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What I did on Valentine’s night makes me want to hate Guyana

Feb 16, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What I did on Valentine’s night makes me want to hate Guyana

Rawle Welch, Kaieteur News Sports Journalist and I left KN offices at 7.30 pm on Saturday night. We were heading home. As we reached Croal Street and Avenue of the Republic, commonly known as Demico...

The politics of separation

Feb 16, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The politics of separation

Scare politics and politics of minimum cooperation have long been a bane to the local political situation. Ever since race politics entered Guyana, (not that racism was not endemic to the society)...

Team Benschop supporter beaten while putting up flags

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Team Benschop supporter beaten while putting up flags

As the days draw closer to Guyana’s first Local Government Elections after more than two decades, elections-related violence raised its ugly head in the Kitty area. Around 17:00 hours yesterday,...

Man alleges police beating, forces probe

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man alleges police beating, forces probe

Maxwell Boston, the Dartmouth resident who received a good beating at the hands of police officers, on Valentine’s Day, is nursing injuries to his eye, elbow and feet as a patient, at the Suddie...

Amerindian has heart on Mazaruni return after Trini stint

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian has heart on Mazaruni return after Trini stint

Trinidad (Trinidadian Guardian) – Lenin Thomas, 30, is a member of a unique Amerindian tribe living in a part of Guyana’s rainforests so remote that it is accessible only by airplane. He is...

Shallow grave murder accused faced new charges

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Shallow grave murder accused faced new charges

Special prosecutor in place When the preliminary inquiry of the Berbice shallow grave murder continued in the Whim Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Charlene Artiga, State Prosecutor Latchami...

GECOM Chairman addresses ethnic issue

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairman addresses ethnic issue

…hints that PPP injected fake Statements of Poll into ballot count Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve Surujbally, has rubbished the claims by the opposition People’s...

2016 budget debate…Over 100,000 passport applications, renewals processed last year

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 2016 budget debate…Over 100,000 passport applications, renewals processed last year

During January, the Department issued 445 visas to various foreigners seeking to enter Guyana. This disclosure was made by Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, during the 2016 budget debate held...

‘Team Benschop’ could transform city into modern metropolis —Businessman

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Team Benschop’ could transform city into modern metropolis —Businessman

City businessman, David Allicock, is of the view that running the affairs of a capital city is more than just the maintenance of roads and drains, waste disposal and collecting rates and taxes. He...

Local calypsos to return to NCN airwaves

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local calypsos to return to NCN airwaves

After an absence of more than two years, local Calpysonians will have their music played on the local airwaves; at least on the state-owned radio network. Beginning today the music of the 10...

Canada plugging $20M to make public servants more efficient

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Canada plugging $20M to make public servants more efficient

Government has partnered with the Government of Canada to implement the Caribbean Leadership Project, which will see Permanent Secretaries and senior managers of Government ministries and agencies...

GCAA issues guidelines for drone operation

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GCAA issues guidelines for drone operation

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has issued a set of guidelines to govern the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) such as drones, to ensure safety in operation. The guidelines came in the...

Lindeners protest alleged Police excess, brutality

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lindeners protest alleged Police excess, brutality

By Jacquey Bourne. – say “plastic bags” placed over victims heads. Relatives of some Lindeners who have been charged in connection with crimes, took to the streets on Friday, demanding the...

Budget debate…PPP not cowards, walkout was planned- Rohee

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget debate…PPP not cowards, walkout was planned- Rohee

Leader of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo, led his party in a walkout from the National Assembly on Friday, after launching into a near two-hour long criticism of...

Gafoor-Eddie Boyer property dispute…Witness testifies to renting premises from Collymore in 1980s

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gafoor-Eddie Boyer property dispute…Witness testifies to renting premises from Collymore in 1980s

Debra Davis, a witness in the case involving two business entities engaged in legal dispute over prime commercial land in the city, faced a series of questions yesterday regarding her knowledge and...

Govt. in talks with Barama on new forest deal

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. in talks with Barama on new forest deal

Twenty-five years after coming to Guyana, Barama Company Limited is set to renew its investment agreement. With that Malaysian-owned company among the biggest foreign investors, along with the Guyana...

THE EXECUTIVE ARM SHOULD ENJOY A MONOPOLY ON GINA

Feb 16, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE EXECUTIVE ARM SHOULD ENJOY A MONOPOLY ON GINA

The role of a government information service is to report on the work of executive arm of the State. It is not obligated nor is it within its remit to provide coverage for the other arms of the State...

Pathologist says victim was shot twice

Feb 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pathologist says victim was shot twice

The prosecution on Monday called Forensic pathologist Dr. Vivikanand Brijmohan to the witness stand when the murder trial of former volleyball stalwart and popular New Amsterdam businessman, Charles...

Miner remanded for illegal gun

Feb 16, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Miner remanded for illegal gun

A miner was remanded to prison after he was allegedly found with an illegal firearm and ammunition last Thursday, at Issano Backdam, Mazaruni River. He appeared yesterday in the Georgetown...

“Taliban” jailed for 17 years, workman jailed for 12 on attempted murder

Feb 16, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on “Taliban” jailed for 17 years, workman jailed for 12 on attempted murder

Victim loses one eye crippled. Two men Samuill Imtiaz Shaw, called ‘Taliban’ and ‘Amo’, 52, of Lot 10 D Grant 1806, Crabwood Creek, and Ramsammy Angrashalam called ‘Babs’, 56 ,of Lot...

Third accused charged with brutal murder of Bush Lot couple

Feb 16, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Third accused charged with brutal murder of Bush Lot couple

Two of the accused were previously charged with the capital offence and headed to court. They were to head back after the third suspect was arrested a few days later. The third suspect is Rooplall...

Lindener granted bail for allegedly stealing car mirrors

Feb 16, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Lindener granted bail for allegedly stealing car mirrors

A Lindener was yesterday released on $15,000 bail on a charge of simple larceny when he appeared before the Chief Magistrate in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Guy Porter, 23, of Lot 80 South...

Failed councilors who want to re-elected

Feb 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Failed councilors who want to re-elected

Dear Editor, I could not believe my eyes when I opened the newspapers recently only to see the headline boldly stating ‘Sitting Councillor pitted against contractor, carpenter in Constituency...

More complaints of poor internet service

Feb 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on More complaints of poor internet service

Dear Editor, I thought that the community where I live on the East Coast is the only area in Guyana where the internet service provided by Guyana Telephone and Telegraph is very, very poor...

Droning the homes of mosquitoes

Feb 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Droning the homes of mosquitoes

Dear Editor, The Zika epidemic “is spreading explosively” around the world, and city officials particularly in towns and cities in the Americas have been implementing all sorts of methods to...

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Choosing between bad and worse

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- I’ve always had an aversion to elections, which I suppose is natural for someone who... more