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Directions hearings instrumental in resolving divorce-related matters – Family Court Judge

Jun 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Directions hearings instrumental in resolving divorce-related matters – Family Court Judge

The Directions Hearing (D.H) room of the Family Court Division of the Georgetown Supreme Court has been instrumental in resolving a significant number of divorce–related matters. Within the past...

RODNEY KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE KILLED

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RODNEY KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE KILLED

Dr. Walter Rodney knew at the end of 1979 that the Burnham regime was going to kill him. Six months prior to his death, Rodney had begun to put his affairs in order. Dr. Rodney was the co-leader of...

GRA to have two operable container scanners by year end

Jun 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRA to have two operable container scanners by year end

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Guyana continues to risk a United States maritime export ban with the shipment of containers that are destined for that location but are leaving this country without...

Smuggling clampdown…Imported cigarettes, liquor to be stamped

Jun 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Smuggling clampdown…Imported cigarettes, liquor to be stamped

In a bid to reduce a billion-dollar smuggling trade in alcohol and cigarettes, authorities have managed to move closer to introducing a special stamp. The measure is expected to take effect from as...

In the country’s best interest

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on In the country’s best interest

Corruption has unfortunately become a culture in this country, despite the talk and all the promises to weed it out. Almost every day there are stories in the news (today’s lead headline among...

Dr. Roopnaraine reassigned; Nicolette Henry to perform duties of Education Minister

Jun 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Roopnaraine reassigned; Nicolette Henry to perform duties of Education Minister

More than two years after taking the helm of one of the most powerful ministries, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine is no longer the Minister of Education. The 74-year-old has been reassigned to the Ministry of...

Moves underway to equip police vehicles, ambulances with internet connectivity

Jun 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Moves underway to equip police vehicles, ambulances with internet connectivity

There are plans to equip service vehicles belonging to Government with internet connectivity. According to a government release yesterday, the technology that will be used is the same one that...

Three sad soldiers make the Pradoville 2 scheme an evil act

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Three sad soldiers make the Pradoville 2 scheme an evil act

When I was a small boy, I often heard my mom wondering if people, on speaking depraved lies, were not afraid that God would render them unable to speak again. I grew, became a political activist, and...

$150,000 bail for man accused of raping stepdaughter

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on $150,000 bail for man accused of raping stepdaughter

A Corentyne man, who allegedly raped his stepdaughter, was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail. The 43-year-old accused appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Marissa...

Duncan St. man jailed for coke, illegal guns

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duncan St. man jailed for coke, illegal guns

Taxi driver Trevor Rodrigues, who police say is in the habit of threatening to kill his wife with a gun, has been jailed for four years and 144 months for possession of cocaine and illegal firearms...

Trial of ‘$1,000 bandit’ to begin Friday

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Trial of ‘$1,000 bandit’ to begin Friday

The trial of Mark Moseley, who was shot in the foot by a City Police Constable after he allegedly robbed a pensioner of $1,000 will commence on Friday before Magistrate Annette Singh in the...

Man accused of sodomizing boy, 14, granted bail

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man accused of sodomizing boy, 14, granted bail

Esan Abrams, the man who on May 29, last, was charged with allegedly sodomizing a 14-year-old boy, was yesterday released on $250,000 bail by Magistrate Leron Daly, when he appeared in the Georgetown...

Berbice private school teacher slapped with two rape charges

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Berbice private school teacher slapped with two rape charges

A 25-year-old teacher from a private school on the Corentyne was yesterday placed on $120,000 bail each for two counts of rape, when he appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court. Zafiel Yusuf, of...

The Government has kept its campaign promise on VAT

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Government has kept its campaign promise on VAT

Dear Editor, The business of the media is to report the truth about whatever subject it chooses to report on as objectively as it could. John Pilger reminds us, “It is not enough for journalists to...

What about lowering prices for local citizens to visit our lovely sites?

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on What about lowering prices for local citizens to visit our lovely sites?

Dear Editor, For me Guyana is a really extraordinary country, and for various reasons neglected. Majority of the blames I personally put on the administration that got elected by the people of Guyana...

Twenty three questions put to the Minister of Agriculture

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Twenty three questions put to the Minister of Agriculture

Dear Editor, I have enough evidence to proceed by the court of law of my losses of 400 acres of land which was prepared, and the paddy did not grow. This is clear injustice. If in 48 hours I do not...

This Region 5 councilor is an embarrassment to the APNU+AFC Govt.

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This Region 5 councilor is an embarrassment to the APNU+AFC Govt.

Dear Editor, Since APNU+AFC Region 5 RDC Councillor Abel Seetaram has been placed in charge of Enhancement Workers at the Region 5 RDC, he has been using these workers to slash and clean...

Local business people never got these kinds of concessions

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local business people never got these kinds of concessions

Dear Editor, The debate is ongoing on duty free concessions and its abuse over the years. From my little recollection, when the idea was born to offer tax waivers to remigrants, it was birthed in the...

He needs a subscription to dictionaries not law books

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on He needs a subscription to dictionaries not law books

Dear Editor, A flyer is a small handbill advertising an event or product. Synonyms are; leaflet, handout, bill, handbill, brochure, circular, advertisement, junk mail; for example, “we distributed...

The City Council will cost the APNU+AFC at the next general election

Jun 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The City Council will cost the APNU+AFC at the next general election

Dear Editor, Mr. President you should know that there are several reasons why the City Council will have a great impact on the general elections comes 2020 because of its blatant poor resource...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more