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Amerindians being misled by PPP over lands CoI – Ministerial Advisor

Apr 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindians being misled by PPP over lands CoI – Ministerial Advisor

Ministerial Advisor to the Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Mervyn Williams, on Monday registered his concerns over the apparent condemnation of the President-ordered Lands Commission of...

PPP would be willing to replace Carter-Price formula

Apr 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PPP would be willing to replace Carter-Price formula

By Murtland Haley With the Carter-Price formula being used by the Guyana Elections Commission for 25 years in six elections, Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, said on Monday that his party would be...

Berbice Hire Car Association protests ban on used tyres

Apr 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Hire Car Association protests ban on used tyres

More than 80 Hire Car operators attached to the Berbice Hire Car Association, on Tuesday braved the rain and stood in solidarity against the decision taken by government to ban the importation of...

Kerosene bottle found at the scene of Kildonan fire

Apr 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Kerosene bottle found at the scene of Kildonan fire

– son’s alibi does not match The fire that claimed the life of 82-year-old Rudolph Ross on Sunday is turning out to be a possible case of arson. Investigators in Berbice who detained the son...

Fish vendor, family homeless after #43 Village fire

Apr 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fish vendor, family homeless after #43 Village fire

Eight persons, including a nine-month-old are now homeless after the home they occupied for just over a year was completely burnt to the ground. The family of Number 43 Village, Corentyne, Berbice,...

Cop testifies to finding blood in car

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cop testifies to finding blood in car

…as PI into murder of hospital dispatcher continues Police Sergeant, Rawle Nedd, continued testifying yesterday when the preliminary inquiry into the murder of Melissa Skeete, a former dispatcher...

LOVE NEEDED FOR THE REBIRTH OF GUYANA

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on LOVE NEEDED FOR THE REBIRTH OF GUYANA

In the midst of all its problems, Guyana needs love. Love is perhaps the only thing that the country has too little of. Love cannot be purchased. One can invite love, but cannot dictate how, when,...

Issues at Diamond Hospital already being addressed – Minister Lawrence

Apr 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Issues at Diamond Hospital already being addressed – Minister Lawrence

Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, has said that issues that were highlighted at the Diamond Hospital during a recent visit by the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Social Services are...

Draft Energy Policy enters second phase

Apr 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Draft Energy Policy enters second phase

The first phase of actually crafting the draft of a National Energy Policy has been completed. The second phase of the project, which entails the document being opened for public scrutiny and...

Dawchan Nagasar is acting General Secretary of FITUG

Apr 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dawchan Nagasar is acting General Secretary of FITUG

Dawchan Nagasar has been appointed General Secretary acting of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG). The federation said that it is pleased to have Nagasar, who has replaced...

Magistrates Fabayo Azore and Ann McLennan and the price of life

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Magistrates Fabayo Azore and Ann McLennan and the price of life

Magistrate Fabayo Azore sentenced a maintenance worker to four years’ imprisonment for conviction on a death by dangerous charge. The same magistrate dismissed the case against another driver with...

Insulin shortage linked to increased number of diabetic cases

Apr 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Insulin shortage linked to increased number of diabetic cases

A reported shortage of insulin may not be far-fetched. This is in light of reports that the number of diabetic cases are ever increasing. This disclosure was yesterday made by President of the Guyana...

Petroleum Commission Bill to be passed by August

Apr 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Petroleum Commission Bill to be passed by August

…after scrutiny in Special Select Committee The Petroleum Commission Bill 2017 is expected to be passed into law by the National Assembly before the annual recess begins in August. This is...

Two Colours murder trial…Cops retrieved bullets, spent shells at crime scene

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Two Colours murder trial…Cops retrieved bullets, spent shells at crime scene

Bullets and spent shells were among the items gathered at the Crime Scene when police officers visited the area in which Cosmetologist Ashimini Harriram is said to have been murdered. On July 10,...

Alleged Parika wife killer remanded

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Alleged Parika wife killer remanded

Two days after he was shot during a police arrest, 30-year-old Ganesh Dhanraj was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of his wife, Dhanwantie Ram, whom he allegedly strangled in her...

Pork knocker remanded for murder

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pork knocker remanded for murder

…over stabbing of drinking partner A 24-year-old pork knocker has been remanded to prison for stabbing his drinking partner to death with a broken bottle. Stanislaus Clement, of Surama Village,...

Education is a distant dream of the Guyanese proletariat

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Education is a distant dream of the Guyanese proletariat

Dear Editor, I am appalled to learn that the tuition fees for University of Guyana students will increase by 35% over the coming three years. This is yet another assault on education. Since the...

Minister Bulkan says he did not flout the judge’s order

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Bulkan says he did not flout the judge’s order

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article published of Sunday April 2, 2017 namely: “Appointment of Mabaruma Mayor disregards court orders, Nandlall says”. The Ministry of Communities refutes...

Ministerial defense of the appointment of Mabaruma’s Mayor is flawed

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministerial defense of the appointment of Mabaruma’s Mayor is flawed

Dear Editor, Minister Ronald Bulkan should be the last person to speak about the enforcement of laws in Guyana and about giving effect to the intention of the framer of the Municipal and District...

There is a shortage of foreign exchange on the market

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a shortage of foreign exchange on the market

Dear Editor, The current APNU-AFC regime seems bent on a policy of reversing the economic and social gains made by the previous PPP/C administration. The recent budget has demonstrated that this...

A question for Rupert Roopnarine and the Prime Minister

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A question for Rupert Roopnarine and the Prime Minister

Dear Editor, On the matter of VAT on education there are two issues here. One is, VAT being paid by the business that provides private education and; two, is VAT being paid by the students who access...

Time to start thinking of moving the capital

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to start thinking of moving the capital

Dear Editor, Your editorial “The Time Will Come” (April 6, 2017) argues that because of the consequences of global climate change “the time will come when we will have to move” the capital to...

NEPOTISM IS A BIG PART OF APNU+AFC’s POLITICS

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on NEPOTISM IS A BIG PART OF APNU+AFC’s POLITICS

Dear Editor, APNU+AFC is as obvious as it is obvious that water is wet. From Central Government and the Cabinet to the Public Corporations, Government Agencies, Local Government bodies and the level...

I am appealing to the NIS to correct my pension

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am appealing to the NIS to correct my pension

Dear Editor, My name is Mangree Basdeo and I worked at GuySuCo’s Wales Estate for thirty seven (37) years. I am currently receiving a pension from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) calculated on...

Pawns and fools in a game of power struggle

Apr 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pawns and fools in a game of power struggle

Dear Editor, I spoke recently about that fact that Mr. Jagdeo and the PPP do not support constitutional reform because of the 23 years they were able to use the 1980 Burnham Constitution to keep...

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