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Golf legend to construct 18-hole Course in Guyana informs Minister Dr Norton

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golf legend to construct 18-hole Course in Guyana informs Minister Dr Norton

Regarded by many as the greatest golfer of all time, 78-year-old Jack Nicklaus has signed a deal for his golf course design company, one of the largest in the world, to construct a state-of-the art...

Banks DIH support Avinash Persaud for Suriname Invitational Golf Tourney

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH support Avinash Persaud for Suriname Invitational Golf Tourney

Eight-time Guyana Open Men’s champion Avinash Persaud has secured sponsorship from Banks DIH Limited to compete at the Suriname Invitational Golf tournament billed for next weekend at the...

Patterson should release evaluation of Amaila Falls access road project-Jagdeo

Sep 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Patterson should release evaluation of Amaila Falls access road project-Jagdeo

Members of the Coalition Government had criticized the controversial road to the Amaila Falls hydro project, but they are facing renewed calls to release the evaluation report done for the project....

CPA engages E’bo taxi and minibus operators on child sexual abuse

Sep 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CPA engages E’bo taxi and minibus operators on child sexual abuse

The Child Care and Protection Agency [CPA] collaborated with Blossom Inc. last Tuesday in engaging the hire car drivers and minibus operators on the Anna Regina Car Park, Essequibo Coast on the...

Broadcasters meet with GNBA on 2019 action plan

Sep 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Broadcasters meet with GNBA on 2019 action plan

On Wednesday, the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) hosted a focus group session, with representatives of the broadcasting industry. “The session was aimed at obtaining critical insight...

Truck driver that killed motorcyclist placed on station bail

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Truck driver that killed motorcyclist placed on station bail

The truck driver who reversed out of his yard on Friday last and struck and killed a passing motorcyclist on the public road has not been charged as yet. This is because the police are awaiting...

Greenidge warns Venezuela-led Non-Aligned Movement of threats to Peace and Sovereignty

Sep 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Greenidge warns Venezuela-led Non-Aligned Movement of threats to Peace and Sovereignty

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, on Wednesday, addressed the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) about the importance of maintaining peace between cooperating nations and respecting each other’s...

30 percent reduction of cervical cancer deaths by 2030 -With implementation of strategic action plan in Region of the Americas

Sep 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 30 percent reduction of cervical cancer deaths by 2030 -With implementation of strategic action plan in Region of the Americas

Deaths related to cervical cancer are poised to be reduced by 30 percent in the Region by 2030 with the strategic moves of Ministries of Health to implement a series of strategic actions to reduce...

$1.8B for construction of schools in Good Hope, Westminister

Sep 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $1.8B for construction of schools in Good Hope, Westminister

Contracts worth over $1.8 Billion (US$8.87Million) have been awarded for the construction of secondary schools at Good Hope, Region Four; and Westminster, Region Three. This was announced, recently,...

Crime scene photographer testifies in Campbellville double murder PI

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Crime scene photographer testifies in Campbellville double murder PI

Crime scene photographer Detective Constable, Calvis Douglas, yesterday testified in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the gruesome killing of a Pandit and his son whose bodies were found in their...

Is there a deal between the AFC and the APNU?

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is there a deal between the AFC and the APNU?

As expected, the Alliance for Change has gone on the counteroffensive against the PPP which had accused it of fraud in the submitting its lists for the local government elections. A number of persons...

Suarez Circus to make appearance this weekend

Sep 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Suarez Circus to make appearance this weekend

The Mexican Suarez Brothers Circus will make an appearance in Guyana this weekend after a 13 year hiatus. The circus aims to stir up much excitement with breathtaking performances that has caused...

Traffic sign vandalized on West Bank

Sep 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic sign vandalized on West Bank

On Monday, it was observed by two workers from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI), while visiting the site of Schoonord Road leading to La Parfaite Harmonie on West Bank Demerara, that seven...

We condemn the Minister’s attempt to undermine teachers and their union

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We condemn the Minister’s attempt to undermine teachers and their union

Dear Editor, The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) condemns the clear intention of the Ministry of Social Protection to railroad the composition of the Arbitration Tribunal...

The circus is in town; it was always in town

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The circus is in town; it was always in town

This country is one big circus and per capita, we have more clowns in power than any other country in the world. Circo Suarez, today, will unfold at “D’Urban Park. Whoever made the decision to...

Minister Holder’s outburst an irresponsible demonstration of leadership

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Holder’s outburst an irresponsible demonstration of leadership

Dear Editor, The GAWU was taken aback after the Union listened to Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder’s outburst on the Safe TV 2 Headline News newscast of September 26 regarding the $30B aimed at...

REO must be commended

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on REO must be commended

Dear Editor It was good to see the REO, Region 4 standing her ground and holding firm with a contractor who is requesting payment before corrective work is done (“Region stands ground as...

A single mom’s house-lot woes

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A single mom’s house-lot woes

Dear Editor, I am a single mother of two who has no other recourse for the situation that I’m currently faced with other than to appeal by means of this forum. I should be the sole legal owner of a...

Take a page from Trinidad

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Take a page from Trinidad

Dear Editor, While in Guyana the jobless and beleaguered sugar workers are forced to protest for their lawful entitlements and are told by the Prime Minister, through his representative, that their...

VISITORS TO FORT ISLAND SHOULD BE MADE TO PAY

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on VISITORS TO FORT ISLAND SHOULD BE MADE TO PAY

DEAR EDITOR, I read the letter in the Kaieteur News (Sept 20, 2018) under the caption “Peter Persaud’s report sounds hollow” by admirer of Fort Island. I called the community leaders at Fort...

We must eliminate the financial competition between minibuses

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must eliminate the financial competition between minibuses

Dear Editor I write to you after years of thought, discussion and research on the issue of the transportation in Guyana. And after these years of contemplating our local dilemma, I have come to one...

One view of President Granger and his administration

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on One view of President Granger and his administration

Dear Editor, Minister Noel Holder’s unbelievably frank admission of ignorance made on Safe TV2 Headline News , September 26, may have shocked many “…so they have now apparently...

SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

Sep 28, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

Over the years, media experts have warned teenagers and the general public of the impact of social media on their lives. Whether it is positive or negative, the experts have made it clear that social...

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Are Guyanese ready for change?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There is a certain rhythm to Guyanese politics. There has been a predictable ebb and flow... more