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UG, Texas Tech Univ. take part in President Obama’s ‘100,000 Strong in the Americas’ programme

Aug 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG, Texas Tech Univ. take part in President Obama’s ‘100,000 Strong in the Americas’ programme

Funded by a grant from ExxonMobil, through President Obama’s 100,000 Strong in the Americas Programme, science students from the University of Guyana and Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas...

A LESSON FOR GUYANA

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A LESSON FOR GUYANA

The continued fallout from the Brexit vote should not be a surprise to anyone, but it should serve as a lesson not only for the European countries but also for Guyana and its CARICOM sister states....

Sirmattie Ramnaress murder PI…Magistrate refuses to expunge parts of witness’ statement

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Sirmattie Ramnaress murder PI…Magistrate refuses to expunge parts of witness’ statement

Magistrate Fabayo Azore refused to expunge certain parts of a statement given by a prosecution witness, as requested by attorney Nigel Hughes, who is representing former Police Sergeant Colin Bailey...

GNBA Board holds “emergency meeting” to resolve burning issues

Aug 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA Board holds “emergency meeting” to resolve burning issues

The Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Agency (GNBA) on Monday held an emergency meeting in an effort to resolve some burning issues. Kaieteur News spoke to the Board’s Chairman, Leonard...

Passport Office officially opens in Linden

Aug 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Passport Office officially opens in Linden

-birth certificate services promised As of yesterday, a part of the building that houses the National Insurance Scheme in Mackenzie, Linden, officially became the Region 10 Passport Office, with a...

NO POLITICAL CAPITAL TO BE GAINED

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO POLITICAL CAPITAL TO BE GAINED

How did the Ministry of Public Health know that the facility at Sussex Street was available for rental, when they were looking for additional storage place to store medicines? Did Cabinet ask about...

Coast Guard officials receiving spill response training on oil logistics ship

Aug 17, 2016 KNews News 1

Coast Guard officials are undergoing four weeks of training on board a vessel that supports oil drilling operations of US-owned Exxon-Mobil. According to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Sub...

North R/veldt Secondary to be extended

Aug 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on North R/veldt Secondary to be extended

…and road to be built derelict vehicle site on highway During the opening of the tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday, at the Ministry of...

Improved health services essential for persons with disabilities, says advocate

Aug 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Improved health services essential for persons with disabilities, says advocate

Although having a disability does not mean that a person is permanently sick, there are, however, occasions that they will suffer from some ailments that will require medical attention just like...

Car abandoned, drugs found following police roadblock

Aug 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Car abandoned, drugs found following police roadblock

The police in Corentyne on Monday evening found an abandoned vehicle which was suspected to have been abandoned by drug dealers after they were cornered by police. According to reports, around 18:05...

Two in custody following robbery of elderly woman

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Two in custody following robbery of elderly woman

The bandits are merciless in their pursuit to take from persons what is not theirs and would pick on anybody. So much so that two thieves from the Central Corentyne area on Monday, last, robbed an...

Instructor caught with ganja at Camp Street jail – court hears

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Instructor caught with ganja at Camp Street jail – court hears

A man who teaches steel pan lessons to inmates at the Camp Street Prison was yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge by Magistrate Fabayo Azore. Shawn Koulen, 41, of La Parfaite...

Brazilian woman remanded for illegal ammo

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Brazilian woman remanded for illegal ammo

Brazilian National, Mikaany Souza Meres was yesterday remanded to prison after pleading not guilty to unlawfully possessing ammunition. Meres appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown...

Crime Lab detective to testify in PI into hospital dispatcher’s murder

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Crime Lab detective to testify in PI into hospital dispatcher’s murder

Police Sergeant Rawle Nedd was deemed competent to testify in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) for which Alan Sim Sr., is charged with the murder of Melissa Skeete, a former dispatcher at the Georgetown...

Mining operators must be held accountable

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mining operators must be held accountable

Dear Editor, With reference to your news headline dated 14th July 2016 captioned “Mining deaths warrant investigation and prosecution. Commission of Inquiry into the death of eighteen-year-old...

Statistical indictment of Guyana’s Olympics poverty

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Statistical indictment of Guyana’s Olympics poverty

Dear Editor, As a born and bred citizen of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, it pains me to see quadrennial after quadrennial in our national newspapers, radios and televisions reporting the...

Lincoln Lewis answers the Indian Action Committee

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lincoln Lewis answers the Indian Action Committee

Dear Editor, Fundamental rights and freedoms are held sacred equally as their corresponding responsibilities. Response is made to the Indian Arrival/Action Committee’s (IAC) view that there exists...

Coalition Govt. has to do more for youths

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coalition Govt. has to do more for youths

Dear Editor, The change of government last year has not brought much expected relief in economic, security and youth affairs by the APNU/AFC administration. The government’s ascendancy to power may...

Hamilton Green laments the deluge of foreign foods

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hamilton Green laments the deluge of foreign foods

Dear Editor, It was very painful to take note of the well prepared article in Knews dated 15 August 2016 titled ‘“Is Guyana’s manufacturing sector dying ?” Tamarind balls and coconut water...

No Insulin at the New Amsterdam Hospital

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on No Insulin at the New Amsterdam Hospital

Dear Editor, It is implausible to comprehend our Public Health Minister would spend millions of dollars to rent an incomplete structure/building, and drugs that are in demand on a daily basis by...

Republic Bank and Courts are deceptive with loan arrangements

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Over the last week, three things I experienced left me wondering if there is good life for the ordinary and common citizens of this country. I am a normal citizen with a normal job and...

Our manufacturers are not visionary people

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our manufacturers are not visionary people

Dear Editor, Please permit me a few lines to offer a response to KN article of 15. 8. 2016. “Is Guyana’s manufacturing sector dying? In July 2000, I left my native Guyana with an extremely “bad...

I was denied my right to make a presentation

Aug 17, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I was denied my right to make a presentation

Dear Editor, I read with keen interest the article in one of the daily newspapers of the billions of dollars being spent on education, and I wonder how well spent is that given the continued...