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Regional Heads call for urgent meeting of COTED to address air transport issues

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Heads call for urgent meeting of COTED to address air transport issues

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have called for an urgent meeting of the Council for Trade and Development (COTED), to address air transport issues in particular, those that...

Elections Commission not functioning properly-PPP/C Commissioners

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Elections Commission not functioning properly-PPP/C Commissioners

By Brushell Blackman The operations of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have been criticized by the three People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) Commissioners at a recent press conference hosted...

Decision on future of Health Ministry PS this week- Harmon

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Decision on future of Health Ministry PS this week- Harmon

Government could announce a decision as early as this week on the future of Permanent Secretary, Trevor Thomas, at the Ministry of Public Health. Based on the three weeks of investigation in drug...

Guyana/Venezuela border controversy…Granger confident UN boss won’t overturn predecessor’s proposal

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana/Venezuela border controversy…Granger confident UN boss won’t overturn predecessor’s proposal

President David Granger on Friday said that Guyana is committed to working with neighbouring Venezuela to see the peaceful resolution of a decades-old border controversy. The President was at the...

NO PROPER DUE DILIGENCE

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on NO PROPER DUE DILIGENCE

There are serious misgivings by the government and state agencies in terms of hiring professionals and awarding contracts to companies. The same is true for City Hall, especially in the awarding of...

Guyana on right track financially – CDB director

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana on right track financially – CDB director

Guyana’s future is bright, and it is on the right economic path, according to the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Director of Economics, Dr. Justin Ram. Speaking at the bank’s annual news...

Bartica Remembers massacre victims nine years later

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica Remembers massacre victims nine years later

“We will forever remember those who were brutally taken away from us here in this very peaceful community” – Regional Chairman The ninth death anniversary of the 12 victims of the Bartica...

Watooka, South Amelia win Region Ten Children Mash

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Watooka, South Amelia win Region Ten Children Mash

Republic Avenue was transformed into a kaleidoscopic with iridescent colors as schools across Linden pulled out all the stops for the Region Ten Education Department and the Regional Mashramani...

Parking Meter Project adversely affecting economy-Goolsarran

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parking Meter Project adversely affecting economy-Goolsarran

Chartered Accountant and former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran, is of the firm conviction that the controversial parking meter project is adversely affecting the economy. He is also insisting that...

Guyanese man stabbed to death in Trinidad

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man stabbed to death in Trinidad

Joel Meshach Mentore, 29, was found stabbed to death in his home at Henderson Street, Chaguanas on Saturday, the Trinidad Express reported yesterday. Police suspect that Mentor was killed during a...

Did Ifa Cush vote to fire himself?

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Did Ifa Cush vote to fire himself?

Questions loom over makeup of Smart City Solutions Board of Directors The Board of Directors of Smart City Solutions (SCS), the company responsible for implementing the controversial parking meter...

Caribbean Institute to assist coconut processor groups in Guyana

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Institute to assist coconut processor groups in Guyana

The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) is collaborating with the International Trade Centre (ITC) to host a two-day training workshop on group strengthening for...

Ministry of Health takes HPV vaccine to schools

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Health takes HPV vaccine to schools

Students of the Anna Regina Secondary School (A.R.M.S) received their first vaccine against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). The exercise which is financed by the Ministry of Health, is aimed at...

Akeem Peters and Kerron Boston win ‘Race to the Altar’

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Akeem Peters and Kerron Boston win ‘Race to the Altar’

Akeem Peters and Kerron Boston were on Friday evening announced the winners of Roraima’s Wedding Expo ‘Race to the Altar’ at the end of a ceremony held at Roraima Duke Lodge, Kingston,...

Sueria Manufacturing Inc. to launch newest drink with three-day ‘fete’

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sueria Manufacturing Inc. to launch newest drink with three-day ‘fete’

Sueria Manufacturing Inc. has become a household name. It is a company known for giving the public what it needs and this has ranged from offering customers healthy juices for young children or...

Sunday Cartoon

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

The recent GPL shutdown was just waiting to happen

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The recent GPL shutdown was just waiting to happen

Dear Editor, I wrote late last year about the need to break up the current structure of both the GPL and Guysuco, but you did not apparently have space to publish that letter. Today I shall...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…PRODUCT MONITORING PROTECTS CONSUMERS

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…PRODUCT MONITORING PROTECTS CONSUMERS

Monitoring for compliance to standards is essential to protect consumers from harmful, defective and unsafe products. The use of quality products gives users a great level of satisfaction when they...

Answers demanded for cheques written to ghost suppliers

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Answers demanded for cheques written to ghost suppliers

Dear Editor, It was appalling to read of financial irregularities at the Region 6 RDC (‘$72M in cheques written to ghost suppliers ‘ KN Feb15 2017).The person with the relevant responsibility for...

Juan Edghill rejects Minister David Patterson’s explanation

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Juan Edghill rejects Minister David Patterson’s explanation

Dear Editor, We refer to the articles, “Edghill’s figures on Wartsilla are grossly inaccurate” in Stabroek News, “Minister David Patterson responds to Juan Edghill” in Kaieteur News and...

COVENANT WITH THE GREEN MONSTER

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on COVENANT WITH THE GREEN MONSTER

Dear Editor, It must be considered that both previous and current administrations have not played a significant role in implementing relevant solutions for young people graduating from the university...

Brotherhood

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Brotherhood

Ram received an automobile from his brother as a birthday present. One day when Ram came out of his office, he saw a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. “Is this your...

Donald Ramotar replies to Minister Bulkan on Guysuco

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Donald Ramotar replies to Minister Bulkan on Guysuco

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to a letter by Mr. Ronald Bulkan, Minister of Communities, in which he accused me of making baseless statements in relation to the government’s payment to BK...

DENTAL HEALTH…TEMPORARY FILLINGS

Feb 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH…TEMPORARY FILLINGS

By Dr. Neromini Fagu A temporary filling is just that, a filling that is placed for a very short period of time to serve a particular purpose. Generally, temporary fillings tend to wear more quickly...

My critique of Nigel Hinds’ criticism of Clive Thomas

Feb 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on My critique of Nigel Hinds’ criticism of Clive Thomas

Dear Editor, The PPP has gotten away with a lot in Guyana, because of our collective instincts to think in binary terms – us versus them. There is an unwillingness to engage complexity. The PPP...

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