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GWI is lacking when responding to consumer concerns

Oct 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GWI is lacking when responding to consumer concerns

Dear Editor, Guyana has earned its name from the Amerindians, with the meaning “Land of Many Waters”. Ironically, in this land of many waters, that precious, supposedly colourless mineral has...

The migrant convoy: a heroic journey

Oct 30, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The migrant convoy: a heroic journey

(Republished from The Guardian) The six or seven thousand people – men, women, and children – who have set out to walk 3,000 miles through Mexico to reach the US are brave, resourceful and...

Eccles Health Centre construction…REO withholds contractor’s payment over inferior zinc sheets

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Eccles Health Centre construction…REO withholds contractor’s payment over inferior zinc sheets

–former regional engineer still to turn over project documents Regional Executive Officer, Pauline Lucas has no intention of paying the contractor who outfitted the Eccles Health Centre...

Public Health Ministry fails to return $1.62B in unspent funds to Treasury – Report

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Public Health Ministry fails to return $1.62B in unspent funds to Treasury – Report

Auditor General, Deodat Sharma has found the Ministry of Public Health in breach of the provisions of Section 43 of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act 2003 which requires agencies to...

MEASELS, YELLOW FEVER SCARE… Health officials step up port surveillance, issue health alert

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on MEASELS, YELLOW FEVER SCARE… Health officials step up port surveillance, issue health alert

Health officials have beefed up surveillance efforts at ports of entry in response to reports of confirmed cases of measles and yellow fever in neighbouring Venezuela and Brazil. The Ministry...

Over 2,600 companies fail to file tax returns for 2017 – Auditor General

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Over 2,600 companies fail to file tax returns for 2017 – Auditor General

As at 31 December 2017, there were 3,750 registered companies in the database of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). Of that number, 3,685 were identified as active. However, only 1,008...

Robberies, stabbings disrupt St. Joseph’s High Fair

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Robberies, stabbings disrupt St. Joseph’s High Fair

– PTA slams police over security Confusion ensued last Saturday night when St. Joseph’s High School held its annual Fair. Reports indicate that there were multiple robberies, fights...

Saudis promise full investigation into Khashoggi’s killing

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Saudis promise full investigation into Khashoggi’s killing

By Kemol King US Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis, told US media that Saudi Arabia promised to have a complete investigation into the killing of slain journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. Mattis made this...

Biker dead, woman injured in E’bo crash

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Biker dead, woman injured in E’bo crash

A motor cycle accident on the Queenstown Public road yesterday, has resulted in the death of a 28 year-old-man, and to a 56-year-old woman. Police stated that Naitram “Mice” Sankar, an Agricola...

Fiscal rule for Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund too complex

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fiscal rule for Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund too complex

– took Econonist “a full day” to comprehend it – says it must be simple enough for every taxi driver and vendor to understand By Kiana Wilburg Economist Andrew Bauer is one of...

Mon Repos youth drowns while swimming behind Marriot

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mon Repos youth drowns while swimming behind Marriot

The body of a 22-year-old Mon Repos, East Coast youth was recovered from the Atlantic late yesterday, several hours after he drowned while swimming with friends in an area behind the Marriot Hotel....

PPP appeals court ruling on AFC nominators list

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PPP appeals court ruling on AFC nominators list

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has filed an appeal against the ruling of Justice Navindra Singh in a case filed against GECOM after some 50 persons from Berbice claimed they were...

Security guard shoots thief during foiled robbery

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard shoots thief during foiled robbery

A would-be thief is nursing a gunshot wound to his leg, after he attempted to rob a businessman at the Meadow Bank fisheries wharf on the East Bank Demerara. The suspect was shot by a security guard...

Bad advice from oil ‘experts’ can leave Guyana poorer

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bad advice from oil ‘experts’ can leave Guyana poorer

– Sovereign Wealth Fund advisor By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The age old idiom, “One man’s meat is another man’s poison” is probably the most simple way to relate the expressions...

Prof. Vibert Cambridge invited to head forum on Guyana Prize

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Prof. Vibert Cambridge invited to head forum on Guyana Prize

– Caribbean Press, challenges to local writers among other key cultural issues for Nov 5 meeting Noted cultural expert Professor Vibert Cambridge has been invited to head a forum to...

Media sensitised to report ethically on persons with disabilities

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Media sensitised to report ethically on persons with disabilities

Individuals with disabilities have endured years of exclusion, rejection and labeling, but over the years, Guyana’s National Commission for Disability (NCD) has sought to change that. In its...

Death of midwife…Child says ‘short, dark-skinned man’ attacked her mother

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Death of midwife…Child says ‘short, dark-skinned man’ attacked her mother

As relatives await a post mortem report into the death of midwife Paulette Wade, her seven-year old daughter has reportedly given a description of an individual that was with her mother...

Women among 31 nabbed during ‘Operation Restore Order’

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Women among 31 nabbed during ‘Operation Restore Order’

Several women were among 31 persons arrested yesterday during a police ‘cordon and search’ exercise in A and D divisions. The exercise, dubbed ‘Operation Restore Order’ was conducted...

GTT National Indoor Hockey c/ships Eight competitive matches open 2018 tournament

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT National Indoor Hockey c/ships Eight competitive matches open 2018 tournament

The 18th GTT National Indoor Hockey championship which is being organised by the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) got underway last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) with some exciting...

Disabled man assaulted outside Palm Court

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Disabled man assaulted outside Palm Court

A disabled man was brutally assaulted last evening outside of the popular Palm Court night club on Main Street, Georgetown. He has been identified as 21-year-old Romario Balget also known as ‘Short...

Regional Super50 final Corbin & Ottley 109 opening stand power CCC to 1st title As Guyana again fail to cross final hurdle

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 final Corbin & Ottley 109 opening stand power CCC to 1st title As Guyana again fail to cross final hurdle

By Sean Devers It is said you don’t change something that is not broken but yesterday at the Kensington Ovalthe Jaguars think thank did exactlythat by changing the positivity they showed throughout...

“There is no shortcut to success”… Aadilah Ali, National and Regional top CAPE performer

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Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival returns for 19th edition

Let us not be silent witnesses!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Ray Daggers walked from Corriverton to Charity. It was a journey so epic it might have... more