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New Code of Conduct puts pinch on Govt, MPs and senior public officers

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News 1

…Draft Code to be merged with Integrity Act – PM Nagamootoo By Kiana Wilburg After the finishing touches have been added, the Integrity Act is expected to be “the new home” for...

$1B Kato School riddled with defects

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $1B Kato School riddled with defects

By Jarryl Bryan To say that the state did not get value for money from some $1B spent to construct the Kato Secondary School complex in Region Eight is a gross understatement. During a guided tour of...

PS to scrutinise “appointment” of GPHC Deputy CEO

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PS to scrutinise “appointment” of GPHC Deputy CEO

-Board says appointment ‘null and void’ The appointment of a new Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was not the handiwork of the Permanent...

Int’l body wants Govts. to expose all owners in oil, gas, and mining sector

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l body wants Govts. to expose all owners in oil, gas, and mining sector

– Confidential agreements; discussions will determine this for Guyana – Minister Trotman By Kiana Wilburg Cognizant of the fact that oil, gas and mining are notoriously prone to...

Commuters, drivers bemoan ‘poor traffic management’ at EBD Expansion sites

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Commuters, drivers bemoan ‘poor traffic management’ at EBD Expansion sites

With the East Bank Demerara thoroughfare currently being expanded to accommodate additional lanes among other upgrades, commuters and drivers have both registered their disappointment with the...

CJIA departure woes…Backlog cleared, stranded passengers return home

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA departure woes…Backlog cleared, stranded passengers return home

Passengers who were stranded at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) due to technical difficulties being experienced by the America 11 Cable have returned home. This was according to a CJIA...

Dem boys seh…Babbie, Bee Kay, dem scamps and de Code of Conduct

Aug 04, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Babbie, Bee Kay, dem scamps and de Code of Conduct

There is an old saying—things fuh laugh does mek people cry. Ask CPL. CPL get cheap. Last night dem boys sit down tekking a drink waiting fuh see de Warriors tek on de Tallawahs. Dem wait a long...

Amerindian Act likely to be amended

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian Act likely to be amended

Minister of Indigenous Affairs, Vice President Sydney Allicock, during his appearance before the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee yesterday, faced heavy scrutiny after making a disclosure that the...

Rohee calls Ramkarran, Nagamootoo “sour pusses” for criticizing PPP/C

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News 2

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Clement Rohee, said yesterday that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran are...

Teams battle for Mayor’s Cup quarterfinal places in Sunday fiesta at GFC

Aug 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams battle for Mayor’s Cup quarterfinal places in Sunday fiesta at GFC

A mini fiesta of football will be the order of things on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground as teams hunt quarterfinal places in the Mayor’s Cup football championship in the hope...

Presidential Park or Pergola Monument?

Aug 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Presidential Park or Pergola Monument?

DEAR EDITOR; I would like to know the exact reason why the Georgetown City Council is refusing to rehabilitate and maintain the “Pergola Promenade” the national monument located on the...

Stop saying that sugar is dead; it is not

Aug 04, 2016 KNews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR; In an editorial published by KN some few weeks ago, the writer said King Sugar is dead, dying, near death or words to portray the state of sugar’s health. To such heraldic...

These Buxtonians are worthy of mention

Aug 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on These Buxtonians are worthy of mention

DEAR EDITOR; Once again it is Emancipation season. It is once more the season of introspections, reflections of sorts, of reminiscing, and above all cultural and festive activities for people of...

Public Health Minister under criticism

Aug 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public Health Minister under criticism

Dear Editor; I refer to a letter titled “Unconscious Lethem Mother –Public Health Minister disappointed that relatives approached Media first— says Ministry will be looking into the matter.”...

Kitty Market to be completed in three months

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty Market to be completed in three months

Town Clerk Royston King has given the City Engineer’s Department three months to complete the rehabilitation of the Kitty Market. The historic edifice was in a state of disrepair with defective...

Police continue building community trust

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police continue building community trust

The Guyana Police Force continues to make progress in building public trust through its many community based initiatives. One such initiative which continues to bear fruit is the Social Crime...

Shooter in Green Ice Taxi Service Robbery…Another case of Police Victimization?

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Shooter in Green Ice Taxi Service Robbery…Another case of Police Victimization?

Last June, Jamal Lewis, was shot in the head during a daylight robbery at the Green Ice taxi service base at South Ruimveldt. A man by the name of Sean Blyden has since been charged in connection...

Why is Guyana School of Agriculture still silent?

Aug 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is Guyana School of Agriculture still silent?

Dear Editor; In my earlier letter, I would have commended Mr. John on the excellent work he had done in making the public aware of some of the ills that staff at the Guyana School of Agriculture has...

Prominent attorney at law says magistrate erred

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prominent attorney at law says magistrate erred

Prominent Attorney-at-law Mursalene Bacchus is questioning the decision made by Magistrate Judy Latchman who presided over the first sitting of the Black Bush trio in the Mibicuri triple murder....

Houston fatal accident victim identified as Kaneville teen

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Houston fatal accident victim identified as Kaneville teen

The female who was struck down on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road in the vicinity of Houston last Thursday, has been identified as 18-year-old Lisa Khan. Khan, of Kaneville, East Bank...

Homeless man sent to jail for smashing car mirror

Aug 04, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Homeless man sent to jail for smashing car mirror

A homeless man now has a home at the Camp Street Prison. He was remanded to the penitentiary for the offence of damage to property by City Magistrate Judy Latchman. Randolph De Mendonca denied that...

Man gets 12 months for stealing High Wine, other items

Aug 04, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man gets 12 months for stealing High Wine, other items

“You need to work for your own,” were the words uttered by Magistrate Judy Latchman to a man she sent to prisons for 12 months for theft. Tiberius Spencer, 20, of Sand Creek Village South Central...

Landlord and Tenant Act is outdated

Aug 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Landlord and Tenant Act is outdated

Dear Editor, The Landlord and Tenant Act needs to be amended so as to give the landlord some level of protection by the law. The landlord is left to the mercy of the tennant, some of whom are...

Two critical missing elements of the Emancipation project

Aug 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two critical missing elements of the Emancipation project

Dear Editor; The letter (Kaietuer News, 1 August 2016) by Dr. David Hinds argued, in respect of people of African descent, that “…he must begin sending his children to school again. She must...

Has the Corriverton Town Council robbed this pensioner?

Aug 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Has the Corriverton Town Council robbed this pensioner?

Dear Editor; I would like to bring to your attention a matter that has been bothering me for two years. I am a retired employee of the Corriverton Town Council. I was employed there from 2002 to 2014...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more