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Government committed to creating enabling environment for investors -President Granger

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Government committed to creating enabling environment for investors -President Granger

(By Mondale Smith) Government is committed to ensuring that Chinese investors have a fair deal in the local business arena, said President David Granger. The country is also committed to working...

Local Pesticide Company has tool to decimate mosquito population

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local Pesticide Company has tool to decimate mosquito population

– likely to prevent Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya spread Although only one confirmed case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus has been reported in Guyana, the US Centers for Disease Control and...

Resourceful Pomeroon women exploit agri-processing

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Resourceful Pomeroon women exploit agri-processing

Pomeroon is still acclaimed as the bread basket of the Caribbean region. It still has an abundance of edible and natural resources that are certainly not going to waste. A group of resourceful women...

Queens-based Guyanese man sets himself on fire

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Queens-based Guyanese man sets himself on fire

Queens (New York Daily News) – A Queens, New York, man died after setting himself on fire in front of his apartment house Friday night, authorities said. Firefighters found the victim,...

The Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court moved to Better Hope

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court moved to Better Hope

There is the saying, “Out with the old and in with the new”! This is so for the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, which is set to be demolished to facilitate the construction of a new and improved...

GPHC’s maternity unit to undergo major upgrade – $89M allocated

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC’s maternity unit to undergo major upgrade – $89M allocated

Pregnant women can now expect a more comfortable environment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC) maternity and child care unit. This expectation comes as the 2016 National Budget...

Kwakwani residents collaborate to repair community roads

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Kwakwani residents collaborate to repair community roads

Residents of Kwakwani, Region Ten have not been taking their road concerns lightly. They have thus collaborated with private businesses to put in place remedial measures. This development was...

$4B allocated for Hinterland Plan of Action

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $4B allocated for Hinterland Plan of Action

The Government’s Hinterland Plan of Action, seeks to promote the preservation of indigenous cultural identity, social integration, economic prosperity, green energy, sustainable development,...

To hang or not to hang

Jan 31, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on To hang or not to hang

To have or not to have the death penalty is once more a raging discussion. The European countries have done away with the death penalty largely because there is the fear that an innocent person could...

Sunday Cartoon

Jan 31, 2016 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Remembering Ronald Waddell

Jan 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remembering Ronald Waddell

Dear Editor, This year marks the 50th anniversary of Guyana’s nationhood and the 10th year since the heinous assassination of comrade Ronald Waddell on the evening of 30th January 2006. It is...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Standards support quality and global trade in services

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Standards support quality and global trade in services

According to the World Trade Organisation, “services are the largest and most dynamic component of the economies of both developed and developing countries. Important in their own right, they...

Hello World!

Jan 31, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Hello World!

Hello, World! Born on September 13, 2008 out of a desire to help motivating fellow friends. Beginning today I will no longer worry about yesterday. It is in the past and the past will never change....

Seven signs for Granger and Nagamootoo to take heed of

Jan 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Seven signs for Granger and Nagamootoo to take heed of

Dear Editor, Today, I write to forewarn, and appeal to, the President and Prime Minister, the two party leaders in the coalition. It is hoped that both, but especially His Excellency, will not...

GO-Invest gets new CEO

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GO-Invest gets new CEO

Owen Verwey has been identified as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest). Announcing the name yesterday, a statement from Government, said Verwey was...

Dental health…Pit and Fissure Sealants

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Dental health…Pit and Fissure Sealants

By Dr. NerominiFagu The use of pit and fissure sealants is a part of preventive dentistry measures. Along with good oral hygiene and regular dental cleaning it can help prevent tooth decay. Decay...

20- year old remanded for robbing Third Form Student

Jan 31, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 20- year old remanded for robbing Third Form Student

On Friday, Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan remanded Dennis Jones after he allegedly robbed a Third Form student of his cell phone and $13,000 cash. Twenty-year -old Jones denied the allegation which...

A description of horror and evil by a freed treason accused

Jan 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A description of horror and evil by a freed treason accused

Dear Editor, My name is Carol Ann Munro, the first woman in the Caribbean and in the South American hemisphere to be charged with treason, December, 27th, 2010, an accusation I am not proud of and a...

Training will always be ‘essential and continuous’ for Police ranks

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Training will always be ‘essential and continuous’ for Police ranks

By Mondale Smith The training model of the Guyana Police Force is designed to address any situation that a rank may be presented with throughout his career. This is the view of Training Officer,...

Reflection on the Martin Carter years – pre-independence to post-Republic

Jan 31, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Reflection on the Martin Carter years – pre-independence to post-Republic

By Dennis Nichols His persona isn’t as easy to pin down as those of my first two featured prominent ‘pre-independence’ Guyanese, and he is arguably the most eloquent and controversial of the...

A NEW HEADQUARTERS COMMISSIONED

Jan 31, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A NEW HEADQUARTERS COMMISSIONED

– Leaders recommit to Foundations for Development A spanking new building, resplendent in the now familiar AFC signature colours of green and yellow was commissioned yesterday in the...

To protect and promote local democracy

Jan 31, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on To protect and promote local democracy

Central government has a constitutional duty to support local democracy and the work of local democratic organs (municipalities and neighbourhood democratic councils). The failure of successive...

Reflecting on half-century of evolving health care

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Reflecting on half-century of evolving health care

…as preparations are made for 50 more years of improved services By Sharmain Grainger Fifty is undeniably a mature age and Guyana as an independent nation is swiftly heading to that...

U.S. Passport Card portable alternative to U.S. Passport

Jan 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Passport Card portable alternative to U.S. Passport

U.S. citizens may apply for a U.S. Passport Card for use during certain international travel and as an identity/nationality document. The passport card will facilitate entry and expedite document...

THE BUDGET

Jan 31, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE BUDGET

The Budget is essentially an accounting statement. It indicates what revenues the government will collect during the fiscal year, what will be spent and how any shortfall (deficit) will be financed....

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Golden Jaguars hunt back-to-back wins in Puerto Rico

Oct 01, 2026

…Guyana’s could seal Gold Cup berth against Dominica By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Golden Jaguars will look to take another significant step towards a return to the Concacaf Gold Cup...

The things we fear the most

Oct 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I told the Guru about a Tik Tok video I had seen of a very wealthy man who had done something that, at first, seemed rather strange. He had spent much of his life building wealth. He had a comfortable home, good food, security and all the things that money can provide. Yet...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

U.S. Ambassador digs a hole for herself

Oct 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ye Gods! The Justice Gino Persaud “visa review” public kangaroo trial is leading to some unlikely places. In his trial by fire, even the mighty U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, Excellency Nicole D. Theriot, ended up with her own hair on fire. “We are not aware.” What...

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