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Capping the road surface

Oct 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Capping the road surface

It is pleasing to see the road works that are being undertaken in the city. It is a sign that the government is not going to allow the City Council to fail. The government is bailing out City Hall...

NIS Chairman encourages pensioners to uplift benefits at commercial banks

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NIS Chairman encourages pensioners to uplift benefits at commercial banks

At the recently held Anniversary ceremony marking 47 years since the establishment of the National Insurance Scheme, Chairman of the NIS board, Dr. Surendra Persaud, urged employees to ensure that...

Elderly man dies hours after accident

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly man dies hours after accident

A 77-year-old man died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday, hours after he was involved in an accident on Sheriff Street, Georgetown. The accident occurred shortly after...

City Hall commences major bridge works

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall commences major bridge works

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has commenced a programme to repair and restore bridges in the City. A number of bridges in the city are in a serious state of disrepair and this has prompted...

Explosion at Eugene Correia Inter’l Airport…Labour Department finds no ambulance was available to transport victim following accident

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Explosion at Eugene Correia Inter’l Airport…Labour Department finds no ambulance was available to transport victim following accident

On July 20, last, an incident which occurred at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, Ogle, East Coast Demerara left engineer, Anil Rampersaud, nursing serious injuries to his hands and ankle....

AFC to host national conference before year end

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on AFC to host national conference before year end

General Secretary of the Alliance For Change (AFC), David Patterson, announced yesterday that the party is expected to host its national conference before the year ends. Patterson reminded members of...

Four arrested after firearm find

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Four arrested after firearm find

Four men and a woman were arrested early yesterday morning following the discovery of two firearms, several rounds of ammunition and a small quantity of cannabis, at a night spot in West Ruimveldt....

Youth organisation launches programme to combat suicide

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Youth organisation launches programme to combat suicide

Youths need to be provided with meaningful interventions and long term programmes to combat suicide and crime. This is according to the Executive Officer of the President’s Youth Award Republic of...

Haiti to receive over US$20M insurance for Hurricane Matthew damage

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Haiti to receive over US$20M insurance for Hurricane Matthew damage

CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) is preparing to make a payout to the Government of Haiti as a result of the passage of Hurricane Matthew which triggered a...

DEA advances in information sharing with local law enforcement officers

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DEA advances in information sharing with local law enforcement officers

The information sharing between United States, Drug Enforcement Agency, (DEA) and Guyana has increased significantly since the agency was launched here in February. This is according to United States...

Former GWI board member attacks Stabroek News for character assassination

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former GWI board member attacks Stabroek News for character assassination

Former board member of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Charles Ceres, at a special press conference held yesterday in the GWI boardroom repeated that the reason for his resignation was not...

Demerara Harbour Bridge to reintroduce night retractions by month-end

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Harbour Bridge to reintroduce night retractions by month-end

The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) has announced plans to restart night retractions. General Manager, Rawlston Adams, told the Government Information Agency (GINA), that this is an effort...

No meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional Reform since May 2015

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional Reform since May 2015

The A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change coalition had campaigned heavily for constitutional reform prior to and during the 2015 elections campaign. However, after the change of...

Monitoring airspace a challenge for government – Harmon

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Monitoring airspace a challenge for government – Harmon

Earlier this week, Guyana lodged a complaint with United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, over illegal over-flights by neighbouring Venezuela. Guyana has also asked for international...

East Coast Berbice man on trial for 2010 murder

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on East Coast Berbice man on trial for 2010 murder

The man who is accused of murdering a taxi driver back in 2010 before dumping his body, is on trial in the Berbice High Court before Justice William Ramlal and a mixed Jury. The accused, Stephen...

GNBA inquiry begins, ‘acrimonious’ relationship to be investigated

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA inquiry begins, ‘acrimonious’ relationship to be investigated

Major General Retd, Joseph Singh, has begun his work investigating the allegations made by Broadcaster, Kenwin Charles against members of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA). Kaieteur...

Former lecturer has issues with UG leadership changes

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former lecturer has issues with UG leadership changes

“The University needs a Vice Chancellor, a Deputy Vice Chancellor and lots of money.” This was the view of former lecturer of the University of Guyana (UG), Mr. Frederick Kissoon. Kissoon, a...

Toolsie Persaud Ltd. donates to Guyana Book Foundation

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Toolsie Persaud Ltd. donates to Guyana Book Foundation

Toolsie Persaud Company Ltd, located on Lombard Street, Georgetown, yesterday donated a cheque for $303,200 to The Guyana Book Foundation, New Garden and Anira Streets, Queenstown, Georgetown. The...

Canadian Govt-funded IMPACT Justice brings community mediation training to Guyana

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian Govt-funded IMPACT Justice brings community mediation training to Guyana

The Canadian Government-funded, Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean (IMPACT Justice) Project is bringing its community mediation training programme to Guyana in a bid to build capacity for...

Guyana, India reviews sugar, rice, ICT technical assistance projects

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, India reviews sugar, rice, ICT technical assistance projects

During a scheduled visit, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Thursday met with India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, Retired General, Dr. Vijay Kumar Singh. The minister hosted a lunch at...

A dossier on the scandals and corruption of the PPP dictatorship

Oct 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A dossier on the scandals and corruption of the PPP dictatorship

You can always count on the PPP to produce both asininity and laughter. The latest outburst is Bharrat Jagdeo’s intention to compile a dossier on 25 scandals of the APNU+AFC Government. Now,...

The state of African-American today

Oct 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The state of African-American today

Dear Editor; Since the first ship in the 1600s that brought captured Africans to Virginia in America, up until 2016, African Americans have been treated like a conquered people. A 14 year study, by a...

Science is the Guyanese tourism alternative

Oct 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Science is the Guyanese tourism alternative

Dear Editor; “I know very few places in the world where corporate tourism has not led to underdevelopment,” said Prof Suresh Narine, looking out his hotel room window at Niagara Falls. “The...

GWI looks to learn from Suriname’s wells, operations

Oct 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GWI looks to learn from Suriname’s wells, operations

A five-member team from the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Saturday last returned from Suriname following the second leg of the IBD/UN Habitat-sponsored Water Partnership Programme. The team...

Is APNU+AFC Govt. courting its own disaster?

Oct 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is APNU+AFC Govt. courting its own disaster?

Dear Editor; The APNU+AFC government should have never put itself in the position where the PPP/C has to upbraid them for not appointing constitutional bodies. When in Opposition the parties in the...

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