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GASA Independence Anniversary Swim Meet… Seaton, Raekwon, Persaud, Blair, Rodrigues dominate on final day

May 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA Independence Anniversary Swim Meet… Seaton, Raekwon, Persaud, Blair, Rodrigues dominate on final day

By Zaheer Mohamed Leon Seaton, Noel Raekwon, Aleka Persaud, Latisha Blair, Ariel Rodrigues continued their dominance on the final of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Independence Swim...

‘Cross-eye’ charged for murder of ex-wife’s lover during home invasion

May 22, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on ‘Cross-eye’ charged for murder of ex-wife’s lover during home invasion

The 32-year-old Amelia’s Ward, Linden man who is believed to have murdered his ex-wife’s lover was yesterday charged and remanded to prison when he appeared at the Linden...

Environment-related scholarships up for grabs

May 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Environment-related scholarships up for grabs

A number of scholarships are up for grabs compliments of the Government of Guyana. The scholarships are being offered at the Master’s level in the areas of Regional and Urban Planning, Occupational...

GTT provide sponsorship to Queen’s College – School preparing for 32nd Sir Garfield Sobers Schools Cricket Tourney

May 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT provide sponsorship to Queen’s College – School preparing for 32nd Sir Garfield Sobers Schools Cricket Tourney

Yesterday at their Head Office in Brickdam GTT handed over a sponsorship Cheque to Queen’s College as they prepare to travel to 32nd annual Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Cricket...

President, First Lady clarify need for Trini medical checkup trip

May 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on President, First Lady clarify need for Trini medical checkup trip

President David Granger and First Lady, Ms. Sandra Granger, yesterday completed their first round of medical examinations at the Good Health Medical Centre in Trinidad and Tobago under a Caribbean...

Independence Draughts set for Sunday May 27th

May 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Independence Draughts set for Sunday May 27th

The National Draughts Association would be holding a one day National Draughts competition on Sunday May 27th 2018 at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue. The Annual event would be played on the...

20 percent of Govt. contracts should be sourced from small businesses – GMSA

May 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 20 percent of Govt. contracts should be sourced from small businesses – GMSA

The Second Inter-Ministerial Round Table with the Guyana Manufacturing Services and Association (GMSA) was held on Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 at the Ministry of Finance. The Round Table, with focus on...

A school is as strong as the parental support it receives – National PTA Coordinator

May 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on A school is as strong as the parental support it receives – National PTA Coordinator

The importance of parental involvement in children’s education was recently emphasized when the Ministry of Education held a town-hall meeting at the Bartica Secondary School-in Region Seven...

Glaring challenges undermining achievement of health-related SDGs – WHO Director General

May 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Glaring challenges undermining achievement of health-related SDGs – WHO Director General

Although the Sustainable Development Goal [SDG] Three is the main SDG with an explicit focus on health, at least 10 other goals are also concerned with health issues. This is according to the World...

Apology

May 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Apology

In the Monday, May 21, 2018 edition of Kaieteur News, a headline was published “Bartica sand pit, BK quarry ordered closed by Minister Broomes”. In the report, it said that Durban Quarry was...

GuyOil confirms probe into $$M wire transfer fraud

May 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GuyOil confirms probe into $$M wire transfer fraud

The Guyana Oil Company Limited (GuyOil) has confirmed that an investigation is underway over the transfer of funds to a supplier. Kaieteur News reported last week that a senior official was sent on...

More youths being urged to pursue dentistry

May 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on More youths being urged to pursue dentistry

A call has been made for more youths to pursue careers in dentistry to strengthen the national programme. According to Principal Dental Officer, Dr. Kester Sullivan, efforts are being made to...

The lights that killed a nation’s collective psyche

May 22, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The lights that killed a nation’s collective psyche

In my career as an analyst, I have done three columns on the uncivilized descent of a country in the 21st century in relation to a particular attitude – the depraved insensitivity of not dimming...

A telling comment by a Prime Minister

May 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A telling comment by a Prime Minister

Dear Editor, Prime Minister of Barbados Freundel Stuart, in a viral social media video posted on Saturday, May 19, 2018, addressed the functioning of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and promised...

School Shooting— No panacea for Tears and Fears.

May 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on School Shooting— No panacea for Tears and Fears.

Editor, The continuing school carnage is a national shame, but the guns and the shooters are not the only ones to be blamed.While guns remain the greatest threat to safety in America, we cannot be so...

How will there be closure?

May 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on How will there be closure?

Dear editor, I cannot (and will not) pronounce on the guilt or innocence of the members of the joint services who it is alleged would have murdered the miners at Lindo Creek. That is the job of the...

City Hall must decide on priorities

May 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall must decide on priorities

Dear Editor, The world is likely to face a food crisis by 2050 unless agricultural production increases. Guyana’s abundance of land and freshwater supplies for agricultural purposes places it in an...

Prince Harry, his wife now the face of diversity

May 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prince Harry, his wife now the face of diversity

The marriage of Prince Harry to Ms. Meghan Markle represented a major departure from tradition which has characterized the British Monarchy over the centuries. This marriage will certainly have a...

Why not use the local health care facilities

May 22, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Why not use the local health care facilities

Dear Editor, Please indulge me. About a month ago on an APNU-AFC Facebook feed our Prime Minister Mr. Moses Nagamootoo said that Guyana has a first class health care system. I beg to differ and was...

The need for accountability.

May 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The need for accountability.

Dear Editor The recent resignation of Mr. Asot Michael from his Ministerial post of Investment and Trade in Antigua appears linked to the arrest of businessman, Peter Virdee, who is reported to be a...

A man who deals with the rule of law

May 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A man who deals with the rule of law

Dear Editor, Reference is made to an article in the Stabroek News letter section of 5/21/18 with the title, ‘Questions for Minister Patterson’ by one Sasenarine Singh. Putting it mildly, it was a...

City Hall is reversing a standard housing policy

May 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall is reversing a standard housing policy

Dear Editor, I would like to suggest that an urgent and serious investigation, possibly a Commission of Inquiry, be launched into what obtains on the strip of state reserve land that is located on...

Chaos on the road on Mother’s Day

May 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chaos on the road on Mother’s Day

Dear Editor, My family and dozens of other residents of Atlantic Gardens were thoroughly harassed when they were caught up in total traffic chaos on the East Coast Demerara highway on Mother’s Day...

THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF POVERTY

May 22, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF POVERTY

Guest Editorial Guyana continues to experience high levels of poverty and unemployment. There have been increased calls for the government to start a consultation process with the private sector and...

Govt. in talks with Peruvian company for joint venture with Guyana Gold Fields

May 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. in talks with Peruvian company for joint venture with Guyana Gold Fields

Guyana Gold Fields is poised to finalize a joint venture with a Peruvian company, which would require billions of dollars worth in concessions to set up shop. The company called Stracon,...

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The illusion of compliance

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- A company can meet the letter of the law. It can tick every box, hit every target. Yet,... more