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Joint Services prepare for elections

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Joint Services prepare for elections

Members of the Joint Services on Tuesday participated in one of several training activities in preparation for General and Regional Elections scheduled for March 2, 2020. In these army released...

Second teacher, parent in court for fight at school

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Second teacher, parent in court for fight at school

Almost two months after two women were involved in a fight at a public primary school, Charmain Mendonca, 42, of 330 Grove Housing Scheme, and Yolanda Jackson, 28, a teacher, yesterday appeared in...

Berbice rice crop crisis… Corentyne farmers descend on RDC, demands solutions to water shortage

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice rice crop crisis… Corentyne farmers descend on RDC, demands solutions to water shortage

Several rice farmers on Tuesday converged at the Region Six Democratic Council to express concerns over the current issue of the limited supply of water in the Black Bush Polder and 52-74 areas. The...

GPHC joins Social Protection to investigate abuse of the elderly by relatives

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC joins Social Protection to investigate abuse of the elderly by relatives

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will now be collaborating with the Ministry of Social Protection to investigate cases of elderly patients complaining of being abused by their...

Housing Minister files libel suit against Jagdeo, Guyana Times

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Minister files libel suit against Jagdeo, Guyana Times

Junior Minister of Communities with the responsibility for Housing, Annette Ferguson, has filed a lawsuit against Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, and the Guyana Times claiming in excess of $10 M...

No lawlessness for elections

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No lawlessness for elections

– Granger tells visiting US congressional team President David Granger, yesterday afternoon, met members of the United States (US) Congress at the Ministry of the Presidency. The visiting...

Mother of one drives home in new Nissan Juke from GTT

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of one drives home in new Nissan Juke from GTT

– Car a wish come through After a five-week long run of GTT’s + Size Christmas promotion in December 2019, mother of one, Stacia Rose emerged as the winner of the promotion copping the grand...

Guyana launches strategic plan to tackle HIV/AIDS

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana launches strategic plan to tackle HIV/AIDS

– aims at eliminating disease by 2030 The National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) under the Ministry of Public Health, along with the Pan-American Health Organization/ World Health...

Gaskin demands key documents from Govt., Exxon & partners to file lawsuit against oil contract

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gaskin demands key documents from Govt., Exxon & partners to file lawsuit against oil contract

Activist Ramon Gaskin has officially, through Satram & Satram Attorneys-at-Law, written to a series of Government officials, and oil companies operating on the Stabroek Block, requesting that he...

D’Andrade places second in Chinmaya Mission 5k

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade places second in Chinmaya Mission 5k

Guyanese athlete Lionel D’Andrade finished second in the Chinmaya Mission 5k race which took place on Sunday last in Trinidad and Tobago. D’Andrade clocked 17 minutes and 34 seconds, while...

New GASA President Goodridge calls for support as he aims to expand the sport

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on New GASA President Goodridge calls for support as he aims to expand the sport

By Zaheer Mohamed Newly elected President of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Brian Goodridge is calling on support from the business community as he aims to take the sport to another...

CWI’s PCL Four-day league Jaguars aim to hurt Red Force at Providence

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI’s PCL Four-day league Jaguars aim to hurt Red Force at Providence

Ali-Mohamed in for injured Reifer By Sean Devers Off of contrasting results from their last matches, leaders Trinidad & Tobago’s Red Force face-off with five-times defending Champions Guyana in...

Is a point three percent government majority nonsensical?

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is a point three percent government majority nonsensical?

Lost, completely lost, in the rejection of the no-confidence vote (NCM) by those who said it was a constitutional farce to remove a sitting government by one parliamentary vote was the incandescent...

‘How Baroness Scotland was elected Commonwealth Secretary-General’

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘How Baroness Scotland was elected Commonwealth Secretary-General’

By award-winning African journalist and publisher, Kayode Soyinka. (Republished from the December 2019 edition of: The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs) The Government...

BQCS Guyana Masters Squash Tournament starts today

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BQCS Guyana Masters Squash Tournament starts today

The Guyana Squash Association will be serving off 2020 with a new addition to its calendar; the first BCQS Guyana Masters Championship. Sponsored by property and development company BCQS...

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!

DEAR EDITOR, Organization for the Victory of the People (OVP) agrees with Freddie Kissoon’s article, “Small parties tell the story of an insane nationality” (KN, 21/1/20). The article addresses...

I stand with teachers! I am forever thankful to you!

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I stand with teachers! I am forever thankful to you!

DEAR EDITOR, I am saddened at the state of affairs that has resulted in a teacher and parents being before the court. We raised 4 children. We have had issues with teachers. I have worked full-time...

Hurried allocation of over one million acres of state forest will be a national environmental disaster

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hurried allocation of over one million acres of state forest will be a national environmental disaster

DEAR EDITOR, It was widely reported in the print and online media as well as on GFC website that the GFC Board is planning to allocate or reallocate a significant tract of state forest previously...

Elections must not only be free and fair, but also be free from fear

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Elections must not only be free and fair, but also be free from fear

DEAR EDITOR, As the country prepares for General and Regional Elections on March 2, the issue uppermost in the minds of Guyanese is whether or not the elections will be free and fair and free from...

Presidential Nomination in USA and Guyana

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Presidential Nomination in USA and Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese at home and in the diaspora (based in USA) are taken up with elections in both societies. The elections in both countries are different – Guyana holds elections on March 2 to...

The Prime Minister, even in his last days in the post, is still singing his tuneless song

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Prime Minister, even in his last days in the post, is still singing his tuneless song

DEAR EDITOR, The GAWU has seen again Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, even in his last days in the post, still singing his tuneless song. It appears to us that the PM really has no bounds and will...

The preponderance of evidence continues to show Jagdeo failed these workers

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The preponderance of evidence continues to show Jagdeo failed these workers

DEAR EDITOR, Response is being made to GAWU General Secretary Seepaul Narine’s letter “All workers must be treated justly, equitably and fairly” (KN 22nd January 2020). There is full agreement...

Doctors’ rip-off

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Doctors’ rip-off

DEAR EDITOR, Suddenly, we are awakened to the medical abuse and scam that was swallowing the nation’s poor for the last 10 years as if Columbus has now descended on the Western world. I say poor,...

The Citizenship Initiative group is worth a listening

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Citizenship Initiative group is worth a listening

DEAR EDITOR, Under normal circumstances, I would have gone with one new group, given it a chance, and chanced my arm. But elections times are never normal around here. Still, from what I have been...

Private hospitals rake in millions for unnecessary tests

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Private hospitals rake in millions for unnecessary tests

For a number of years now, there have been rising numbers of complaints of the operations of doctors, private clinics and hospitals. From accusations of wrong injections to malpractice, there has...

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