02 – June – 2017 – Kaieteur News

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THE MANCHESTER BOMB ATTACK

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists 0

Last Monday night’s tragic bomb attack at the Ariana Grande pop concert in Manchester, England, is another clear example of a world caught up in the throes of religious fanaticism, intolerance, and...

Fire Service ranks concerned about delayed promotions

Jun 02, 2017 KNews News 0

…but Fire Chief assures that promotions imminent A sense of uneasiness has been spreading across the Guyana Fire Service [GFS]. At the centre of this state of affairs are several ranks who...

Decrease in crime due to multiple approaches by police – Ramjattan

Jun 02, 2017 KNews News 0

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, believes that the decrease in crime is as a result of three approaches adopted by the Guyana Police Force. The force has and continues to strengthen...

Following allegations of embezzlement …Former Bar Association President pays $20M to plaintiff

Jun 02, 2017 KNews News 0

Former President of the Guyana Bar Association, Gem Sanford-Johnson, is contending that she has paid all the monies owed to US-based Guyanese, Elsa Eileen Harper, from the sale of a property...

100 percent decrease in work place deaths for year – Labour Department

Jun 02, 2017 KNews News 0

There has been a 100 decrease in work place deaths for the year. According to Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott, during a statement to the Department of Public...

Heavy, continuous rainfall expected

Jun 02, 2017 KNews News 0

-Hydromet Office warns Guyana will experience heavy and continuous rainfall over the next six to thirty six hours (6-36 hours), the Hydrometeorological Office warned last evening. “Twenty-four...

West Berbice sweeper/cleaners seek better working conditions

Jun 02, 2017 KNews News 0

People employed as cleaners in the government schools in Region Five have become quite perturbed after an article carried in the May 12 edition of the Kaieteur News, that stated that the Ministry of...

Govt. moves to introduce new laws for scrap metal trade

Jun 02, 2017 KNews News 0

Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, will soon present to Cabinet the Draft Scrap Metal Trade Legislation. The minister said that consultations on the legislation will commence soon. Thereafter the...

GTU makes case against continuance of current TSC

Jun 02, 2017 KNews News 0

Rumours suggesting that there has been an appeal for the extension of the life of the Teaching Service Commission [TSC] have triggered the ire of the Guyana Teachers Union [GTU]. This is according to...

Summons issued for mother who ditched cocaine

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 0

Police have been ordered by Magistrate Judy Latchman to summons Odetta Bobsemple to attend court. She is the mother who dropped a quantity of cocaine before escaping when police ranks swooped down on...

Bartica ‘green’ park to be opened in June

Jun 02, 2017 KNews News 0

Last November, the Bartica town council took the initiative to develop the West Indian Housing Scheme Park with funding from the government. The Town Council’s initiative which is in keeping with...

A ONE- SEAT PARTY CAN HOLD THE BALANCE OF POWER

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

There have been calls for new political parties to be formed. But how successful or impactful can these political parties become given the rigid ethnic divisions in our society? At present, there is...

Man gets six months for dangerous driving

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 0

After months of trial and several adjournments City Magistrate Leron Daly, yesterday, sentenced a Linden taxi driver to six months’ imprisonment for dangerous driving. The magistrate also suspended...

NA man jailed while on remand

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 0

A New Amsterdam man who appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever in the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court, was on May 24, last, sent to jail while he awaits trial for being in possession of house...

ICJ adjudication of border issue draws nearer

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, On February 27 this year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of Dag Halvor Nylander of Norway as his personal representative to help find a solution to the...

Shocked at physical abuse of children by their mothers

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I read your recent article on abuse of children, with the emphasis on the sexual abuse of girls mainly it seems from men not of the family. I think one of the severest forms, if not the...

TRAINING FOR DELIVERY OF BETTER HEALTH CARE

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Recently, the media has been carrying debates and commentaries on several issues surrounding the education and training of aspirants in the critical field of nursing; major factors seem...

We are seeing the unfolding of the enhancement of football’s future

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I refer to my previous letter captioned, “Guyana is on the horizon of a transformation in local football,” KN, June 1, 2017. I concluded that letter by looking at the decision of the...

KIDS JOY FOUNDATION is asking for your help for the needy

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, KIDS JOY FOUNDATION in collaboration with Food for the Poor Guyana visited Bethany Creek on Friday 26th May 2017 (Independence Day) to distribute mattresses, stove, rice, beans,...

The pain of obtaining a driver’s licence in Guyana

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The process of obtaining a driver’s licence in Guyana is beyond the normal procedure expected, the process is as follows; 1. An individual have to buy a package 2. Study the package...

FLOODS, ILLEGAL MINING & CLIMATE CHANGE GUARANTEES

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, For some years ‘water wars’ have been predicted in various parts of the world. Guyana was never thought to be part of that debate. However, the current struggle between the dominant...

More opinions on the conditions of the Charity Secondary School

Jun 02, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The recent letter published on May 31st concerning the condition of Charity Secondary School reminds me of the poor condition of the National Cultural Center. In a recent visit during...

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7th COURTS PeeWee Football Tournament Launched

Khemraj Ramjattan thinks the way Dick Cheyney does

Each day Khemraj Ramjattan moves further and further away from the man people saw fight the autocracy of the Jagdeo/Ramotar... more

Confusion galore!

Guyana is a most interesting country. The more things change the more they become complicated. Justice (ret’d) Cecil Kennard... more