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BK lambasts Minister’s landfill comments

Jun 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on BK lambasts Minister’s landfill comments

– calls out non-payment, inactivity BK International is apparently not pleased with recent comments by Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan in relation to the construction and operation of...

Demystifying the mysteries of dictatorship

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Demystifying the mysteries of dictatorship

Too many depravities of the Jagdeo/Ramotar period of the presidency appear as acts that we will never know the reason for. Many political observers just say, “Because deh daam stupid.” You hear...

Ruimveldt man jailed on robbery charge

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ruimveldt man jailed on robbery charge

In another case 36-year-old Paul Rodney appeared before Magistrate Leron Dailey yesterday to answer an armed robbery charge. Rodney of North Ruimveldt was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. On...

Two sentenced to 10 years after found guilty

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Two sentenced to 10 years after found guilty

Two men fingered in a 2010 Nandy Park robbery were yesterday jailed by Providence Magistrate Leron Dailey for 10 years after they were found guilty. Ade Doobay, 36, of North Ruimveldt; and his...

Body found in Septic at Campbellville …Nephew grilled about aunt’s murder

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Body found in Septic at Campbellville …Nephew grilled about aunt’s murder

The prosecution yesterday, took murder accused, Anthony De Paul Hope to task over statements, he made, while leading his defense. Hope, called ‘Papa’, 27, of ‘C’ Field Sophia and his two...

Port Kaituma man remanded on four charges

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Port Kaituma man remanded on four charges

Calvin Caesar, a 30-year old driver of Fitzburg, Port Kaituma, was yesterday remanded to prison on two counts of assault, one charge of break and enter and one charge of resisting arrest. He had...

The kind of conversation to be had again and again

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The kind of conversation to be had again and again

DEAR EDITOR, With all the political conversations occurring in Guyana currently, it was vastly refreshing to witness Guyana’s first ‘Carbon Conversation’ on Monday evening, at which the key...

Public service is one of the greatest honours in man’s earthly life

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public service is one of the greatest honours in man’s earthly life

DEAR EDITOR, The deep-founded faith in our national motto ‘One People, One Nation, One Destiny’ rests in the universal application of a core belief system. It is a belief that all must be held to...

The Epilepsy Foundation is on the right track

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Epilepsy Foundation is on the right track

DEAR EDITOR, I was pleased to read that the Guyana Epilepsy Foundation will attempt to change public attitudes towards epilepsy by expanding awareness. It is true that many Guyanese (but not only...

The PPP needs to do what it was elected to do

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP needs to do what it was elected to do

DEAR EDITOR, The leaders of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) need to stop behaving like spoilt brats, identify its 32 elected members, and go to Parliament. The press conference Mr. Clement...

An onslaught on the independence of the Judiciary

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An onslaught on the independence of the Judiciary

DEAR EDITOR, The announcement by Mr. Joseph Harmon, Minister of State, that “Government will be proceeding with its plan to extend advertisements for the posts of Chancellor and Chief Justice”,...

Election not held for modernization ranking, Freddie

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Election not held for modernization ranking, Freddie

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to a Freddie Kissoon’s column ‘Theoretical implications of the 2015 election results’ in which it is stated that “What this election results show is that in the...

Imagine a Guyana without frequent elections?

Jun 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Imagine a Guyana without frequent elections?

DEAR EDITOR, Elections in Guyana have usually been accompanied by violence, corruption, stagnation, fear, threats, vindictive victors and bitter losers. In the ABC countries it is not unusual to find...

AG discovers $1.8B in eight unused BOG accounts

Jun 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on AG discovers $1.8B in eight unused BOG accounts

The 2013 report of the Auditor General (AG) has revealed that there are eight accounts at Bank of Guyana holding a total of $1.8B. These moneys had been untouched for over a period of five years. The...

Auditor General’s 2013 report…$510M taken from Contingencies Fund despite not meeting criteria

Jun 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General’s 2013 report…$510M taken from Contingencies Fund despite not meeting criteria

– $616M for previous years’ advances still uncleared By Kiana Wilburg The long-awaited 2013 Auditor General’s Report has revealed once again that the previous administration continued to...

Guyanese arrested in NY after Feds find US$12M coke in shrimp

Jun 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese arrested in NY after Feds find US$12M coke in shrimp

New York (New York Daily News) – Federal agents have discovered a new delicacy from Guyana — shrimp coketail. A drug-sniffing dog noticed something fishy about a shipping container that...

Ed Ahmad paid for embattled senator’s trips to watch cricket in Guyana

Jun 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ed Ahmad paid for embattled senator’s trips to watch cricket in Guyana

(New York (NY Times) – US State Senator John L. Sampson went on trial on Wednesday in a case about political corruption in which there are no political corruption charges. Sampson, a Brooklyn...

Private media has nothing to fear from us – PM

Jun 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Private media has nothing to fear from us – PM

By Abena Rockcliffe Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who is also the Minister of Information, yesterday sought to lay a foundation of assurance to the media that his administration will handle things...

Cops make breakthrough in Rubis executive’s murder

Jun 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops make breakthrough in Rubis executive’s murder

– Three held, slain man’s phone recovered It appears to have taken detectives just a little over one week to track down the gunmen who killed Rubis account executive Jason Cort in his Jamoon...

A strange thing happen

Jun 26, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on A strange thing happen

Hardly a day does pass without some shocking revelation. De other day was about cars getting transfer. De people send back some of de cars now we hearing that Ministers, politicians, dem friends and...

CFU Men’s Olympic Qualifiers…Our mental state is very positive for Antigua – Captain Wilson

Jun 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU Men’s Olympic Qualifiers…Our mental state is very positive for Antigua – Captain Wilson

By Franklin Wilson Old rivals Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda would go head to head today when Group 2 action in the Caribbean Football Union Men’s Olympic Qualifiers continue at the Antigua...

GFF hosts successful Senior Lady Jags Camp in Toronto

Jun 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF hosts successful Senior Lady Jags Camp in Toronto

By Franklin Wilson Head Coach of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Women’s National team, Mark Rodrigues recently held a successful Senior Women’s Team Camp in Toronto, Canada where a total of...

National U-17 team commence encampment for Regional tourney

Jun 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on National U-17 team commence encampment for Regional tourney

By Zaheer Mohamed The National U-17 team on Wednesday last commenced preparations for the upcoming Regional Under-17 tournament which will be held in Tobago from July 6-16. The 18-man squad, minus...

Teams score big in start of CFU Men’s Olympic Qualifiers

Jun 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams score big in start of CFU Men’s Olympic Qualifiers

St. Kitts & Nevis defeated the Cayman Islands 6-0 in Group 1 of the 2015 Caribbean Zone Group stage Men’s Olympic Qualifiers on Wednesday last at the Stade Sylvio Cator in Haiti. In the other...

Digicel Senior National Squash C/Ships …Islam wins opening match

Jun 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Senior National Squash C/Ships …Islam wins opening match

Anthony Islam won the first game in the Digicel Senior National Squash Championships which began Wednesday night with three matches at the Georgetown Club. The 13 year-old defeated senior Yang Hapoei...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more