January 2018

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Kismet: Is this what Guyana will always be like?

Jan 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Kismet: Is this what Guyana will always be like?

Did you read what the Mayor of Georgetown said after a rank of the City Constabulary fatally shot an accused that was mentally challenged in his back while he fled the city outpost? If you are easily...

Do not emulate North America and Western Europe in this area

Jan 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do not emulate North America and Western Europe in this area

Dear Editor, If you’ve been observing the headlines of importance over the last couple years, you may have noticed the incredible surge of interest in affirming homosexuality and trans-genderism in...

Top Cop can preside over these indiscretions

Jan 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Top Cop can preside over these indiscretions

Dear Editor, I was elated that our Commissioner of Police (ag), Mr. David Ramnarine, announced that his detectives have solved 77% of the murders or 88 cases out of 116. He further stated that there...

GRATITUDE TO KAIETEUR NEWS – MINISTER GASKIN STOP BLUFFING PLEASE

Jan 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GRATITUDE TO KAIETEUR NEWS – MINISTER GASKIN STOP BLUFFING PLEASE

Mr. Editor, First and foremost, let me heartily congratulate you, Mr. Lall, Mr. Freddie Kissoon, Ms. Kiana Wilburg, Ambassador Ron Sanders, and all the other Kaieteur News columnists (except Peeping...

GFF must respect every stakeholder

Jan 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GFF must respect every stakeholder

Dear Editor, “This is a new era of open societies. People are cognizant that their government belongs to them and demand accountability and transparency.” This was part of a quote in a letter...

Two reactions to similar situation

Jan 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two reactions to similar situation

Dear Editor, On page 14 of the Sunday edition of the Guyana Times Newspapers captioned ’50% Severance payment not enough—GTUC’, as a Vice- President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress, I would...

We must guard against the violence in Venezuela

Jan 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must guard against the violence in Venezuela

Dear Editor, Given the recent violence in Venezuela, their attitude to our border and the criminal excursions occurring in and out of the country that affect our citizens with Venezuelans...

THE WILL POWER

Jan 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE WILL POWER

Dear Editor, In a sequence of the film “Apocalypse Now”, the U.S. Army Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) has gone up to the heart of the darkness of the Cambodian jungle to kill the colonel Kurtz...

The government believes that it is smart

Jan 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The government believes that it is smart

The government believes that it can run roughshod over elected bodies in this country and then expects them to dance to the government’s tune. The government is facing a rude awakening, in this...

More anti-corruption measures… House passes legislation to protect whistleblowers

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on More anti-corruption measures… House passes legislation to protect whistleblowers

The National Assembly yesterday passed the Protected Disclosures Bill designed to combat corruption and other wrongdoings by encouraging and facilitating disclosures of improper conduct in the public...

IDB wants independent review of US$63.5M housing project before full disbursement

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on IDB wants independent review of US$63.5M housing project before full disbursement

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has requested a review of the implementation of an adequate housing and urban accessibility programme before the full disbursement of loan funding...

GRA announces amnesty for delinquent taxpayers

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA announces amnesty for delinquent taxpayers

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be providing a period of amnesty for delinquent taxpayers. This move by the authority would be in keeping with the measures announced by Finance...

After failed attempts…Foundation laid for security sector reform

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on After failed attempts…Foundation laid for security sector reform

The long-awaited final report of the security sector reform project was yesterday handed over by British security expert, Lt. Col (Ret’d) Russell Combe to President David Granger at State House....

In spite of promises to do better…Govt. has already made some fundamental oil and gas mistakes – Ram

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on In spite of promises to do better…Govt. has already made some fundamental oil and gas mistakes – Ram

By: Kiana Wilburg Business Minister, Dominic Gaskin recently posited that the Government has paid attention to the mistakes made by other nations in the oil and gas sector. He assured that Guyana...

Pomeroon fatal shooting…Dead man’s wife disposes of murder weapon – Police

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon fatal shooting…Dead man’s wife disposes of murder weapon – Police

As the investigation into the Pomeroon fatal shooting continues to take surprising twists, the wife of one of the deceased led detectives to an area where she allegedly tossed the murder...

Strong sales, new equipment push Banks profits to 3.8B

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Strong sales, new equipment push Banks profits to 3.8B

…Guyana fourth in Guinness production The year 2017 has not been a bad year for rum according to the Banks DIH Limited Group. The group raked in $30B in revenues, more than $1.2B than the...

Land Development and Management Project…Pres. Granger says initiative will help Guyana strengthen land governance

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Land Development and Management Project…Pres. Granger says initiative will help Guyana strengthen land governance

Guyana’s land-based natural capital must be managed sustainably if present and future generations are to enjoy the ‘good life, President David Granger said yesterday morning. Addressed...

Somebody put Smell-o-Pine under Soulja Bai nose

Jan 19, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Somebody put Smell-o-Pine under Soulja Bai nose

Don’t be excited about de New Year; only de calendar change—wife, bass, salary, tension, stress and targets still remain de same. Under dat scamp, Jagdeo leadership, people use to get...

Deep anger in Port Kaituma as $200M road project stalls

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Deep anger in Port Kaituma as $200M road project stalls

A Region One community is very angry after a major road project, intended to improve the quality of life for residents, remains way behind schedule. The situation in the Citrus Grove Main Road, Port...

Land Development Projects are socially acceptable, sustainable–Finance Minister

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Land Development Projects are socially acceptable, sustainable–Finance Minister

After a few months of planning, the Sustainable Land Development and Management Project was officially signed yesterday morning at Baridi Benab, State House. Present at the prestigious event were...

$800,000 bail for city cop accused of killing mentally-ill man

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $800,000 bail for city cop accused of killing mentally-ill man

A City Constabulary Lance Corporal who shot and killed a mentally ill prisoner was yesterday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, charged with the...

AFC ‘claws its way through’ unfazed by the critics- Trotman

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on AFC ‘claws its way through’ unfazed by the critics- Trotman

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman is unfazed by critics. He thinks that unless one is familiar with the struggles of politicians “in the...

Timehri Film Festival now welcoming submissions for films

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Timehri Film Festival now welcoming submissions for films

Guyanese filmmakers who are desperate to make a name for themselves now have a better opportunity to do so, now that the Timehri Film Festival is once again receiving submissions of short films. This...

Presidential Third Term matter for CCJ

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential Third Term matter for CCJ

Govt. to retain Bajan attorneys for third term appeal Government is likely to retain the services of two Barbadian attorneys in the Presidential Term limit matter set for the Caribbean Court of...

GNBS readies coconut water processors for Int’l markets

Jan 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS readies coconut water processors for Int’l markets

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is urging local processors of bottled coconut water to conform to the guidelines standards outlined in its GYS 508:2013, and GCP 30:2013 standard...

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The politics of appointment

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(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

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(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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