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Health Ministry launches initiatives to target wellbeing of adolescents

Nov 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry launches initiatives to target wellbeing of adolescents

Adolescents in Region Seven will benefit from two programmes which have been introduced by the Ministry of Public Health to help advance their health and wellbeing. The programmes – Adolescent...

Brother steals from sibling to ‘get his attention’

Nov 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Brother steals from sibling to ‘get his attention’

A 20-year-old man yesterday told the court that he stole from his brother to get his attention, when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer to a charge of simple larceny. It is...

A legal issue not a private spat

Nov 12, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A legal issue not a private spat

There is no spat over the reversal of the ‘promotion’ of ranks of the Guyana Police Force. The government is wickedly attempting to present this matter as a case of a difference between the...

Infrastructure, taxation on list of PSC recommendations for 2017 budget

Nov 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Infrastructure, taxation on list of PSC recommendations for 2017 budget

Private Sector Commission (PSC) member Ramesh Dookhoo has said that some of the recommendations which the body made to Finance Minister Winston Jordan for the 2017 budget, focus primarily on...

Pensioners to receive allowances with ease through electronic system

Nov 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioners to receive allowances with ease through electronic system

Pensioners will now be able to access their allowances with ease through the Social Protection Ministry’s automated system. Assistant Chief Probation and Social Services Officer, Ricardo Banwarie...

Indigenous styles expected to “speak loudest” on Fashion Weekend

Nov 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous styles expected to “speak loudest” on Fashion Weekend

The eager trio of Abigail Buckley, Vanda and Marcella Allicock are ready to take the Indigenous Segment of the Sonia Noel’s Fashion Weekend by storm. Their more than 30 creations will be showcased...

Law student accused of stealing bank card, withdrawing cash

Nov 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Law student accused of stealing bank card, withdrawing cash

A 26-year-old law student yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on a charge of simple larceny. The court heard that Kevon Henry, on November...

Trump and the commonsense in electoral power

Nov 12, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Trump and the commonsense in electoral power

As I devour the news all over the world about what Donald Trump will do when he settles into the White House, a consensus is emerging that he will mellow as the years wear on and that the things we...

GWI to start monitoring canals alongside Haags Bosch

Nov 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to start monitoring canals alongside Haags Bosch

— Routine checks of treatment plants in the area ongoing The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has not been monitoring or testing the water quality in the canals alongside the Haags Bosch Landfill...

REMEMBERING FALLEN HEROES

Nov 12, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on REMEMBERING FALLEN HEROES

Tomorrow, Guyana will officially honour and pay tribute to the men and women who died during the two World Wars and other conflicts. Remembrance Day, also known as Poppy Day, is commemorated on...

CI plugging $640M to reduce deforestation, improve efficiency in gold mining

Nov 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CI plugging $640M to reduce deforestation, improve efficiency in gold mining

Conservation International Guyana (CI-Guyana) and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) have joined forces to launch a US$3.2M ($640M) project to improve the economic and...

Cops seek bank fraud accused

Nov 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek bank fraud accused

Police are trying to locate Vishaul Moonilal in connection with an alleged fraud in July 2016, at Scotiabank, Carmichael Street, Georgetown. A release gave his date of birth as October 10, 1983 and...

Felix Austin ‘A’ crowned GPF’s Smellie Cup Champs

Nov 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Felix Austin ‘A’ crowned GPF’s Smellie Cup Champs

In an afternoon filled with music and brilliant displays of improvisation, the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s Annual Smellie Cup First Aid Competition concluded yesterday with the Felix Austin Police...

One year later…Gender Studies Institute still in “setting-up” phase

Nov 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on One year later…Gender Studies Institute still in “setting-up” phase

– but has ambitious plans to advance pertinent issues Although it was launched just over one year ago, the Institute of Gender Studies at the University of Guyana (UG) is still in a ‘setting...

23 Young Medex and 79 doctors yet to find employment

Nov 12, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on 23 Young Medex and 79 doctors yet to find employment

Dear Editor, I wonder if anyone including Mr Anil Nandlall, is aware that there are 23 trained Medex who were supposed to have completed their four (4) years training (2011-2015) and graduated from...

In Guyana, alcohol consumption is a serious dilemma

Nov 12, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, In Guyanese society, excessive alcohol consumption is a major social problem. It affects all aspects of an individual’s life, including the body, family and relationships. In the...

Clive Thomas clarifies on the missing US$5 million

Nov 12, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clive Thomas clarifies on the missing US$5 million

Dear Editor, From SARU’s standpoint, I would wish to put the issue of the “US$5M outstanding share issue” to rest. I have now read NICIL’s press release (nil.).The NICIL Audit Report...

Ministry of Communities accuses Berbice Councillor of politicking

Nov 12, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministry of Communities accuses Berbice Councillor of politicking

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Chairperson of the Kilcoy/Hampshire NDC, Mr. Haseef Yusuf, captioned, ‘The mantra of local government empowerment is to deceive,’ (KN, Nov 04). In his...

We cite the example of Opposition Leader David Granger, picketing OP

Nov 12, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on We cite the example of Opposition Leader David Granger, picketing OP

Dear Editor, First let me thank President David Granger for accepting the Guyana Trades Union Congress’ invitation and delivering the feature address to our 4th Triennial Conference (10th- 11th...

Are there similarities between what is taking place in the US and Guyana?

Nov 12, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are there similarities between what is taking place in the US and Guyana?

Dear Editor, The U.S elections are now over. Donald Trump and the Republican Party, (notwithstanding the fact that Hillary Clinton secured a larger slice of the popular vote) have won an...

Guysuco’s would like to remind the nation; it is a business

Nov 12, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) would like to respond to Mr. Hydar Ally’s letter that was published in the both the Kaieteur News and Stabroek News in which he opined that...

City Hall must end this costly, conspiratorial contract

Nov 12, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall must end this costly, conspiratorial contract

Dear Editor, Today I witnessed the main reason why the Georgetown City Council is always broke and bankrupt. Whilst standing outside a popular hotel after having a meeting with a foreign delegation...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more