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Professional Nurses exam re-sit… Only 23 of 179 candidates secure overall passes

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Professional Nurses exam re-sit… Only 23 of 179 candidates secure overall passes

situation described as a vicious cycle Of the 179 students who were required to re-sit the 2016 State Final Nurses examination last month a mere 23 passed all segments of the examination. This means...

Public Health Ministry places emphasis on quality of imported drugs

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public Health Ministry places emphasis on quality of imported drugs

—Investigation ongoing into “fake” drugs by a drug supplier to GPHC By Kiana Wilburg As it continues to ferret out the loopholes within the system, the Ministry of Public Health is also making...

Gafoor Foundation donates scholarship bursaries to four GTI students

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gafoor Foundation donates scholarship bursaries to four GTI students

Four Government Technical Institute (GTI) students will now be better equipped to pursue their desired fields of study thanks to scholarship bursaries presented by the Gafoor Foundation. The...

City Hall to re-engage citizens on paid parking – Acting Mayor

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall to re-engage citizens on paid parking – Acting Mayor

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council has decided that it will be re-engaging the citizens of Georgetown to discuss the issue of paid parking within the City. This is according to Deputy Mayor and...

Pupils benefit from NCERD’s interactive Maths initiative

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pupils benefit from NCERD’s interactive Maths initiative

“Maths is a thing anybody can do it,” has become a popular jingle that has infiltrated the national airwaves, compliments of the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD). The...

New maternity wing at GPHC finally completed

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New maternity wing at GPHC finally completed

After about a year’s delay, the new maternity wing at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is finally completed, and currently in use. According to Public Health Minister, Volda...

First stage of $146.3M Demerara River crossing feasibility study completed

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on First stage of $146.3M Demerara River crossing feasibility study completed

The first stage of the $146.3M feasibility study for the new Demerara River Crossing has been completed and some of the findings were presented to the Minister of Public Infrastructure, David...

De parking meter deal stop on de seventh protest

Mar 16, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De parking meter deal stop on de seventh protest

De Bible talk how Joshua bruck down a wall. He walk round and round de wall fuh seven days blowing he trumpet. Then one day, de last day he blow he trumpet again and de wall fall down. De parking...

Guyana remembers Rose Hall Martyrs on 104th Anniversary

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana remembers Rose Hall Martyrs on 104th Anniversary

saving of the sugar industry was the focus of the day’s event by Malisa Playter Harry In honor of the 15 sugar workers who met their death 104 years ago on March 13, 1913 at Rose Hall Estate...

Malware attack on GWI… Board wants to do its own investigation – CEO

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Malware attack on GWI… Board wants to do its own investigation – CEO

After its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems suffered a malware attack in late January, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) last week, said that its systems are up and running....

GRA zeros in on blatant abuses of tax incentive regime by companies

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRA zeros in on blatant abuses of tax incentive regime by companies

In an effort to strengthen the tax system, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is taking a number of steps to close loopholes which allowed for the abuse of the system by several companies. This is...

Carvil Duncan faces questions in legal challenge over tribunal

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Carvil Duncan faces questions in legal challenge over tribunal

Embattled Public Service Commission, (PSC) Chairman, Carvil Duncan, faced a series of questions regarding the issue of notification from Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, towards establishing a...

Court to rule on issue of jurisdiction in Red House matter

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Court to rule on issue of jurisdiction in Red House matter

The Court is expected to rule on the issue of jurisdiction in the Red House legal challenge. Subsequent to the laying over of further submissions by Attorney General, (AG) Basil Williams as it...

Verdict looms for Linden driver charged for killing traffic cop

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Verdict looms for Linden driver charged for killing traffic cop

A Linden taxi driver will, today, know his fate when he appears before City Magistrate, Leron Daly, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for the decision of causing death by dangerous driving....

New appraisal instrument being developed to monitor teachers’ performance

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New appraisal instrument being developed to monitor teachers’ performance

The Ministry of Education is moving to develop a new evaluation mechanism to monitor teachers’ performance. Chief Education Officer (CEO) acting, Marcel Hutson said this will allow for greater...

Police under close arrest for allegedly raping girl, 14

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police under close arrest for allegedly raping girl, 14

A police constable is now under close arrest after being accused of raping a 14-year-old Sophia girl. According to reports, the 26-year-old policeman and the teenager have been involved in an...

Drunken unlicensed policeman slams into businessman’s car

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken unlicensed policeman slams into businessman’s car

A drunk, unlicensed, policeman who on Monday slammed into a businessman’s pickup whilst it was parked in the corner of the road is now in hot water. According to information received, around...

Ganja seller gets three years jail

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ganja seller gets three years jail

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan jailed a 23-year-old woman for two years and 11 months for selling ganja. The custodial sentence was imposed on Tiffany Sultan of Lot 14 Broad Street, Charlestown,...

Govt. to explore regularisation of mining landings in Region 7

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to explore regularisation of mining landings in Region 7

The government is exploring the regularisation of landings in mining districts as a means of ensuring compliance by shop owners. Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes,...

Pensioner’s death baffles investigators

Mar 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner’s death baffles investigators

Determined to get to the bottom of the case involving the death of 69-year-old Wilfred Bacchus, whose body was found in a trench at Coghlan Dam, Pourderoyen, West Bank Demerara (WBD) two Mondays ago,...

Dave West Indian imports Inter-County U-15 Cricket E’bo keep title hopes alive with 59-run win

Mar 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dave West Indian imports Inter-County U-15 Cricket E’bo keep title hopes alive with 59-run win

Sunday’s ‘Reaction’ Drags creating much buzz among competitors

Mar 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sunday’s ‘Reaction’ Drags creating much buzz among competitors

Sunday’s Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) ‘Reaction’ Drag Meet, which happens to the season opening event for the racing entity, is creating a lot of buzz among competitors,...

Petra Organisation Futsal Comnpetition Showstopping showdown likely between Showstoppers and Back Circle

Mar 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation Futsal Comnpetition Showstopping showdown likely between Showstoppers and Back Circle

By Rawle Welch Following an opening round that was littered with absorbing action, the second night of the Petra Organisation Futsal Comnpetition will be played this evening, at the National...

NSC/Den Amstel FC Mash KO Cup Lanferman’s heroics lead Den Amstel to championship; Eagles soar third

Mar 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC/Den Amstel FC Mash KO Cup Lanferman’s heroics lead Den Amstel to championship; Eagles soar third

$Bishoo, Fudadin join Jaguars squad Tagenarine Chanderpaul out with fractured finger$

Bishoo, Fudadin join Jaguars squad Tagenarine Chanderpaul out with fractured finger

Mar 16, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bishoo, Fudadin join Jaguars squad Tagenarine Chanderpaul out with fractured finger

Thirty-one year-old West Indies left-hander Assad Fudadin has been drafted in the Guyana Jaguars squad as replacement for fellow opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul who fractured his finger while batting...

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Social media reporting is a double-edged sword

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Social media has undoubtedly changed how we share and receive information. It has made... more