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New tax measures in place for steel importation

Aug 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New tax measures in place for steel importation

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has taken steps to reduce tax fraud involved with the importation of steel. The authority announced new measures yesterday which call for importers to submit what...

Bheri Ramsaran falls sick, court decision postponed

Aug 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bheri Ramsaran falls sick, court decision postponed

The sudden illness of former Minister of Health under the PPP regime, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, has forced the Magistrate to put back the date when he is to know his fate on a charge of using insulting...

Crum-Ewing murder PI…Prosecution closes case, defence to make submissions

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Crum-Ewing murder PI…Prosecution closes case, defence to make submissions

Attorney Nigel Hughes yesterday closed the prosecution’s case in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing, for which Regan Rodrigues is charged with...

Big corruption scheme in the police force

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Big corruption scheme in the police force

It didn’t make sense to me. I thought about it, but in the end accepted that the Guyana Police Force is one of the worst in the world, and will continue to be a sordid, unprofessional bunch. So I...

We must halt this continuing decline in education

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We must halt this continuing decline in education

There is another reported drop in the performance of students in Mathematics at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. The reports are that the percentage passes are even...

Man’s bound body in sandpit…Two women among suspects in custody

Aug 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man’s bound body in sandpit…Two women among suspects in custody

Two women are among three suspects in custody in connection with the murder of fisherman Levan Chanderpaul, whose battered and decomposing body was found in a sandpit at No 68 Village, Corentyne on...

Tucville fatal shooting…Police await advice from DPP

Aug 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Tucville fatal shooting…Police await advice from DPP

The police are awaiting the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) before they proceed to charge a man, who is alleged to have opened fire when a car turned on the bridge of his...

Different strokes for different folks!

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Different strokes for different folks!

Remorse is good for the soul. But how many in the government have been remorseful about the actions which they have taken and which have been highly criticized? The Cabinet is not a pack of angels....

Essequibo man stabbed to death

Aug 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo man stabbed to death

– mother, sister and reputed wife detained Police have detained the mother, sister and reputed wife of a 30-year-old Better Success man who was stabbed to death during a family row yesterday....

EGovt. school connectivity programme well on its way

Aug 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on EGovt. school connectivity programme well on its way

Presidential Advisor on eGovernment and Chief Executive Officer of the eGovernment Agency, Floyd Levi, yesterday led a technical team to inspect ongoing works at secondary schools and learning...

Man stung by Africanised bees succumbs

Aug 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man stung by Africanised bees succumbs

Rawle Singh, the man who was attacked two Tuesdays ago by a swarm of Africanised bees at Phase Two, Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, has succumbed. The 30-year-old man died around 19:00 hrs on Tuesday...

Better Hope murder…Son, two others released on station bail

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Better Hope murder…Son, two others released on station bail

The son of 76-year-old David Ramkissoon, the pensioner who was found in his Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home last Sunday with his throat slashed, has been released on station bail. Acting...

Woman fined for smuggling birds, another remanded for cocaine

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Woman fined for smuggling birds, another remanded for cocaine

A woman was yesterday fined $100,000 with an alternative of serving five months imprisonment, after she pleaded guilty to smuggling 21 ‘towa towa’ birds out of Guyana via the Cheddi Jagan...

Time for heads in the Coalition Govt. to roll

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for heads in the Coalition Govt. to roll

Dear Editor, After a mere 18 months, elements within the present Coalition government have made the PPP crooks look like amateurs. I want to unreservedly say that the “Fourth Estate” in Guyana...

Business community and citizen have no confidence in City Hall

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Business community and citizen have no confidence in City Hall

Dear Editor, The Georgetown Municipality could not be serious in its call for an increase and improvement in its revenue collection rate. Is it not quite obvious to them by now, that the citizenry at...

How much are they paying these commissioners?

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on How much are they paying these commissioners?

Dear Editor, Has the Minister of Education committed the error of ‘premature cognitive commitment’? I refer to the article captioned, “GTU representative belatedly dropped from Education COI”...

My comments on the criticisms of a Berbice magistrate

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on My comments on the criticisms of a Berbice magistrate

Dear Editor, I refer to the caption “Magistrate adjourns matter without allowing witness to sign deposition” contained in the front page of the Kaieteur News of Saturday the 20th day of August,...

The role of the magistrate in a trial

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The role of the magistrate in a trial

Dear Editor, I read Freddie Kissoon’s column where he stated that he was afraid to return to give evidence in the current matter before the court. I would like to tell Freddie Kissoon to keep his...

One is never certain what motivates Freddie Kissoon

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on One is never certain what motivates Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, I crave your indulgence to respond to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s column, which was published in Kaieteur News on Monday August 22, 2016, captioned, “The WPA is appearing dishonest and...

A forensic audit of City Hall will reveal all the secrets

Aug 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A forensic audit of City Hall will reveal all the secrets

Dear Editor, How could the Town Clerk of Georgetown have the audacity to tell the citizenry that there is no secrecy regarding the Council’s accounting system? If there is no secrecy, then why is...

That shady bond deal… We are humans, not a Cabinet of Angels; we will make mistakes -Ramjattan

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News 6

By Kiana Wilburg “Think of it like a game of cricket. One man drops de ball at a crucial point in the game. Wuh de Captain must do? Box the man behind he head, tell he walk off the field and call a...

Battered body of missing Berbice fisherman found in sandpit

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Battered body of missing Berbice fisherman found in sandpit

The badly battered and bruised body of a 26-year-old man who was reported missing, was yesterday afternoon discovered in a sandpit at No 68 Village backdam. Levan Chanderpaul, a fisherman of Number...

Man gunned down… Suspect thought men wanting to kill him were in car

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News 2

The man who opened fire on Tuesday night when a car turned on his bridge in front of his Tucville, Georgetown home—killing a father of one and wounding a 22-year-old woman — has reportedly told...

Contractors object to $55M dump truck deal awarded to mining company

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Contractors object to $55M dump truck deal awarded to mining company

Contractors are objecting to what they consider a questionable award of a multimillion-dollar contract for two dump trucks to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. The award for $55.4M was recently...

Missing boy’s body in drain… DPP recommends murder charge

Aug 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Missing boy’s body in drain… DPP recommends murder charge

A man who reportedly confessed to his wife of killing 14-year-old Akeem Grimmond, whose body was found in a drain at Number 61 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, last Monday, two days after he went...

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…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- In every democracy worth its salt, the press serves as the watchdog, the thorn in the side... more