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Public Accounts Committee Meetings…Govt. /Opposition blazes Finance Secretary over weak systems

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Public Accounts Committee Meetings…Govt. /Opposition blazes Finance Secretary over weak systems

By Kiana Wilburg The by-products of weak financial systems at the Finance Ministry have become an unbearable hindrance during the meetings of the Public Accounts Committee. And this has now...

Guyana closer to becoming a narco state – Granger

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana closer to becoming a narco state – Granger

Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Brig. David Granger has said that “Guyana is now closer than it has ever been to becoming a narco state” based on the revelations of Guyana’s...

Guyana, EU meet in ongoing trade talks

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, EU meet in ongoing trade talks

Key talks to advance trade and bilateral relations between Guyana and the European Union (EU) took place yesterday with the two committing to further dialogue in a year’s time. The EU has been a...

Jagdeo/Kissoon libel case…Hughes to apply for amendments to defence case

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo/Kissoon libel case…Hughes to apply for amendments to defence case

Oral submissions could not have been made to support the defence intent to amend their case in the Jagdeo/Kissoon libel case. As a result, Attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes who is representing...

Former Suriname Ambassador to Guyana is new CARICOM Deputy Head

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Former Suriname Ambassador to Guyana is new CARICOM Deputy Head

Former SurinameAmbassador to Guyana, Manorma Soeknandan, is the new Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. Soeknandan, a national of Suriname, assumed duties at...

31 rice farmers paid money owed since 2010

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 31 rice farmers paid money owed since 2010

Almost 31 rice farmers, who were owed by two Rice Millers, Arnold Sankar and Mahaicony Rice Mills since 2010, received some 90 percent of monies owed to them after an intervention by the Rice...

Top health officials probing expired drugs dumping at Agricola

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Top health officials probing expired drugs dumping at Agricola

Officials of the Ministry of Health were set to start a probe this week on the circumstances that led to a significant quantity of expired drugs reportedly being dumped more than a week ago at the...

Bayney Karran now Guyana’s Ambassador to Mexico

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bayney Karran now Guyana’s Ambassador to Mexico

Guyana’s Ambassador to the United States, Bayney Karran, has been accredited, as the non-resident Ambassador to Mexico. President of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto, accepted Ambassador Karran’s...

Mechanics get Port Kaituma generators up and running

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanics get Port Kaituma generators up and running

– Power supply returned to normalcy after months After a series of power outages that affected residents of Port Kaituma, Region One earlier this month, things have become brighter. The...

Anti Money laundering Bill…Amazon Caribbean Ltd. notices negative effects from European market – CEO

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti Money laundering Bill…Amazon Caribbean Ltd. notices negative effects from European market – CEO

Amazon Caribbean Guyana Ltd. has noticed some negative effects due to the stalled Money laundering Bill from its customers in Europe, according to the company’s Chief Executive Officer,...

Culture Ministry not to be blamed for unused $35M – GIRTV

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Culture Ministry not to be blamed for unused $35M – GIRTV

The Board of Directors of the Guyana Inter-Religious Television Incorporated (GIRTV) is defending the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport as it relates to the $35M for which the Ministry came under...

Wanted teacher fingered in rape allegation believes he is being framed

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted teacher fingered in rape allegation believes he is being framed

With a wanted bulletin out for his arrest over rape allegations, a city high school teacher says he is convinced that someone is framing him and he desperately wants to clear his name. When Ronald...

‘Fine Man’ accomplice walks free from 33 murders

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Fine Man’ accomplice walks free from 33 murders

…DPP defends action as lawful practice … Nigel Hughes wants explanation Director of Public Prosecutions (PPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack and Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes, continue to trade barbs...

Chancellor Meets Red Thread Delegation on the Fatima Martin Case

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chancellor Meets Red Thread Delegation on the Fatima Martin Case

Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh, yesterday afternoon met with a two-person delegation on the case of a teenage Amerindian babysitter jailed by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell for assaulting...

Chancellor did not recommend Rabi Sukul

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chancellor did not recommend Rabi Sukul

…says JSC methodology in vetting him not up for discussion With each passing day, the emerging details surrounding the appointment and forced resignation of Court of Appeal Judge, Rabi Sukul, takes...

Justice Sukul Debacle… JSC never approached House to consult on appointments

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Justice Sukul Debacle… JSC never approached House to consult on appointments

…ready, willing and able to do its duty when required-Trotman This past week, Attorney-at-Law, Christopher Ram, in chiding the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) over the nomination of now...

Repeat offender remanded for pedestrian’s death

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Repeat offender remanded for pedestrian’s death

A mason of Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, East Bank Demerara who is being held accountable for causing the death of two persons whilst using the road ways, was yesterday remanded to prison...

City driver granted bail for causing death of motorist

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City driver granted bail for causing death of motorist

Bail was yesterday set to the tune of $300,000 for a city driver who was brought before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to be indicted for causing the death of a motorist on the East Bank...

Life sentences: an evolving synthesis

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Life sentences: an evolving synthesis

The appeal court’s ruling is part of an evolution that should be embraced and not abandoned, as too many so dangerously English judges, so often the punch bag for reflexive law-and-order prejudice,...

Region Two finalises Mash plans

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two finalises Mash plans

The Region Two Administration, which also shoulders the responsibility for organizing plans for Mashramani, is into the final set of planning for the upcoming activities. Activities will commence...

REMEDIES ARE AVAILABLE

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on REMEDIES ARE AVAILABLE

The right to peaceful protest is a constitutionally protected right. Every group has a right to protest and can opt to time protests to coincide with a special event taking place to allow for greater...

Churches meet APNU on troubled anti-money laundering legislations

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Churches meet APNU on troubled anti-money laundering legislations

As pressure mounts on Guyana to pass key legislations to help fight dirty money, top officials representing a number of Christian churches in Guyana met yesterday with Leader of the Opposition,...

Executed security guard was shot in head – PM finds

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Executed security guard was shot in head – PM finds

Security Guard Kenneth Kanhai, called “Puri”, 56, of Gangaram Settlement, East Canje, Berbice who was attached to the Home Safe Security Service and was found dead on February 13, died from...

A supermarket incident and the nonsense judges do in Guyana

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A supermarket incident and the nonsense judges do in Guyana

The things big companies get away with in this God-forsaken hell-hole named Guyana would never be allowed in other countries. And they escape because no one criticizes the judges for some of the...

Thanks to the Tourism Ministry for a detailed website

Feb 20, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thanks to the Tourism Ministry for a detailed website

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me to express thanks to the Minister of Tourism and his staff for the development of the website “Rediscover Guyana”. I must admit that I see many sites related to...

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The Windfall Tax paradox

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- It is a curious feature of the modern age that the more complex our agreements, the more... more