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GPL urged to review tariff structure to avoid reduced profit for 2017

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL urged to review tariff structure to avoid reduced profit for 2017

Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has been encouraged by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to review its tariff structure, so as to prevent recording reduced profit for 2017. This recommendation was...

Public health workers get training to deal with diabetic complication

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public health workers get training to deal with diabetic complication

Diabetes is a disease that can cause a great deal of complications if not properly treated. Among the complications that health workers have had to battle with are those that affect the eyes. This is...

Swiss Machinery hosts successful Diesel Expo

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Swiss Machinery hosts successful Diesel Expo

In a bid to enlighten Guyanese on how to protect and preserve their diesel engines, Swiss Machinery hosted a ‘One Stop Diesel Exposition’ last Saturday at the Georgetown Club. The intention of...

Guyana to augment Diaspora benefits with support from Mexico

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to augment Diaspora benefits with support from Mexico

-move comes through UG renaissance project Mexico, through the University of Guyana [UG], is prepared to share its experiences with Guyana so that it can be in a better position to tap into its...

Improvised weapons, drugs, other items found at N/A prison raid

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Improvised weapons, drugs, other items found at N/A prison raid

A raid executed by law enforcement authorities at the New Amsterdam Prison over the weekend found several improvised weapons, a quantity of drugs, along with other illegal items. According to a...

The importance of medians must be emphasised

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The importance of medians must be emphasised

Guyana roadways are a death trap. The high levels of societal indiscipline and the poor design of the road system make the roadways accident-prone. Guyana has a double problem when it comes to road...

E’bo Lions recognise long-serving members

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo Lions recognise long-serving members

The Lions Club of Essequibo Coast on Saturday installed its new Board of Directors for the fiscal year of 2017- 2018 as it completed its 25th year of service to that Region Two area. At the...

BOG remains optimistic about Guyana’s economic growth

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on BOG remains optimistic about Guyana’s economic growth

Despite the fact that the global economic growth is projected at 3.5 percent, Bank of Guyana is still optimistic that Guyana’s economy will grow by 3.8 percent. Bank of Guyana’s outlook for the...

Guyana mulls joining independent group that probes aviation accidents

Jun 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana mulls joining independent group that probes aviation accidents

Guyana is currently hosting the second meeting of the Caribbean Accident and Incident Investigation Organisation (CARAIO) which started yesterday and ends Friday. The event, being held at the Guyana...

The acceptance of the legacy of Walter Rodney can purify the politics of Guyana

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The acceptance of the legacy of Walter Rodney can purify the politics of Guyana

Dear Editor, In letters to the editors of Kaieteur News and another daily, by Minette Bacchus, dated June 15 and June 18, 2017 respectively, and with captions “This is a Dictatorial Party Whose...

G/T City Council always put the cart before the horse

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on G/T City Council always put the cart before the horse

Dear Editor, It has been reported in the press that the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown have given themselves or the so called Parking Meter Committee an additional month to complete...

My thoughts on two sports items and one on politics

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on My thoughts on two sports items and one on politics

Dear Editor, There were two sport items which appeared in KN Friday, June 23 2017 edition, that caught my attention. The first, it was a red letter day with the admission to full test playing status...

The Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce is at work

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce is at work

Dear Editor, The Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) welcomes the announcement made on Tuesday, June 20th via a press release by Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the...

Six important facts to know about ethanol replacing sugar

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Six important facts to know about ethanol replacing sugar

Dear Editor, We need to understand the math of the situation when we look at ethnol as a replacement for sugar; at a yield of 26 tons of cane per acre and 2 tons sugar per acre @ US$480 US dollars...

GuySuCo insulted the nation on Enmore Martyrs Day

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo insulted the nation on Enmore Martyrs Day

Dear Editor, GuySuCo in its submission to the Government in October, 2016 is seeking to cease providing its medical services that has been in place for almost 65 years. It is saddening mere days...

Man remanded for shooting with intent

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man remanded for shooting with intent

Edward Gudge, 38, of Remus Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara, appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to a charge of...

Thoughts on the recent prison murder in Berbice

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thoughts on the recent prison murder in Berbice

Dear Editor, Have the prisoners taken charge and become their own judge, jury and executioners? Permit me to pen my thoughts before they run totally amok. Following the recent news article of the...

Elderly folks must operate within organized groups

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Elderly folks must operate within organized groups

Dear Editor, I read the recent letter dealing with the difficulties of the elderly in Guyana; particularly the vulnerability of women. I found this to be so when I relocated to the country for...

Videos with two ministers’ antics have gone viral

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Videos with two ministers’ antics have gone viral

Dear Editor, What kind of example are we setting? The video of Minister Raphel Trotman completely humiliating the former President and current Leader of the Opposition has gone viral. We have no...

Mother of four accused of converting fake US currency

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mother of four accused of converting fake US currency

A mother of four was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $300,000 after she appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman for uttering forged US currency...

Trial of senior cop accused of assaulting subordinate to begin

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Trial of senior cop accused of assaulting subordinate to begin

-despite case file being incomplete after three months Magistrate Dylon Bess will today fix a date for the commencement of trial of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Frank Thompson, who is...

GRA should have the capacity to publish its Annual Report on its website

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GRA should have the capacity to publish its Annual Report on its website

Dear Editor, I refer to the Commissioner General (CG) of GRA, Mr. Geoffrey Statia’s response to my letter captioned ‘Why has the GRA’s Annual Report for 2015 not been laid in Parliament?’...

Duo charged with killing gold miner at Omai Landing

Jun 27, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo charged with killing gold miner at Omai Landing

Two gold miners were remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with the murder of Carlos Wong, who was chopped to death during a row over a water pump at Omai Landing. Dwayne Washington, 25,...

Cabinet to meet with permanent secretaries to address cost cutting measures

Jun 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet to meet with permanent secretaries to address cost cutting measures

The Cabinet of Government Ministers will be meeting on Tuesday with Permanent Secretaries and Accounting Officers from Government ministries and agencies to discuss the adoption of cost-cutting...

World Bank pumps $1B into Health Ministry

Jun 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank pumps $1B into Health Ministry

The Public Health Ministry has unveiled a $1B (US$5M) initiative which the World Bank will fund if the project can attract Cabinet’s blessing. Senior Minister Volda Lawrence and Minister...

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GPF arrests Presidential Guards by 48 runs as cricket action gets underway

Due Process, Not Distraction

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the following release from the Office of the Leader of the Opposition: “MORE PPP DESPARATION:... more