April 2018

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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...

Not a single int’l expert consulted on National Oil Spill Plan

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Not a single int’l expert consulted on National Oil Spill Plan

When it comes to the nation’s Contingency Oil Spill Plan, not a single expert on the subject, has been contracted to provide assistance. Instead, a team of locals sought to go it alone. Kaieteur...

Ramjattan supports police in deadly seawall shooting of three bandits

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan supports police in deadly seawall shooting of three bandits

Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, yesterday supported the police version of events surrounding the March 15 shooting at the Georgetown seawall. That shooting ended in the death of three...

Parking meter one step closer to reality again —City council approves by laws

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Parking meter one step closer to reality again —City council approves by laws

The revised parking meter bylaws have been approved by a majority vote of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC). Thirteen Councillors voted in support of the project, two voted against...

Rose Hall Town murder/robbery… Male employee confesses to crime, two more in custody

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall Town murder/robbery… Male employee confesses to crime, two more in custody

Investigators in ‘B’ Division late yesterday afternoon managed to get a confession from one of the suspects in custody for the murder of 53-year- old Security Guard, Munesh Prem Munien. The...

Army, Police top brass shunned UK forensic team’s offer to probe Lindo Creek killings

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Army, Police top brass shunned UK forensic team’s offer to probe Lindo Creek killings

-Attorney Nigel Hughes informed Henry Greene individuals were using slain miner’s phone Attorney- at-law Nigel Hughes yesterday accused former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, and the top brass...

Guyana got nuff Andy Capp

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana got nuff Andy Capp

One of de hardest thing is to find people to wuk. Some business people talking how dem looking fuh people and dem can’t find. But if you had to meet certain people you would believe dat dem ain’t...

Shot in head and back at work… Market vendors call for armed security

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Shot in head and back at work… Market vendors call for armed security

Two days after he was shot to the head by bandits, La Penitence, Georgetown Market vendors, Doodnauth Danasri and his wife, are calling on the relevant authorities to deploy armed security to keep...

Strategic leadership a main factor to improve education system – says Dr. O’Toole

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Strategic leadership a main factor to improve education system – says Dr. O’Toole

-As major Education Leadership Conference commences today Progress in any education system is dependent on strategic leadership. However, the whole concept of education leadership is one that must...

CANU ranks testify in trial of baker, wife caught with ganja in gas bottles

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CANU ranks testify in trial of baker, wife caught with ganja in gas bottles

Two Custom Anti –Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks yesterday testified in the trial of a couple who is accused of trafficking 57.9 grams of marijuana. It is alleged that between November 14 and November...

Break down barriers to health care access – PAHO urges

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Break down barriers to health care access – PAHO urges

In the Americas region, one-third of the population faces obstacles to accessing health. “Health is a right, and as such we must overcome barriers to have access to care,” said Director...

South Central Hotel murder Body of hotel owner was found under a bed

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on South Central Hotel murder Body of hotel owner was found under a bed

The lifeless body of Joseph Jagdeo, former proprietor of South Central Hotel, was found lying under a bed in Room 10 of the premises. This is according to Wendell Eastman, called Buxton, who was...

GCB/Hand-in-Hand Inter-County U-19 tourney bowls off Tuesday

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/Hand-in-Hand Inter-County U-19 tourney bowls off Tuesday

By Zaheer Mohamed The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has teamed up with Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company once again to host their annual Inter-County U-19 three-day and 50-over...

Grant-Stuart receives assistance for UCI C1 Para-Cycling – GCANA, Duckie, Kevin Jeffrey & Andrew King chips in

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grant-Stuart receives assistance for UCI C1 Para-Cycling – GCANA, Duckie, Kevin Jeffrey & Andrew King chips in

As the days wind down for his departure, Guyanese Differently Able cyclist Walter Grant-Stuart’s quest to shine on debut for Guyana at the UCI C1 Para-Cycling Event which would be held April 28th...

Confess to robberies or play Russian roulette

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Confess to robberies or play Russian roulette

-detectives allegedly told accused A labourer was yesterday remanded to prison on two robbery under arms charges after he appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown...

Pepsi Under-16 shifted to Sunday at Gymnasium

Apr 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pepsi Under-16 shifted to Sunday at Gymnasium

The Guyana Boxing Association has shifted the venue and date of this year’s first Pepsi Michael Parris Under-16 boxing competition. First scheduled for this Saturday at the Andrew ‘Six Head’...

La Parfaite man charged with murder of ex-girlfriend

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on La Parfaite man charged with murder of ex-girlfriend

Two days after a minibus driver allegedly confessed to killing his ex-girlfriend during an argument, he was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for murder. Thirty-nine-year-old Lauric Fiffee...

Eyewitnesses describe death of seven-year-old as most horrific

Apr 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Eyewitnesses describe death of seven-year-old as most horrific

Many are still in shock and disbelief, after witnessing the horrific death of seven-year-old Jadesh Mohanlall, of Aurora Village,Essequibo Coast. The boy was struck down on the Aurora Public Road...

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An insult to our intelligence

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(Kaieteur News) – We are told that the reason regular government press conferences have disappeared is because the administration has moved from “campaign mode” into “implementation mode.” In other words, governing has apparently become too demanding an occupation to permit the...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Sanctity of contract

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Sanctity of contract has a resonant ring. In isolation. Sanctity of contract placed next to sanctity of sovereignty doesn’t have a leg on which to stand. It pales. It must fade. For what does sanctity of contract do to sanctity of...

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