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UG one year after new leadership

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on UG one year after new leadership

This month marks one year since the University of Guyana has been endowed with a brand new administration. I used the word, “administration” rather than administrator for two reasons; I do not...

Guyana, World Bank ink US$13.3M loan agreement to recapture UG Medical School accreditation

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, World Bank ink US$13.3M loan agreement to recapture UG Medical School accreditation

The Government of Guyana and the World Bank yesterday inked a US$13.3M loan agreement which is going to aid the University of Guyana (UG)’s School of Medicine in recapturing its full accreditation...

Govt. chips in with $2.5M for Washington-bound robotics team

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. chips in with $2.5M for Washington-bound robotics team

Guyana is set to field a team to the first International Robot Olympics for high school students scheduled for Washington D.C from July 16 to 28, 2017. There they will compete against 160 other...

GWI to install 40,000 meters by end of this year

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to install 40,000 meters by end of this year

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has announced plans to install some 40,000 meters by the end of this year in an effort to reduce Non-Revenue Water (NRW) across the country. The entity in its...

Lands COI…Granger tells Indigenous organisations govt. had no plans to exclude them

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lands COI…Granger tells Indigenous organisations govt. had no plans to exclude them

In an effort to address several issues which have been raised about the Lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI), representatives from a number of Indigenous Organisations met with President David Granger...

The new economic strategy

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The new economic strategy

The government has an economic strategy. The title of the strategy consists of a mere three words. Those words are NOT “the green state”. The words are “wait for oil”. The economic strategy...

Low income homes to be provided for squatters

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Low income homes to be provided for squatters

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) is currently engaging financial agencies, including the Inter-American Bank (IDB,) to secure funding for low cost housing. This is to assist persons...

PM lauds Carter Center for crucial role in Guyana’s political life

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PM lauds Carter Center for crucial role in Guyana’s political life

Jason Calder, country representative of the Carter Center, is wrapping up his stint in promoting transparency and multi- stakeholder cooperation in Guyana. During a meeting with Prime Minister Moses...

US$ transactions accounts for 94 percent of overall market activity

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$ transactions accounts for 94 percent of overall market activity

…as CARICOM currency transactions sees decline While the Bank of Guyana did not purchase any foreign currency, it sold a whopping US$7.2 million to commercial banks in the first quarter of 2017....

UG’s 10th Vice Chancellor to be officially installed next month

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG’s 10th Vice Chancellor to be officially installed next month

An investiture ceremony for the 10th Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana [UG] is slated for July 28, 2017. This disclosure was yesterday made by UG Registrar, Dr. Nigel Gravesande, at a press...

INTEGRITY

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on INTEGRITY

In Guyana, the behaviour or conduct by some in authority shows that they have very little integrity, which is defined as “the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles and moral...

First Lady lauds Miss World Guyana contestants for focusing on social issues

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady lauds Miss World Guyana contestants for focusing on social issues

First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, recently applauded the Miss World Guyana 2017 contestants for selecting complex social issues that are affecting Guyanese to be the focus for their “Beauty with a...

Granger rules out overseas person for GECOM Chairperson

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Granger rules out overseas person for GECOM Chairperson

President David Granger has ruled out considering appointing a foreigner to assume the position of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission. Granger was asked during an interview for his...

CEO reiterates position of allowing children into schools at 3 years 6 months

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CEO reiterates position of allowing children into schools at 3 years 6 months

While there are different views on the prescribed age which children should start school, Chief Education Officer (CEO) Marcel Hutson has said that he does not subscribe to the notion that children...

PUC orders six-month limit to GTT promotion

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PUC orders six-month limit to GTT promotion

…as Digicel complains of anti-competitive rates The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has ordered a six-month limit to a promotion of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) which began on...

Proper procurement planning needed in tendering process – NPTAB Chairman

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Proper procurement planning needed in tendering process – NPTAB Chairman

Chairman of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Berkeley Wickham noted yesterday that there needs to be proper procurement planning within the national procurement...

Family Court caters for applicants without attorneys

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Family Court caters for applicants without attorneys

– system can handle filings for divorce, other matters At the Family Court, persons desirous of initiating legal proceeding can walk into the Registry without an Attorney and file...

Overloaded heavy-duty vehicles on hinterland roads costing govt. large sums

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Overloaded heavy-duty vehicles on hinterland roads costing govt. large sums

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is again calling on vehicles using hinterland roads to adhere to the weight limits of the roads. Speaking with the Department of Public Information...

The magistrate was in order to refuse the DPP’s request

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The magistrate was in order to refuse the DPP’s request

Dear Editor, After some 56 years of obeying, unquestioningly, the orders of the DPP to reopen and commit for trial a discharged accused, some might consider the disobedience of Magistrate Latchman...

Georgetowners’ money going down a kingly toilet

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Georgetowners’ money going down a kingly toilet

Dear Editor, The citizens of Georgetown are expecting this developing story to be treated seriously since as was mentioned in my previous letters not only the mismanagement of municipal funds by this...

GuySuCo invites workers to meet with management at Head Office

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo invites workers to meet with management at Head Office

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuSuCo) has taken note that one of the Unions that represents a large section of our work force, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union...

Children should focus on subjects which will nurture their abilities

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Children should focus on subjects which will nurture their abilities

Dear Editor, Children should be allowed to focus on subjects for which their developed abilities are capable. Children are generally smart, but in Guyana this brilliance is influenced by the...

Something is fishy about this project

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is fishy about this project

Dear Editor, It is with interest I read an article captioned “Ministry seeks supplementary funding for GPL smart meter project published in your newspapers on Monday June 19th, 2017. From the onset...

Father’s Day has passed but let’s look at the state of our fathers

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Father’s Day has passed but let’s look at the state of our fathers

Dear Editor, Father’s Day just passed and the United Republican Party (URP) would first like to say how proud we are of the men who did not only fathered children but more so, parented those...

The real reasons why PPP Parliamentarians stood up

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The real reasons why PPP Parliamentarians stood up

Dear Editor, There needs to be corrections made in the media to reflect the real reason why Opposition Parliamentarians stood up in protest of the Speaker’s decision to silence one of their own....

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