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More ICT Hubs for Berbice

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More ICT Hubs for Berbice

As Guyana forges its way to a vastly developing Information Technology Sector and to an era where almost everyone at some point will be technologically savvy, the government of the day has made it...

UMAMI penetrates Dominican market

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UMAMI penetrates Dominican market

Local manufacturing company, UMAMI Inc. has been able to successfully penetrate the Dominican market. This is according to its CEO and chemist, Chris Persaud. Persaud explained to Kaieteur News that...

CRIME AND DRUGS IN THE CARIBBEAN

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CRIME AND DRUGS IN THE CARIBBEAN

Recently, some countries in the English-speaking Caribbean have begun earning a reputation for their sharply rising crime rates. Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana are among the worst. Beyond...

Guyana pursuing global strategy to improve women and adolescent Health

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana pursuing global strategy to improve women and adolescent Health

Guyana is adopting the 15-year global blueprint on women, child and adolescent health which protects their physical and mental well-being and opens up economic and social opportunities, according to...

Nurse plunges in trench as cops, bandits trade bullets

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nurse plunges in trench as cops, bandits trade bullets

A nurse heading home after a tough day at work was forced to plunge into a trench for safety after police ranks in a mobile patrol and occupants in a car traded bullets on Friday night at Victor...

AG wants to amend Constitution to remove

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AG wants to amend Constitution to remove

JSC’s role in appointment of Deeds Registrar By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Attorney General Basil Williams is adamant that there is a flaw in the Constitution which is impeding on the doctrines of...

Launch of ‘Born Blue’ documentary

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Launch of ‘Born Blue’ documentary

-amplifies Guyana’s response to congenital heart defects The colour of a baby’s skin at birth is always an important factor. While most babies are born with a pink colour, there are others who...

International expert commences study on alternatives to pre-trial detention

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on International expert commences study on alternatives to pre-trial detention

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Wednesday met with Mr. Peter Pursglove for a briefing on the recently commissioned study on alternatives to pre-trial detention. Mr. Pursglove was...

GNIC: Celebrating a legacy of building and repairing ships for more than half-century

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GNIC: Celebrating a legacy of building and repairing ships for more than half-century

By Kiana Wilburg Entrenched in the arsenal of Guyana’s economic trials and tribulations, is the rich legacy of its maritime trade. Since the colonial era, seaborne activities have played a pivotal...

TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR REGION HAS A REFUGEE PROBLEM

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR REGION HAS A REFUGEE PROBLEM

Dear Editor, Allow me space please, to help me share this open call to David Granger, President, Chairman, of the Caribbean Community, as well as all leaders of nations within the CARICOM group....

Police ranks are dwelling in uncivilized conditions

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police ranks are dwelling in uncivilized conditions

Dear Editor, It was indeed very shocking to see the condition under which police officers dwell in at the Eve Leary Compound housing the Force Headquarters in your Monday 5th June 2017 edition front...

Alphabetical advice for us:

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Alphabetical advice for us:

Alphabetical advice for us: A B C Avoid Boring Company.. D E F Don’t Entertain Fools.. G H I Go for High Ideas . J K L M Just Keep a friend like ME.. N O P Never Overlook the Poor and suffering.. Q...

DENTAL HEALTH…BELL’S PALSY

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH…BELL’S PALSY

By Dr. Neromini Fagu It’s easy to take for granted some of the things that are automatically done by our body. Most of us don’t have to worry about the way our facial muscles work when we smile...

I prefer you call me African Guyanese not Black Guyanese

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I prefer you call me African Guyanese not Black Guyanese

Dear Editor, Historically the word black according to Frantz Fanon denotes evil, since white symbolizes justice, truth and virginity. Speaking through a third person Fanon noted: his body is black...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Vendors and shopkeepers must use approved weighing and measuring devices

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Vendors and shopkeepers must use approved weighing and measuring devices

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is mandated under the Weights and Measures Act of 1981 and its Amendment to ensure that all weighing and measuring devices used in commercial trade are...

Caricom youth ambassadors meet in Georgetown

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom youth ambassadors meet in Georgetown

Youth ambassadors from 13 Caricom countries assembled in Georgetown for the Annual Youth Forum. The forum opened with a cultural presentation at Umana Yana on Wednesday. Each country showcased its...

Sunday Cartoon

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

The President is entitled to determine what “fit and proper” means

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President is entitled to determine what “fit and proper” means

Dear Editor, The words in article 161(2) “not unacceptable to the President” are yet again trivialised – with brutish stupidity. With an accustomed degree of theoretical rhetoric with total...

The Carter Centre’s format for selecting the GECOM chairman is outdated

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Carter Centre’s format for selecting the GECOM chairman is outdated

Dear Editor, An impending visit to Guyana by a major delegation from the Trinidad Energy Chamber prompted an article in the Trinidad Guardian (Friday June 9 2017) captioned “Guyana: trouble...

“You studied long and hard just to be a teacher?”

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on “You studied long and hard just to be a teacher?”

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me some space to bring to the attention of the public an overlooked, under-appreciated profession. I had a conversation recently with a young lady I taught three subjects...

Teacher’s salaries for June, July and August have been withheld

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Teacher’s salaries for June, July and August have been withheld

Dear Editor, I wish to bring to the attention of the Ministry of Education, the Guyana Teachers Union and Guyana as whole, new developments that teachers in Region 5 are facing. The Regional...

Strategy and Framework for Financial Literacy…Developing Guyana’s Rural Economy through Financial Literacy

Jun 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Strategy and Framework for Financial Literacy…Developing Guyana’s Rural Economy through Financial Literacy

Dr. Terence Smith, Deputy Governor, Bank of Guyana Lack of financial literacy and financial inclusion in general are the main hurdles in expanding the coverage of financial services to the rural...

If he enters politics, he will easily get lost in translation

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on If he enters politics, he will easily get lost in translation

Dear Editor, From reading Freddie Kissoon, you know that he is a well-informed person, more a product of Western culture than his own Eastern origins. He is well versed with Western culture, picking...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…The National Tobacco Control Act offers protection to the public

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…The National Tobacco Control Act offers protection to the public

PAT DIAL Every year on 31st May, “World No Tobacco Day” is commemorated worldwide under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO). In Guyana, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)...

The baccoo Speaks

Jun 11, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The baccoo Speaks

There will be another bit of excitement when a crime unit announces more charges for some people already before the court. The charges would make for interesting reading, because people had been...

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