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Brazilian boxers to match skills with Guyanese counterparts next month

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brazilian boxers to match skills with Guyanese counterparts next month

Gonsalves, Dharry for Commonwealth title fights Boxing buffs still disappointed by the absence of the traditional Boxing Day card may feel somewhat compensated following a recent announcement that...

Guyanese athletes continue dominance of Bigi Broki Waka 10km& 5km races in Suriname

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese athletes continue dominance of Bigi Broki Waka 10km& 5km races in Suriname

Like they did last year, Guyana’s distance athletes ruled the roost at the 13th edition of the annual Bigi Broki Waka 10km and 5km races which took place over the famous Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge,...

Plans apace to strengthen parents’ parenting skills

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Plans apace to strengthen parents’ parenting skills

“Parenting is in trouble,” this was the assertion of Director of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA), Ms. Ann Greene. Moreover, Greene at a recent forum related that moves are apace to...

Youths and the working class are not spectators to the development of Guyana

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Youths and the working class are not spectators to the development of Guyana

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS By Sase Singh Agriculture remains at the heart of Guyana’s people-centered development. The Agriculture Strategy for 2013-2020 clearly illustrated that in...

Govt. clarifies Ministerial portfolio

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. clarifies Ministerial portfolio

Ever since President David Granger announced that Tourism Minister Cathy Hughes would be assuming responsibility for public telecommunications, the news spread that the government had scrapped the...

$$M recycling plant/garbage holding area for Mandela Ave.

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $$M recycling plant/garbage holding area for Mandela Ave.

– Residents not enthused Plans are in train for the construction of a multi-million-dollar, environmentally-friendly recycling plant to possibly stem the tide of plastic and other...

Guyana Goldfields projects up to 150,000 ounces this year

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields projects up to 150,000 ounces this year

The country’s biggest gold mining outfit, Guyana Goldfields Inc., has achieved commercial production and is projecting up to 150,000 ounces this year. For just its three months of operation last...

No acts of piracy, less river deaths recorded last year – MARAD

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No acts of piracy, less river deaths recorded last year – MARAD

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) saw a reduction of 21.7% in total marine deaths for the year 2015. This was disclosed during the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s performance...

Drowned sailor identified

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Drowned sailor identified

The sailor whose body was retrieved from the Berbice River has been identified as Shahabudeen Haniff of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara. The remains of the 49-year-old man were found in the net...

President Granger and the press: What the future holds?

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on President Granger and the press: What the future holds?

President Granger told journalists at the media brunch last Sunday that while he would appreciate critical examination of his government, he would expect truthful reporting. Almost all the leaders...

LIFE GOES NOT BACKWARD

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on LIFE GOES NOT BACKWARD

Since the last election, there are signs that a wind of change is blowing. For example, the government has begun in earnest the process to restore the good name of Guyana among its CARICOM neighbours...

Sludge buildup in canals to be addressed in short order – GWI boss

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sludge buildup in canals to be addressed in short order – GWI boss

The bulk of the sludge that has created discomfort for residents residing along Church Street and its immediate environs should no longer be a problem come March of this year. Kaieteur News...

Bullet-grazed Diamond man recovering

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bullet-grazed Diamond man recovering

…Relates ordeal and history with alleged shooter The East Bank Demerara man who was allegedly shot by his neighbour two days ago, is calling on the relevant authorities to take his matter...

No plans to implement “six months deposit” for disconnected customers – GPL

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No plans to implement “six months deposit” for disconnected customers – GPL

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has assured it has no intentions to implement measures that will see disconnected customers paying up to six months or more on average monthly to be reconnected....

M&CC to commence construction of Stabroek Market Wharf this year

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC to commence construction of Stabroek Market Wharf this year

The dilapidated Stabroek Market Wharf is set to receive a massive upgrade this year. This is according to Town Clerk of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC). During a meeting, yesterday,...

Former AG makes proposals for Law Reform, Coroners Bills

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former AG makes proposals for Law Reform, Coroners Bills

– says Executive consulting with itself Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, after consulting with Government about the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2015 and the Law Reform Commission Bill of...

Three firms vie for consultancy on upgrade of Regional Hospitals

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Three firms vie for consultancy on upgrade of Regional Hospitals

The upgrade works to be done on three hospitals – Suddie Hospital, Region Two; Bartica Hospital, Region Seven and the West Demerara Regional Hosiptal, Region Three – are pushing ahead,...

10 new housing schemes to be developed in 2016

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 10 new housing schemes to be developed in 2016

– 180 house lots, 290 titles handed out during last seven months The Government has announced plans to establish 10 more housing schemes throughout the country this year as part of its...

GOVERNMENTS SHOULD STAY CLEAR OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRICKET

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GOVERNMENTS SHOULD STAY CLEAR OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRICKET

Australia is dishing out a cut-tail to the West Indies cricket team. The West Indies are going ‘down-under’. Ironically, this is an Australian team that is being rebuilt after the retirement and...

Focus on chronic diseases laudable despite staff shortage – Ministry reports

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Focus on chronic diseases laudable despite staff shortage – Ministry reports

Chronic diseases, such as heart ailments, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory conditions and diabetes, are by far the leading cause of mortality in the world. In fact these represent 60 per cent of...

CORRECTION

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CORRECTION

Kaieteur News wishes to correct a statement published in an article in its January 3, 2016 edition, titled “Demerara Criminal Assizes review…Judges dispose of 41 criminal matters in October...

NBC news producer who survived Jonestown dies

Jan 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NBC news producer who survived Jonestown dies

US (LA Times) – Robert Flick was a newsman who could have passed for a bar-room bouncer. And standing on the tarmac of an airfield in Port Kaituma, Guyana, on Nov. 18, 1978, moments after a...

Labourer refused bail on narcotics charge

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Labourer refused bail on narcotics charge

Ryan Barker, a labourer was on Monday remanded to prison by Magistrate Fabayo Azore when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged for the possession of an illegal substance....

Why are teachers being treated in this way?

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why are teachers being treated in this way?

Dear Editor, I wrote a letter in Kaieteur News on December 11, 2015 captioned, “This country has to treat teachers with a better paying system “. In that letter I asked two questions, “Why is...

GPL continues to attract the nation’s attention

Jan 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL continues to attract the nation’s attention

Dear Editor, Suggestions for a new Board of Directors of GPL. GPL continues to be in the news. I believe that the affairs of GPL will be enhanced by the early appointment of a new Board of Directors....

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