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E-Governance Project Director comes under Parliamentary scrutiny

Jan 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E-Governance Project Director comes under Parliamentary scrutiny

With the government’s E Governance Project suffering from extensive delays coupled with the fact that there is to be modification to the design of the project, A Partnership For National Unity...

Belle West’s Phase Two residents unhappy with GPL, crime rate

Jan 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Belle West’s Phase Two residents unhappy with GPL, crime rate

Residents of a new West Bank Demerara housing scheme are calling on the relevant authorities to speed up infrastructural works, amidst a high crime rate and increasing costs of living there....

40 ranks shortlisted for SWAT training

Jan 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 40 ranks shortlisted for SWAT training

Forty members of the proposed police Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit commenced preparatory training yesterday as a precursor to the arrival of specialist overseas trainers in two weeks’...

Region Eight Council office in need of a computer system – Chairman

Jan 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region Eight Council office in need of a computer system – Chairman

Region Eight Chairman, Mark Crawford, is demanding an explanation as to why the office where he carries out his duties is not furnished with a fully operating computer system. Crawford has,...

Teen alleges police brutality

Jan 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen alleges police brutality

A 19-year-old is claiming that he was a victim of police brutality when he was allegedly grabbed by a policeman who gun-butted his teeth out of his mouth and dealt him several kicks....

Not PPP’s role to call on Govt. to initiate budget talks – General Secretary

Jan 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Not PPP’s role to call on Govt. to initiate budget talks – General Secretary

General Secretary of the ruling political party, Clement Rohee, says that it is not the role of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to call on Government to invite the political opposition to...

2,295 reports of child abuse cases for 2013 – Minister Webster

Jan 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 2,295 reports of child abuse cases for 2013 – Minister Webster

A total of 2,295 reports of child abuse cases were received in 2013, in addition to 1,473 cases of neglect, according to the Minister of Human Services Jennifer Webster. “In 2014, we plan to...

Grenville Felix dies at 96

Jan 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Grenville Felix dies at 96

The engineering fraternity is in mourning following the passing of Grenville Felix. He was recognised recently in an extensive article as the country’s oldest surviving engineer. The Canefield...

Two men detained in Mahaicony farmer’s death

Jan 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two men detained in Mahaicony farmer’s death

As investigations continue into the death of a 72-year-old cash crop farmer and the battering of his wife, two persons remained in police custody awaiting the result of fingerprint testing. Dearoop...

Minibus driver on $300,000 bail for causing death

Jan 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver on $300,000 bail for causing death

Patrick Ram, 20, a minibus driver of Lancaster Village, Corentyne, Berbice yesterday appeared before Magistrate Rabindranath Singh at the Whim Magistrate’s Court charged with causing death by...

Optimism and assumptions

Jan 07, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Optimism and assumptions

In his New Year’s Day message, President Ramotar reminded us that life is short, and we should not waste time on pettiness but focus our energy towards the betterment of our people....

A SOCIAL CONTRACT OR A SOCIAL COMPACT?

Jan 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A SOCIAL CONTRACT OR A SOCIAL COMPACT?

A few hundred years ago, some political theorists devised various concepts of a social contract. The purpose of these theories was to argue a case for the legitimacy of the State. People are still...

The PPC issue cannot be understood in the absence of knowledge and understanding of the Constitution

Jan 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPC issue cannot be understood in the absence of knowledge and understanding of the Constitution

DEAR EDITOR: The constitution forms the bedrock to guide society in the laws needed to be developed to manage the nation’s affairs. There can be no law that will be considered legal if that law...

Kaieteur News’ article is misguided

Jan 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kaieteur News’ article is misguided

DEAR EDITOR, I am writing concerning an article appearing in the Sunday January 5, 2014 edition of Kaieteur Newspaper, captioned “Massive Corruption uncovered at Cheddi Jagan International Airport...

Persaud’s charges against Bisram disproved

Jan 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Persaud’s charges against Bisram disproved

DEAR EDITOR, The charge of Mr. Mike Persaud’s “Bisram’s falsely attributed “kaka or looney talk” (KN Jan 1) has been disproved by eminent Prof. Stanley Aronowitz. Persaud gave short...

Mahaicony farmer murdered, wife critical

Jan 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaicony farmer murdered, wife critical

– 10-yr-old escapes by hiding in cabinet The brutal murder of a 72-year old cash crop farmer and the battering of his wife on Saturday night has plunged the peaceful community of...

New River Triangle debacle…Exposure, not hostility, unraveled MURI deal – Harmon

Jan 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New River Triangle debacle…Exposure, not hostility, unraveled MURI deal – Harmon

“…our natural resources are finite and if in one generation all are given out what will happen to future generations” – Harmon Muri Brasil Ventures Incorporated has blamed its...

Missing fishermen tell harrowing tale of survival

Jan 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Missing fishermen tell harrowing tale of survival

– stranded for days on deserted island “Awee lucky, and thankful to be alive…Me nah think words can describe how much we been through out here. It was real hard”- sailor By Rehana...

Leaving too late: Could these domestic murders have been avoided?

Jan 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Leaving too late: Could these domestic murders have been avoided?

It’s another new year, but it seems 2014 has brought no end to the spate of domestic violence. Merely three days after popping champagne bottles and making New Year resolutions, the county’s...

Rohee stresses training for police ranks

Jan 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee stresses training for police ranks

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has made it clear that his Ministry is committed to ensuring that police officers receive the best training available, since it is essential and integral. Rohee...

Multimillion dollar pump lies idle as Corentyne villages flood

Jan 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Multimillion dollar pump lies idle as Corentyne villages flood

As several Central Corentyne villages remain flooded from the recent December rains, a multimillion dollar pump which has been in Liverpool village for a number of years, lies idle at the...

55th Anniversary of Cuban Revolution…Solidarity movement calls for freedom of Cuban Five

Jan 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 55th Anniversary of Cuban Revolution…Solidarity movement calls for freedom of Cuban Five

As the first day of 2014 marked the 55th Anniversary of the end of the Cuban Revolution, President of the Guyana solidarity movement with Cuba” Halim Khan said that calls are being made to...

Stalwart Marcel Christopher laid to rest

Jan 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Stalwart Marcel Christopher laid to rest

The late Marcel Christopher Crawford (Senior Counsel) 77, who died on Christmas Day, was laid to rest on Saturday at the Auchlyne Cemetery after a moving church service at the St. Saviour...

Finance Minister blames APNU/AFC for Muri pull out

Jan 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister blames APNU/AFC for Muri pull out

The decision by Muri Brasil Ventures Inc, to pull out of its exploratory venture, is the latest example of the harm being inflicted on Guyana’s developmental prospects by A Partnership for National...

Catholic Standard should resume anti-corruption crusade

Jan 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Catholic Standard should resume anti-corruption crusade

– Freddie Kissoon Columnist and political activist Freddie Kissoon believes that the Catholic Standard should continue the fight against corruption and wrong doings even though it’s...

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An insult to our intelligence

May 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – We are told that the reason regular government press conferences have disappeared is because the administration has moved from “campaign mode” into “implementation mode.” In other words, governing has apparently become too demanding an occupation to permit the...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Sanctity of contract

May 14, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Sanctity of contract has a resonant ring. In isolation. Sanctity of contract placed next to sanctity of sovereignty doesn’t have a leg on which to stand. It pales. It must fade. For what does sanctity of contract do to sanctity of...

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