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Guyana developing protocol to protect children during disasters

Feb 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana developing protocol to protect children during disasters

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in collaboration with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)...

CH&PA and the City Engineer and you know what?

Feb 07, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on CH&PA and the City Engineer and you know what?

A friend complained to me that he was getting the grand runaround by Mr. Venture, the City Engineer. No one can give me a lecture about the City Engineer’s office, going back decades and decades....

Govt. raises tender threshold for ministries, state agencies

Feb 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. raises tender threshold for ministries, state agencies

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) has announced adjustments to thresholds that will allow ministries and state agencies to spend more without going to that body....

Using flimsy excuses to delay holding elections

Feb 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Using flimsy excuses to delay holding elections

Dear Editor, I read with utter disgust in Kaieteur News, January 5, 2019 that the Guyana Elections Commission will deny the people of Guyana their constitutional right to choose the government...

Setting the records straight on D’Urban Park

Feb 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Setting the records straight on D’Urban Park

Dear Editor The Ministry of Public Infrastructure wishes to respond to an article appearing in the Stabroek News of Sunday, February 3, 2019, under the headline “Audit Office still awaiting...

Obtuse or dense?

Feb 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Obtuse or dense?

Dear Editor, The resent exchange between Christopher Ram and Ronald Bulkan served to crystallize ephemeral thoughts that have been nagging at the back of my mind for some years. Ram posits...

Foreigners are vying for Guyana’s resources

Feb 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Foreigners are vying for Guyana’s resources

Dear Editor I took what would have been a quiet Christmas holiday season 2018 and decided to spend it in Guyana. Of course, every time I decide to visit the country I have to overcome...

Ramjattan is showing his true colours

Feb 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramjattan is showing his true colours

Dear Editor, I am a UK-based lawyer (born to Guyanese parents) and like so many young Guyanese both here in the diaspora and at home, we are very much inclined to hold our politicians accountable....

The Small Business Bureau is pursuing questionable activities

Feb 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Small Business Bureau is pursuing questionable activities

Dear Editor, The Small Business Bureau, which falls under the Ministry of Business, seems to be the new channel to facilitate the creaming off of taxpayers’ monies into the hands and pockets...

Tourism Development in Guyana

Feb 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tourism Development in Guyana

Dear Editor, I noted in SN a few days ago, your article concerning the value of the refurbished convention centre to the tourism sector. In the same publication, I also observed that...

City Hall cannot shirk its responsibilities

Feb 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall cannot shirk its responsibilities

Dear Editor, In a letter to your newspaper today, the Public Relations Officer at the City Council, has claimed that the truck, which was parked on Princes Street does not belong to the Georgetown...

Venezuela’s Crisis Spreads Beyond its Borders

Feb 07, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Venezuela’s Crisis Spreads Beyond its Borders

(Republished from The New York Times) The tense standoff in Venezuela between Nicolás Maduro and Juan Guaidó has morphed into something far larger than a contest for power between a failed...

Immigration application denied… Canada orders ex-minister, Jennifer Webster, to leave country

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration application denied… Canada orders ex-minister, Jennifer Webster, to leave country

Canadian authorities last year ordered former Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster, to leave the country. This was after she was turned down months earlier by the...

TT Govt. to pursue new marine acreage near oil-rich Guyana-Suriname basin-Energy Minister

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on TT Govt. to pursue new marine acreage near oil-rich Guyana-Suriname basin-Energy Minister

By Kiana Wilburg reporting from Trinidad and Tobago According to a U.S. Geological Survey report, the Guyana-Suriname basin holds an estimated resource potential of over 13.6 billion barrels...

Guyana, a logistical hub for China’s expansion in the region

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, a logistical hub for China’s expansion in the region

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell “(China) also will likely include enhanced river and multimodal routes linking Brazil to the Atlantic in a southerly direction through Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina,...

PPP stages protest outside GECOM – demands March elections

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP stages protest outside GECOM – demands March elections

Scores of PPP/C supporters converged at Red House in Kingston, yesterday, to press calls by the party for general elections to be held by March month end. The picketing exercise which lasted about an...

Police raid strip club after video surfaced of woman climbing fence

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police raid strip club after video surfaced of woman climbing fence

One day after a viral video surfaced of a woman climbing over a gate to a prominent city’s bar, police have raided the place. Yesterday, Crime Chief, Lyndon Alves, confirmed that several...

No decision taken on elections date

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on No decision taken on elections date

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is yet to decide on a date for the holding of the Regional and General Elections, Chief Elections Officer, (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission...

Bike bandit accidentally shoots partner after robbing customer

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bike bandit accidentally shoots partner after robbing customer

Police were last night guarding a 22-year-old robbery suspect who was shot in the arm by an accomplice while fleeing the scene of a robbery. The incident occurred around 16.00 hrs near an...

Jenny coming back wid tears in she eyes

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Jenny coming back wid tears in she eyes

Basil de Willie open a can of worms when he talk bout dual citizenship. Since he talk about that, people who go to great lengths to get Canadian citizenship talking about giving it up. Dem boys...

Eight teams to compete for a place in GFF Elite League Season 4 Promotion Playoff Cougars FC relegated

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eight teams to compete for a place in GFF Elite League Season 4 Promotion Playoff Cougars FC relegated

Eight teams will vie for a chance to participate in the GFF Elite League Season 4 when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) hosts the Elite League Season 4 promotion playoff this Saturday and...

Long serving Swim Coach Stephanie Fraser now a Certified FINA Referee

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Long serving Swim Coach Stephanie Fraser now a Certified FINA Referee

The indefatigable Stephanie Fraser who has served the swimming fraternity with great humility over the years as a qualified Coach has now been certified by the international body FINA as a...

GCB Senior Female Inter-County 50-over Giddings grabs 5 as Berbice retain title Gajnabi, Fraser, Mangru lead Select U-19 to victory over E’bo

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Senior Female Inter-County 50-over Giddings grabs 5 as Berbice retain title Gajnabi, Fraser, Mangru lead Select U-19 to victory over E’bo

By Zaheer Mohamed Pacer Erva Giddings grabbed five wickets as Berbice successfully defended their title following an eight-wicket victory over Demerara when the final round of the Guyana...

Delaying tactics

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Delaying tactics

Guyanese are working all over the world. Jobs are hard to come by and so Guyanese have taken to going wherever they can find jobs. Each of these non-residents is eligible to vote so long as...

Ansa McAl 592 Beer supports GTC Pre-Mashramani Gymkhana race meet

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl 592 Beer supports GTC Pre-Mashramani Gymkhana race meet

Under their 592 Beer, Ansa McAl has thrown their support behind the Georgetown Turf Club which will reopen its doors for horseracing fans on Sunday February 17th at the Mocha Arcadia horserace...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more