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Emerging Oil and Gas Sector…Guyana has to develop capacity to support the Industry – T&T’s Former Energy Minister

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Emerging Oil and Gas Sector…Guyana has to develop capacity to support the Industry – T&T’s Former Energy Minister

Former Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs, Kevin Ramnarine, said yesterday, that Guyana’s emerging Oil and Gas Industry needs the support of all stakeholders to ensure that it starts on the...

Probation officers now in all administrative regions

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Probation officers now in all administrative regions

Probation officers are now deployed in all ten administrative regions. The Assistant Chief Probation and Social Service Officer at the Ministry of Social Protection, Ricardo Banwarie, said this is...

CIDI gives 80 bicycles to winning competitors

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CIDI gives 80 bicycles to winning competitors

The Caribbean International Distributors Incorporated (CIDI) presented bicycles to the winners of their Christmas promotion, “December to Remember”. The promotion was from December 1-December 10,...

Prisoner attacked in holding cell at Magistrates Court

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner attacked in holding cell at Magistrates Court

Calvin “Gun butt” Johnson a prisoner who was attacked in the holding cell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning, had his matter adjourned to January 31, 2017. Johnson of Lot...

Former cashier charged again for fraud after Presidential Pardon

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Former cashier charged again for fraud after Presidential Pardon

A former cashier attached to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, yesterday made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to the charge of...

Repairs to the Seawall Road sinkhole to start before month-end

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Repairs to the Seawall Road sinkhole to start before month-end

Works on the Seawall Road sinkhole should start before the end of the month. Chief Roads and Bridges Officer, Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Ron Rahaman, told the Government Information Agency...

Chinese supermarket bandits nabbed; getaway motorcycle, stolen items retrieved

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese supermarket bandits nabbed; getaway motorcycle, stolen items retrieved

Swift thinking and good investigating has led to the capture of the two motorcycle bandits who robbed the “Good Life Supermarket” at Belevedere Village on Tuesday night. The men have been...

MASS KILLINGS IN SOCIETY MUST END

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on MASS KILLINGS IN SOCIETY MUST END

It is heart breaking listening to the news and reading the newspapers daily to see how the criminal element in the country continues to wreak havoc and pandemonium in our once paradise. The low...

Linden launches Exposition and Trade Fair 2017

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Linden launches Exposition and Trade Fair 2017

Under the theme “Linden the gateway for investment and opportunities; a window to our future developments” Linden Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Linden Enterprise Network launched the...

US$45M Chinese funding secured for East Demerara road expansion

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$45M Chinese funding secured for East Demerara road expansion

Residents between Better Hope and Belfield along the East Coast of Demerara can begin to look forward to reduced travel time and transport costs, and less traffic congestion as Government has secured...

Tourism potential explored in Linden

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tourism potential explored in Linden

Tour operators from Georgetown were given an opportunity to view the Linden community during a reconnaissance visit last Friday. They assembled at the Watooka Complex with the aim of boosting tourism...

Red House was ‘temporary location’ for CJRC – 2001 GIS article

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Red House was ‘temporary location’ for CJRC – 2001 GIS article

A 2001 Government Information Service (GIS) feature article written by then GIS Information Officer, Sheleeza Baksh, and published in the Sunday Chronicle contains information which contradicts the...

Parents protest deplorable state of Ituni Primary School

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parents protest deplorable state of Ituni Primary School

– selective pupils being taught elsewhere On Monday, the parents from the small logging community, Ituni, staged a protest over the deplorable state of the primary school in the area. The...

Guyana, Iran discuss possible ties in the area of infrastructure

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Iran discuss possible ties in the area of infrastructure

Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson met with the newly accredited Iranian Ambassador to Guyana, Mostafa Alaei on Wednesday to discuss possible collaborations...

Guyana in 2016; Repulsive, repugnant, repellant

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana in 2016; Repulsive, repugnant, repellant

It is expected that confusion will arise at the airport in a country going through the throes of civil war. There will be a mad rush to get out, the immigration officials will be overwhelmed and...

New tenant loses home in Cummings Lodge fire

Jan 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New tenant loses home in Cummings Lodge fire

Days after she rented a building at Fifth Field Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, 23-year-old trainee teacher, Maria Barjoan, returned home some time around noon yesterday to find her abode up in...

UG’s law programme is on wobbly legs

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on UG’s law programme is on wobbly legs

Behind every cloud there is a silver lining. Where there is a problem, there is always a solution. Where there is a problem there is always an opportunity. This is something that local entrepreneurs...

Man to stand trial in High Court for murder of “Junkie”

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man to stand trial in High Court for murder of “Junkie”

Magistrate Faith McGusty yesterday ruled that a prima facie case was established against Eustace Griffith, a man who is accused of stabbing a “Junkie” on July 4, 2016 at Hadfield Street,...

SARA is necessary and it has proven its worth

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on SARA is necessary and it has proven its worth

Dear Editor, Guyana will soon see the formal establishment of a major anti-corruption institution in the form of the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA). This will be made possible with the passage of...

I am still waiting on the Ministry of Housing to deliver

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am still waiting on the Ministry of Housing to deliver

Dear Editor, In May of 2015, my dream of becoming a homeowner was finally in sight when the Central Housing and Planning Authority called and told me that I had been selected for the award of a house...

I am in total disagreement with OP being painted in the colour, green

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am in total disagreement with OP being painted in the colour, green

Dear Editor, About ten or eleven years ago, when I went to work for an organization, it was very surprising to me as a new employee, that some employees who were there before would attend staff...

GECOM Chair imbroglio puts us in unchartered waters

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM Chair imbroglio puts us in unchartered waters

Dear Editor, I agree with the President’s rejection of the list sent to him by Opposition Leader, Mr Jagdeo. Mr Jagdeo must have known that his list was mostly partisan and that it flies in the...

The President should have chosen Mr. Latchmansingh

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President should have chosen Mr. Latchmansingh

Dear Editor, A government cannot gerrymander for the purpose of helping the majority party in parliament, a government rule within a framework of a Constitution. Thus what we are seeing today can see...

DR. ODLE, NICIL’s CHAIRMAN DID NOT CALL A PRESS CONFERENCE

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on DR. ODLE, NICIL’s CHAIRMAN DID NOT CALL A PRESS CONFERENCE

Dear Editor, I am forced to write to correct the statement in your edition of 31st December that I called a Press Conference the previous day and the “NICIL Chairman was a no show at his own Press...

Recurring flooding has to be blamed on the MoA/NDIA

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recurring flooding has to be blamed on the MoA/NDIA

Dear Editor, In a letter which appeared in the news media, engineer, Charles Ceres has opined that it was due to marginalization of the Afro-Guyanese communities there were adverse effects on the...