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The Arrogance that PervadesPolitical and Administrative Power…

Jun 02, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Arrogance that PervadesPolitical and Administrative Power…

Firstly, let me clear my debt to Cicero by thanking him for crystallizing the four Cardinal Virtues: Justice, Wisdom, Courage and Temperance. Courage in my opinion is the greatest virtue and...

Decency vs. discrimination

Jun 02, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Decency vs. discrimination

Was Mae’s School right to initially turn away the student who came to school dressed in traditional Amerindian wear? Was the school discriminating against the child when he wore shirtless...

Man slapped with eight fraud charges

Jun 02, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Man slapped with eight fraud charges

A man was yesterday placed on $800,000 bail after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman, to hear eight fraud related charges read to him....

Poor quality fish raised in key Trini workshop

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Poor quality fish raised in key Trini workshop

Trinidad- At the conclusion of its second fisheries value chain Management Training Workshop, which was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad between May 22 and May 24, 2018, the Caribbean Regional...

Cop says colleague and attempt murder accused were “friendly”

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cop says colleague and attempt murder accused were “friendly”

Police Constable Rawle King told a 12-member mixed jury that his colleague, Lance Corporal Singh was “friendly” with a businessman who is currently on trial for two counts of attempted murder...

The great philosophical decision of Zinedine Zidine

Jun 02, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The great philosophical decision of Zinedine Zidine

Days after winning one of the coveted football championships in the world as coach of Real Madrid, its iconic coach Zinedine Zidine has resigned. It will go on as the greatest irony in sports...

Two jailed on separate break and entry charges

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Two jailed on separate break and entry charges

Two men who both admitted to separate break and entry charges were yesterday both sentenced to one year imprisonment each after they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before two City...

Guyana joins ACP-EU Council in search of Cotonou successor

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana joins ACP-EU Council in search of Cotonou successor

Vice President and Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge, yesterday joined counterparts of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and from the European Union (EU) in Togo for the...

Bandits posing as Custom Officers rob Patentia Business

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits posing as Custom Officers rob Patentia Business

Five bandits posing as Custom Officers, complete with handcuffs, radios and guns robbed the Deo & Sons Wholesale depot at Wales, West Bank Demerara, yesterday, around 13:00 hours. Gayatri...

Time to rally around the Judiciary

Jun 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to rally around the Judiciary

DEAR EDITOR, In a State in transition to authoritarianism, it is the Judiciary that must stand as the bulwark to prevent the completion of that transition. The Guyana Judiciary is currently so...

Several hinterland roads for repairs as rainy season takes toll

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Several hinterland roads for repairs as rainy season takes toll

The Ministry of Natural Resources, with the support of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), is moving forward with the maintenance of several roads in the hinterland. These are being done...

GRA moving to “XX” series as “WW” nears end

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA moving to “XX” series as “WW” nears end

2The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that the registration of the motor vehicle series “XX” will soon commence in keeping with the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act. “In...

City Security Strengthening Programme Survey and the need for caution

Jun 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Security Strengthening Programme Survey and the need for caution

DEAR EDITOR, The findings of the above named survey are coming out by drips. First in the Chronicle of 29th and 30th May 2018 and then in the Kaieteur News of 31st May 2018. Nevertheless as a...

Poor DSL service from GTT

Jun 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Poor DSL service from GTT

DEAR EDITOR, Why is it, may I ask, that the GTT customer care representatives annoy us with the meaningless introduction, “Thank you for choosing GTT?” Does it really make sense? Does the...

Verdict looms for alleged killer of Edun Farm Poultry employee

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Verdict looms for alleged killer of Edun Farm Poultry employee

Next week, a 12-member mixed jury is expected to decide the fate of Mahendra Bishundial, who is accused of the 2012 murder of Edun Farm Poultry employee, Aga Khan. Bishundial is on trial before...

Death of a child at Mabaruma Hospital

Jun 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Death of a child at Mabaruma Hospital

DEAR EDITOR, The People of the Mabaruma sub-region (Barima-Waini) seem to be having never-ending problems with public officials sent to serve them by Central Government. In this regard, they are...

Bridges collapse, vehicles overturn on dangerous Linden/Lethem trail

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bridges collapse, vehicles overturn on dangerous Linden/Lethem trail

A number of truck drivers and minibus operators plying the Linden/Lethem route may be grounded for awhile as the trail worsened overnight with heavy rainfall and flooding. The weather caused massive...

Reintroduce the Guyana National Service—says Region Three REO

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Reintroduce the Guyana National Service—says Region Three REO

At a youth forum held in the boardroom of the Region Three Democratic Council, Regional Executive Officer, Denis Jaikaran J.P. called for the immediate reintroduction of the Guyana National Service....

Honouring the architects of independence

Jun 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Honouring the architects of independence

DEAR EDITOR, What inspires the few that can soar beyond ordinary mortals, think and act beyond the institutional barriers of social, political and economic injustice that seek to confine them,...

Govt. should release oil and gas info proactively …Natural Resource Charter warns that a ‘request process’ can be an impediment

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. should release oil and gas info proactively …Natural Resource Charter warns that a ‘request process’ can be an impediment

By Kiana Wilburg Governance of the oil and gas sector requires that the APNU+AFC Administration, and any other for that matter, be accountable to an “informed” public. But central to that...

US donates special ID card-producing equipment for ports

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US donates special ID card-producing equipment for ports

The US Embassy has donated equipment that will produce special access identification cards for port workers. Yesterday, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, through its Maritime Administration...

Live the truth; be real about Marijuana

Jun 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Live the truth; be real about Marijuana

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to respond to a letter by Rooplall Dudhnath and published in the daily Kaieteur News on Saturday 26th May 2018, entitled “Legalising Marijuana has serious...

40 GRADUATE FROM COMPUTER LITERACY TRAINING COURSE IN LINDEN

Jun 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 40 GRADUATE FROM COMPUTER LITERACY TRAINING COURSE IN LINDEN

“We want more!” This was the all-around sentiment expressed by the 40 women in Linden who were presented with Certificates of Completion on Wednesday at the Linden Technical Institute. They have...

FISHERMEN LIVELIHOOD IN JEOPARDY

Jun 02, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on FISHERMEN LIVELIHOOD IN JEOPARDY

The recent ban on catfish from Guyana by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has dealt a blow to the local fishing industry. On the Corentyne and on the Essequibo Coast, the fishermen say that...

Aurora Gold Mine did not give reason for plane import

Jun 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora Gold Mine did not give reason for plane import

…hides local content obligations from GCAA Aurora Gold Mine had told the nation – via advertisements and letters – that it did not feel safe with the services provided by the local...

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Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more