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Police brutality…Independent Police Complaints Authority could best serve public

Jul 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police brutality…Independent Police Complaints Authority could best serve public

– UK High Commissioner By Jarryl Bryan The Police Complaints Authority, established under the 1989 Act, is in place to receive complaints made against serving members of the Guyana Police...

Ten billions dollars? No way, Jose!

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Ten billions dollars? No way, Jose!

When you hear the acronym SOCU you have to be careful. This is an organization which came in for a lot of criticisms over its modus operandi over the past year. Guyanese have had their taste of the...

Colonialism in the forestry sector: Conclusion

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; With our renowned Greenheart Marine Pilings being rated as the best untreated wooden marine pile in the world by the US Department of Agriculture, even outlasting steel in salt...

Mr. Horace Williams needs to be very specific

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Horace Williams needs to be very specific

Dear Editor, In recent weeks, the newspapers have been taking note of the developments in the electricity sector. Of especial note is the one involving tenders and contracts of the Guyana Power and...

Has GPL’s board turned to single sourcing?

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Has GPL’s board turned to single sourcing?

Dear Editor, I have been taking note in recent years your newspaper’s coverage of corruption and our public system for procurement. It has become clear that while there was the perception that...

CARICOM food import bill is terrible

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on CARICOM food import bill is terrible

Dear Editor; The Heads of Caricom will meet in Georgetown today. The meeting is taking place against the backdrop of the exit of Britain from the European Union which is the largest trading bloc in...

The Bureau of Statistics explains

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Bureau of Statistics explains

Dear Editor; We wish to respond to a letter published in your newspaper on Friday, July 1, 2016 by Mr. Haresh Singh where he called for the detailed census data. In this article Mr. Singh suggested...

David Dabydeen writes on his father

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on David Dabydeen writes on his father

Dear Editor; I wish to pay tribute to my father, David Horace Sookram, who died a week ago, aged 86. He was a lawyer and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Economics. Like many Guyanese, he came from a...

Rehabilitation of Bartica/Potaro road

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rehabilitation of Bartica/Potaro road

Dear Editor; Your publication of June 23 gave prominence to a proposal to rehabilitate the Bartica-Potaro Road in order to connect Bartica to Mandia — a project which was not done for the past 20...

Concrete wall, blond-hair doll and the Whiteman

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

It was President Granger himself, in defending the name change of Ministry of Home Affairs into Public Security, who hinted that Home Affairs was an appellation handed down by the colonials....

History will not be kind to Mr. Granger if….

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on History will not be kind to Mr. Granger if….

Dear Editor; The President said that if constitutional reform means that the Executive powers have to be reduced, so be it. That is what they call in English, a ‘passive’ statement. As a...

Exasperations at the mistreatment of GTT

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exasperations at the mistreatment of GTT

Dear Editor; Kindly permit me space in your newspaper to vent my frustration with the quality of customer service provided by GTT and their lack in customer satisfaction. I was recently overseas for...

THE BREXIT VOTE MEANS BRITISHNESS IS DISTINCT

Jul 04, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on THE BREXIT VOTE MEANS BRITISHNESS IS DISTINCT

A few days ago, Europe and the world awoke to a more uncertain planet. The British people have spoken, but the message was not a good one. The Brexit vote has impacted on the global economy and on...

BREAKING NEWS: EX-CON STABBED TO DEATH AFTER ATTACKING GIRLFRIEND

Jul 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS: EX-CON STABBED TO DEATH AFTER ATTACKING GIRLFRIEND

Ex-convict Frederick Peters was stabbed to death at Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, at around 22.00 hrs on Saturday, after attacking his girlfriend. Peters, 36, had reportedly stabbed the...

PS money laundering investigations… $$Million spent to buy shares, properties across the country

Jul 03, 2016 KNews News 1

Investigators probing the deposits of billions of dollars over time to bank accounts of a senior Government official are looking at the wealth he may have acquired. According to Government officials...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U17 League – Georgetown Alpha, Conquerors, GFC in winner’s row; Santos and Eastveldt draw

Jul 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U17 League – Georgetown Alpha, Conquerors, GFC in winner’s row; Santos and Eastveldt draw

Alpha United, Fruta Conquerors and Georgetown Football Club all turned in flawless performances, while Santos and Eastveldt battled to a draw when action in the inaugural GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt...

GRA Chairman defends hiring personal assistant – stations her at his Crithlow Labour College office; pays her a manager’s salary -said he could not rely on staffers at the Authority

Jul 03, 2016 KNews News 1

Chairman of the Governing Board of Directors for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rawle Lucas, last week defended a decision to hire an assistant and have her working away from the Authority’s...

Increase in prison population driving up costs

Jul 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Increase in prison population driving up costs

The National Assembly this afternoon approved $13.6 million that was spent by the Ministry of Public Security in 2015 to provide meals for inmates in the country’s prisons. Questioned on the...

Granger’s one-day lightning visit to Suriname… Two countries recommit to friendship, integration process

Jul 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Granger’s one-day lightning visit to Suriname… Two countries recommit to friendship, integration process

The lightning visit by President David Granger to Suriname Friday was mainly aimed at strengthening the mutual relations between the governments of Guyana and Suriname. According to Suriname’s...

Dem boys seh…Guyana got a new cras

Jul 03, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Guyana got a new cras

If is one thing people don’t like is when you call dem a crass. Dem foreigners does call de word ‘cross’ People don’t mind wearing a crass round dem neck or fuh some earring but don’t tell...

New BaiShanLin owners should not expect concessions- Trotman

Jul 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New BaiShanLin owners should not expect concessions- Trotman

The company scheduled to take over BaiShanLin—most likely Long Jiang Forest Industries Group—should not expect to receive any concessions. However, that is not to say that the Ministry of Finance...

Another cave-in… Mining company under investigation for death of Russian geologist

Jul 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Another cave-in… Mining company under investigation for death of Russian geologist

Authorities have launched an investigation into a possible cover-up of a mining accident last month that left a Russian geologist dead. According to information reaching Kaieteur News late last week,...

Speculation rife about Linden newspaper vendor’s demise

Jul 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Speculation rife about Linden newspaper vendor’s demise

The cause of death of popular newspaper vendor, Albert (Finny) Ashby, of Half Mile, Wismar, Linden, is yet to be determined, because according to Commander of ‘E’ Division, Calvin Brutus, there...

CONSUMER CONCERNS …PAT DIAL…Consumers and sellers need to be aware of risks

Jul 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS …PAT DIAL…Consumers and sellers need to be aware of risks

The Guyana Consumers Association (GCA) has had a long-standing concern about the way certain vegetables which are sold in the markets are grown and vended and also the way other foods which quickly...

Cops crack 2012 unsolved murder… Gunman was paid $500,000 to kill Mahaica truck driver -woman, two others held

Jul 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops crack 2012 unsolved murder… Gunman was paid $500,000 to kill Mahaica truck driver -woman, two others held

By Michael Jordan They’ve done it again. Ranks from Guyana Police Force’s Major Crimes Unit have solved yet another murder. This time it’s the baffling killing of 31-year-old Mahaica truck...

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The illusion of compliance

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- A company can meet the letter of the law. It can tick every box, hit every target. Yet,... more