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Guyanese man arrested with shotgun he wanted to ship home

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man arrested with shotgun he wanted to ship home

Jersey City, US (nj.com) -A Pennsylvania man arrested after carrying a shotgun in his truck this weekend near the Holland Tunnel told The Jersey Journal he thought he was transporting the weapon...

Rehab of Haags Bosch landfill access road attracts 17 bidders

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rehab of Haags Bosch landfill access road attracts 17 bidders

During the opening of bids at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), a total of 17 companies vied for the contract to rehabilitate the access road to the Haags Bosch...

World Bank helping reduce time it takes to start business here

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News 1

The Ministry of Business has invited a team from the World Bank to provide advice on improving the local business environment. The World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business Index’ ranks economies...

Minister meets RUSAL on critical issues

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister meets RUSAL on critical issues

Officials of the Russian company, RUSAL, yesterday met with the Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott, at his office on Brickdam, Georgetown, to discuss various issues, including...

TELLING THE TRUTH

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on TELLING THE TRUTH

It is time for the government to end its secrecy. Like most people in society, ministers in any government need to subscribe to, and adopt, the simple but very important doctrine of truth-telling. It...

No permanent friends, just permanent interests!

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on No permanent friends, just permanent interests!

The political culture of Guyana is not going to change overnight. But change will also not come unless steps are taken to do things differently from what was done during the time of the PPP. It is a...

Code of Conduct draft…Office of the Integrity Commission seeks public observations

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Code of Conduct draft…Office of the Integrity Commission seeks public observations

The Office of the Integrity Commission through a notice published in this newspaper yesterday, is inviting members of the public to submit comments on the draft Code of Conduct for all Ministers of...

Another captured jaguar relocated from E’bo coast

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Another captured jaguar relocated from E’bo coast

A jaguar captured at Lake Capoey, Essequibo has been safely relocated to Georgetown Animal Sanctuary, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said yesterday. It was the third one in recent times....

Firefighters came under threat during Camp Street Prison blaze

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Firefighters came under threat during Camp Street Prison blaze

Sub- officer of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS), Chriswayne La Rose, yesterday recounted the danger posed to firefighters who were charged with extinguishing the blaze at the Georgetown Prisons. La...

Police in more community intervention activities in Berbice

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police in more community intervention activities in Berbice

The police in ‘B’ Division (that covers Regions Five and Six) under the leadership of its Commander, Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam, continue their community interventions programmes across...

US embassy delegation meets Linden’s Mayor, Regional Chairman

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US embassy delegation meets Linden’s Mayor, Regional Chairman

A team from the United States Embassy yesterday paid courtesy calls on both the Region Ten Chairman, Renis Morian, and newly-elected Mayor of Linden Carwyn Holland. Representing the Humanitarian...

New operator of Omai mines experiencing difficulties

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New operator of Omai mines experiencing difficulties

A Canadian company that acquired rights to mine in the Omai property, Region Eight, is apparently in deep trouble, with at least one senior official’s services being terminated this week. According...

City Hall projects 11% revenue increase this year

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall projects 11% revenue increase this year

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has foreseen a significant jump in its revenue this year, crediting this to the new revenue collection mechanisms being put in place, and existing money sources...

THE ROLE OF THE DIASPORA – A FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATION

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on THE ROLE OF THE DIASPORA – A FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATION

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS By Sase Singh INTRODUCTION On April 8th 2016, I was invited as one of the panelists to a symposium in Washington DC to commemorate Guyana’s...

Robb Street granny murder…Cops seek evidence against alleged planners

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Robb Street granny murder…Cops seek evidence against alleged planners

Police may know within days if they have enough evidence to lay charges against the individuals who allegedly planned and ordered the execution of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, who was...

Green Bartica; a town to be emulated

Apr 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Green Bartica; a town to be emulated

On April 23, next, Bartica will officially be declared a town, when the government fulfills a 179-year Ordinance made by the then British Government. The Ordinance was made on April 23, 1837. As...

Duo in court for assaulting cop, theft of gold bangle

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo in court for assaulting cop, theft of gold bangle

A bus driver accused of assaulting a traffic officer was yesterday released on $10,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Terrence Park of 129...

Dr. Kean Gibson gives her take on the Harmon imbroglio

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Kean Gibson gives her take on the Harmon imbroglio

Dear Editor, I was stunned and saddened when I saw the PNC/APNU protestors outside of Kaieteur News and it brought back memories of the PNC era when a perceived wrong was seen as right and we were...

Time for Guyana to move on

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for Guyana to move on

Dear Editor, To echo the writer that “Denying the poor while enriching the rich is wrong and ugly,” I would add it is also very disgusting to know what went on during the previous administration...

Critique of the Guyana Chronicle

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Critique of the Guyana Chronicle

Dear Editor, When respected academics and conscientious citizens make valid observations and offer sound advice to public entities, it is always necessary to pause and re-assess how the situation is...

Leonard Craig replies to Lincoln Lewis

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leonard Craig replies to Lincoln Lewis

Dear Editor, I write to clarify matters with respect to the Linden TV issue and more particularly a misconceived posture taken by Lincoln Lewis in his letter, “Linden TV should not be used as a...

Please give Peter’s Hall housing scheme electricity

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please give Peter’s Hall housing scheme electricity

Dear Editor, We were allocated a plot of land at Peter’s Hall in the year 2013 at a price of $400, 000. We fulfilled the requirement and were given transport last year. Since then, we have been...

Silence and the truth are not related

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Silence and the truth are not related

Dear Editor, I learned that AFC Chairman, Mr. Hughes, has resigned. Signature statement? Protest action? Conscience on display? I say all of these and then some more. Now there is precedent...

Rejection of the rum industry

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rejection of the rum industry

Dear Editor, There are reports that President Granger celebrated the liquor industry’s contribution to Guyana in the launch of the $500,000 + VAT bottle of rum. According to the Kaieteur News...

The outcome of the Colin Harding case raises questions

Apr 13, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The outcome of the Colin Harding case raises questions

Dear Editor, The unexpected and shocking dismissal of charges on March 29, 2016 against Devin Singh and Roselle Tilbury Douglas accused of assault causing actual bodily harm and additional charge of...