January 2017

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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...

The 1980 Constitution has served the interests of both PPP and PNC

Jan 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The 1980 Constitution has served the interests of both PPP and PNC

Dear Editor, The Burnham Constitution continues to reap havoc on the sensibilities on all those who love freedom and democracy in Guyana. The 1980 Constitution is riddled with dictatorship-like...

Local banks repeat foreign currency shortage claims

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local banks repeat foreign currency shortage claims

…but Central Bank insists otherwise Even though the Government and the Central Bank have said since last year that there is no shortage of foreign currency, consumers continue to experience a...

Guyana likely to get Law School by 2018

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana likely to get Law School by 2018

There has been an amplified call for the setting up of a local Law School over the past several years and finally the government of Guyana has made a concrete step in the direction of making such an...

$50M in medical supplies, equipment lost in Patentia blaze

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $50M in medical supplies, equipment lost in Patentia blaze

– arson suspected Fifty million dollars in consumable medical supplies were destroyed in a fire, suspected to be arson, at a bond in Patentia Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara, around 07:00...

GNBA headless and lost – Members

Jan 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA headless and lost – Members

The image of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) continues to go from bad to worse. Officials within the Authority told this newspaper yesterday that they are peeved at the fact that a...

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