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IMF, TT Central Bank now offering capacity training for region’s finance.

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on IMF, TT Central Bank now offering capacity training for region’s finance.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago have signed a Memorandum of Understanding providing opportunities for officials from the Caribbean region to train at...

Sugar industry production surpasses target

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar industry production surpasses target

GuySuCo has surpassed its set target yet again for the second week. In a press statement Public Relations Officer, Shiv Dindyal, reported that the corporation produced 10,160 tonnes of sugar for week...

PARDON THE PENSIONERS WHO ARE PRISONERS

Oct 10, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PARDON THE PENSIONERS WHO ARE PRISONERS

I am asking the media in Guyana that when they are announcing the appointments to senior public offices, they should not just provide the name of the person so appointed, but also the age of the...

Cooperating Guyanese-born operator testifies in deadly Philadelphia building collapse

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cooperating Guyanese-born operator testifies in deadly Philadelphia building collapse

Phildelphia, US (philly.com) – Mariya Plekan rolled into a Philadelphia courtroom in a mechanical wheelchair, which she maneuvered by pushing her right hand on a knob of the chair. Dressed in a...

GOVERNMENT—CUSTODIAN OF SOCIETAL VALUES

Oct 10, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GOVERNMENT—CUSTODIAN OF SOCIETAL VALUES

Guyana has a new government but the challenges facing the nation remain unchanged. Only the Granger/Nagamootoo Government’s urgent response to some of the overwhelming challenges left by the last...

Equal educational opportunities must be available for all – Pres. Granger

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Equal educational opportunities must be available for all – Pres. Granger

By Desilon Daniels “Education is not for rich people. We have an education system that will allow all children, regardless of their circumstances, to reach to the highest level of society and...

Fire destroys house at Crane, four homeless

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys house at Crane, four homeless

Four persons are now homeless after a fire destroyed a two-flat house at Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara. The origin of the fire, which started around 02.00 hrs yesterday, was not...

Orthopaedic Surgeon touts knowledge-sharing as a crucial asset

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Orthopaedic Surgeon touts knowledge-sharing as a crucial asset

The most important aspect of any health care worker’s job should be pride. This is the firm belief of Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr. Fawcett Jeffrey. Dr. Jeffrey, who has been operating in this very...

Guyanese illegals among 314 arrested by US immigration crime sweep

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese illegals among 314 arrested by US immigration crime sweep

Florida (SouthFloridaReporter.com) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested 314 criminal aliens last month in an enforcement action targeting individuals who pose a threat...

Ministerial salary increases: The runner stumbles

Oct 10, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ministerial salary increases: The runner stumbles

Context is everything in life. Context underlies the movement of life in the world and individual action in it. Every action has a context. One of the greatest, phenomenal explanations of the...

Courts hosts employees appreciation week

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Courts hosts employees appreciation week

The Courts Main Street, Georgetown branch, this week celebrated its annual “Staff-appreciation week” which saw entertaining displays and performances from the staff. The initiative is aimed at...

Red Thread to protest against ‘Fat Cat politrickians’

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Red Thread to protest against ‘Fat Cat politrickians’

The Red Thread women’s group recently made its intentions clear that it will stage a protest against the recent pay hike awarded to Government officials. The protest will be held in front of...

New York Diaspora announces plans to commemorate Guyana’s 50th

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New York Diaspora announces plans to commemorate Guyana’s 50th

NEW YORK CITY: Guyana’s Consulate General in New York City and the 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration Committee in New York have announced elaborate plans to celebrate Guyana’s 50th...

Businessman jailed for three years on causing death charge

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman jailed for three years on causing death charge

A businessman who drove away from the scene after he struck down and killed a labourer will now have to send the next three years behind bars. Roopnarine Samaru, 25, of Rosignol, West Bank...

Tourism Ministry’s boosts capacity to market Guyana -New Director General appointed

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tourism Ministry’s boosts capacity to market Guyana -New Director General appointed

Donald Sinclair has assumed duties as Director General of the Ministry of Tourism. His appointment became effective October 1, 2015. Minister of Tourism, Catherine Hughes, made this disclosure to...

CANU busts Canadian with 25 pounds of Cocaine

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CANU busts Canadian with 25 pounds of Cocaine

Guyana’s Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU), has made another drug bust at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). This publication was told that a Canadian citizen was busted with over 25...

New Demerara Bridge could be funded by UK

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New Demerara Bridge could be funded by UK

…the single largest bilateral donor in Caribbean By Abena Rockcliffe There are still lots of details to be worked out; but Guyana is set to benefit tremendously from a hefty grant made by the...

Man allegedly threatens to have wife killed

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man allegedly threatens to have wife killed

…if she returns to Guyana In a country where killers are offered an airline ticket or given snow-cone money to “take out” people at the request of their rivals, a desperate mother of two is...

Region 9 residents ask for deeper wells amidst drought woes

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region 9 residents ask for deeper wells amidst drought woes

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, has committed the government’s support to Region Nine, to ensure that the impact of the dry season is vastly minimised and that long term solutions are found. This...

Argentina to help boost NBTS’s capacity

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Argentina to help boost NBTS’s capacity

– to offer postgraduate training to local physicians The National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) of the Ministry of Public Health is poised for some much needed capacity building. This...

Olive Green turtle washes up, dies

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Olive Green turtle washes up, dies

On Wednesday, a sea turtle found in distress under the Rubis wharf in the Demerara River subsequently died after efforts to save its life proved futile. Help at the time of its spotting was...

Increase of private water distributors linked to unsafe State-provided water – Cole

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Increase of private water distributors linked to unsafe State-provided water – Cole

The privately operated water distribution industry is one that was “unnecessarily allowed to be proliferated.” This state of affairs has been directly linked to the fact that the water produced...

GRA forensic auditors to be procured after Tax Commission Inquiry- Sharma

Oct 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GRA forensic auditors to be procured after Tax Commission Inquiry- Sharma

By Jarryl Bryan The Ministry of Finance is likely to begin procuring auditors for the much anticipated forensic audit into the GRA from December 31st, after the Tax Commission Inquiry lays its...

Book Review… Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power: British Guiana’s Struggle for Independence

Oct 10, 2015 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power: British Guiana’s Struggle for Independence

Author: Colin A. Palmer Reviewer: Dr. Lomarsh Roopnarine The following is a review of Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power: British Guiana’s Struggle for Independence by Colin A. Palmer....

That 100% pay increase

Oct 10, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on That 100% pay increase

Dear Editor, That the regime gave itself a more than 100 percent pay increase so early in the government is a clear indication of the real nature of the administration we are dealing with. This is...