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Tutorial High local alumni reward top CSEC performer

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tutorial High local alumni reward top CSEC performer

Rewarding a student for his or her academic performance can only serve as a boost for confidence as well as a motivator to strive for higher heights. In this regard, the Tutorial High School Alumni...

Heath care in Region Two challenged by major drug shortages

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Heath care in Region Two challenged by major drug shortages

Health care on the Essequibo Coast is facing a major drug shortage. The shortage is believed to be countrywide. It is very obvious at the Oscar Joseph District Hospital. Members of Parliament Dr....

Driver killed after crashing into cows

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Driver killed after crashing into cows

A 22-year-old man was killed early yesterday after his vehicle reportedly crashed into three cows at Philadelphia, East Bank Essequibo. The accident occurred around 02:30 hrs. Dead is Reaz Khan, a...

Trial of women accused of bribing cop…Caution statement admissible

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Trial of women accused of bribing cop…Caution statement admissible

A caution statement given to police by Maryanna Lionel, one of the women accused of offering a $4M payment to Sergeant Kamal Pitama, a rank from the Major Crimes Investigation Unit, for him to...

SOCU head for asset recovery forum overseas

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU head for asset recovery forum overseas

The Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Assistant Commissioner Sydney James is slated to attend a meeting of the asset recovery inter-agency network for the Caribbean region to be held...

GRDB says Guyana not associated with ‘Fake Rice’

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB says Guyana not associated with ‘Fake Rice’

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) says it has noted with great concern the presence of video recordings of plastic rice being circulated. The Board wishes to make it clear that there has been...

Moves underway to have Forensic Lab ISO accredited

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Moves underway to have Forensic Lab ISO accredited

The Ministry of Public Security, through the Citizen Security Strengthening Project, (CSSP) is taking steps to have the Forensic Laboratory attain International Standards Organisation (ISO)...

Farmers, butchers engaged on laws governing animal slaughter

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers, butchers engaged on laws governing animal slaughter

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) of the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday met with livestock farmers, butchers and law enforcement officers of Regions Five and Six. The purpose of...

Innovativeness, efficiency needed in face of resource scarcity

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Innovativeness, efficiency needed in face of resource scarcity

– C’bean Fisheries Council told Jamaica’s Chief Technical Officer within the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence, has called for the Ministerial council of...

Anglican Diocese announces new Human Rights & Social Justice Commission

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Anglican Diocese announces new Human Rights & Social Justice Commission

Anglicans are celebrating Anglican Communion Day today, and the Diocese of Guyana is introducing the newly formed Human Rights and Social Justice (HRSJ) Commission. The local body is a product of the...

Those infrastructural challenges in the education sector

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Those infrastructural challenges in the education sector

By Sharmain Grainger There are some things we like just the way they are because they yield the desired results. Usually this means that something is effective without interference. These things can...

President David Granger’s tribute to former UNESCO chief, Carmen Jarvis

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on President David Granger’s tribute to former UNESCO chief, Carmen Jarvis

President David Granger was among the mourners at the memorial service for Ms. Carmen Jarvis on Friday. The service was held at Smith’s Memorial. Here is his tribute. The 1920s were a most...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…GNBS – Maintaining measurements for transport

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…GNBS – Maintaining measurements for transport

Yesterday, May 20, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) joined other National Metrology Institutions around the world to commemorate World Metrology Day under the theme “Measurements for...

Chairman of Region 5 Council is serving a political agenda

May 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chairman of Region 5 Council is serving a political agenda

Dear Editor, It’s about time I pen a letter on the present standstill to which the Regional Chairman and his colleagues are taking umbrage; as if they are on the side of facts. Many consider the...

The million dollar question about the oil refinery here

May 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The million dollar question about the oil refinery here

Dear Editor, Wasn’t Hartree Partners, founded by the HESS Corporation? Is the HESS Corporation a 30% stakeholder in the EXXON Project? Aren’t the foreign operators looking at the Guyanese oil as...

The incredible mistakes of Freddie Kissoon

May 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The incredible mistakes of Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, My letter here has a theme and a sub-theme. The theme is the incredible mistakes of Freddie Kissoon. The sub-theme is the nature of the AFC. My arguments take up from a letter of keen...

Neighbours assault disabled mom

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Neighbours assault disabled mom

Pagan Thompson, of Lot 975 Hendy Block X, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara is pleading with the relevant authorities to sanction two of his neighbours for allegedly assaulting his disabled mother. His...

Whose company do you prefer?

May 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Whose company do you prefer?

We all have our ‘own company’. It’s where we feel most at home, where we naturally gravitate to when we have the choice. A religious leader once said, ‘The important thing about a man is not...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…SAIJAN – THE MIRACLE TREE

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…SAIJAN – THE MIRACLE TREE

By PAT DIAL In this offering of Consumer Concerns, we had intended to touch on three foods cum drugs of the ancient world which are now being re-discovered by western science though they were very...

GAWU must show what “Added Value” it brings to the partnership with GuySuCo

May 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GAWU must show what “Added Value” it brings to the partnership with GuySuCo

Dear Editor, With reference to articles published in the Kaieteur News on 17 May, 2017 and titled, ‘Business people, pensioners, taxi drivers join massive protests’, respectively; while on the...

Sunday Cartoon

May 21, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Certain wild men, rabbits and elephants

May 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Certain wild men, rabbits and elephants

Dear Editor, I was appalled that a former Attorney General, Mr. Anil Nandlall, would think it acceptable to rely on the advice of someone on how to hunt elephants! His letter in his response to Mark...

City Hall has a “sardine” police not a City Constabulary

May 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall has a “sardine” police not a City Constabulary

Dear Editor, With the Georgetown City Constabulary getting ready to celebrate the major milestone of the 180th anniversary of its existence, one can only feel a sense of deep disappointment when one...

How to determine the returns for the oil refinery

May 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on How to determine the returns for the oil refinery

Dear Editor, The recent report by the Mexican consultant on oil refinery capacity shows the need for external oil sales. The data shared points to a 30 year supply for a local refinery based on the...

Misguided and mischievous political agenda

May 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Misguided and mischievous political agenda

Dear Editor, The Opposition owned by Bobby Ramrooop and Bharrat Jagdeo again tries to twist the facts in its obsession to tarnish the Coalition Government. The latest “twist” is its banner...

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