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City’s water supply almost normal again after electrical fault

May 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City’s water supply almost normal again after electrical fault

An electrical fault that disrupted the city’s water supply has been fixed. According to the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), the three-day disruption largely affected Central Georgetown, with...

Freedom of movement lends to sustained health risks – Minister Lawrence

May 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Freedom of movement lends to sustained health risks – Minister Lawrence

Guyana’s vast borders coupled with the freedom of movement of especially the peoples of the Amazons have contributed to Guyana being faced with the ever-growing threat of the introduction of new...

GFC still short listing companies for logging lands

May 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GFC still short listing companies for logging lands

– Cabinet to receive report by mid-June While the Board of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) continues to evaluate over 17 companies that have applied to make use of the 1.6M hectares of...

Production to come under the microscope with Agriculture census

May 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Production to come under the microscope with Agriculture census

In an effort to fully understand the state of Guyana’s agriculture sector, the state is currently in the preparatory stage for its first agriculture census in over 65 years. Speaking with Chief...

Clinical instructors key element to help improve nursing training

May 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Clinical instructors key element to help improve nursing training

Clinical instructors have a crucial role to play in the quest to improve nursing education. It is for this reason that those within the Health Education department of the Ministry of Public Health...

Tighter security at City Court in wake of violent attacks by prisoners

May 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tighter security at City Court in wake of violent attacks by prisoners

The sharp rise in violent displays by prisoners from minor disturbances and death threats being hurled at police ranks has prompted tighter security at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. This...

Why is Minister Trotman keeping this monstrosity alive?

May 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is Minister Trotman keeping this monstrosity alive?

Dear Editor, I penned this letter with great concern as the President of the Karrau Mining Syndicate. In May 2016 we made application for some lands in Kurubrang. After much pushing around and many...

Freddie Kissoon played a major role in Kaieteur News’ survival

May 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon played a major role in Kaieteur News’ survival

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Mr. Nigel Hinds that was published in both the Kaieteur News and Guyana Chronicle on May 25th, 2017 under the following captions, “Enumeration of Freddie...

Public employment addressed by COI in the Public Service

May 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public employment addressed by COI in the Public Service

Dear Editor, The Report of the Commission of Inquiry in the Public Service (COI), 2016 addresses employment and related issues in the Public Service. The many recommendations from COI aim at...

DENTAL HEALTH…POCKET REDUCTION SURGERY – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

May 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH…POCKET REDUCTION SURGERY – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

By Dr. Neromini Fagu Gum disease exits in two forms, gingivitis and periodontitis. Most of us know we have gingivitis when we see our gums become puffy and bleed easily by the slightest provocation....

In the exchange between Hinds and Kissoon, please note …

May 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on In the exchange between Hinds and Kissoon, please note …

Dear Editor, I felt compelled to send this letter after reading the exchanges between Freddie Kissoon and Nigel Hinds. I am not surprised at Nigel’s attitude. I was very concerned when he...

The many errors in the Norway-Guyana MoU

May 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The many errors in the Norway-Guyana MoU

Dear Editor, Given that the Norway-Guyana MoU was for 2009-2015, a historical look backwards at a few of the many errors in that MoU and associated Joint Concept note is perhaps less useful and...

The Environmental Protection Agency does not protect victims

May 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Environmental Protection Agency does not protect victims

Dear Editor, Can one of the media house pay a visit to the sawmills on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway? There have been reports that some of the employees at one of the facilities were taken to the...

Guyana lacks servant-leaders in every sphere of national life

May 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana lacks servant-leaders in every sphere of national life

Dear Editor, We have only just celebrated the 51st anniversary of Independence which came 179 years after Emancipation in 1838. Hence, we have had a first transformation (emancipation which meant no...

Call for Minister Ramjattan to intervene in this situation

May 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Call for Minister Ramjattan to intervene in this situation

Dear Editor, In the Amerindian community of St. Deny, Tapakuma, Region 2, a second meeting, to elect a chairman and committee of the newly formed Community Policing Group was recently held. This...

Memories of Carnegie School of Home Economics

May 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Memories of Carnegie School of Home Economics

Dear Editor, How lovely to hear that the Carnegie School of Home Economics is still alive and well. The 2-year day student graduates were snapped up by the expatriate households and earned an...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Codex – Established to provide food standards globally

May 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Codex – Established to provide food standards globally

In 1962, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) was born. Its purpose was to be the body responsible for implementing the Joint Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) / World Health Organisation...

The Strategy and Framework for Financial Literacy in Guyana

May 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Strategy and Framework for Financial Literacy in Guyana

Dr. Terence Smith, Deputy Governor, Bank of Guyana Vision, goals and objectives To support consumers’ financial empowerment, governments and relevant stakeholders in many countries have established...

The Puruni Road has become a virtual, living nightmare

May 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Puruni Road has become a virtual, living nightmare

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your column to express the distress and the plight of miners who contribute significantly to the G.D.P. of this country. We pay a lot of royalties to the GGMC,...

The alternative for the closure of Guyana’s sugar estates is HEMP

May 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The alternative for the closure of Guyana’s sugar estates is HEMP

Dear Editor, I have has carefully looked at the situation which is now engaging the Cabinet and the members of the Hemp Association. We are literally at the crossroads on this matter. Hemp – from...

A learning process

May 28, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on A learning process

I’ve learned- that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. I’ve learned – that no matter how much I care, some people just...

Sunday Cartoon

May 28, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

CONSUMER CONCERNS…INDEPENDENCE DAY, 2017 – A BUILDING BLOCK FOR NATIONAL UNITY

May 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…INDEPENDENCE DAY, 2017 – A BUILDING BLOCK FOR NATIONAL UNITY

PAT DIAL In colonial Guyana the Governmental Authorities arranged it that in almost every month there would be a public holiday. The raison d’etre of these several holidays was religious such as...

Independence, impartiality and integrity

May 28, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Independence, impartiality and integrity

By HE David Granger The Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana – the supreme law – protects and preserves the independence, impartiality and integrity of the Judicature. Guyana is a...

CONNED! (Bandits, pandits, and P.T. Barnum)

May 28, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CONNED! (Bandits, pandits, and P.T. Barnum)

By Dennis Nichols Our country folk may or may not be the most gullible people in the world, but some of us are right up there with American showman P.T. Barnum’s suckers that are ‘born every...