October 2017

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Minibus conductor charged for bullet found in his pants pocket

Oct 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus conductor charged for bullet found in his pants pocket

A minibus conductor was yesterday arraigned before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for allegedly having a component of ammunition in his possession. Anthony...

CHILDREN MUST EAT HEALTHY

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists 1

In Guyana, the data on obesity is shocking and it should be of great concern to all. According to the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) obesity rates among adults in the country climbed from 35...

The Vreed-en-Hoop assault on 30 women

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Vreed-en-Hoop assault on 30 women

On Wednesday evening around 9.50 pm, I was with my wife in the kitchen of my home when my cell phone rang. AFC Parliamentarian, Michael Carrington was at the other end. His voice was loud and angry....

Too late brought about Leonard Archibald’s fate

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Too late brought about Leonard Archibald’s fate

Dear Editor, Recently Guyana and her citizens, not to mention many other inhabitants of the disapora had their emotions being jolted on reading of the inhuman fate that befell Leonard Archibald- the...

A blueprint for successful control of Guyana oil resources

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A blueprint for successful control of Guyana oil resources

Dear Editor, I refer to our letter; “Framework for the effective management of Guyana’s oil resources.” We stopped at the sixth recommendation. We begin at number 7. The independent Board of...

Noise nuisance from hallow box on vehicles

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Noise nuisance from hallow box on vehicles

Dear Editor, Please permit me to highlight a growing and disturbing trend of public discomfort to your accredited media centre. There seems an upsurge in the number of vehicles equipped with what we...

Citizens of Anna Regina make desperate plea to GWI

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Citizens of Anna Regina make desperate plea to GWI

Dear Editor, Residents living in the heart of Anna Regina town i.e. the northern half which includes Belle Street are presently suffering from a disappearing trickle of water being supplied by G.W.I....

Another sad day in the life of the City Council

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another sad day in the life of the City Council

Dear Editor, Last Monday was another sad day in the wretched lives of the poor workers of the Mayor and Councilors of the City of Georgetown, and these poor workers to which I refer to as the lower...

There is a lesson to be learnt from the Huist t’Dieren experiment

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a lesson to be learnt from the Huist t’Dieren experiment

Dear Editor, I respond to the observations of Mr Kingsley Williams in his follow up letter, “Ravi Dev may be underestimating the value of the return passage”, (KN 11-2-17) where he cited the...

Why is this city constabulary rank still on the job?

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is this city constabulary rank still on the job?

Dear Editor, It is utterly appalling, that in spite of all of the evils our society is confronted with, as a consequence of the aberrant acts being committed frequently, by sexual deviants in Guyana,...

FOSTER- LIKE QUALITIES NEEDED TO EFFECT TRANSFORMATION BY THE ECB

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on FOSTER- LIKE QUALITIES NEEDED TO EFFECT TRANSFORMATION BY THE ECB

Dear Editor, Significant interest has been focused on the imminent elections of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB). In this regard, I wish to fully support the candidature of Mr. Hilbert Foster as...

The descendant of former slave fights for legacy

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The descendant of former slave fights for legacy

Dear Editor, I welcome the action taken by Anil Nandlall, PPP/C Member of Parliament and Attorney-at-law, to approach the ancestral lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to resolve what has been an...

The descendant of former slave fights for legacy

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The descendant of former slave fights for legacy

Dear Editor, I welcome the action taken by Anil Nandlall, PPP/C Member of Parliament and Attorney-at-law, to approach the ancestral lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to resolve what has been an...

TRIBUTE TO ROCKY MC PHERSON

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on TRIBUTE TO ROCKY MC PHERSON

Dear Editor, I learnt with great sadness of the passing of Rocky Mc Pherson in California. To the older generation, Rocky is a household name and one of our best known athletes. In my early athletic...

The sugar industry can survive as a state enterprise

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The sugar industry can survive as a state enterprise

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), once again, finds it necessary to respond to Mr Gobin Harbhajan letter titled “Knowledgeables had 23 years to change the face...

We must not forget October 6, 1980 and the sadness it brought

Oct 05, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Friday October 6th, 2017 marks 37 years since the imposition of the 1980 Constitution by the late P.N.C maximum leader Mr. L.S.F Burnham. The centuries of bloody struggle waged by our...

Women, 89, 77, found dead in South Road home

Oct 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Women, 89, 77, found dead in South Road home

Three held with victim’s stolen phone Police appear to be on the verge of cracking the brutal murder of 89-year-old Constance Fraser, and 77-year-old Phyllis Caesar, whose bound and gagged bodies...

Scrap metal export probe…More forged ministry approval letters found; containers seized

Oct 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Scrap metal export probe…More forged ministry approval letters found; containers seized

Investigators have widened their probe into the discovery of forged documents in the export of a number of scrap metal containers last week. In fact, a number of other letters, believed to be forged,...

NY Judge to render critical decision in Bisram’s extradition hearings

Oct 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on NY Judge to render critical decision in Bisram’s extradition hearings

A New York judge is set to make a critical decision into the extradition hearings of US-based Guyana-born businessman, Marcus Bisram. On Monday, Bisram who is wanted in Guyana for allegedly...

Head of SWAT team loses gun in carjacking

Oct 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Head of SWAT team loses gun in carjacking

– Vehicle later found abandoned Investigators are probing a carjacking involving one of their own, Deputy Superintendent, Lonsdale Withrite, the head of the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s SWAT...

Jagdeo planning to bring down Soulja Bai

Oct 04, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo planning to bring down Soulja Bai

Jagdeo wukking really hard fuh get people to vote fuh him. People who never see him when he was president, seeing him now. De man got a strategy and he got people listening. Soulja Bai and de River...

Local, Int’l partnership enhances Guyana’s capacity for Oil and Gas sector

Oct 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local, Int’l partnership enhances Guyana’s capacity for Oil and Gas sector

The partnership between Ground Structures Engineering Consultants (GSEC), a local geo-technical engineering company and Fugro, an international provider of geo-intelligence, is already bearing fruit....

City Council shuts down five food joints

Oct 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Council shuts down five food joints

Recently, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) shut down five food joints across the City. The Acting Head of City Hall’s Meat and Hygiene Department, Abiola Baker, made the disclosure...

Not mine! B.M. Soat distances self from Chevy with ‘trade plates’

Oct 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Not mine! B.M. Soat distances self from Chevy with ‘trade plates’

A Croal Street car dealership is distancing itself from the recent seizures of vehicles which used its trade plates. According to B.M. Soat Auto Sales, it has information that its trade plates are...

IDB helps GRA craft five-year strategic plan for oil sector

Oct 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on IDB helps GRA craft five-year strategic plan for oil sector

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is currently helping the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) craft a five-year strategic plan for the oil and gas sector which is expected to account for...

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Who says the government does not listen?

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(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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