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Vendor freed of cocaine in fish charge

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor freed of cocaine in fish charge

Magistrate Rushell Liverpool yesterday dismissed the case against a fish vendor who was charged for trafficking over 18 pounds of cocaine in frozen fish at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport...

THE NATION’S WELL-BEING

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE NATION’S WELL-BEING

Successive governments, including the present administration, have not been able to connect with the day-to-day activities of the average person in the country. It is either a case of neglect or...

FITUG wants more for public servants

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on FITUG wants more for public servants

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Guyana (FITUG) is of the view that public servants are being given an increase that can be deemed as ‘insulting’. This was one of the concerns raised...

They travelled miles to say farewell to ‘Saga’

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on They travelled miles to say farewell to ‘Saga’

By Bertie Peters They came from near, and they came from far. Some came by bus, and some by car. Some were curious, and some were bereaved, but they turned out in their numbers to join the usually...

Almost two years later… Rehab work on Kitty Market still incomplete

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Almost two years later… Rehab work on Kitty Market still incomplete

Almost two years after works commenced, the completion of the rehabilitation of the Kitty Market is yet to be determined. The Council embarked on a $250M restoration exercise, on February 12, 2016,...

I guess they think of poor people the way the Nazis did

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I guess they think of poor people the way the Nazis did

We ordinary folks would never understand what goes through the minds of humans who possess power. How can you in one swoop demolish the houses of very poor citizens; people who are at the lowest rung...

MAYOR HAMILTON GREEN IS AS TOUGH AS THEY COME

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on MAYOR HAMILTON GREEN IS AS TOUGH AS THEY COME

Dear Editor, Every sportsman, athlete, leader or politician must know his/her ability and when is time to leave the scene. If they do not, then their judgment is poor. However, I would like to...

Chainsaw operator gets 22 yrs for killing drinking buddy

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Chainsaw operator gets 22 yrs for killing drinking buddy

A remorseful 24-year-old Morris Fredericks was sentenced to serve the next 22 years in jail after pleading guilty to killing a man by chopping him to the neck—severing his jugular vein. Fredericks,...

These legal hurdles have to be resolved in our courts

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

Anil Nandlall and Chris Ram are correct in their interpretation of the double negative “not unacceptable” contained in Article 161 of the Constitution of Guyana. If it was the intention of the...

Chief Justice did not define what “fit and proper” means

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chief Justice did not define what “fit and proper” means

Dear Editor, The President’s unilateral appointment of Justice Patterson was undoubtedly undemocratic based solely on the principle of democracy. But the fact that he could have done so, arguably,...

Life sentence for rape of a three year old justified

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Life sentence for rape of a three year old justified

Dear Editor, I wish to comment briefly on an article that I read recently headlined, ‘Corentyne labourer gets life sentence for raping three-year-old’. Justice Jo Ann Barlow, in her brilliance,...

The Annual Phillip Venderhyden Aid Walk is no more

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Annual Phillip Venderhyden Aid Walk is no more

Dear Editor, This year will mark thirty years since AIDS was first detected in Guyana and indeed the country has made many strides in reducing the spread of this virus in all the Regions. But alas,...

The President did not conform to the Chief Justice’s ruling

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President did not conform to the Chief Justice’s ruling

Dear Editor, As expected the highly controversial appointment of Justice Patterson as the GEOCOM’s Chairman has been delivered into the realm of our legal system to once again rule on a matter...

I have questions on the competence of this veterinarian

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have questions on the competence of this veterinarian

Dear Editor, I took my pet to the GSPCA located at Robb St. and Orange Walk, Bourda for some basic check up and treatment because he was behaving unusual and had runny eyes. When I entered the...

Cultural barbarians are in charge of the city

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cultural barbarians are in charge of the city

Dear Editor, As someone who is an avid hobbyist in gardening, landscaping and horticulture, I always cringe when I see what the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown are doing to the...

Why haven’t the police arrested these City Hall officials?

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why haven’t the police arrested these City Hall officials?

Dear Editor, In case anyone hasn’t noticed, there is a new dramatic series underway at City Hall, their version of ‘Sex and the City’ one which may be deserving of an Academy Award. At the very...

The opportunistic silence of the environmental activists

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The opportunistic silence of the environmental activists

Dear Editor, Norway is correct in rejecting the request for the release of the US$80 million to support this so-called “Green State Plan” as is being pushed by President Granger as an alternative...

Are we seeing history repeating itself with Burnham and D’Aguiar?

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are we seeing history repeating itself with Burnham and D’Aguiar?

Dear Editor, I beg to differ with the views expressed by Adam Harris with respect to the decision of President Granger to select the 84-year-old James Patterson as head of The Guyana Elections...

Jagdeo’s reign was terrible but Granger should have done better

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s reign was terrible but Granger should have done better

Dear Editor, This opportunity is taken to call on society to focus attention to Article 161 (2) of the Guyana Constitution that attends to the matter of the appointment of GECOM chairman and the...

GECOM fallout? Presidential adviser, Joe Singh, quits all Govt. positions

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM fallout? Presidential adviser, Joe Singh, quits all Govt. positions

Major-General, Joe Singh (Ret’d) tendered his resignation on Monday from all government posts, including his job as Special Assistant to President David Granger. The surprise decision came four...

Hess banks on Guyana; selling off assets to raise funds for Liza1

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Hess banks on Guyana; selling off assets to raise funds for Liza1

Norway (chron.com) – With $2.7 billion in oilfield sales this week, Hess Corp. is making a calculated bet, giving up steady production today to help fund what could be one of the...

Cop allegedly takes $1M inducement to raid strip club

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cop allegedly takes $1M inducement to raid strip club

– Transferred to Mounted Branch to facilitate probe It seems like the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is having another embarrassing month. Shortly after Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan,...

New Harbour Bridge toll system to red-flag false number plates

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New Harbour Bridge toll system to red-flag false number plates

Management of the Demerara Harbour Bridge is continuing to examine ways to help in the crime fight. Two years after building a sophisticated security system that is now linked to the area’s Police...

CH&PA continues demolition exercise

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA continues demolition exercise

…To clear EDWC of unoccupied illegal structures The Central Housing and Planning Authority, (CH&PA) is moving ahead with efforts to clear the Lama Conservancy of squatting and other activities...

Skeletal remains believed to be woman who disappeared 4 years ago

Oct 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Skeletal remains believed to be woman who disappeared 4 years ago

The suspected human skeletal remains discovered on Monday in the compound of an abandoned building that once served as a private school located in Savannah Park, New Amsterdam, is expected to be...

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Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more