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Jagdeo lying about GPL’s financial position

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo lying about GPL’s financial position

Highlights his irresponsible, deceitful nature – Board Chairman “Totally incorrect,” said Chairman of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Board of Directors, Robert Badal. This was Badal’s...

20 years for man who set son alight

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 20 years for man who set son alight

By Malisa Playter Harry A 35-year-old East Canje man was yesterday sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment by Justice James Bovell-Drakes, in the Berbice High Court, for causing grievous bodily harm...

Fake pandits return

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fake pandits return

His identification card from India says he is just 22. Yet his speech and confidence make him appear much, much older. He has the ability to put anyone at ease with his ready smile and appears right...

Region 8 REO sacked

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region 8 REO sacked

The top accounting officer of Region Eight, Rafel Downes, was ordered relieved of his duties yesterday, more than one month after a Parliamentary oversight committee expressed displeasure at his...

Practice of grand overpayments on contracts a thing of the past – Patterson

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Practice of grand overpayments on contracts a thing of the past – Patterson

For years, Auditor General Deodat Sharma exposed innumerable instances where there were grand overpayments on contracts within the public procurement system. The current Minister of Public...

Soldier was dismissed days before bread vendor’s murder – Army

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier was dismissed days before bread vendor’s murder – Army

In a developing story, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday issued a statement indicating that the soldier who was on Monday charged for the murder of bread vendor, Andre Alexander on May 5,...

Jagdeo mek Soulja Bai swear in dem judges

May 17, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo mek Soulja Bai swear in dem judges

Jagdeo is a man who don’t drink or smoke, but de other day he tell dem reporters that he prepared to legalize hemp. Hemp is a crop that dem use to mek rope, but it is a drug that does give you a...

Govt. to unveil revised drug procurement system shortly

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to unveil revised drug procurement system shortly

The Ministry of Public Health’s revised drug procurement system which will bring resolution to the ongoing drug shortage throughout the country is expected to be implemented by the month of June....

Proposed Rose Hall estate closure… Business people, pensioners, taxi drivers join massive protests

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Proposed Rose Hall estate closure… Business people, pensioners, taxi drivers join massive protests

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) along with workers from various Estates including Enmore, Albion, Rose Hall and Skeldon, joined with housewives, hire car drivers, students,...

Exxon yet to make final investment decision

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon yet to make final investment decision

awaits review of applications ExxonMobil is yet to make its Final Investment Decision (FID) for commercial oil production as the US Company awaits the review of its applications by local regulatory...

Measures apace to strengthen fight against NCDs

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Measures apace to strengthen fight against NCDs

Non Communicable Diseases, including cancers, are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in Guyana. This is according to Minister of Public Health, Ms. Volda Lawrence, who revealed that based on...

Police Prosecutor assigned desk duties at OPR

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police Prosecutor assigned desk duties at OPR

Police Prosecutor Bharrat Mangru has been stripped of his prosecutorial responsibilities and has been transferred to the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) with immediate effect. Mangru was...

Businessman accused of bribing cop to release son from custody

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman accused of bribing cop to release son from custody

– son remanded on illegal gun, ammo charges Two men were caught during a sting operation bribing a police constable with $500,000 to secure the release of a prisoner, the police say....

Eureka Lab launches Psychodiagnostics and Family Therapy Centre

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Eureka Lab launches Psychodiagnostics and Family Therapy Centre

– geared to help advance Guyana’s mental health gains Guyana is now home to arguably the first Psychodiagnostics and Family Therapy Centre. The institution is one that was brought into being...

Guyana, CARICOM mull new tariffs after Brexit

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, CARICOM mull new tariffs after Brexit

Guyana is seeking a “transitional arrangement” for itself and the Caribbean region as the United Kingdom (UK) begins the two-year process to leave the European Union (EU). First Vice President...

13-year-old arrested for allegedly sodomizing boy, 10

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 13-year-old arrested for allegedly sodomizing boy, 10

A 13-year-old boy from New Amsterdam is currently in police custody after reports surfaced of a rape which he allegedly committed against his 10-year-old male neighbour between May 12 and May 14,...

India to tour West Indies right afterChampions Trophy

May 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on India to tour West Indies right afterChampions Trophy

ESPNCRICINFO – India will tour the West Indies for five ODIs and one T20 international in June and July, with the trip beginning almost immediately after the Champions Trophy final in...

Guyana Curling Federation officially launched

May 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Curling Federation officially launched

GOA President to head GCF The Guyana Curling Federation (GCF) is the newest Sports Association formed in Guyana, following the establishment of the Guyana Baseball League, another North American...

RHTY&SC Cricket Teams and DTV-8 host 10th Annual Mother of The Year Awards

May 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Cricket Teams and DTV-8 host 10th Annual Mother of The Year Awards

Three outstanding young mothers last Saturday, were honoured as Region 6’s Mothers of The Years when the cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and sports Club MS and Dave’s Television Station...

Basketball Federation to accelerate preparation for CentroBasket

May 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball Federation to accelerate preparation for CentroBasket

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has indicated that preparation for Guyana’s historic appearance at the CentroBasket Under-17 Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, will...

New potable water well for New Amsterdam

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New potable water well for New Amsterdam

– Hinterland roads for Region Eight During the opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), a sole bidder vied for the contract to construct a potable...

Effective communication key between internal auditors and company management – Consultant

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Effective communication key between internal auditors and company management – Consultant

By Kiana Wilburg The benefits of internal auditors to an organization are many. But when there is a breakdown in communication between the auditors and the management team in a company, the...

Nurses’ migration considerably reduced

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nurses’ migration considerably reduced

– linked to wanting quality of professionals “People ain’t going nowhere; nobody ain’t want we now,” said veteran Nurse, Marva Hawker, as she addressed the wanting quality of some...

Private school teachers trained to handle special needs children

May 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Private school teachers trained to handle special needs children

Handling and identifying children with special needs in schools will be much better if mainstream teachers are equipped with the necessary skills. Keeping this in mind, School of Nations sent three...

NSC to hold training sessions for PWD’s today to Sunday

May 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC to hold training sessions for PWD’s today to Sunday

The National Sports Commission will be paying attention to Persons With Disabilities (PWD) in Region #2 during the period May 17 – 21, 2017. Mr. Wilton Spencer Sports Organiser will be there to...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

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