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I have become a Minister of Government

Apr 01, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I have become a Minister of Government

Got ya! I am sure you found the caption curious and peeped more into the article. But today is All Fools’ Day. It is April 1. Me? Of all persons; me accepting a ministerial designation? If there...

Teachers pay should be commensurate with noble profession – GTU Conference hears

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers pay should be commensurate with noble profession – GTU Conference hears

Teachers understandably are the key stakeholders in the education system and must therefore be treated to reflect this. This notion was emphasised Tuesday evening by Dr. Nigel Gravesande, Registrar...

EPA to penalize Bosai after Demerara River oil spill

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on EPA to penalize Bosai after Demerara River oil spill

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has started an investigation into an oil spill incident in the Demerara River at Linden. According to EPA, it received a report through the Ministry of...

W.C.B. farmers call for answers after abrupt cancellation of land leases

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on W.C.B. farmers call for answers after abrupt cancellation of land leases

Newspaper articles, advertisements and letters have been the means through which a number of small scale West Berbice farmers were informed that the leases to their lands were revoked. Not only have...

Neighbour charged with Berbice businessman’s murder

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Neighbour charged with Berbice businessman’s murder

Yesterday 37-year-old Kelvin Seegobin called “Kelly” 37 of Belvedere Squatting area was charged with the murder of Corentyne businessman, Patrick Mohabir on January 6th last. Seegobin, who was...

Former Chief Planner, Clyde Roopchand, dies

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former Chief Planner, Clyde Roopchand, dies

Former Chief Planner of the Ministry of Finance, Clyde Roopchand, has died in New York. Yesterday, President David Granger in expressing condolences via a statement said Roopchand, who was awarded...

Ignore the ignoramuses

Apr 01, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Ignore the ignoramuses

Social media has given newfound freedom. It is hailed as a new horizon in freedom of speech, since it gives everyone the opportunity to have their say. Freedom of speech has, however, never been...

Changing society through education

Apr 01, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Changing society through education

Over the years, Guyanese have prided themselves on being a highly literate and educated society. This was due largely to the high standards of its education system which it inherited from Britain and...

COI into death of miner at Mahdia completed

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on COI into death of miner at Mahdia completed

The report of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the death of Trenton Sebastian, a miner at Mahdia, was on Wednesday handed over to the Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman. The inquiry...

Female security, 60, raped twice during robbery

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Female security, 60, raped twice during robbery

– “I told him I could be his grandmother and he said ‘what f***ing grandmother… lie down leh I f*** you’.” A female security guard was raped twice within 35 minutes last Monday...

“One and ah off years would do”

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on “One and ah off years would do”

– Man tells magistrate before sentencing Two men who were among four that were charged with possession of arms and ammunition and had pleaded guilty to the charges were yesterday...

Missing man turns up

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Missing man turns up

Oswald Grundall who had been reported missing in Wednesday’s edition of this publication, yesterday morning turned up at the Mackenzie Police Station, safe and sound, according to informed sources....

National Science, Mathematics and Technology Fair culminates today

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on National Science, Mathematics and Technology Fair culminates today

By Enid Joaquin The Ministry of Education’s National Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fair and Sagicor Visionaries Challenge which officially kicked off Wednesday at Linden...

CPA encourages nation building, sustainable democracy in Guyana

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CPA encourages nation building, sustainable democracy in Guyana

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Should the seminar be successful, Guyana will be able to count the benefits to be derived from open, non-prejudiced talks and negotiations between government and...

Yarakita man admits to killing fellow villager with scissors

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Yarakita man admits to killing fellow villager with scissors

Quick deployment of police ranks to the remote Yarakita area resulted in the arrest of a man who subsequently admitted to fatally stabbing his fellow villager Dalton Emanuel last Tuesday night. The...

$300,000 bail for GuyOil driver on causing death charge

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $300,000 bail for GuyOil driver on causing death charge

A driver attached to the Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) was yesterday placed on $300,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, on a cause of death by dangerous driving charge. Fifty-eight year-old...

Former cop charged with manslaughter

Apr 01, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Former cop charged with manslaughter

Former cop Shawn Sandy, who allegedly shot a dredge owner a week ago, was on Wednesday charged with manslaughter when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. It is alleged that he...

Here is the reason why people didn’t vote in the LGE

Apr 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Here is the reason why people didn’t vote in the LGE

Dear Editor, Theories abound as to why the turnout was so low at the recent Local Government Elections. I think it is quite simple. Large numbers of Guyanese could not see the point. In an article...

Joe Harmon faces mounting criticism

Apr 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Joe Harmon faces mounting criticism

Dear Editor, Amid the impetus and currency of the Brian Tiwarie appointment, it leaves one to wonder what really is the role and responsibility of Harmon. Who does he report to? How can a Ministerial...

The Guyoil audit; Badrie Persaud responds

Apr 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyoil audit; Badrie Persaud responds

Dear Editor, I was appointed the Managing Director of Guyoil in July, 2006. Marcel Gaskin & Associates Ltd were engaged to work with Guyoil several years before that. The consultant reported in...

Guyana’s Golden Jubilee and GWI’s expanded water distribution plan

Apr 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Golden Jubilee and GWI’s expanded water distribution plan

By Sharmain Grainger Residents of Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara were without running water for a few weeks earlier this year. It was reportedly caused by issues with the well there, and it...

Accusation against the forensic auditors

Apr 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Accusation against the forensic auditors

Dear Editor, I read your response to my letter about your choice of headline. Yours is a very flawed argument. Additionally, you accused me of advancing a position that I did not advance. While I...

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…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- A few years ago, I was at a private hospital watching the workers “clock-in” to work... more