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Guyanese Steve Connelley launches second book in Linden

May 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese Steve Connelley launches second book in Linden

….plans to use part proceeds to assist children in the Town By Enid Joaquin Guyanese Canadian Steve Connelley, whose first book ‘Children of Watooka’, was released in 2016 during Guyana’s...

Region One co-op projects get boost

May 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region One co-op projects get boost

The Ministry of Social Protection’s Special Projects Unit is actively pursuing projects to resuscitate the cooperative movement in Guyana. Recently, two workers from the Special Projects...

PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT

May 28, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT

The planet is changing and we should help it change for the better. Pollution is affecting the planet but the good news is that every one of us can help to reduce it and protect and sustain the...

This is ‘eye pass’

May 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on This is ‘eye pass’

Let us suppose that there is foreign logging company in Guyana. The company requires trucking services to haul lumber. It hires a local company to do the work. For every trip, it pays the trucking...

Parika to become a gateway town – Min. Harmon

May 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Parika to become a gateway town – Min. Harmon

Parika is poised to become a gateway town and residents can be assured that greater things are to come through the Coalition Government’s continued investments said Minister of State Joseph Harmon....

Corruption became infectious and GuySuCo remain in checkmate-its the same for Guyana

May 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corruption became infectious and GuySuCo remain in checkmate-its the same for Guyana

Dear Editor, Over the last few days, there were some revelations in the KN about GuySuCo’s internal failings over the years. These revelations did not surprise the public. The public is aware of...

Youth given opportunity to expand business

May 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Youth given opportunity to expand business

–plans to employ single parents Zanzi Atkins-Dey, owner of Amaze, was one of the eleven persons to be awarded the opportunity to expand her business last week Thursday at the Ministry of Social...

A supporter for this new political party

May 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A supporter for this new political party

Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity of extending my endorsement to Mr. Craig Sylvester of the newly established Democratic National Congress ( DNC). A friend of mine shared with me a video...

A facility that now benefits the citizens

May 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A facility that now benefits the citizens

Dear Editor, So, it is Gail Teixeira’s view that the D’Urban Park Project is a colossal failure. What a statement! For that matter, what a tremendous lie. Deviously, she has conjured up issues of...

Are moral values measurable and definitive?

May 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Are moral values measurable and definitive?

Way back in 2015, in a debate with one time columnist with this newspaper, Stella Ramsaroop, (“What is moral judgement?” Sunday, November 6, 2005) I told her setting out moral criteria by which...

This deplorable road needs urgent repairs

May 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This deplorable road needs urgent repairs

Dear Editor, I wrote several letters about the deplorable state of Agriculture Road last year but it seemed to be going on deaf ears and this road continues to deteriorate daily. Last year, Project...

Minister Ramjattan should recall Dookie-anything less-makes him part of the conspiracy

May 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Ramjattan should recall Dookie-anything less-makes him part of the conspiracy

Dear Editor, The decision by acting Minister of Public Security (Winston Felix) to send beleaguered former SWAT head, Motie Dookie, home is ominous, not only for the GPF but for Guyana as a whole....

School of the Nations to host Innovative Exhibition

May 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on School of the Nations to host Innovative Exhibition

With solutions to the 17 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs], the School of the Nations will from June 1, 2018 host an Innovative Exhibition. The main objective of the...

On the question of the Guyana Prize for Literature

May 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on On the question of the Guyana Prize for Literature

Dear Editor, I have read Gideon Cecil’s letter on May 18, 2018 in the Guyana Chronicle, and I think it requires some clarifications on what the issue should be. The letter is a good biography of...

Squalor in New Amsterdam

May 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Squalor in New Amsterdam

Dear Editor, I would like to comment on the unhealthy state of affairs as it relates to solid waste management in the town of New Amsterdam. The current solid waste dump site which is in the northern...

Cultural intolerance is unacceptable and counterproductive to social cohesion

May 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cultural intolerance is unacceptable and counterproductive to social cohesion

Dear Editor, In his speech to the nation to commemorate Guyana’s 52nd Anniversary of Independence, President Granger urged greater protection of the nation’s children and said, “We need to...

The fairness in ads distribution is evident

May 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The fairness in ads distribution is evident

Dear Editor, I thought I would look at the Internet editions of daily newspapers in Guyana to get an idea as to where their advertising support comes from. The Guyana Times, owned by Dr. Bobby...

Disappointed

May 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disappointed

Dear Editor, I am a resident of Lusignan who is very dissatisfied with the decision of the CCJ in the Lusignan Massacre. I am the first and maybe, the only resident of this community who will write...

Inflating the investment package or padding the books? Aurora Gold Mines ‘spend’ US$30M on lighting towers – each retails in Guyana for US$10,000

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Inflating the investment package or padding the books? Aurora Gold Mines ‘spend’ US$30M on lighting towers – each retails in Guyana for US$10,000

As scrutiny continues on the level of concessions that foreign companies are enjoying in Guyana as against what the country is getting in return, the spotlight remains on Aurora Gold Mines Inc. The...

Do not count your chickens…learn from Ghana’s experience – Ramson warns Govt.

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Do not count your chickens…learn from Ghana’s experience – Ramson warns Govt.

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell “Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.” That is a lesson taught to children at a very young age. Yet, Attorney-at-law, and Oil and Gas consultant,...

Watchdog body criticizes silence over transfer of whistle-blowing nurse

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Watchdog body criticizes silence over transfer of whistle-blowing nurse

Watchdog body, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has criticized the silence of two major bodies over the transfer of a West Berbice murder who allegedly blew the whistle on senior...

Suriname cops posing as pirates detain Guyanese fishermen

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname cops posing as pirates detain Guyanese fishermen

Sixteen fishermen were intercepted just before noon yesterday in neighbouring Suriname in an area called Bigipan. The men in separate vessels reported that the scoutoo (police) were disguised as sea...

Chatham House warns… Be open with nation about looming challenges to oil revenue

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Chatham House warns… Be open with nation about looming challenges to oil revenue

One of the first and most difficult challenges Governments of emerging oil countries face is managing the expectations of its people. There is no silver bullet solution for this issue. But Chatham...

Aurora getting de gold and Guyana gets de pole

May 27, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Aurora getting de gold and Guyana gets de pole

Everybody know when people get ketch wid dem pants down, dem does mek all kinda flimsy excuse. Tek Exxon, de oil company. When dem get expose, dem does respond through ads. Dem never want to sit down...

AG adamant that attorneys liable for unreported State cases

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on AG adamant that attorneys liable for unreported State cases

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, has refuted allegations by the Guyana Bar Association that he attacked members of the Bar in his recent remarks on private lawyers...

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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