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Skeldon Hospital medical staff sit-in…Lack of communication blamed on drug shortage

Apr 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon Hospital medical staff sit-in…Lack of communication blamed on drug shortage

Just a day after medical personnel including nurses and doctors from the Accident and Emergency Unit at the Skeldon Public Hospital staged a sit-in that was fueled by frustration over a...

‘Smart Skills’ programme to rein in illiteracy

Apr 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Smart Skills’ programme to rein in illiteracy

A literacy programme targeting young entrepreneurs and school drop-outs is currently being streamlined. The programme, which is a brainchild of the Ms. Emiley King, of the National Library, is one...

UN$87M grant to improve lives of 3,000 children in state institutions

Apr 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UN$87M grant to improve lives of 3,000 children in state institutions

Ambassador Jernej Videtič, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Guyana and Ms. Omattie Madray, Managing Director of ChildLink, yesterday signed a grant contract to implement a project titled,...

Improved salaries, enabling environment could stem health workers deficiency – PWR

Apr 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Improved salaries, enabling environment could stem health workers deficiency – PWR

The local health sector is currently deficient by some three percent of its requisite number of health care workers. This daunting state of affairs has been linked to the wanting salaries that some...

GPHC battles to save man’s life

Apr 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC battles to save man’s life

Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are currently trying to save the life of 32-year-old Oneil Jordan. He is in the Intensive Care Unit. He was diagnosed with a condition...

Jin Sang launches new brand of motorcycles

Apr 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jin Sang launches new brand of motorcycles

A new line of motorcycles was yesterday launched at Jin Sang Motorcycles by the owner of the company, Christopher King. The name of the brand is Mohad. The bike originates from China, where...

RDC meeting breaks up after REO tells Councillor to ‘Shut up’

Apr 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on RDC meeting breaks up after REO tells Councillor to ‘Shut up’

The Statutory meeting of the Regional Democratic Council of Region Two [Pomeroon/Supenaam], was yesterday adjourned after clerk of the RDC, Rupert Hopkinson, reportedly disrespected an RDC...

Ten companies bid for the extension of Indigenous Residence in Princes St.

Apr 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ten companies bid for the extension of Indigenous Residence in Princes St.

As is usually done on Tuesdays, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board opened several bids. The Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs received 10 bids for the extension of...

The green monsters must not be allowed to defile our citizens

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The green monsters must not be allowed to defile our citizens

DEAR EDITOR, City Hall debated and voted to approve the parking meter bylaws. Two of the vocal objectors for the parking meter contract – Councillors Duncan and Jaikaran, both AFC members...

Daft punks

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Daft punks

There should be no place in the Guyana Police Force for punks. These ranks will bring disgrace, scandal and ruination to the Force. They should be purged from the Force but only after being afforded...

Coalition Govt. not serious about Public Health in Guyana

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coalition Govt. not serious about Public Health in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, The APNU/AFC Coalition Government is not serious about Public Health in Guyana. While the government continues to boast about high standards of health care, Guyanese continue to suffer...

Alleged nepotism within this D & I Dept. is totally mischievous

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Alleged nepotism within this D & I Dept. is totally mischievous

DEAR EDITOR, It was reported in the last statutory meeting that senior officials of the D & I Department in Region No. 2 have been unethical and unjust in their awarding of contracts to trench...

The goalpost has been shifted and my points mischaracterized

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The goalpost has been shifted and my points mischaracterized

DEAR EDITOR, I had no intention of responding to Minette Bacchus’ ramblings about the appropriateness of welcoming the Prime Minister home, but in her recent letter, she has shifted her goalpost...

This Govt. brought back to life our local democracy and will never do anything to repress it

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This Govt. brought back to life our local democracy and will never do anything to repress it

DEAR EDITOR, Municipal elections, held in March 2016, will be held again this year. I wish to underscore the importance of Local Government Elections in Guyana, which are due in November of this...

Parking Meters: PNC-controlled City Council not listening to concerned citizens

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parking Meters: PNC-controlled City Council not listening to concerned citizens

DEAR EDITOR, The PNC-controlled City Council of Georgetown for decades now, continues to mismanage the resources of the City and ignore the voice of the people. They have demonstrated their inability...

CARICOM pursues regional customs document

Apr 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM pursues regional customs document

A proposed regional Single Administrative Document (SAD) for CARIFORUM countries is currently under consideration by regional Customs Administrations at the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community...

Not a caring government

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not a caring government

DEAR EDITOR, The unemployment rate in Guyana is staggering, and it is climbing every day. In the three years of this APNU+AFC Coalition, the government has demonstrated its inability to grow the...

I do not share these lofty ideals about Roopnaraine and the WPA

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I do not share these lofty ideals about Roopnaraine and the WPA

I will try my best not to let my frustration lead me to use acerbic adjectives to describe an unruly, inelegant and dishonest interpretation of my analysis of Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine by leading WPA...

THE CASE OF PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE CASE OF PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS

The case of overturning presidential term limits in Guyana is now in the hands of the Jurists at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The law establishing presidential term limits was passed in...

Why only G/town-based Chess players selected for the Junior tournament in Suriname?

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why only G/town-based Chess players selected for the Junior tournament in Suriname?

DEAR EDITOR, I recently learnt that a junior chess team was sent to Suriname for a tournament in that country by the Guyana Chess Federation. I have been informed that all the selected players came...

It is not too late to scrap the parking meter project in its entirety

Apr 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is not too late to scrap the parking meter project in its entirety

DEAR EDITOR, It seems almost a done deal that the infamous parking meters will be re-introduced in the city of Georgetown. The way is already cleared with the pronouncement by Minister of State...

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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