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National Printers duped Education Ministry on book contracts–supplies 56-page books but got paid for 80-page

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on National Printers duped Education Ministry on book contracts–supplies 56-page books but got paid for 80-page

As the Audit Office prepares to probe the questionable procurement of hundreds of millions of dollars in exercise and text books, there are indications that the Ministry of Education got duped on...

With monopoly on direct NY/Geo flights… American Airline given edge over regional carriers

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on With monopoly on direct NY/Geo flights… American Airline given edge over regional carriers

On Monday, American Airlines has started selling tickets for the lucrative JFK to Georgetown route. On any day, it would spell good news for travellers. That route is the busiest and most...

Guyana awaits the CCJ ruling

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana awaits the CCJ ruling

The entire nation is awaiting the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), CARICOM’s highest court, on the no-confidence motion appeals. That ruling will ultimately decide if the Coalition...

GECOM commissioners, Tender Board head, GuySuCo officials fail to declare assets

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM commissioners, Tender Board head, GuySuCo officials fail to declare assets

A number of commissioners attached to the Guyana Elections; head of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) and several of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) are among...

Unclear whether Former NFMU Chief will return under Telecoms Authority… terminated NFMU staff given hiring priority

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Unclear whether Former NFMU Chief will return under Telecoms Authority… terminated NFMU staff given hiring priority

The terminated staff members of the now defunct National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) are subjects of a process designed to give them hiring priority in the new Telecoms Agency. However,...

Inherent weaknesses at GGMC, associated entities, create fertile ground for corruption – Dr. Mangal

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Inherent weaknesses at GGMC, associated entities, create fertile ground for corruption – Dr. Mangal

By Kiana Wilburg One of the principal recommendations in Guyana’s first report to the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is for there to be a thorough review of the...

People tempting people to overfeed dem Mother

May 12, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on People tempting people to overfeed dem Mother

Today is Mother’s Day. Is a day when people who don’t even look at dem mother whole year suddenly does find time to show people dat dem got mother too. Dem boys use to cry when dem see wha some...

Outstanding Mother and Midwife, Carol Trotz, is a ‘Special Person’

May 12, 2019 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Outstanding Mother and Midwife, Carol Trotz, is a ‘Special Person’

Pull Quote: “To be a good nurse or midwife, you have to focus and love what you do. If you don’t love what you do, you will get nowhere…you will do an anyhow job, and that simply cannot cut it...

Former MP Michael Anthony Abraham A.A laid to rest─“he served his country with distinction” – PM Nagamootoo

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former MP Michael Anthony Abraham A.A laid to rest─“he served his country with distinction” – PM Nagamootoo

Yesterday, former Member of Parliament, Michael Anthony Abraham A.A, was laid to rest. In his tribute Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo reflected on the life of former MP Abraham, noting that he was...

More witnesses testify in Black Bush Polder truck driver murder

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on More witnesses testify in Black Bush Polder truck driver murder

When the trial of Navendra Basdeo, called ‘Phone’, 24, of 14 Johanna, North Black Bush Polder continued in the Berbice High Court the prosecution called a number of witnesses before closing its...

100 mothers in Region Five honoured for their role in education

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 100 mothers in Region Five honoured for their role in education

The Region Five Department of Education, on Thursday, honoured 100 mothers for their significant contributions to the education system in the region through their involvement in the life of the child...

Mother’s Day Treat

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mother’s Day Treat

The Cosmetology class at the Guyana Foundation’s Sunrise Centre, headed by Facilitator Gem Britton, decided to offer free manicures, pedicures and facials to members of the public. This was a...

NIS offers mobile money platform for self-employed

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NIS offers mobile money platform for self-employed

The National Insurance Scheme on Friday, hosted a Compliance Workshop for Senior Managers, Office Managers and Compliance officers from its 14 offices across the country. The workshop is one of...

The CCJ comes where Guyana will go

May 12, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The CCJ comes where Guyana will go

It is quiet around here. Too quiet. The keen and wise are aware that it will not last. In fact, that phony, uneasy peace is due to come under some serious pressure soon enough; the intermission is...

Shortage of anti-rejection drugs puts post-kidney transplant patients in quandary

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Shortage of anti-rejection drugs puts post-kidney transplant patients in quandary

Having undergone life-saving kidney transplant surgeries, close to three dozen patients have been attending post-transplant care and support clinic at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

History will judge me, Lincoln Lewis and this tragic nation

May 12, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on History will judge me, Lincoln Lewis and this tragic nation

Anyone that monitors world affairs will tell you that there is a crescendo of hate against non-white people in countries where the population is predominantly of the Caucasian race. In the 21st...

Mothers can still live their dreams- Michelle Playter takes Guyanese team to Brooklyn Fashion Week

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mothers can still live their dreams- Michelle Playter takes Guyanese team to Brooklyn Fashion Week

When Michelle Playter first got involved in the Fashion Industry as a contestant in the 2004 Miss Guyana Universe pageant as a young g irl from Kamuni Creek, little did she know that 15 years later,...

Brooklyn N.Y., revisited in gentrification

May 12, 2019 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Brooklyn N.Y., revisited in gentrification

By Dennis Nichols For the past month I’ve been in Brooklyn, New York, with my wife, who, after suffering a heart attack in The Bahamas last December, went there for additional treatment. It was my...

The winner takes it all

May 12, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The winner takes it all

The winner takes it all The loser standing small The winner takes it all The loser has to fall. The above title and select lines of two verses are from a song made popular in the 1970’s by the pop...

A lesson for Guyana

May 12, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Story within the Story Comments Off on A lesson for Guyana

By Leonard Gildarie Growing up, my mom and grandmother both had dire warnings…don’t be like that man. Don’t make the same mistakes. You see how he turned out? You don’t want to kick brick...

To mothers with love

May 12, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on To mothers with love

Today is Mother’s Day. It is the day when Guyana, like many countries in the world, pay tribute to mothers. In the days leading up to today, there was a lot of activity. People flooded the...

Police clean up Bus Park/ Stabroek area-33 night arrests made in two weeks

May 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police clean up Bus Park/ Stabroek area-33 night arrests made in two weeks

Police Crime Chief, Linden Alves, has vowed that the police will ensure they maintain a sustained campaign against crime in the city as well as noise nuisance. Just recently, the public showered high...

It happened right here in good old Guyana

May 12, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on It happened right here in good old Guyana

By Michael Jordan Who would strangle a five-year-old girl after having a dream about ‘Dutch gold’ buried in their backyard? Or stab a nine-year-old boy to death and dump his corpse in a...

GFF Elite League Season 4Victoria Kings defeat Santos; Police and Buxton United draw

May 12, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Elite League Season 4Victoria Kings defeat Santos; Police and Buxton United draw

As play in the Guyana Football Federation Elite League Season 4 winds down, three more matches are set for today at the GFF National Training Center, Providence, East Bank Demerara. From 11:00hrs...

GFF/KFC U20 Independence KO Cup – EBFA Timehri Panthers beat Grove Hi Tech to advance to the final

May 12, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/KFC U20 Independence KO Cup – EBFA Timehri Panthers beat Grove Hi Tech to advance to the final

Timehri Panthers FC have moved a step closer to capturing the East Bank Football Association leg of the GFF/KFC U20 Independence Cup follo wing their 3-1 win over Grove Hi Tech in yesterday’s lone...

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Uncertainty clouds Golden Jaguars’ Head Coach position as Barbados showdown approaches

Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more