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Grant secured for music development

Feb 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Grant secured for music development

Teachers and students will soon be afforded the opportunity to be trained to create music, using technology. The National School of Music has acquired a grant to introduce a music programme that...

Regional Officers live rent free in Government quarters

Feb 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Officers live rent free in Government quarters

-should have been paying rent In an astonishing admission at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting at Parliament on Monday, it was revealed that 27 Region Six officers lived rent free in...

Rosignol, New Amsterdam Stellings to be rehabilitated

Feb 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rosignol, New Amsterdam Stellings to be rehabilitated

-Construction of roads in Region Ten imminent During the opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), contractors vied for the contract to rehabilitate the...

42 kilos coke bust…Two Guyanese plead guilty in Bajan court to cocaine trafficking

Feb 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 42 kilos coke bust…Two Guyanese plead guilty in Bajan court to cocaine trafficking

Barbados (Barbados Today) -Four men, two of them Guyanese nationals, appeared in the No. 5 Supreme Court yesterday to answer drug charges dating back to 2011. Ryan Oneal Nowell, of Maxwell Avenue,...

LIFE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on LIFE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED

In Guyana, many take life for granted. Lest we forget, life is precious. It is the most prized gift from the Creator to mankind. But in the midst of all the death around us in Guyana—murders,...

Arrest Warrant, Recovery of Asset Treaties at advanced stage of deliberations – Caricom SG

Feb 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Arrest Warrant, Recovery of Asset Treaties at advanced stage of deliberations – Caricom SG

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is looking at a number of legal instruments formulated to enhance cooperation between member states in the fight against crime. Secretary-General (SG) of the...

5-yr-old CJIA access road project delayed by utility pole

Feb 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 5-yr-old CJIA access road project delayed by utility pole

A Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) utility pole at the Timehri Police Station is delaying the completion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) access road. The construction of this...

Police still to arrest, charge others over fraud at GMC

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Police still to arrest, charge others over fraud at GMC

…as prosecutor seeks DPP’s advice on way forward Three months after Nizam Hassan, former General Manager (GM) at the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) was charged along with Felecia De...

Former murder accused remanded on attempt murder charge

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Former murder accused remanded on attempt murder charge

A gold miner who was previously charged for murder was yesterday remanded to prison on an attempt murder charge. Shawn Filiicene appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown...

Linden Teen charged for robbing woman, attacking Police

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Linden Teen charged for robbing woman, attacking Police

A teenager was remanded to prison on Monday when he appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. On February 8, last, at Canvas City, Wismar Linden, while being...

Businessman accused of obtaining money for property under false pretence

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Businessman accused of obtaining money for property under false pretence

A businessman appeared in a city court yesterday after he allegedly obtained money for a house and land from a woman by false pretence. The man, Harry Baptiste, a businessman, of Queenstown,...

My second open letter to President Granger

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on My second open letter to President Granger

Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing my first open letter to President Granger. This is my second. My missive follows: Dear President Granger, by now, any reasonable thinking person would expect...

Capital flight in progress; recession could come

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Capital flight in progress; recession could come

Dear Editor, Since the Granger administration came to office, their economic policies have led to the systematic weakening of the system of respect for private property. The foreign exchange control...

An argument in favour of the parking meters

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An argument in favour of the parking meters

Dear Editor, I am old enough to remember when there was a decision in the late 1940’s or early 1950’s to make a number of streets in the city of Georgetown one-way streets. There was a great...

ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT DEALS IN GUYANA’S HISTORY

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT DEALS IN GUYANA’S HISTORY

Dear Editor, Given the expose, the parking meter contract must be revoked, a bi-partisan Commission of Inquiry instituted immediately and, based on its findings, relevant charges instituted. The...

Hardship when cases transferred from Suddie Court to Charity Court

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hardship when cases transferred from Suddie Court to Charity Court

Dear Editor, I would like you to publish this letter without the use of my name because I am the litigant .You can safely put my signature as “litigant.” Unnecessary inconvenience, hardship and...

I am asserting there is no such company in Bartica

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am asserting there is no such company in Bartica

Dear Editor, Mr. Sherwin Downer has again surfaced in the newspapers, this time claiming to be the spokesman for the ‘Bartica Chamber of Commerce and Industry or BCCI,’ pronouncing on mining...

Complaint against Good Hope/ Pomona NDC

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Complaint against Good Hope/ Pomona NDC

Dear Editor, A shaky coconut tree trunk with the top portion already blown off in my neighbour’s yard remains ever so much risky to fall and damage my property at Aurora Village in Region 2. But...

They say President Granger doesn’t micromanage

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on They say President Granger doesn’t micromanage

Dear Editor, We the reading public are being told a lot of why there have been non-interference in the affairs of the municipality, especially in Georgetown and more precisely when it comes to the...

We need to report this lawyer for unbecoming conduct

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to report this lawyer for unbecoming conduct

Dear Editor, I am writing to bring attention of the fraudulent practices of a certain lawyer practicing in Guyana. My parents and I have also been victim to what we believe was a deliberate attempt...

The management team at GuySuCo earns G$14.1M per month

Feb 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The management team at GuySuCo earns G$14.1M per month

Dear Editor, GuySuCo dropped another bombshell on the nation. It announced that 1st crop for 2017 at Skeldon Estate will be suspended. The reason given by GuySuCo’s management is that Skeldon...

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Desecration, Disrespectful, and Disgraceful

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The solemnity of Babu Jaan, a site meant to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Cheddi... more