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PSC calls for details on released, escaped inmates

Jul 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PSC calls for details on released, escaped inmates

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) wants the authorities to give detailed information on the number of prisoners who have escaped custody, as well as the number of those who were released on bail....

Alleged assassination plot against President…COI to probe if cops failed to properly investigate

Jul 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged assassination plot against President…COI to probe if cops failed to properly investigate

In the coming weeks, citizens will know if the Guyana Police Force (GPF) failed to properly investigate an alleged plot to kill President David Granger. Yesterday, Retired Assistant Commissioner of...

Cow pasture + bail = failure

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Cow pasture + bail = failure

Magistrates have been rushed down to the cow pasture in Lusignan where prisoners are being kept among a type of animal that Hindus consider sacred – the cow. At the time of writing, I have been...

What are the security services being praised for?

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What are the security services being praised for?

The security services have been praised for performing an almost miraculous feat in removing the prisoners from the conflagration which resulted in the destruction of the Georgetown Prisons. The...

Mom learnt of prison officer’s passing from neighbour

Jul 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mom learnt of prison officer’s passing from neighbour

Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally, on Monday evening, visited relatives of the late Prison Warder, Odinga Wickham, to offer condolences to the family members. The prison officer died on...

Murder trial underway for 2009 terror gang member

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Murder trial underway for 2009 terror gang member

The murder trial for Basil Morgan is underway at the High Court in Georgetown. Morgan is one of five men implicated in the 2009 terror crimes. A jury empanelled yesterday will oversee the trial of...

MV Kimbia to resume operation in August

Jul 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on MV Kimbia to resume operation in August

Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, on Friday at Parliament, said that MV Kimbia will resume its operation by August as it’s presently being refurbished. Cabinet had approved a $12M...

Twelve police stations to be remodeled, rehabilitated

Jul 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Twelve police stations to be remodeled, rehabilitated

During the opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday, contractors vied for contracts to remodel and rehabilitate several police stations in and...

“Tighten your security system” – UGWU President urges UG Administration

Jul 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Tighten your security system” – UGWU President urges UG Administration

– alludes to unimplemented security measures Although a consultancy was conducted sometime ago to determine how the University of Guyana [UG] could boost its security, those findings were...

GPL contract worker hospitalised after electric shock

Jul 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL contract worker hospitalised after electric shock

A Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) contract worker is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, (GPHC) after he was suffered burns from an electric shock while doing work on a...

Provisional int’l accreditation for UG’s School of Medicine likely this month

Jul 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Provisional int’l accreditation for UG’s School of Medicine likely this month

The University of Guyana [UG] could regain provisional international accreditation for its School of Medicine as soon as this month. This is based on the fact that a site visit conducted by the...

Prison officials failed to act despite hearing of escape plot – staffer

Jul 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prison officials failed to act despite hearing of escape plot – staffer

Prison officials would have had some indication that a massive breakout at the Camp Street facility was in the making. This is according to some sources close to the investigation into the massive...

Six Berbicians charged with trafficking ganja

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Six Berbicians charged with trafficking ganja

– lone male pleads guilty A woman, her two teen daughters, her husband and two other women were on Monday charged with the offence of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. The...

North West man fined, ordered to do community service for cultivating ganja

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on North West man fined, ordered to do community service for cultivating ganja

A 26-year-old man was fined $10,000 and ordered to do two months of community service after pleading guilty to cultivating three marijuana plants. The man, Anthony Daniels, of Kamwatta Village, North...

Our gold was taken; let’s not allow the same with oil

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our gold was taken; let’s not allow the same with oil

Dear Editor, On July 6th, UK based security expert, Dr. Perry Stanislas, addressed a symposium here in Guyana, examining the link between oil and corruption. His address was on point and I am certain...

Camp Street jail must not be allowed to rise again

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Camp Street jail must not be allowed to rise again

Dear Editor, Firstly permit me to offer my sincere condolences to the grieving family of the deceased Prison Officer. On being made aware of the fire at the Georgetown Prison, my first reaction...

FITUG rejects President’s strategy to undermine the GECOM submissions

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on FITUG rejects President’s strategy to undermine the GECOM submissions

Dear Editor, The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) – representing the country’s largest number of organized workers– joins with those other political, social and civic...

That ancient eye sore must be demolished

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on That ancient eye sore must be demolished

Dear Editor, There are times – rare times – in the affairs of men when a disaster deserves a cheer. And so I say… hats off to those who...

“Curry and roti, roti and curry” arguments of a Guyanese lawyer

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Curry and roti, roti and curry” arguments of a Guyanese lawyer

Dear Editor, I am not a lawyer. However, I have been around the courts and the legal profession for about 40 years. I have been reading the lengthy letters of Maxwell Edwards published in the press...

The prison should not be rebuilt on its present site

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The prison should not be rebuilt on its present site

Dear Editor, Have the authorities been aware of the goings-on in the prisons in Guyana over the 15 months? Please allow me to list chronologically a few of the shocking incidents that were reported...

Legislate for the implementation of fire sprinklers

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Legislate for the implementation of fire sprinklers

Dear Editor, My condolences to the Guyana Prison Service, and I congratulate the officers on a job well done, in securing the prisoners. In prisons worldwide, when it comes to fire fighting, it is...

The lavish life style of the APNU+AFC Ministers

Jul 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The lavish life style of the APNU+AFC Ministers

Dear Editor, Please permit me this little space in your editorial corner to throw in my pound with those that are against the lavish ministerial lifestyle. It is with great sadness as a long standing...

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