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Professionalism and political neutrality

Apr 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Professionalism and political neutrality

The creation of a professional public service has been the stated objective of every government of Guyana. But they hardly pursued this goal with any alacrity. In fact, if anything, the public...

Residents bemoan condition of main access canal in Pomeroon River

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Residents bemoan condition of main access canal in Pomeroon River

The Region Two Democratic Council, (RDC) is being blamed for the condition of the main access canal in Martindale\Friendship, Pomeroon River. The issue was highlighted during a recent visit to the...

Wisroc, Quiet Storm, Big Guns, Amazing and Hard Knocks among winners

Apr 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wisroc, Quiet Storm, Big Guns, Amazing and Hard Knocks among winners

Wisroc, Quiet Storm, Big Guns, Amazing and Hard Knocks were amongst the teams to secure wins in the playoff round of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden leg on Wednesday. Wisroc...

‘Fed up’ nurses stage sit-in at Linden Hospital

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Fed up’ nurses stage sit-in at Linden Hospital

By Jacquey Bourne Nurses at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) yesterday morning, around nine o’clock, engaged in a ‘sit-in’ in the Out Patient Department while patients were seated both...

Final report on 2017 economic performance for Parliament, IMF review

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Final report on 2017 economic performance for Parliament, IMF review

Cabinet has approved an end of year outcome statement that provides a full perspective on the economic performance last year. At a post-Cabinet media briefing yesterday, Minister of State, Joseph...

Berbice Bridge failed to maintain pontoons in more than a decade

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge failed to maintain pontoons in more than a decade

– “private” company urged to float shares to raise money The privately-owned Berbice River Bridge is facing a major problem of maintenance, or lack thereof, of its pontoons, with...

UG moves to spread awareness on Occupational Safety and Health

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UG moves to spread awareness on Occupational Safety and Health

The University of Guyana is working towards spreading awareness about the benefits of improved Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) mechanisms in the workplace. Addressing a forum held recently at...

U.S warns of potential threat of opioids to Guyana, other C’bean states

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on U.S warns of potential threat of opioids to Guyana, other C’bean states

A senior U.S. Embassy official in Georgetown has warned about the threat of opioids to Guyana and the Caribbean region. Chargé d’ Affaires, Terry Steers-Gonzalez, made the disclosure at a...

Govt. to focus on nine key areas for economic well-being

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to focus on nine key areas for economic well-being

– Finance Minister In an effort to ensure improved economic well-being, the APNU+AFC Government will focus on nine key areas. According to Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, these areas...

Deodat Indar returns as GCCI President

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Deodat Indar returns as GCCI President

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) yesterday unanimously re-elected Deodat Indar to lead it for another year. This would be Indar’s second year as President. About a week ago,...

Two soldiers injured in early morning paratrooping accident

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Two soldiers injured in early morning paratrooping accident

Selwyn Cumberbatch and Leron Stewart, two paratroopers from the Guyana Defence Force’s 31 Special Forces Squadron, were yesterday injured when their parachutes became entangled during a routine...

Detective recalls examining murder scene at South Central Hotel

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Detective recalls examining murder scene at South Central Hotel

Crime Scene Examiner Police Lance Corporal Dwayne McPherson took to the witness box yesterday in the trial of Brian Leitch, who is accused of the 2013 murder of South Central Hotel proprietor Joseph...

As leadership conference gets underway…Educators urged to help transform education sector

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on As leadership conference gets underway…Educators urged to help transform education sector

Although the local education sector has been yielding some notable success, there is still need for more to be done to transform the sector so that it realises even greater results. This was...

Local teachers benefiting from global cross cultural training

Apr 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Local teachers benefiting from global cross cultural training

Teachers in Mabaruma Region One are currently the beneficiaries of a cross-cultural training programme which is being facilitated by Limited Resource Teacher Training [LRTT], a global...

Why did Mae’s raise its fees by up to 42 percent?

Apr 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Why did Mae’s raise its fees by up to 42 percent?

The polemic in this column is not about Mae’s. I am simply using the unbelievable hike in Mae’s school fees to examine the increasing disintegration of this country. Mae’s fee scandal is one;...

A query over the welcome home for the Prime Minister

Apr 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A query over the welcome home for the Prime Minister

Dear Editor, It is not decent or proper to have government/taxpayers host a welcome ceremony for Prime Minister (PM) Moses Nagamootoo on his return to Guyana after an expensive surgery funded by the...

A Member of Parliament is embarraseed

Apr 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Member of Parliament is embarraseed

Dear Editor, Please allow me space to air my most humiliating experience at the hands of the Guyana Police, since I became a Member of Parliament. On Sunday April 1 (Easter Sunday), I took a few...

The latest attempt to undermine the PPP

Apr 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The latest attempt to undermine the PPP

Dear Editor, In his letter published on April 4, 2018, Lalman Ramsundar, seeks to respond to Albert Allen’s letter and he criticizes Albert Allen for a “convoluted letter that attacks the...

Hope Secondary School Matter

Apr 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hope Secondary School Matter

Dear Mr. Editor, The Ministry of Education (MoE) has noted with concern a letter in the Kaieteur Newspaper on March 21, 2018 titled “Parents of Students of Hope Secondary School Need Hope”. In...

Police in Region One are powerless to challenge the threat from the ‘Sindicato’

Apr 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police in Region One are powerless to challenge the threat from the ‘Sindicato’

Dear Editor, Last Wednesday, March 24, I was part of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee for the Security Sector that inspected police stations at Muruca; Matthews Ridge; Port Kaituma and Mabaruma...

Stemming corruption

Apr 06, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Stemming corruption

Corruption became a culture in Guyana under the last administration. Its prevalence is evident in almost all state agencies and government departments. It is difficult to change the culture of any...

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Dolphin Secondary, East Ruimveldt seal Round-5 victories in Republic Bank U-18 Football League

Electrician killed after trucks collide on Sheriff Street

Dead: Carlton Smartt Kaieteur News- A 42-year-old contractor was crushed to death on Tuesday morning after two trucks collided... more