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Police still seek DHB shooter

Mar 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police still seek DHB shooter

A man is on the run almost three months after fatally shooting a minibus passenger and injuring a Special Constable during a row over whether a window in the vehicle should remain closed. This...

Crabwood Creek murder baffles investigators

Mar 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Crabwood Creek murder baffles investigators

Investigators in Berbice are examining several theories as they continue to probe the murder of 78 year old Crabwood Creek resident, Khublall Gomes. The pensioner’s body was discovered around 21:30...

Brazilian found with illegal gun remanded to prison

Mar 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian found with illegal gun remanded to prison

A Brazilian national was on Tuesday remanded to prison after being charged with being in possession of illegal firearm and ammunition, when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts....

Commonwealth team discusses draft Oil and Gas Legislation with AG

Mar 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth team discusses draft Oil and Gas Legislation with AG

A team from the Commonwealth Office comprising of Mr. Daniel Wilde, Ms. Alache Fisho and Ms. Arlette Daniel paid a visit to Attorney General, Basil Williams on March 17, last, to discuss draft...

First Lady meets Bartica Regatta contestants

Mar 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady meets Bartica Regatta contestants

First Lady, Sandra Granger, encouraged the delegates vying for the Miss Bartica Regatta 2016 crown to be true ambassadors of their community, when she met with them at her State House office,...

Accident prone driver crashes car again

Mar 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Accident prone driver crashes car again

Malvin, the driver of hire car HC 3021, completely wrecked his Toyota Raum, after he allegedly lost control and crashed into a GTT interconnected box at the Canje turn at the entrance to the Fort...

Is Volda Lawrence’s laurentian impetus at an end?

Mar 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is Volda Lawrence’s laurentian impetus at an end?

My answer is no. And it should not be. Not in the context of the people in authority and status that we have to live with in this country. I begin this discussion on the Volda Lawrence imbroglio with...

Minister Volda Lawrence’s unbecoming conduct

Mar 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Volda Lawrence’s unbecoming conduct

Dear Editor, Recent media reports about a protest organized by Red Thread sounded a clear call for the government to take disciplinary action against Minister of Social Protection (MSP) Volda...

A simply apology would have done it

Mar 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A simply apology would have done it

Dear Editor, Well finally someone and not just anyone, but rather a senior and well respected journalist has called the Town Clerk of Georgetown for who he really is, after he was found to be back...

The Nurse/Anesthetist performs an important medical function

Mar 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Nurse/Anesthetist performs an important medical function

Dear Editor, Let me extend sincere gratitude to the editor for allowing me the space in this daily, firstly to attempt to educate the public at large and also to respond to an article published in...

The high tech age is very high

Mar 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The high tech age is very high

Dear Editor, May I say how much I enjoy the letters by Yvonne Sam. The recent one about smart phones and the verbal codes used by ‘smarty pants IT kids’ I liked a lot – I learnt much from...

Your editorial speaks of a law, I don’t know of

Mar 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Your editorial speaks of a law, I don’t know of

Dear Editor, It was with both interest and concern that I read your Editorial of March 23, 2016 on the hiring of contract workers in the public service. As you are aware I am now chairing The...

The condemnation of Royston King is non-stop

Mar 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The condemnation of Royston King is non-stop

Dear Editor, The attempt by the Georgetown City Council to charge men, women and children to fly kites in Georgetown, was just plain criminal. Kite flying is taken as a symbol of having high...

The Town Clerk was once charged for a criminal offence

Mar 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Town Clerk was once charged for a criminal offence

Dear Editor, I have read with amusement the recent declaration by Mr. Denis Chabrol Editor of the Demerara Waves Online News Service that he had discovered the Town Clerk of Georgetown Mr. Royston...

THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FAMILY

Mar 24, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FAMILY

In Guyana as in other countries, the family is the oldest and perhaps the most important institution in society, but the breakdown of traditional family values has placed the country and people at a...

Forensic audit report finds…Sharma presides over massive corruption at GEA

Mar 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit report finds…Sharma presides over massive corruption at GEA

By Kiana Wilburg The Fuel Marking Division of Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has been found to be a haven for corruption of all sorts due to frail internal control systems. This was concluded by the...

Ex-Finance Minister benefits from 25-acres of housing lands

Mar 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-Finance Minister benefits from 25-acres of housing lands

Ex-Finance Minister, Saisnarine Kowlessar, appeared to be one of the beneficiaries of lands on the East Bank of Demerara. In April 2011, months before former President Bharrat Jagdeo, ended his...

Forensic Audit Report reveals… GEA operates illegally with current accounting system

Mar 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic Audit Report reveals… GEA operates illegally with current accounting system

By Kiana Wilburg As if the astonishing scales of corruption within the departments of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) weren’t enough to leave forensic auditors disturbed, they stumbled onto evidence...

Forensic audit report on GINA reveals…$20M recklessly wasted on ‘The Guyanese’

Mar 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit report on GINA reveals…$20M recklessly wasted on ‘The Guyanese’

It would appear as though the Government Information Agency (GINA) basically handed $20.1M to Neeaz Subhan and Kwame McCoy. Some of this money went to print and distribute a newspaper called “The...

GRA uncovers racket at its Timehri operations

Mar 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA uncovers racket at its Timehri operations

The Guyana Revenue Authority has uncovered a revenue leakage racket at its branch at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, involving several Customs officers who are being investigated for...

Spurned child predator who killed teen gets 26 years

Mar 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Spurned child predator who killed teen gets 26 years

Thirty-nine year-old Roy Lewis of Glasgow Housing Scheme who was on trial in the Berbice High Court for Murder, but had earlier pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter, was yesterday...

President participates in Chowtal singing at State House

Mar 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President participates in Chowtal singing at State House

As Guyanese prepared to celebrate the festival of Holi or Phagwah today, President David Granger, last evening, joined members of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangha for a Chowtal session on the lawns of...

Crookishness tek over Guyana

Mar 23, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Crookishness tek over Guyana

There is an old question. “What happens if a politician drowns in a river?” That is pollution. “What happens if all of dem drown?” That is solution fuh de people. Dem boys use to think...

Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup 2016 – Group 5…Guyana down Anguilla 7-0 led by Dwight Peters’ double

Mar 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup 2016 – Group 5…Guyana down Anguilla 7-0 led by Dwight Peters’ double

By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ got their Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup 2016 campaign off to a solid start after drubbing Anguilla 7-0 at the Guyana National Stadium last...

Jaguars take Lion’s share of PCL prize money

Mar 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguars take Lion’s share of PCL prize money

By Sean Devers The Championship winning Guyana Jaguars on Sunday won this season’s WICB’s PCL First-Class tournament with an emphatic innings and 54-run last-round victory against Jamaica...

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