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15 years later…“HAB it” still satisfying customers’ needs with its Daily Express Service

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 15 years later…“HAB it” still satisfying customers’ needs with its Daily Express Service

HAB International Inc., or more popularly known as “HAB it”, has over the years continued on its path to provide excellent customer service to its clients while maintaining its efficient and...

GEA uses sustainable energy source

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GEA uses sustainable energy source

At the cost of $4.7M, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has installed an additional grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) system at its headquarters. The new system, installed at GEA’s Quamina...

Nearly 45% of malaria cases are underreported

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nearly 45% of malaria cases are underreported

…increased gold prices bring increased malaria cases—PAHO health report finds Reported cases of malaria are constantly fluctuating but cases of underreporting seem to be higher, with the Pan...

UWI professor admitted to Guyana Bar

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UWI professor admitted to Guyana Bar

On Friday, Professor Eddie Ventose of UWI was admitted to the bar by Chief Justice Yonette Cummings. He is professor of law at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. He has more than 70...

Robbery accused denies showing senior cop stolen phone

May 22, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Robbery accused denies showing senior cop stolen phone

…says he first met robbery victim while in custody Robbery accused, Williams Evans, has vehemently denied showing Head of Major Crimes Unit Mitchell Caesar where a stolen cell phone was,...

Ministry issues warning against perpetrators of TIP

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry issues warning against perpetrators of TIP

Trafficking in Person (TIP) is simply not a practice that the Ministry of Social Protection is prepared to tolerate. This assertion was on Friday highlighted by Deputy Permanent Secretary within the...

Vendors complain about new Water Street location, City Hall to meet after trial period elapses

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Vendors complain about new Water Street location, City Hall to meet after trial period elapses

The vendors that were relocated from Longden, Water and Commerce Streets about two weeks ago are now complaining about their new accommodations. They are now located on the Water Street pavement...

Mexican Mariachi Music Band Tours Guyana for Golden Jubilee

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mexican Mariachi Music Band Tours Guyana for Golden Jubilee

“Internacional Mariachi Agave”, a leading music band based in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, will bring its music to Guyana from May 24th to 27th, as part of the celebrations of the 50th...

Guyana seeks to remove itself from FATF process

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana seeks to remove itself from FATF process

While Guyana still has to report to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) at the next plenary to be held later this year, the country has been highly commended for its improved...

Injunction restrains GuySuCo from sacking Wales workers

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Injunction restrains GuySuCo from sacking Wales workers

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) responding to queries about whether the Corporation can still pay severance to workers from the Wales Estate in the face of an injunction, says that a court...

Spectacular performances at Police Day

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Spectacular performances at Police Day

The Guyana Police Force seized the opportunity to be “citizen friendly” when it executed its first “Police Day” yesterday at the D’Urban Park. Scores of persons attended the free event and...

President Granger joins centenarian for 108th birthday

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger joins centenarian for 108th birthday

President David Granger, on Friday, joined Ms. Ina Holder, aunt of Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, and her relatives to celebrate her 108th birthday. The President presented Ms. Holder, fondly...

Two Dept. Heads support Mae’s School

May 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two Dept. Heads support Mae’s School

Dear Editor, Please permit us this opportunity to respond to two letters that were posted via print media over the past days regarding Mae’s Schools; more so the secondary department. From reading...

DENTAL HEALTH…Types of Teeth and Their Functions

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH…Types of Teeth and Their Functions

By Dr. Neromini Fagu Most of us will shed our twenty baby teeth and have them replaced by our thirty-two adult teeth, which if we take care of properly should last us our entire life. Each type of...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…The jubilee celebrations and the Jagan-Burnham spontaneous embrace

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…The jubilee celebrations and the Jagan-Burnham spontaneous embrace

PAT DIAL The most important event in this month’s consumer calendar is the Golden Jubilee of National Independence commemoration and celebrations. It is also an event of importance to the whole...

Guyanese teen heads to Harvard following acceptance to 21 universities in the US

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese teen heads to Harvard following acceptance to 21 universities in the US

Much like any regular teenager, New York based- Guyanese, Kelly Hyles is care- free, fun-loving and enjoys listening to pop music, but although she appears ordinary on the surface, this teen has had...

A foreign diplomat may be in a conflict of interest

May 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A foreign diplomat may be in a conflict of interest

Dear Editor, Senior Public servants are usually debarred from conducting or carrying business activities that bring them into conflict of interest situations. The code of conduct which is soon to be...

Oppression will continue if people do not take a stand

May 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oppression will continue if people do not take a stand

Dear Editor, There was a time in this country, at the level of government, where not to know what was happening in the area of responsibility was considered a travesty and persons held to account. In...

Samantha Williams is Miss Big, Bold and Beautiful

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Samantha Williams is Miss Big, Bold and Beautiful

They were big, beautiful and certainly very bold. They were the plus-sized women who strutted their stuff on stage Thursday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground. They gyrated with abandon and...

Man gets 13 years for manslaughter

May 22, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man gets 13 years for manslaughter

Justice James Bovell Drakes handed down a 13-year jail term to a Kaow Island, Essequibo River man early last week who pleaded guilty to killing his drinking partner in 2013. Basdeo, a/k” Papo”...

Comments on the traffic chaos in Guyana

May 22, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, As normal, every time someone is put to head our traffic department in Guyana, the media would get interviews from that person about their vision and the way they plan to enhance the...

The Pain of Life

May 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The Pain of Life

Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told he had a very sad life and asked for a solution. The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water...

The Govt. must not be ungrateful to the sugar industry

May 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Govt. must not be ungrateful to the sugar industry

Dear Editor, Many may have observed that over the last few weeks, I was placed into a position where I have to call out the Coalition Government, which I supported in 2015, for its less than...

Sunday Cartoon

May 22, 2016 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Things bad in Guyana, but remember the Roman Empire?

May 22, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Things bad in Guyana, but remember the Roman Empire?

By Dennis Nichols How bad are things in Guyana? Or how good! I guess it depends on which side of the perception table you sit. In Wednesday’s Kaieteur News a Letters to the Editor contributor...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In 1985, the Forbes Burnham government looking for economic salvation, entered into a memorandum... more