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Team effort catered to efficient health response to flood hit-regions

Jun 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Team effort catered to efficient health response to flood hit-regions

…few cases of skin infections, diarrhoeal cases contained A multi-sectoral approach to tackling the recent flood situation in Regions Seven and Eight was the main factor that led to a...

Trump’s head: Dangerous, deadly moment in politics

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Trump’s head: Dangerous, deadly moment in politics

CNN has fired comedian, Cathy Griffin, who appeared on television with a mock-up head of President Trump with blood all over the image. It was a morbid joke that typified the madness that passes...

Police accused of foot-dragging

Jun 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police accused of foot-dragging

The Number 51 Police Station and its ranks have once again come under heavy scrutiny after a couple of Number 57 Village, Corentyne, Berbice made a report of an alleged beating by a fellow villager....

Accused pleads guilty, gets 12 years for killing teen girlfriend

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Accused pleads guilty, gets 12 years for killing teen girlfriend

When he was just a teenager, Joshua Baveghems was accused of brutally murdering his girlfriend, Angela Mc Allister. Yesterday, he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter after appearing...

THE GET-RICH MINDSET

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE GET-RICH MINDSET

It seems that the job of a Member of Parliament (MP) in Guyana is not too difficult because most MPs have a second and perhaps a third job. Some work very hard to add tremendous value to Parliament...

Ramjattan: Fishermen must also take steps to protect themselves

Jun 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan: Fishermen must also take steps to protect themselves

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has renewed his call for fishermen to protect themselves against pirates. This is in light of the recent piracy attack at the mouth of the Waini River,...

The people have a better government than they deserve

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The people have a better government than they deserve

It is said that the people get the government they deserve. This statement is a falsehood. The government is much better than the people they serve. If governments were to do what the people wanted...

Improved performances anticipated with teachers’ exposure to CPD

Jun 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Improved performances anticipated with teachers’ exposure to CPD

The Ministry of Education through its training arm, the National Centre for Educational Research Development [NCERD] has not been taking its responsibility lightly. This is particularly evident by...

Presidential Advisor’s driver dies after motorcycle accident

Jun 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential Advisor’s driver dies after motorcycle accident

A former Guyana Defence Force soldier, employed as driver for retired Brigadier Edward Collins, Advisor to President David Granger, is now dead after he was struck off his motorcycle by a motor car....

Murder accused started Juvenile Holding Centre fire

Jun 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused started Juvenile Holding Centre fire

– cops boost security at facility, …10 transferred to Grove Police Two 16-year-old boys, who are facing murder charges, allegedly started last Monday’s fire at the Juvenile Holding Centre,...

No truth to resignation reports –says Minister Norton

Jun 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on No truth to resignation reports –says Minister Norton

…ready to help alleviate problems of flooding residents After two weeks of sick leave, Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton, has returned to work. He returned to his office at the...

Duo sentenced to 15 years each for killing taxi driver

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo sentenced to 15 years each for killing taxi driver

Two accused persons have been sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for killing taxi driver Dhanraj Latchman. Latchman was murdered during the furtherance of a robbery. The incident occurred at...

Venezuelans seek refuge in Guyana, fined for illegal entry

Jun 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelans seek refuge in Guyana, fined for illegal entry

Three Venezuelan nationals were yesterday ordered to pay fines of $30,000 each or serve four weeks in jail for entering Guyana illegally. Marlon Atwell, 20; his step mother, Yennifer Bolivar and Iris...

‘Shadow’ charged with murdering senior citizen

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Shadow’ charged with murdering senior citizen

A labourer of Springlands, Upper Corentyne had his freedom cut short after he appeared at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court to answer to a murder charge. Lincoln Odel alias ‘Shadow’, 29, stood...

Goldminer remanded over uncle’s raw gold -court hears

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Goldminer remanded over uncle’s raw gold -court hears

Thirty two-year-old Sherwin Saul was remanded to prison after allegedly defrauding his uncle of eight ounces, three pennyweights of raw gold. Saul, a gold miner, of West Coast Berbice, pleaded not...

Guyana needs a Youth literacy Officer

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs a Youth literacy Officer

Dear Editor, “Continuous intelligence- not effort or strength- is the key to unlocking our potential” Education is the process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through study and training....

Clement Rohee says the President will find himself in pickle

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clement Rohee says the President will find himself in pickle

Dear Editor, The wheel has turned a full circle and it is back where it actually started. I refer to the turmoil to identify a Chairman for GECOM. It is to be recalled that the President had...

GuySuCo’s achievements; June 2015-May 2017

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo’s achievements; June 2015-May 2017

Dear Editor, The multi-million dollar, inelegant IMC of GuySuCo has completed 2 years in office and it will be remiss of me not to enumerate its many achievements that the committee recorded. My...

Nipping the drug habit while it is in bloom

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nipping the drug habit while it is in bloom

Dear Editor, Why am I not surprised to read that the drug culture has now taken root in Guyana big time? In 1983, a much younger Guyanese work colleague told me that she had spent her entire weekend...

Tax officials say better facilities coming soon to the public

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tax officials say better facilities coming soon to the public

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has noted the letter in the media in which the writer related the long wait he/she endured to purchase his/her motor vehicle licence. The writer also...

Guyana Revenue Authority defends its used tyre policy

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Revenue Authority defends its used tyre policy

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority wishes to respond to a Peeping Tom article published in the Kaieteur News on Saturday, June 3, 2017 captioned “Triple Whammy”. Peeping Tom made some...

The Speaker must adhere to the rules of Parliament

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Speaker must adhere to the rules of Parliament

Dear Editor, Page 234 of the Erskine May’s Parliamentary Practice states “The chief characteristics attaching to the Office of Speaker in the House of Commons are authority and impartiality.”...

Mark Benschop warns Guyana to be aware of false prophets

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mark Benschop warns Guyana to be aware of false prophets

Dear Editor, There seems to have been a miraculous rebirth of the “Bishop” Juan Edghill, and I’m not sure in which part of the world he’s been living in for the past 23 years of PPP’s...

Higher retirement age recommended for public servants by the CoI

Jun 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Higher retirement age recommended for public servants by the CoI

Dear Editor, The Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service of Guyana (CoI) 2016, under the Chairmanship of Professor Harold Lutchman, referred to the current retirement age of 55 years, and with...

FIU to register diamond dealers in anti-money laundering clampdown

Jun 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on FIU to register diamond dealers in anti-money laundering clampdown

Diamond dealers are facing increased scrutiny now with authorities moving to ensure that they fall under newly enacted, tougher regulations that targets money laundering. The Financial Intelligence...

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Choosing between bad and worse

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- I’ve always had an aversion to elections, which I suppose is natural for someone who... more