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Linden-Lethem road construction now on the cards

Feb 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Linden-Lethem road construction now on the cards

Construction for the first phase of the Linden-Lethem Road Project is expected to commence without a hitch as the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the UK Government work closely towards its...

Lama, Warimina Guest houses to be rehabilitated

Feb 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lama, Warimina Guest houses to be rehabilitated

During the opening of tender yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), 13 contractors vied for the contract to rehabilitate the Guesthouse at Lama, located at the...

Public Health Ministry provides Regions with primary drugs

Feb 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public Health Ministry provides Regions with primary drugs

-in attempt to address drug shortage Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, has disclosed that the Administrative Regions across the country have received 60 percent of their primary drug needs...

High court trial for accused in Robb Street fiery murders

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on High court trial for accused in Robb Street fiery murders

The two men who are accused of killing two sisters and their father in a fire at their Robb Street, Georgetown home, will go on trial in the High Court. Ganga Krishna, 72, a businessman of Lot 11...

‘10 Charities in 10 Days’ as Digicel celebrates 10th anniversary

Feb 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘10 Charities in 10 Days’ as Digicel celebrates 10th anniversary

Digicel will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on February 14 and has kicked off this milestone by giving back. The cell phone giant will be visiting 10 special needs schools and orphanages...

NAREI, PROPEL take Irish Potato trials to Santa Fe, Little Biaboo

Feb 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on NAREI, PROPEL take Irish Potato trials to Santa Fe, Little Biaboo

Five different varieties of Irish potatoes will be cultivated on trial at Santa Fe Mega Farm, Region Nine, through a partnership between the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute...

VAT! VAT! VAT!

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on VAT! VAT! VAT!

The New Year has brought with it a deluge of taxes on the Guyanese consumers. Those who presumed that the only new taxes which they would have been required to pay in 2017 were VAT on water and...

No electricity, poor roads, drainage at Kilcoy/Chesney

Feb 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on No electricity, poor roads, drainage at Kilcoy/Chesney

For many, especially young couples, owning their home is at the top of their bucket list but having the basic necessities such as light, water and proper roads may not necessarily come with the...

No VAT on CJIA charges

Feb 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on No VAT on CJIA charges

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport will not charge the 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on the airport security fees nor will it increase the current car park fees by 14%, from today. Ramesh...

Listening to Gail Teixeira is not for the faint-hearted

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Listening to Gail Teixeira is not for the faint-hearted

Leonard Gildharie was listening to Gail Teixeira’s parliamentary speech on Monday, and I was right next to him. I then turned to him and said that if someone came from another planet and heard...

East Canje man hospitalized after car topples

Feb 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje man hospitalized after car topples

A 23-year-old man is said to be in a stable condition at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was involved in an accident yesterday. Rovin Behari, of Fort Ordinance Housing Scheme, East Canje,...

More people making use of decentralized passport service

Feb 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More people making use of decentralized passport service

Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, has said that more persons are now able to access passports and other civic documents since the service was decentralized. Felix explained that the government...

Ruling looms in Tucville driveway fatal shooting

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ruling looms in Tucville driveway fatal shooting

Following closing submissions by Police Prosecutor Christopher Morrison, February 7, has been set for ruling on a prima facie case in the preliminary inquiry (PI) for which Robert Benn, a businessman...

Former murder accused to be tried for Travis Rudder’s murder

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Former murder accused to be tried for Travis Rudder’s murder

Former murder accused, Orpheus Johnson, has been committed to stand trial in the High Court for the June 2015 murder of Travis Rudder, who was also a former murder accused. Yesterday, City Magistrate...

An open letter to President David Granger

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to President David Granger

Dear Editor, This missive here takes the form of an open letter to Mr. Granger. As a citizen of Guyana and like most of us, I am dissatisfied, disappointed, and to a point fed up with the way...

Why didn’t the Prime Minister refuse his salary increase?

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why didn’t the Prime Minister refuse his salary increase?

Dear Editor, “He that bringeth his case first seemeth just until it is carefully examined”, proverbs 18:17. The above proverb is applicable to the press release purportedly coming from the office...

Guyana is the land of the mindless

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is the land of the mindless

Dear Editor, I am a founding and executive member of the Caribbean Chapter of the Network in Defense of Humanity. This Network brings together progressive and revolutionary individuals, parties and...

Quoting the Bible in explaining article 161 of the Constitution

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Quoting the Bible in explaining article 161 of the Constitution

Dear Editor, This is my final letter on the dispute in relation to the GECOM chairmanship. Anil Nandlall’s argument about, precedents as to past practice of former Opposition Leader, and, President...

Petroleum Industry: Environment Impact Question is absent

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Petroleum Industry: Environment Impact Question is absent

Dear Editor, This “Oil Shout” reminds me of the era of the Kurupung gold rush and pork knockers with sweet stories of their experiences but broken dreams on the trails and rivers back home....

An illegal rum shop where violence and death wait

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An illegal rum shop where violence and death wait

Dear Editor, We wish to bring to the attention of the Minister of Public Security and the Head of the Guyana Revenue Authority the harm of illegal rumshops along the roadways of the West Coast...

The job hierarchy in the public service is very interesting

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The job hierarchy in the public service is very interesting

Dear Editor, A review of the first National Estimates passed in Parliament in 2016 showed an interesting catergorisation of the job hierarchy in the Public Service. Of particular interest is the...

The political depravities of Guyana’s political parties

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The political depravities of Guyana’s political parties

Dear Editor, I would like to add some notes to the editorial of Monday, January 30 of the Stabroek News; they should be of interest to Guyanese wherever they are. In that editorial you observed that:...

Under the PPP, the working class has been destroyed

Feb 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Under the PPP, the working class has been destroyed

Dear Editor, Mr Hydar Ally’s letter published in Stabroek News, Wednesday January 25, captioned, ‘No confusion about PPP’s ideological orientation’ and in the Kaieteur News of Friday January...

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