March 2017

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Neither Gov’t nor Ramjattan contemplating midnight curfew

Mar 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Neither Gov’t nor Ramjattan contemplating midnight curfew

The issue surrounding the matter of the national curfew being lowered from 02:00 am to midnight has attracted much discourse on several fora over the last few days. The Social Media platform has also...

Office of Climate Change logo winners awarded

Mar 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Office of Climate Change logo winners awarded

Three men were awarded monetary prizes for topping a recently concluded logo and tagline competition hosted by the Office of Climate Change (OCC), Ministry of the Presidency in collaboration with the...

AG threatens High Court Judge

Mar 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AG threatens High Court Judge

The Attorney General Basil Williams yesterday accused Justice Franklyn Holder of not accurately recording evidence in the High Court matter involving Carvil Duncan. The Judge took umbrage to the...

Ex con, labourer remanded over ganja farm

Mar 24, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ex con, labourer remanded over ganja farm

Two men were on Wednesday remanded to prison for allegedly cultivating and trafficking marijuana after they appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The...

Sophia hair dresser face gun, ammo and ganja charge

Mar 24, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Sophia hair dresser face gun, ammo and ganja charge

A brother and sister were on Wednesday arraigned before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to three charges. It is alleged that on March 17, last, at Block...

Vendor fined $ 6.9M, jailed for 60 months for trafficking ganja

Mar 24, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Vendor fined $ 6.9M, jailed for 60 months for trafficking ganja

A vendor was yesterday sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the conclusion of the trial in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Moraino Wilson, 23, of Westminster,...

Young criminals and presidential immunity

Mar 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Young criminals and presidential immunity

Dear Editor, It is appalling to witness the tender ages of many of our recent felons. The ferocity of the crimes committed by very young persons is more than disturbing. We find the age range 14 -17...

The proverbial hyenas are circling

Mar 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The proverbial hyenas are circling

Dear Editor, I see the proverbial hyenas are circling. The issue over the purchase of drugs for the Health Sector is getting politically noisy. All in all, I wish to state categorically, that I...

NIS responds to pensioner’s frustrations

Mar 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on NIS responds to pensioner’s frustrations

Dear Editor, The Tuesday, March 21, 2017 edition of the Kaieteur Newspaper carried a letter captioned “For 19 years, this Company only paid NIS six times for me.” Please be advised that the...

This casino should not be allowed to operate in this area

Mar 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This casino should not be allowed to operate in this area

Dear Editor, A grave injustice is unfolding in front of us. If not rectified it would set a dangerous precedence in Guyana. We speak of a presently unlicensed casino that has been flouting the...

Outstanding rent due by farmers to Hope Estate

Mar 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Outstanding rent due by farmers to Hope Estate

Dear Editor, There are three (3) categories of farmers at Hope Estate. In the first category are those farmers who willingly pay their rent to Hope Estate without a fuss. The second category consists...

GuySuCo’s 2017 first crop makes a disastrous start

Mar 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo’s 2017 first crop makes a disastrous start

Dear Editor, Readers would recall that the IMC and Board of Directors of GuySuCo took credit for 2015 performance despite taking reins of the industry in June of that year. That performance was...

President Granger is a sound visionary

Mar 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger is a sound visionary

Dear Editor, Please publish this response to a letter headlined “President Granger is lacking in vision.” written by Lance Cumberbatch and published in your Kaieteur News edition dated Tuesday...

I see there is good news coming our way

Mar 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I see there is good news coming our way

Dear Editor, Congratulations to the citizens and to the police force. Over the past three weeks there have been fewer reports of murders and robberies in our local newspapers. I am delighted in this...

$230 to US$1 – Exchange rate for US dollar hits all-time high

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $230 to US$1 – Exchange rate for US dollar hits all-time high

Something noteworthy is happening in the local foreign currency trade, with rates hitting up to $230 in one city bank this week. The matter has raised alarm bells for the Guyana Manufacturing and...

GEA, GRA in showdown over fuel boat

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GEA, GRA in showdown over fuel boat

A major investigation has been launched into how a fuel boat was allowed to off-load thousands of gallons of fuel within the past 24 hours despite being sealed by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)....

Squatting continues at Marriott…Engineer’s report claims Chinese contractor owes hotel US$900,000

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Squatting continues at Marriott…Engineer’s report claims Chinese contractor owes hotel US$900,000

Almost eight months after moving in and setting up camp in an unfinished section of the Marriott Hotel, over outstanding monies, a number of Chinese workers are still there. But it appears that the...

After 30 years at helm of GPSU…Yarde gets Executive Council support for upcoming election

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on After 30 years at helm of GPSU…Yarde gets Executive Council support for upcoming election

Despite calls being made for President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), Patrick Yarde to step down after serving at the helm of that organisation for 30 years, he may once again be elected...

Texila constructs US$10M campus, awaits int’l accreditation

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Texila constructs US$10M campus, awaits int’l accreditation

With a new campus in place and plans to expand its operation, the Texila American University (TAU) is eyeing international accreditation for its medical programme. Like the University of Guyana (UG),...

Attorney accuses prosecutor of attempting to pervert trial

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney accuses prosecutor of attempting to pervert trial

Attorney Latchmie Rahamat has accused Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones of attempting to pervert the trial of Tiffany Peters, who is accused of stealing $1.2M from the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Belizean tops GDF Cadet Officers’ course

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Belizean tops GDF Cadet Officers’ course

Francisco Choc of Belize has topped the Guyana Defence Force (GDF)’s Standard Officers Course Number 49. Choc is one of two Belizeans who graduated from the course yesterday along with nine...

Jagdeo getting blame fuh terror in Britain

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo getting blame fuh terror in Britain

Old people always got a saying that when a dog got a bad name it does get blame fuh everything. Jagdeo has to be a dog wid a bad name because he get blame fuh de terror attack in London yesterday. A...

Selection of new GECOM Chairperson… Businessman challenges President’s eligibility criteria in Court

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Selection of new GECOM Chairperson… Businessman challenges President’s eligibility criteria in Court

Businessman Marcel Gaskin has filed an action in the High Court questioning whether the President is required under the Constitution of Guyana to state reasons deeming each of the six names on the...

GTI hosts 2017 ‘Trade of Trades’ Day

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTI hosts 2017 ‘Trade of Trades’ Day

…aimed at ‘fuelling the future’ The Government Technical Institute (GTI) yesterday hosted what it called a “newer, better concept of an open day activity,” which was held under the...

Tuna importer maintains product’s labelling is within the law

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tuna importer maintains product’s labelling is within the law

The importer of ‘Buiwick’ Tuna has come forward to defend the product against a warning by the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) that the product should be avoided by...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

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(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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