November 2018

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Retrial underway for accused in truck driver’s murder

Nov 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Retrial underway for accused in truck driver’s murder

A second trial is underway for Mahendra Bishundial who is accused of the murder of Edun Poultry Farm employee, Aga Khan, who was shot and killed by bandits. In May, a hung jury was the end result...

Chung’s Global threatens to sue City Hall over $478M outstanding payment

Nov 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Chung’s Global threatens to sue City Hall over $478M outstanding payment

The list of companies stepping forward to accuse the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of not honouring its financial obligations continues to grow. Chung’s Global Enterprise claims that...

The public can objectively judge whether the Minister’s position on my article has merit

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The public can objectively judge whether the Minister’s position on my article has merit

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is being made to Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan’s 18th November 2018 letter, which is a response to my article “Local Government Elections, though disappointing, were...

Something is amiss – How many health care facilities in Guyana are presently licensed?

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is amiss – How many health care facilities in Guyana are presently licensed?

DEAR EDITOR, How many health care facilities in Guyana are presently licensed? To my amazement, I discovered that only two healthcare facilities in Guyana operate with a current (2018) license. These...

PPP/C must prove it can deliver after LGE

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP/C must prove it can deliver after LGE

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the People Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) on its success during the Local Government Elections (LGE). Let us take this time to...

“Do suh nah like suh”

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Do suh nah like suh”

DEAR EDITOR, I like using my Guyanese proverbs intermittently, because they succinctly explain the issue under review as no other language form could. Try as I would using the English diction in many...

The CCJ ruling does not find favour

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The CCJ ruling does not find favour

DEAR EDITOR, On November 13th 2018, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled in favour of the cross-dressing Appeal. The Court ruled that “a law in Guyana, which makes it a criminal offence for a...

Euthanasia performed on the AFC is the only good thing that came out of LGE

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Euthanasia performed on the AFC is the only good thing that came out of LGE

EDITOR, Now that the dust has literally settled on LGE, the results reaffirm the point I made in my missive on Election Day, “Poor turn out on Monday should inspire the LGE commissioners back to...

The LGE demonstrated that real power resides with the people

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The LGE demonstrated that real power resides with the people

DEAR EDITOR, Political commentators and organizations, who today are critical of APNU+AFC’s performance, were only three years ago rallying around them, enthusing about the change they would bring....

CCJ LIMITED JURISDICTION

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CCJ LIMITED JURISDICTION

In a referendum held on November 6, the people of Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda roundly rejected the proposal to replace the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court...

SOCU prepares 19 charges for ex Minister Irfaan Ali

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU prepares 19 charges for ex Minister Irfaan Ali

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force has prepared 19 charges against former Minister of Housing, Irfaan Ali. Kaieteur News understands that many of the charges...

Guyana needs to stop collecting ‘chicken feed’ from oil sector

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana needs to stop collecting ‘chicken feed’ from oil sector

– demand what you deserve,transparency group advises By Kiana Wilburg As Guyana makes moves to review the model for its Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), international transparency...

Transport produced by Town Clerk does not match disputed Sussex Street property

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Transport produced by Town Clerk does not match disputed Sussex Street property

The transport produced by Town Clerk Royston King, last month, in relation to the leased Lombard and Sussex Street Wharf facility, does not correspond with the location of the disputed...

Cop dies in crash after borrowing friend’s car

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cop dies in crash after borrowing friend’s car

Guyana Police Force corporal Cordis Joseph died around noon yesterday after crashing the car he had borrowed on Company Road, Aroaima trail (Upper Demerara-Berbice). Joseph, 33, was driving...

CoI receives report of Royston King’s return to City Hall during probe

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CoI receives report of Royston King’s return to City Hall during probe

An investigation has been launched into the presence of embattled Town Clerk, Royston King’s at City Hall after being sent on administrative leave to facilitate a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into...

Mom turns in 16-yr-old killer to cops

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mom turns in 16-yr-old killer to cops

Released from a juvenile detention centre just months ago, a 16-year-old boy is now likely to face a murder charge after stabbing a labourer to death. The youth, from Auchlyne, Corentyne,...

Lusignan prison escapee Sudesh Dyal recaptured

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan prison escapee Sudesh Dyal recaptured

Lusignan Prison escapee Sudesh Dyal was recaptured at about 03:00 hrs yesterday at Tuschen Squatting Area, East Bank Essequibo. Acting on information, a tactical team led by ‘B’ Divisional...

Trump says ‘full report’ on Khashoggi murder in two days – ALJAZEERA

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Trump says ‘full report’ on Khashoggi murder in two days – ALJAZEERA

US President Donald Trump has said that his administration will release a full report in two days about the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump told reporters on Saturday that...

Drug addict stabbed to death by dealers after refusing to buy drugs

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Drug addict stabbed to death by dealers after refusing to buy drugs

A drug addict only known as “Buckman” is now dead after being attacked and stabbed by four men who police said carried out the ruthless attack after the victim and others stopped buying...

Jagdeo wants to see a Budget 2019 that “restores”

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo wants to see a Budget 2019 that “restores”

Come November 26, Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo wants to be blown away by a National Budget that “restores” the many goodies he says the coalition government has taken away from the people of...

Judiciary, Multi-Stakeholder Groups have crucial role to play in monitoring Natural Resource Funds – Chatham House

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Judiciary, Multi-Stakeholder Groups have crucial role to play in monitoring Natural Resource Funds – Chatham House

By Kiana Wilburg Whether or not rules are in place, independent oversight bodies have important roles to play in holding governments to account for the management of Natural Resource Funds...

“I escaped from Jim Jones’ gunmen”- Remembering a Guyanese journalist who witnessed the first killings

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “I escaped from Jim Jones’ gunmen”- Remembering a Guyanese journalist who witnessed the first killings

By Michael Jordan He had never heard live firing before, so when the fusillade of gunshots began, Neville Annibourne thought that someone was throwing stones at the six-seat Cessna plane in which he...

Fires claim four lives for year so far

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fires claim four lives for year so far

Fires have claimed the lives of four people for the year so far, while several persons have been injured, buildings have been destroyed, and families have been displaced. Sometimes disaster can be...

GECOM sees UNDP’s offer of IT assistance as more long term – Lowenfield

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM sees UNDP’s offer of IT assistance as more long term – Lowenfield

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is still open to receiving technical assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) who is willing to provide IT experts in the management of...

Driver flees accident scene, leaves 47 lbs ganja behind

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Driver flees accident scene, leaves 47 lbs ganja behind

Members of the Guyana Police Force are searching for a taxi driver who fled the scene of an accident, leaving his vehicle with 47 pounds of marijuana stashed inside. The driver abandoned the...

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Should Guyana build a small refinery?

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(Kaieteur News) – The public discourse, thus far, on a refinery for Guyana asks some legitimate questions about cost, management, financing and commercial risk. But it makes a fundamental analytical mistake of evaluating the proposed Guyanese refinery as though its purpose were to become another...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability Pt 1

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(Kaieteur News) – Great to see Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, taking control. Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Regional Executive Officers, and assorted others summoned to a session with the new Minister for Virtue and against Vice. Dr. Jagdeo is the best man for that job. He knows the...

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