March 2017

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Guyanese businessman removed from Interpol’s most wanted list

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese businessman removed from Interpol’s most wanted list

Guyanese businessman, 41-year-old Oudit Narain Seenarain’s name had appeared on the International Police (Interpol)’s most wanted list a few months ago. His name and photograph, along with those...

Dismal nursing exam results…Minister Lawrence demands sweeping policy changes to reverse trend

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dismal nursing exam results…Minister Lawrence demands sweeping policy changes to reverse trend

The recent re-sit of the 2016 Professional Nurses State Final examination, which was administered last month, will go down in the annals of history, but not for reasons that those within the health...

Agencies should publish annual reports of tax holidays granted, investment agreements – Committee

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Agencies should publish annual reports of tax holidays granted, investment agreements – Committee

The Tax Reform Committee (TRC), which was established by the Government, has recommended a number of ways in which the system governing tax holidays can be strengthened so as to prevent the abuses of...

BIT graduates 69 in Linden

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on BIT graduates 69 in Linden

Sixty Nine youths from Region Ten graduated Friday from the National Training Programme for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) executed by the Board of Industrial Training (BIT). The graduation which was held...

Arts, Tourism Extravaganza

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Arts, Tourism Extravaganza

The Roraima Duke Lodge was on Friday evening transformed into a gallery of the best that Guyana has to offer in the creative sector. There were more than 20 exhibits on show ranging from locally...

Blanhum for overseas training on cybercrime

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Blanhum for overseas training on cybercrime

Cabinet has granted approval for Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum, to attend the Caribbean stakeholders’ meeting in Cyber Security which will be held in Antigua and Barbuda on March 24. This was...

CDB to strengthen transparency with US$250,000

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CDB to strengthen transparency with US$250,000

The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved funding of US$250,000 to strengthen financial transparency, and assist in preventing the pulling out of Correspondent...

RUMOR-MONGERING

Mar 19, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on RUMOR-MONGERING

Guyana is a rumor-mongering society. Rumor-mongering is one of the mysteries of life that many find pleasure in doing. Fanned by the social media, rumor-mongering has been in constant over-drive in...

Digicel gets $27M contract to install police 911 system

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel gets $27M contract to install police 911 system

Telephone service provider, Digicel, has been awarded a $27M contract for the installation of the 911 business solution emergency service contract. This was announced by the Minister of State, Joseph...

Mother calls for investigation into daughter’s ‘questionable’ surgery

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mother calls for investigation into daughter’s ‘questionable’ surgery

Although it was the ugly sutures that caused Ms Kelsie Browne to question whether the doctor who operated on her daughter had done his work properly, it was however, his conflicting reason for the...

The Triumphs, Trials and Tribulations of Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Triumphs, Trials and Tribulations of Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry

By Kiana Wilburg In the space of the last 22 months, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has had its fair share of triumphs, trials and tribulations in defending Guyana’s sovereignty while promoting...

Bauxite mining: its social impact on Linden

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bauxite mining: its social impact on Linden

By Enid Joaquin Back in the days, this mining town many call home was not known as Linden, but Mackenzie. In those days, the name Mackenzie seemed synonymous with prosperity; the place that people...

“We want to give teeth to the Integrity Commission”

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “We want to give teeth to the Integrity Commission”

– Ramjattan responds to Jagdeo From all indications, the Coalition Government is moving full speed ahead with its proposal to amend the laws governing the Integrity Commission. On Thursday,...

Never ignore the first woman in your life

Mar 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Never ignore the first woman in your life

After 21 years of marriage, a wife wanted her husband to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said I Love You but I know this other woman loves you too and would love to spend some time...

Is karma catching up with Bharrat Jagdeo?

Mar 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is karma catching up with Bharrat Jagdeo?

Dear Editor, The PNC-Coalition thinks they have to jail Jagdeo. That is because even the staunchest of President Granger’s supporters will tell you, that if elections were held today, Jagdeo would...

The widespread failures in nursing examinations need investigating

Mar 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The widespread failures in nursing examinations need investigating

Dear Editor, I have been following with interest the dismal performance of trainee nurses at their final State Examinations. According to media reports, only twenty-three of the one hundred and...

APNU+AFC SUSPENDS PARKING METER CONTRACT TO BUY TIME

Mar 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU+AFC SUSPENDS PARKING METER CONTRACT TO BUY TIME

Dear Editor, APNU+AFC is now using kerfuffling as a dark art to trick people. The recent request to the M&CC to suspend the parking meter contract is a trick, hoping to buy time for the protests...

Smart City Solutions continues to defy our government

Mar 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Smart City Solutions continues to defy our government

Dear Editor, The MOVEMENT AGAINST PARKING METERS (MAPM) expresses its dissatisfaction and disgust that in spite of Central Government’s suspension of the parking meter by-laws, Smart City Solutions...

ORO-ANTRAL COMMUNICATION

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ORO-ANTRAL COMMUNICATION

By Dr. Neromini Fagu You may find it surprising to hear that your nasal passage is connected to your mouth. Have you ever drank something and then coughed violently or laughed really hard only to...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…HANSEN’S DISEASE (LEPROSY) IS CURABLE AND NON-HEREDITARY

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…HANSEN’S DISEASE (LEPROSY) IS CURABLE AND NON-HEREDITARY

PAT DIAL At the end of January, World Leprosy Day was observed worldwide and in Guyana, Dr Karen Cummings, Minister within the Public Health Ministry launched a month of activities on Sunday 29th...

We stand in solidarity with Latoya Nugent

Mar 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on We stand in solidarity with Latoya Nugent

Dear Editor, We stand in full solidarity with Latoya Nugent, co-founder of the Tambourine Army of Jamaica and executive director of WE-Change, who was arrested by members of the Counter-Terrorism and...

He is the best person to lead a third party is 2020

Mar 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on He is the best person to lead a third party is 2020

Dear Editor, I read the exchange between Christopher Ram and Tacuma Ogunseye about the coming of the third party and wasn’t surprised at the news. It was bound to happen. Once the AFC got overtaken...

Draft revised Code of Conduct still a bland document

Mar 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Draft revised Code of Conduct still a bland document

Dear Editor, The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) considers the Draft Revised Code of Conduct an improvement over the original version but still too bland and generalized to serve as an...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…STANDARD – PROTECTING OUR PRIVACY AND DATA

Mar 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…STANDARD – PROTECTING OUR PRIVACY AND DATA

As consumers and users of technology, we are often distracted by the amazing features of the Internet of Things that we don’t even take a minute to think about what this means for our privacy and...

Commonwealth Free Trade: a British straw man?

Mar 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Commonwealth Free Trade: a British straw man?

By Sir Ronald Sanders A Commonwealth Free Trade Area (FTA) would go down in India “like a lead balloon”. That’s the opinion of Indian Member of Parliament, Shashi Tharoor, as British...

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A Mid-Year Report is a report card not an audit

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(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram is right to demand accountability for the spending of public money. He is also right that figures are most useful when they tell a coherent story about what Government has spent, what it has achieved and what remains to be done. But to ask for all of these...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

The Guyana-China card- Pt 1

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(Kaieteur News) – In his 201st Oil and Gas column, the tireless Chris Ram, man of law and man of numbers, introduced a thought-provoking element in Guyana’s oil weaknesses and struggles. It’s one with explosive potential. One, if acted upon, that is sure to trigger some huge ripples...

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