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Union questions imposition of rule restricting teachers in two districts

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Union questions imposition of rule restricting teachers in two districts

Moves by officials within two education districts to impose an unprecedented regulation on teachers, have gained the attention of the Guyana Teachers’ Union [GTU]. Based on information that...

Caroline Farinha is Guyana’s newest Centenarian

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Caroline Farinha is Guyana’s newest Centenarian

Guyana’s latest centenarian celebrated her 100th birth anniversary last Saturday in her adopted hometown of New York with some of her children, grands, great grands, great-great grands and...

Guyana to host major air transport conference in Nov.

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to host major air transport conference in Nov.

Guyana will for the first time host the 2018 International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Air Transport Conference; a significant responsibility it has earned following the improvement in its...

Major road works for several regions in the pipeline

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Major road works for several regions in the pipeline

The following were bids presented at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board yesterday. Ministry of Public Infrastructure: Urban Roads 2018 – Lot 1: Rehabilitation/Construction...

An unfortunate remark

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An unfortunate remark

Dear Editor, Region Six Executive Officer, Ms Kim Stephens, is reported in the March 19, 2018 Stabroek News, during her remarks at the ceremony to honour the Rose Hall Martyrs on March 13, 2018,...

World aviation authority moves to reduce air cargo hassles

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on World aviation authority moves to reduce air cargo hassles

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) says it has as a priority, the advocacy of the free movement of cargo across countries. Chief of Economic Regulatory Framework of the ICAO, Peter...

We seem to be losing a vital method of communicating

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We seem to be losing a vital method of communicating

Dear Editor, It is public knowledge that our education system has not been producing the desired results for over a very long period. About five percent continues to do exceedingly well, and an...

The police and the wrap

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The police and the wrap

The Guyana Police Force needs to improve its decision-making and communication with the public if it is to enjoy greater respect. The recent decision of the police in ‘A’ Division to haul in...

That presidential visit to Berbice

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on That presidential visit to Berbice

Dear Editor, It was pleasing to see that President David Granger during a visit to Berbice on March 16, 2018 took some time to meet with laid off security guards in New Amsterdam. According to the...

Region mobilises technical and financial support for water sector plan at World forum

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region mobilises technical and financial support for water sector plan at World forum

The Caribbean is mobilising technical and financial support for its Regional Strategic Plan for the water sector at the 8th World Water Forum currently underway in Brasilia, Brazil. Dr. James...

Parents of students at Hope Secondary School need hope

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parents of students at Hope Secondary School need hope

Dear editor, I am writing this letter because my heart goes out to the parents and children of the Hope Secondary School that has the potential to perform way above its current state of performance...

Finding fault with Sir Dennis Byron’s comments

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Finding fault with Sir Dennis Byron’s comments

Dear Editor, In an earlier letter I addressed the curious timing of comments made by the CCJ President, Sir Dennis Byron, about the need for substantive appointments of a Chancellor and Chief Justice...

Need for licensing of social workers highlighted at WSWD event

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Need for licensing of social workers highlighted at WSWD event

As hundreds around the globe stopped to observe World Social Work Day, (WSWD) yesterday, officials of the Ministry of Social Protection at a locally organised event took the time to reflect on the...

NGOs do advocacy as well as interventions

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on NGOs do advocacy as well as interventions

Editor, In an article in the December 6, 2017 issue of the Global Health Now, Balogun Osunbiyi, co-founder and president of the Guyana Psychological Association (GPA) and senior psychologist of the...

Region 10 councillors plead for stipend increase, improved transportation

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 councillors plead for stipend increase, improved transportation

A meeting held at the Linden Enterprise Network (LEN) last Saturday, provided a platform for in-depth discussion of the issues delaying development in the Upper Demerara-Berbice region. The Joint...

Investigate the slaying of KWAME ASSANAH

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Investigate the slaying of KWAME ASSANAH

Dear Editor, On News Source I heard the acting Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine, attempting to justify the murder of Mr. Kawme Asannah. Here are some of the troubling statements made by the...

ABSENTEE FATHERS HURTING CHILDREN

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on ABSENTEE FATHERS HURTING CHILDREN

In their book, Why Fathers Count: The Importance of Fathers and Their Involvement with Children, sociologists Sean E. Brotherson and Joseph M. White assert that fathers are important today more than...

Are we freer since 2015?

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Are we freer since 2015?

I went to Wakenaam on Saturday morning for the Hindu religious work for my niece who died last year. Hindus call it – “one year dead work.” On my way to Georgetown, I saw five traffic...

The government has wavered the sugar workers

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The government has wavered the sugar workers

Dear Editor, The confusion that has emerged regarding the appointment of a new Board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) has brought, once again, to the fore what could only be described as the...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more