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Ban smoking in public places!

Jan 20, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Ban smoking in public places!

A great many Guyanese, men and women are smokers. Who aren’t smoking cigarettes, are smoking weed or both. The government, apparently, had contemplated increasing the taxes on cigarettes so as to...

Increase in land rates for Region Five farmers…Old prices were “unrealistic,” could not be sustained – Trotman

Jan 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Increase in land rates for Region Five farmers…Old prices were “unrealistic,” could not be sustained – Trotman

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman, during the Post-Cabinet Press Briefings yesterday, said that “by no stretch of the imagination” can the proposed increase in land rates for Region...

Union issues two-week ultimatum to Govt. to regularise sweeper/cleaners’ pay

Jan 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Union issues two-week ultimatum to Govt. to regularise sweeper/cleaners’ pay

The rich are likely to get richer and the poor even poorer if the plight of the sweeper/cleaners attached to the Ministry of Education is taken into consideration. The Education sector is usually...

Language barrier continues to impact health care delivery

Jan 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Language barrier continues to impact health care delivery

Although the Ministry of Public Health has long been gaining international support to help improve its delivery of health care, there are times when it comes with some glaring challenges. This state...

LEADERSHIP CANNOT BE DORMANT

Jan 20, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on LEADERSHIP CANNOT BE DORMANT

Guyana has for a number of years been awash with all sorts of problems and adequate strategies have not been pursued to solve them. How did these problems come about? In essence, when performance is...

Massacre trial…I was never at Bartica when it was attacked

Jan 20, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Massacre trial…I was never at Bartica when it was attacked

– accused tells court Bartica massacre accused Mark Royden Williams told the court yesterday that he was never at the island, the night it was attacked and twelve people were killed. Williams,...

Hinterland residents to be awarded airstrip rehab contracts under $2.5M

Jan 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Hinterland residents to be awarded airstrip rehab contracts under $2.5M

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman said yesterday that during the recent Cabinet meeting, it has been agreed that the contracts for the weeding, clearing and rehabilitation of hinterland...

The CCJ cannot entertain Mr. Jagdeo’s request

Jan 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The CCJ cannot entertain Mr. Jagdeo’s request

Dear Editor, There is a debate involving several persons, most of them distinguished and legally trained about the appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. The President...

TIME LONG PAST TO PASS THE TOBACCO CONTROL BILL

Jan 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on TIME LONG PAST TO PASS THE TOBACCO CONTROL BILL

Dear Editor, Russia where almost half of the population smokes is considering banning tobacco. Between 2001 and now, I have been urging a global ban of tobacco by 2040. We need to introduce a Tobacco...

The AG is right about the President’s constitutional power

Jan 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AG is right about the President’s constitutional power

Dear Editor, I note with both commendation and condemnation a letter by learned Counsel Mohabir A. Nandlall (“The Power of the President under Article 161” K.N Saturday, January 14, 2017) I...

Guyanese must ask if their country can move forward

Jan 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese must ask if their country can move forward

Dear Editor, Any honest, logical, patriotic Guyanese – be they PPP or PNC – must ask him/her-self one question. Can Guyana move forward significantly with the current two-party structure of...

SOCU has 300 cases but only four investigators

Jan 20, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on SOCU has 300 cases but only four investigators

Dear Editor, I read a Sunday Stabroek, January15, article under the caption ‘Police Complaints Chairman welcomes more sleuths.’ The article stated that the Chairman in his end of the year report...

Opposition agrees to meet AG on GECOM chairperson impasse

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition agrees to meet AG on GECOM chairperson impasse

The Opposition has agreed to meet with Attorney General Basil Williams, to learn more about the administration’s interpretation of the Constitution when it comes to the selection process for a...

Way paved for Ed Ahmad sentencing

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Way paved for Ed Ahmad sentencing

…as former senator he secretly recorded for FBI gets 5 years A former New York senator, who has roots in Guyana, was yesterday jailed for five years, in a case that implicated politicians and...

Pradoville Two and Guyana Cricket World Cup Inc issues… AG provides no clarity on selection process for special prosecutors

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville Two and Guyana Cricket World Cup Inc issues… AG provides no clarity on selection process for special prosecutors

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams is yet to provide clarity on the selection process for the special prosecutors chosen to ensure the effective and efficient prosecution of criminal charges into...

Boy, 16, kills cousin …reportedly over $440 debt

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 16, kills cousin …reportedly over $440 debt

A 16-year-old boy fatally stabbed his 17-year-old cousin, after the latter lad had reportedly refused to pay $440 that he had borrowed from the suspect. The incident took place around 18:30 hrs on...

Foreign currency situation is under control and will return to normalcy – GCCI Head

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign currency situation is under control and will return to normalcy – GCCI Head

It appears that the situation of the shortage of foreign currency at local banks will soon be alleviated. At least, this was the promise given to members of the Private Sector Commission and the...

National TIP action plan unveiled

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on National TIP action plan unveiled

In the next two years there will be an increase in the crackdown on Trafficking in Persons (TIP). This notion was enhanced with the launch of the National Plan of Action for the Prevention and...

Region 10 residents end eight days of protest after ministers visit area

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 residents end eight days of protest after ministers visit area

emergency works announced for ‘Mines’ road Residents of the “Mines” area, Region 10, are accusing the regional authorities of turning their backs on them. Yesterday, after eight days...

Is money fuh de boys

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Is money fuh de boys

Everybody does try a hustle, and when dem get through dem does try a hustle fuh dem friend. Jagdeo do that a lot. He hustle fuh heself till he build a mansion and buy a whole heap of property all...

Murder of Berbice carpenter… Alleged cop-bribing duo released on $3M bail

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of Berbice carpenter… Alleged cop-bribing duo released on $3M bail

After spending some time on remand, Sharmilla Inderjali, the mother of Marcus Bisram, the alleged mastermind in the murder of Berbice Carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedatt and Maryanna Lionel, a sister of one...

Babita Sarjou’s mother testifies to last seeing her six years ago

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Babita Sarjou’s mother testifies to last seeing her six years ago

Champa Seonarine, the mother of Babita Sarjou, whose skeletal remains were found in a shallow grave at the back of her ex-husband’s yard, testified to last seeing her daughter six years ago, when...

‘CANU found no drugs in my vehicle’ – Bus operator

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘CANU found no drugs in my vehicle’ – Bus operator

On December 31, 2016 this newspaper had reported on a search carried out by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Route 94 buses (Lethem to Georgetown) at the Five Corner Junction in Linden....

Yesterday’s simulation match washed out But Crandon feels preparations not affected by the rain

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yesterday’s simulation match washed out But Crandon feels preparations not affected by the rain

By Sean Devers Despite the two scheduled Trial matches and yesterday’s second simulation games being washed out at Providence, Head Coach Eusan Crandon says the Guyana Jaguars preparations for this...

Jagdeo lambastes Govt. on GuySuCo

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo lambastes Govt. on GuySuCo

By Brushell Blackman Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes that the government’s justification of a lack of fiscal space to justify how it is currently dealing with GuySuCo is one that was not...

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Golden Jaguars target League A return and Gold Cup qualification

Nov 04, 2026

…Coach Bonofiglio names squad for matches at West Demerara By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Football Team, the Golden Jaguars, will look to put the finishing...

Selective outrage, unsupported conclusions and misplaced legal...

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The statement issued by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on 3rd November, 2026, raises several important questions about the administration of justice, the independence of the courts and the protection of individual rights. However, beneath its language of concern for...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

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...

Opposition Leader Mohamed – counsel, care, and correction

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Opposition Leader, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to change. Mandatory. Or, he is of little utility to the Guyanese people. Whoever heard of an Opposition Leader who is regularly arrested, regularly handcuffed, regularly jailed, regularly fighting to be bailed, and regularly...

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