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DPP investigates reports on sexual predator

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DPP investigates reports on sexual predator

The Director of Public Prosecution is currently reviewing a file pertaining to an allegation levelled against a 36-year-old Onderneeming, Sandpitt man. He allegedly raped a10- year- old girl from the...

Dale Andrews didn’t live to see the rebirth of the lights

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dale Andrews didn’t live to see the rebirth of the lights

Wesley Kirton, brother of my long-standing friend, Dr. Mark Kirton (a person I am fond of and always will be) wrote in a KN letter that he saw me twice at Nicky’s Fish Shop on Drury Lane...

Pollution a worry in the Pomeroon

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pollution a worry in the Pomeroon

Despite warnings by officers from the Environmental Protection Agency to residents living in that rural community, not to pollute the Pomeroon River, the unhealthy practice is still evident. Last...

Berbice Fishermen want help

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Fishermen want help

Fishermen operating in the mouth of the Berbice River are expressing alarm at the rate at which the trade has been declining in their area. They are calling on the relevant authorities to rescue...

Overcrowding at the prisons…60% of Camp Street inmates on remand – COI Report

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Overcrowding at the prisons…60% of Camp Street inmates on remand – COI Report

The report into the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the March 3, 2016 Camp Street Prison tragedy has outlined that the systemic causes of the tragedy – the excessive numbers of prisoners in...

A culture of dishonesty

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A culture of dishonesty

Fraud seems to be commonplace in the society. The forensic audits have uncovered many instances. The argument is that no individual has been fingered so it is difficult to institute charges. However,...

SASOD celebrates 13th anniversary

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on SASOD celebrates 13th anniversary

– holds forum to reflect on LGBT struggle in Guyana The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) Guyana held a discussion forum on the occasion of its 13th anniversary last...

Crime Chief participates in Safe City Summit

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Crime Chief participates in Safe City Summit

Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Mr. Wendell Blanhum is wrapping up his participation in the two-day Huawei Safe and Smart City 2016 Summit in Mexico City, Mexico. Guyana’s participation in the...

Caribbean commits to Fast-Tracking HIV response

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean commits to Fast-Tracking HIV response

-calls for international partnershipThe Caribbean has joined the community of nations in framing and endorsing the 2016 Political Declaration on Ending AIDS. The ambitious Declaration was adopted at...

Draft Food Safety, Animal Welfare Bills being reviewed by cabinet- Min. Holder

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Draft Food Safety, Animal Welfare Bills being reviewed by cabinet- Min. Holder

-as CODEX Co-operation workshop gets underway By Jarryl Bryan The government is taking steps to have two pieces of legislation, the Food Safety and the Animal Welfare Bills, prepared for tabling in...

Wells still to be drilled across Region Nine

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wells still to be drilled across Region Nine

Chief Executive of the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI), Dr. Richard Van West-Charles during a recent interview with Kaieteur News stated that despite the recent rainfalls in Region Nine GWI remains committed...

Forensic Audit Report …Social Services Ministry disregarded Old Age Pension Laws

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic Audit Report …Social Services Ministry disregarded Old Age Pension Laws

…formulated special policy to determine who is a pensioner It appears that auditors have found the formerly named Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security in undeniable instances...

Policeman among three in custody

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman among three in custody

A policeman is under close arrest and is among three persons in custody as investigation continues into the shooting of a New Amsterdam man. The victim was shot in both legs above the thighs by a...

President attends funeral of former Public Works Minister

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President attends funeral of former Public Works Minister

President David Granger attended the funeral service of the late Jules Richard Kranenburg, a former Minister of Public Works and Communications with responsibility for transport under the Hugh...

National Blood Transfusion Service Celebrates World Blood Donors Day

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on National Blood Transfusion Service Celebrates World Blood Donors Day

Under the theme “Blood Connects Us All” the National Blood Transfusion Service of Guyana yesterday held an event in honour of those who give the gift of life. The event held in the GRA parking...

Plans moving apace for National Drama Festival

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Plans moving apace for National Drama Festival

The Ministry of Education in collaboration with DIGICEL has launched the National Drama Festival (NDF) 2016. This premiere theatre festival is an annual production by the National School of Theatre...

Who is a vendor?

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Who is a vendor?

A vendor is considered an economically disadvantaged person operating from a place that is not considered a registered business enterprise. There is now a need, however, for a re-examination of the...

Region 5 Teachers participate in Allied Arts Workshop

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region 5 Teachers participate in Allied Arts Workshop

Allied Arts, was held at the Bush Lot Primary School/Latchmansingh Primary School, Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice. A department within the Ministry of Education, the Unit of Allied Arts is tasked with...

Food and Drug officers to represent Guyana at Thailand workshop

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drug officers to represent Guyana at Thailand workshop

A Senior Drug Inspector along with the Principal Analytic Scientific Officer from the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department will be traveling to Bangkok, Thailand to participate in a Quality...

GWI employee accuses Kitty businessman of attempted kidnapping

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GWI employee accuses Kitty businessman of attempted kidnapping

The police are trying to locate a Barr Street, Kitty businessman who turned up at the home of a Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) employee and tried to force him into a car, bearing registration number...

Disrespect for the elderly and the physically challenged

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disrespect for the elderly and the physically challenged

Dear Editor, Two letters that were published in the Stabroek News on Friday, June 3: ”Pensioners should be treated in a more dignified manner” and”Pensioners wait for hours for money outside...

Make house lot application easier to obtain

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Make house lot application easier to obtain

Dear Editor, It would be useful for the Minister of Housing to make a change for the sake of public convenience for application forms for house lots in Region # 2 to be made available at all the...

Senior citizens cries out for help

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Senior citizens cries out for help

Dear Editor, I am a senior citizen (female) who has served my country with love and pride. (School teacher) I have been dreaming almost all my life to own my own home. At 64 years I took a loan from...

Sase Singh is a jumping Jack

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters 1

Dear Editor, The “Liberal Democrat” Sase Singh is on a roll a political rock and role. In his article (KN 6/6/16), he admitted his love for “Parade Party and parlance” (PPP). Well, why not?...

I have never been a politicized professional

Jun 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters 1

Dear Editor, There is no doubt in my mind, fortified by wide, relevant and substantial experience, that “meritocracy is the way to go” (ref. GHK Lall’s letter in SN of 8/6/16) if we are to...