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Natural resources career is a worthy endeavour – Min. Trotman tells apprentices

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Natural resources career is a worthy endeavour – Min. Trotman tells apprentices

Twenty-six youths are being encouraged to keep an open mind as they embark on the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Youth in Natural Resources Apprenticeship Programme 2018. The programme, which is in...

The direction in which the arrow pointed was being contended

Aug 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The direction in which the arrow pointed was being contended

DEAR EDITOR, In less than 24 hours of your publication of my letter regarding misleading traffic signs at the junction of Thomas Street and paralleled roads of Stanley Place and Vlissengen Road, the...

I commend the AFC for making this bold move

Aug 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I commend the AFC for making this bold move

DEAR EDITOR, I write to publicly commend the Alliance For Change for making this bold move to contest the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE) independently. In 2016 the coalition government...

Once more setting the record straight: Debunking fake news

Aug 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Once more setting the record straight: Debunking fake news

DEAR EDITOR, During the period of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government it was subjected to vile and consistent attacks about corruption. Most of the allegations were downright...

AFC GOING IT ALONE

Aug 09, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on AFC GOING IT ALONE

More than a quarter of the world’s democracies have coalition governments. Guyana had its first two-party coalition government in 1964 when the PNC and the UF coalesced to defeat the PPP. The...

Did Professor Thomas consider the possible inflationary effect?

Aug 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did Professor Thomas consider the possible inflationary effect?

DEAR EDITOR, The announcement by Professor Clive Thomas of the distribution of cash from the projected oil revenue to every Guyanese household caught me by surprise. For the skilled and talented...

Guyana/Cuba scholarship programme…. Disciplinary Committee probing allegations of fraud by medical graduates

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana/Cuba scholarship programme…. Disciplinary Committee probing allegations of fraud by medical graduates

A Disciplinary Committee has been set up by the Medical Council of Guyana to probe allegations of grade manipulation and other questionable acts carried out by a number of graduates of the medicine...

AFC’s decision to contest LGE solo leaves it politically exposed – Dr. Hinds

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on AFC’s decision to contest LGE solo leaves it politically exposed – Dr. Hinds

The decision of the Alliance For Change (AFC) to contest the Local Government Elections (LGE) alone leaves it in an exposed position. It must now prove whether its electoral support is intact, or if...

Woman, 46, tells cops she gunned down lover, 72

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, 46, tells cops she gunned down lover, 72

– had claimed ‘masked man’ was killer A 46-year-old woman who had claimed that a masked gunman killed her 72-year-old lover, even as she bravely tried to defend him, has now admitted that...

Cash handouts from oil wealth will spark ridiculous election campaigns – Nigel Hughes

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cash handouts from oil wealth will spark ridiculous election campaigns – Nigel Hughes

Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes is completely against the suggestion by some that a portion of the nation’s oil wealth should be set aside to make direct cash handouts to every household. At the...

Murder/suicide at Kilcoy/Chesney…OPR probing allegations that police ranks accepted bribe

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Murder/suicide at Kilcoy/Chesney…OPR probing allegations that police ranks accepted bribe

As the dust begins to settle after the grisly murder/suicide at Kilcoy/Chesney on Monday afternoon, there have been some developments in connection with the allegations made against the ranks who...

Local businesses continue to ignore fire precautions – Prevention Officer

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Local businesses continue to ignore fire precautions – Prevention Officer

A significant number of businesses in Georgetown continue to operate in breach of the fire precautions outlined by the Guyana Fire Service. Chief Fire Prevention Officer, Andrew Holder explained that...

GMRSC King of the Strip 3… T&T, Suriname and Barbados set to invade South Dakota Circuit – Team Mohamed’s the undisputed KOS

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMRSC King of the Strip 3… T&T, Suriname and Barbados set to invade South Dakota Circuit – Team Mohamed’s the undisputed KOS

The third edition of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMRSC) King of the Strip (KOS) drag race competition will scorch away on August 26 at the South Dakota Circuit at Timehri and competitors...

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Khalil, Pollard and Barker reign supreme as BCQS Int’l Masters concludes

Are we better off today than we were before first oil?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-If you had asked me ten years ago what I wanted for Guyana, I would have said a few things:... more