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Woodpecker Trophies and Sports support Guinness ‘Cage’ Streetball Championship

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Trophies and Sports support Guinness ‘Cage’ Streetball Championship

Woodpecker Trophies and Sports continued their support of the 2nd annual Guinness ‘Cage’ Streetball Championship, donating the fourth place trophy on Monday at a simple presentation ceremony,...

Three witnesses remain in ‘Sagga’ murder PI

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three witnesses remain in ‘Sagga’ murder PI

Police Prosecutor Richard Harris is expected to call three remaining witnesses to testify in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Godfrey Scipio known as “Sagga” who was shot dead on...

Health Minister visits Linden Hospital complex

Sep 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister visits Linden Hospital complex

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence yesterday went to the Linden Hospital Complex, on the first of a three-day visit across the Region. One of the Minister’s first tasks was to reconstitute...

Clarification on sale of sugar lands

Sep 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Clarification on sale of sugar lands

The Ministry of the Presidency has clarified statements made by President David Granger about the future of sugar lands of the four closed estates. Responding to questions last week from Kaieteur...

Govt. gets funding to build Health Information System

Sep 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. gets funding to build Health Information System

The health sector is set to have a major upgrade in the form of the Government Health Information System (GHIS) that is currently in development by the Information Technology (IT) Department of the...

The absence of fear

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The absence of fear

Guyanese should be worried. Their government is doing a poor job at defending its interest in the Belt and Road Initiative. The most compelling reason why Guyana is looking to China for assistance in...

Govt. must demonstrate willingness to negotiate with GTU/teachers in good faith

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Govt. must demonstrate willingness to negotiate with GTU/teachers in good faith

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is concerned at the growing intractable and hardening of attitudes that can prolong a strike that should never have happened in the first place,...

Teachers do not intend to picket in the streets

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Teachers do not intend to picket in the streets

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force wishes to inform all and sundry that following speculation from some sections of society that the Guyana Teachers’ Union(GTU) has planned to take their picket...

Gov’t should respect the noble profession

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gov’t should respect the noble profession

Dear Editor, Full credit must go to the teachers and their union for finally standing up to the Granger regime. At one time, the public was concerned that they would have succumbed to the historical...

This is what the AFC failed to do while in office

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is what the AFC failed to do while in office

Dear Editor, I almost choked on my dinner as I sat watching the news on Tuesday evening (News Room 4th September, 2019). I could not believe my ears that Hon. Jaipaul Sharma said he was willing to...

This strike poses the perfect opportunity for Government to overhaul the Education system

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This strike poses the perfect opportunity for Government to overhaul the Education system

Dear Editor, The teachers on strike pose the perfect opportunity for the Government of Guyana to overhaul the entire Education system. This will get rid of the backwardness that plagues Guyana. Such...

Granger must assure Guyanese that all oil agreements are in the interest of the people

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger must assure Guyanese that all oil agreements are in the interest of the people

Dear Editor, Much has been said and written about the discovery of oil in Guyana. Nevertheless, this form of black gold can be a blessing as well as a curse. The outcome depends on how the government...

If teachers cannot make this strike work, disrespect for them will be endless

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on If teachers cannot make this strike work, disrespect for them will be endless

Dear Editor, As strike action continues in the teaching fraternity, the Government does not seem too perturbed. The word is that Minister Henry is looking for recruits to replace striking teachers....

GTT’s lousy service had pensioners waiting for hours to pay their phone bills

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT’s lousy service had pensioners waiting for hours to pay their phone bills

Dear Editor, I have seen, with distress, the daily deterioration of the standards at GTT. This was glaringly evident, yesterday, when I went to GTT’s Water Street (Fogarty’s) location to pay my...

FLEEING A CRISIS-STRICKEN COUNTRY

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on FLEEING A CRISIS-STRICKEN COUNTRY

A few weeks ago, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro admitted that his economic model has failed and that Venezuelans are undergoing severe hardships under his administration that has mismanaged...