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Women’s lawyers take umbrage at AG’s comment

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s lawyers take umbrage at AG’s comment

The Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) has taken objection to some comments by Attorney General, Mr. Mohabir Anil Nandlall. Those comments were contained in the Guyana Chronicle of...

If the people of Guyana want it this way, then so be it

Oct 01, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on If the people of Guyana want it this way, then so be it

I begin with a question. Why is it that UG students are perhaps the least protesting students anywhere in the world including countries where there are vicious dictators? What takes at UG would meet...

Remigrant now in charge of solid waste disposal in Berbice

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Remigrant now in charge of solid waste disposal in Berbice

…plans in pipeline for processing plant Garbage collected from Berbicians will soon undergo processing at a processing plant at which plastics, electronics and glass will be separated....

Making Death Row obsolete

Oct 01, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Making Death Row obsolete

Guyana is at present deliberating the wisdom of maintaining the death penalty on the statutes. Many countries have abolished the death penalty, some from as far back as five or more decades ago when...

Guyanese drug mule nabbed in Dubai

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese drug mule nabbed in Dubai

Dubai: Airport security officers intercepted two drug mules carrying 5.361kg of cocaine, reported the Dubai Police Anti-Narcotics department on Sunday. In the first operation, the police...

NICIL vs Guyana Stores…Brassington tells court he had to reduce net current assets, to avoid buyer’s windfall

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL vs Guyana Stores…Brassington tells court he had to reduce net current assets, to avoid buyer’s windfall

By Latoya Giles As the trial between the National Industrial and Commercial Investments (NICIL) and Royal Investments continued yesterday Mr. Edward Luckhoo continued his...

Crash doctor succumbs

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Crash doctor succumbs

By Leon Suseran Dr. Phyzul Azeem Sattaur, the Berbician who crashed his vhicle along the Number 19 Highway succumbed to his injuries late Sunday evening. Sattaur, a well- known...

Volunteers bridging gap in teacher shortage – NGO Director

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Volunteers bridging gap in teacher shortage – NGO Director

Volunteer teachers have over the years been filling a crucial gap in the education sector. They are open to render their services wherever it is needed, even if in the far-flung Regions...

Businesswoman charged with trafficking in person

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman charged with trafficking in person

A businesswoman who tricked a young female into thinking that she would be well pampered in the interior and only work in a bar and earn millions, was charged, after it was revealed that she intended...

Bandits cart off $Millions in Jewellry from N/A Market

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits cart off $Millions in Jewellry from N/A Market

Bandits, sometime between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, broke into two stalls in the New Amsterdam market carting off millions of dollars worth of jewellry. Reports are that...

St Thomas More Primary says…‘No teacher; No school!’

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on St Thomas More Primary says…‘No teacher; No school!’

The transfer of a Grade Five teacher from the St Thomas More Primary School in D’Urban Street, Wortmanville, sparked a muddled protest by students and parents in the school’s compound...

IDB’s US$300,000 contribution aids Audit Office development

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on IDB’s US$300,000 contribution aids Audit Office development

Auditor General Deodat Sharma, yesterday handed over his report on the Public Accounts of Guyana and on the accounts of Ministries, Departments and Regions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012...

A proposal to reconsider the implementation of the Amaila Falls hydro project

Oct 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A proposal to reconsider the implementation of the Amaila Falls hydro project

Dear Editor, I have been following the impasse of the captioned project. The bottom line is that the public and the opposition are claiming that adequate information was not provided to them...

A clear intent to embarrass professionals

Oct 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A clear intent to embarrass professionals

DEAR EDITOR, I was just preparing my letter, and copy of my receipt as proof of payment for my 2013 Tax Practice Certificate, when I read in today’s newspapers the apology from the Guyana Revenue...

The PPP operators are extremely dishonest people

Oct 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP operators are extremely dishonest people

Dear Editor, I note with utter disgust an article in the independent media that was attributable to the Minister of Legal Affairs and captioned “PPP blames opposition for crime”. What is...

Life has become a living hell in Guyana

Oct 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Life has become a living hell in Guyana

Dear Editor, Not a day passes without Guyanese being reminded of the scourge of crime, especially the armed robberies and the murder of innocent law-abiding citizens in their homes or places...

Such discriminatory policies contribute to an environment which nurtures hatred and contempt

Oct 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Such discriminatory policies contribute to an environment which nurtures hatred and contempt

Dear Editor, It has been reported that President Jammeh of Gambia addressed the UN on 26th September and said that “homosexuality, greed and obsession with world domination “are more...

Mr. Persaud needs to rid himself of such duplicity

Oct 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Persaud needs to rid himself of such duplicity

Dear Editor, I find Mr. Persaud’s comments amusing. If the Tax Act gives the GRA the authority to issue professions the wherewithal to practice in Guyana, then GRA does have that...

Air Services Limited faces temporary shut down

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Air Services Limited faces temporary shut down

….as RUBIS suspends fuel supply to Ogle One of Guyana’s leading local aviation providers, Air Services Limited (ASL), is facing a possible halt to its services following the...

AG exempt from Tax Act requirement

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AG exempt from Tax Act requirement

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, says that he is exempt from the requirement of having a Professional Practice Certificate to ply his trade as a lawyer. Nandlall says that this exemption is by virtue...

56 murder trials set for new Assizes

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 56 murder trials set for new Assizes

…Neesa Gopaul’s mother, Picture Boy among high profile lot The next Criminal Assizes session for the county of Demerara commences today in the High Court with 228 cases listed for...

Hinterland power station operators complete training

Oct 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Hinterland power station operators complete training

After undergoing four weeks of training, 30 H interland power station operators have graduated from specialized courses. The graduation ceremony was held last Friday at the Guyana Power and...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The sugar industry has been for centuries Guyana’s agricultural backbone. Yet, its struggles... more