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The modernization of the East Indian Guyanese

May 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The modernization of the East Indian Guyanese

Today marks the anniversary of the arrival of the Indian indentured immigrants. It comes at a time when the majority of sugar workers will be facing a bleak future. One is emotionally lacerated at...

Repeated offender gets three years on break and enter charge

May 05, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Repeated offender gets three years on break and enter charge

Twenty-one-year-old Avinash Insanally, of Lot 405 Diamond, East Bank Demerara, was on Wednesday sentenced to three years imprisonment on a break and entry charge. Insanally was sentenced by City...

I urge the Government to stand firm on the lands commission

May 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I urge the Government to stand firm on the lands commission

Dear Editor, I read this week the Toshoas Council calling for the scrapping of the commission to deal with land issues even, threatening to vote against the Coalition in the upcoming 2020 elections....

Justice must not only be done but seen to be done

May 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice must not only be done but seen to be done

Dear Editor, Assume that your child received physical injury after being given a sound spanking by a prefect for arriving late at school one day. In defense, the Prefect said he was instructed or...

What about the case of former Attorney-General, Justice Massiah?

May 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on What about the case of former Attorney-General, Justice Massiah?

Dear Editor, I have been charged for stealing books, the subscriptions for which were paid for by the Government of Guyana, which I specifically requested as a condition of my service as Attorney...

The unpleasant truths in the life of Hamilton Green

May 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The unpleasant truths in the life of Hamilton Green

Dear Editor, Reading the recent article in the newspapers about ‘Hamilton Green on his pension’, I first discounted it as the utterances of a mentally confused octogenarian. But then when I read...

Minister’s May Day rally statement misleading

May 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister’s May Day rally statement misleading

Dear Editor, The parties in industrial relations-which are government, employer and trade union-are working within the Tripartite Committee to find a mechanism that can assist in expediting...

Raison d’etre of the Commission of Inquiry ignores these historical facts

May 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Raison d’etre of the Commission of Inquiry ignores these historical facts

Dear Editor, The PPP/C administration, using the provisions of the Amerindian Act of 2006 and the Amerindian land policy which preceded it, addressed a large number of Amerindian land issues for new...

ACDA has not applied to the Government for lands

May 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on ACDA has not applied to the Government for lands

Dear Editor, The National Toshaos Council (NTC) has threatened the President and State of Guyana that Amerindians will not vote for them in 2020 unless the government immediately repeals the...

US$23M GPL contract…Company begins mobilising, but no meters presented for testing

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$23M GPL contract…Company begins mobilising, but no meters presented for testing

By Murtland Haley Based on information reaching this newspaper, China National Machinery Import (CMC) has started mobilising to begin works on the US$23M (GUY $4.6B) dollar project to rehabilitate...

SOCU investigations… Special Prosecutors are non-cooperative – Police Legal Adviser

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU investigations… Special Prosecutors are non-cooperative – Police Legal Adviser

By Brushell Blackman Police Legal Adviser Justice Claudette Singh (ret’d) SC, says that the special prosecutors who were hired by government to prosecute cases involving the Special...

Berbice carpenter’s murder… Senior cops face possible charges for providing security for Bisram

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice carpenter’s murder… Senior cops face possible charges for providing security for Bisram

OPR seeks legal advice Two senior police ranks face possible charges for allegedly providing security for US-based suspect Marcus Bisram, who is wanted for the October 2016 murder of carpenter...

Six Puruni dredges ordered to cease work

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Six Puruni dredges ordered to cease work

In keeping with a commitment made on April 18, 2017, the Ministry of Natural Resources deployed a team comprising officers of its Compliance Division and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission...

‘Fake food’ importers evade jail time

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Fake food’ importers evade jail time

… as Food and Drug Dept lacks prosecution capacity Despite there being large amounts of fake and potentially harmful foods on the local market, successful prosecution of errant...

Drug, nurse shortages found by Parliamentary Committee at GPHC

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Drug, nurse shortages found by Parliamentary Committee at GPHC

Findings from a visit to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) by the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Social Services (PSCSS) prove that the hospital is under staffed and short on drugs. Members...

Pensioner’s lifeless body found on roadway

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner’s lifeless body found on roadway

– Cops await PM to determine cause of death Police are awaiting a Post Mortem (PM) Examination to pronounce on the death of 70-year-old Suresh Mangru whose lifeless body was found on the...

Dr. Anthony Sabga dies at 94

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Anthony Sabga dies at 94

The ANSA McAL Group and the family of Dr. Anthony N. Sabga, O.R.T.T, yesterday announced the passing of Chairman Emeritus of the company. Dr. Sagba was 94. Dr. Sabga emigrated from Syria to Trinidad...

PPP-abandoned UK security programme to be resuscitated – Greenidge

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PPP-abandoned UK security programme to be resuscitated – Greenidge

The once abandoned United Kingdom (UK)-offered Security Sector Reform Programme (SSRP), will be resuscitated with financing expected to be made available by the end of this year, Foreign Affairs...

Crum-Ewing murder PI… Absence of police witness leads to adjournment

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Crum-Ewing murder PI… Absence of police witness leads to adjournment

The absence of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mitchell Caesar forced Magistrate Judy Latchman to adjourn the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of Courtney Crum-Ewing to next week...

UG research should guide changes in education sector – COI proposes

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG research should guide changes in education sector – COI proposes

The actions of the Ministry of Education should be guided by informed research coming out from the University of Guyana [UG]. In this regard a recommendation of the Commission of Inquiry [COI] into...

Citrus farmer convicted for 2011 Linden shallow grave murder

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Citrus farmer convicted for 2011 Linden shallow grave murder

By Rehanna Ramsay A 38-year-old citrus farmer has been found guilty of a June 2011 shallow grave murder of another farmer. Lakeraj Fredericks, of Linden, was convicted of the offence at the...

Excessive taxation, lack of investor confidence affecting economy – PSC tells visiting UK minister

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Excessive taxation, lack of investor confidence affecting economy – PSC tells visiting UK minister

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) met Tuesday with The Right Honourable Baroness Anelay, Minister of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom and Member of the UK House of...

Govt. not to be blamed for business slowdown

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. not to be blamed for business slowdown

…but needs to come up with urgent strategic plan – PSC Chairman By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The economy is in a real bad state and businesses are suffering, not one business has...

Clarification/Apology

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Clarification/Apology

In response to an article headlined ‘Delayed Police probe forces alleged rape victim to file complaint with DPP’ published in the Tuesday May 2, Edition of this publication, an alleged rape...

Jurdon got Brassy hiding in Miami

May 04, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jurdon got Brassy hiding in Miami

People can always know when things ain’t going right. Is either you see people crying or talking to demself or quarrelling bout everything. Things ain’t going right inside de govt because dem...