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Social Cohesion Minister’s condition stable

May 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Social Cohesion Minister’s condition stable

After being kept overnight for observation in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC], Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton, has been described...

Stephen Vieira arrested at CJIA

May 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Stephen Vieira arrested at CJIA

Racing bike champion, Stephen Vieira, was apprehended Thursday night at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) for association with the $550M worth of cocaine that was found in lumber two...

Guysuco worker accused of raping 12-yr-old step daughter. …son, nephew also implicated

May 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guysuco worker accused of raping 12-yr-old step daughter. …son, nephew also implicated

A cane harvester, his son and his nephew, are currently in police custody assisting with investigations after allegations surfaced of a rape they committed on a 12-year-old relative. The child was...

EBDCA Sterling Products T20 on this weekend

May 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBDCA Sterling Products T20 on this weekend

The East Bank Demerara Cricket Association Sterling Products T20 tournament is set to continue this weekend at Laluni. Today, Sandpipers will face Rome Athletics at 09:30hrs and Bayrock will play...

Reds thanks WICB for honoring him

May 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reds thanks WICB for honoring him

Cricket commentator Joseph ‘Reds’ Perriera said that it is quite an honour to have a media bursary named after him and he congratulated the West Indies Cricket Board for what he described as...

Sentencing for marijuana possession is a judicial matter – Harmon

May 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sentencing for marijuana possession is a judicial matter – Harmon

Despite calls to the government to amend laws concerning sentencing for marijuana related issues, it is the belief of the state that such an issue is the remit of the judiciary. According to Minister...

Sensei Lavern Jones to be buried on Thursday

May 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sensei Lavern Jones to be buried on Thursday

Sensei Lavern Jones who died at the Georgetown Hospital on May 12 after suffering a stroke, will be buried on Thursday after the body leaves the Sandy’s funeral home at 14:00hrs for the funeral...

Moves afoot to curb illegal, unregulated fishing – CRFM Executive Director

May 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Moves afoot to curb illegal, unregulated fishing – CRFM Executive Director

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing continues to be a source of serious concern for the region, says the Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), Milton...

Accused found guilty of killing Pike Street businessman

May 20, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Accused found guilty of killing Pike Street businessman

Travis Mc Dougall, a labourer from East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown was yesterday found guilty of killing Pike Street businessman, Ashok Raghoo. He was convicted by a mixed 12-member jury at...

Suspected thieves nabbed with illegal gun, fake number plate

May 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected thieves nabbed with illegal gun, fake number plate

The cops may have prevented a robbery yesterday when they trailed a Toyota 212 and apprehended two men with an illegal gun at Sheriff and Duncan Streets, Georgetown. The vehicle had a fake number...

GPSU, Govt. committed to re-engage on public service talks

May 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU, Govt. committed to re-engage on public service talks

Both the Guyana Public Service Union and the Government of Guyana have expressed their continued commitment to discussing issues affecting the public service. The assurance was given on two separate...

The ABC countries do not want the PPP back in power

May 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ABC countries do not want the PPP back in power

Dear Editor, Leading up to the 2015 elections, the ABC countries all invested resources to provide the platform for the PPP to lose. It would take a person with the blindness of dozens to not...

PPP and GAWU using underage children for unsavoury political purposes

May 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP and GAWU using underage children for unsavoury political purposes

Dear Editor, It is sad to see the length some will go to for their personal/political gains and power. I will like to bring to the attention of all, the recent act of child abuse, or political abuse...

I want justice for Kwame McCoy

May 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I want justice for Kwame McCoy

Dear Editor, Two years ago, a Guyanese exercising his constitutional right of freedom of association and freedom of opinion, while performing duties as a candidate to the poll of the May 11,2015...

Horrible discrepancy in sentencing for cocaine as against marijuana

May 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Horrible discrepancy in sentencing for cocaine as against marijuana

Dear Editor, I am apt to believe that something is definitely wrong with the sentencing policy of the Judiciary as it relates to persons who are accused of narcotics offences. In my opinion, a junkie...

An independent judiciary is the main fulcrum on which society rests

May 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An independent judiciary is the main fulcrum on which society rests

Dear Editor, No one can sensibly dispute that an independent and effective judiciary is not only the sine qua non of any democracy, but it is the very foundation upon which the edifice of civil...

Waiting in the cricket line; then and now

May 20, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Waiting in the cricket line; then and now

Michael Jordan, one of the senior editors at this newspaper asked me; “Do you remember what it was like when you were a small boy waiting in the line to go into Bourda to see Test matches?” My...

The PPP/C has not changed its position in relation to marijuana

May 20, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPP/C has not changed its position in relation to marijuana

People have to be careful about the conclusions they draw. The recent position adopted by the PPP/C as regards marijuana is not a contradiction of its earlier stance, as some are claiming. The PPP/C...

WHAT TRUMP 100-DAYS HONEYMOON MEANS?

May 20, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on WHAT TRUMP 100-DAYS HONEYMOON MEANS?

United States President Donald Trump is just as surprised as most Americans and the rest of the world at how few of his plans have been enacted during his first 100 days in office. The first 100 days...

Bust at Diamond Bond…Two more workers tender resignation…Ministry redirecting manpower to facility

May 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bust at Diamond Bond…Two more workers tender resignation…Ministry redirecting manpower to facility

Even as a male staffer remains in police custody assisting with an investigation into the pilfering of pharmaceuticals from the Ministry of Public Health’s Bond at Diamond, East Bank Demerara,...

Staffer charged with stealing drugs from Diamond bond

May 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Staffer charged with stealing drugs from Diamond bond

Doquan Griffith, 19, of Lot 41 Costello Housing Scheme, Georgetown was yesterday released on bail after he appeared before City Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, charged...

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