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Mr. Edghill is urged to check the records before making wild accusations

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Edghill is urged to check the records before making wild accusations

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter published in the Thursday December 14, 2017 edition of Stabroek News, under the headline, “Demerara River Bridge, Ministry of Citizenship digitising of...

City Council has systems to track the use of its firearms

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Council has systems to track the use of its firearms

Dear Editor, Please refer to a letter which appeared in your daily’s issued Saturday, December 16, 2017 “When will the slackness at City Hall stop?” by Shanta Singh (pg6). The Mayor and City...

Failure of public enterprises manifests the fact that governments should not run business

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Failure of public enterprises manifests the fact that governments should not run business

Dear Editor, The Honorable Finance Minister in his Budget 2018 speech forecast a deficit of $12.8 billion in the overall performance of the Public Enterprises (PEs). He further pointed out that even...

Philosophy: Where did Homo sapiens go wrong?

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

The question of why people violate others has plagued civilization from day one. Two great 20th thinkers had opposing ideas about the answer. Arthur Koestler explained that of all animals, an...

Affordable housing in sanitary and safe communities

Dec 17, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Affordable housing in sanitary and safe communities

(Excerpts from Budget 2018 presentation by Hon Valerie Patterson-Yearwood MP) In May 2015, in recognition of this salient fact, the APNU+AFC Administration embarked on a journey toward “The Good...

What does it mean when you hear someone is septic?

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What does it mean when you hear someone is septic?

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Sepsis is a common condition that accounts for over 6 million deaths worldwide every year. Persons often talk or hear about someone being...

Our legal team wanted Venezuela to know as little as possible

Dec 17, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Our legal team wanted Venezuela to know as little as possible

VIn recent weeks, there has been much public and diasporic debate about the US$18M that ExxonMobil has set aside to help pay the legal and other fees when the United Nations sends Venezuela’s...

A case of been there, done that

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 3

The government collected US$18 million from ExxonMobil as a signing bonus and opened a floodgate of criticisms. The most recent of the criticisms was that “they intended to steal it,” that...

MURDERING WOMEN

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on MURDERING WOMEN

One of the most discussed topics in the country, and rightly so, is crime. It has impacted the lives of many citizens, not just the victims or relatives of the victims, but others who are trying to...

Granger promises to prosecute corrupt officials

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Granger promises to prosecute corrupt officials

The oil sector is known for its ability to compromise some of the most “upstanding” politicians on earth. Instances of this irrefutable fact can be found in many countries such as Chad,...

Speaker disallows Motion to add Exxon US$18M bonus to Consolidated Fund

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker disallows Motion to add Exxon US$18M bonus to Consolidated Fund

…PPP/C signals intention to seek legal action Before the passage of the 2018 budget, Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland, yesterday, disallowed a motion of adjournment from the...

Man says he killed, secretly buried child two years ago

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man says he killed, secretly buried child two years ago

cops to search for grave today The mystery of exactly what happened to little Daniel Adolphus two years ago may finally be solved. Detectives are to travel to Richmond Hill, Essequibo, today, to look...

U.S $18m Exxon signing bonus…First set of oil money & they attempted to steal it – Jagdeo

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on U.S $18m Exxon signing bonus…First set of oil money & they attempted to steal it – Jagdeo

…he accuses Greenidge of misleading on ‘special fund’ claim Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, yesterday took the David Granger-led coalition administration to task for the handling of the...

Gunmen snatch cash at Soesdyke Post Office

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen snatch cash at Soesdyke Post Office

-postmistress ordered to lie on floor Two gunmen escaped in a car with $200,000 after terrorising the postmistress of the Soesdyke Post Office around 14.00 hrs yesterday. Police said that...

President, First Lady host luncheon for seniors

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on President, First Lady host luncheon for seniors

President David Granger and First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, yesterday hosted a special Christmas luncheon for senior citizens. It was the First Couple’s way of honouring them for their service to...

Overseas-based nominee for Chancellor Post identified

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based nominee for Chancellor Post identified

After years without a substantive Chancellor of the Judiciary, it appears that the position is likely to be filled. Yesterday, President David Granger said that a nominee has been identified from...

Illegal aircraft at Santa Fe… Prime suspect linked to another illegal plane, airstrip found in 2016

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal aircraft at Santa Fe… Prime suspect linked to another illegal plane, airstrip found in 2016

As it turns out, the discovery of the illegal plane and airstrip on August 13, last, at Santa Fe, Region Nine was not the first time Lethem businessman, Shawn Hutson Singh, was fingered in...

65 police officers’ vehicles stripped of tint – Traffic Chief

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 65 police officers’ vehicles stripped of tint – Traffic Chief

Traffic Chief Dion Moore said that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Traffic Department has extended its tint campaign to include ranks of the force. The Traffic Chief was at the time speaking at the...

Relationships depend on how much money you got – lang term or shart term

Dec 16, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Relationships depend on how much money you got – lang term or shart term

De Waterfalls paper had a quiz last Sunday. De question was put to de whole country, “What is de sweetest thing on earth?” De newspaper receive 200,000 answers. When dem envelope open 199,999 seh...

Natural Resources and National Toshaos Council sign MOU

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources and National Toshaos Council sign MOU

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) on December 8, last, established a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Toshaos Council (NTC). This MOU was signed at the MNR Boardroom,...

Union “hopeful” after meeting privatisation body… Unit to run three sugar estates until investors found

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Union “hopeful” after meeting privatisation body… Unit to run three sugar estates until investors found

A 16-person team from the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), including leaders and workers representatives from Skeldon, Rose Hall, East Demerara and Wales Estates, on Thursday,...

National Assembly can become voice of oil contracts – Trotman

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on National Assembly can become voice of oil contracts – Trotman

The Coalition Government, that had promised the highest levels of transparency and accountability, found itself in the proverbial pickle when the nation learned that an US$18M signing bonus was...

$75.1 M spent to procure vehicles for Ministry of the Presidency – Harmon

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $75.1 M spent to procure vehicles for Ministry of the Presidency – Harmon

…Claims President’s vehicle encountered mechanical problems Since the coalition Government came to power in May of 2015, the Ministry of the Presidency has singled sourced or utilized...

Region Two saves $240M in cautious spending

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two saves $240M in cautious spending

The year 2017 has been yet another year of successful saving for Region Two [Pomeroon Supenaam]. The Regional Administration governing this agricultural Region has saved over $240 Million. According...

GPL workers get 6.5 percent salary increase

Dec 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL workers get 6.5 percent salary increase

After approximately six months, negotiations between the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) and Management of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL)...

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The PPP has started the intimidation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In politics, as in life, what goes around comes around. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic... more