October 2018

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NAC has capacity to help prepare offshore medical schools for accreditation

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on NAC has capacity to help prepare offshore medical schools for accreditation

Even as concerns continue to mount over the accreditation status, or lack thereof, of offshore medical schools here in Guyana, the National Accreditation Council [NAC] has made it clear that while it...

Retrial of ‘Cobra’ for 2010 murder…Mother recalls pathologist removing bullet from son’s head

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Retrial of ‘Cobra’ for 2010 murder…Mother recalls pathologist removing bullet from son’s head

It was an emotional 20 minutes for Gloria Sultan, the mother of Troy Collymore who was murdered on August 05, 2010. The woman was called to testify yesterday in the trial of Tyrone Rowe called...

Misconduct in Public Office…Magistrate bemoans delay of Brassington, Singh High Court proceedings

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Misconduct in Public Office…Magistrate bemoans delay of Brassington, Singh High Court proceedings

Five months after Chief Justice Roxanne George granted a stay of proceedings into the Misconduct in Public Office charges against Ashni Singh and Winston Brassington – two high ranking...

High Court “has jurisdiction” to hear challenge by PPP to LGE boundaries

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on High Court “has jurisdiction” to hear challenge by PPP to LGE boundaries

Justice Gino Persaud has ruled that the High Court has jurisdiction to hear a challenge to the Local Government boundaries brought against the State by a member of the People’s Progressive Party...

Duo remanded for possession of illegal firearm

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Duo remanded for possession of illegal firearm

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison for the possession of an illegal firearm. It is alleged that on October 12, last, Jason Augustine and Kevin Bobbsemple on Croal Street Georgetown, had in...

Voir dire enters second week

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Voir dire enters second week

A voir dire heads into its second week in the trial of two men who are accused of murdering a watchman. The men Shivnarine Jainarine called ‘Sammy’ or Samuel, 24, of Train Line Dam, Port Mourant...

Company claims City Hall owes it $135M for ‘emergency’ cleanup work around G/T

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Company claims City Hall owes it $135M for ‘emergency’ cleanup work around G/T

A private construction company is accusing the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown of owing it $135M for clean-up works it carried out around the city. Finance Manager of XL Engineering Aysha Harrop...

Theresa May, David Granger and the Stabroek News

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Theresa May, David Granger and the Stabroek News

All newspapers in the world have editorial policies which its journalists have to accept. The very latest manifestation of this tradition is the New York Review of Books, one of the most formidable,...

Vendor charged for threatening fireman with cutlass

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor charged for threatening fireman with cutlass

A vendor who allegedly threatened a fireman with a cutlass, in front of the fire station on Water Street, was yesterday before a court in relation to the matter. It is alleged that on October 10,...

Retrial of ‘Cobra’ for 2010 murder… Mother recalls pathologist removing bullet from son’s head

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Retrial of ‘Cobra’ for 2010 murder… Mother recalls pathologist removing bullet from son’s head

It was an emotional 20 minutes for Gloria Sultan, the mother of Troy Collymore who was murdered on August 05, 2010. The woman was called to testify yesterday in the trial of Tyrone Rowe called...

Importance of teachers, welfare officers in combatting drugs in schools emphasised

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Importance of teachers, welfare officers in combatting drugs in schools emphasised

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), in its fight against illicit drug use has highlighted the importance of the aid of teachers and welfare officers in detecting the use of narcotics within...

Is Guyana your personal property Jagdeo?

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Guyana your personal property Jagdeo?

Dear Editor, It has become obnoxious for one to read the daily news and see hypocritical, superficial and ludicrous utterances coming from the leader of the opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, who recently...

Local government elections are a waste of time

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Local government elections are a waste of time

Local government elections will not make much difference in your life or bring much improvement in your communities. Local government authorities have limited finances, poor administrative skills and...

Local government and democracy

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local government and democracy

Dear Editor, Have Local Democratic Organs in Guyana truly empowered the people? Have Local Government Elections truly returned democracy to Guyana? These and other questions keep regurgitating in the...

Fear and hope reside in Guyanese abroad

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fear and hope reside in Guyanese abroad

Dear Editor, I recently returned from a short vacation in the United States. I took the opportunity to interact with several relatives and friends, many of whom I have not seen for quite some time....

Challenging Minister Ramjattan’s comments on sugar

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Challenging Minister Ramjattan’s comments on sugar

Dear Editor, In the October 15 Stabroek News, the attention of the GAWU was drawn to report which stated that Vice President, Minister of Public Security and Alliance for Change (AFC) Chairman,...

GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO BETTER

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO BETTER

Serious lapses and the lack of leadership within the government have contributed to the inefficiencies and inept policies that continue to stall the development of the country. The truth is there are...

Minister Hughes declared assets to Integrity Commission

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Hughes declared assets to Integrity Commission

Dear Editor, I have noted the expressed and implied attack on me by the Stabroek News in their edition of Monday, 15th October, 2018 in a front page article headed “Transparency body sees “Major...

What conflict of interest with Hughes, Fields and Stoby

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on What conflict of interest with Hughes, Fields and Stoby

Dear Editor, I read with great interest a front page story in the Stabroek News under the rubric “Transparency Body sees major conflict of interest for Hugheses on oil”. I do not see much of a...

Peter Persaud not amused by an honorary doctorate award

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Peter Persaud not amused by an honorary doctorate award

Dear Editor, I became highly concerned when I read in a section of the press that Laura George of the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) will be conferred with an Honorary Doctorate degree. I can...

A letter to Minister Ramjattan

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A letter to Minister Ramjattan

Dear Minister, The Private Sector Commission is becoming increasingly concerned by a number of issues affecting the prisons in Guyana and, by virtue of this, public safety in the country. A recent...

Guyanese most trusting of their politicians! The IDB needs to correct this or explain.

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese most trusting of their politicians! The IDB needs to correct this or explain.

Dear Editor, I can hardly believe that KN had to retract the caption for an article on October 2, “Guyana’s politicians the least trusted by its citizens-IDB report”.” Least,” had to be...

C’TYNE HORROR…Deportee stabs lover to death after dumping her in trench

Oct 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on C’TYNE HORROR…Deportee stabs lover to death after dumping her in trench

– chased victim down street with kitchen knife; nabbed at scene while trying to remove corpse Armed with a kitchen knife, a mentally unstable deportee chased his girlfriend down a...

Govt. acts contrary to its own decision to move oil from Natural Resource Ministry – Ram

Oct 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. acts contrary to its own decision to move oil from Natural Resource Ministry – Ram

The Ministry of Natural Resources was months ago stripped of all its responsibility for the oil and gas sector. However, just a few days ago, the Ministry released an advertisement in its name...

Guyanese pilot who escaped with two planes dies in Long Island crash

Oct 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese pilot who escaped with two planes dies in Long Island crash

A Guyanese pilot who was investigated by local aviation officials for the unauthorised departure of two planes in 2016, died in a small plane that crashed into the ocean waters off of Long...

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(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

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(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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