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Draft SWF policy languishes at Ministry of Finance

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Draft SWF policy languishes at Ministry of Finance

The hold-up in the delivery of the policy to govern the establishment of a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) is not with the Ministry of Natural Resources. Kaieteur News understands that the Bill is in the...

FAMINE RAVAGING AFRICA AGAIN

Mar 17, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on FAMINE RAVAGING AFRICA AGAIN

Throughout history, Africa has been ravaged by drought and famine, both of which have essentially become integral parts of everyday living on the continent. Harvests have been ruined and people and...

CH&PA engages police ranks on housing solutions

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA engages police ranks on housing solutions

Seven hundred and sixty-eight families are expected to be housed in the first phase of the implementation of government’s’ new housing programme. Members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) are...

Third ‘Mock’ Exam to be administered ahead of 2017 NGSA sitting – Education CEO

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Third ‘Mock’ Exam to be administered ahead of 2017 NGSA sitting – Education CEO

This year’s sitting of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) is slated to for April 12 and 13. However, Chief Education Officer (ag), Mr. Marcel Hutson, has disclosed that even before...

The lessons of the anti-parking meter protest

Mar 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The lessons of the anti-parking meter protest

The Government has announced its recommendation to City Council that the parking meter contract be suspended for three months. Why three months is a mystery. Even if you are a fanatical supporter of...

Cops unable to locate ex-soldier facing rape charge

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops unable to locate ex-soldier facing rape charge

-attorney promises to produce him in court today A former Guyana Defence Force corporal is to be charged for the alleged rape last January of a female at Camp Stephenson, located at Timehri, East...

Renovated ‘Customs House’ almost ready for Bureau of Statistics

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Renovated ‘Customs House’ almost ready for Bureau of Statistics

Finishing touches to what was formerly known as Customs House are almost completed, with the Bureau of Statistics expected to soon move in. This is after major renovations of over $123M that started...

Righting the economy and wronging the people

Mar 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Righting the economy and wronging the people

The economy is in a tailspin. An economic free fall is likely to follow. This is inevitable and unavoidable. The government does not seem worried. To its credit it is not in panic mode. It has...

GCCI maintains commitment to ensuring a thriving economy

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI maintains commitment to ensuring a thriving economy

By Murtland Haley The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday reiterated its commitment to ensuring that Guyana has a thriving economy. Expressing the entity’s support in this regard...

Transparency group calls for greater oversight with govt. contracts

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Transparency group calls for greater oversight with govt. contracts

Transparency Institute Guyana Incorporated (TIGI) is calling for more stringent measures to address issues of collusion in the awarding of government contracts. At a roundtable discussion in the...

Private Sector calls out SARU CEO on accuracy of statement

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector calls out SARU CEO on accuracy of statement

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU), Aubrey Heath-Retemyer, has said on numerous occasions that the concerns of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) regarding the...

Ministry launches US$8M Maternal and Child Health project

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry launches US$8M Maternal and Child Health project

– intended to arrest infant and maternal mortality Aimed at arresting the scourge of infant and maternal mortality, the Ministry of Public Health yesterday launched a strategic US$8 million...

Man charged for accident that claimed friend’s life

Mar 17, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man charged for accident that claimed friend’s life

– placed on $400,000 bail A 22-year-old man was on Wednesday placed on $400,000 bail after he appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on charges of...

Canal No. 1 beating…Police say vigilantism reports were “exceedingly erroneous”

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Canal No. 1 beating…Police say vigilantism reports were “exceedingly erroneous”

Over the past couple of days, a number of media entities in the country have been reporting that the Phagwah night beating of two men in Canal No. 1, West Bank Demerara, was a racially motivated...

‘Inflammatory tirades’ can foster distrust, foment disorder

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Inflammatory tirades’ can foster distrust, foment disorder

-President Granger warns “Social Cohesion is essential for everyone’s existence.” This was the assertion made yesterday by President David Granger, who issued a stern warning against persons...

Fraudsters posing as GRA, GLDA staffers; collecting monies

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fraudsters posing as GRA, GLDA staffers; collecting monies

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has warned of receiving a number of reports from taxpayers within Region 3 (Essequibo Islands/West Demerara), Region 4 (Demerara/Mahaica), Region 5...

Oil industry boost…Mexico experts to train Guyanese workers, create country policy

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Oil industry boost…Mexico experts to train Guyanese workers, create country policy

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, yesterday signed a number of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the Mexican Institute of Petroleum (IMP) to build capacity in the emerging oil and...

Former banker is AHI Chairman

Mar 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former banker is AHI Chairman

Government has named former banker, Hewley Nelson, as new Chairperson of Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI), the company that owns Marriott. According to a recent publication of the Official Gazette, also...

This Minister should be removed from her current portfolio

Mar 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This Minister should be removed from her current portfolio

Dear Editor, Some may say it’s hard to judge a book by its cover, but oftentimes after a few chapters it gets easier to get a feel for the story. It has been close to two years now that the...

Region 3 administration has to move forward quickly

Mar 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Region 3 administration has to move forward quickly

Dear Editor, George Jervis was a PPP Government aligned public servant. His approach to the agricultural policies of this government was open to question. He carried his ways of doing things, as he...

Presidential immunity does not cover all of Jagdeo’s actions

Mar 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Presidential immunity does not cover all of Jagdeo’s actions

Dear Editor, In a letter in Kaieteur News dated March 12, 2017 and captioned, “Mr. Jagdeo has constitutional immunities”, ex AG Mr, Anil Nandlall said “A former president who has constitutional...

Some of Nandlall’s colleagues enriched themselves

Mar 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some of Nandlall’s colleagues enriched themselves

Dear Editor, When, reading for the Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) at UWI there is an optional course or subject called “Law of Trusts”. Many students opt not to take it because it is not as easy a...

Minister Harmon’s contention is playing into the PPP’s hands

Mar 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Harmon’s contention is playing into the PPP’s hands

Dear Editor, Handling of the issue into the Sparendaam Pradoville 2 investigation would best serve the society should it be dealt with from the position of the rule of law (i.e. universal principles)...

Guyana must have reconciliation if it is to survive

Mar 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana must have reconciliation if it is to survive

Dear Editor, Guyana is badly in need of a Racial unity and Reconciliation Government. Justice Reform and Democracy Party [JRDP] believes that chasing wrongdoers of the previous government, is a waste...

Need for national consultations on the sugar industry

Mar 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Need for national consultations on the sugar industry

Dear Editor, I should be grateful if you would kindly publish in your newspaper this open letter of appeal to the governing authorities, represented by the Executive Government and the Parliamentary...