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Oct 06, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) cannot solve the problem of poor government spending. There is nothing that the IDB can recommend which has not been recommended before. The IDB will most...

Linden Hospital refutes report of shortages, malfunctioning equipment

Oct 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Hospital refutes report of shortages, malfunctioning equipment

The administration of the Region Ten’s premier health facility, the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) has debunked claims that the LHC is in dire need of staff and supplies. In a detailed response to...

Satrohan Madray murder trial …Defence makes no case submission

Oct 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Satrohan Madray murder trial …Defence makes no case submission

The trial of murder accused, Satrohan Madray, called ‘Bluie’, 30, of Bennet Dam, D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice is continuing in the High Court. Madray is accused of murdering his good...

Minibus driver granted $ 750,000 bail on causing death charge

Oct 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Minibus driver granted $ 750,000 bail on causing death charge

Arnold Castello was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $750,000 after he appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam in the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court. One of three charges read to Castello stated...

Trial of convicted drug trafficker…Magistrate rules Police handwriting analyst competent

Oct 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Trial of convicted drug trafficker…Magistrate rules Police handwriting analyst competent

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday ruled that Police Corporal Ameer Mohamed, a handwriting analyst, is deem competent and that she is satisfy beyond reasonable doubt that he is experienced in...

Haitians arriving in large numbers at the Timehri airport

Oct 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Haitians arriving in large numbers at the Timehri airport

Dear Editor, There is a little known phenomenon that has been gaining the attention of concerned Guyanese returning home from trips abroad. For some time now, large numbers of Haitians, estimated...

He contemptuously said show me the evidence

Oct 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on He contemptuously said show me the evidence

Dear Editor, It’s public knowledge that in the run up to Guyana’s May 2015 General and Regional Elections, Clinton Urling, in an attempt to secure the best platform to launch his short-lived...

Is Minister Patterson related to this gentleman?

Oct 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Minister Patterson related to this gentleman?

Dear Editor, Every day when I read about Guyana and its unending problems I feel sick and frustrated, unable to help in a practical way from this great distance. Because of my preference for complete...

Why do we have to fight for those we already fought for?

Oct 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why do we have to fight for those we already fought for?

Dear Editor, The English poet, theologian and philosopher Samuel Coleridge is quoted as saying that “Common sense is an uncommon degree in what the world calls wisdom. I am in concurrence with him...

No mortgage interest relief if they don’t have taxable income

Oct 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on No mortgage interest relief if they don’t have taxable income

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has made note of the letter in the media of titled” Why does GRA no longer give mortgage interest relief to first-time home owners if they don’t...

Living a champagne style on a mauby budget

Oct 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Living a champagne style on a mauby budget

Dear Editor, Why is it so difficult for the ‘Big Enchiladas’ at City Hall to understand that you cannot earn one dollar a day whilst spending two dollars? It is just not sustainable. It is not...

What has happened to the Chief Valuation Officer?

Oct 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on What has happened to the Chief Valuation Officer?

Dear Editor, I would like to know since when property evaluation is no longer under the purview of the Chief Valuation Officer of the Ministry of Finance? I have read with considerable interest,...

Child sexual abuse in Guyana – Some thoughts

Oct 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Child sexual abuse in Guyana – Some thoughts

Dear Editor, For these eight months of 2017 sexual attacks on minors seem to have increased over similar periods of the past, also the acts have become more vicious and the perpetrators bolder. Among...

DDL embarks on US$50M expansion

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DDL embarks on US$50M expansion

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, yesterday conducted a tour of the Demerara Distiller Limited (DDL), Manufacturing Facility, Diamond Plantation Branch. The...

Granger dead set on ‘fit and proper’ person for GECOM’s Chairman

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News 1

President David Granger has made it clear that he is committed to doing what is required of him in accordance with the Constitution of Guyana with respect to the appointment of a Chairman of the...

More than 1000 unregistered heavy duty vehicles caught in the net

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More than 1000 unregistered heavy duty vehicles caught in the net

By Kiana Wilburg After breaking up a multimillion dollar racket, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been able to register over 1000 heavy duty vehicles. This is according to GRA’s...

Alexander/Riverview Villages flooded by open koker

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News 1

Alexander Village was under flood waters yesterday morning, a situation caused by the Riverview koker that was breached early yesterday at 3:00 hrs at the period of high tide. The Mayor and City...

Businessman executed at Port Kaituma

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman executed at Port Kaituma

A 48-year-old businessman was executed on Tuesday at Log Pond, Oronoque, Port Kaituma, just after leaving his home to meet with the suspected gunman, who had requested a meeting during a telephone...

Sugar sliding to worst performance in years as workers stay away

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar sliding to worst performance in years as workers stay away

Sugar production is likely to barely scrape 150,000 tonnes, one of the worst performances in years. This is according to current production figures which are also suggesting a deeply worrying trend...

SWAT leader stripped of post after losing gun, car in robbery

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on SWAT leader stripped of post after losing gun, car in robbery

Deputy Superintendent, Lonsdale Withrite, who was heading the Guyana Police Force (GPF) SWAT team, was yesterday stripped of his post—two days after losing his service pistol and 16 live rounds in...

Alleged rapist escapes from Lusignan Prison

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged rapist escapes from Lusignan Prison

Director of Prison, Gladwin Samuels, yesterday confirmed that a 35-year-old alleged rapist has escaped from the Lusignan Prison. Dellon Blake, of Kumuni Creek, Demerara River used his bed sheet and...

Nuff spoil chicken come from we neighbour

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Nuff spoil chicken come from we neighbour

Old people always seh, “Remember fuh taste you words before you spit dem out because it does always come back to haunt you.” But that is not de only thing you must taste. Dem boys seh you must...

UG staff unions outline concerns with proposed pay hike

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG staff unions outline concerns with proposed pay hike

An accumulative salary hike of $182 million has been offered to the staff of the University of Guyana [UG]. But the unions [the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the...

Manchester man loses home to fire

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Manchester man loses home to fire

A 29-year-old Manchester Village man lost his home to a fire. Neho Hunt is currently staying at a friend’s house after his home went up in flames some time around 20:00hrs Tuesday night....

Body of unidentified man found floating

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Body of unidentified man found floating

The body of an unidentified man was found floating near the Craig South koker yesterday morning by sluice operator, Bilall Beharry, who was about to start his morning shift. When asked if there is a...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more