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NO CHANGE IN THE PPP

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on NO CHANGE IN THE PPP

After a long hard 18 months of frustration of being in opposition, the PPP hierarchy has finally decided to hold the Congress. This happens after an absence of three years and is being held under the...

Frontline officials exposed to Trafficking in Persons training course

Dec 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Frontline officials exposed to Trafficking in Persons training course

The Ministerial Task Force on Trafficking in Persons recently conducted a ‘Trafficking in Persons Training Course for Frontline Officials’ at the Guyana Police Force Officers’ Training Centre,...

Finance Minister proposes Salary Review Commission

Dec 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister proposes Salary Review Commission

Given the scathing criticisms that it has faced regarding the salary bumps it gave to its ministers, and even the proposed pension arrangement for former Prime Minister, Hamilton Green, Finance...

World’s largest floating book fair arrives in two days

Dec 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on World’s largest floating book fair arrives in two days

Logos Hope will soon arrive in Georgetown again and be open to the public at Guyana National Shipping, La Penitence Wharf from December 22 through to January 8, 2017. President, David Granger, Prime...

Govt to heighten efforts to train youths in entrepreneurship

Dec 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt to heighten efforts to train youths in entrepreneurship

Several programmes and initiatives in 2017 will see youth development being advanced, one of which is entrepreneurial based. Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, said that the aim is to empower...

A moment of toilet embarrassment at the PPP’s congress

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A moment of toilet embarrassment at the PPP’s congress

The PPP’s congress is over. The chant of taking back power in 2020 was so reverberating that the Essequibo River quivered. There was one hilarious moment that reminded us of the king’s new...

The days of sugar are numbered

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The days of sugar are numbered

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) seems to have an obsession with Mr. Hydar Ally, former Central Committee member of the People’s Progressive Party. It seems that every time Mr. Ally...

PI into KNews grenade attack…Chief Magistrate to rule on Jan. 5

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on PI into KNews grenade attack…Chief Magistrate to rule on Jan. 5

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the Kaieteur News grenade attack has concluded. Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan will make a ruling on January 5, on whether a prima facie case has been made out...

Importance of recognising cases of Type One Diabetes amplified at awareness forum

Dec 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Importance of recognising cases of Type One Diabetes amplified at awareness forum

Type One Diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas is incapable of making insulin because the immune system attacks it and destroys the beta cells that make insulin. Medical experts are...

Wismar Market Vendors Association stages Christmas tree light up

Dec 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wismar Market Vendors Association stages Christmas tree light up

Despite the inclement weather children and adults came out in numbers as the Wismar Market Vendors Association held its second annual Christmas tree light up on Saturday. The tree is erected in front...

Guyana/Jamaica body donates heart machine to Suddie Hospital

Dec 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana/Jamaica body donates heart machine to Suddie Hospital

The Guyana-Jamaica Friendship Association (GJFA) on Sunday presented an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to the Suddie Hospital. The New York-based non-profit group had promised the Hospital...

Security guard stabs man before robbing him of cash, cell phones – court hears

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Security guard stabs man before robbing him of cash, cell phones – court hears

A 23-year-old security guard has been remanded to prison for allegedly stabbing a man several times with an ice-pick before relieving him of cash and cellular phones during a robbery. It is alleged...

A national alcohol policy is urgently needed

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A national alcohol policy is urgently needed

Dear Editor, As of July 2016, according to a report from the Guyana Police Force, there have been 1,035 traffic offences caused by drivers being under the influence of alcohol. The lack of existence...

The good days of sugar as we know them are gone

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The good days of sugar as we know them are gone

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) would like to respond to Mr. Hydar Ally’s letter titled ‘What the sugar industry needs is a higher level of efficiency’. We would like...

Commander Hicken should not coerce ranks to solicit gifts

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Commander Hicken should not coerce ranks to solicit gifts

Dear Editor, I am adding a few comments to the “Frustrated ‘A’ Division Officer” concerning Commander Clifton Hicken, dated December 16, 2016. Quoting from the letter, “We are being...

The channels of communication in the police force are weak

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The channels of communication in the police force are weak

Dear Editor, Why has the police force not filled the four vacant deputy commissioners’ positions? There are vacancies for Deputy Commissioners Administration, Operations, Law Enforcement, and...

Granger Government has embarked on a journey of “detour and frolic”

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger Government has embarked on a journey of “detour and frolic”

Dear Editor, We as a group have not written a formal letter since May 2015; we were committed to the principle that President Granger must have his 100 days to set his foundation for the next 5...

Guyana is on the expressway to lawlessness, mayhem and death

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is on the expressway to lawlessness, mayhem and death

Dear Editor, I’ve banged my head so many times out of frustration with the current state of affairs in my beloved country that I have resorted to putting on a helmet prior to reading your paper....

I insist that Minister Jordan made reference to me

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I insist that Minister Jordan made reference to me

Dear Editor, Reference is being made to Deon Abrams’ letter “Lincoln Lewis used me to get personal with the Finance Minister” (KN 19th December 2016). Let me from the outset disabuse the notion...

Quoting Franz Fanon to reflect on Courtney Crum-Ewing

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Quoting Franz Fanon to reflect on Courtney Crum-Ewing

Dear Editor, Yesterday (Dec 16, 2016) I received a call from Donna Harcourt, she said her husband passed and saw the palm tree we planted in memory of their son had been destroyed. It was too...

K. Juman Yassin should know it is time to go

Dec 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on K. Juman Yassin should know it is time to go

Dear Editor, It ought to be noted by anyone who reads the newspaper that Mr. Rawle Welch has been consistently hammering at the Guyana Olympic Association chief, K. Juman Yassin for incompetence and...

Burnt to death East Bank Essequibo elderly couple…Resident captures youth who hatched robbery plot

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Burnt to death East Bank Essequibo elderly couple…Resident captures youth who hatched robbery plot

– youth who lit fire linked to nine robberies – accomplices pointed out customers in commercial banks The net continues to tighten around the gang that burned business couple Mohamed and...

‘Fat cats’ handed more under APNU+AFC

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Fat cats’ handed more under APNU+AFC

…$11B budgeted to pay just over 4200 Many, including members of the Parliamentary opposition have highlighted the fact that a number of contract employees remain in the Public system at a huge...

Bandits shot dead in church-yard

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits shot dead in church-yard

– after robbery at family function Police are now being hailed as heroes by a Campbellville family after they shot and killed two bandits who robbed persons gathered at a family function at a...

Ramjattan, Top Cop blame media for creating perception of crime surge

Dec 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan, Top Cop blame media for creating perception of crime surge

“The crime wave is created in the minds of people, because emblazoned on the front pages of the newspapers are all these crimes….” – Ramjattan Minister of Public Security Khemraj...

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A Tale of Two Non-appointments

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In Guyana, under the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) government, the Constitution... more