose a ban on public smoking and to prohibit...

Trouble with Marudi Mountains mining…Deal hammered out between Amerindian villages, company

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Trouble with Marudi Mountains mining…Deal hammered out between Amerindian villages, company

Over the weekend, a team from the Ministry of Natural Resources facilitated a mediation process aimed at resolving conflicts that had escalated between large scale mining company, Romanex, miners,...

Murder accused surrenders

Apr 26, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Murder accused surrenders

The man who allegedly bludgeoned another man on his head with a scantling and had been on the run for over a week has finally surrendered. He is expected to be charged with murder. The man...

Apologies

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Apologies

In our Sunday issue we published the photograph of a Canadian actress as our Beauty of the Week. We named her Samantha and indeed Samantha’s photograph should have adorned the pages. The page...

Deaf Education requires collaborative approach – DAG

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Deaf Education requires collaborative approach – DAG

Deaf education is an emerging issue, a journey even, said Head of the Deaf Association of Guyana (DAG), Ms. Sabine McIntosh. She recalled that during the 1980s, instruction of the deaf was relocated...

Army lends support as MPI moves apace with D’Urban Park Project

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Army lends support as MPI moves apace with D’Urban Park Project

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is moving apace to complete the D’Urban Park Development Project in time for the 50th anniversary celebrations. Army personnel are now on site to help turn the...

Govt spokesman dismisses GPA claims of interference in state media

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt spokesman dismisses GPA claims of interference in state media

-Expresses bafflement at GPA letter to Granger Director of Public Information (DPI), Imran Khan, is refuting several accusations made by the Guyana Press Association (GPA), which have pointed to an...

STARR Computer, NFMU collaborate to promote ‘Women in ICT’

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STARR Computer, NFMU collaborate to promote ‘Women in ICT’

Tech giant, STARR Computer, in collaboration with the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU), exposed 30 female students and six teachers to the role of women in the field of Information and...

Public Health Minister denies drug shortage

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Public Health Minister denies drug shortage

Public Health Minister, Dr. George Norton, yesterday denied that there is a massive drug shortage in the public health sector and lambasted the media for what he says is “bogus” reporting....

BILLY AND PRINCE

Apr 26, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BILLY AND PRINCE

Two musical superstars died this past week. The world is in mourning over the deaths of Billy Paul and Prince. They both belonged to different generations. Billy Paul was 81 years old. Prince was 57....

World Press Freedom index ranks Guyana at 57 out of 180; up 5 places

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on World Press Freedom index ranks Guyana at 57 out of 180; up 5 places

– PPP maintains press censorship is alive and well By Jarryl Bryan The 2016 World Press Freedom Index has been released by the entity “Reporters without Borders” (RSF). Of 180 countries...

Kaneville, Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre benefit from health fairs

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Kaneville, Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre benefit from health fairs

Last weekend, the communities of Kaneville and Ruimveldt each benefited from health fairs which were collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Public Health, the Grove Seventh Day Adventist Church and...

Cabinet to get National Tourism Policy soon

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet to get National Tourism Policy soon

– Stakeholders’ feedback being incorporated Following a number of public consultations on the National Tourism Policy (NTP), some of the suggestions from stakeholders are being incorporated...

Two hospitalized after car uproots power pole

Apr 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Two hospitalized after car uproots power pole

Two men travelling in a motor car are now in a critical condition in the New Amsterdam hospital with injuries to various parts of their bodies. This happened after an accident which occurred around...

THE CHURCH EDICT ON HUMAN SEXUALITY

Apr 26, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE CHURCH EDICT ON HUMAN SEXUALITY

Sometimes when it comes to one’s personal life, friends, family members and even strangers find it necessary to comment on specific aspects of how that person should or should not live. However,...

Cutlass wielding man gets six months for unlawful escape

Apr 26, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cutlass wielding man gets six months for unlawful escape

Ravindra Singh, 27, the Richmond Housing Scheme man who escaped from the police after his arrest for inflicting a number of chop wounds on 38-year-old, Kareshwar Nandian on April 21, last, was...

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Windies captain Brathwaite stresses bravery, belief ahead of Pakistan Test Series

No conflict of interest exists

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Accusations of conflict of interest have a peculiar way of rising to the surface in Guyana.... more