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OIL WILL NOT SAVE US

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on OIL WILL NOT SAVE US

Today we continue to focus on a very important topic that should be of interest to every citizen of Guyana. It is about the recently announced discoveries of more oil by Exxon Mobil and what this...

Increasing number of young tobacco users is astonishing

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Increasing number of young tobacco users is astonishing

– Chronic Diseases Coordinator With an increasing number of tobacco users, especially young people within the education system, there is immense cause for concern. This was the acknowledgement of...

Landmark Tobacco Control Bill will save lives – Int’l body

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Landmark Tobacco Control Bill will save lives – Int’l body

-urges that it be signed into law The recently passed Tobacco Control Bill has not only been gaining traction but also international support. This is according to information released by the Public...

More emphasis to be placed on water as a resource

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More emphasis to be placed on water as a resource

Guyana, the land of many waters could soon be mining this valuable asset to ensure that communities across Guyana have access to it. The Ministry of Natural Resources is collaborating with the...

Rice shipment to Cuba departs in September

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rice shipment to Cuba departs in September

The Cuban rice market has now been made available to Guyana after a series of negotiations over the past months. As a result, the first shipment of rice to Cuba is expected to be exported during the...

The politics of oil is dirty

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The politics of oil is dirty

Oil has made many nations rich. But before those nations became rich, the multinationals engaged in the production of oil became far richer. Oil wealth is not free. It comes at a terrible price. In...

Rupununi youths participate in first Social Cohesion Exchange Programme

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi youths participate in first Social Cohesion Exchange Programme

Youths representing 23 villages in South Central Rupununi are participating in a five-day Inter-Village Social Cohesion Exchange Programme at St. Ignatius Secondary School. The students will be...

He met and talked with fools and clowns like himself

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on He met and talked with fools and clowns like himself

There is a PPP stalwart that has served in very important state positions for twenty-three consecutive years since the PPP won the 1992 elections until it lost the 2015 poll. This man was a top,...

Modernised waterfront recreational areas projects nearer fruition

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Modernised waterfront recreational areas projects nearer fruition

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is in the process of assessing environmental, social and economic impacts as it prepares to commence the creation, restoration and modernisation of several...

Pan Am Indoor Hockey C/ships…Guyana, GHB have a national duty to produce a high class event

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan Am Indoor Hockey C/ships…Guyana, GHB have a national duty to produce a high class event

With the participation of countries from North, Central and South America and the Caribbean confirmed, hosts Guyana and more directly the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) have a national duty to produce a...

Digicel denies “programming problems” affecting texts

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel denies “programming problems” affecting texts

Digicel yesterday denied that programming issues are the reason why its texts are not going through to the network of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT). For the past three months, to...

Wrong side up!

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Wrong side up!

The driver of this car, PJJ 6799, a Toyota AT 192, was reportedly travelling at a fast rate on the Canefield, East Canje public road when he reportedly lost control and ran off the road. In the...

Former Central Bank staffer named new Chief Planning Officer

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former Central Bank staffer named new Chief Planning Officer

Government has appointed Dr Nelson Modeste as its new Chief Planning Officer. Yesterday, during a press conference on the Mid-Year Report by the Ministry of Finance, Finance Minister Winston Jordan...

Taxi driver allegedly found with shotgun, ganja near robbery scene remanded

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver allegedly found with shotgun, ganja near robbery scene remanded

The taxi driver who was reportedly held in the vicinity of a robbery committed on a Corentyne couple at Number 73 village Corentyne last Saturday has been remanded to jail on three charges. Rabindra...

Alleged serial robber remanded on illegal gun and ammo charge

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Alleged serial robber remanded on illegal gun and ammo charge

A repeat offender, who was out on bail after being held in connection with a spate of robberies, was yesterday remanded to prison on charges related to an illegal gun and ammunition....

Berbice teen, female accomplice remanded on ganja trafficking charge

Aug 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice teen, female accomplice remanded on ganja trafficking charge

A male teenager and a young lady who were reportedly nabbed with 11 kilos of marijuana were yesterday remanded to jail by Magistrate Charlyn Artiga when they appeared before her at the Whim...

Guyana became a nightmarish state of klepto-capitalism

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana became a nightmarish state of klepto-capitalism

Dear Editor, General Elections 2020 is a mere 30 months or so away, and you can bet your shrinking dollar that many people will be caught fiddling! And I do not mean just ordinary fiddling by...

This teacher was unjustly removed by Region 2 Education Dept.

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This teacher was unjustly removed by Region 2 Education Dept.

Dear Editor, You would agree with me that, “the worst thing than being blind is to have an eyesight without a vision.” Professionally speaking, this philosophical trend is negatively mirrored by...

The desilting of the city canals must be a comprehensive project

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The desilting of the city canals must be a comprehensive project

Dear Editor, It looks like your effort to publish letters on the drainage situation in the City is bearing fruit. As I write this, work began two weeks ago on the Cummings Canal. The blockage at the...

SKULDUGGERY STILL GOING ON AT GGMC

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on SKULDUGGERY STILL GOING ON AT GGMC

Dear Editor, I have been waiting for too long for GGMC to address our five-mile radius situation. We were promised that plot of land in 2011 by the then Commissioner (ag.) Mr Woolford. We were...

This mistreatment of Maurice Arjoon by NBS must come at an end

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This mistreatment of Maurice Arjoon by NBS must come at an end

Dear Editor, I was heartened to see that the judge finally ruled on the case with NBS and its former CEO Mr Maurice Arjoon, then only to see your report on the NBS appeal. While I know everyone has...

Minister’s party support for him cannot wash away his non-performance

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister’s party support for him cannot wash away his non-performance

Dear Editor, This APNU/AFC coalition government has had a tremendous lot to clean up administratively since attaining office in 2015. Several measures have been put in place to ensure that government...

Oil wealth only helps if there are honest politicians

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oil wealth only helps if there are honest politicians

Dear Editor, I strongly support the views of Mr Blackman in his letter appearing in your August 12th edition of Kaieteur News. I trust that President Granger reads this letter and becomes aware that...

Unprofessional behaviour by an official at the ferry stelling

Aug 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unprofessional behaviour by an official at the ferry stelling

Dear Editor, I would like to highlight an unwelcomed treatment at the Canawaima ferry stelling by a Ministry of Public Health Staffer — Port Health Officer. The female Port Health...

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The government is in choppy waters

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The government stands like a beleaguered captain at the helm of a storm-tossed ship, finds itself... more