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Final consultations held on draft Solid Waste Bill

Sep 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Final consultations held on draft Solid Waste Bill

The Ministry of Communities yesterday held what is expected to be the final in a series of consultations on the draft National Solid Waste Management Bill. The consultation held at the Regency...

Cop who struck down pedestrian fined $7,500 for drunk driving

Sep 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cop who struck down pedestrian fined $7,500 for drunk driving

Police constable Satrohan Gowkarran who struck down pedestrian Quintin Anderson last Friday while driving under the influence has been fined and his licence revoked. Constable Gowkarran appeared...

Open Consultations on solid waste management strategy unveiled

Sep 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Open Consultations on solid waste management strategy unveiled

The Ministry of Communities has updated its solid waste management strategy to manage the country’s solid waste. This draft was open for discussions to various stakeholders on Wednesday, at the...

Ex-con jailed for smuggling cocaine in ghee

Sep 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-con jailed for smuggling cocaine in ghee

An ex-convict was yesterday jailed for three years for attempting to smuggle over 14 pounds of cocaine in ghee to the United States of America via the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. Orin Lewis...

Education cannot take place in a dirty environment – says GPSU

Sep 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Education cannot take place in a dirty environment – says GPSU

The woes of sweeper cleaners in Guyana are slowly being laid to rest as the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) remain in discussion with the Ministry of Education (MOE). “Education cannot take...

Two granted $300,000 bail on separate causing death charges

Sep 07, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Two granted $300,000 bail on separate causing death charges

A 24-year-old tailor and graduate of the Government Technical Institute has been released on $300,000 bail over a fatal accident in which he allegedly drove over the head of a drunken man, who was...

Trans Guyana approved to restart shuttle operations

Sep 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Trans Guyana approved to restart shuttle operations

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) yesterday officially lifted the suspension on shuttling operations for Trans Guyana Airways. The regulator explained that this decision comes after Trans...

Local investors in oil and gas sector will get incentives– Go-Invest CEO

Sep 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local investors in oil and gas sector will get incentives– Go-Invest CEO

Local entrepreneurs who want to invest in the developing oil and gas sector will have access to concessions and incentives provided for in the laws of Guyana. Giving this assurance was the Chief...

Missing New Road labourer’s body found in Charity Canal

Sep 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Missing New Road labourer’s body found in Charity Canal

Police of G Division are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the death, of a 34-year-old labourer of New Road, Essequibo Coast. The body was discovered yesterday and identified as...

Begging is not the route to political empowerment

Sep 07, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Begging is not the route to political empowerment

The parties of the coalition government are imbalanced in terms of national support. The AFC is a 10% party; the APNU is a 40% party, judging from the elections of 2011. The remainder of the parties...

Poor security pushes doctors, nurses to ‘down tools’ at Diamond Hospital

Sep 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Poor security pushes doctors, nurses to ‘down tools’ at Diamond Hospital

Poor security and the deplorable state of the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, yesterday, forced doctors and nurses to stage a sit-in after several of their complaints were ignored by the officials at the...

The GECOM media scandal and the future of democracy

Sep 07, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

I have consistently polemicize in these columns that it would be misleading to think that the stumbling block to a modern, free Guyana is the political directorship from both the PNC and PPP and...

Police security promised for Diamond Hospital

Sep 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police security promised for Diamond Hospital

A meeting with the staff of the East Bank Demerara Regional hospital, commonly known as the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, will see issues faced by the staff to be addressed shortly. Minister within the...

Guyana needs a spiritual revival to save it

Sep 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs a spiritual revival to save it

Dear Editor, There are many sad stories daily in our country. First I start with the rise in crime daily. A few days ago a young man was shot dead by a security guard that tried to rob a woman, and...

Guyana’s future must be based on an agricultural economy

Sep 07, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Guyana is poised to make further advances into its history of being a prime producer of food in quality, quantity and variety, to meet the needs of its citizens, and to be able to export...

This man is peddling half truths about the sugar industry and GuySuCo

Sep 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This man is peddling half truths about the sugar industry and GuySuCo

Dear Editor, Having read an opinion piece from Mr. Gobin Harbhajan (APNU+AFC Regional Democratic Councillor & Former SEI Board Director) in a letter to the press, I am compelled to offer some...

Amerindians are complaining of discrimination against Lady Northcote ferry

Sep 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Amerindians are complaining of discrimination against Lady Northcote ferry

Dear Editor, The Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure recently boasted in the media about the Lady Northcote ferry which transports passengers and cargo to the North West District...

AMERINDIANS PLAYING THEIR ROLE IN DEVELOPING REGION 2

Sep 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on AMERINDIANS PLAYING THEIR ROLE IN DEVELOPING REGION 2

Dear Editor, As we collectively celebrate the month of September in Guyana which is designated in recognition of the contribution of Amerindians; I feel compelled to acknowledge their continuing...

The City Council is extraordinarily overstaffed

Sep 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The City Council is extraordinarily overstaffed

Dear Editor, The recent comment by the Town Clerk of Georgetown in the media that City Hall is not overstaffed but under resourced is preposterous, pathetic and a poor attempt at being clever. The...

The life of the Patamona people in region 8 is hard and an arduous one

Sep 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The life of the Patamona people in region 8 is hard and an arduous one

Dear Editor, It’s with much admiration and sadness I am writing this letter about the Patamona people of Region 8. Their lives are wonderful but yet a hard one. With no access to effective...