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Labour exploitation under Lowenfield at GECOM

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Labour exploitation under Lowenfield at GECOM

Dear Editor; Permit me to show from my letter how the authoritarian behavior the CEO of Gecom Mr. Keith Lowenfield displays. In the field offices that are situated across Guyana, they are staffed...

The disappearing streets lights on this highway

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The disappearing streets lights on this highway

Dear Editor, A few years ago the Western section of the east coast corridor was a very picturesque scene at nights as all of the roads lights were in working condition and there seemed to be a...

We can make Guyana the food basin of the Caribbean

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; President Granger recently appealed for a revival of the village economies. This might well be the opportunity to return the people to the soil, to dis-alienate them from their...

I am bewildered at how lawyers can defend the guilty accused

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, Historically highly qualified individuals in societies are considered to be of great value and asset, exemplary and thus respectable. Those who have had the opportunity of attending...

POLICE STILL SILENT ON THE RULES OF PURSUIT OF SUSPECTS

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on POLICE STILL SILENT ON THE RULES OF PURSUIT OF SUSPECTS

Dear Editor; Based on newspaper reports in September 2015 of a high-speed vehicle chase of three armed suspects in south Georgetown by the police (the Joint Special Operations Group- JSOG), I asked...

Dr. Ramayya gives an account of his Berbice experience

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, Corruption has pervaded every stratum of Governments in this country, be it at the Central Government or the Local Government level. However, the focus has always been on the Central...

Hamilton Green says this woman should not have been jailed

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; I read with some dismay the article titled “woman jailed for robbery after sex.” Based on the details as reported in the media the penalty is very excessive and cruel imposed...

10 points from the PPP about the Procurement Commission

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on 10 points from the PPP about the Procurement Commission

Dear Editor; The SN editorial of 26 September 2016 is a barefaced attempt at historical revisionism, seeking to excuse the obvious and blatant APNU/AFC corruption involved in the award of the fruit...

Beware of bogus currency on the West Bank of Demerara

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Beware of bogus currency on the West Bank of Demerara

Dear Editor; I am writing this letter as a warning to all businessmen and women on the West Bank of Demerara. There are two males of Caucasian complexion who are visiting various shops along the West...

Complaints about the operations at GWI

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Complaints about the operations at GWI

Dear Editor, We have a very chronic and serious trend/problem at GWI, that is well known, yet no one is objective or courageous enough to speak out. There is no doubt that the investments made by...

Sole sourcing, contract splitting…Little evidence GECOM advertised $700M in contracts

Sep 29, 2016 KNews News 1

-brothers received over 40 percent of monies doled out Almost $700M in contracts were handled by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) last year for the May 11 General and Regional Elections....

Two in custody for Berbice farmer’s execution

Sep 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Two in custody for Berbice farmer’s execution

Police in ‘B’ Division have arrested two suspects in connection with the gruesome execution of an East Canje Berbice livestock farmer on Tuesday. Information reaching Kaieteur News revealed that...

Cuban national shot, robbed in Regent Street store

Sep 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban national shot, robbed in Regent Street store

A 61-year-old Cuban woman, Maria Puig, of 25 Laluni Street Queenstown, was shot during a daylight robbery yesterday on Regent Street opposite the Georgetown Mayor and City Council chambers. The...

Berbice triple-murder teen accused, two others attempt New Amsterdam Prison break

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Berbice triple-murder teen accused, two others attempt New Amsterdam Prison break

The 17-year-old, who was charged and subsequently remanded for the gruesome triple-murder at Black Bush in Berbice some months ago, was part of a trio who attempted to escape the confines of the New...

Failure to check excessive executive power would tarnish Govt.’s reputation – Dr. Hinds warns

Sep 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Failure to check excessive executive power would tarnish Govt.’s reputation – Dr. Hinds warns

Executive Member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr. David Hinds, is of the view that should the APNU+AFC allow the excessive powers vested in the Executive to go unchecked, it will have...

PI into KNews grenade attack…Detonated grenade tendered in court

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on PI into KNews grenade attack…Detonated grenade tendered in court

A live grenade which was detonated after it was thrown at a Lexus SUV belonging to Glenn Lall, owner of Kaieteur News, was tendered and marked for identification purposes, when the preliminary...

More scampishness happening to de tender level

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on More scampishness happening to de tender level

When Rohee seh that crime back on de rise he know wha he was saying. Up until he open he mouth de place was quiet except fuh de one, one stupidness. He know bout crime and he got friends who know...

CANU Head disappointed at discharge of trio in Barry Dataram cocaine case

Sep 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CANU Head disappointed at discharge of trio in Barry Dataram cocaine case

– Says evidence against them was overwhelming Head of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, James Singh, has expressed dissatisfaction in the court decision which allowed three persons charged...

UNICEF hands over Situation Analysis document to Guyana

Sep 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF hands over Situation Analysis document to Guyana

– to help advance protection of vulnerable women and children Guyana is currently armed with information that will give it a better understanding of the issues that children and women are faced...

Fort Wellington Hospital now offers ultrasound services

Sep 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Fort Wellington Hospital now offers ultrasound services

Region Five Health Authorities, during last week, launched a number of activities including pill distribution which is an integral part of the anti-filarial campaign. This was followed by a medical...

City vendors ask…Where will we go?

Sep 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on City vendors ask…Where will we go?

Vendors are now contemplating their next move after they were informed by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) that the area they currently occupy, will have to be vacated by December. Some of the...

Dilapidated Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling causes frustration for passengers

Sep 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Dilapidated Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling causes frustration for passengers

The stairs leading from the Vreed-en-Hoop stelling have for years been in a terrible state. And despite many complaints from passengers and boat captains, nothing has been done to rectify this...

Child, five others injured after bus runs into Homestretch Avenue canal

Sep 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Child, five others injured after bus runs into Homestretch Avenue canal

Pandemonium erupted on Homestretch Avenue, D’Urban Backlands, after a route-48 minibus collided with an Allion motor-car and ended up in a canal around 16:30hrs yesterday. Six persons, including a...

GuySuCo to meet with sugar unions today

Sep 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo to meet with sugar unions today

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will be meeting today with various unions that represent sugar workers, to examine ‘fully’ the current and future status of the Corporation. This meeting...

Senior police officer freed on corruption charge

Sep 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Senior police officer freed on corruption charge

…his lawyer contemplates lawsuit Former Assistant Superintendent of Police, Terrence Browne, who along with three of his colleagues were charged last year with corrupt transaction, has been freed...

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China-owned companies competing to build new West Dem. Hospital

China-owned companies competing to build new West Dem. Hospital

The West Demerara Regional Hospital. (China-owned companies) Kaieteur News- Three Chinese companies who are no strangers... more