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Lots of red tape in Guyana- says Movietowne Chairman

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lots of red tape in Guyana- says Movietowne Chairman

Trinidad (Trinidad Guardian) – Background work has been completed in preparation for the listing of MovieTowne on the T&T Stock Exchange (TTSE). Chairman Derek Chin, in confirming this...

E’bo Fishermen slam MARAD over delay in issuing Captain Licence

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo Fishermen slam MARAD over delay in issuing Captain Licence

As fishermen sat in a multi stakeholder meeting held last Tuesday, the concerns affecting the fishing industry in Region Two were raised. One of them was the delay in the issuing of...

Child killer wants Appeal Court to reduce life sentence

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Child killer wants Appeal Court to reduce life sentence

The Court of Appeal in Kingston is hearing arguments in relation to the matter involving Linden’s Rawle Samuels, who is currently serving a life sentence for the unlawful killing of a four-year-old...

Guyana is part of a selected group benefitting from regional coconut project

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana is part of a selected group benefitting from regional coconut project

Guyana is part of a selected group of Caribbean territories participating in the Coconut Industry Development for the Caribbean (CIDC) Project. The project was designed to help provide support...

Man, 63, jailed for ganja possession

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 63, jailed for ganja possession

An elderly man was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after he was slapped with three separate narcotic charges in the Suddie Magistrate Court. Leonard Paul, of Supenaam, Essequibo Coast,...

Travel, eat and spend less

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Travel, eat and spend less

The rise in fuel prices at local pumps is just the latest sign of Government’s misunderstanding and indifference towards the problems, which are being faced by the small man. In other parts of the...

Caribbean Airlines involved in Flag Concert

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines involved in Flag Concert

Caribbean Airlines is delighted to be the “Official Airline” with the Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport for the upcoming Flag Concert to commemorate the 52nd...

Guyanese man convicted in drug-related murder

May 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man convicted in drug-related murder

AUGUSTA (SunJournal)— Aubrey N. Armstrong was complicit in the drug-related killing and robbery of Joseph Marceau of Augusta, but there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him of personally...

The death of communities and today’s unrealistic expectations

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on The death of communities and today’s unrealistic expectations

DEAR EDITOR, Today in Guyana, with a seemingly fair amount of frustration and resignation, both government and non-governmental agencies plead for communities to shoulder what is seen as their...

It might be better for Guyana Goldfields to defend itself, rather than remain quiet and absorb the blows

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on It might be better for Guyana Goldfields to defend itself, rather than remain quiet and absorb the blows

DEAR EDITOR, I read with shock and amazement an article in one of the leading daily newspapers accusing Guyana Goldfields of completely abandoning hiring local aircraft companies to conduct charters...

Post office, AFC, magistrates; what a shit-hole country!

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Post office, AFC, magistrates; what a shit-hole country!

How did we become like this? How did this nation become so asinine, moronic and primitive? In yesterday’s newspapers, the Guyana Post Office Corporation issued the requirements for posting a parcel...

Apology from Public Infrastructure Ministry

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Apology from Public Infrastructure Ministry

DEAR EDITOR, On Sunday May 13, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure, through its contractor, undertook construction works in the Atlantic Gardens area as part of the Upgrade of the East Coast...

Has the Union Jack been replaced by the Exxon logo?

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Has the Union Jack been replaced by the Exxon logo?

DEAR EDITOR, There is a weirdness about the 52nd Independence celebrations. It seems that the Government in its haste to save taxpayers some money has tied bundle with Exxon. So Exxon has equal...

Our homes are vibrating

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Our homes are vibrating

DEAR EDITOR, We the people in Eccles are very uncomfortable with the use of heavy duty trucks using the housing scheme main road and they have the industrial road but trucks are not using it and the...

Kudos to GWI

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Kudos to GWI

DEAR EDITOR, Without any prompting or encouragement from the powers that be at Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), I write to inform you that the water supply within our area is restored and flowing...

It is our turn today to show our positive side

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on It is our turn today to show our positive side

DEAR EDITOR, It was heartening to read that the administration is adopting a new approach to the way foreigners are treated and processed when trying to enter Guyana, after deciding that our country...

Jailing people for a few grams of marijuana is destroying lives

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Jailing people for a few grams of marijuana is destroying lives

DEAR EDITOR, I observed that the Alliance for Change (AFC) is now calling for the removal of custodial sentences when someone is arrested for small quantities of marijuana. I do not always agree with...

The impact of custodial sentences for possession of small amounts of marijuana

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on The impact of custodial sentences for possession of small amounts of marijuana

DEAR EDITOR, In the book Freakonomics, written by two economists (Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner) who dig through seemingly unrelated data, the phenomenon of rising crime statistics, in the...

Decision-makers compassionless about jobless sugar workers’ plight

May 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Decision-makers compassionless about jobless sugar workers’ plight

DEAR EDITOR, Our Union has seen a report titled “APNU+AFC Govt. has been visionless – David Hinds” which appeared in the May 21, 2018 Stabroek News. That newspaper, among other things, reports...

HOSTILE AND INTOLERANT

May 25, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on HOSTILE AND INTOLERANT

The media is referred to as the fourth estate. Its objectives include keeping checks and balances on the governments. An independent media is a vital feature of any liberal democracy. In Guyana, the...

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