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GPL records 29% in losses for 2016

Jun 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL records 29% in losses for 2016

…delay in metering programme among reasons cited In 2016, the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) recorded combined losses of 29.2 per cent. This is according to the Public Utilities Commission...

Region seven small contractors briefed on state’s procurement process

Jun 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region seven small contractors briefed on state’s procurement process

Contractors in Region Seven, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, are the latest beneficiaries of the Ministry of Communities’ procurement and project implementation community workshop which was launched yesterday at...

ACM, Canadian High Commission launch informative booklets on Guyana’s Parliament

Jun 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ACM, Canadian High Commission launch informative booklets on Guyana’s Parliament

Intense debates on Bills and Motions, along with the sensational findings of the some parliamentary committees, are often highlighted in the media. But what seldom gets to be part of that spotlight...

‘Spiritualist’ arrested after PM reveals 8-yr-old was strangled

Jun 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Spiritualist’ arrested after PM reveals 8-yr-old was strangled

A woman who locks herself in a dilapidated house and prays all day, is the prime suspect in the death of eight-year-old Isaiah Smartt, whose body was pulled from a shallow drain on Tuesday night at...

Pomeroon farmers estimate 75% decrease in coconut production

Jun 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon farmers estimate 75% decrease in coconut production

Farmers of both upper and lower Pomeroon River continue to report an even greater challenge in combating the red palm mite (RPM) insects. Red Palm Mites damage the leaves of the coconut palms, thus...

GuySuCo set to harvest up to 8000 bags of paddy at Wales in Sept.

Jun 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo set to harvest up to 8000 bags of paddy at Wales in Sept.

Approximately 7000-8000 bags of seed paddy are set to be harvested at the Wales Estate in September. According to the Public Relations Unit of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), 200 acres are...

35th ICAC Conference, Day two…Finance Minister calls for prioritisation of cybercrime prevention measures

Jun 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 35th ICAC Conference, Day two…Finance Minister calls for prioritisation of cybercrime prevention measures

Finance Minister Winston Jordan has called for discussions on the adoption of systems to counteract cybercrime to be prioritised, as the 35th Annual Conference of the Institute of Chartered...

Cuban woman charged for immigration stamp forgery

Jun 24, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cuban woman charged for immigration stamp forgery

A Cuban woman was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $200,000 after she appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce. Barbara Davila denied the first of...

Detective testifies marijuana was found in rice bag

Jun 24, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Detective testifies marijuana was found in rice bag

…in trial of woman accused of drug trafficking Police Corporal Christopher Dharamraj testified that when he and a party of policemen swooped down on the Lot 92 Campbellville, Georgetown house...

Some people are not fit to be parliamentarians

Jun 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some people are not fit to be parliamentarians

Dear Editor, I watch the news often but was shocked and flabbergasted when I saw the recent behaviour of Minister Raphael Trotman in Parliament. In that debate Trotman’s behaviour towards former...

In search of cures for our self-inflicted wounds

Jun 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on In search of cures for our self-inflicted wounds

Dear Editor, Like the rest of the world Guyana has been changing as indeed it must to avoid being left behind in the globally competitive environment. In this context it is easy to lose sight of...

Crime against the elderly – its cause, cost and our response

Jun 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Crime against the elderly – its cause, cost and our response

Dear Editor, Life is not easy for the elderly in Guyana. The mini bus is reluctant to accept them as passengers; they meekly bear the primitive conditions offered as they wait their turn at post...

TERRIBLE CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAKING PLACE IN REGION 6

Jun 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on TERRIBLE CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAKING PLACE IN REGION 6

Dear Editor, Allow me some space in your newspaper to expose the mistreatment of animals. As a resident of the Central Corentyne area it is appalling to watch the inhuman treatment of animals...

GuySuCo is a like a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Jun 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo is a like a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) refers to a letter titled “GuySuCo is inviting sugar workers who feel misled to meet with management” which appeared in the...

The GRA’s explains why the Annual Report for 2015 not laid in Parliament

Jun 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GRA’s explains why the Annual Report for 2015 not laid in Parliament

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority wishes to respond to a recent letter from Sase Singh in the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News captioned “Why has the GRA’s Annual Report for 2015 not been...

Guyana’s educational system is a class structured one

Jun 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s educational system is a class structured one

Dear Editor, Your editorial about changing our education model was insightful. It’s difficult to implement change in the education system of Guyana and the Caribbean because the decision makers are...

Granger: I am not militarising the country

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Granger: I am not militarising the country

says PPP started tradition of appointing past and current army officials The administration has denied a deliberate plan to fill key state jobs with persons with army experience. Fielding questions...

GRA boss pulls in support of former cops for investigative dept.

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRA boss pulls in support of former cops for investigative dept.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has taken the decision to implement a crucial internal affairs department which would investigate staff members who are caught in certain “suspicious”...

Deadly prison attack on brothers stemmed from murder plot – prison official

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Deadly prison attack on brothers stemmed from murder plot – prison official

The New Amsterdam Prison brawl that turned deadly was allegedly fueled by an ongoing grievance. This is according to a Prison Official. Neshan Jagmohan, an inmate serving time for Murder was stabbed...

US$6M from World Bank to improve electronic cash transfers

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$6M from World Bank to improve electronic cash transfers

With critical technological advances being made every day, countries are forced to augment their current systems with these developments in order to better answer the calls being made by their...

Over 700 errant drivers nabbed by city’s CCTVs so far

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Over 700 errant drivers nabbed by city’s CCTVs so far

A total of 711 errant drivers have been charged due to the efficiency of the video surveillance of the Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras as compared to 487 in 2016. The figures represent the...

Bandits crash getaway car after robbing walking victim of Nike boots

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits crash getaway car after robbing walking victim of Nike boots

He came all the way from Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway to visit his kid’s mom at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. But the 20-year-old labourer never catered for being robbed of his expensive...

GRDB six to face trial in magistrates’ courts

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on GRDB six to face trial in magistrates’ courts

Six former high-ranking officials of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) who were slapped with fraud-related charges and placed on $500,000 bail each for failing to make a proper entry into a...

Health Ministry to rollout new drugs procurement system next week

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry to rollout new drugs procurement system next week

The administration is planning to launch a new drug procurement process next week to better manage its billions of dollars in stocks at the country’s hospitals and health centres. The new...

Guyana graduate when it come to thiefing

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Guyana graduate when it come to thiefing

These days everybody does talk about dem constitutional rights. Even Jagdeo get a man to go to court to claim how he constitutional rights affected because Jagdeo sign a law which seh he and no other...

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This must not be our hour of humiliation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There are moments in the history of nations when fate lays before them a choice not of... more