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Jagdeo/Kissoon libel case…Defence presents draft of proposed amendments

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo/Kissoon libel case…Defence presents draft of proposed amendments

By Zena Henry Lawyer for defendants in the Jagdeo/Kissoon libel case, Attorney Nigel Hughes yesterday presented a summons for the amendment of the defence’s case, along with a draft of the...

Property tax system needs to be reviewed – PSC

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Property tax system needs to be reviewed – PSC

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) believes that the entire property tax system, as it relates to individuals, needs to be reviewed, as it is a form of triple taxation. Chairman of the PSC, Ronald...

Foulis teenager’s death…“I never know he was sleeping under my truck” – Driver

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Foulis teenager’s death…“I never know he was sleeping under my truck” – Driver

A Foulis, East Coast Demerara truck driver who was being sought in connection with the death of a 14-year-old boy, turned himself in to police at Cove and John yesterday. The man, who was accompanied...

Rodney CoI on rocky grounds……GHRA, WPA skeptical about “puzzling” terms of reference

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rodney CoI on rocky grounds……GHRA, WPA skeptical about “puzzling” terms of reference

The long-awaited Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of Walter Rodney may not have started its hearings yet, but it is already on shaky ground, with the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA)...

CARICOM Heads meet to create single ICT space

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM Heads meet to create single ICT space

CARICOM Heads of Government, inclusive of President Donald Ramotar, will meet next week in St Vincent and the Grenadines for two days, when that island nation will host the 25th Inter-sessional...

Slower vessel irritates Parika-Bartica passengers

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Slower vessel irritates Parika-Bartica passengers

The four-hour journey from Parika to Bartica has now increased significantly, in terms of time, to the dismay of passengers, especially those dependent on the service to transport cargo. The regular...

Education Ministry awards contracts to aid UG’s improvement

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry awards contracts to aid UG’s improvement

By Sharmain Grainger Curriculum reform and civil works to the tune of US$867,000 are expected to start shortly at the University of Guyana (UG). Contracts in this regard were yesterday handed over by...

APNU calls on Govt. to further fortify Judiciary

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU calls on Govt. to further fortify Judiciary

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday called on the government to further fortify the Judiciary. This declaration was made during a press conference held at the office of the Leader of...

Miscommunication about UG programme must be addressed – Minister Manickchand

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miscommunication about UG programme must be addressed – Minister Manickchand

The concerns of third-year students undertaking the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) programme at the University of Guyana (UG), regarding changes to the programme, were yesterday linked to “a lot of...

GRA moves to introduce online tax payments

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GRA moves to introduce online tax payments

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it is moving closer to launching its online tax payment service. The tax collection agency disclosed yesterday that corporate and financial commercial...

PPP statements on FIU grounded in utter ignorance – Greenidge

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PPP statements on FIU grounded in utter ignorance – Greenidge

By Kiana Wilburg On Tuesday last, at a press conference, the government disclosed that despite extensive research, it is unaware of the proposed amendment by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)...

Brickdam thief nabbed third time around

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brickdam thief nabbed third time around

The Guyana Police Force saved itself further embarrassment when its ranks captured a thief who was trying to break into one of the buildings in the Brickdam Police Station compound. The thief was...

48 Sophia children found absent from school

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 48 Sophia children found absent from school

Forty-eight school-aged children belonging to the ‘E’ Field Sophia area were found out of school when officials visited the area yesterday as part of a campaign to reduce absenteeism. According...

Man, 21, shot by bicycle bandit

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 21, shot by bicycle bandit

… battling for life at GPHC A 21-year-old construction worker is battling for his life in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after being shot by a lone...

Govt. afraid to implement corruption laws

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. afraid to implement corruption laws

“A lot of big officials will go to jail” – Harmon “Government is afraid to implement pertinent legislation which could see the end of alleged corruption among public officials,...

Guyana currently unable to address radiation emissions

Mar 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana currently unable to address radiation emissions

– Cabinet approved a proposal last Feb. – Environment Minister By Zena Henry Guyana is currently unable to manage or address any form of radiation emission. According to Minister of Natural...

Where is Desmond Hoyte’s ghost?

Mar 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Where is Desmond Hoyte’s ghost?

There is increasing pressure on both opposition parties to up the ante in a country where democracy in the substantial meaning of the concept died inside the PPP when Cheddi Jagan passed away. Under...

BURIAL OR CREMATION?

Mar 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on BURIAL OR CREMATION?

With the rapid pace at which stem cell research is being conducted and the encouraging results which tests have so far yielded, within the next thirty years, unless some cataclysmic event takes...

Struggling to obtain by means fair and foul

Mar 07, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Struggling to obtain by means fair and foul

In a poor country such as ours, the list of the things that we need might seem endless. There is, of course, the popular distinction between “wants” and “needs”; the former deemed to be...

An Inquiry into this period will cleanse a stench that still haunts us

Mar 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on An Inquiry into this period will cleanse a stench that still haunts us

Dear Editor, There’s a tendency to embark on pointless cowardly political excursions while shrinking from that grotesque creature before us that is most significant, and has damaged, as no period...

The pre-conditions regarding GLU’s subventions are ludicrous

Mar 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The pre-conditions regarding GLU’s subventions are ludicrous

Dear Editor, I want to address what is turning out to be a misunderstanding of my personal position regarding the recently approved motion in the National Assembly vis a vis the restoration of the...

President must ensure racial balance in SWAT

Mar 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on President must ensure racial balance in SWAT

Dear Editor, Does anyone really believe Mr. Eusi Kwayana actually wants an answer when he inquires “Will someone say whether the MPs know that at the last general election the President’s party...

I want to assure Mr. Ramdhani we are with you in this struggle

Mar 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I want to assure Mr. Ramdhani we are with you in this struggle

Dear Editor, The above thought clearly references how I feel when I observe the plight of Mr. Ricky Ramdhani, an ordinary upholstery worker from Grove on the East Bank of Demerara. This father of...

This magistrate should be removed from the bench

Mar 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This magistrate should be removed from the bench

Dear Editor, If the Chief Justice, the Chancellor, our Parliament, women groups, our human rights organizations and our political parties including the PPP remain silent on the egregious...

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The business class also funds undemocratic parties

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- There’s a peculiar phenomenon in Guyana, a sort of cyclical ritual, where members of... more