April 2018

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The abduction of Anita Persaud

Apr 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The abduction of Anita Persaud

By Michael Jordan Anita Persaud stepped out of her parents’ home at Good Faith, Mahaicony, at around 18.15 hrs on Sunday, August 19, 2001. The pretty 18-year-old was dressed in a pair of white...

Another response to Allen’s letter

Apr 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another response to Allen’s letter

Dear Editor, I laughed heartily at a couple of recent letters in the media attempting to denigrate and slander Dr. Frank Anthony. Yes some letter writers do provide comic relief. Besides being a...

I’ve never had an eye examination. What is involved?

Apr 08, 2018 KNews Dr Karen Persram, Features / Columnists Comments Off on I’ve never had an eye examination. What is involved?

The eye is often compared to a camera that takes an image of what you see, but the process is much more involved. When you look at something, the light rays from that object being viewed hit the...

Guyana’s development depends on strong regions

Apr 08, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana’s development depends on strong regions

The Constitution proclaims the Cooperative Republic of Guyana as an indivisible, secular, sovereign and democratic state; within that state the local government system is indispensable to our concept...

Is the Guyana Defence Force harbouring ticking time bombs in its ranks?

Apr 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Guyana Defence Force harbouring ticking time bombs in its ranks?

Dear Editor, My respect to the bereaved of the late Miss Reona Payne who was gruesomely gunned down in public and I would also like to include the kids of the accused, Captain Orwain Sandy, that I...

ADDRESSING WORKPLACE SAFETY WITH STANDARDS

Apr 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on ADDRESSING WORKPLACE SAFETY WITH STANDARDS

During the month of April, annually, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), like many other organisations in Guyana and across the globe, pays keener attention to Occupational Safety and...

Domestic violence is way too costly to the nation…It has to stop!

Apr 08, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Domestic violence is way too costly to the nation…It has to stop!

Two high profile murders last week brought us back to re-visit one of our most debilitating societal scourges, that gut-wrenching issue of domestic violence. Today, with so many people and...

The corruption chant suddenly died

Apr 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The corruption chant suddenly died

Dear Editor, Our Constitution makes it unambiguously clear that supreme power or sovereignty or authority to make decisions which affect their lives belong to the people and the elected...

Spare a thought for the ordinary citizens stopped by traffic police

Apr 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Spare a thought for the ordinary citizens stopped by traffic police

Dear Editor, Yesterday I was reading Mr. Charandass’s letter about his experience with the police and I began to think of a few things. First of all, I think many of us have had that exact...

Tears and madness take centre stage

Apr 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Tears and madness take centre stage

The recent forum on illicit drugs at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel offered some revealing statistics. Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, found research that not only shocked but...

EASTER HERALDS JOY AND UNITY

Apr 08, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on EASTER HERALDS JOY AND UNITY

By PAT DIAL We intended to have carried this article in last Sunday’s edition since so many consumers had expected us to make an offering for Easter. We do so now not only because of consumer...

If this is my new life, then no regrets

Apr 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on If this is my new life, then no regrets

An employee of a prominent business place and the law firm he sought assistance from contacted me to publicize a most abominable manifestation of the violation of workers’ rights. When both the...

Alexander Village murder… Court orders psychiatric evaluation for weeping former GDF captain

Apr 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Alexander Village murder… Court orders psychiatric evaluation for weeping former GDF captain

By: Tiana Cole Scores of persons gathered early yesterday morning at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to await the arrival of 36-year-old Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Captain, Orwain Sandy who...

ExxonMobil to stand all expenses for audit of records held outside Liberia

Apr 07, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil to stand all expenses for audit of records held outside Liberia

…Guyana denied this opportunity in its oil deal In all Production Sharing Agreements (PSA), the Government is allowed to conduct audits of the records held by oil companies. But this usually...

PAC recommends sacking all compromised accounting and engineering officers

Apr 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PAC recommends sacking all compromised accounting and engineering officers

The overall challenges that faced the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) during its review of the Auditor General’s reports for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 all point to one thing—the financial...

Rose Hall guard’s murder… Teen store employees, mom remanded

Apr 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall guard’s murder… Teen store employees, mom remanded

A 43-year-old woman, her 19-year-old son, and their 17-year-old alleged accomplice were yesterday remanded to prison in connection with the murder of 52-year-old security guard Munesh Prem Ayasammy...

Deputy Solicitor General wrongful dismissal case against AG… State wants uncle to recuse himself from hearing matter

Apr 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy Solicitor General wrongful dismissal case against AG… State wants uncle to recuse himself from hearing matter

The State is moving to have former Justice of Appeal, Nandram Kissoon, recuse himself from hearing a matter involving his niece, Prithima Kissoon, the former Deputy Solicitor General. The former...

Three detained for allegedly making threats on President Granger’s life

Apr 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Three detained for allegedly making threats on President Granger’s life

A 65-year-old East Coast Demerara resident is among three people facing possible charges for allegedly making threats against the life of President David Granger. A police release stated that the...

Big man tun putty

Apr 07, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Big man tun putty

Dis week nuff people do some stupidness. And all of dem ain’t live in Guyana. De news media report how a woman pick up a gun and shoot up You Tube because she ain’t mek nuff money from she video....

GTUC, FITUG rally against “moves” to transfer GuySuCo back to Agri Ministry

Apr 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC, FITUG rally against “moves” to transfer GuySuCo back to Agri Ministry

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) and the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), are strongly objecting to moves to return the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) back under...

Gunmen raid Cuyuni camp, kill Dominican Republic miner

Apr 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen raid Cuyuni camp, kill Dominican Republic miner

Police have launched an intense manhunt for three gunmen who killed a Dominican Republic miner around 02:00 hrs yesterday during a brazen attack on a camp at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni/Mazaruni....

Gunman robs Bourda Market vendor

Apr 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gunman robs Bourda Market vendor

A vendor was robbed at gunpoint yesterday at 02:00hrs while selling greens from his truck on North Road. The man who is known as ‘Greens Boy,’ said he was on his truck going about his daily...

Taxi driver charged for sexually grooming 15-year-old relative

Apr 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver charged for sexually grooming 15-year-old relative

A taxi driver was yesterday granted $200,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after he denied a charge of sexually grooming a female relative. Thirty-one-year-old Daniel James denied the charge...

Govt’s “callous and shortsighted” handling of GuySuCo crisis will cost Guyana dearly– Ram

Apr 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt’s “callous and shortsighted” handling of GuySuCo crisis will cost Guyana dearly– Ram

Attorney-at-law Christopher Ram thinks that the Government of Guyana has been callous in its approach to the scaling down of the sugar industry. He said that Guyana will have to face the dire...

Berbice carpenter murder… Two witnesses testify as PI continues

Apr 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice carpenter murder… Two witnesses testify as PI continues

The Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of Faiyaz Narinedatt, a Number 70 Village carpenter, whose lifeless body was found along the public road in the said village continued yesterday with two...

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Watch the PPPC like a hawk!

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(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...

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,...

More money for Guyanese workers

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...

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