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Product Certification Scheme recommended for goldsmiths, jewelers – GNBS

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Product Certification Scheme recommended for goldsmiths, jewelers – GNBS

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is encouraging goldsmiths and jewellers to participate in its Product Certification Scheme, which is voluntary, since conforming to the...

Collaboration – an important aspect of vector control says Director

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Collaboration – an important aspect of vector control says Director

Although vector control in Guyana is easily a multi-million-dollar undertaking, there would be no success realised without collaboration. This notion was recently amplified by Director of...

Pride and respect returned to Guyana’s Republic celebration

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pride and respect returned to Guyana’s Republic celebration

– Local Gov’t Minister tells Region Eight residents Guyana is now a full fledged democracy that has witnessed monumental social and economical changes. Its people can celebrate Republic...

Public Works Ministry honours employees

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Public Works Ministry honours employees

From Driver to a Confidential Secretary, employees across the Ministry of Public Works were honoured last week for their performance and dedication. During the Ministry’s party held at the...

Rotary Demerara unveils “Gift of Life” billboard

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rotary Demerara unveils “Gift of Life” billboard

– Project aims to aid children with heart ailments With their minds set on saving lives, members of the Rotary Club of Demerara made their benign intentions public when they recently...

There is a protocol for dealing with vulnerable children

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on There is a protocol for dealing with vulnerable children

The Childcare and Protection Agency like most child care agencies the world over is struggling to meet the increased demands for services to children and families. Services such as alternative care...

$80M upgrade of aviation navigational aid underway

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $80M upgrade of aviation navigational aid underway

There has been an $80M allocation for a navigational aid upgrade within the local aviation industry, says Michael Correia, President of Aircraft Owners’ Association of Guyana. According to Correia,...

Dumping of expired drugs in Agricola…Those medications were donated to us- Health Minister

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dumping of expired drugs in Agricola…Those medications were donated to us- Health Minister

Minister of Health, Bheri Ramsaran said that the expired drugs which were dumped at the Agricola Health Centre more than two weeks ago were given to his Ministry by a donor agency. The Minister made...

Second Jury empanelled for Corentyne murder trial

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Second Jury empanelled for Corentyne murder trial

The murder trial of two Corentyne men who are accused of murdering another will commence today in the Berbice High Court. The matter was postponed for one week following the discharge of the jury...

A NASTY COUNTRY!

Feb 25, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A NASTY COUNTRY!

Listening to the radio yesterday, I heard a man call in to make his contribution to a programme about the craziest things that happened on Mash Day. This particular caller said that he saw a garbage...

Republican boxers to benefit from equipped Prison gym

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Republican boxers to benefit from equipped Prison gym

– Demerara Mutual Life made sponsorship Among those inmates that will benefit from use of the Georgetown Prison Flex-in Gym of the Guyana Prison Service will be three Republican Gym...

East Coast CPGs get mixed ratings ahead of 38th anniversary celebration

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on East Coast CPGs get mixed ratings ahead of 38th anniversary celebration

As Guyana gets ready to celebrate 38 years of Community Policing, the operations of those groups along the East Coast of Demerara are receiving mix grades from the established law enforcement body,...

President Ramotar is enraged. Is he a blackmailer?

Feb 25, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on President Ramotar is enraged. Is he a blackmailer?

At the rate President Donald Ramotar is going with his laughable demagoguery, like his predecessor and benefactor, Bharrat Jagdeo, he is going to lose the respect of even the young underlings in his...

The bane of drunk driving

Feb 25, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The bane of drunk driving

The law is clear; avoid driving after drinking. The records would show that too many accidents, many of them fatal, were caused by drunk driving. All over the world law enforcement officers take a...

Mash Day accident

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mash Day accident

A Queenstown Village, Essequibo man is nursing a broken leg after an out of control hire car slammed into a bus shed at Queenstown on Sunday last. The driver, according to reports, attempted to avoid...

Work together and build Guyana

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Work together and build Guyana

– Minister Sukhai urges Region Seven at flag-raising ceremony Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai on Saturday evening called for the coming together of the residents of Region...

Non profit organisations team up for ‘Heal and Help the World’ initiative

Feb 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Non profit organisations team up for ‘Heal and Help the World’ initiative

Earlier this year, Supriya Singh-Bodden, Founder of the Guyana Foundation, and a member of the Baptist Health Founders Society, approached Baptist Hospital about teaming up with the Guyana...

Our problem is not the Standing Orders but the social order

Feb 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our problem is not the Standing Orders but the social order

DEAR EDITOR, “According to the CJ’s ruling as reported, under Article 219 it is open to us to conclude that the whole budget debate and the days and process of Committee of Supply are...

Is this the return of democracy to Guyana which was proudly promoted?

Feb 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this the return of democracy to Guyana which was proudly promoted?

DEAR EDITOR, I am pleading with the President and begging for his personal intervention into a matter which if left unchecked could easily descend into legal, mafia-style governance. We the common...

The Marriott Hotel is at a bad site

Feb 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Marriott Hotel is at a bad site

DEAR EDITOR, In a KN Article of Feb. 23 on the above referenced subject, it was reported that Mr. Phillip Allsopp, a celebrated Engineer, has dedicated his life towards understanding the drainage...

Must the affluent be so self-centred?

Feb 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Must the affluent be so self-centred?

DEAR EDITOR, During a cricket match played at the Enmore Community Centre on Sunday 23rd February, the son of an affluent individual was riding his ATV in the Community Centre compound, the venue of...

Jagdeo airdashed to Florida Hospital

Feb 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo airdashed to Florida Hospital

Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo is reportedly in a Florida Hospital, having landed in the United States of America early Saturday morning. Accompanying him is Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’...

GTUC urges private sector to pressure Gov’t. on anti money Laundering Bill

Feb 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC urges private sector to pressure Gov’t. on anti money Laundering Bill

The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) wants the Private Sector to be vociferous in ensuring that the ruling administration gives true meaning to previous anti money laundering laws through...

National leaders come together for 44TH Republic anniversary flag raising ceremony

Feb 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on National leaders come together for 44TH Republic anniversary flag raising ceremony

In spite of Guyana’s turbulent political past and the recent struggles for agreement on nationalistic issues between the country’s political leaders, yesterday’s Republic Anniversary...

Mash Day Float Parade entertains thousands

Feb 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mash Day Float Parade entertains thousands

Local entertainment was at its best yesterday, as Guyanese flocked the streets of Georgetown to get a glimpse of the annual Mashramani Float Parade. As early as 09:30hrs spectators began...

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Need for Speed Karting Championships: Persaud, Mendonca, Tenpow, and...

Jun 22, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The weather was not the only scorching thing this weekend as Jumbo Jet Events staged the first round of its Need for Speed Karting Championship at the 555 Speedway in...

Watch the PPPC like a hawk!

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

More money for Guyanese workers

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...

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