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Appeal Court halts CJ’s ruling on paper committals

Dec 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal Court halts CJ’s ruling on paper committals

In a move sure to garner approval from civil society movements and organisations fighting for the rights of victims of sexual violence, the Court of Appeal has granted the State’s motion for stay...

GTU seeks 20 per cent increase for teachers

Dec 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GTU seeks 20 per cent increase for teachers

– hopes to include other benefits in pay package negotiations Renewed salary renegotiations with Government in the New Year, will see the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) advocating for a 20 per...

Local Cuban body welcomes lifting of embargo on Cuba

Dec 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local Cuban body welcomes lifting of embargo on Cuba

President of the Guyana Cuba Solidarity Movement (GCSM), Haleem Khan, has welcomed the move by the Obama administration to restore full diplomacy with Cuba. It also welcomed the release of U.S....

WPA to host forum on Prorogation today

Dec 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on WPA to host forum on Prorogation today

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is inviting members of the public to a symposium on the prorogation of the Parliament and its aftermath. The symposium, which will begin at 16:00 hours, will...

IT specialist is 2014 Best Cop

Dec 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on IT specialist is 2014 Best Cop

With Information Technology playing a major role in almost every aspect of modern day life including crime fighting, the Guyana Police Force appears to be following the trend when they selected one...

IN DEFENCE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY

Dec 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IN DEFENCE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY

A country has to be governed by laws, not by policy, because policy can be subject to arbitrariness and caprice. No country should subject its citizens to arbitrariness and whim on the part of public...

Top Cop vows to halt police abuses

Dec 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop vows to halt police abuses

Over the past few years, the Guyana Police Force has had to grapple with constant allegations of abuse and neglect of duty by its ranks, some of which bordered on torture. Several ranks have been...

The need for extensive reforms

Dec 18, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The need for extensive reforms

For close to two decades there has been a growing consensus among Governments and independent experts that the existing monetary and financial arrangements need extensive reforms. Reform will enable...

A Hollywood scandal proves President Ramotar is a silly leader

Dec 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A Hollywood scandal proves President Ramotar is a silly leader

I was in the picket line on Tuesday outside the office of the Attorney-General demanding his removal. Demonstrators were yelling all types of funny chants but one was so good that I stuck with that...

Police Wives spread Christmas cheer at Paediatric Ward

Dec 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police Wives spread Christmas cheer at Paediatric Ward

Children in the Paediatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday experienced a taste of the season, compliments of the Police Wives’ Association (PWA). At noon...

Logging company official accused of fraud

Dec 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Logging company official accused of fraud

A father of one appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennon yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was granted $75,000 bail on each of two fraudulent conversion charges. It is alleged...

Security officer to spend Christmas in jail

Dec 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Security officer to spend Christmas in jail

A security officer, James Mc Calman, employed by RK Security Services was remanded on a damage to property charge yesterday morning. The charge, read by Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown...

Driver accused of stealing $8.9M from Mining firm

Dec 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Driver accused of stealing $8.9M from Mining firm

Former driver of Safi and Sameria Eldorado Mining Company, Darren Schultz was placed on $150,000 bail by Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday after pleading not guilty to a break and enter and larceny...

Minister Benn would be well advised to ‘call it a day’ on the Amaila Falls access road

Dec 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Benn would be well advised to ‘call it a day’ on the Amaila Falls access road

DEAR EDITOR, In an recent interview given by Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn on the Amaila Falls access road, it was reported when he was asked about the rationale behind the millions still...

A whitewashed picture of the state of culture and the arts in Guyana

Dec 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A whitewashed picture of the state of culture and the arts in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, If I may, I’d like to add my two cents to the recent exchange between Freddie Kissoon and Dr. Ian McDonald. I fear McDonald might have missed the essential point of Kissoon’s...

Back to the Future

Dec 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Back to the Future

DEAR EDITOR, In the early 1960s when Jock Campbell was Chairman of the Booker Empire, and devoted special interest to the sugar industry through the operations of Booker Sugar Estates in Guyana, he...

Ignoring realities

Dec 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ignoring realities

DEAR EDITOR, There is a saying that none so blind as those who cannot see. There are so many people in our society who refuse to accept the truth, especially if that truth happens to be at variance...

The ‘Fourth Estate’ – A sordid state of Distress

Dec 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ‘Fourth Estate’ – A sordid state of Distress

Dear Editor, I refer to Stabroek News in particular and those of the media fraternity in general who may be inclined to daily worship at the altar of political expediency and sensationalism. It is a...

Letter to the Sports Editor…North Essequibo supports the holding of elections by ECB Area Committees

Dec 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…North Essequibo supports the holding of elections by ECB Area Committees

Dear Editor, The new dispensation regarding the future administration of cricket in Guyana would have been welcomed by the North Essequibo Cricket Committee, given the successful passage of the...

Jagdeo stifled Guyana’s technological development

Dec 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo stifled Guyana’s technological development

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo, through his actions, deliberately stalled Guyana’s technological development by more than four years. Industry experts have opined that had he made use of the...

Second slain bandit ID’d as UG graduate

Dec 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Second slain bandit ID’d as UG graduate

Computer scientist a few years ago, bandit in 2014; that’s how life turned out for 24-year-old Mahendra Sukull, who was shot dead by police on Monday night during the robbery of a Montrose, East...

40 ft. whale washes ashore at Kitty

Dec 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 40 ft. whale washes ashore at Kitty

By Abena Rockcliffe Workers attached to the Ministry of Public Works and Police ranks had their work cut out for them as hundreds of curious persons converged yesterday morning to view the remains of...

Venezuela to shut down borders with Guyana and Brazil, at nights, to halt smuggling

Dec 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela to shut down borders with Guyana and Brazil, at nights, to halt smuggling

Venezuela (panampost.com) – On Monday, the Venezuelan government announced it will shut down its borders with Guyana and Brazil after dark in an attempt to reduce the illegal smuggling of oil...

Agriculture set to outperform mining, logging sectors

Dec 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Agriculture set to outperform mining, logging sectors

– Rice hits highest production at 633,000 tonnes Rice production has surpassed last year’s 530,000 tonnes, reaching an unprecedented, record-breaking 633,000 tonnes. Along with that and other...

Civil society joins call for AG’s dismissal

Dec 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Civil society joins call for AG’s dismissal

Nandlall’s threat to K/News… After weeks of demonstrations, several members of the public joined the once lone protestor Courtney Crum-Ewing in solidarity, calling for the dismissal of Attorney...

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The PPP/C needs a heavy dose of Internal Democracy

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(Kaieteur News) – The photographs told the story before a single word was spoken. At the recent meeting between the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party and party activists from the East Bank of Demerara, Linden and reportedly other areas, the arrangement of the room itself...

The OAS faces a moral test in Panama

May 17, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS...

OPR: Can it deliver

May 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – When a member of the New York Police Department hears mention of the IAD, red madness takes over. IAD stands for Internal Affairs Division. IAD is not respected by its cop constituency. It is feared. Feared like the Grim Reaper’s chainsaw. IAD snoops around, builds files, can...

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