January 2018

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A national problem requires a national solution, not self-serving ones

Jan 07, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A national problem requires a national solution, not self-serving ones

Earlier this week, GAWU, the union that is owned and controlled by the opposition People’s Progressive Party, appeared to welcome announcements by Demerara Distillers Ltd that it has an interest in...

CLEAN-UP EFFORT – Albouystown

Jan 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CLEAN-UP EFFORT – Albouystown

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday paid a visit to the community of Albouystown, where he commended the residents on the clean-up exercise they undertook. The effort was organised by the...

The uphill fight against corruption

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The uphill fight against corruption

Dishonesty is a part of human character. People will do those things that are wrong, because they believe that they will not be caught. Such is the case with smuggling. This past week the authorities...

The Baccoo speaks

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The holiday season is over; crime against the shopper is not an option because the shoppers are off the streets. But the criminals are still busy. The switch will be to homes again. A group will...

2017 deportation decrease despite an increase in ICE arrests

Jan 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 2017 deportation decrease despite an increase in ICE arrests

By Attorney Gail Seeram Many individuals who are detained in immigration detention facilities do not know their rights and are often misinformed by immigration officers and facility workers....

Georgetown businesses now require M&CC sanitation certificate

Jan 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown businesses now require M&CC sanitation certificate

This year, the Mayor and City Council will be dropping the hammer on businesses around Georgetown. They are all now required to present a ‘sanitation certificate’. Addressing this matter was Town...

Dr. Richard Van West Charles & Mr. Godfrey Statia are exemplary public servants

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Richard Van West Charles & Mr. Godfrey Statia are exemplary public servants

Dear Editor, Please allow me this opportunity to express heartfelt congratulations to two public officials who have impressed me with their sincere and efficient approach towards the management of...

A Colgate Comedy Hour

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Colgate Comedy Hour

Dear Editor, Each time you hear from the Georgetown City Council, it is always something more outrageous and bizarre than the previous declaration. On this occasion the Town Clerk revealed an...

Agreement versus meaningful consultation

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Agreement versus meaningful consultation

Dear Editor, “The Chancellor and the Chief Justice shall each be appointed by the President acting after obtaining the agreement of the leader of the opposition.” So mandates Article 127 (1) of...

Open letter to Exxon’s Country Manager

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open letter to Exxon’s Country Manager

Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Exxon’s Country Manager Dear Sir: We the people desire to be appraised as to the basis of your pronouncement that seven billion US dollars is the sum to be...

We have the resources to make Guyana one of the best countries to live in

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have the resources to make Guyana one of the best countries to live in

Dear Editor, Please permit some space in your most informative news paper to share my views which will surely help our struggling nation to live a more comfortable life… I began attending Primary...

The police force is in worse shape than we could ever imagine

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police force is in worse shape than we could ever imagine

Dear Editor, If the media report that the Commissioner of Police said that it was not improper for Deputy Superintendent Dookie to leave the station when he was detained in connection with the...

Exxon announces largest oil find to date in Stabroek block

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon announces largest oil find to date in Stabroek block

Another well drilled at the offshore concessions of US-owned ExxonMobil and its partners, has struck more high quality oil. Yesterday, in separate announcements by both the Government of Guyana and...

K/News, CN Sharma, among six receiving radio licences

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on K/News, CN Sharma, among six receiving radio licences

A little more than six years after protests against the Bharrat Jagdeo government for the controversial issuance of radio licences to the former president’s close friends and party members, the new...

Cocaine, millions$$ seized in multi-region drug operation

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine, millions$$ seized in multi-region drug operation

foreigner among 10 arrested It appears that the authorities have dismantled a major drug smuggling ring. A four-day operation involving several security agencies has resulted in the arrests of 10...

British fraud expert back at SOCU

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on British fraud expert back at SOCU

British fraud expert, Sam Sittlington, whose tenure ended last year, is back to help boost the capacity of the police’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU). On Tuesday, British High Commissioner,...

Trotman has taken legal gymnastics to new levels

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman has taken legal gymnastics to new levels

…breached Petroleum Exploration and Production Act – Ram Further examination of the petroleum agreement between Government and ExxonMobil continues to reveal a number of worrying discoveries....

77 percent of murders solved in 2017, ring of pirates smashed

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 77 percent of murders solved in 2017, ring of pirates smashed

but rise in carjackings alarming, says Top Cop The year 2017 was another commendable one for the Force’s investigators, with Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine announcing yesterday that...

41 foreigners arrested in raid at adult entertainment bar

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 41 foreigners arrested in raid at adult entertainment bar

More than three dozen foreigners, mostly women, were yesterday detained during an early morning raid by a joint team of law enforcement agencies at the Diamond Hotel and Bar located on George Street,...

31 cops kicked out of Force, charged in 2017

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 31 cops kicked out of Force, charged in 2017

Thirty-one members of the Guyana Police Force were dismissed and placed before the courts for various offences last year. In contrast, 26 ranks were dismissed in 2016. Acting Commissioner of Police...

Dem boys got serious travel plans

Jan 06, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys got serious travel plans

This life is a funny thing. People does go to places that everybody hear about but, some without even going does talk bout how this place stay and how dem ain’t like it. Dem boys travel all over de...

Lawyer questions how President’s GECOM Chair appointment can be lawful exercise of discretion

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer questions how President’s GECOM Chair appointment can be lawful exercise of discretion

The Constitution of Guyana, specifically Article 161 (2), does not give President David Granger the discretion to reject all the nominees for Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that...

MP told not to return to Parliament

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on MP told not to return to Parliament

Opposition Member of Parliament, Juan Edghill, has been served with a letter from the Parliament Office, indicating that he is suspended from attending next Wednesday’s sitting. Edghill was...

Soldier found guilty of dangerous driving

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier found guilty of dangerous driving

jailed for 12 months Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday sentenced a soldier to 12 months imprisonment after finding him guilty of dangerous driving at the conclusion of the trial. Guyana...

Fire guts home of East La Penitence pensioners

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fire guts home of East La Penitence pensioners

A mid-afternoon fire yesterday gutted the home of two pensioners. The two storey structure located at 31 A Morocut Square, East La Penitence, Georgetown, is the home of 69-year old Kenneth Herbert,...

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The end of the Lula era

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The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

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MV Barima tragedy -would have handled differently

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