January 2019

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Man jailed for keeping gun he found while cleaning drain

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for keeping gun he found while cleaning drain

A City Magistrate yesterday sentenced a clothes vendor to two years’ imprisonment and fined him $50,000 after he was found with an illegal gun in a haversack. Quacey Glasgow, 33, of West Ruimveldt,...

GTU consulting ground level members on new salary proposal …as government starts retroactive payout

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTU consulting ground level members on new salary proposal …as government starts retroactive payout

Although it was gearing to submit a proposal to the Ministry of Education last month for a new multi-year salary package for public school teachers, the Guyana Teachers’ Union [GTU] has...

Region Eight villager who allegedly killed ‘wrong man’ remanded

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Region Eight villager who allegedly killed ‘wrong man’ remanded

A 47-year-old Kurukabaru, Region Eight man, who allegedly killed a 19-year-old after mistaking him for another individual, was remanded yesterday for murder. Timothy Martin was charged with the...

GDF promotes 706 ranks

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GDF promotes 706 ranks

In accordance with Part III Section 16 of the Defence Act 15:01 of 1977, the Chief of Staff Brigadier Patrick West, MSS, has announced the promotion of 706 other ranks of the Guyana Defence...

Same game different players – GoG continues to show disinterest in sports

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Same game different players – GoG continues to show disinterest in sports

Says Sean Devers As I start another year my continued disappointment with this Government’s disinterest in sports after 23 years of the same attitude by the PPP/C Administration, prompted...

The most significant year in Guyana Basketball history – 2018

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on The most significant year in Guyana Basketball history – 2018

The most significant moment for Guyana’s basketball in 2018 was the end of the nation’s 36-year wait to win the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Senior Male Championship. This...

GFF’s mid-season transfer window opens

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF’s mid-season transfer window opens

The Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) mid-season transfer window is a crucial opportunity for clubs and players to make sometimes life-changing decisions about their football careers and...

Full strength Bajans aim to halt Jaguars unbeaten streak as teams clash today in Barbados

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Full strength Bajans aim to halt Jaguars unbeaten streak as teams clash today in Barbados

By Sean Devers A full strength Barbados Pride with nine International players has been assembled for their third round Regional first-class match against four-time defending Champions Guyana...

Badri Prasad Memorial T20 – Wakenaam Sans Souci and Maria’s Pleasure to clash in first semi final on Sunday

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Badri Prasad Memorial T20 – Wakenaam Sans Souci and Maria’s Pleasure to clash in first semi final on Sunday

Sans Souci and Maria’s Pleasure will clash in the first semi final of the Wakenaaam Cricket Committee/Badri Prasad Memorial T20 on Sunday at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground. Sans Souci...

Business as usual for Hockey in 2018

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Business as usual for Hockey in 2018

By Calvin Chapman The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB), which can easily be labeled as one of the better organised sport associations had another busy year in 2018 with the highlights being the...

Karibee Rice Mega Sprint Classic Horserace Meet Ansa Mc Al joins Trophy Stall as major sponsor

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Karibee Rice Mega Sprint Classic Horserace Meet Ansa Mc Al joins Trophy Stall as major sponsor

With over 45 entries so far for the Nand Persaud Group of Companies one-day Horse Race Meet, beverage giants Ansa McAl Trading has joined Trophy Stall as the major sponsors for this Sunday’s...

New MP fills Charrandass Persaud’s space in Parliament

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New MP fills Charrandass Persaud’s space in Parliament

APNU+AFC Member, Barbara Patricia Pilgrim, was sworn in yesterday as a Parliamentarian of the National Assembly. Pilgrim replaces former AFC Member, Charrandass Persaud, who resigned as a Member of...

Several financial Bills passed in Opposition’s absence

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Several financial Bills passed in Opposition’s absence

The absence of the political opposition did not prevent the government from continuing with its business in the National Assembly. In fact, several financial Bills were passed by the Government,...

Woman goes into labour after bandits storm guest house

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman goes into labour after bandits storm guest house

Two businesses in Clifton and John’s, Port Mourant, respectively, were Wednesday night pounced upon by perpetrators determined to drive fear into the minds of their intended victims....

Jamal Khashoggi murder trial opens in Saudi Arabia

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jamal Khashoggi murder trial opens in Saudi Arabia

The trial of 11 individuals over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has begun in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, state media report. Prosecutors have asked for the death penalty for...

The will of the people vs. a no-confidence motion

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The will of the people vs. a no-confidence motion

The decision of the Speaker of the National Assembly not to review or to reverse his decision on the no-confidence motion of December 21, 2018, now means that the controversy between the...

The reason I broke with the post-2015 government

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The reason I broke with the post-2015 government

I have answered several questions as to how I could support Charrandass Persaud’s no- confidence motion. People keep telling me that the Coalition should have lasted until 2020 when...

EPA links severe environmental risk to swine, poultry farming -puts three farmers on notice

Jan 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on EPA links severe environmental risk to swine, poultry farming -puts three farmers on notice

The rearing of swine and poultry has been posing an environmental threat to some communities and some residents have not been taking this development lightly. In fact, some have brought their...

Opposition presidential candidate process is one for the books

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Opposition presidential candidate process is one for the books

Dear Editor, I was going along quietly minding my own business when it dawned upon me that, almost every other day, there is one arresting development after another relative to the PPP’s...

The Coalition Administration Should Pursue Justice Against Jagdeo

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Coalition Administration Should Pursue Justice Against Jagdeo

Dear Editor, Guyanese continue to err in regarding the PPP as a viable political organization, even after repeated publication in the media of its ties to narco trafficking, money laundering,...

A campaign for Rajendra Bissessar

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A campaign for Rajendra Bissessar

Dear Editor Recently, one is hearing about presidential candidates; Frank Anthony, Anil Nandlall, Irfaan Ali, on one hand, and on the other side, Basil Williams Harmon and Volda and I began...

GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE APPOINTED SENIOR COUNSEL

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE APPOINTED SENIOR COUNSEL

Dear Editor, After the passing of the no confidence motion, the administration becomes a caretaker government, devoid of any real governmental powers, but merely to supervise the machinery of...

Many fictions persist in the society

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Many fictions persist in the society

Dear Editor, When I was a child, growing up in the late 1980s in the tiny Georgetown community of Tucville Terrace, there was the eldest son of a man we called Palla Walla, a young boy,...

It wasn’t me

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It wasn’t me

Dear Editor: Someone brought to my attention that one Ronald Bostwick referred to a letter written by one Sase in the Kaieteur News. Though a popular name, I just want to, for the record,...

The No-Confidence vote is invalid

Jan 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The No-Confidence vote is invalid

Dear Editor: The Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) reiterates to all Guyanese and the international community that the December 21, 2018 no confidence vote against the APNU+AFC...

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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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