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Cops step up hunt for shallow grave suspect

Mar 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops step up hunt for shallow grave suspect

Police have stepped up the hunt for the prime suspect in the bizarre murder of his cousin, whose corpse, with an arrow in the body, was found last Thursday in a shallow grave in the Central Rupununi....

EITI is not the end all for transparency when it comes to Guyana’s oil – Trotman

Mar 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on EITI is not the end all for transparency when it comes to Guyana’s oil – Trotman

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The vision of the Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, is not limited to just the membership of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Though...

Jagdeo accuses Govt of spreading racism

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo accuses Govt of spreading racism

…provides no evidence to support claim By Brushell Blackman Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo has accused the government of using internet trolls to spread racism across the country. At a recent...

More damage found as $1.4B Arthur Chung centre rehab remains on track

Mar 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More damage found as $1.4B Arthur Chung centre rehab remains on track

Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes, yesterday paid a visit to the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) to check on the rehabilitation works. She was met by the oversight...

Complaints about Ministers should be written to Govt. – Harmon

Mar 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Complaints about Ministers should be written to Govt. – Harmon

If citizens or politicians have any complaints to make against a sitting Minister of Government, they are advised to do so in writing and send such information to the government and await a response...

Man, 40 who fathered child with underage girl, charged with rape

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man, 40 who fathered child with underage girl, charged with rape

A 40-year-old man who fathered a child with a girl under the age of 16 has been charged with rape. The man, Ince Adolph, 40, an IT Technician of Lot 91 Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam, Berbice and...

‘Unions are tired of window shopping’ – UGWU President

Mar 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Unions are tired of window shopping’ – UGWU President

-but administration insists its has workers and students’ interest at heart “We are tired of window dressing,” said President of the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU), Bruce Haynes. He...

The government should consider a temporary ban on certain imports

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The government should consider a temporary ban on certain imports

The Guyana dollar is sliding. The slide is as a result of the unavailability of foreign currency. The government is denying that there is a shortage. It has been denying this for some time now but it...

Diamond-Ogle road to commence before year end– Indian High Commissioner

Mar 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond-Ogle road to commence before year end– Indian High Commissioner

The construction of the road from Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) to Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD) will commence before year end, according to the Indian High Commissioner, V. Mahalingam during a...

2010 faeces attack on Freddie Kissoon trial…Cop testifies to taking statement from defendants

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 2010 faeces attack on Freddie Kissoon trial…Cop testifies to taking statement from defendants

Police Inspector Devon Lowe, a detective attached to the Major Crimes Investigation Unit, was called to testify yesterday when the trial of Jason Abdulla, Shawn Hinds and Kwame McCoy continued in the...

Baracara to get spanking new community centre and playground

Mar 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Baracara to get spanking new community centre and playground

-No doctor at Orealla The community of Baracara, Canje, will soon have a spanking new community centre and a playground. According to Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, the project has already been...

Do what is necessary

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Do what is necessary

Since taking office more than twenty months ago, the government had to face a population with high expectations and with the characteristics of everyone for him or herself. It inherited a failing...

Fidel Castro is in Guyana in 2017

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Fidel Castro is in Guyana in 2017

I would never understand why people who fought for freedom, justice, and liberation and who were learned in the ways of the world couldn’t see the huge fault in Fidel Castro. He mestastasised from...

Opposition wants Auditor General to probe questionable $1.5B pharmaceutical contract

Mar 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition wants Auditor General to probe questionable $1.5B pharmaceutical contract

The main Parliamentary Opposition, the People’s Progressive Party /Civic (PPP/C), is calling on the Auditor General to investigate the questionable award of a $1.5B contract for emergency...

Bus conductor charged for having stolen articles

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bus conductor charged for having stolen articles

A 30-year-old minibus conductor was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail by City Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. On March 21, last, at Georgetown, Mark Richmond, had in his...

Pakistani brothers fined for forged passports

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pakistani brothers fined for forged passports

Two brothers were on Thursday fined $100,000 each with an alternative of serving eight weeks’ imprisonment for the possession of two forged Italian passport. The men Arshad Mehood Mughal, 40, and...

Bothers on bail for allegedly stealing employer’s gold

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bothers on bail for allegedly stealing employer’s gold

Alex Anthony Feidtkou, 23 and Leon Alleyne, 21, both of Essequibo were yesterday granted $ 100,000 bail each by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on a simple...

Man remanded for stabbing brother to death

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man remanded for stabbing brother to death

Gopaul Sewsankar yesterday appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Charlyn Artiga to answer to the charge of murder committed on his teen brother on Sunday evening. Gopaul...

There are poor service standards in Guyana

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are poor service standards in Guyana

Dear Editor, In the light of deteriorated service standards, an exceptional event was captured and published on the front page of Kaieteur News’ Monday, March 20, 2017 edition captioned ‘Steady...

President Granger may be committing presidential malfeasance

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger may be committing presidential malfeasance

Dear Editor, David Granger has now formally declared in writing that he is ignoring the constitutional provision (Article 161) that the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) must be...

Welcoming the proposed animal welfare legislation

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Welcoming the proposed animal welfare legislation

Dear Editor, I refer to my letter in your edition of March 23, captioned, “A brief history of my involvement in animal protection,” and would appreciate the publication of my conclusion here....

More descriptions of blocked canals in Georgetown

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on More descriptions of blocked canals in Georgetown

Dear Editor, I refer to my letter of March 24, in your newspaper, captioned, “A description of blocked canals in Georgetown.” Please permit a continuation of my description. Georgetowners should...

I am not an operative of the opposition party

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am not an operative of the opposition party

Dear Editor, One Ras Blackman has taken it upon himself to insinuate that I am a political operative of the Opposition because I rightly pointed out that Granger was wholly lacking in the vision...

President Granger’s six characteristics are impossible to comprehend

Mar 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger’s six characteristics are impossible to comprehend

Dear Editor, By now, Article 161(2) of the Constitution of Guyana must be one of the most familiar provisions of that document to the populace. Nevertheless, in light of recent events, I find myself...

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Ken Corsbie – a Guyana Basketball legend passes at 94

Due diligence on investments must become a priority

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In 1985, the Forbes Burnham government looking for economic salvation, entered into a memorandum... more