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Meetings, meetings, meetings

May 04, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Meetings, meetings, meetings

Guyana should become the events capital of the West Indies. Events are being hosted in Guyana, it would seem, non-stop. When one ends the other begins. And guess what, at almost all of these events,...

The leaders of the Sabha are disappointing us

May 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The leaders of the Sabha are disappointing us

Dear Editor, A few months back I wrote a letter highlighting the sad and indomitable state of affairs at the Maha Sabha. In my letter, I pointed out the incompetence and lack of enthusiasm with which...

GuySuCo and progress in Guyana

May 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo and progress in Guyana

Dear Editor, One must respect the very articulate academic presentation in KN of 26 April on GuySuCo’s transitioning – so much a topic of speculation. As much as one enjoys its style, one is...

LETTER TO PRESS NAILING LIES TO AG’S FALSE STATEMENT

May 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on LETTER TO PRESS NAILING LIES TO AG’S FALSE STATEMENT

Mr. Editor The Attorney General’s letter to the Press is filled with lies, half truths and innuendos, apart from being quite libelous to me. I have never applied for any position whatsoever in...

Juvenile Reform Bill – poorly defended, poorly criticized

May 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Juvenile Reform Bill – poorly defended, poorly criticized

Editor, During week ending 28th April, 2018, the print media in Guyana carried portions of the contributions of parliamentarians on the Bill named at caption. While one could not expect these reports...

Identifying corruption

May 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Identifying corruption

Dear Editor, Widespread corruption threatens human survival in this country and Guyanese have reacted principally by escaping through two routes: suicide and emigration. Of course, our consistently...

A Bishop Edghill never seen before

May 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Bishop Edghill never seen before

Dear Editor, It was the spring of 2005. Along with my wife, I attended a conference of the International Communion of Charismatic Churches, (ICCC) which was held at the then Wyndham Hotel, in Montego...

Two commentators want retrograde behaviour from sugar workers

May 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two commentators want retrograde behaviour from sugar workers

Dear Editor, The GAWU was extremely displeased to see two articles titled “Workers must liberate themselves from their unions” and “Labour’s lost” which appeared in the May 1 Kaieteur News,...

AN UNWISELY DISCARDED PLAN

May 04, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on AN UNWISELY DISCARDED PLAN

Guyanese who migrated during the 1960s and 1970s and who return home, having not done so for decades will be struck by the various changes they witness: major roadways; once small towns have become...

High seas attack in Suriname…Three bodies sighted; local cops hunt killers

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on High seas attack in Suriname…Three bodies sighted; local cops hunt killers

Five days after pirates attacked four fishing boats off Suriname waters throwing 20 crewmen overboard, the bodies have started to surface, confirming the fears of desperate Guyanese families who are...

Oil companies often misallocate operating and capital costs

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Oil companies often misallocate operating and capital costs

…Int’l team warns that vigilance will be needed by local authorities The authorities of oil producing nations should not only be on the lookout for inflated costs, but also, misallocated...

‘Big Foot’ gets 33 years for killing South Central Hotel owner

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Big Foot’ gets 33 years for killing South Central Hotel owner

Bryan Leitch, called “Big Foot’, of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday sentenced to 33 years for manslaughter. He was convicted for killing hotel owner, Joseph Jagdeo. The sentence was...

Army Captain charged with murder…Defence seeks second psychiatric evaluation

May 03, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Army Captain charged with murder…Defence seeks second psychiatric evaluation

Police Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves yesterday told the court that Psychiatrist, Dr. Bhiro Harry, had handed over a report of the psychiatric evaluation, which the court had ordered for Orwain Sandy and...

AFC will not support sedition clause in Cybercrime Bill – Trotman

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on AFC will not support sedition clause in Cybercrime Bill – Trotman

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman said the party’s Parliamentarians are prepared to vote against the sedition clause if it remains part of the Cybercrime Bill when it is...

Govt. will no longer pursue forensic audit of GRA

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. will no longer pursue forensic audit of GRA

… “It is just too costly”, Junior Finance Minister By Kiana Wilburg Two years ago, the APNU+AFC Government announced that a forensic audit would be conducted on the Guyana Revenue Authority...

Dr. Jagan commemorative stamps unveiled

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Jagan commemorative stamps unveiled

The 100th birth anniversary commemorative stamps in celebration of the life and work of former President of Guyana, His Excellency Dr. Cheddi Jagan were unveiled, yesterday, during a simple ceremony...

Security guard freed of fisherman’s murder

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard freed of fisherman’s murder

It was a mix of emotions, yesterday, as former Pritipaul security guard, Marlon Callender, was found not guilty of killing 45-year-old fisherman Envil Pollard called “Elvis” or “Rastaman”....

Jagdeo people killing fishermen while Ministers deh pun drill ship

May 03, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo people killing fishermen while Ministers deh pun drill ship

When people trying to live in peace, dem got people who doing everything to start a war. Imagine dem Guyanese had to beg Suriname fuh give dem fishing licence to fish in de Corentyne River. Dem get...

Attack on fishermen in Suriname looks like retaliation between fishermen

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Attack on fishermen in Suriname looks like retaliation between fishermen

By Ivan Cairo in Suriname PARAMARIBO – Authorities in Suriname confirmed that a corpse was discovered yesterday on a mud bank offshore, presumably one of the victims of the attack last Friday on...

Stand Up, oppose those who seek to restrict freedom of expression – GPA urges on World Press Freedom Day

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Stand Up, oppose those who seek to restrict freedom of expression – GPA urges on World Press Freedom Day

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has joined with journalists across the globe in observing today as World Press Freedom Day today under the theme “Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and the...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Street’ Linden Zone… Dave and Celina’s to clash with Silver Bullets in Saturday’s final

May 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Street’ Linden Zone… Dave and Celina’s to clash with Silver Bullets in Saturday’s final

After losing their first game of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ football competition; Linden zone, defending champions Dave and Celina’s All-stars have managed to bounce back strongly...

Jamaican caught with stolen Guyanese passport

May 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican caught with stolen Guyanese passport

A Jamaican national who was caught at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) with a stolen Guyana passport, was yesterday slapped with a forgery charge after he appeared in the Georgetown...

33rd Pan-American Road Cycling Championships… Guyana represented by Hamza Eastman and Romello Crawford

May 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 33rd Pan-American Road Cycling Championships… Guyana represented by Hamza Eastman and Romello Crawford

Guyana’s quest for medals at the 33rd edition of the Pan-American Road Cycling Championships taking place in San Juan, Argentina from today would be led by the Under-23 duo of Hamza Eastman and...

Employment issues

May 03, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Employment issues

The Auditor General should undertake an audit of the government to determine whether there are ‘phantoms’ on the government’s payrolls. This could help at least to allay fears that persons are...

School girls shine at Pennsylvania relay festival

May 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on School girls shine at Pennsylvania relay festival

A six member all female team from the New Campbellville Secondary School in Georgetown has just returned from the Pennsylvania relay festival where the Guyanese team placed first in the 4×400...

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President’s College upstage Santa Rosa to advance into Quarters

Anticipation without preparation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Vice President of Guyana, ever the sagacious observer of the inevitable, has reassured... more