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Full int’l accreditation restored to UG’s medical programme

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Full int’l accreditation restored to UG’s medical programme

Full international accreditation for the next four years has been granted to the University of Guyana [UG’]s School of Medicine. This development, which became official last week, was confirmed...

Jagdeo’s “people smuggling” and false birth certificates allegations are falsehoods – Minister Felix

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s “people smuggling” and false birth certificates allegations are falsehoods – Minister Felix

Minister of Citizenship, Mr. Winston Felix has refuted the allegations made by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, who was quoted in the August 1, 2017 edition of the Guyana Times as accusing the...

Press Association to seek legal advice on proposed amendments to Broadcasting Act

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Press Association to seek legal advice on proposed amendments to Broadcasting Act

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) will be seeking legal advice on proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Act. According to an official statement from the GPA yesterday concerning the amendments,...

$$B in revenue can be lost if Tobacco Bill becomes law – DEMTOCO

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $$B in revenue can be lost if Tobacco Bill becomes law – DEMTOCO

By Kiana Wilburg It would be sensible for the Government to press the pause button on the Tobacco Control Bill and consider the far reaching implications for its Treasury. Should it become law, the...

Looming oil and gas sector… GPL would be interested in using gas for power generation

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Looming oil and gas sector… GPL would be interested in using gas for power generation

With Guyana on the verge of establishing its oil and gas sector and with ExxonMobil scheduled to begin pumping oil in 2020, the Guyana Power Light (GPL) would more than likely be interested in...

Jagdeo want lef people wid thiefing property – dem radio channels

Aug 03, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo want lef people wid thiefing property – dem radio channels

De number of people who suddenly got problems wid de Broadcasting Bill more than de people who ever talk when dem boys use to protest fuh dem radio licence. All of a sudden people talking bout...

Body found floating in water

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Body found floating in water

Coast guards yesterday brought in the body of a man at its base in Ruimveldt, Georgetown where it was then inspected by police ranks before it was taken to the Lyken Funeral Parlour. The body, which...

Assassination plot to kill president … Businessman was framed by complainant – witness

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Assassination plot to kill president … Businessman was framed by complainant – witness

Detective Corporal Jermaine Laundry told the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the alleged plot to kill President Granger that police had acquired a statement from a woman, who essentially reported...

Businessman remanded for trafficking ganja

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman remanded for trafficking ganja

A father of eight was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and denied a charge of possession of narcotics...

Granny allegedly scalds boy, 5, with hot water

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Granny allegedly scalds boy, 5, with hot water

The Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) and the police are investigating the alleged burning of a five-year-old boy by his grandmother. The incident occurred on Tuesday at Sophia. Kaieteur News...

Govt. on mission to resuscitate Cooperatives – says Region Ten Chairman

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. on mission to resuscitate Cooperatives – says Region Ten Chairman

By Enid Joaquin Government is presently on a drive to resuscitate cooperatives according to Region Ten Chairman, Rennis Morian. Morian told media operatives that millions of dollars are sitting in...

Kuru Kururu residents affected by sabotaged telephone cable

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Kuru Kururu residents affected by sabotaged telephone cable

Recent sabotage to GTT fiber optic cable has left hundreds without services for approximately two weeks now. Residents in Kuru-Kururu, on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway said that they have called in to...

Water Sector uses bulk of Bulkan’s expenditure

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Water Sector uses bulk of Bulkan’s expenditure

The Ministry of Communities has spent 29 percent of its $1B 2017 budgetary allocation thus far, for the year. Most of the monies were used to upgrade and improve the distribution of potable water...

Roraima Airways Chief Pilot laid to rest

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Roraima Airways Chief Pilot laid to rest

The pilot who was involved in the deadly plane crash two Tuesdays ago at the Eteringbang airstrip was laid to rest yesterday. Roraima Airways’ Chief Pilot, Captain Colin Martin, had a...

New Amsterdam Rotary Club installs new Board of Directors

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Rotary Club installs new Board of Directors

A new Board of Directors has been installed to run the affairs of the New Amsterdam Rotary Club (NARC) for the 2017-2018 year. The installation ceremony was held recently at the Rose Hall Estate...

Teen jailed for stealing televisions

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teen jailed for stealing televisions

An 18-year-old was yesterday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a simple larceny charge. Joshua Austin, of Lot 151 Lodge Housing Scheme, appeared before Chief...

DEMTOCO says court action on Tobacco Bill not on the table

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DEMTOCO says court action on Tobacco Bill not on the table

If the President ignores the pleas for the Tobacco Control Bill to be sent to a Special Select Committee and assents to it, Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (DEMTOCO) says that it will simply abide...

GPL working to eradicate illegal connections

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL working to eradicate illegal connections

Over the last 12 years, the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) has removed thousands of illegal connections across Guyana. For this reason, the power company will apply new tactics to address...

RCC on mission to end vicious cycle of societal violence

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on RCC on mission to end vicious cycle of societal violence

There is need for deliberate efforts to be made to end the cycle of violence in the society. The Rights of the Child Commission [RCC] is working arduously in this regard. This was recently amplified...

Trial into 2009 murder/hijacking nears end

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Trial into 2009 murder/hijacking nears end

The murder trial of Basil Morgan is scheduled to conclude tomorrow. Yesterday, Attorneys from both the Defence and Prosecution presented closing arguments in the case. Morgan was in a gang arrested...

Brilliant Roach brightens rain-hit day as Essex stumble

Aug 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brilliant Roach brightens rain-hit day as Essex stumble

CHELMSFORD, England, CMC – Fast bowler Kemar Roach erased any doubt about his form and fitness with a brilliant spell which brightened an otherwise dour second day of the West Indies three-day tour...

Scores of teachers benefit from Limited Resources Teacher Training programme

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Scores of teachers benefit from Limited Resources Teacher Training programme

“The government and people of Guyana are grateful for your presence here, particularly in the midst of reviewing and repositioning our Education Sector Development Strategy Plan. We wholeheartedly...

Brave Sky takes feature at Four Horsemen Emancipation Top Brandz meet

Aug 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brave Sky takes feature at Four Horsemen Emancipation Top Brandz meet

Despite the inclement weather and the soggy conditions the Four Horsemen Top Brandz Corona one day Emancipation Horserace Meet was held on Tuesday at the Port Mourant Turf Club successfully. All...

GFF offers technical and physical resources to hinterland football tourney

Aug 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF offers technical and physical resources to hinterland football tourney

In support of hinterland football development, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) participated in the opening ceremony of the St. Romain 10th Annual Memorial Games held in Port Kaituma, North West...

Boy, 10, needs a kidney

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 10, needs a kidney

While most children are enjoying their August holidays, 10-year-old Rahul Jairam, for the past month has been waking up at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with swollen feet and...

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Jagdeo’s idea of transparency

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Transparency, as conceived by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, seems to be a peculiar exercise... more