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UNICEF, MOPH covers medical aid to microcephaly babies

Oct 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF, MOPH covers medical aid to microcephaly babies

It has been two years since the first case of a Microcephaly birth was reported in Guyana in the wake of the advent of the Zika virus. Since then 20 cases have been recorded to date, with the...

Too Lazy To Make the Effort

Oct 31, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Too Lazy To Make the Effort

A great many of our children have met their deaths after being sent to purchase items for their parents or simply being allowed to roam free about their communities. A great many of the children who...

Guyana, Brazil MOU to improve cooperation in aviation

Oct 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Brazil MOU to improve cooperation in aviation

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCCA) on September 18, last, in an attempt to provide managerial, technical and operational cooperation in the field of aviation between Guyana and Brazil signed...

Benschop tore up Ramotar at Harvard University

Oct 31, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Benschop tore up Ramotar at Harvard University

Ten days after former president Donald Ramotar published a narcissistic letter in the Stabroek News in which he waxed lyrical about the delivery of justice, freedom and tolerance under the PPP’s...

Freddie, we are not getting back to that era that you long for…unless…

Oct 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie, we are not getting back to that era that you long for…unless…

DEAR EDITOR, An article by popular columnist Freddie Kissoon entitled “Guyana: The untouchable class and the poor and powerless”, is a sad but factual reflection of how passive the humanities...

‘Mouth open, story jump out’ – APNU+AFC plans countrywide property tax increases

Oct 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Mouth open, story jump out’ – APNU+AFC plans countrywide property tax increases

DEAR EDITOR, The political parties, their local government election (LGE) candidates and political sycophants are presently out in full force, across the length and breadth of the country. One matter...

I wholeheartedly agree with the IMF’s recommendation

Oct 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I wholeheartedly agree with the IMF’s recommendation

DEAR EDITOR, This is in reference to Darshanand Khusial’s October 29 letter in the press titled “Global Contracts are being renegotiated on Fairness, Why can’t Guyana do the same.” In it, he...

We either do the right thing or suffer in crime and disharmony

Oct 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We either do the right thing or suffer in crime and disharmony

DEAR EDITOR, In the 1990’s the statisticians stopped including people not looking for jobs and part time workers as unemployed. This paradigm shift indicates that globally, political leaders will...

Jagdeo calling for jailing the President is more than eyepass!

Oct 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo calling for jailing the President is more than eyepass!

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to address an article published in yesterday’s edition about ex- and never- again president Bharrat Jagdeo advocating for the imprisonment of President Granger in his...

Ogunseye’s whining comes as no surprise

Oct 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ogunseye’s whining comes as no surprise

DEAR EDITOR, Mr Tacuma Ogunseye ventured out once again on a frolic of his own in another of his vain attempts to influence public opinion against the PPP/C’s performance in government in general,...

It’s the President’s Prerogative to intervene

Oct 31, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s the President’s Prerogative to intervene

DEAR EDITOR, It is the President’s prerogative to intervene in any matter that affects the national interest. The governance pattern of President David Granger with regards to his cabinet and its...

EMBRACING A NEW POLITICAL CULTURE

Oct 31, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on EMBRACING A NEW POLITICAL CULTURE

Despite all of the problems facing the country, many believe that there are glimmers of hope for change. There is hope in the fact that the Caribbean Court of Justice has ruled against presidential...

Saving oil money, but borrowing more for development makes no sense – Sovereign Wealth Fund Expert

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Saving oil money, but borrowing more for development makes no sense – Sovereign Wealth Fund Expert

– Many countries have paid the price for this “In both Ghana and Mongolia, the overall impact of savings is a net loss running into the many millions of dollars (especially to foreign...

I have no apology for ordering Mayor to shut up – City Hall COI Chairman

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on I have no apology for ordering Mayor to shut up – City Hall COI Chairman

Retired Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Cecil Kennard has said that he has no apology for ordering Mayor Patricia Chase-Green to shut up during a hearing of the Commission of Inquiry into City...

‘Saga’ murder PI… Former officers kick co-accused down prisoners’ chute

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Saga’ murder PI… Former officers kick co-accused down prisoners’ chute

Twenty-six-year-old Aubrey Bobb, the main witness in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Godfrey Scipio, 58, known as “Saga”, claimed that he was viciously attacked at the Georgetown...

573,923 on voters’ list for Local Govt. Elections – 7,918 joint services members to vote on Friday

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 573,923 on voters’ list for Local Govt. Elections – 7,918 joint services members to vote on Friday

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is all set for Local Government Elections. This was reinforced as the agency hosted a press conference yesterday. At that forum, GECOM Public Relations...

Woman dies, policeman escape with minor injuries in Beehive crash

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Woman dies, policeman escape with minor injuries in Beehive crash

Twenty-seven-year-old Keiolla Thomas of Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara (ECD), died yesterday after a car that she was in, careened out of control hitting a lamp post before coming to rest in a trench...

14 years after killing outside Blue Iguana… Accused to face High Court trial for murder

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 14 years after killing outside Blue Iguana… Accused to face High Court trial for murder

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly yesterday ruled that there was sufficient evidence against the accused for him to stand trial at the High Court in Georgetown for a murder which occurred 14 years ago....

Unidentified body of elderly woman found naked in field

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Unidentified body of elderly woman found naked in field

The unidentified body of an elderly woman was found in a field at Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt Gardens, last evening. Reports indicate that the body, which was found just a stone’s throw...

Govt. pushes GTT, Digicel for interim inter-connectivity arrangement

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. pushes GTT, Digicel for interim inter-connectivity arrangement

Given ongoing court battles, Government is pushing Digicel and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) to work out an interim inter-connectivity agreement. Earlier this month, the...

Justice Kennard rejects Royston King’s challenge to inquiry …tells Town Clerk he has nothing to fear

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Justice Kennard rejects Royston King’s challenge to inquiry …tells Town Clerk he has nothing to fear

Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of City Hall, Retired Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Cecil Kennard yesterday rejected an application from Town Clerk Royston King...

Rice Ton about to be a movie star

Oct 30, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Rice Ton about to be a movie star

Oil coming to Guyana and extra money suppose to come. De foreign people advise dat de govt put aside some of dis money fuh hard times. Dat extra money is what dem call de Sovereign Wealth Fund. Dem...

Slain Agricola teen’s mom sues State, Police for $10M over wrongful death

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Slain Agricola teen’s mom sues State, Police for $10M over wrongful death

High Court Judge Gino Persaud yesterday heard further evidence in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the State by Shonette Adams, the mother of Agricola, East Bank Demerara teen, Shaquille Grant,...

Granger “should face jail time” for holding back severance of ex-sugar workers

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Granger “should face jail time” for holding back severance of ex-sugar workers

– Jagdeo tells Rose Hall Town meeting By Malisa Playter-Harry The people of Rose Hall Town turned out in their numbers to attend Sunday evening’s People’s Progressive Party/Civic public...

Newly commissioned $103 million pump station to boost drainage in E’bo

Oct 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Newly commissioned $103 million pump station to boost drainage in E’bo

The newly commissioned Pump Station which was yesterday commissioned at Land of Plenty on the Essequibo Coast, is one which many believe will significantly boost the local agricultural sector in...

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