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Guyana’s ‘green state’ will put people before profits

Dec 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s ‘green state’ will put people before profits

– Granger says in Kenya President David Granger, on Monday, addressed the high level Event on Combating Pollution in the Extractive Industries at the United Nations Environment Assembly...

Top School cyclist awarded by Crime Chief, Assistant Commissioner Paul Williams

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top School cyclist awarded by Crime Chief, Assistant Commissioner Paul Williams

Assistant Commissioner of Police and present acting Crime Chief Mr. Paul Williams recently took time off from his busy schedule to recognise the exploits of top junior Cyclist Balram Narine. Narine...

Online commentators question quality of budget 2018 debates

Dec 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Online commentators question quality of budget 2018 debates

“A waste of fresh air,” “Poor representation,” “Utterly disgraceful” –Those were just a few of the phrases used by online commentators regarding the quality of the debate during...

Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Cricket Teams Christmas Programme…VNet, Scotiabank, John Lewis Styles, Nand Persaud and GNNL on board

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Cricket Teams Christmas Programme…VNet, Scotiabank, John Lewis Styles, Nand Persaud and GNNL on board

The plans of the ten cricket clubs of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS to organise a massive and widespread 2017 Christmas Charity Programme received a timely boost when several...

Esplanade Park being renovated by Mayor an Town Council

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Esplanade Park being renovated by Mayor an Town Council

Ministries of Social Cohesion and Communities assists The Mayor and Town Council of New Amsterdam along with the Government of Guyana are pushing ahead with its Town enhancement programme. At the...

Budget 2018 caters for construction of Embassy in Brazil

Dec 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2018 caters for construction of Embassy in Brazil

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, is looking forward to the construction of a Guyanese Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil. During a recent interview with Kaieteur News, Greenidge indicated...

Nine homeless after fire guts home in Amelia’s Ward

Dec 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nine homeless after fire guts home in Amelia’s Ward

For many there will be a joyous Christmas but the Lampkin family will have a black Christmas as fire destroyed their two-storeyed house at 119 Wall Street, Self Help Housing Scheme, Amelia’s...

Teachers’ salary negotiations…Task Force seeks to complete work by December 20

Dec 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers’ salary negotiations…Task Force seeks to complete work by December 20

The Task Force established to fast-track salary negotiations that will bring to fruition a salary hike for teachers of the public school system, has given itself a December 20, 2017 deadline...

Retired Deputy CEO now Training Manager of Public Service college

Dec 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Retired Deputy CEO now Training Manager of Public Service college

Retired Deputy Chief Education Officer, Donna Chapman, was yesterday honoured by the Region Four Department of Education for her 39 years of service to the education sector. According...

What does the PPP have in common with Mugabe?

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What does the PPP have in common with Mugabe?

I was in Berbice last Sunday for a Hindu cremation ceremony. During the burning and after, a few people came up to me to chat about politics. Not one person I met had a good word to say about the...

Holder out of second Test with suspension

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Holder out of second Test with suspension

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC – Still reeling from their heavy innings defeat to the Black Caps in the opening Test, West Indies were dealt another blow yesterday when captain Jason Holder was ruled...

Tax amnesty

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Tax amnesty

The so-called tax amnesty is really an amnesty on penalties and interest. It allows individuals, firms and companies who have not filed their returns or paid their outstanding taxes to do so without...

Miller, Beaton called up to West Indies ODI squad

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Miller, Beaton called up to West Indies ODI squad

ESPNcricinfo – Left-arm spinner Nikita Miller has been called-up to West Indies’ ODI squad for their three-match series against New Zealand later this month. Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels,...

Retired Deputy CEO now Training Manager of Public Service college

Dec 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Retired Deputy CEO now Training Manager of Public Service college

Retired Deputy Chief Education Officer, Donna Chapman, was yesterday honoured by the Region Four Department of Education for her 39 years of service to the education sector. According Education...

Govt. refutes claims of soldiers guarding Granger

Dec 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. refutes claims of soldiers guarding Granger

The Ministry of the Presidency yesterday said it firmly rejects and condemns as iniquitous, malicious and misleading, the contents of a letter written by an anonymous author, headlined “Heavily...

Mentally ill man gets 12 years for killing mother he thinks is still alive

Dec 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mentally ill man gets 12 years for killing mother he thinks is still alive

Having suffered from prolonged mental illness, 39-year-old Adrian McKenzie still thinks his mother is alive even after pleading guilty to hammering her to death seven years ago at their Sand Creek...

Guyana must urgently address its Constitution and sugar workers need to dump the PPP, if we are to move forward

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana must urgently address its Constitution and sugar workers need to dump the PPP, if we are to move forward

DEAR EDITOR, The willingness of Guyanese, or lack thereof, to recognize that we have been caught up in a political and economic crisis which stretches as far back as 1968 when the first in a series...

Fung, Prabudial spearhead Tourist XI to consecutive victories

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fung, Prabudial spearhead Tourist XI to consecutive victories

Outstanding performances by Mark Fung and Nigel Prabudial spearheaded Tourist XI to consecutive victories when the Rafman Ally 15-over softball tournament continued on Sunday last at Success ground,...

The mess that is CHPA

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The mess that is CHPA

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to share a personal but ever so prevalent issue that seems to be pervasive in our housing/land governing body – Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA). As is the...

Sugar workers, their families and the PPP

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar workers, their families and the PPP

DEAR EDITOR, As the sugar industry started to scale down under this government, I want to give my fair share of the take on this. As we all know, sugar is not profitable in Guyana anymore. But due...

Would a one-party govt. work in Guyana’s culture?

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Would a one-party govt. work in Guyana’s culture?

DEAR EDITOR, I read a recent letter, which seemed to suggest that a one-party government might help to mend our “divided and broken country”. This may work in some cultures, but not in all. Would...

SEXUAL ABUSE AT SCHOOLS

Dec 06, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on SEXUAL ABUSE AT SCHOOLS

Like the United States where recent allegations of sexual assault have rocked the nation, the sexual misconduct of a teacher at Bishops’ High School (BHS) has shocked Guyanese at home and abroad....

“Premature” GuySuCo decision to issue redundancy letters angers Govt.

Dec 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Premature” GuySuCo decision to issue redundancy letters angers Govt.

– matter likely for Cabinet today A decision by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to start issuing staff redundancy letters to workers last week has angered the administration. The workers...

ExxonMobil paid no tax on US$13.7B revenue, Aussie unions allege

Dec 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil paid no tax on US$13.7B revenue, Aussie unions allege

Energy giant ExxonMobil has not paid a cent in corporate income tax in Australia in at least two years, despite reaping more than $18 billion from the nation’s natural resources, according...

Greenidge jumps to ExxonMobil’s defence

Dec 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Greenidge jumps to ExxonMobil’s defence

– says “jokers” are against the company Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge is peeved at those who have been advocating that Guyana tread lightly with ExxonMobil based on the...

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The burden of proof rests on the asserting party

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In recent days there have been serious assertions made and associations implied without... more