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Limited water supply among challenges faced by Region Ten health workers -Health official assures remedial measures being implemented

Feb 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Limited water supply among challenges faced by Region Ten health workers -Health official assures remedial measures being implemented

The unavailability of potable water is paramount among the concerns facing Community Health Workers [CHW] in Region Ten. But according to Senior Health Visitor [ag], Ms. Karen King, measures are...

Coalition supporters picket against GECOM’s E’bo., office …demand house-to-house registrations

Feb 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition supporters picket against GECOM’s E’bo., office …demand house-to-house registrations

Supporters of A Partnership for National Unity [APNU] and the People’s Alliance for Change [AFC], joined forces yesterday as they picketed the Guyana Elections Commissions [GECOM] on the Essequibo...

APNU supporters picket Linden’s GECOM office …says no registration no election

Feb 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on APNU supporters picket Linden’s GECOM office …says no registration no election

Several APNU supporters yesterday took to the streets to picket the Linden GECOM office on Republic Avenue. Defying the scorching midday sun, the protesters chanted “No registration, no...

Repairs to Puruni Road to start in coming weeks- MPI

Feb 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Repairs to Puruni Road to start in coming weeks- MPI

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) has disclosed that a contract has been signed for the rehabilitation of the key mining road. Works are expected to start in the coming weeks....

Second bomb threat forces UG to cancel classes till Monday

Feb 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Second bomb threat forces UG to cancel classes till Monday

Investigations by the Guyana Police Force [GPF] have found that recent bomb threats made against a number of educational institutions are not only harmless but they are being carried out by...

February session of the Berbice criminal court opens …67 listed to stand trial

Feb 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on February session of the Berbice criminal court opens …67 listed to stand trial

The February 2019 Criminal Session of the Berbice Assizes opened on Tuesday with the ceremonial parade in front of the Berbice High Court, Esplanade and Vryheid Road New Amsterdam, Berbice....

Ogle/Great Diamond road link draft for release ─ road link will have four access points – MoPI hints

Feb 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ogle/Great Diamond road link draft for release ─ road link will have four access points – MoPI hints

The draft designs for the East Bank to East Coast Demerara road link network, will be acquired by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and released befo re the end of February. This is according to...

National awardee Mr. Isahak Basir laid to rest.

Feb 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on National awardee Mr. Isahak Basir laid to rest.

Essequibo’s historian and former parliamentarian, Mr. Isahak Basir, was laid to rest on Wednesday. He died on Friday aged 84. Hundreds of former friends and acquaintances turned out in support of...

Guyana: Civilization and death

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana: Civilization and death

There are some concerned souls currently picketing the Ministry of Health over unnecessary deaths in the public health system. In a dead country that Guyana is, we have to show appreciation...

Oil wealth trickling down to the masses is nothing but a pipe dream

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oil wealth trickling down to the masses is nothing but a pipe dream

DEAR EDITOR, Many of my fellow Guyanese think that now that oil is found and would be welled in Guyana, we would be a rich nation. On the other hand, there are many of us who would say, ‘Ask...

These actions are antithetical to democratic principles

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on These actions are antithetical to democratic principles

DEAR EDITOR, I write to counter the numerous and insistent misrepresentations, inadequacies and deliberate confusion surrounding the no-confidence motion, which have seemingly influenced the...

Guyanese must be vigilant to guard our democracy

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese must be vigilant to guard our democracy

DEAR EDITOR, As everyone knows the APNU/AFC government tried to overturn the passage of the motion of no-confidence brought against it by the Opposition Leader, Doctor the Hon. Bharrat Jagdeo....

Not again at our educational institutions!

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not again at our educational institutions!

DEAR EDITOR, Recently, named educational institutions were affected by bomb and gun threats, and immediately I call upon all decent-minded citizens to condemn this new development in our...

Can’t the new Council raise the bar on city management?

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can’t the new Council raise the bar on city management?

DEAR EDITOR, Driving along what appears to be the new route for Mashramani 2019, I have encountered the roadways defaced with some crude, oversized, dreadful numbers slovenly painted in a...

Why the foot-dragging by the Local Govt. Commission?

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why the foot-dragging by the Local Govt. Commission?

DEAR EDITOR, It has been since last year November that the former Chancellor and retired Judge submitted to the Local Government Commission, his findings from a much-needed Commission of...

There is another Cold War

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is another Cold War

DEAR EDITOR, Lots of folks still have difficulty with the alphabet: what comes first; who follow; how the letters relate to each other. I thought I would put them out of their misery by...

Correcting History as a Fitting Tribute is Made to Valerie Rodway

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Correcting History as a Fitting Tribute is Made to Valerie Rodway

DEAR EDITOR, I was pleased to read in the 6th February 2019 issue of the Kaieteur News that the Government of Guyana intends to honour Ms. Valerie Rodway on the centenary of her birth. I think...

The Council of Legal Education and a flood of Caribbean Lawyers

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Council of Legal Education and a flood of Caribbean Lawyers

DEAR EDITOR, The advent of the Council of Legal Education (CLE) in the region in 1973 has prompted hundreds of Caribbean nationals, including myself, to read law, because they did not have to...

A constitutional conundrum

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A constitutional conundrum

DEAR EDITOR, The Attorney General has filed appeals against the Chief Justice’s ruling in two of the three cases filed in relation to the No-Confidence Motion: the case filed by the AG and...

Venezuela’s Crisis Spreads Beyond Its Borders

Feb 08, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Venezuela’s Crisis Spreads Beyond Its Borders

The citizens of Venezuela have become pawns in a global power. The tense standoff in Venezuela between Nicolás Maduro and Juan Guaidó has morphed into something far larger than a contest for power...

Social activists call for greater transparency, accountability in Public Health sector

Feb 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Social activists call for greater transparency, accountability in Public Health sector

A group of social activists and representatives of Non-Governmental Organisations, (NGOs) picketed the Ministry of Public Health on Brickdam yesterday, with calls for a greater level of transparency...

ExxonMobil strikes again in 11th and 12th well – Stabroek Block has potential for five platforms – Energy Director

Feb 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil strikes again in 11th and 12th well – Stabroek Block has potential for five platforms – Energy Director

There is continued success in the wells that ExxonMobil has been drilling in its offshore concessions in the Stabroek Block. Two more wells have struck oil. Director of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe,...

Local Govt. Commission should handle its own budget – Commissioner Marlon Williams

Feb 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local Govt. Commission should handle its own budget – Commissioner Marlon Williams

Marlon Williams, a commissioner of the Local Government Commission (LGC), is calling for the commission “to be placed on the register of constitutional agencies” so that it could have...

GRA strikes at city wharf – Over 3,000 bottles of Johnny Walker, Hennessy, other high-end liquor seized

Feb 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GRA strikes at city wharf – Over 3,000 bottles of Johnny Walker, Hennessy, other high-end liquor seized

Officials of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday seized a large shipment of liquor off a city wharf. It included over 3,000 bottles of high-end liquor, including whisky, that came in...

GTU aims at 25% salary increase for public school teachers …as new proposal submitted to Education Ministry

Feb 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTU aims at 25% salary increase for public school teachers …as new proposal submitted to Education Ministry

Prepared to resume negotiations with government for a new multi-year salary package for public school teachers, the Guyana Teachers’ Union [GTU] yesterday submitted its proposal to the...

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Following one’s conscience rather than the crowd

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect... more