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Jones, Jailall shine as rain ruins ECB Academy 2-day fixture

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jones, Jailall shine as rain ruins ECB Academy 2-day fixture

National U17 pacer Joshua Jones and left-handed batsman Orlando Jailall struck half centuries before rain halted play in the Essequibo Cricket Board Academy two-day game between Shane Wong XI and...

Berbice woman placed on remand for marijuana trafficking

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice woman placed on remand for marijuana trafficking

Roselin Fernandes of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was remanded to prison after she was discovered being in possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking. The woman who was arrested...

Charges dismissed against Egdhill for dumping derelict vehicle

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Charges dismissed against Egdhill for dumping derelict vehicle

A City Magistrate on Friday dismissed the case against PPP/C member of Parliament Juan Edghill, of encumbering the city parapet in front his home with a derelict vehicle, brought by the Georgetown...

Blairmont Estate Workers protest unfair dismissal

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Blairmont Estate Workers protest unfair dismissal

Sugar workers attached to the Blairmont Sugar Estate on Friday picketed the estate expressing their disappointment over the process which led to one worker being fired and another being sent on six...

Education Ministry’s budget expenditure amounts to $15.5B in six months

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry’s budget expenditure amounts to $15.5B in six months

In the first six months of 2016, a sum of $15.5 billion, or 38 percent of the total budgeted sum of $40.3 billion, was expended in the education sector. This is according to information provided in...

Domestic violence victim continues to battle for life

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Domestic violence victim continues to battle for life

Almost two weeks after she was attacked and left lying unconscious on her bed by her estranged partner, who later succumbed to poison, 25-year-old Shareema Khan continues to battle for her life. The...

NAREI aiming to increase breadfruit population locally

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NAREI aiming to increase breadfruit population locally

The National Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) recently acquired over 1,000 breadfruit seedlings to increase the plant production locally. This is in keeping with government’s agenda of...

Sunday Cartoon

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Fully functioning Integrity Commission by year end

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Fully functioning Integrity Commission by year end

– Work ongoing to tighten loopholes – says Pres. Granger By Jarryl Bryan It has been over one year since the coalition took office and the Integrity Commission is still without a Chairman...

CSEC 2016…CXC records decline in candidates but increase in subject entries

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CSEC 2016…CXC records decline in candidates but increase in subject entries

Although the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has recorded a slight decline in the number of candidates who registered for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination this...

EMPOWERING SARA

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on EMPOWERING SARA

The State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU) is in the news again, not to report on another illegal activity it has unearthed, but for a draft Bill to change its name from SARU to SARA: State Asset Recovery...

NDCs have been delinquent in submitting work programmes- Minister Bulkan

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NDCs have been delinquent in submitting work programmes- Minister Bulkan

There are concerns about why work is not proceeding apace in some Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs). However, the answer to why this is occurring is actually quite straightforward. According...

This new government’s attitude resembles Jagdeo’s behavior

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on This new government’s attitude resembles Jagdeo’s behavior

Dear Editor, The issue of the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) grant/subvention existed since the college opened its doors. The money acquired from the State was always held in a special account and...

Montrose granny murder PI near end

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Montrose granny murder PI near end

The prosecution is winding down its case in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) for which Colin Alleyne is charged with the murder of Danrasie Ganesh, who was found dead in her Montrose, East Coast Demerara...

The Minister wants corruption to be stamped out

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Minister wants corruption to be stamped out

Dear Editor, It is heartening to know that the Minister of Communities, Mr Ronald Bulkan, has warned the Regional Executives and other Regional Executives against corrupt practices during a meeting...

The Indian Action Committee will not be silenced

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Indian Action Committee will not be silenced

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) has noted the response by Lincoln Lewis (SN- 13th August 2016) to the organisation’s letter to the Editor regarding President Granger statement and...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Standard for road tanker wagons available

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Standard for road tanker wagons available

The National Standard ”Requirements for the transport of petroleum and petroleum products by road tanker wagons” – GYS 512:2016 has been recently developed by the Technical Committee –...

My father said one day they will kill this country

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on My father said one day they will kill this country

Dear Editor, I am Trinidadian by birth but I have Canadian citizenship and Guyanese upbringing. I straddle the three countries. I have a small investment in Guyana inherited from my parents a long...

Government Considering Relocating Walter Roth Museum

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government Considering Relocating Walter Roth Museum

Dear Editor, It was with great sadness that I read your article captioned above concerning the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology. As one of its co-founders with the late Dr. Denis Williams I wish to...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…REVIVAL OF GUYANA’S MUSICAL CULTURE

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…REVIVAL OF GUYANA’S MUSICAL CULTURE

By PAT DIAL In June last, two Steinway pianos were acquired by Government. One was the upright type to be used by the National School of Music and the other was a Grand Concert Piano which would...

In defence of President Forbes Burnham

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on In defence of President Forbes Burnham

Dear Editor, Editor’s note; this is the conclusion of Mr. Talbot’s letter as carried in our edition yesterday. His missive was a response to Mr. GHK Lall. Mr. Lall’s reply follows. My final...

City Hall needs revenues to improve its services to the citizenry

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall needs revenues to improve its services to the citizenry

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is in great need of financial resources to conduct its daily operations. This is no new information that the Council is divulging. The constant...

Kidney Stones: Very Painful, Very common

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Kidney Stones: Very Painful, Very common

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine I have often heard female patients say that they prefer the pains of labour than those that come from kidney stones. Every one in five men...

The Importance of Monitoring and Evaluation

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Importance of Monitoring and Evaluation

Governments are increasingly being called upon to demonstrate results. It is expected of them to show that they are making a real difference to the lives of their people and that value for money has...

Iwokrama…the jewel of the jungle

Aug 14, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Iwokrama…the jewel of the jungle

(An Address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development) The Guiana Shield – a...

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The Vice President has it wrong!

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Now, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, the government’s anti-corruption system... more