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Assessing what happened on November 12, 2018

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Assessing what happened on November 12, 2018

DEAR EDITOR, The way I’ve been educated to understand politics as practiced in Western society goes beyond my brain capacity at times. I say that to say, persons can or will use politics to advance...

A tsunami of corruption has inundated and paralyzed the economy

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A tsunami of corruption has inundated and paralyzed the economy

DEAR EDITOR, The Auditor’s General Report 2017 continues to demonstrate that the Coalition Government is not ‘fit and proper’ to govern this country and the ‘good life’ is a figment of the...

Making GPHC a better, safer and more welcoming hospital

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Making GPHC a better, safer and more welcoming hospital

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me in the capacity of a health professional to pen a few lines on an issue that desperately needs to be caught up or at minimum swept up in the present government’s tsunami of...

Guyanese are caught between a rock and a hard place

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese are caught between a rock and a hard place

DEAR EDITOR, If the recently concluded Local Government Elections (LGE) is anything to go by, Guyanese are fed-up and disillusioned by the APNU+AFC Government of President David Granger. This...

I’m really concerned about the situation at Bosai

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I’m really concerned about the situation at Bosai

DEAR EDITOR, I’m really concerned about the situation at Bosai Bauxite Company. The first issue is the low payments and the amount of years you have to work without getting a salary adjustment,...

Fossilization of Traditional Sectors: The Cost of Incompetence and Parochialism

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fossilization of Traditional Sectors: The Cost of Incompetence and Parochialism

DEAR EDITOR, Our traditional sectors have been a major catalyst and foundation of our economy for decades. From the rice farmers to sugar workers to loggers, all have played a major role in foreign...

I look forward to the budget debates in the National Assembly

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I look forward to the budget debates in the National Assembly

DEAR EDITOR, Finance Minister Winston Jordan has presented the 2019 Budget. It is commendable that he was able once again to do so before the end of the fiscal year. One clear advantage of an early...

Diamond access bridge – Is it too narrow that causes it to be damaged so often ?

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Diamond access bridge – Is it too narrow that causes it to be damaged so often ?

DEAR EDITOR, The Diamond Housing Scheme access road has an important bridge that links to the East Bank Demerara highway and is of serious concern. The bridge’s metal rails are being damaged too...

GTT – Do More, Charge More

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT – Do More, Charge More

DEAR EDITOR, It is just possible that not many ‘customers’ would have noted that their GTT, albeit a monopoly, has applied to the Public Utilities Commission for approval of the following: 1)...

Pradoville 2 Housing Scheme… Irfaan Ali arrested, charged with fraudulent disposal of State lands

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville 2 Housing Scheme… Irfaan Ali arrested, charged with fraudulent disposal of State lands

By Tiana Cole Following his early morning arrest by ranks attached to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), 38-year-old former Minister of Housing, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, of Lot 38 Saray, Leonora,...

Firemen charged for theft, receiving stolen property from crash–landed Fly Jamaica aircraft

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Firemen charged for theft, receiving stolen property from crash–landed Fly Jamaica aircraft

Four interdicted ranks of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) who have been implicated in the theft of valuables from the crash –landed Fly Jamaica aircraft, were yesterday released on $100,000...

Antigua will not give approval for Scotiabank sale – PM Browne

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Antigua will not give approval for Scotiabank sale – PM Browne

The shock announcement that Canadian-owned Scotiabank has signed agreements with Republic Bank, for the latter to buy nine of its operations in the Caribbean, is not going down well. One day...

Failure to disclose Resource Fund info attracts jail time, $$$M fine

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Failure to disclose Resource Fund info attracts jail time, $$$M fine

By Kiana Wilburg The draft Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill sees the Coalition administration submitting to a level of transparency and accountability that has been long recommended by several...

Gov’t hikes tax on Tobacco … DEMTOCO still evaluating impact

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t hikes tax on Tobacco … DEMTOCO still evaluating impact

The Government continues to target the tobacco industry with stricter measures aimed at curtailing the use of the product. Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has announced a new regime for taxing...

18 years for man who raped girl, 15

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 18 years for man who raped girl, 15

After claiming that he was unaware that the teenager he developed a relationship with was under the age of consent, 38-year-old Dhanraj Persaud was yesterday sentenced to 18 years in jail for...

100 wireless cameras to be deployed in Georgetown – Min. Hughes says 2019 budget connects Guyanese with the future

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 100 wireless cameras to be deployed in Georgetown – Min. Hughes says 2019 budget connects Guyanese with the future

Government is moving to roll out 100 wireless-enabled cameras in and around Georgetown, as part of the Safe City Solution, which has been in the works for over two years. According to Minister of...

Guyana to host UN Meeting on Land Degradation

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to host UN Meeting on Land Degradation

World Governments will be meeting in Guyana in January 2019 to discuss the impact of land degradation on people and ecosystems. The meeting will take place from January 28-30 at the Arthur Chung...

Lead pencil land Irfaat in trouble wid SOCU

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Lead pencil land Irfaat in trouble wid SOCU

Every dog got ee day is one saying. Anodda one is moon does run till day ketch am. Yesterday, de man who use to run de Ministry of Housing accounts department and keep record wid lead pencil, end up...

National Schools’ track and field C/ships District five Porter sets new record in boys U20 high jump; Haynes, Rollins strike gold

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Schools’ track and field C/ships District five Porter sets new record in boys U20 high jump; Haynes, Rollins strike gold

Story and photos by Zaheer Mohamed Okemi Porter of District Five West Coast Berbice produced an awesome display to set a new record and take gold in boys U20 high jump when the National...

Canal One burglars nabbed at Demerara Bridge checkpoint

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Canal One burglars nabbed at Demerara Bridge checkpoint

Three men have been held after an early morning break-in at Canal One that left two teachers with thousands of dollars in losses. According to the police yesterday, the regular presence of the...

New PC Dental Centre to augment delivery of related health care

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New PC Dental Centre to augment delivery of related health care

As part of the ongoing observance of Oral Health Month, the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with the Dental School, President’s College and Region Four will be launching the PC...

The PNCR is a lost cause

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PNCR is a lost cause

When Desmond Hoyte lost the 1992 general elections, he summoned his distraught supporters to a rally in the south of Georgetown. There he told them not to despair; that the PPPC would soon discover...

Cyclist dies after being run over by container truck at Houston

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cyclist dies after being run over by container truck at Houston

Sixty-four year-old Seeram Seecharran of 16 Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD), is now dead after being hit by a container truck yesterday morning at Rahaman Park, Houston, EBD, just in the...

Govt. agencies still unprepared for early budgets – Former Auditor General

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. agencies still unprepared for early budgets – Former Auditor General

Chartered Accountant and former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran has pointed out that while the government must be lauded for bringing early budgets, many of its agencies continue to be unprepared...

Budhan Memorial Turf Club race Meet set for December 9

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Budhan Memorial Turf Club race Meet set for December 9

The Budhan Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility of Branch Road, Mahaica, will hold a grand one day horserace Meet on Sunday December 9th at their race track starting from 1:00pm. Six races...