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Mechanic stabs wife 10 times, gets two years

Dec 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic stabs wife 10 times, gets two years

A heated domestic dispute resulted in Ivor Gillis receiving a two-year jail sentence for maliciously assaulting his reputed wife. Ivor Gillis pleaded guilty to the charge which alleged that on...

86 regional officials named for failing to declare assets

Dec 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 86 regional officials named for failing to declare assets

Weeks after publishing the names of several top officials of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) who failed to declare their assets, in accordance to regulatory obligations, the Integrity...

DSSC recognises performances of its athletes at GTU National Aquatic C/ships

Dec 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on DSSC recognises performances of its athletes at GTU National Aquatic C/ships

The President and Executive of the Dorado Speed Swim Club (DSSC) is recognising the sterling performances of its members at the just concluded Guyana Teachers Union National Schools Aquatic...

Govt. to provide support programme for perpetrators of domestic violence

Dec 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to provide support programme for perpetrators of domestic violence

Perpetrators of domestic violence within Guyana and the global Diaspora have been on the receiving end of very little empathy. Society, in painting a rather rigid image of these offenders has...

Despite Govt.’s finest adjectives on economy, signals from the banking sector cannot be ignored – Nandlall

Dec 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Despite Govt.’s finest adjectives on economy, signals from the banking sector cannot be ignored – Nandlall

Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, has said Government continues to fail to clearly articulate its economic, social and political policies especially in the 2019 budget. On the final day of the...

30 teen mothers graduate from reintegration programme at Carnegie

Dec 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 30 teen mothers graduate from reintegration programme at Carnegie

Yesterday, 30 teen mothers graduated from the Carnegie School of Home Economics in Elementary Cookery and Cake Decorating. These courses that were offered form part of the reintegration...

Govt. contemplates $174M bail-out for City Hall -sum intended to settle garbage disposal debt

Dec 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. contemplates $174M bail-out for City Hall -sum intended to settle garbage disposal debt

Government is currently considering a $174M bailout for City Hall to address its garbage disposal woes. This publication was privy to this development even as two major garbage disposal...

GPHC main pharmacy, records department to be relocated

Dec 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC main pharmacy, records department to be relocated

The Georgetown Public Hospital will be receiving $524.6M from the 2019 budget, most of which will go towards several projects which will commence in the New Year. One of the main projects high on the...

The PPP must be the world’s most undemocratic party

Dec 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PPP must be the world’s most undemocratic party

Bharrat Jagdeo stated that before 2018 ends, the Central Committee (CC) of the PPP will choose the presidential candidate for the 2020 poll. He affirmed in his belief that the central committee is...

Insurance Association of Guyana hosts first award ceremony

Dec 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Insurance Association of Guyana hosts first award ceremony

The Insurance Association of Guyana (IAG) at an intimate gathering on Friday, November 23, 2018 honoured four of its longstanding insurance stalwarts for their contribution to Guyana’s...

Drug running teen nabbed at Police roadblock.

Dec 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Drug running teen nabbed at Police roadblock.

Another teen who has been caught with a quantity of drugs in a motor car on his way to make a sale in Georgetown, has been nabbed. He has since been charged. The teen, Delroy Paul ,18, of...

Police Corporal jailed for 12 months

Dec 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police Corporal jailed for 12 months

A police Corporal was on Thursday sentenced to 12 months in jail by Magistrate Rhondell Weaver when he appeared before her at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court and was found guilty on a...

GRDB calls out RPA for lying in Parliament – as GRDB debunks claims of failed germination of Seed Paddy in Region 2

Dec 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB calls out RPA for lying in Parliament – as GRDB debunks claims of failed germination of Seed Paddy in Region 2

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has slammed a news report in which the General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association, Dharamkumar Seeraj, has told the National Assembly that...

For a professional, neutral and politically impartial public service in the national interest

Dec 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on For a professional, neutral and politically impartial public service in the national interest

DEAR EDITOR, It is reassuring to read reports on the statement by Minister Joseph Harmon that Government wants to build and develop a Public Service of integrity, politically neutral and impartial....

‘Independence’ or ‘subservience’

Dec 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Independence’ or ‘subservience’

Dear Editor, The experienced and erudite lawyer, statesman and politician Mr Ralph Ramkarran in his Blog, Conversation Tree, gave sound advice when he said that, ‘The AFC is at a fork in the road....

Minister Lawrence is wrong about her Ministry not having a Procurement Dept. prior to 2015

Dec 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Lawrence is wrong about her Ministry not having a Procurement Dept. prior to 2015

DEAR EDITOR, On Dec. 5, Kaieteur News quoted Minister Lawrence as saying there was no procurement department at the Ministry of Public Health prior to 2015. I can categorically say that Min. Lawrence...

This is how Guyana works, has been, and will be for the foreseeable future

Dec 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is how Guyana works, has been, and will be for the foreseeable future

DEAR EDITOR, I will venture, according to Gordon Forte, “Where angels fear to tread” (SN Letters 12/06/2018), by commenting on the current controversy caused by Chairman of the PNC and...

CT scanner at New Amsterdam Hospital not operable as yet

Dec 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on CT scanner at New Amsterdam Hospital not operable as yet

DEAR EDITOR, The Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence was delivering her speech on Budget 2019 to justify that the health sector is good for Guyanese. What the minister failed to inform...

Destroying our children with an education overdose

Dec 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Destroying our children with an education overdose

DEAR EDITOR, Anything too little or too much is unhealthy. Food is good, but if taken in excess quantities, will cause harm to our bodies. This principle can apply to many of our other types of...

Government’s actions do not personify a caring administration

Dec 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government’s actions do not personify a caring administration

DEAR EDITOR, Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder is quoted in the December 06, Guyana Chronicle as saying “I am, pleased to report that our caring government… has paid severance to all employees...

The Coalition Government

Dec 08, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Coalition Government

Three and a half years into the coalition government and the questions, conflicts, and struggles continue. Performance, corruption, and the raging debates about the degree and significance of...

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Boxing Champion Elton Dharry returns to the National Stadium

Where are the next of kin?

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- There’s a troubling headline I came across recently, and, trust me, it wasn’t “Meteorite... more