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Govt to implement zoning for GWI contractors

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt to implement zoning for GWI contractors

At a press conference held at the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Vlissengen Road and Church Street office in Georgetown, Chief Executive Officer, Dr Richard Van West Charles, stated that in order...

AWARDS CEREMONY FOR ST. STANISLAUS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on AWARDS CEREMONY FOR ST. STANISLAUS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES

The Saint Stanislaus College Alumni Association is continuing effort to upkeep and maintain the academic excellence of their Alma Mater, by offering scholarships. This year the school is observing...

Govt. promises systematic changes for countrywide internet service in 2017

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. promises systematic changes for countrywide internet service in 2017

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Friday opened a new branch of its Customer Experience Store on Brickdam which was formerly the company’s BlackBerry station. Present at the...

Guyana’s incomprehensible incompetence killed Harry Brijmohan

Nov 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

The lines that follow this one here contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. For three consecutive nights last week, the latest being Saturday night, I had a discussion with two...

Death of elderly pedestrian…Asst Superintendent of Police charged, on $300,000 bail

Nov 22, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Death of elderly pedestrian…Asst Superintendent of Police charged, on $300,000 bail

Almost two months after he struck down and killed an elderly woman, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Jermaine Grant, has finally been charged. This was revealed yesterday by the Police Public...

Men are three times more likely to commit suicide than women…‘Stop male suicide event held at Buxton’

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Men are three times more likely to commit suicide than women…‘Stop male suicide event held at Buxton’

“Men are three times at greater risk of suicide than women.” This is according to information compiled by the National Suicide Prevention Plan 2015–2020 launched by the Ministry of Public...

18-year-old is UG Tain Campus’ youngest graduate in 2016

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 18-year-old is UG Tain Campus’ youngest graduate in 2016

It was a joyous day on Saturday for 18-year-old Joylyn Conway. She received her Diploma in Chemistry at the 15th Convocation of the University of Guyana’s (UG), Tain Campus, Region Six, even as she...

CARICOM security ministers discuss region’s crime situation

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM security ministers discuss region’s crime situation

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday held its Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement to address the crime situation in the region. The meeting at the...

Illegal importation of animals on rise; authority threatens charges

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal importation of animals on rise; authority threatens charges

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) is threatening tough action against persons who illegally import animals. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, yesterday, it is getting ready to...

Crabwood Creek man pleads guilty to drunk driving

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Crabwood Creek man pleads guilty to drunk driving

A Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice resident has pleaded guilty to drunk driving and fleeing from the scene of an accident last Friday. Yesterday, the 20-year-old Grant resident, Tilendra Totaram,...

Over 18 million people on effective HIV treatment

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Over 18 million people on effective HIV treatment

–allows for increased life expectancy rate The life-extending impact of HIV treatment is working. This has been amplified in the 2016 UNAIDS 2016 World AIDS Day Report. The Report entitled...

TIP unit to reduce human trafficking in 2017

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on TIP unit to reduce human trafficking in 2017

The Ministry of Social Protection’s Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) Unit has vowed intense efforts to curb human trafficking. Acting Coordinator, C-TIP Unit, Tanisha Williams-Corbin, said...

Municipalities, NDCs begin holding internal elections

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Municipalities, NDCs begin holding internal elections

-for Mayors, Deputy Mayors, Chairpersons and Vice Chairpersons The annual internal elections for municipalities and Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) are to be held before December 16,...

Lindley Avenue residents will finally have a proper road

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lindley Avenue residents will finally have a proper road

The residents of Lindley Avenue, Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara have been given “slam dash” works on their road in the past. However, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure has been working to...

Cop serious after crashing into cows

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cop serious after crashing into cows

The call for persons to keep animals off the road and for more lighting on the roadways of Guyana continues after a police Corporal was seriously injured after colliding with two cows. Police...

Men get 60 months jail, fined $80M for ganja in salt bags

Nov 22, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Men get 60 months jail, fined $80M for ganja in salt bags

Fawad Hamid and Mark Douglas, the two men who were busted with almost 130 pounds of marijuana after a high speed chase with police, during which gunshots were exchanged, were jailed for 60 months and...

Father gets community service for ganja in pants pocket

Nov 22, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Father gets community service for ganja in pants pocket

A man, who admitted to smoking marijuana, yesterday told Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan that she will never see him again in her courtroom. Compton Adams was yesterday fined $10,000 after he pleaded...

Taxi driver remanded for gun possession

Nov 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver remanded for gun possession

Following the discovery of a gun tucked away in a car which was discovered by a sniffer dog name ‘Ace’ after he was able to lead ranks to the left door panel of a car, a taxi driver was yesterday...

Why was Multi-level Parking systems not considered?

Nov 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why was Multi-level Parking systems not considered?

Dear Editor, In spite of the rumpus caused throughout the capital city and country by the proposed installation and implementation of paid parking systems in Georgetown, regardless of the concerns...

Please fix this road in South Ruimveldt Gardens

Nov 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please fix this road in South Ruimveldt Gardens

Dear Editor, I just want to know if the Ministry of Public Infrastructure has forgotten to fix the Cul de Sac called Powis Close, South Ruimveldt Gardens. For the longest while we are hearing that...

What functions does the Medical Council perform in Guyana?

Nov 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on What functions does the Medical Council perform in Guyana?

Dear Editor, I refer to a published press release of the Guyana Medical Council (GMC) in response to my last Friday column in which I asserted a previous position that many of the Cuban trained...

A display of distasteful behavior in the American elections

Nov 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A display of distasteful behavior in the American elections

Dear Editor, Before Election Day in the USA every time I turned on the television or went on social media I was overfed a diet of US politics replete with scandals, mudslinging and name calling. I am...

Rastafari activist puts a question to Stabroek News

Nov 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rastafari activist puts a question to Stabroek News

Dear Editor, On December 14th 2015 there was a published letter in the Stabroek News that expressed the opinion of many of the Rastafari in Georgetown on the renaming of streets in the city. This...

Withdraw the Hamilton Green Pension Bill

Nov 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Withdraw the Hamilton Green Pension Bill

Dear Editor, The APNU-AFC coalition government will present in Parliament, the former Prime Minister, Hamilton Green’s Pension Bill, 2016. The bill was written specifically for Mr. Green and it...

A reader warns Guyana of the environmental dangers of oil

Nov 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A reader warns Guyana of the environmental dangers of oil

Dear Editor, Is Oil a safe bet? In the aftermath of the Skeldon fiasco, where our long history and expertise in the industry did not serve us well, even though we teamed up with our close friends and...