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Pegasus did not breach fire safety regulations – owner

Aug 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pegasus did not breach fire safety regulations – owner

Proprietor of the Pegasus Hotel, Robert Badal has debunked claims that the hotel breached any safety regulation when a fire broke out on Sunday. In a statement issued yesterday, Badal refuted reports...

The Green Paper suggests an alarming behaviour pattern

Aug 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Green Paper suggests an alarming behaviour pattern

Dear Sir, After a long wait, a Green Paper entitled ‘Managing Future Petroleum Reserves etc., has been released. It speaks to our fiscal frameworks and a Sovereign Wealth Fund. The proposal has...

Guyana is in the grip of ideological schizophrenia

Aug 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is in the grip of ideological schizophrenia

Dear Editor, Dr. Clive Thomas, erstwhile anti-imperialist and dependency theorist, now a state functionary in the neo-liberal APNU+AFC government, reportedly said that the government should give...

Commissioner of Police acted improperly

Aug 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Commissioner of Police acted improperly

Dear Mr. Editor, Kindly allow me a space in your letter to respond to an article published in the Stabroek News by the Former Home Affairs Minister, Mr. Clement Rohee dated August 2, 2018 in relation...

Police brutality and impunity

Aug 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police brutality and impunity

Dear Editor, Please allow me space to have a brief letter published and perhaps have an answer to a very simple question. It has been seen for years that the police get away with brutalizing persons...

Greed clouds CPL online ticket purchases

Aug 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Greed clouds CPL online ticket purchases

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) bandwagon has driven into town once again boasting glitz, glamour and fanfare. All roads it seems once again lead to Providence Stadium. However,...

Of flip-floppers and party hacks

Aug 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Of flip-floppers and party hacks

Dear Editor, Not long after coming to office the APNU+AFC coalition government disbanded the $10,000 school grant initiative on the grounds that it was “fiscally unsustainable” and could be used...

Julius Faerber is suffering from Epistemic Ambivalence

Aug 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Julius Faerber is suffering from Epistemic Ambivalence

DEAR EDITOR, I took a position some time back not to challenge the political position of our Regional Chairman anymore on the basis that he is coming around to accepting that Essequibo Islands /West...

Heavenly spectacle to adorn night sky

Aug 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Heavenly spectacle to adorn night sky

Dear Editor, The planets Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars are lined off this month of August 2018: Venus in Virgo, Jupiter in Libra, Saturn in Sagittarius, and Mars in Capricorn. Venus can be seen up...

Death due to a Flaw in the Law -Protection or Disconnection?

Aug 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Death due to a Flaw in the Law -Protection or Disconnection?

Editor, Are the police neglecting their duty thereby endangering the public via a false sense of security? The gruesome fate that Rohini Sabrina Lakhan met at the hands of her husband Ramesh Ramdeen...

China’s Silk Road Isn’t So Smooth

Aug 10, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on China’s Silk Road Isn’t So Smooth

(The following is republished from Bloomberg Opinion – Authored by Mihir Sharma) You may not have noticed, what with the outbreak of trade war with the U.S. and all, but China’s economic...

Video of Guyanese miner assault… Two Russians arrested, firearms confiscated

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Video of Guyanese miner assault… Two Russians arrested, firearms confiscated

Just days after a video was circulated on social media of Russian security personnel who are employed by West Bank Demerara Gold Inc, assaulting a Guyanese miner and drawing a gun on him, two Russian...

The ‘great-grandmother of all scandals’ comes to China New charges laid against ex Malaysian Prime Minister

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The ‘great-grandmother of all scandals’ comes to China New charges laid against ex Malaysian Prime Minister

By Michael Bristow Asia Pacific editor, BBC World Service, Kuala Lumpur There is a new twist in the multi-billion-dollar financial scandal surrounding the Malaysian investment fund 1MDB—possible...

EPA steps in as gold mining halted in Demerara River

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on EPA steps in as gold mining halted in Demerara River

Government halted dredging in the Demerara River, yesterday and has ordered a report on the issue. According to a Government statement, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, said he has put...

Subryanville shooting…. Pandemonium breaks out after businessman gets $1.5M bail

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Subryanville shooting…. Pandemonium breaks out after businessman gets $1.5M bail

Pandemonium broke out yesterday afternoon in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts compound, after a City Magistrate granted Erwin Bacchus, the businessman who is accused of shooting a man several...

Granger says he will hold regular press conferences …plans to host one soon

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Granger says he will hold regular press conferences …plans to host one soon

In the face of mounting public criticisms from various sections of society for holding two official press conferences in more than three years, President David Granger has shared his intention to...

Several Venezuela boats detained, released over locally-issued licences

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Several Venezuela boats detained, released over locally-issued licences

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) detained more than a dozen Venezuelan-owned fishing boats this week over questions about their licences. A number of the vessels, docked at two fisheries on East...

City vendor among two held for lawyer’s clerk murder

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on City vendor among two held for lawyer’s clerk murder

Police have detained a Georgetown beverage vendor and another man for the murder of 48-year-old lawyer’s clerk, Gregory ‘Wayne’ Frank. Frank was strangled and battered in his Kuru Kururu home...

Money is not always you saviour

Aug 09, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Money is not always you saviour

Don’t care wha people seh, in Guyana money does run things. When you got money you can get away wid anything. A youth man driving like he head ain’t good on de public road, in fact was Lamaha...

New initiative to feature tourism hotspots, flagship projects in each region

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New initiative to feature tourism hotspots, flagship projects in each region

A new initiative which seeks to provide tourists with guidelines to hotspots in each of the ten administrative regions is underway. Yesterday, regional authorities and tourism officials shared their...

First locally offered Journalism programme nears

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on First locally offered Journalism programme nears

Local reporters could take advantage of a Master in Journalism programme simply by providing a compilation of journalism work they have completed. The journalism programme, which is likely to be...

Trophy Stall makes good promises to Nand Persaud Sprint Classic Horserace meet

Aug 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall makes good promises to Nand Persaud Sprint Classic Horserace meet

The Trophy Stall of Bourda Market, which is one of the leading trophy and Engraving entities in Guyana, continues to make good on its many promises. The entity with businesses now in Bourda...

Special Prosecutor chairs new Public Service Commission

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Special Prosecutor chairs new Public Service Commission

The six-member Public Service Commission (PSC) was sworn-in yesterday for a three-year stint by President David Granger at State House. After the swearing-in they met to elect Special Prosecutor...

CONCACAF Nation’s League Countdown Golden Jaguars’ ‘Train/Play’ in Brazil attracts record-breaking staff complement

Aug 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF Nation’s League Countdown Golden Jaguars’ ‘Train/Play’ in Brazil attracts record-breaking staff complement

As Guyana prepares for its first match of the CONCACAF Nations League in September, Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Team, commonly known as the Golden Jaguars, will benefit from the most...

GTT pledges support to CANI

Aug 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTT pledges support to CANI

Yesterday, The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) pledged its support for the Come Alive Network Inc. (CANI). On Saturday, CANI will be hosting its fifth ‘Just Youth It’ Conference in...

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An Open Letter to the election observer missions

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Later this year, you will arrive in Guyana as protectors of the integrity of our democracy.... more