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GPL ignoring pleas to remove rotting pole

Jan 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL ignoring pleas to remove rotting pole

Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara resident, Lilian Bryan, is alarmed at the presence of a rotting electrical pole that is leaning on her fence. Aside from the danger it poses, she is even more...

Convicted killer jailed for stabbing prisoner

Jan 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted killer jailed for stabbing prisoner

Calvin Bailey, a convicted killer, who is currently serving a 15-year jail term for manslaughter was yesterday, jailed again, for two years after he was found guilty of unlawfully wounding Dwain...

Father of 4, man caught ‘cutting up weed’ jailed

Jan 18, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Father of 4, man caught ‘cutting up weed’ jailed

…on separate narcotic charges Two men, one of whom was busted at the airport with cocaine in false walls of his suitcase, and another man, who was caught in his house by police ranks ‘cutting up...

Under the law, mistreatment of animals is a criminal offence

Jan 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Under the law, mistreatment of animals is a criminal offence

Dear Editor, Asking questions will help us to do things better. Thank you to Mr Wright (GSPCA inspector) for putting the suffering horse out of his agony last Friday afternoon and for doing it with...

Sherwood Lowe’s recommendation is a poor one

Jan 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sherwood Lowe’s recommendation is a poor one

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Sherwood Lowe published in both Stabroek News and Kaieteur News. Mr. Lowe’s recommendation that Guyana should go the route of pre-production oil revenue...

They have endorsed the illegal excesses of President Jagdeo

Jan 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on They have endorsed the illegal excesses of President Jagdeo

Dear Editor, The recently held PPP Congress and the subsequent first meeting of that party’s Central Committee are now history – in the process, former President and now Leader of the Opposition,...

Unprecedented decay in the banking sector in Guyana today

Jan 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unprecedented decay in the banking sector in Guyana today

Dear Editor, After a relatively calm decade, the Guyanese banking system today suffers incalculably under this government. One of the main drivers of this decay is the now conspicuous lowering of the...

Confrontation between Government and Judiciary looming

Jan 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Confrontation between Government and Judiciary looming

Dear Editor, It seems as if problems are ahead between the government and the opposition, and there might be a confrontation with the government and the judiciary. This of course does not augur well...

Guyanese ruling politicians have always been too inflexible

Jan 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese ruling politicians have always been too inflexible

Dear Editor, Plans go out the window when the first shot of any war is fire? Well, that has certainly been the case since the first day of the Granger administration. Everything they promised the...

No court can impugn the President’s constitutional powers

Jan 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on No court can impugn the President’s constitutional powers

Dear Editor, Since neither President Granger nor Mr. Jagdeo are endowed with psychic powers to go into the state – of – mind of any nominee as to his/her capacity for impartiality, both...

Jagdeo’s GECOM’s list did not meet the constitutional criteria

Jan 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s GECOM’s list did not meet the constitutional criteria

Dear Editor, Given the apparent disposition of our competent decision-makers to eschew determinations based on the applicable law, it is not without considerable significance that suggestions were...

Is the National Park waiting for an accident to happen?

Jan 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the National Park waiting for an accident to happen?

Dear Editor, I am a frequent user of the National Park and there is a difficulty exiting the Car Park onto the eastern bound traffic on Carifesta Avenue which is also very risky due to the heavy...

Little progress…AG’s legal advice sought on East Bank lands to private developers

Jan 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Little progress…AG’s legal advice sought on East Bank lands to private developers

More than five years after huge swaths of prime housing lands on East Bank Demerara were sold under questionable circumstances by the previous administration to private developers, there is little...

Heavy flooding threatens Shell Beach

Jan 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Heavy flooding threatens Shell Beach

Heavy spring tides and strong winds have caused widespread flooding in Shell Beach, a Region One community. According to Aubrey James, Warden of the protected area, the flooding which started Friday,...

Some large employers on confrontational paths with Labour Dept

Jan 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Some large employers on confrontational paths with Labour Dept

– draws warning from Minister Scott Minister with responsibility for Labour, Keith Scott, on Monday praised two local manufacturing firms for exemplary industrial relations standards while...

Home invader wears victim’s maternity dress

Jan 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Home invader wears victim’s maternity dress

In what can be described as “strange” cases of break and enter, residents from various villages had an experience to talk about. On Saturday night at just about 23:20 hours Mellesa Narine, a...

Significant Customs fees hike effective February 1

Jan 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Significant Customs fees hike effective February 1

Effective February 1, 2017, agents and brokers will be required to pay new administrative and miscellaneous fees when conducting business with the Customs and Trade Operations (CTO). According to the...

People got to come out and face de music

Jan 17, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on People got to come out and face de music

Tantalise is a bad thing. Idle Odle sit down in ee corner and ee didn’t trouble nobody. He never even use to answer he phone. When people call him he would tell dem to call back because he don’t...

Special Prosecutors is a case of “money for the boys” – Nandlall

Jan 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Special Prosecutors is a case of “money for the boys” – Nandlall

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, announced last year that special prosecution teams will be set up to prepare reports that will ensure effective and efficient prosecution of criminal charges into...

Establishment of Law School…PPP’s Nandlall questions Gov’t adherence to law

Jan 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Establishment of Law School…PPP’s Nandlall questions Gov’t adherence to law

The signing by the Government of Guyana of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two institutions, the University College of the Caribbean, and the Law College of Americas for the establishment of...

Ramkarran urges establishment of national Oil and Gas company

Jan 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ramkarran urges establishment of national Oil and Gas company

Even as the news of the second oil find offshore Guyana reverberates, political commentator and former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran, is calling on the government to establish a...

Dr. Jennifer Westford trial…Defence/Prosecution clash over witness reviewing statements

Jan 17, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dr. Jennifer Westford trial…Defence/Prosecution clash over witness reviewing statements

Legal arguments were raised by State Prosecutor Teshana Lake and Neil Boston, SC, with regards to a police witness reviewing 13 statements he gave in relation to the trial of Dr. Jennifer Westford...

Coach Crandon satisfied with practice games

Jan 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coach Crandon satisfied with practice games

First simulation match washed out after 20 overs By Sean Devers Head Coach Esuan Crandon is satisfied with the Guyana Jaguars’ two practice matches in preparation for the 2017 Regional Super50...

GCB gets $1.5M towards development of National Secondary School Cricket League

Jan 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB gets $1.5M towards development of National Secondary School Cricket League

(Georgetown) – The Government of Guyana; through the Ministry of Education signaled its commitment towards the continued development of cricket with the contribution of $1.5M to the Guyana Cricket...

Trophy Stall, Banks DIH already on board with Guyana Cup Rematch

Jan 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall, Banks DIH already on board with Guyana Cup Rematch

Within days of the announcement that the Guyana Cup Rematch horserace meet is back on the roster a number of organisations and owners have been making full use of the opportunity to get on board...

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Jeffery, Foster headline Group 3 and 4 victories at South Dakota

Nov 03, 2026

…as 2026 GMR&SC calendar concludes (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean Clash of Champions delivered an exciting season finale at South Dakota Circuit, with competitors across multiple categories...

In case you didn’t know

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In case you didn’t know, there is a difference between staging a picketing exercise, going on a march, and turning up with a bullhorn that sounds as if it was borrowed from the announcer at the Providence National Stadium. Apparently, some people have difficulty...

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...

U.S. midterms: the return of Jim Crow America

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Looking on at the U.S. midterms, and there are all these moves that have thwarting at best, or cheating at worst, in the DNA. First point: if this is the U.S. the straight arrow, and there are these shenanigans-Supreme Court accommodations, State subterfuges, Federal...

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