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The telephone directory symbolizes the tragedy that is Guyana

Dec 16, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The telephone directory symbolizes the tragedy that is Guyana

I have advanced countless arguments for pessimistic analyses on Guyana’s future. I have offered substantial evidence for pessimistic predictions. My columns are entering their 28th year of...

GPL not accepting blame for stalled remuneration talks with GPSU

Dec 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPL not accepting blame for stalled remuneration talks with GPSU

A blame game has started between Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), with each insisting that the other is responsible for a breakdown in...

GPL DISCONNECTION CREWS SHOW LITTLE MERCY

Dec 16, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GPL DISCONNECTION CREWS SHOW LITTLE MERCY

Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) pays private contractors to undertake disconnections. These private contractors have an incentive when they turn up at your home to disconnect your power; that...

Shopkeeper remanded on fraud charge

Dec 16, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Shopkeeper remanded on fraud charge

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan remanded a shopkeeper to prison yesterday, after emphasizing that he was dishonest and a flight risk. The man, 42-year-old Carlos Singh, is accused of fraudulently...

Two years for phone thief

Dec 16, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Two years for phone thief

A jail sentence of two years was yesterday handed to an East Ruimveldt resident after he admitted to robbing a man of his cell phone. Kevin Harris, 37, of 309 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown pleaded...

$50,000 bail for simple larceny accused

Dec 16, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on $50,000 bail for simple larceny accused

A 54-year-old man was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail, when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, to answer to a charge of simple larceny. Clyde...

Better Hope carpenter remanded on illegal gun, ammo charge

Dec 16, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Better Hope carpenter remanded on illegal gun, ammo charge

A Better Hope resident was remanded to jail yesterday after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition, when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann...

Escape of accused killers…OPR to submit report this week

Dec 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Escape of accused killers…OPR to submit report this week

The Police’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is close to completing its investigation into the circumstances that led to the escape of alleged killers Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander and...

Praise for the police from former Asst. Commissioner

Dec 16, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Praise for the police from former Asst. Commissioner

Dear Editor, The discussions on the efficiency and effectiveness of the Guyana Police Force continue in the print and electronic media and elsewhere. This is even more so when the police produce...

Sister wants justice for brother, crippled by shotgun violence

Dec 16, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sister wants justice for brother, crippled by shotgun violence

Dear Editor, I would like to highlight an issue that have being troubling my family for the past three years. My brother Bijai “Rohan” Ramdass was shot by his Farming Partners three years ago...

Chartered Accountant defends Former Minister

Dec 16, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chartered Accountant defends Former Minister

Dear Editor, I wish to address the article in the Tuesday, December 15th edition of the Kaietuer Newspaper “2007 Cricket World Cup financial statements … Ashni Singh instructed removal of...

The $50, 000 off payment should be given to retirees too

Dec 16, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The $50, 000 off payment should be given to retirees too

Dear Editor, What logic informed the one off payment to only presently serving public servants? At the outset let us get one thing clear – Public Servants are grossly underpaid and any relief that...

Clive Lloyd’s formula has failed

Dec 16, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clive Lloyd’s formula has failed

Dear Editor, In relation to Carl Parker’s letter (KN Dec 15), the WI test squad should have had a balance of youth and experience (inclusion of Shivnarine Chanderpaul who knows Aussie conditions...

Construction of Marriott Hotel…Brassington hid $1B in secret account

Dec 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Construction of Marriott Hotel…Brassington hid $1B in secret account

A forensic audit report has revealed that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington, collected $1B from Guyana...

2007 Cricket World Cup financial statements … Ashni Singh instructed removal of negative comments in AG’s report – Goolsarran

Dec 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 2007 Cricket World Cup financial statements … Ashni Singh instructed removal of negative comments in AG’s report – Goolsarran

After examining the 2007 financial statements of the Cricket World Cup (CWC), Auditor General (AG), Deodat Sharma, found glaring irregularities and as such, could not award it with a clean bill of...

Produce evidence Ed Ahmad lease was canceled in 2009 – Harmon tells Jagdeo

Dec 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Produce evidence Ed Ahmad lease was canceled in 2009 – Harmon tells Jagdeo

… lease was officially cancelled on December 1, 2015 By Jarryl Bryan Minister of State, Joseph Harmon has rapped former President Bharrat Jagdeo over his comments that the controversial Edul Ahmad...

‘I was framed’—GPL boss said on damning texts

Dec 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘I was framed’—GPL boss said on damning texts

Chief Executive Officer (Ag) of the state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), Colin Welch, has categorically denied that he sent a number of text messages to a Chinese manufacturer of prepaid...

Gun-toting landlady, 63, shoots at girl, 15

Dec 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gun-toting landlady, 63, shoots at girl, 15

A gun-toting, 63-year-old landlady is in hot water for allegedly shooting at a 15-year-old girl, during a dispute between the teen and a younger sister. The incident occurred last Saturday at Parika,...

Bodies found after Mazaruni boat collision

Dec 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bodies found after Mazaruni boat collision

The bodies of the two men, who went missing after their boats collided last Saturday evening, have been found. A police source revealed that the bodies of Trevor Persaud and Roy Roopnarine, both of...

One-eye bandit well known to police

Dec 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on One-eye bandit well known to police

The young man who lost his left eye during a confrontation with police following a botch robbery at Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, Sunday morning is well known to lawmen. Devon Forde has...

Govt. announces $50,000 Christmas bonus for public servants

Dec 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. announces $50,000 Christmas bonus for public servants

– only those earning below $500,000 per month to benefit Having received salary increases soon after the coalesced A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) was...

Miss Guyana Lisa Punch wins Miss World talent segment, secures place among top 25

Dec 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Miss Guyana Lisa Punch wins Miss World talent segment, secures place among top 25

“Wow, it’s midnight here in China, a million thoughts running through my mind at this moment, but most of all, just grateful for all the love and support, just grateful to be among these lovely...

De fat crook try a hustle and get ketch

Dec 15, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De fat crook try a hustle and get ketch

Thief man don’t know when to stop and nothing is enough fuh dem. Ask Jagdeo and de fat crook. Dem is de two richest man in de region. Jagdeo is de king and de fat crook is de queen. Dem boys...

Kwakwani does it again

Dec 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kwakwani does it again

-win another youth basketball title Kwakwani Secondary School continues to establish its dynasty in youth basketball with a narrow 75-70 win against Government Technical Institute (GTI) in the Youth...

Sunburst / EBFA U17 League…Grove and Soesdyke to clash in final following semi final wins

Dec 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sunburst / EBFA U17 League…Grove and Soesdyke to clash in final following semi final wins

Defending champions Grove Hi Tech continue to roll over all opposition with a solid 12-1 whipping of Mocha Champs to book their place in the final of the SUNBURST / East Bank Football Association...

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Prisoners snatch overall boxing Novice Championship title

Sep 29, 2026

– ends extended GDF run (Kaieteur News) – The Republican Gym’s return to competitive boxing ended in championship glory, as the prisoners captured the overall team title at the Guyana...

No security of tenure for ministers

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a new career opportunity developing in Guyana that could revolutionise the public service. You can become a former Minister. Traditionally, when somebody stopped being a Minister, the public assumed that was the end of the ministerial chapter. The person might return...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

From Salem and Wisconsin to Georgetown, Guyana

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over three hundred years after Massachusetts, the plague that roiled it struck Georgetown. Over three quarters of a century after Wisconsin, that same bomb has been detonated across Guyana. It’s a bunker buster. Everyone keeping their heads low; who doesn’t have cover...

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