January 2019

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E’bo boat captain gets three years’ imprisonment, fined $22.7 million.

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo boat captain gets three years’ imprisonment, fined $22.7 million.

Dhanraj Singh, who was busted with 42 kilograms of cannabis in January 2018, was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. He was also fined $22.6M. Singh, who is a fisherman from...

WHEN ONE EQUALS TWO

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHEN ONE EQUALS TWO

Guyanese have a way of making fun of situations. One of the jokes making the rounds around town is that the West Indies Cricket team which lost the One Day 50-Overs cricket series against...

Murder accused in Pomona stabbing remanded

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused in Pomona stabbing remanded

Alex Matthias, who was arrested and charged for the murder of 20-year-old Kevin Betancourt, was yesterday remanded to prison. Matthias appeared before magistrate Esther Sam in the Suddie...

Man gets two weeks’ imprisonment for breaking peace bond

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets two weeks’ imprisonment for breaking peace bond

A 54-year- old man who lives on the Essequibo Coast, was yesterday sentenced to two weeks imprisonment after breaking a peace bond with his daughter in law on New Year’s Day. The convicted...

GTT Makes Customer Service Experience Easy

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTT Makes Customer Service Experience Easy

Customer service is about ensuring that customers’ needs are fulfilled by not only offering quality products and services, but also by building dependable relationships. Whether expressing...

Exactly 50 years ago, the government was illegal; it is now.

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Exactly 50 years ago, the government was illegal; it is now.

In 1968, Guyana witnessed the rigging of the first general election after Independence. This is an event widely documented. This is an event for which historical evidence is abundant. This is an...

Majority in Pakistan similar to 34 in Guyana

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Majority in Pakistan similar to 34 in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, There are ample cases in Commonwealth countries in support of the argument that a “majority of all elected members” of the National Assembly in Guyana for a vote of confidence...

The Charrandass debacle – only time will tell

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Charrandass debacle – only time will tell

DEAR EDITOR, The debate to decide Charrandass Persaud as hero or villain will depend upon events that are yet to unfold in the immediate future. It has shifted to the consequences of his vote,...

The Speaker’s decision accords fully with the thinking of legal minds

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Speaker’s decision accords fully with the thinking of legal minds

DEAR EDITOR, The decision by the Speaker of the National Assembly not to revisit the No-Confidence Motion was widely anticipated and accords fully with the thinking of legal minds, both in...

Voting against one’s party is nothing new

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Voting against one’s party is nothing new

DEAR EDITOR, No gathering took place and not a drink was taken over the Holidays without the name, Charrandass Persaud being mentioned. And so the debate rages on: traitor or truth-bearer;...

34 votes majority is supported by Kenyan Guideline

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on 34 votes majority is supported by Kenyan Guideline

DEAR EDITOR, Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland has stated that he has received information from other countries that raised doubt as to whether the no confidence motion was...

Govt.’s propaganda cannot erase sugar workers’ pains and trials

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt.’s propaganda cannot erase sugar workers’ pains and trials

DEAR EDITOR, The Government in Action column titled “GuySuCo and Sugar creating a viable future” which appeared in the Guyana Chronicle of December 30, 2018, spent an inordinate amount of...

Bharrat Jagdeo will be remembered as this country’s greatest political tactician and strategist

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo will be remembered as this country’s greatest political tactician and strategist

DEAR EDITOR, All fair and just minded Guyanese knew that the Speaker would uphold the vote for the no confidence motion against the Coalition Government, since it was legally and...

From no confidence reality to enhanced political cooperation practicality

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on From no confidence reality to enhanced political cooperation practicality

From the slippery edge to the wide-open road; from the possibly perilous to the powerfully promising. Out of seemingly nowhere, these three not-so-little words: enhanced political cooperation emerged...

No reversal…No-Confidence motion stands – Speaker tells National Assembly minus Opposition

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on No reversal…No-Confidence motion stands – Speaker tells National Assembly minus Opposition

The Motion of No-Confidence against the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) government remains valid, and the government has been urged by the Speaker of the...

Govt. moves to fight no-confidence motion in court

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. moves to fight no-confidence motion in court

Attorney General Basil Williams said that the government has already moved to the High Court to file their cases in relation to the no-confidence motion. He told this to members of the media shortly...

From US ambassador to gold mining executive… Perry Holloway joins Guyana Goldfields as Senior VP

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on From US ambassador to gold mining executive… Perry Holloway joins Guyana Goldfields as Senior VP

Former US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, has been hired to help manage Guyana’s biggest gold mine. According to the Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc., Holloway has been appointed...

Go to the polls, not the Courts – Chris Ram urges Govt.

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Go to the polls, not the Courts – Chris Ram urges Govt.

Attorney-at-law and Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram is calling on the Government to abort its intended course of action in response to the passage of the No-Confidence Motion. Ram thinks that...

Shareholders move to sack Goldfield directors – cite mismanagement, $1B loss in share value

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Shareholders move to sack Goldfield directors – cite mismanagement, $1B loss in share value

Shareholders of Guyana Goldfields Inc., a Canadian company, which operates the biggest gold mining operations in Guyana, are moving to sack its current board of directors because of what it...

Local Govt. Commission pussyfooting with City Hall COI recommendations

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local Govt. Commission pussyfooting with City Hall COI recommendations

The Local Government Commission (LGC) appears to be delaying carrying out the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) conducted into the operations of the Mayor and City Council of...

Venezuela must cease all threats of military force against unarmed civilian vessels – Greenidge

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela must cease all threats of military force against unarmed civilian vessels – Greenidge

Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge declared in the National Assembly yesterday that Venezuela must cease all threats of military force against unarmed civilian vessels, which are licensed...

One letter separate Basil Dummy (B) from Donald Dumb (D)

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on One letter separate Basil Dummy (B) from Donald Dumb (D)

Dem got people who does do anything fuh money from de govt. Dem got a lawyer who start dis stupidness bout 33 being smaller than 32. Dis story start since 2014 when Donald Dumb was de president. Now...

2014 rape-murder of Cuyuni shopkeeper… Berbice youth appears in court to face charge

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 2014 rape-murder of Cuyuni shopkeeper… Berbice youth appears in court to face charge

After being on the run for four years, a 21-year-old man was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the murder of a Cuyuni shopkeeper. Nathan Anthony Stoute, of Mahaica, East Coast...

Lawyers continue arguments over Court‘s jurisdiction in Nandlall stolen law books case

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyers continue arguments over Court‘s jurisdiction in Nandlall stolen law books case

Attorney-at-law Leslyn Noble has raised further contentions over the authority of the High Court to rule on the matter of stolen law books, which involves former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, at...

Refusal to hold elections in three months sending bad signal to investors – Ramson – Says courts should not be used as a tool to buy time or delay

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Refusal to hold elections in three months sending bad signal to investors – Ramson – Says courts should not be used as a tool to buy time or delay

The APNU+AFC Government’s reluctance to call General and Regional Elections within the three-month period as prescribed by the Constitution of Guyana will send a bad signal to foreign and...

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A Commission of Inquiry is not a fishing expedition

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(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram’s latest letter (Kiskadee Watch, July 9th 2026) culminates with what is intended to be its most dramatic flourish: a demand that President Irfaan Ali establish a Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate every aspect of his agricultural enterprise. It is...

The Beacon of Freedom Seen Across Oceans: Reflections on 250 Years of...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Two hundred and fifty years ago, in the sweltering heat of a Philadelphia summer, a small group of men did something without precedent in modern history. They gathered, argued, deliberated, and then signed their names to a declaration that was a...

The Ali farm – from bankroller to blackmailer

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Almost without exception, Guyanese across the board, are familiar about the kind of upstanding citizen and leader that Pres. Ali is. They have a good idea about the quality of his character, the beauties of his activities. Their leader is a winner. ...

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