October 2015

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Magistrate shifts Dr. Jennifer Westford’s fraud case to November

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate shifts Dr. Jennifer Westford’s fraud case to November

PPP Member of Parliament and former Minister of Public Service, Dr. Jennifer Westford, was yesterday instructed to return to court on November 12, after her attorney was granted another adjournment...

Govt. agencies to tackle pollution in mining districts

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. agencies to tackle pollution in mining districts

An inter-agency collaborative approach is being pursued to address pollution within the mining districts as the Government moves to regulate the sector. Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman, who...

Former Central High boy admitted to local bar

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former Central High boy admitted to local bar

Former Central High School student, Stefan Knights, was admitted to the local bar following a successful petition before Madame Justice Sandra Kertizous. Knights’ petition was presented on Monday...

STRANGE JUSTIFICATIONS

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on STRANGE JUSTIFICATIONS

“Look how the roads looking nice! Look how nice the bridges looking! The place is clean and looking nice!” These are the reactions of supporters of the ruling coalition to the clean-up works...

I think the APNU-AFC Government has money for me. I need it

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I think the APNU-AFC Government has money for me. I need it

I honestly cannot look a Cabinet Minister in the face and tell him/her that he/she doesn’t deserve a salary increase. I know in my heart that Ministerial salaries are horrible. But there is a...

Estate worker jailed for ‘broadsiding’ supervisor

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Estate worker jailed for ‘broadsiding’ supervisor

Bharrat Rampersaud, 49, called “Burkie” of Lot 18 Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, and a labourer at the Guysuco Blairmont Estate, used a cutlass to broadside his supervisor. On Wednesday he was...

Macorp opens new hose fabrication shop

Oct 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Macorp opens new hose fabrication shop

A hose fabrication shop was recently opened in the compound of the Macorp Company, located at Providence, East Bank Demerara. The hoses can be extended to other brands and various sizes of equipment...

The pay increase and rose-tinted lenses

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The pay increase and rose-tinted lenses

Over the past week the new administration has been getting hit from every corner. The political opposition ensured that it used everything within its grasp to show that the new administration is not...

I challenge these Ministers to reject their salary increases

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I challenge these Ministers to reject their salary increases

Dear Editor, I want to challenge the Ministers, if they are worth their salt, to reject those hefty increases (which Mr. Harmon was brazen enough to ...

These officials can’t survive on over $500,000 per month, but expect others to live on far less

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on These officials can’t survive on over $500,000 per month, but expect others to live on far less

Dear Editor, President Granger and his government promised “a better life for ALL Guyanese”. IS THIS REALLY TRUE? According to Minister Harmon, in an article on October 7th, said, “we...

Does Conway want Ramjattan to micro manage the police?

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does Conway want Ramjattan to micro manage the police?

Dear Editor, Allow me to respond to retired Assistant Commissioner Clinton Conway’s letter dating October 8th, 2015. Conway stated, “ It is Mr. Ramjattan’s duty to ensure that police trainers...

City Hall should adopt South Bend code enforcement laws

Oct 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall should adopt South Bend code enforcement laws

Dear Editor, South Bend is a little town on the North-Western border of Indiana, just about a 10 minuets drive from Michigan. It is very clean and immaculately well kept. My family and I moved there...

Footballer fatally shoots fiancée, self, after discovering strange man under bed

Oct 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Footballer fatally shoots fiancée, self, after discovering strange man under bed

A woman, who stabbed her fiancé for cheating via text messages several months ago, was shot dead yesterday morning after her child father found her allegedly “playing a game” with a half-naked...

Fisherman murdered at sea, two crew members arrested

Oct 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman murdered at sea, two crew members arrested

(By Mondale Smith) Two brothers have been arrested following the stabbing death of an obviously well loved fishing colleague some twenty miles out in the Atlantic Ocean. Yesterday, pandemonium broke...

Opposition angry at pay hike for Govt

Oct 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition angry at pay hike for Govt

…may refuse increase to MPs Guyana can ill-afford to pay the astronomical increases in the salaries now being paid to Ministers of the Government, says General Secretary of the opposition...

Search on for new Chief Justice

Oct 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Search on for new Chief Justice

With Ian Chang, the current acting Chief Justice (CJ) slated to go into retirement in a matter of months, Government has started searching for another Judge to take up his post. Justice Chang was...

Audit on Frequency Management Unit reveals …Previous Govt. gave PPP boys $$$$ waivers

Oct 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Audit on Frequency Management Unit reveals …Previous Govt. gave PPP boys $$$$ waivers

…entity foregoes millions in fees The forensic audit into the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) has unearthed some of the “most appalling acts of corruption”, said Junior Finance...

State audit finds major fuel racket at NCN

Oct 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on State audit finds major fuel racket at NCN

– One vehicle visited GuyOil station 28 times in July 2014 A state audit on the 2014 financial statements of the National Communications Network (NCN) has confirmed serious breaches of systems....

De pay rise ain’t nutten like wha de others had

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De pay rise ain’t nutten like wha de others had

Everybody kicking up a stink because de government people give demself a pay increase. People start fuh seh all kind of thing. Some seh how de government people lining dem pocket; some seh that dem...

Rugby World Cup 2015: South Africa hammer USA 64-0

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rugby World Cup 2015: South Africa hammer USA 64-0

BBC Sport – Bryan Habana scored a hat-trick of tries to equal Jonah Lomu’s record as South Africa reached the World Cup quarter-finals by thrashing USA. The winger scored three tries in 21...

Fifa president facing 90-day suspension

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fifa president facing 90-day suspension

BBC Sport – Fifa president Sepp Blatter is facing a 90-day provisional suspension. Members of Fifa’s ethics committee have recommended the sanction after the Swiss attorney general opened...

Linden Softball Cricket League T10 continues Sunday as teams advance to Round Four

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Softball Cricket League T10 continues Sunday as teams advance to Round Four

The Linden Softball Cricket League has advanced to Round Four of the Linden T10 Competition last Sunday at the Bayroc Ground. According to Organizing Secretary Mortimer Denney the four teams with the...

Jaguars’ PCL preparations …Shiv Chanderpaul (59), Bramble (47) take 2nd day honours

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguars’ PCL preparations …Shiv Chanderpaul (59), Bramble (47) take 2nd day honours

By Sean Devers At 41 and with his better days in cricket behind him, Shiv Chanderpaul showed the value of 164 Tests and 345 First-Class matches experience as nobody scored as many runs as the...

Veer Farhad slams unbeaten century for Blairmont Primary

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Veer Farhad slams unbeaten century for Blairmont Primary

WICB/GCB/Scotiabank Kiddy Progression One Cricket… Veer Farhad slammed an unbeaten century to propel Blairmont Primary to a 114-run victory over Ithaca Primary when the WICB/GCB/Scotiabank Kiddy...

Bush Lot United, Jumbo Jet horserace meet pushed back by one week

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bush Lot United, Jumbo Jet horserace meet pushed back by one week

Now set for November 8th The horserace meet dubbed “Bringing Bush Lot Alive” organized by the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Racing stables in collaboration with the Bush Lot United Turf Club set for...

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(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

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(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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