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Minister Holder cannot shirk

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Holder cannot shirk

Dear Editor, The GAWU has recognized from reports appearing in several sections of the media that Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder, informed that GuySuCo is no longer under his charge following the...

EDITOR GREETINGS: This is what the Authorities and General Public need to know.

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on EDITOR GREETINGS: This is what the Authorities and General Public need to know.

When I saw the Captions “Judging Rules were not observed in Senior Panorama Competition” and “The Judging was unfair” in two of our daily newspapers with a complaint lodged...

Focus on how Oil Revenue will be spent

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Focus on how Oil Revenue will be spent

Editor, At this point, it’s probably reasonable to conclude that there are several deficiencies with the Exxon contract that should be remedied when the opportunity presents itself in the future....

One World, One Human Race is that for which We, People of African Descent, Should be Working.

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on One World, One Human Race is that for which We, People of African Descent, Should be Working.

Dear Editor, As this Black History month, February 2018, draws to a close, in this the fourth year of the UN proclaimed decade (2015 to 2024) for “People of African Descent”, I hasten to yield to...

WE MUST PUT DR. SHAHABUDDEEN IN CONTEXT

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on WE MUST PUT DR. SHAHABUDDEEN IN CONTEXT

Dear Editor, The great philosophers remind us that, “if we forget the lessons of the past, we shall be condemned to repeat them.” Now that we have all collectively and formally paid our tributes...

Guyana records marked reduction in TB – Minister Cummings

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records marked reduction in TB – Minister Cummings

Guyana has seen a marked reduction in the number of tuberculosis cases and the Public Health Ministry has been making this laudable development known. Speaking at a recent forum, Minister within the...

Economic Revolution

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Economic Revolution

Dear Editor: The political leadership in Guyana should have adopted the old Chinese adage which says; PLAN THE END OF THE ROAD BEFORE YOU START IT. If this was done, the calamity we now see would not...

City Hall must produce the plans for housing in some areas

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall must produce the plans for housing in some areas

Dear Editor, Of recent, there has been much ado, and quite justifiably so, about a vulgar attempt at land grabbing by the Town Clerk of Georgetown. First, there was the issue whereby residents of...

Union stresses importance of non-salary compensation for teachers

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Union stresses importance of non-salary compensation for teachers

The public education system has been thriving even in the face of many challenges, some of which have the potential of impacting the performances of pupils and students alike. But teachers have...

The police need behavioural centres

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police need behavioural centres

Dear Editor In a report appearing in Kaieteur News, February, 19, 2018, Crime Chief, Paul Williams was quoted as stating that the main suspect in the recent series of carjacking was a policeman....

Unlicensed shotgun found under farmer’s bed

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Unlicensed shotgun found under farmer’s bed

Police have arrested a 39-year-old farmer of Siparuta Village, Corentyne, East Berbice for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Based on intelligence, ranks visited the location at about...

North West miner accused of raping girl, 6

Feb 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on North West miner accused of raping girl, 6

A miner yesterday made an appearance before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he faced a charge of rape, allegedly committed on a six-year-old female...

Substantive changes were made to aspects of the 1980 Constitution

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Substantive changes were made to aspects of the 1980 Constitution

It is amazing the levels of misunderstanding and ignorance which exist about the Constitution of Guyana. In recent days, for example, the constitutional ‘experts’ on social media blogs have been...

PRACTICING DIRTY POLITICS

Feb 27, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PRACTICING DIRTY POLITICS

The government is midway through its five-year mandate which means that general elections are two and a half years away. Notwithstanding the history of such elections in Guyana, it is often a...

2018 Milo schools’ under-18 football tournament…Friendship get walkover, Buxton win big during yesterday’s match day

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2018 Milo schools’ under-18 football tournament…Friendship get walkover, Buxton win big during yesterday’s match day

The weekend only featured one match day in the 2018 Milo/ Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) schools under-18 football tournament and that was yesterday. Four matches were scheduled for the...

Not a cent more for Guyana if oil price increases

Feb 26, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Not a cent more for Guyana if oil price increases

– ExxonMobil Oil Agreement Not a cent more… That’s what Guyana will be getting if international oil prices rise, thanks to the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) the Government has...

Guyana paying ExxonMobil to exploit its resources – Nigel Hinds

Feb 26, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Guyana paying ExxonMobil to exploit its resources – Nigel Hinds

Chartered Accountant, Nigel Hinds said that ExxonMobil has been able to outsmart Guyana. He said that the company is now making Guyana pay it to exploit its resources when the company should...

Gunmen storm compound…Barama CEO, supervisor robbed, shotgun stolen

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen storm compound…Barama CEO, supervisor robbed, shotgun stolen

Police are trying to track down five bandits who stormed the Barama, Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara compound on Saturday evening and robbed the company’s CEO and supervisor, both of whom...

Govt. not actively considering funding Auditor General’s scrutiny of oil sector

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. not actively considering funding Auditor General’s scrutiny of oil sector

The Government of Guyana is not currently looking to see how it can make finances available to the Office of the Auditor General to carry out additional investigations, particularly in the oil...

Body of farm labourer found on disputed land

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Body of farm labourer found on disputed land

The body of a 55-year old man was found on Saturday on an Abary Creek rice farm that is at the centre of a dispute over ownership. Trivowan Singh’s body was discovered at around 13:30 hrs by...

Some murder investigations on hold as Forensic Lab swamped with evidence

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Some murder investigations on hold as Forensic Lab swamped with evidence

By Michael Jordan Police are still awaiting the results from gunpowder residue tests in some shooting deaths, including the slaying of Korner Kick Manager, Tevin Parris, and the mysterious...

Bandits playing dog and de bone

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bandits playing dog and de bone

Dem have some people like dogs. Dem only waiting fuh something dat people got. People who does mind dogs know dat once dem got something good in dem hand and de dog see it, it does jump all over you....

HOW POOR TESTING STOPPED A MURDER INVESTIGATION

Feb 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on HOW POOR TESTING STOPPED A MURDER INVESTIGATION

Patricia James was an attractive 19-year-old student of the Cyril Potter College of Education when she married Police Corporal William Henry in December, 1996. He was in his thirties. They had...

Petra’s third annual Corona Futsal Tournament…Future Stars win big, Tiger Bay upset Sparta Boss on opening night

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra’s third annual Corona Futsal Tournament…Future Stars win big, Tiger Bay upset Sparta Boss on opening night

The opening night of Petra’s third annual Corona Futsal tournament kicked off on Saturday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue with six entertaining matches. This tournament which will carry...

South Korea brings curtain down on ‘Peace Games’

Feb 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Korea brings curtain down on ‘Peace Games’

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea brought the curtain down on its “Peace Games” yesterday, with winter sports athletes dancing and singing together at a vibrant closing...

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Jagdeo is a liability to Irfaan Ali

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Bharrat Jagdeo has long represented an unsettling paradox in Guyana’s politics. He... more