September 26, 2014

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Opposition appears divided on no-confidence motion – Rohee

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition appears divided on no-confidence motion – Rohee

By Abena Rockcliffe General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee, is of the opinion that the Parliamentary Opposition—A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and...

Skeletons in the attic

Sep 26, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Skeletons in the attic

Lots of things in life are unfortunate, but when these unfortunate things happen in a poor, underdeveloped, thinly populated country like Guyana, then the misfortune becomes a disaster of immense...

Headless body…Police check ‘missing persons’ files in bid to ID victim

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Headless body…Police check ‘missing persons’ files in bid to ID victim

Police are yet to make any headway with their investigations concerning the discovery of a headless decomposing body which was found on Monday by workers attached to the Ministry of Public Works. The...

Fake passport lands Berbician before court

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fake passport lands Berbician before court

A 28-year-old mason, who left Guyana’s shores last Saturday but was reportedly arrested when he returned on Tuesday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), is being accused of having a...

NDCs begin pilot training for computerisation of tax payment system

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NDCs begin pilot training for computerisation of tax payment system

Work has begun with 12 Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) on a pilot programme to operate a computerised tax payment system. The purpose of the programme is to make it easier for persons to...

MARAD observes World Maritime Day

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MARAD observes World Maritime Day

…focuses on safety on the country’s waterways By Zena Henry The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) yesterday observed Maritime Day 2014 with the rest of the world and placed specific...

Fathers have critical role in children’s upbringing – Child Protection Official

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fathers have critical role in children’s upbringing – Child Protection Official

The roles and responsibilities of fathers were the primary focus when officials of the Child Care and Protection Agency conducted an Early Childhood and Development Seminar at the Campbellville...

Ramjattan’s offer to help retrieve US$$M from Surendra “rejected”

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan’s offer to help retrieve US$$M from Surendra “rejected”

By Abena Rockcliffe “Ramjattan is bigging himself up more that he really is,” said General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee as he rejected his former Party...

We are all in this thing together

Sep 26, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on We are all in this thing together

I am an importer and I import a certain product, I have to deal with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), because that is the agency that collects import taxes. As an importer, I have my obligations...

GPL expects full power by Sunday

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL expects full power by Sunday

The state-owned power company says the blackout situation that has been hitting the coastland hard over the past week is getting better, with full power expected to return to suffering consumers of...

Domestic worker loses home to fire

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Domestic worker loses home to fire

A 52-year-old woman who toiled almost her entire life as a domestic worker to ensure her three children had a comfortable life, lost her years of hard earnings and sacrifice early yesterday when her...

Enduring correctible anomalies

Sep 26, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Enduring correctible anomalies

Hopefully the various comments accompanying government’s decision to utilize the services of big buses, including remarks ranging from it being an electioneering gimmick to the lack of foresight,...

Farmer jailed for cultivating marijuana

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer jailed for cultivating marijuana

A 45-year-old farmer of Moco Moco Settlement, Rupununi, was sentenced to three years imprisonment on two drug-related charges yesterday. Ustad Lowe appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the...

Accused in brazen city carjacking remanded

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Accused in brazen city carjacking remanded

A 22-year-old man who reportedly jumped into another man’s jeep and drove away on Wednesday, was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Tiffon Peters...

Father, son to face third trial after hung jury

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Father, son to face third trial after hung jury

A father and son combination on trial for a murder committed in 2002 will have to face a judge and jury for a third time. This was after a mixed jury failed to arrive at a unanimous verdict on the...

Granny to do community service for ganja possession

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Granny to do community service for ganja possession

A 63-year-old grandmother of ten will be spending several of her weekends doing community service after she admitted yesterday to having marijuana in her home. Barbara Pindar of Cross and Leopold...

Airport security trained in self-defence

Sep 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Airport security trained in self-defence

Sixteen Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Aviation Security Officers (ASOs) successfully completed a self-defence programme on Wednesday that demanded technical, professional and physical...

Be resolute in your demand for constitutionally guaranteed rights or lose them

Sep 26, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Be resolute in your demand for constitutionally guaranteed rights or lose them

Dear Editor, Editor permit me an observation. I have been taught and have come to know that in a democracy the constitution is the foundation of its laws. The ultimate protector of the people’s...

Is GPL telling Guyanese the truth?

Sep 26, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is GPL telling Guyanese the truth?

Dear Editor, This week, it is almost as if Guyana was experiencing a feeling of déjà vu. There was a time when Guyana was being given a dose of daily power outages. There were lines for fuel and...

For three days, no available bed at the GPHC for pregnant woman

Sep 26, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on For three days, no available bed at the GPHC for pregnant woman

Dear Editor, On Thursday morning, September 24, 2014, I received a telephone call from AFC executive member, Mr. Michael Carrington. He requested my presence at the Georgetown Hospital Accident and...

It is very rare that someone dies by suicide because of one cause

Sep 26, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is very rare that someone dies by suicide because of one cause

Dear Editor Guyana has seen a startling rise in the number of suicide cases that now has many families, friends, and even our nation as a whole with a lot of questions as to why? When the question...

How many more miners must be murdered before there is adequate security in the interior?

Sep 26, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on How many more miners must be murdered before there is adequate security in the interior?

Dear Editor, As I read the Tuesday September 23, 2014 Stabroek News headline “Miner died after badly beaten, robbed by gunmen at Issano”, I was left with tears in my eyes and could only ask...

An Open Letter to United Nations on Guyana

Sep 26, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on An Open Letter to United Nations on Guyana

Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations about the current situation in Guyana. Mr. Secretary General, we have been a polarized society for almost half of...

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