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GPHC health education institute gets much needed accommodation boost with new facility

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC health education institute gets much needed accommodation boost with new facility

The newly commissioned facility, which houses the Oncology Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, (GPHC), is set to boost the work of the Institute of Health Science Education (IHSE)....

Second drowned cousin washes up at Buxton

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Second drowned cousin washes up at Buxton

Four days after two cousins went for a swim at the Mahaica seawalls and drowned while swimming, the second body has turned up at the Buxton foreshore. Timothy Robinson, 14, and his 10-year-old cousin...

Mom gets three years for cocaine at CJIA

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mom gets three years for cocaine at CJIA

A single mother of two who was nabbed while attempting to smuggle a quantity of cocaine via the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, (CJIA) Timehri last Monday, was yesterday sentenced to three years...

Guyana signs agreement for establishing law school

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana signs agreement for establishing law school

From June 18 to June 20, 2018, Attorney General, Basil Williams, and members of the local Joseph Haynes Law School (JHLS) committee met with representatives of the Jamaica joint venture partners. The...

A business guide to ignorant Guyanese business people

Jul 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A business guide to ignorant Guyanese business people

I know of no political theory, and there has never been such a theory that postulates that economic development and financial stability can take place once wealth exists. In other words, if a country...

Guyana to draw from CARICOM on Marijuana

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to draw from CARICOM on Marijuana

Cabinet is still gathering information before rolling out a comprehensive approach in response to wider calls for legalization of marijuana, at least in small quantities. Minister of State, Joseph...

The CCJ decision does not hurt the PPPC

Jul 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The CCJ decision does not hurt the PPPC

Forbes Burnham once warned his political opponents that shooting him was a waste, another Rasta would take his place. Forbes Burnham, of course was no friend of Rastafarians – he attacked the local...

No shortage of insulin—says Health Ministry -40ft container arrived since February -drug packed in cold storage container in Diamond, EBD

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on No shortage of insulin—says Health Ministry -40ft container arrived since February -drug packed in cold storage container in Diamond, EBD

Director of the Materials Management Unit (MMU) Ministry of Health, Cecil Jack, yesterday put to rest allegations that there is a shortage of insulin at health facilities in some parts of the...

DPP conducts outreach to Orealla and Siparuta

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on DPP conducts outreach to Orealla and Siparuta

Residents of the Orealla and Siparuta Communities in Region Six, last week expressed their delight when they were afforded the opportunity to meet with representatives of the Office of the Director...

Extradition proceeding for US murder suspect… Defence challenges suspect’s name

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Extradition proceeding for US murder suspect… Defence challenges suspect’s name

One of the three lawyers representing US murder suspect, Troy Thomas, is now challenging the name of his client. This challenge comes almost one month after, Justice Jo-Ann Barlow made the ruling in...

Car abandoned, suspects arrested after police shootout

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Car abandoned, suspects arrested after police shootout

Four suspects are now in police custody after an alleged shoot-out with ranks on their police mobile patrol vehicles. According to a high ranking police source, ranks in Berbice received a tip-off...

Pensioner dies after wedding house beating -father and son held

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner dies after wedding house beating -father and son held

A father and son are in custody in connection with the death of a 71-year-old man, who succumbed last Tuesday after being badly beaten at a La Retraite, West Bank Demerara wedding house. Relatives...

I commend Barbados’ PM for leading the way in treating with our Haitian sisters and brothers

Jul 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I commend Barbados’ PM for leading the way in treating with our Haitian sisters and brothers

DEAR EDITOR, The opportunity is being taken to publicly commend Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley for leading the way in treating with our Caribbean sisters and brothers of Haiti, with her...

PPP Presidential candidate dilemma

Jul 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP Presidential candidate dilemma

DEAR EDITOR, Now that former President Bharrat Jagdeo has been legally barred from becoming President again, the lid has been blown off the candidates’ can over at Freedom House. Potentials are...

Basil Williams wasn’t the only lawyer who represented me

Jul 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Basil Williams wasn’t the only lawyer who represented me

DEAR EDITOR, I have noticed that the race for Chairmanship of the People’s National Congress is heating up, and the three ‘Old School’ candidates are campaigning aggressively....

3 arrested over missing Berbice school vouchers

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 3 arrested over missing Berbice school vouchers

The police in Berbice have confirmed that three persons have been arrested in connection with missing vouchers from the Regional Education Officer’s office in New Amsterdam, Berbice. Regional...

A new force in the education system is putting our children first

Jul 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A new force in the education system is putting our children first

DEAR EDITOR, I write to congratulate all of the children who did so well at this year’s grade six assessment examinations. I have observed in the news media all of the joy and excitement –...

I am a distraught teacher who has been mistreated, but who can I turn to for help?

Jul 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am a distraught teacher who has been mistreated, but who can I turn to for help?

DEAR EDITOR, I am a distraught teacher who feels that the treatment meted out to me by some officials at the Department of Education Region 4 has been discriminatory to the point where I believe that...

Dr. Norton’s pronouncements on the Guyana Prize puzzled me

Jul 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Norton’s pronouncements on the Guyana Prize puzzled me

Dear Editor, I was puzzled by Dr. Norton’s pronouncements on the Guyana Prize, because Dr. Norton himself seems puzzled. From what he says, it seems that he has very little understanding of the...

Proof that the accusations against the Guyana Prize are false, ultra vires and without merit

Jul 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Proof that the accusations against the Guyana Prize are false, ultra vires and without merit

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the claims made in letters to the national newspapers by Rev. Gideon Cecil and Ras Aaron Blackman that the Guyana Prize for Literature privileges Guyanese writers resident...

POWER STRUGGLE HAS ERUPTED

Jul 06, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on POWER STRUGGLE HAS ERUPTED

With the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ending the possibility of a third term for the presidency by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, his influence on the PPP and on the selection of the party’s...

Berbice pensioner batters girlfriend to death over badly cooked food

Jul 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice pensioner batters girlfriend to death over badly cooked food

A 62-year-old Rosignol, West Coast Berbice pensioner was arrested by police yesterday morning after he allegedly murdered his girlfriend at his home sometime after midnight on Wednesday. Dead is...

Oil and Transparency … Guyana must demand disclosure of everything related to subcontracts – Int’l Expert

Jul 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Oil and Transparency … Guyana must demand disclosure of everything related to subcontracts – Int’l Expert

By Kiana Wilburg If Guyana is truly serious about transparency and accountability in the oil and gas sector, then there are a few basic principles it would strive to adhere to. According to Director...

Barbados PM calls for more inclusion of CARICOM residents in decision-making

Jul 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados PM calls for more inclusion of CARICOM residents in decision-making

….as Heads of Govt. meeting commences The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must do all it can to let the integration movement be owned by the people, Barbados’ new Prime Minister, Mia Mottley told...

Deplorable working conditions at Clerk of Markets’ office – Staff using umbrellas at desks

Jul 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Deplorable working conditions at Clerk of Markets’ office – Staff using umbrellas at desks

This publication visited the office of the Clerk of Markets of the Stabroek Market, on Tuesday to get some information in relation to the $90 million jewel heist, and what was found at the office was...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more