June 2018

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LABA/YBG/Powerade Linden Schools Regional Basketball Championship… ‘Tallo’ Hutson Academy donates MVP trophy ahead of today’s semi-finals at MSC

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA/YBG/Powerade Linden Schools Regional Basketball Championship… ‘Tallo’ Hutson Academy donates MVP trophy ahead of today’s semi-finals at MSC

The Linden Amateur Basketball Association yesterday received a timely boost for its Linden Regional Under-19 Schools basketball championship from Rickland Hutson through his Leadership Academy as the...

Cops to face departmental charges for escape of female drug accused

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cops to face departmental charges for escape of female drug accused

An investigation appears to have cleared four policemen of sexually assaulting a female drug accused at the Timehri Police Station. But the ranks have been implicated in causing the woman to escape...

Ministerial Task Force on (TIP) trains Mines Officers…in two-day course

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ministerial Task Force on (TIP) trains Mines Officers…in two-day course

Yesterday, the Ministerial Task Force on Trafficking In Persons (TIP) started a two-day training course, for mines officers attached to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). As Guyana...

Police constable stabbed several times during search of suspect

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police constable stabbed several times during search of suspect

A police constable attached to the Guyana Police Force, ‘B’ Division Anti-Crime Motorcycle Patrol, was on Monday ambushed by a group of men and stabbed about his body by an identifiable male...

Guyana has policy to integrate teen moms back in school

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has policy to integrate teen moms back in school

A new policy is in place to ensure teenage mothers have the opportunity to go back to school. The policy manual was handed over Monday at the National Centre for Education Resource Development...

Government comes in for high praise as OCC commences consultations for TNES project

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Government comes in for high praise as OCC commences consultations for TNES project

The Office of Climate Change (OCC), hosted the first session of a two-part National Stakeholder Forum for the Transitioning to National Energy Security (TNES): Bartica as a model Green Town Project....

Crime at Stabroek Square

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Crime at Stabroek Square

It may be difficult to believe but one of the most dangerous places to be in Guyana is also the busiest. Stabroek Square is the most dangerous place to be. There is not a day that someone is not...

GUYANESE PROVIDE CANADIAN YOUTH WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANESE PROVIDE CANADIAN YOUTH WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING

Two Guyanese-born Canadians, Bishop Joseph Fisher, and social worker, Leyland Gudge, have collaborated to provide marginalized youth, 18 to 29 years old, in the Greater Toronto Area of Durham Region...

Police, auditors to probe fraud at Public Health Ministry

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police, auditors to probe fraud at Public Health Ministry

Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence, on Tuesday warned senior employees to look out for police detectives and Finance Ministry internal auditors, who will soon begin investigations into the...

Man killed in Imbaimadai mining pit collapse

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed in Imbaimadai mining pit collapse

Elmo Adams, a miner whose age up to press time was not known, died yesterday morning when the pit in which he and others were working caved in at Imbaimadai, Upper Mazaruni. Persons said the incident...

Does the President know that GECOM Chairman publicly used the word, “gonads”?

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Does the President know that GECOM Chairman publicly used the word, “gonads”?

The plural noun, “gonads” have been used historically, traditionally, journalistically and in common parlance to mean the male testicles. Gonads in the plural cannot be used to describe the...

Former Death Row inmate gets sentence commuted to manslaughter

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Former Death Row inmate gets sentence commuted to manslaughter

Mark Samuels, a former death row inmate, had his sentence commuted to manslaughter by the Court of Appeal, yesterday. The ruling was handed down by an Appellate panel consisted of Chancellor Justice...

Drones in Agriculture to generate Revenue

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Drones in Agriculture to generate Revenue

By Mike Mohan https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.droneguru.net%2Fthe-pros-and-cons-of-drones-in-agriculture%2F The introduction of drones for agriculture as suggested by the...

Improving telecommunication across the hinterland remains on the front burner of Government

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Improving telecommunication across the hinterland remains on the front burner of Government

Residents of Monkey Mountain worry about health services and communication During a recent meeting with residents of Monkey Mountain, a Region Eight (North Pakaraimas) community, Minister within the...

‘Nasty Man’ declares innocence in footballer’s murder

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Nasty Man’ declares innocence in footballer’s murder

Delon Henry who is on trial for allegedly murdering ‘Back Circle’ footballer, Dexter Griffith, almost three years ago, told a jury yesterday, that he is innocent of the crime. Henry, known as...

Berbice 2018 June criminal session opens

Jun 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice 2018 June criminal session opens

Police ranks led by Assistant Superintendent Elton Davidson once again did a splendid job at the opening of the June 2018 Criminal Session of the Berbice Assists. The session opened on Tuesday with...

The final chapter of the junk bulldozer

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The final chapter of the junk bulldozer

DEAR EDITOR, At the very first RDC Statutory meeting in January this year, the entire RDC Boardroom listened in shock to a narrative that an old decrepit bulldozer precariously perched outside of the...

Customs like this have always interested me

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Customs like this have always interested me

DEAR EDITOR, In a letter headlined, “Those double barreled surnames”, from Juliet Holder-Allen, an Attorney-at-law makes the following statement: “The relevant provision in the Marriage Act, in...

This can only be seen as twisted logic and unharnessed greed

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This can only be seen as twisted logic and unharnessed greed

DEAR EDITOR, One can only see as twisted logic and unharnessed greed, the argument being advanced by the Town Clerk of Georgetown against sections of the Food Safety Bill which he considers a peril...

A most politically unwise proposal

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A most politically unwise proposal

DEAR EDITOR, Again, we witness the horrible green monster (the scandalous parking meter shackle) rearing its hideous head in Georgetown. And again, the controversial Town Clerk is leading the charge...

We have to leave a benign legacy for our children that we do care for them

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have to leave a benign legacy for our children that we do care for them

DEAR EDITOR, Not only the drainage infrastructure in Chateau Margot on the East Coast of Demerara is very poor and ignored by the Regional Democratic Council at Triumph village on the East Coast of...

Effective staff selection involves more than qualifications & experience

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Effective staff selection involves more than qualifications & experience

DEAR EDITOR, The local media has recently been inundated with controversial debate/discussion on the pros and cons of the selection processes for the position of Deputy Chief Elections Officer. My...

Separation of children is morally wrong

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Separation of children is morally wrong

DEAR EDITOR, It is heart-wrenching to hear and see how children are separated from their parents on the Southern border of America. The current administration has been heavily criticized and has been...

Welcome the recent revolution in the sport arena

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on Welcome the recent revolution in the sport arena

Dear Editor, I welcome the recent revolution in the sport arena of Guyana and hope it catches on. First Mr. Nigel Hinds of the Guyana Basketball Federation was brave enough to pen an eye-opening...

I maintain that I never claimed to be the holder of a first degree or equivalent

Jun 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I maintain that I never claimed to be the holder of a first degree or equivalent

DEAR EDITOR, It is very sad that I am being forced to defend my integrity against attempts to vilify me in the public domain. However, it becomes imperative that I respond to one aspect of the...

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(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has seemingly decided that the inconvenience of possessing an independent mind is no longer worth the trouble. It has changed direction. The irony is that while Guyana appears increasingly willing to trade diplomatic independence for Washington’s approval, Brazil’s...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Ambassador Theriot, one unhappy Excellency

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(Kaieteur News) – American Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole D. Theriot, has to be one unhappy puppy. Sorry, Excellency; the Americanism should be understood, taken gracefully. But Excellency Theriot has to be unhappy as the day is long. A soft, feathery ambassadorial assignment, looking after...

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