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Anti-Money Laundering Bill…Rights of citizens threatened by draconian measures – Harmon

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-Money Laundering Bill…Rights of citizens threatened by draconian measures – Harmon

By merging draconian measures, namely anti money laundering with countering the financing of terrorism, it holds the possibility of whittling away the rights of citizens. This is the opinion of A...

PPP “aware” of opposition’s clandestine connections – Rohee

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PPP “aware” of opposition’s clandestine connections – Rohee

General Secretary for the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) and Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has announced that he and his party are “aware” of the Opposition’s...

GCCI chides APNU over PSC lockout

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI chides APNU over PSC lockout

…coalition says action was in protest of Teixeira’s behaviour The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), led by its President, Clinton Urling, yesterday sought to admonish A...

Culture Ministry plagued by poor management…Status of Nat’l Trust financial reports “unknown”

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Culture Ministry plagued by poor management…Status of Nat’l Trust financial reports “unknown”

The exact statuses of the financial reports of the National Trust which are to be presented to Cabinet still remain unknown at this time. This finding came to the foreground via a meeting held by the...

Bogus Margarine probe…Food and Drug Department makes additional find

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bogus Margarine probe…Food and Drug Department makes additional find

…but fails to pinpoint perpetrators Investigations by the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department into the recent bogus margarine find in Berbice have led officials to believe that the...

Policy to ‘weed-out’ unqualified teachers imminent – TSC warns

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Policy to ‘weed-out’ unqualified teachers imminent – TSC warns

A strategic policy is currently in the pipeline, aimed at addressing the quality of teachers in the public education system. And according to Chairperson of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC),...

Alleged sexual assault of waitress…Princess Hotel denies claims, mulls legal action

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged sexual assault of waitress…Princess Hotel denies claims, mulls legal action

The Princess Hotel and Casino Guyana establishment which is headed by the Georgetown Investment and Management Services Inc (GIMS Inc) has in a press release categorically denied all claims of...

Credit Bureau makes strides

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Credit Bureau makes strides

– but hindered by misconceptions By Kiana Wilburg The Credit Bureau launched last September is making headway in certain areas, but still remains unable to achieve its ground-breaking...

Women miners’ body offers to educate operators on taxes

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Women miners’ body offers to educate operators on taxes

Members of the Guyana Women Miners Organization (GWMO) were enlightened on their obligations as taxpayers, and the tax regulations governing the gold mining industry when they met officials of the...

Army Women’s Corps Anniversary Service…Pilots, aircraft engineers among opportunities highlighted

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Army Women’s Corps Anniversary Service…Pilots, aircraft engineers among opportunities highlighted

By Zena Henry While the Women’s Army Corps celebrates 47 years as a body, the upper echelon of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has promised the return of female pilots and aircraft engineers among...

130 ‘radioactive’ Japanese cars banned from entering Russia

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 130 ‘radioactive’ Japanese cars banned from entering Russia

(RT) – More than 130 used cars from Japan were denied access to Russia last year as consumer watchdog agency Rospotrebnadzor remains concerned about the contaminated water leaks at Japan’s...

Comical country: Kamboat, Lenno Craig, Digicel, and …

Feb 05, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Comical country: Kamboat, Lenno Craig, Digicel, and …

This country is a circus. It is unbelievable. Here are some stories about weird Guyana. Leonard Craig who signs his letters to the press as Lenno Craig has just returned from Germany where he is...

Business owners on bail for unlawful wounding

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Business owners on bail for unlawful wounding

Bail was yesterday set to the tune of $100,000 for two city businessmen who were brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to be charged for allegedly wounding a middle-aged man. Middle...

Change must begin with our political elite

Feb 05, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Change must begin with our political elite

It has been said that a people usually get the leaders they deserve. If we are to go by the seemingly daily reports in the newspapers of the seamy doings of the populace and the politicians, the...

Possible crisis looms over ‘radioactive’ vehicles – businessman

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Possible crisis looms over ‘radioactive’ vehicles – businessman

“…officials disregarded warnings” By Zena Henry Prominent businessman, Roshan Khan, has joined sections of society in highlighting concerns over the possible importation of Japanese...

A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS WILL BE CREATED IF THE COURT’S DECISION IS NOT RESPECTED

Feb 05, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS WILL BE CREATED IF THE COURT’S DECISION IS NOT RESPECTED

I do not understand how the Constitution can trigger a constitutional crisis. A constitutional crisis exists where the highest law of the land does not provide a remedy for a particular situation...

Father of discharged Bartica double-murder accused beaten by cop

Feb 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Father of discharged Bartica double-murder accused beaten by cop

In apparent anger over the discharging of a high profile murder matter by a Bartica Magistrate, a police rank inflicted a beating on a 64-year-old man whose son happens to be one of the freed...

Another citizen debunks the Chief Justice ruling

Feb 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another citizen debunks the Chief Justice ruling

Dear Editor On 29th January, our Chief Justice [CJ] ruled that the majority of the members in the National Assembly have no power to cut the budget estimates made by the Government’s Finance...

The day the police invaded the hospital

Feb 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The day the police invaded the hospital

Dear Editor, I have read with some interest an article in the Guyana Times, January 20, 2014 captioned “Policeman goes berserk at NA hospital”. It was accompanied by some photographs of what...

Are the police a law unto themselves

Feb 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are the police a law unto themselves

Dear Editor, Over the years members of the Guyana Police Force came in for praise and criticism for their actions on various issues. However, over the past several months, the police have been making...

The pollution of Kara Kara Creek

Feb 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The pollution of Kara Kara Creek

Dear Editor, The directors of the Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) are expressing alarm at the reported pollution of the Kara Kara creek, by Bosai. This is a very troubling...

Misfits continue the irreparable erosion of cricket in Guyana

Feb 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Misfits continue the irreparable erosion of cricket in Guyana

Dear Editor, It is with profound dismay that I read in the Kaieteur News of February, 02, 2014 a letter from one Intikhab Sankar which amounted to no more that an outrageous attempt to discredit our...

Empower voters and party members

Feb 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Empower voters and party members

Dear Editor, Further to an idea I have floated around for parties to allow members to elect their leaders and to hold primary type elections to choose candidates (nominees) for elective office or...

China likely to fund Guyana-Suriname bridge

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on China likely to fund Guyana-Suriname bridge

China is likely to fund the bridge across the Corentyne River, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett announced yesterday. She said that the design for the bridge is currently being...

GECOM under pressure for $30M film deal

Feb 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM under pressure for $30M film deal

A $30M purchase of films in 2007 and $500,000 which is believed to have been stolen were the focus of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday. Chief Elections Officer (ag), Calvin...

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