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GPL reports Goed Fortuin resident’s clash with disconnection crew

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPL reports Goed Fortuin resident’s clash with disconnection crew

A Goed Fortuin resident has reportedly clashed with an electricity disconnection crew, and the police are now examining the possibilities of charges. According to the Guyana Power and Light Limited...

Legalize hemp and marijuana?

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Legalize hemp and marijuana?

Dear Editor, We talk about creating jobs and having Guyanese be self sufficient yet law enforcement is going around arresting ganja growers with an automatic three years for a non-violent crime, an...

Region Three youths benefit from ‘preparedness for world of work’ seminar

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region Three youths benefit from ‘preparedness for world of work’ seminar

Young jobseekers from Region Three yesterday benefitted from a capacity building seminar, organised by the Ministry of Social Protection’s Central Recruit and Manpower Agency (CRMA). The workshop,...

Suicide is neither a selfish nor cruel act

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suicide is neither a selfish nor cruel act

Dear Editor, A recent article in the local media stated, “Suicide is one of the most selfish and cruel acts that any human being can commit…”. Nothing is further from the truth. Such a response...

Why is this rush to legalise marijuana

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is this rush to legalise marijuana

Dear Editor, A small number of developed countries have decriminalized marijuana but Guyana being a developing nation is not in a position to do the same. Guyana just does not have the foundation to...

A Counterproductive Exercise

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Counterproductive Exercise

Dear Editor, Readers may have noted with interest, some with dismay, the negative onslaught on systems and procedures said to be obtaining in the Guyana Sugar Corporation. The onslaught continues on...

Disappointed about the three or more months without pay

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disappointed about the three or more months without pay

Dear Editor, With a heavy heart I am writing this letter. I am a single parent with three children. For the past four months, I have been employed by the Ministry of Legal affairs. When we (the...

Medical students enlightened about key elements to a good practice

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Medical students enlightened about key elements to a good practice

“Prepare for a paradigm shift in clinical medicine.” These were the words of advice offered by Trinidadian Medical Professor, Dr. Vijay Narynsingh, as he delivered a stirring presentation at the...

Eye surgeries resume at Port Mourant hospital after 3 years

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Eye surgeries resume at Port Mourant hospital after 3 years

– backlog of over 2,000 cases After an almost three-year hiatus, the National Ophthalmology Hospital at Port Mourant, East Berbice-Corentyne is once again functioning. Laser cataract surgeries...

Leroy Smith does write factual articles!

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leroy Smith does write factual articles!

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to some contents contained in a letter to the editor and which was published in the Kaieteur News on May 20, 2018 under the caption “Why is Motie Dookie...

Ganja law: African Guyanese and their political leadership

May 30, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ganja law: African Guyanese and their political leadership

One of the tsunamic arguments against Walter Rodney, by African cultural and political activists and Afro-centric academics, was that he turned his back on the building of African nationalism in...

Do you know this man?

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Do you know this man?

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs is seeking the public’s help in identifying this man who appears to be of Amerindian origin. The man is a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital. He...

THE US-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT

May 30, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE US-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT

Anyone who had observed the high-stakes brinkmanship between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean President Kim Jong-un over the months, should not have been surprised by Mr....

Local aviators reject Aurora’s “flimsy” excuse for shutout

May 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Local aviators reject Aurora’s “flimsy” excuse for shutout

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Local aviation operatives feel insulted by the defence mounted by Aurora Gold Mine (AGM) as reason for its abandonment of local services and importation of Canadian...

TIGI welcomes charges against Dr. Singh, Brassington

May 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on TIGI welcomes charges against Dr. Singh, Brassington

insists SARA, SOCU obligated to probe current officials too The charges for misconduct in office against the former Minister of Finance and the former head of the National Industrial and...

GuyOil’s Finance Manager resigns amid mult-million$ wire transfer probe

May 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GuyOil’s Finance Manager resigns amid mult-million$ wire transfer probe

The Finance Manager of the state-owned Guyana Oil Company Limited (GuyOil), Uma Daniels, has resigned amid an ongoing investigation involving the wire transfer of millions of dollars. GuyOil’s...

Court orders Attorney General to bring Judicial Review Act into effect

May 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Court orders Attorney General to bring Judicial Review Act into effect

Chief Justice (Ag) Ro`xane George-Wilshire issued a ruling yesterday which ultimately compels the Attorney General, Basil Williams, to bring into effect the Judicial Review Act, (JRA). The JRA which...

Businessman settles for US$250,000 in Rusal dredging dispute

May 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman settles for US$250,000 in Rusal dredging dispute

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday issued an order settling the matter of Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. vs Haresh Narine Sugrim in a dispute valued at nearly US$1M. The CCJ heard the...

Tighter log monitoring… As Guyana readies to resume greenheart export to UK

May 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Tighter log monitoring… As Guyana readies to resume greenheart export to UK

Guyana continues to work its way back to reestablish greenheart exports to the United Kingdom. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has indicated that Guyana has taken the necessary steps...

IDB-funded report red-flags treatment of prisoners

May 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on IDB-funded report red-flags treatment of prisoners

A new report has called for several changes to the judicial justice system following interviews with several inmates. The report, ‘Study of Inmates in Guyana’, was funded by the Inter-American...

Aurora putting gun to people head

May 29, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Aurora putting gun to people head

De government get a report on how dem boys behaving in prison. The report seh how de prisoners does get beat all de time; it seh prison wardens gun always smuggle likker and ganja in jail because dem...

238 cases of sexual abuse so far for 2018-CPA – sexual regulations should be done at home

May 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 238 cases of sexual abuse so far for 2018-CPA – sexual regulations should be done at home

Head of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CPA), Ann Greene, is calling for sexual regulations to be done in the home to prevent children from being sexually abused. The agency has recorded 238...

Appeal Court reduces 60 years jail sentence – after substituting murder conviction for manslaughter

May 29, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Appeal Court reduces 60 years jail sentence – after substituting murder conviction for manslaughter

The Court of Appeal yesterday overturned the conviction and sentence of Kubert George. In 2013, George was convicted for the murder of his common-law wife, Patricia Rose, called Pansy. Back then,...

Amidst accusation of unsatisfactory performance… GPSCCU Committee members defend honour

May 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Amidst accusation of unsatisfactory performance… GPSCCU Committee members defend honour

The move to relieve the management committee of its control of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union Limited [GPSCCU] has been deemed an illegitimate move. In fact Chairperson of...

Maryann Daby granted $750,000 High Court bail for attempting to shoot cop

May 29, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Maryann Daby granted $750,000 High Court bail for attempting to shoot cop

Two days after Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan further remanded businesswoman Maryann Daby to prison for the public’s safety, her lawyer was able to secure bail in the sum of $750,000 in the High...

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