July 2017

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Urban Benjamin Memorial Cycle Gold Race…De Nobrega wins ounce of gold as top senior; Curtis Dey claims ½ ounce as junior winner

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Urban Benjamin Memorial Cycle Gold Race…De Nobrega wins ounce of gold as top senior; Curtis Dey claims ½ ounce as junior winner

Team Evolution’s Paul De Nobrega was golden in his performance on Sunday last on the Essequibo Coast where he pedaled to victory in the senior category of the Urban Benjamin Memorial Cycle Gold...

Westford’s lawyers appeal High Court ruling

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Westford’s lawyers appeal High Court ruling

Following a High Court ruling to quash a Constitutional Motion to examine the issue of amnesty filed by Attorneys-at-Law for former Minister of Public Service, Dr. Jennifer Westford, the matter has...

Granger depended on a lawyer to deconstruct language for him; both failed

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Granger depended on a lawyer to deconstruct language for him; both failed

Lawyers cannot deconstruct words. It is not part of their profession; it doesn’t come within their legal interest. What lawyers do is to interpret words with a narrow purpose in mind – win cases...

The WPA’s gambit

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The WPA’s gambit

The Working People’s Alliance has made a daring political gambit. It has cornered the President of Guyana, using his own words. According to the WPA, it was the President’s position that all of...

Transparency watchdog to hold final leg of consultations in G/T today

Jul 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Transparency watchdog to hold final leg of consultations in G/T today

After hosting community outreaches in several districts across Guyana, the local transparency watchdog, the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI), will be hosting its final...

$1M stolen from Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club.

Jul 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $1M stolen from Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club.

-95% of items recovered, two in custody Perpetrators on Sunday evening broke into the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club office, located in Area H Ground, Rose Hall Town stole a quantity of cash,...

President reaffirms commitment to appoint GECOM Chairman

Jul 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on President reaffirms commitment to appoint GECOM Chairman

President David Granger has reaffirmed his commitment to uphold the Constitution in relations to appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, (GECOM). Speaking with members of the...

DIGICEL GUYANA launches unlimited rollover data and talk

Jul 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DIGICEL GUYANA launches unlimited rollover data and talk

Digicel Guyana is now making lost data and talk a thing of the past. Today, the total communications and entertainment provider announced that all prepaid and postpaid customers can browse, stream,...

ACHIEVING A GREEN ECONOMY

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ACHIEVING A GREEN ECONOMY

In Guyana, the transition to a green economy is a high priority for the government, but making lofty speeches about it would not make it happen. Action, including educating the people about the...

The priceless function of the judiciary

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The priceless function of the judiciary

Dear Editor, There is nothing more reassuring to the citizens of any country than that of an independent judiciary. This is the one of the most powerful arms of the state insofar as the protection of...

Complaints against Vreed-en-Hoop post office

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Complaints against Vreed-en-Hoop post office

Dear Editor, Can you please publish this letter in your letters column as it is through this medium one would receive some resolution. We the Pensioners and Users of the Vreed-en-Hoop...

Dr. Roopnaraine is one of the more articulate politicians of our time

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Roopnaraine is one of the more articulate politicians of our time

Dear Editor, This is truly a difficult one. My memories of Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine go back to him on the campaign trails in earlier elections. I remember him very energized and reaching into his soul...

Riot revealed the social texture of the Camp Street Prison

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Riot revealed the social texture of the Camp Street Prison

Dear Editor, The facts have been borne out by the acts. After I had written my two bits about the recent fire at Camp Street Prison, it was my primary intention to relegate myself to the position of...

We need to treat prison officers and inmates more humanely

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to treat prison officers and inmates more humanely

Dear Editor, The nation has experienced great trauma within the last 16 months as we observed the travails of the Guyana Prison Service. This service is the outside child of government and the step...

President Granger has infringed on the separation of powers

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger has infringed on the separation of powers

Dear Editor, Fundamental to our constitutional democracy is the doctrine of Separation of Powers. Under that doctrine, the Judiciary is that branch of the Government vested with the sole and...

Indigenous groups will not support this undertaking

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Indigenous groups will not support this undertaking

Dear Editor, This letter has been sent to Mr. Clayton Hall FCPF Project Co-coordinator. We ask for publication in your newspaper. That the FCPF seems to be gaining momentum is good and I again...

The President was advised that his position was wrong

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President was advised that his position was wrong

Dear Editor, Reference is to the Chief Justice (Ag) Roxane George’s ruling. l done and well adjudicated. President Granger was many a time over, advised that his opinion was wrong, that his opinion...

These roadside oil spills are environmental hazards

Jul 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on These roadside oil spills are environmental hazards

Dear Editor, If any citizen of Georgetown was under any delusion that the mouthing by the ‘Big Wigs’ at City Hall about ‘greening’ our city was anything more than just them being full of hot...

Keeping public informed critical for maintenance of Govt.’s legitimacy – IMF

Jul 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Keeping public informed critical for maintenance of Govt.’s legitimacy – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has shared its view about the critical nature of information sharing between Government and the public about oil related issues. This is in the IMF’s most...

Guyana’s judiciary unprepared for legal issues from oil and gas sector –Lawyer

Jul 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s judiciary unprepared for legal issues from oil and gas sector –Lawyer

By Kiana Wilburg Several legal experts are of the opinion that Guyana’s judicial system is currently not prepared for the complex legal issues that may arise from the looming multi-billion dollar...

Heavily armed gunmen rob Cuyuni mining camps

Jul 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Heavily armed gunmen rob Cuyuni mining camps

Up to press time, police ranks were in the hinterland location waiting on transportation to get to Kartuni, Cuyuni River, Region Seven where it is alleged that at least six heavily armed gunmen are...

Lindener gets life for killing estranged lover’s son

Jul 19, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Lindener gets life for killing estranged lover’s son

Rawle Samuels, 29, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the unlawful killing of a four-year- old boy. Samuels was sentenced yesterday by Justice Nareshwar Harnanan after a probation report was...

38,000 in 16 schemes to get lights for Christmas

Jul 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 38,000 in 16 schemes to get lights for Christmas

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will be rolling out its 2017 Electrification Programme to install the infrastructure so that 38,000 residents across Guyana can receive...

Soulja Bai hiring dumb asses

Jul 19, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai hiring dumb asses

Nuff dumb asses deh in public life. Dem deh in some schools but dem deh nuff in parliament. Soulja Bai was going fishing fuh he birthday. Before he go he call de weather man to mek sure that dem will...

Central Bank reports increased public spending …Bank reserves increase

Jul 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Central Bank reports increased public spending …Bank reserves increase

As it moves to strengthen its internal systems, the Central Bank continues to place emphasis on ensuring that its monetary policy focuses on the attainment of price stability as well as the provision...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

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(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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