February 4, 2018

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Berbice man gets 15 years for 2015 killing

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice man gets 15 years for 2015 killing

Leone La Rose, called “Buju Banton”, 24, of Williamsburg, Corentyne, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail by Justice Sandil Kissoon in The Berbice High Court, New Amsterdam Berbice. La Rose,...

“For The Children Sake Foundation” observes World Cancer Day”

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “For The Children Sake Foundation” observes World Cancer Day”

World Cancer Day, being observed today, is aimed at saving millions of preventable deaths each year by raising awareness and education about the disease, and by pressing governments and individuals...

USAID-funded programme to increase opportunities for youth

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on USAID-funded programme to increase opportunities for youth

Guyana is to benefit from a Community, Family and Youth Resilience (CFYR) programme which aims at supporting family networks, communities, service providers and Government agencies to implement...

Woman beats man, ends up in jail

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Woman beats man, ends up in jail

In a case of domestic violence, a woman who beat up her lover on a regular basis has been jailed for 10 months on a charge of unlawful wounding. Jem Rosmund Cadogan, 49, of Lot 18 Adelphi Village,...

STANDARDS CORNER

Feb 04, 2018 KNews Standards in Focus Comments Off on STANDARDS CORNER

Accuracy of weighing and measuring devices vital for trade. Consumers rely on a system of measurement that ensures accurate quantities of goods are provided to them. Likewise, businesses, especially...

New security company launches …boasting advance technology

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New security company launches …boasting advance technology

Guyanese businessman, Eddie Doolal, on Friday, launched Guyana’s newest security firm, Delta Security Services. The company uses a wide range of technology to enhance tactical response, medical...

Murdered Mocha resident was found submerged in trench at Tucville -trial hears

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered Mocha resident was found submerged in trench at Tucville -trial hears

Ryan Clementson, the Mocha, East Bank Demerara resident who was shot on July 24, 2015 at Turning Point, Tucville, East Bank Demerara was discovered partially submerged in a nearby trench. This is...

Disappearance of Kuru Kuru farmer… Cops still to send burnt human remains for DNA testing

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Disappearance of Kuru Kuru farmer… Cops still to send burnt human remains for DNA testing

Investigators are still to send samples of what is believed to be human bones, teeth and hair for DNA testing, following the disappearance of 63-year-old farmer, Bisundial Vasquez. The remains were...

‘Don’t connect your excess power to grid unless we are informed’ –GPL advises

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Don’t connect your excess power to grid unless we are informed’ –GPL advises

The state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is warning businesses and others not to take it upon themselves to send extra power they are producing back into the national grid. There have been...

Education as freedom

Feb 04, 2018 KNews Education Corner, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Education as freedom

by Olato Sam The University of Guyana should be commended for creating the space to address topics relevant to the development of the country through its Turkeyen and Tain Talks series. A recently...

CONSUMER CONCERNS

Feb 04, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS

PAT DIAL HANSEN’S DISEASE (LEPROSY) CAN BE ERADICATED The last Sunday of January was commemorated worldwide as World Leprosy Day. Leprosy was a disease known from very ancient times and was...

Venezuela objects to World Court involvement to solve border controversy

Feb 04, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Venezuela objects to World Court involvement to solve border controversy

By Dr. Odeen Ishmael As expected, the Venezuelan government rejected the January 30 decision of the UN secretary general (UNSG) to refer the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy to the International...

SUNDAY SPECIAL

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on SUNDAY SPECIAL

ExxonMobil hands Guyana US$460M bill covering pre-discovery operations Guyana is now hurrying to put measures in place to monitor and assess cost recovery claims. However, it has already tied itself...

The Baccoo speaks

Feb 04, 2018 KNews The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

These are interesting times. Horrible things are happening somewhere in the region and some of these things are being posted on social media. One shocking development is that one group of locals will...

Rupununi Magisterial District Court Office opened

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi Magisterial District Court Office opened

Residents of Rupununi region will now enjoy improved access to justice with the opening of the Rupununi Magisterial District Court Office and Courts at Annai, Aishalton and Karasabai. Speaking at...

Ending 50 years of Venezuela and Guyana contention

Feb 04, 2018 KNews Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Ending 50 years of Venezuela and Guyana contention

By Sir Ronald Sanders The decision by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, to refer the 51-year old contention between Guyana-Venezuela to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) should be...

Region Six admin approves transportation, electricity subsidies for sugar workers, children

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six admin approves transportation, electricity subsidies for sugar workers, children

A decision to unanimously support the motion to finance transportation for children of workers who were severed from the Skeldon Estate and Rose Hall Estate came in for high praise. The motion which...

US-based Foundation engages Ministry on fast-tracking law for organ harvesting

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Foundation engages Ministry on fast-tracking law for organ harvesting

Guyana could soon start to put in motion legislative measures to foster organ harvesting. This is in light of what has been described as a fruitful meeting on Friday last, between senior officials of...

Miss Earth Guyana re-launched under new management

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Miss Earth Guyana re-launched under new management

By Sharmain Grainger Guyana has for a number of years been inundated with a whirlwind of pageantry activities from the level of individual villages to national affairs. However, a pageant that is...

My column… Going back to the days of horror in Guyana

Feb 04, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on My column… Going back to the days of horror in Guyana

At the turn of the century, Guyana experienced its worst crime wave. Suddenly sleepy villages became the object of police hunts and near incessant gunfire. Many people died; some because they dared...

Murder and Mystery…A YEAR OF DEADLY CARJACKINGS

Feb 04, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Murder and Mystery…A YEAR OF DEADLY CARJACKINGS

It was a sunny Friday, twenty years ago, in February 1998, that 22-year-old taxi driver Davo Narine left home to pay an electricity bill at the Guyana Power and Light’s Main Street, Georgetown...

Where are our Human Resource Management leaders?

Feb 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where are our Human Resource Management leaders?

Dear Editor, When I reflect on the constant edifying public interventions of our Guyanese professionals in virtually all fields: Accounting, Auditing, Economics, Engineering, Education, Finance,...

The Story within the Story… We have no respect for the laws or public service

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… We have no respect for the laws or public service

By Leonard Gildarie I was heading to work on Friday along the East Bank Demerara when in the Providence area, in front of the Princess Casino, the traffic started to slow down. The reason became...

ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community Ò.. Trump Immigration Framework = End Chain Migration + End Visa Lottery + Border Wall + Legal Status for DACA

Feb 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community Ò.. Trump Immigration Framework = End Chain Migration + End Visa Lottery + Border Wall + Legal Status for DACA

By Attorney Gail Seeram No bill or legislation has been introduced by the Trump administration and no legislation has been signed into law. All you have heard is a whole lot of talk on immigration....

Guyana: The presence of fear, the absence of humanity

Feb 04, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

One morning in the last week, as I was walking on the seawall with my dog, policeman Roy Profit, of the TSU office, drove up alongside and began to discuss with me the topic of random traffic stops....

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Audit Office – haze, maze, and who get raze (raised, too)

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – From public productions, it seems that much is happening within Guyana’s reputable and venerable Audit Office. What is reportedly wrong, some of darkened condition; others within a twilight zone -grey and not good for Guyana. In a medicinal...

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