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Mining communities to get emergency response teams

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mining communities to get emergency response teams

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will be creating systems in mining communities to be first responders in the event of mining-related accidents. The commission will be working with the Regional...

Burglars ransack Bath Settlement homes

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Burglars ransack Bath Settlement homes

Burglars on Tuesday ransacked two homes located at Bath Settlement, West Berbice leaving the families traumatized. Both owners were not at home at the time of the incident. The bandits first targeted...

Ex-cop says, ‘I was going to lodge gun when arrested’

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-cop says, ‘I was going to lodge gun when arrested’

Ex-cop Tito Benons who is facing gun related charges told the court that at the time of his arrest, he was taking a gun he had found on Cemetery Road, Georgetown to the Brickdam Police Station to...

Kwakwani “seeing changes” as restoration works continue

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Kwakwani “seeing changes” as restoration works continue

Kwakwani, in Upper Demerara-Berbice, Region 10 has seen massive transformation since the coalition government took office, according to residents of the riverain community. This has been corroborated...

MORE SPEED GUNS AND ROAD BLOCKS NEEDED

Jun 23, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on MORE SPEED GUNS AND ROAD BLOCKS NEEDED

Citing driving under the influence, the use of cell phones and inattentiveness as the major causes of traffic accidents, the Traffic Chief has revealed that traffic fatalities in the country have...

Original Venezuela oil for rice contract should be made public- RPA/AC

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Original Venezuela oil for rice contract should be made public- RPA/AC

-says farmers, millers were duped for years about quality of rice required There have been mounting calls for the government to release several contracts signed by the previous administration but...

Bartica-Potaro road to be rehabilitated after decades

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica-Potaro road to be rehabilitated after decades

The Bartica/Potaro Road will be rehabilitated after some two decades. Senior Hinterland Engineer of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Naeem Mohamed, said that the road will connect Bartica to...

Airstrip commissioned at Surama

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Airstrip commissioned at Surama

An Airstrip was on Monday commissioned in the village of Surama. Surama Village is a small Amerindian community of the Makushi people living in the north Rupununi in Region Nine. Tasked with cutting...

Farmers have better control of Black Sigatoka disease – NAREI

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers have better control of Black Sigatoka disease – NAREI

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is intensifying its education and awareness efforts to better inform plantain farmers about the Black Sigatoka disease. For several...

Minister Cummings delivers address to USAT Class of 2016

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Cummings delivers address to USAT Class of 2016

In recognition of her sterling efforts in the field of public health in Guyana, the executive board along with the graduation committee of the University of Science, Arts and Technology (USAT), of...

The heat has shifted

Jun 23, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

The government really has no authority to stop any decision of an elected municipality unless it can prove that the action is unlawful. The chief executive of the city is the Town Clerk and once the...

Discussions underway for South American passport – Harmon

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Discussions underway for South American passport – Harmon

By Jarryl Bryan The government will be sending a two-member delegation to attend meetings with the working group of South American citizenship in Ecuador. The two officials are Darius Frank, Foreign...

Starr Computer launches Business Centre

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Starr Computer launches Business Centre

—Local businesses to benefit from advanced IT solutions With a keen focus on promoting cutting edge technology designed to advance and make more efficient the way business is done, Starr Computer...

Disappearing passport in a disappearing country

Jun 23, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

No other country in peacetime in the world is as Dostoyevskian as Guyana. It is a sad country with cascading tears that portray the traumas in 18th Century Russian novels. A departing woman goes up...

Government does not care about Permanent Secretaries’ political affiliation – Harmon

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Government does not care about Permanent Secretaries’ political affiliation – Harmon

Minister of State Joseph Harmon at a press conference, yesterday, said that the current coalition government does not care about the political affiliation, ethnicity or sexual orientation of...

Strategic training for nurses to help improve EMS – Harmon

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Strategic training for nurses to help improve EMS – Harmon

As part of government’s effort to improve emergency medical services, the Ministry of Public Health through the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is expected to offer strategic training...

MV Sabanto for dry-docking

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on MV Sabanto for dry-docking

One of the Chinese vessels, the M.V. Sabanto which usually plies the Supenaam to Parika route, has gone into dry dock to facilitate routine inspection and repairs. These are expected to be conducted...

Warrau language project gets $2M boost

Jun 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Warrau language project gets $2M boost

The sum of $2M was donated to residents of the Warrau community of Kamwatta Hill, in Region One, for the revival of their language. The money was handed over to Toshao Ronald Manano by Minister...

‘Batty Shine’ pleads guilty to killing ‘Dry Shrimp’

Jun 23, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Batty Shine’ pleads guilty to killing ‘Dry Shrimp’

Omar Bacchus, 23, called ‘Batty Shine’ of Bloomfield, Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was indicted for the 2008 murder of Chandradat Hemraj called ‘Sugar Boy’ or ‘Dry Shrimp or ‘Fry Fish’...

GRA admits its services need improvement

Jun 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GRA admits its services need improvement

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority has noted the Editorial in the June 22, 2016 Edition of your Newspaper (Titled “The GRA and its continuing woes’) expressing the Editor’s view on...

Where is the Council of Churches?

Jun 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the Council of Churches?

Dear Editor, “If Jesus was present in Guyana, today he would have voted for the PPP/C”. This comment was made by former Junior Finance Minister, Juan Edghill at a previous political rally, prior...

List of seniors in the police that got the medal

Jun 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on List of seniors in the police that got the medal

Dear Editor, I perused with keen interest a letter written in Kaiteur News June 21, 2016 by Roydell Phillips under the caption, A question on the Medal of Service. The missive contained a few...

So the PPP has finally admitted to its corrupt behaviour

Jun 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on So the PPP has finally admitted to its corrupt behaviour

Dear Editor, Finally, Rohee admits to the corrupt modus operandi of the PPP Government in the widespread use of sole sourcing; the conveyor belt for his party to siphon off state revenues and...

PPP agents are deceiving their supporters with ignorance

Jun 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP agents are deceiving their supporters with ignorance

Dear Editor, The last time I was in Essequibo I was treated to some comic relief by the actions of some PPP agents. It was the day of local government elections and the word on the street was if the...

Coalition Govt. needs to be more inclusive

Jun 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coalition Govt. needs to be more inclusive

Dear Editor, The Jubilee celebration commemorating our 50th anniversary held in New York City (NYC) was marred by a lack of inclusiveness which ought to be highlighted and addressed if we are to...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more