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Preparations begin for 2020 U-19 World Cup Guyanese quartet included

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations begin for 2020 U-19 World Cup Guyanese quartet included

St John’s, Antigua – The Guyanese quartet of Kevlon Anderson, Sachin Singh, Ashmead Nedd and Kelvin Umroa are part of the West Indies Under-19 team which began a one-week high performance camp...

Christmas in jail for mother of nine

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas in jail for mother of nine

A mother of nine has been arrested and remanded to jail as police made a breakthrough into the spate of break and enter incidents and that occurred during the past week in the Stanleytown...

Guyana, Brazil sign critical investment agreement

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Brazil sign critical investment agreement

Guyana’s Ambassador to Brazil, George Talbot, and Foreign Minister of Brazil, Aloysio Nunes Ferreira yesterday signed a cooperation and facilitation of investment agreement (CFIA) in a brief...

Fire destroys East Bank Berbice house

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys East Bank Berbice house

Fire, suspected to be of electric origin, destroyed the Overwinning Village, East Bank Berbice home of 67-year-old Hasmoon Mohamed yesterday afternoon. Mohamed told reporters that the fire...

Guyana’s health coverage laudable despite staff shortages – Deputy CMO

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s health coverage laudable despite staff shortages – Deputy CMO

On a list of seven countries, Guyana ties with Suriname to claim third place when it comes to the coverage of essential health services. This is according to World Health Organisation...

Health Ministry gets strategic support to boost procurement capabilities

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry gets strategic support to boost procurement capabilities

Still reeling from media reports which allude to allegations of procurement breaches during the past year, the Ministry of Public Health is aiming to improve its global supply chain management...

E’bo businessman loses $3.5M in cell phones, laptops during break-in

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo businessman loses $3.5M in cell phones, laptops during break-in

A popular phone retailer on the Essequibo Coast was in shock last Sunday morning, when he discover that his Canter, which is his mobile cell phone unit, had been broken into. Based on reports...

Policeman dies after Herstelling accident

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman dies after Herstelling accident

Police Sergeant, Joseph Elton Ambrose, died Wednesday night after a fatal accident on Sunday night. The father of two, who has been in the force since 1995 succumbed at about 1:00hrs on...

Ram & Mc Rae spreads Christmas glee

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ram & Mc Rae spreads Christmas glee

Ram & Mc Rae yesterday carried the glee of the Christmas season to 25 students of the Patentia Primary School. The visit to the school saw 25 students receiving packed food hampers, bag...

Maritime Safety Training Institute launched

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Maritime Safety Training Institute launched

The Guyana Maritime Training Institute MatPal and TOTALTEC Academy yesterday collaboratively launched the Maritime Safety Training Institute (MSTI). MSTI is expected to offer state-of-the-art...

$700M approved for Amerindian Development Projects in 2019

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $700M approved for Amerindian Development Projects in 2019

Some $700M will be expended for the execution of Amerindian Development Projects by the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs for hinterland villages and communities come 2019. This...

Drunken getaway driver slapped with five charges so far Pastor remains in serious condition in New Amsterdam Hospital

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken getaway driver slapped with five charges so far Pastor remains in serious condition in New Amsterdam Hospital

The car driver who on Sunday evening struck down Berbice Pastor, Cecil Agard, and drove away, has been slapped with five charges so far and remanded to jail. The man Gavin Saunders, 51, of 30...

The people get a better government than they deserve

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The people get a better government than they deserve

It is said that the people get the government they deserve. This statement is a falsehood. The government is much better than the people they serve. If governments were to do what the people...

Volda, Simona and Priya: Life is about people

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Volda, Simona and Priya: Life is about people

I did a column in which I took the position that in this current age, women are due for their rightful place in the sphere of real power. As such, the PNC should have a female chairman and the PPP, a...

Infrastructure setting the wrong example

Dec 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Infrastructure setting the wrong example

This vehicle which belongs to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure was reportedly involved in an accident with a truck and turned turtle on Thursday. The accident occurred in the vicinity of...

A useful call for racial harmony

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A useful call for racial harmony

DEAR EDITOR It is good that former US Ambassador Perry Holloway believes that our politicians need to work together to diffuse racial tension in Guyanese Society. Let us for a moment forget...

An untenable garbage situation

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on An untenable garbage situation

DEAR EDITOR, The garbage situation in Georgetown stinks to high heavens, but the council has not shown that it can manage it. So, we are all at risk and don’t know what to do....

Mr. Nagamootoo has abandoned all he said he stood for

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Nagamootoo has abandoned all he said he stood for

DEAR EDITOR, On December 10, Stabroek News reported that Prime Minister and First Vice President, Moses Nagamootoo in his contribution to the 2019 Budget debate said the Budget “…will...

Upgrade Suddie Hospital

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Upgrade Suddie Hospital

DEAR EDITOR, The sound of the siren of the ambulance taking patients to the Supenaam Ferry Stelling, and at times the speedboat stelling, to be taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, has...

The hiring of contract workers

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The hiring of contract workers

DEAR EDITOR, There seems to be a clear case of abuse in the hiring of contract workers by the current APNU-AFC administration. Apart from a significant increase in the numbers of contract...

The Ethnic Relations Commission must first work with politicians and political parties

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ethnic Relations Commission must first work with politicians and political parties

DEAR EDITOR, The Constitutional Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) should direct its work, as a matter of high priority, at the Political Leaders, Ministers of Government, Members of the National...

The Prime Minister was clear with his explanation

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Prime Minister was clear with his explanation

DEAR EDITOR, I was in Parliament on Monday when the Prime Minister was answering opposition questions on monies spent on constitutional reform. The Prime Minister clearly explained that the...

Voting against the budget is opposition for opposition’s sake

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Voting against the budget is opposition for opposition’s sake

DEAR EDITOR, I read that the minority PPP will vote against the 2019 State Budget which provides $300.7 billion for public spending. I have been listening to live coverage of questions and...

Time for citizens to rally for the relocation of parliament

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for citizens to rally for the relocation of parliament

DEAR EDITOR, It is often said that parliament should not only be at the behest of the Governing party, but rather, should work to reflect the ideals of the citizenry through their elected...

What passes for Parliament is a disaster

Dec 14, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on What passes for Parliament is a disaster

It has to be seen to be believed. And having seen, many sober Guyanese still don’t believe. Just can’t be; not that gallery of parliamentary members representing the Guyanese people. How citizens...