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Activists protest GPHC cancer deaths

Jan 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Activists protest GPHC cancer deaths

Over a score of social activists turned out yesterday, at the Ministry of Public Health’s Brickdam office, to protest at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), following the...

Govt. urges Goldfields to resolve internal issues -pushes for underground mining

Jan 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. urges Goldfields to resolve internal issues -pushes for underground mining

The Government of Guyana says that it welcomes the planned underground mining project to be undertaken by Canada-based company, Guyana Gold Fields Inc. as one of the flagship projects in the...

Market security high on agenda as vendor’s union meets with city council

Jan 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Market security high on agenda as vendor’s union meets with city council

Security was high on the agenda for the Guyana Market’s Vendors Union, (GMVU) as representatives of the union met with the Georgetown Mayor and City Councillors, (M&CC) at City Hall yesterday....

Oil spill contingency planning

Jan 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Oil spill contingency planning

Yesterday, the Director General (ag), Lt Col Kester Craig, and other staffers from the Civil Defence Commission, met with representatives from Tullow Oil to discuss potential partnerships in the area...

Violet Smith out as Goldfield’s local head -expats’ workforce slashed by 30%; 60 Guyanese promoted

Jan 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Violet Smith out as Goldfield’s local head -expats’ workforce slashed by 30%; 60 Guyanese promoted

A major shakeup is continuing at the country’s biggest gold mining operations. According to the Guyana Goldfields Inc. yesterday, it has reduced the expatriate workforce by some 30 percent...

‘Nero’ implicates ‘Smallie’ in 2007 murder

Jan 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Nero’ implicates ‘Smallie’ in 2007 murder

In a caution statement given to detectives, murder accused Sherwin Nero, called ‘Catty’ and ‘Pussy’, implicated his co-accused Royden Williams, called ‘Smallie’, in the August 30, 2007...

GTU to reengage Education Ministry over ‘glitch’ in teachers’ increase

Jan 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTU to reengage Education Ministry over ‘glitch’ in teachers’ increase

Government has reportedly been fulfilling its commitment to increase the salaries of public school teachers in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding [MOU] it inked with the Guyana...

Expelled Nations Student gives his side of the story

Jan 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Expelled Nations Student gives his side of the story

The boy at the centre of the controversy at School of the Nations, since being expelled from the school for what appeared to be a threat to “shoot up” the school, has been cooperating with...

In wake damaged West Dem access road Contractor calls for residents to exercise patience

Jan 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on In wake damaged West Dem access road Contractor calls for residents to exercise patience

Sea Defence contractor, BK Engineering, is asking residents to exercise a bit of patience as they work to fortify the river defence along La Union, West Coast Demerara (WCD). Project overseer...

KAIETEUR NEWS APOLOGIZES

Jan 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on KAIETEUR NEWS APOLOGIZES

As the nation’s leading newspaper and the most read in the Diaspora, Kaieteur News has always prided itself on equal, fair, balanced and objective reporting. Kaieteur News has always strived for...

Charrandass was not the first and will not be the last

Jan 31, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Charrandass was not the first and will not be the last

The Charrandass Persaud (CP) “yes’ vote in the National Assembly on December 21, 2018 was a case of the PNCR getting a taste of its own medicine. What CP did on that eventual day, was no...

This afternoon, one “unelected” person decides the fate of the government

Jan 31, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on This afternoon, one “unelected” person decides the fate of the government

Since the no confidence vote (NCV) of December 21, 2018, the print media have been deluged with interpretations of the constitution in support of the legality of the NCV and in rejection of its legal...

NICIL’s CEO, Horace James, dies

Jan 31, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL’s CEO, Horace James, dies

The nation is mourning the death of Horace James, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL). James was battling cancer and died yesterday...

Peeping Tom’s gleeful gloating

Jan 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Peeping Tom’s gleeful gloating

DEAR EDITOR, I am appalled at the gloating tone of Peeping Tom’s commentary on the understandable inability of our GDF to respond militarily to Venezuela’s aggressions against Guyana (KN...

GTT is needed urgently in Agriculture Road

Jan 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT is needed urgently in Agriculture Road

DEAR EDITOR, Last year I made several complaints to GTT about problems with my phone and poor internet service where I live in Agriculture Road. The first problem I had was with my phone that works...

Selecting a Town Clerk

Jan 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Selecting a Town Clerk

DEAR EDITOR, Given the tragic record of defective performers in the position of Town Clerk of the Mayor and City Council over the last two decades, care should be taken about the next...

It is clear that standard protocols are being violated in relation to these deaths

Jan 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is clear that standard protocols are being violated in relation to these deaths

DEAR EDITOR, Individuals and organizations, including the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), are demanding there be an independent investigation in relation to the deaths of...

A remigrant confronts Guyana’s racial divide

Jan 31, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A remigrant confronts Guyana’s racial divide

DEAR EDITOR, I was recently reading a letter in the Guyana Chronicle by a young successful Doctor describing the difficulties of his experience under the then PPP government and reflected on...

Copying all the wrong things

Jan 31, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Copying all the wrong things

It would seem that everything that develops in the United States is copied in Guyana. There were the fashion statements; the music systems and even the nature of television. When Guyana contemplated...

Foreign oil companies not allowed to buy properties in T&T …but Guyana has nosimilar law or policy — Attorney-at -Law Sanjeev Datadin

Jan 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign oil companies not allowed to buy properties in T&T …but Guyana has nosimilar law or policy — Attorney-at -Law Sanjeev Datadin

Pull Quote: “We are allowing foreign companies to come into Guyana and do as they please. We do this while not giving any advantage whatsoever to local companies.” By Abena...

Guyana Goldfields significantly scales down operations – but holds on to claim with hope of recovery

Jan 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields significantly scales down operations – but holds on to claim with hope of recovery

The Guyana Goldfields is continuously scaling down its operations across interior locations in Guyana. However, this newspaper understands that while it is steadily aborting locations, the company is...

Rusal workers demand meeting with Govt. after US lifts sanctions

Jan 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rusal workers demand meeting with Govt. after US lifts sanctions

Hours after US authorities announced that they had lifted sanctions on Russian-owned bauxite company, Rusal, workers in Guyana are stepping up the pressure for Government to meet on working...

China extends its reach into Guyana

Jan 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on China extends its reach into Guyana

By Mat Youkee (Dialogo Chino) The Rupununi savannah of southern Guyana is one of the most biodiverse regions of South America, home to jaguars, Harpy eagles and the world’s largest ants. It is also...

PM results for GPHC cancer patient inconclusive …as family mulls legal action

Jan 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PM results for GPHC cancer patient inconclusive …as family mulls legal action

The Post Mortem Examination conducted on the remains of six-year-old Sherezer Mendonca last Monday, has proven inconclusive. The autopsy was performed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

CRIC 17 meeting brings gender equality into focus

Jan 30, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CRIC 17 meeting brings gender equality into focus

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Monique Barbut, said that women are uniquely disadvantaged when it comes to issues of desertification and land...

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The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more