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AG Williams, Nandlall to meet Monday on GECOM Chairman position

Feb 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AG Williams, Nandlall to meet Monday on GECOM Chairman position

Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, is scheduled to meet with Opposition Member of Parliament (MP), Anil Nandlall, on Monday to resolve an impasse which has to do...

Alleged female mastermind in Tain execution denies involvement

Feb 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged female mastermind in Tain execution denies involvement

– further extension sought Investigators in Berbice are digging deep to close off a case that has sent shockwaves through the ancient county. With the alleged female mastermind in custody...

Guyanese surgeon honoured with Martin Luther King Jnr award

Feb 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese surgeon honoured with Martin Luther King Jnr award

Guyanese Surgeon and Haematologist/Oncologist, Howard Benn, was the recipient of this year’s St. Joseph’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Education Award by the St. Joseph’s Healthcare...

Tributes pour in for fallen veteran Trade Unionist

Feb 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tributes pour in for fallen veteran Trade Unionist

Long-serving Trade Unionist, Kenneth Joseph, passed away on Thursday at the age of 65. He was the General-Secretary of the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees...

Union says GTT violated labour agreement

Feb 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Union says GTT violated labour agreement

The Guyana Postal and Telecommunication Workers’ Union (GPTWU) has accused the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) of violating the extant Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) which it...

Police Lance Corporal dies in Vigilance accident

Feb 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police Lance Corporal dies in Vigilance accident

A 25-year-old Police Special Lance Corporal died hours after he was involved in an accident around 03:15 hrs yesterday on the Vigilance, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road. Ashwell Jackman of...

PRESIDENTIAL TERM-LIMITS IN LIMBO

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PRESIDENTIAL TERM-LIMITS IN LIMBO

It was bound to happen. The 21-month-old government now finds itself between a rock and a hard place due largely to its own doing. Most of its problems have resulted from its slowness to act, and it...

Minister Bulkan pays tribute to indentured servants

Feb 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Bulkan pays tribute to indentured servants

– at flag raising ceremony in Region Nine Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, paid homage to indentured servants as he joined Region Nine residents in celebrating the country’s 47th Republic...

Man, 40, killed in La Grange accident

Feb 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 40, killed in La Grange accident

An Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) man died around 22:40 hrs on Thursday after a speeding car hit him on the La Grange, West Bank Demerara Public Road. The dead man has been identified as...

Aurora Mines target 200,000 ounces for 2018

Feb 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora Mines target 200,000 ounces for 2018

The last quarter of 2016 was the best for large-scale producer, Guyana Goldfields Inc. with over 156,000 ounces sold. Reporting on its performance for last year, the Canadian-owned company which...

Mason accused of killing homeless man

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mason accused of killing homeless man

A 29-year-old man who allegedly killed a homeless man when he prevented him and two other bandits from carrying out a robbery at Blue Martini, in Newton, Georgetown was yesterday remanded to prison...

Carpenter remanded for marijuana

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Carpenter remanded for marijuana

A 29-year-old carpenter was yesterday remanded to prison on a narcotic charge. The man, Quincy Anthony Douglas of Number 23 Village, West Coast Berbice pleaded not guilty to the allegation which...

GuySuCo is getting personal in its responses to its critics

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo is getting personal in its responses to its critics

Dear Editor, I refer to GuySuCo’s response in KN edition of Feb. 20th, 2017- “This man writes on GuySuCo from a position of ignorance”. In this response, the Corporation seems to have two...

Did this police rank take a bribe in a fatal accident?

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did this police rank take a bribe in a fatal accident?

Dear Editor, A traffic rank at an Essequibo station in Region 2 was relieved of his position instantly after information surfaced that he allegedly collected one hundred and fifty thousand dollars...

Those who didn’t steal should not fear the SARA Bill

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those who didn’t steal should not fear the SARA Bill

Dear Editor, Now that the State Assets Recovery Bill is about to be passed in the parliament there is a concerted effort by the opposition PPP, the Private Sector Commission and some individuals...

Is it Cuming or Cummings Street?

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is it Cuming or Cummings Street?

Dear Editor, THOMAS CUMING was the owner of Plantation La Bourgade lying between Church and Lamaha Streets. During the last years of the 18th century he laid out the front lands with residential lots...

Complaint of torture against Sparendam police station

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Complaint of torture against Sparendam police station

Dear Editor, This letter was sent to Mr. Seelall Persaud, Commissioner of Police. I am kindly asking Kaieteur News to publish it. The letter follows – Mr. Commissioner, I send this letter to...

Aruca Investment is owed substantial sums by the State of Guyana

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Aruca Investment is owed substantial sums by the State of Guyana

Dear Editor, I refer to a news article, Tuesday 21st February, 2017, caption “Region 1 REO booted from PAC hearing over alleged attempt to mislead” in the Stabroek News in which my client Aruca...

Granger and Nagamootoo have failed the poorer classes

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger and Nagamootoo have failed the poorer classes

Dear Editor, What sets great leaders apart from poor ones? The literature is rife with provocative writing about this subject matter that establishes that great leaders possess an open and...

Four questions being asked about this new state company

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Four questions being asked about this new state company

Dear Editor, I have no intention of joining the two parliamentarians in the debate that is taking place about the successor company, Power Producer and Distribution, Inc.(PPDI) to the Wartsila...

Bharat Jagdeo seldom behaved in a presidential manner

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bharat Jagdeo seldom behaved in a presidential manner

Dear Editor, During his tenure as President, Mr. Jagdeo very seldom behaved in a presidential manner. There were numerous instances in which he cuss-down and verbally assaulted those citizens of this...

Parking meters affect entire nation not only the capital

Feb 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parking meters affect entire nation not only the capital

Dear Editor, There is a feeling among people not living, working or visiting Georgetown that the high costs associated with the parking meters will not affect them. They are absolutely wrong. The...

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The tirade against the independent media continues unabated

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