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Government reverts to GTT internet for eGovernance

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Government reverts to GTT internet for eGovernance

– pulls Guyana from ‘dark ages’ The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), five years ago offered the Bharrat Jagdeo Government its internet service to support the eGovernance...

GPSU wants an end to poverty stricken public servants – Yarde

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU wants an end to poverty stricken public servants – Yarde

Even as the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) works to address some of its on-going issues, the body reportedly suffered tremendously under the previous government, the People’s Progressive...

East Ruimveldt execution… Brother of slain man pleads for end to bloody gang war

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on East Ruimveldt execution… Brother of slain man pleads for end to bloody gang war

says killers now threatening him and mother A gang war that has taken the lives of three East Ruimveldt men appears set to continue indefinitely. A brother of the most recent victim is...

PPP MP gets $40,000 bail for dangerous driving charge

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP MP gets $40,000 bail for dangerous driving charge

Dharamkumar Seeraj, a Member of Parliament representing the People’s Progressive Party yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of dangerous driving at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court....

Govt. extends gun amnesty

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. extends gun amnesty

Those who still have illegal firearms and ammunition in their possession and want to surrender them without facing the full force of the law, have been given another two weeks to do so. Yesterday,...

Ingenuity galore at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Career Fairs hosted

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ingenuity galore at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Career Fairs hosted

(By Mondale Smith) Innovation and the spirit of creativity are alive and well. Therefore energy should be harnessed to be used for creative purposes. This was the underlying message of the presenters...

Dem got a place fuh smart fly

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem got a place fuh smart fly

Jagdeo think that he is de best thing Guyana ever produce and he mek a lot of people believe that he is de best thing. But he was always a scamp of de highest order and dem boys now prepared to show...

Auditor General presents 2014 report to House Speaker

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General presents 2014 report to House Speaker

Set to improve public accountability In the nick of time, Auditor General (AG), Deodat Sharma, yesterday handed over the 2014 AG Report to Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton...

Umana Yana to be reconstructed within six months

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Umana Yana to be reconstructed within six months

One year after flames ripped through one of the structures regarded as a symbol of Guyana’s heritage, moves are apace to reconstruct the people’s meeting place, or the Umana Yana as it is...

GRPA launches campaign against cervical cancer

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GRPA launches campaign against cervical cancer

The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) recently embarked on a partnership with the Rotary Club of Georgetown to launch a campaign against cervical cancer in Guyana. The campaign, which...

Argentina to help Guyana combat piracy

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Argentina to help Guyana combat piracy

Argentina’s ambassador to Guyana, Luis A Martino, has agreed to have his country assist Guyana in its fight against piracy through shared experience and expertise. The commitment was made during a...

Modernisation Act to affect export between Guyana and US

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Modernisation Act to affect export between Guyana and US

Food and Drug Department spearheads workshop to raise awareness Fear of bio-terrorism has forced the United States of America (USA) to sign into law a Food and Safety Modernisation Act. This Act was...

Teachers and nurses targeted in Government’s housing drive

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers and nurses targeted in Government’s housing drive

Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Keith Scott, yesterday held a successful meeting with the Managing Director of Republic Bank, Richard Sammy, and General Manager (Credit), Patricia...

G/Town Supreme Court suffers from high level of staff turnover- Registrar tells Public Service COI

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on G/Town Supreme Court suffers from high level of staff turnover- Registrar tells Public Service COI

By Rehanna Ramsay Registrar (Ag) for the Georgetown Supreme Court, Rashid Mohamed, has said that over the years the Georgetown Supreme Court has suffered as a result of a high staff turnover. Mohamed...

Jagdeo not trusted to scrutinize PPP/C Govt. spending in Office

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo not trusted to scrutinize PPP/C Govt. spending in Office

…as stakeholders call for civil society oversight Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, is set to take up a position as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) when the National Assembly...

OPR recommends criminal charge for senior Police Officer

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on OPR recommends criminal charge for senior Police Officer

…state may introduce attempted rape The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is expected to advise the police soon on whether to criminally charge an Assistant Superintendent of Police who...

Henrietta church is 129

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Henrietta church is 129

The Holy Trinity Anglican church located in Henrietta Village, is hosting a week-long series of activities beginning from Sunday last in observance of the Church’s 129th anniversary. On Monday,...

PPP bemoans reduction in payment to private cane farmers for year’s crop

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP bemoans reduction in payment to private cane farmers for year’s crop

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday threw its support behind the striking private cane farmers of the Upper Corentyne. The cane farmers are protesting the removal of a 30 percent...

Four days remain for GMR&SC Drag Meet

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four days remain for GMR&SC Drag Meet

With four more days remaining before competitiors take to the South Dakota Circuit to participate in the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club Drag Meet dubbed ‘Quick Shift Part 2’, all teams...

AAG launches 13th South American 10km Road Race

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG launches 13th South American 10km Road Race

– Banks DIH aboard, athletes Under-16 debarred The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) launched the 13th Edition of the South American 10km Road Race yesterday at the Office of Athletics...

Bids opened to supply Hinterland Electrification Units

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bids opened to supply Hinterland Electrification Units

During Tuesday’s session at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), bids were opened for the supply of power transformers for Port Kaituma, Region One and Mahdia, Region...

Stag Elite League… Richardson guides Pele’s move to the top; GDF & Fruta Conquerors draw in see-saw affair

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Elite League… Richardson guides Pele’s move to the top; GDF & Fruta Conquerors draw in see-saw affair

By Franklin Wilson Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson continued his excellent form in the inaugural Stag Elite League (SEL) when he engineered Pele’s rise to the top of the points table with...

Schaefer, two players sactioned by FIFA

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Schaefer, two players sactioned by FIFA

Schaefer, Laing, Edwards fined US$5,150 each by FIFA Jamaica Observer – FOOTBALL’S world governing body, FIFA, Tuesday announced disciplinary action taken against Reggae Boyz Head Coach...

Flying Ace Cycle Club receives assistance from former cyclist

Oct 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Ace Cycle Club receives assistance from former cyclist

The Flying Ace Cycling Club (FACC) of Berbice continues to receive assistance from former and current members both in Guyana and overseas. The latest act of benevolence came from former top rider...

Suicide higher among workers in Agri Sector – Minister tells US meeting

Oct 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suicide higher among workers in Agri Sector – Minister tells US meeting

Suicide is high in Guyana but seemingly higher among those working in the agricultural sector. This assertion was yesterday made by Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton. The Minister was at...

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The PPP/C also drank the IMF/ World Bank Cool-Aid

Kaieteur News – The curious thing about politicians is how easily they forget their own past while presenting a revisionist... more