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Television drama “The Helpline” aims to combat suicide

Oct 15, 2018 KNews News 0

Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) organization Merundoi, is set to premiere its drama “The Helpline”—with an all Guyanese cast and production team—tomorrow at the National Cultural...

Jonestown

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

The 18th November 1978 is a date no Guyanese should forget. The greatest mass murder suicide in the world, up to that time, took place right here in Guyana at a place called Jonestown. Next month...

DIASPORA INPUT

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Editorial 0

Very rarely has Guyana been seen in a positive light by the international media. During the 1960s, its image has been tarnished by racial violence and in the 1970s by the Jonestown tragedy. Only a...

Ram takes issue with Harris over NIS

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, To mark the 49th Anniversary of the National Insurance Scheme Kaieteur News Editor and Columnist Adam Harris devoted his September 30, 2018 column with the paean to Forbes Burnham with...

AFC in Government: An Appraisal

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, I wrote on the miniaturization of the ministerial portfolios of AFC Ministers in the Coalition Government. In this article, I will briefly examine their performance in...

S.B ruined the prospective legal careers of many students

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Throughout my time at the University of Guyana there were many ups and downs. The Law department had a Jamaican Head of department who wasn’t adept to the Guyanese Culture. We had...

Poor attendance is the sign of Rejection of the APNU/AFC in Berbice

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The Regional Democratic Council Region Six raised several issues of concerns in order to hold the APNU/AFC coalition government accountable to the Guyanese people especially the...

Let us analyze

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The open show by the President of the United States of his anti-abortion, and anti-gay marriage position have warmed the hearts of Christians everywhere, and give hope that America will...

Some things are beyond locals

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to Woolford’s letter entitled “Foreigners see Guyana as the dirtiest”. I have to disagree with the thesis of the letter as it’s blaming the...

These are strange times

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, “The first part of solving any problem, is recognizing we have one” This is an age where you’re ridiculed for being a virgin, laughed at for having morals, called nerds as if...

Wake up Linden, ignore the loud noise and focus on the issues! (Part Two)

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, With just about four weeks to go before Local Government Elections; campaigning from all parties continues to grow aggressively in the mining town of Linden. Posters and fancy banners...

Refuse sponsorship from alcohol companies

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The body responsible for sports in Guyana, should put an immediate stop to alcohol beverage companies sponsorship. When a beverage company sponsors a game or a tournament, it is all...

Granger must demand adherence to the Integrity Commission

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Transparency, accountability and adherence to the Rule of Law are the hallmarks of good governance. Several constitutional bodies were set up to ensure compliance with these fundamental...

Time is right for Sports Tourism Programme

Oct 15, 2018 KNews Letters, Sports 0

Dear Editor, As a practicing Sports Consultant, I feel it’s time that the Guyana Tourism officials implement a sports tourism programme that will allow Guyana to join the Caribbean nations and the...

Hundreds of cases uncustomed liquor seized from city hotels, restaurants

Oct 14, 2018 KNews News 0

Despite warnings and crackdowns, it appears that the illegal trade in cigarettes and liquor is continuing unabated. In the past week alone, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) seized hundreds of cases...

Balwant Singh Hospital moves for contempt against Food and Drugs Chief

Oct 14, 2018 KNews News 0

A city hospital is battling the Government Analyst – Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) over pharmaceuticals being imported. Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital is seeking jail time for GA-FDD’s head,...

Complaints against car dealers can be corrected

Oct 14, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists 0

by PAT DIAL In Guyana, the overwhelming majority of motorcars now imported are either second-hand, reconditioned or sold as is from a previous owner. Until the last three or four decades, only new...

World Standards Day 2018…A message from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards

Oct 14, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus 0

Today October 14, 2018, we celebrate World Standards Day, and as the national standards agency, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is part and parcel of this annual celebration. The theme...

Region 9 health workers receive antenatal tool kits

Oct 14, 2018 KNews News 0

Community Health Workers (CHW) from various communities in Region Nine, received tool kits for improved antenatal care as the Ministry of Public Health continues its fight against maternal and child...

SOCU fails to defend court case, Magistrate dismisses charges

Oct 10, 2018 KNews News 0

Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman was left with no choice but to dismiss the charges against former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRBD) executives after citing a number of failures by the Special...

Bread and pastry attract multi-million $$$ bids

Oct 10, 2018 KNews News 0

– Three hospitals to be upgraded The National Tenders and Procurement Administration yesterday opened six bids, all above $6M for a yearly supply of bread and pastry to hinterland residents and...

Campbellville double murder…Relative of dead pandit, son testifies of identifying bodies

Oct 10, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 0

Petamber Liliah has testified to identifying the bodies of the murdered pandit and his son at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary on July 11, last. The witness told the court that the bodies were...

Guyana and Colombia in knowledge transfer Mission

Oct 10, 2018 KNews News 0

– in quest to advance safety and Disaster Risk Management in schools Creating safe environments for teachers and students in the face of a disaster is among the top priorities of the Ministry...

Govt. moves to decriminalize, obeah, vagrancy, suicide attempts

Oct 10, 2018 KNews News 0

Laws which criminalized obeah, vagrancy, suicide and other offences might be no longer, as Attorney General Basil Williams S.C, and a team met on Monday to review existing legislation and propose...

When is dead meat fit and proper to eat?

Oct 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

The AFC emerged as a third pathway after President Jagdeo took the PPP into autocratic directions. Jagdeo soiled and destroyed the long standing image of the PPP that Cheddi Jagan shaped over fifty...

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Concacaf U20 Men’s Championship…..CANU conducts drug awareness session with National U20 team

Whimpering thoroughbreds are whimsically running in Whim

Writing in his Chronicle column (the newspaper which some observers claim has destroyed the legacy of Moses Nagamootoo),... more

Local government elections will make little difference

Are we fooling ourselves into believing that local government elections will change things in Guyana? What will it change? Local... more