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Are we really serious about abuse of women?

Feb 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are we really serious about abuse of women?

Dear Editor, Are we really serious about abuse of women? After attending the Junior Calypso Competition in Berbice, it left me wondering in disgust as to why the Ministry of Culture and parents of...

GuyOil woes

Feb 10, 2018 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The inability of the Guyana Oil Company Limited (GuyOil) to effectively attract and retain a competent Chief Executive Officer is astounding. Within the short space of eighteen months, I...

St Andrew’s Kirk rolls out events for 200th anniversary

Feb 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on St Andrew’s Kirk rolls out events for 200th anniversary

The St. Andrew’s Kirk Presbyterian Church, one of the oldest buildings in Georgetown, turns 200 in September. To celebrate this milestone, the church has decided to roll out an impressive list of...

Another politicised Commission of Inquiry

Feb 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another politicised Commission of Inquiry

Dear Editor, We are only in the second month of 2018 and another Commission of Inquiry (CoI) is upon us. The suddenness with which this one has emerged and the alacrity with which it was established...

High Court trial for trio accused of killing South Rd. pensioners

Feb 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on High Court trial for trio accused of killing South Rd. pensioners

They repeatedly implicated each other in the murders of Constance Fraser and Phillip Caesar throughout a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) conducted by Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown...

$700,000 bail for man accused of setting girlfriend afire

Feb 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $700,000 bail for man accused of setting girlfriend afire

Kyle Goddett, the 21-year-old who is believed to be the prime suspect in the attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend, Susana Culpepper, was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $700,000 for two...

GRA advertises for suppliers of security-featured number plates

Feb 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA advertises for suppliers of security-featured number plates

Guyana is attempting to move in line with a number of developed countries when it comes to vehicles’ number plates. According to Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), it is now inviting Expressions of...

Guyanese man among 18 held in Copacabana raid

Feb 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man among 18 held in Copacabana raid

Trinidad (Newsday.co.tt) – Several illegal immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Venezuela were among 18 persons arrested during a police exercise at the Copacabana hotel on...

12 teachers from New Amsterdam Multilateral demand transfers

Feb 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 12 teachers from New Amsterdam Multilateral demand transfers

–PTA appeals for Education Ministry intervention The New Amsterdam Multilateral School, one of the premier high schools in Guyana, has several issues affecting the teachers and students of...

Five convictions in fuel smuggling cases last year- GEA

Feb 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Five convictions in fuel smuggling cases last year- GEA

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) says it is continuing the fight against the illegal importation of fuel. Head of the agency, Dr. Mahender Sharma, at a recent forum, said currently there are seven...

E’bo Chutney artistes all set for semi-finals tomorrow

Feb 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo Chutney artistes all set for semi-finals tomorrow

As Chutney fans get ready for the semi-finals of the Chutney competitions on Sunday, Essequibian artistes Dennis Tatpaul and Haresh Singh, are both getting in shape as they prepare to bring down the...

US IMMIGRATION STALEMATE

Feb 10, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on US IMMIGRATION STALEMATE

Whatever people think of President Donald Trump does not matter because he speaks his mind, especially on immigration issues. This makes it very simple because it obviates the need to decipher his...

Kaibarupai gears for rebuilding process

Feb 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Kaibarupai gears for rebuilding process

– new homes for 21 families severely affected by last year’s floods. Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe, and her team visited the village of...

Guyana is a nation that died 50 years ago and is just waiting to be buried

Feb 10, 2018 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Last week, I visited a city bank at 1 p.m. – just after lunch. I met a line with just six people but only one staff member was working. I counted 10 teller stations but that one...

When self pity turns into semi-fascism

Feb 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

I will never be a fan of Forbes Burnham. I can understand and appreciate Mr. Burnham’s post-colonial innovations which were radical departures from mainstream, stultified patterns in economic...

Oil companies can influence Govts, but not the people – Petroleum advisor

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News 1

Advisor to President David Granger on Petroleum, Dr. Jan Mangal has outlined the power of the people to make their voices heard about what is taking place in the oil and gas sector, especially as it...

Ram stumps oil and gas panel with questions about tax giveaways to ExxonMobil

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News 2

Attorney at law and Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram yesterday stumped a panel at the three-day Oil and Gas Summit being held at the Marriott Hotel. When Ram was given the opportunity to ask a...

Summit hears… Guyana spending $$$millions on expert advice that it is not taking

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News 1

Pull quote: “Getting politicians to take rational advice is no easy task.” – Attorney at Law, Nigel Hughes By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Many of those who are worried about the extent to...

Local content must be considered in process to award contracts

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Local content must be considered in process to award contracts

…Veteran engineer calls for Govt. to provide oversight By Kiana Wilburg The coming of oil and gas has led to an influx of foreign entities into the nation’s borders. Many of these companies...

St Rose’s High demolition… Successful contractor bids half of Govt. engineer’s estimate

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News 1

Government has green-lighted a contract of almost $17M for the demolition of the St. Rose’s High building – almost half the price of what Government’s engineer has estimated the works to...

Pastor gets 40 years for sex with underage church member

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News 1

A pastor, who took advantage of a child he was reportedly counseling and had sex with her, has been found guilty and sentenced to 40 years in jail. Andrew Hannibal, 46, of Bennett Dam, Rosignol, West...

Slap cheap–$10,000 fuh one

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Slap cheap–$10,000 fuh one

A young, fat cop guh in front of a de Chief Magistrate fuh slapping up a woman inside a minibus. De magistrate, who is a woman, fine de cop $10,000 and give him three months to pay. Dem boys want ask...

Slowdown in public spending… Coalition lights fire under Permanent Secretaries to speed up

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Slowdown in public spending… Coalition lights fire under Permanent Secretaries to speed up

With just under three years in office, public spending had fallen to worrying levels. But there has been improvement in the last eight months, as the Coalition Government has been reading the riot...

Lethem miner remanded on reinstituted murder charge

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem miner remanded on reinstituted murder charge

Two years after a Lethem gold miner was charged with the murder of a Brazilian businessman and had the matter against him discharged, he was yesterday back before a City Magistrate where the same...

Region Six Chairman blasts 100% increase in rates and taxes at N/A

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six Chairman blasts 100% increase in rates and taxes at N/A

The New Amsterdam Town Council has come in for heavy criticism by the Region Six Chairman, David Armogan. It follows the implementation of an increase of 100% in rates and taxes by the council....

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Deeply concerned about political dysfunction in society

Dear Editor The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is deeply concerned about the political dysfunction in society that is... more