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Former Superintendent of Exams, Juliet Persico, passes on

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former Superintendent of Exams, Juliet Persico, passes on

Former Superintendent of Examination and Local Caribbean Examination Council [CXC] Registrar, Ms. Juliet Persico, has passed on. The educator for more than three decades was pronounced dead at 13:30...

Vector Control, Rehab Services team-up to cater to filaria patients

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Vector Control, Rehab Services team-up to cater to filaria patients

Moves are apace to have the Vector Control Services Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] and the Rehabilitation Services of the Ministry of Public Health, help address conditions...

CODE OF CONDUCT NEEDED

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CODE OF CONDUCT NEEDED

The general election is years away, but the history of our general elections is often a truism that many, if not most of our politicians, who call for clean and fair elections, have conducted some of...

Koker door operator suspended following Riverview /Alexander Village flooding

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Koker door operator suspended following Riverview /Alexander Village flooding

Investigations into the recent flooding at Alexander Village and Riverview have resulted in suspension of the sluice door operator who was supposed to be on duty at the time of the occurrence....

HPV vaccination campaign to be rolled out in private schools this week

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on HPV vaccination campaign to be rolled out in private schools this week

As the ongoing Human Papilloma Virus [HPV] campaign gains traction, the Ministry of Public Health is looking to expand it even further. Maternal and Child Health [MCH] Officer Dr. Ertenisa Hamilton,...

MY TURN …DECISIVE DECISION – President averts constitutional crisis

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on MY TURN …DECISIVE DECISION – President averts constitutional crisis

Just a few days ago, Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixiera, blasted American Ambassador, Perry Holloway, for saying that without a Chairman, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was “not at...

Sueria Manufacturing sponsors grand Halloween Party this week

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sueria Manufacturing sponsors grand Halloween Party this week

From October 23 to October 27, the promoters of the annual Yankee All White Boat Cruise and GT Memoirs will host a grand Guyanese inspired Halloween Festival. It will take place at the Yankee All...

Guyanese killed in Hurricane laid to rest, more lumber for affected islands – CDC

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese killed in Hurricane laid to rest, more lumber for affected islands – CDC

Following two devastating hurricanes in the region over the last two months, Guyana is continuing its good neighbour role. Containers of lumbers, water and food were sent. In fact, according to...

Murdered Guyanese NYPD cop remembered two years later

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered Guyanese NYPD cop remembered two years later

By Feona Morrison Members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the New York Police Department (NYPD) gathered yesterday in Le Repentir Cemetery, Georgetown at the graveside of murdered NYPD Detective...

A decision that will takes this country backwards for decades

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A decision that will takes this country backwards for decades

Dear Editor, The unilateral selection and appointment by President Granger of Justice Patterson to be the new Chairman of the Elections Commission takes the country backward for decades. This...

Unilateral selection of GECOM Chairman is an affront to democracy

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unilateral selection of GECOM Chairman is an affront to democracy

Dear Editor, The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) was very disturbed and most upset when it learnt of the seemingly high-handed move by President David Granger to unilaterally...

The President has ignored the Chief Justice’s ruling

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President has ignored the Chief Justice’s ruling

Dear Editor, President David Granger has acting in breach of the Constitution, in light of the ruling given by the Acting Chief Justice, Roxanne George by unilaterally appointing a Chairman of the...

None of our politicians is interested in healing the nation

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on None of our politicians is interested in healing the nation

Dear Editor, The politics of Guyana continues to be politically divisive and socially averse, as we witnessed again, the failure of the highest office in the land to negotiate, even a little, to...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…EXORCISING THE CULTURE OF SQUATTING FROM GUYANESE SOCIETY

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…EXORCISING THE CULTURE OF SQUATTING FROM GUYANESE SOCIETY

PAT DIAL Towards the end of last week, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) took action to clear its Sophia property of squatters. Large numbers of these squatters had taken up...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Standards can propel the local Agri-Sector

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Standards can propel the local Agri-Sector

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards in keeping with its mandate to develop national standards has formulated a number of agriculture related standards in order to improve the quality of products...

Financial Literacy: Why it is important for Entrepreneurs in Guyana

Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Financial Literacy: Why it is important for Entrepreneurs in Guyana

Dr. Terence Smith, Deputy Governor, Bank of Guyana The need for entrepreneurs’ financial education According to the Harvard Business Review, “fostering entrepreneurship has become a core...

Sunday Cartoon

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Justice Patterson’s appointment as GECOM chair is illegal

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice Patterson’s appointment as GECOM chair is illegal

Dear Editor, Mr Granger has built a reputation of being unable to play a fair game. He can’t be trusted. And he is unfit to run a democracy. Obviously, democracy is on a death spiral under his...

Does Granger believe the Guyanese people will accept his reason?

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does Granger believe the Guyanese people will accept his reason?

Dear Editor, A statement released by the Ministry of the Presidency on Thursday (October 19, 2017) sought to explain the basis on which President David Granger moved to appoint the Chairman of the...

This decision will cause loss of confidence in the electoral system

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This decision will cause loss of confidence in the electoral system

Dear Editor, The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana is deeply concerned by the President’s unilateral appointment of the Chairman of the Elections Commission. No President of Guyana from...

No evidence that James Patterson is a fit and proper person for the GECOM job

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on No evidence that James Patterson is a fit and proper person for the GECOM job

Dear Editor, President Granger’s decision to abandon the constitutionally agreed process for selecting a new Chair for the GECOM has plunged Guyana once again into an election-driven crisis. While...

Hello World!

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Hello World!

Beginning today I will no longer worry about yesterday. It is in the past and the past will never change. Only I can change by choosing to do so. Beginning today I will no longer worry about...

Who says age is not a factor in Guyana’s politics?

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who says age is not a factor in Guyana’s politics?

Dear Editor, Before you judge me for age discrimination, I wish to make it clear that age is not a barrier in its general context and I believe that experience plays a critical role for growth and...

Bharrat Jagdeo is unfit to hold high office

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

I had planned this column to examine two press releases by the PPP, one specifically on my life in Guyana, in which alternative facts were used to describe what I achieved in my country. And the...

The women in the cemeteries

Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The women in the cemeteries

By Michael Jordan ‘DEE DEE’ The gravedigger was used to seeing corpses, but certainly not like the one he was seeing now. What was this one doing here…pregnant, mutilated, dumped in Le Repentir...

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