November 18, 2016

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US-bound passenger excretes cocaine pellets

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US-bound passenger excretes cocaine pellets

Police are guarding a 46-year-old West Demerara resident who is excreting several cocaine pellets at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. He was nabbed at the check-in area of the CJIA, about...

Concessions have to be rolled back

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Concessions have to be rolled back

The Budget for 2017 has not yet been passed and people are bawling. The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association says it has learnt that concessions offered will be withdrawn. The Ministry of...

Miners’ bodies object to proposal to lower gold prices by 3 percent

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Miners’ bodies object to proposal to lower gold prices by 3 percent

-Gov’t says matter still under consideration The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) and the Guyana Women Miners’ Organisation (GWMO) yesterday urged Government to immediately stop...

Commander of E Division outlines security measures for Festive Season

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Commander of E Division outlines security measures for Festive Season

…Zero tolerance on explosives Commander of E Division, Fazil Karimbaksh, on Wednesday met with stakeholders and Regional officials at the Mackenzie Police Station, in Linden, where he outlined a...

Region’s exports nosedive 22 percent

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region’s exports nosedive 22 percent

…amidst low world commodities prices — IDB report A key report of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has signaled a major dip in trade exports last year by the region, with the effects...

National EMS programme set to kick-off on Monday

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on National EMS programme set to kick-off on Monday

-persons can now dial ‘912’ for fire and medical help Although a national Emergency Medical Service (EMS) programme was years in the making, it was officially launched in about one hour yesterday...

Cabinet Subcommittee established to examine future of forestry sector

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet Subcommittee established to examine future of forestry sector

By Kiana Wilburg Moves are currently afoot to address the “lull” that exists in the forestry sector. This is according to Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman. At the press conference...

Discovery of commercial oil will alter Guyana

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Discovery of commercial oil will alter Guyana

“The announcement by offshore oil explorer ExxonMobil on Wednesday, that it had struck oil in commercial quantities, is a watershed moment in Guyana’s history; one that impacts the very...

Guyanese messengers of death from Cuba have returned

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyanese messengers of death from Cuba have returned

Many of the Cuban-trained Guyanese doctors are hopelessly incompetent. They have killed countless of poor patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital, (the middle classes and wealthy folks do not even...

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS …THE USA SWUNG TO THE RIGHT IN 2016

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS …THE USA SWUNG TO THE RIGHT IN 2016

By: Sase Singh Introduction Rural USA swung to the right while the inner city democrats stayed at home. This situation caused one of the biggest upsets in US elections. The person whom I thought did...

Babita Sarjou murder PI…Caution statement admitted into evidence

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Babita Sarjou murder PI…Caution statement admitted into evidence

An alleged caution statement and oral statements made by Darrel Ponton -—one of the men charged with the murder of Babita Sarjou-— to detectives at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID),...

Man, 67, in High Court accused of having sex with a twelve year old.

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man, 67, in High Court accused of having sex with a twelve year old.

A 67-year-old man, Ramdehal Ramcharran, of Number Two Settlement, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, has been committed to stand trial in the Berbice High Court, accused of having sex with a 12-year-old...

It was the PPP Government that ruined the sugar industry

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on It was the PPP Government that ruined the sugar industry

Dear Editor, I refer to a news story in Kaieteur News (Nov 14, 2016) in which former President Donald Ramotar blames the present Granger government for the atrocious condition of the Skeldon sugar...

Ministry’s incompetence causes great suffering to Region 2 pensioners

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministry’s incompetence causes great suffering to Region 2 pensioners

Dear Editor, ‘The Ministry of Social Protection cannot be exonerated from blame for the careless printing of wrong numbers on the November payment vouchers which was responsible for several old age...

Elected leaders have to put Guyana first

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Peeping Tom in his column wrote about the criminalization of our society and is asking where is it coming from? The answer is simple; the state is the root cause of our depraved and...

The Government and UG cannot treat its graduates like this

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Government and UG cannot treat its graduates like this

Dear Editor, I read with interest, regarded with satisfaction interspersed with awe regarding the 50th convocation of the University of Guyana held at its Turkeyen campus. Amidst staff, special...

The days when Guysuco was a great corporation

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The days when Guysuco was a great corporation

Dear Editor, I found among the archives of the National Farmers Organization, GUYSUCO’s Report and Accounts 1987. Further reading of said report provided more revelations, on the then Crop...

Juan Edghill blames the Govt. for GPL’s unreliable and inefficient service

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Juan Edghill blames the Govt. for GPL’s unreliable and inefficient service

Dear Editor, Over the past few months, there have been increasing concerns about the inefficient and unreliable services offered by the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) to residents in Berbice,...

GuySuco needs to treat its workforce with respect and dignity

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuco needs to treat its workforce with respect and dignity

Dear Editor, It was disappointing to learn that Guysuco has chosen not to provide its hard-working workers with a pay rise this year, the second time in a row. From what I discerned, from reports in...

Ministry of Public Health to pay midwives

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministry of Public Health to pay midwives

Dear Editor, Midwives working within the public health sector in Regions One, Nine and Ten are expected to receive their salaries this month. Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton told the...

Event that celebrated the value of rice was a waste of money

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Event that celebrated the value of rice was a waste of money

Dear Editor, On November 15, 2016, I received an elaborate invitation from the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) for “Án Evening of Rice; a Cocktail & Exhibition, celebrating the...

Unprofessional police conduct at Harbour Bridge

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unprofessional police conduct at Harbour Bridge

Dear Editor, My letter here is about harassment at the Demerara Harbour Bridge by Traffic Police Constable stationed at LaGrange Police Station. It is with feelings of huge disappointment and...

The way to solve youth unemployment

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The way to solve youth unemployment

Dear Editor, The nation is faced with an explosive situation on its hands. We apparently have no proper place to situate our young ones when they leave their places of learning in their yearly...

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While we scramble over the cash grant!

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(Kaieteur News) – There is a lot of noise right now about whether the government’s invitation for investments in the fertilizer and gas bottling projects is legal. But while we are all busy looking in that direction, something far more important is happening in plain sight. The real issue is...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

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