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Electric bicycles for Green Bartica

Jun 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Electric bicycles for Green Bartica

Mayor Gifford Marshall envisages a future for Bartica as a model green town replete with electric bicycles and cars. This was disclosed yesterday at a capacity building workshop for local government...

IMC regains control of Public Service Credit Union

Jun 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on IMC regains control of Public Service Credit Union

The High Court on Wednesday issued another order which essentially allows the Government’s Interim Management Committee, (IMC) to regain control of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit...

Jagdeo is no threat to peace

Jun 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Jagdeo is no threat to peace

One of the questions preoccupying political analysts in recent days has been what will become of the peace agreement signed between the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...

The PPP in 2020: This is my philosophical view of life

Jun 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PPP in 2020: This is my philosophical view of life

I have an inflexible position about crime and punishment. It is a deeply cherished philosophical embrace that I would never flinch from. I was at the cashier’s counter at the Budget Supermarket on...

Amerindian Act revision begins

Jun 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian Act revision begins

THE Steering Committee for the Amerindian Act 2006 Revision, comprising representatives of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), Amerindian Peoples Association, the Amerindian Action Movement of...

Police probe claims of assault on carpenter by ranks …in response to KN article

Jun 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police probe claims of assault on carpenter by ranks …in response to KN article

The story of 29-year-old Queenstown, Essequibo Coast resident Narad Junior Courtman, being allegedly assaulted by police last week Wednesday, was carried in this publication yesterday, and police...

Second day of tint crackdown nets more than 50 vehicles

Jun 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Second day of tint crackdown nets more than 50 vehicles

The Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department conducted a second traffic exercise, yesterday, at the Providence Police Station, focusing mainly on tinted vehicles. On Wednesday there was a similar...

A community feels ignored

Jun 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A community feels ignored

Dear Editor, I would like to draw the Ministry of Communities’ attention to the deplorable condition of the road of Phase Three Good Hope, ECD. This village is divided into three phases, and Phase...

A criticism of the former Deputy Mayor

Jun 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A criticism of the former Deputy Mayor

Dear Editor- It’s the first time the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), with the appointment of Mr. Sherod Duncan, as General Manager, has a hardcore active politician in this strategic and...

Charles Ramson through the eyes of someone else

Jun 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Charles Ramson through the eyes of someone else

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your letter column to comment on an article I saw in your newspaper titled ‘Ramson signals desire to be PPPC presidential candidate’. The Ramson in...

“Examining Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Technology”

Jun 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Examining Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Technology”

Dear Editor, In September 2017, I completed a qualitative case study titled, “Examining Intellectual Property Rights Innovation and Technology within the Caricom Single Market and Economy”. The...

No need to curry favour

Jun 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on No need to curry favour

Dear Editor, On 18th June, 2018 the Kaieteur News indicated that Dr. Jan Mangal (petroleum advisor to the President from Mar-2017 to Mar-2018) recommended the investigation of the award of petroleum...

THIS IS WHAT WE NEED FOR GUYANA

Jun 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on THIS IS WHAT WE NEED FOR GUYANA

Dear Editor, Thank you for this opportunity to express my satisfaction with the unity seen at a beauty pageant held last Saturday at the National Cultural Centre. I am certainly excited to see the...

The police allow the minibuses to kill

Jun 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police allow the minibuses to kill

Dear Editor, Another tragic and senseless fatal accident involving yet again, the dreaded minibus. Two brothers lost their lives through the gross negligence and senseless driving, which we have...

FEARLESS LEADERS

Jun 29, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on FEARLESS LEADERS

To say that life is difficult and it is not a walk in the park may be an understatement, but for the poor and the downtrodden in Guyana, it is a reality. Actually, life is probably more akin to a...

Govt. pays $12M per month to store free CT-scanner

Jun 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. pays $12M per month to store free CT-scanner

Government continues to pour millions of taxpayer dollars into the rental of the controversial Sussex Street, Albouystown drug bond to store a CT-scanner which was donated by RAD-AID International....

Ramson signals desire to be PPPC presidential candidate

Jun 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ramson signals desire to be PPPC presidential candidate

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell “Guyana needs high-quality leadership. This means leadership that exudes integrity, passion and vision. This would also mean leadership that is technically sound across...

US$17M Japan grant aid to revamp city power network

Jun 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US$17M Japan grant aid to revamp city power network

– place solar panels on CARICOM headquarters Japan is lending significant assistance to Guyana to improve its power sector with US$17M ($3.4B) in grant agreements signed yesterday. The...

Langevine receives Queen’s award

Jun 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Langevine receives Queen’s award

Young people from 38 countries across the Commonwealth celebrated their Queen’s Young Leaders Award with guests including Sir John Major, David Beckham OBE, Sir Lenny Henry CBE, Nicola Adams OBE,...

Ex-soldier, woman, among four held for phone card vendor’s murder

Jun 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-soldier, woman, among four held for phone card vendor’s murder

A former soldier and a woman are among four people who are in custody in connection with the gunning down of phone card vendor, Ron Mansfield, at Westminster, West Bank Demerara. Police reportedly...

Cops nab ‘Jinga’ for 2014 shootout with GRA officers

Jun 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cops nab ‘Jinga’ for 2014 shootout with GRA officers

Smuggler Harilall Motilall, called Jinga Harry”, will finally begin serving a two-year sentence for his involvement in a shootout in 2014 involving GRA officers. Police said that Motilall, of...

Kaneville tenant shoots landlord

Jun 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Kaneville tenant shoots landlord

Andrew Doris, 47, of 972 Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, sustained three gunshot wounds after an altercation with his tenants, Melanie McGarrell and Arif Abdool. Mrs. Yolandie Doris who witnessed the...

Budget success evasive without robust institutions, evaluation systems- Finance Minister

Jun 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Budget success evasive without robust institutions, evaluation systems- Finance Minister

By Kiana Wilburg Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, recently noted that when the resource envelope of any national budget is supported by robust institutional structures, effective management systems,...

Jagdeo can’t threaten he party people

Jun 28, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Jagdeo can’t threaten he party people

When dem boys was li’l children, dem mudda use to threaten dem whenever dem even look like if dem thinking about doing something wrang. And de threat use to wuk. All de mudda had to do was show a...

Gaming stakeholders briefed on anti-money laundering measures

Jun 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gaming stakeholders briefed on anti-money laundering measures

The Gaming Authority of Guyana hosted the first in a series of Stakeholders Fora planned for 2018, on Thursday, June 14, 2018 in the Ogle Room at Herdmanston Lodge. Under the theme “Gaming the...