January 2019

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Man who killed GTM executive over sexual act appeals “excessive” sentence

Jan 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man who killed GTM executive over sexual act appeals “excessive” sentence

Admitting in a caution statement that he fatally stabbed Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Life (GTM) Insurance executive, Bert Whyte, who performed oral sex on him, Clive Knights, has filed an...

Suspect held for 2014 rape-murder of Cuyuni shopkeeper

Jan 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect held for 2014 rape-murder of Cuyuni shopkeeper

A Mahaica, East Coast Demerara man is to be charged today for the rape and murder of Cuyuni shopkeeper, Sheniza Khan Bhola, four years ago. The suspect, Nathan Anthony Stoute, was captured on Old...

Six newborns recorded at Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital on January 1

Jan 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Six newborns recorded at Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital on January 1

Six successful deliveries were recorded at the privately operated Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital on New Year’s Day [January 1]. According to information released by the hospital, of the six babies...

Father of two gets bail for damaging brother-in-law’s property

Jan 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Father of two gets bail for damaging brother-in-law’s property

A father of two from Lot 97 Costello Housing Scheme, was released on bail after making an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday for two allegations of damage to...

Disease of Papaya threatens Parika Backdam Farms

Jan 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Disease of Papaya threatens Parika Backdam Farms

Virulent foliar disease is reported to infect 80% of a papaya farm with 200 productive plants. The disease, which is said to be spreading at a rapid rate, is uncontrolled as farmer alluded to...

16 newborns delivered at GPHC on New Year’s Day

Jan 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 16 newborns delivered at GPHC on New Year’s Day

A total of 16 babies, 10 boys and six girls, were born at the country’s premier public health institution – the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation on New Year’s Day [January 1]. The...

Hire car driver dies after slamming into abandoned tractor

Jan 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hire car driver dies after slamming into abandoned tractor

A hire car driver succumbed to injuries he sustained after his car veered off the Number 67 Public Road and crashed into an abandoned tractor on the road shoulders, on New Year’s Da y. Dead is...

Money changer killer appeals sentence

Jan 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Money changer killer appeals sentence

Philemon Boodhoo, called “Kevin and Paio”, 22, of No 63 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was sentenced to life in prison, to serve 50 years in jail before being eligible for parole. He was...

Dual citizenship

Jan 03, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Dual citizenship

One month before the May 2015 General and Regional Elections, one newspaper published a letter under the name of Rafiq T. Khan. In that missive, Khan pointed out that the lists of the...

E’bo couple loses home in New Year’s fire

Jan 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo couple loses home in New Year’s fire

A couple on the Essequibo Coast is facing the start of the New Year without a roof over their heads, after a fire engulfed their small home in Richmond village last Tuesday evening. Based on...

David Hinds was the only guest at my birthday party

Jan 03, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on David Hinds was the only guest at my birthday party

My birthday, on December 30 came and went. I spent it with my wife and only David Hinds I had over. He drank Banks DIH shandy. I took DDL’s Topco sorrel juice. We both had ham sandwiches. We sat on...

The Attorney General is willing to violate the constitution to stay in power

Jan 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Attorney General is willing to violate the constitution to stay in power

DEAR EDITOR, The job of an Attorney General, the world over, is to uphold the law and the constitution. On December 31st, Attorney General Basil Williams held a press conference in which he...

Share the Cake! Now is the time to work together as one for the benefit of all Guyana

Jan 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Share the Cake! Now is the time to work together as one for the benefit of all Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, It is almost two weeks into that 90-day period! The name Charrandass is a dead cert in the school history books of Guyana’s children of the future. The history books will have a...

Puncturing the lungs of the planet

Jan 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Puncturing the lungs of the planet

DEAR EDITOR, Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has launched an assault on environmental and Amazon protections with an executive order transferring the regulation and creation of new...

Apparently these provisions of Article 64 of the Constitution have escaped the attention of competent authorities

Jan 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Apparently these provisions of Article 64 of the Constitution have escaped the attention of competent authorities

DEAR EDITOR, I am constrained to draw to the attention of interested persons the provisions of Article 64 of the Guyana Constitution which apparently have escaped the attention of competent...

It appears only with the support of the Opposition can the proceedings be revisited

Jan 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It appears only with the support of the Opposition can the proceedings be revisited

DEAR EDITOR, I have witnessed the controversy over the issue of majority votes in the National Assembly of Guyana. The National Assembly is the Highest Court in the land with its own...

The Speaker correctly ruled that the “motion is carried”

Jan 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Speaker correctly ruled that the “motion is carried”

DEAR EDITOR, Strange thing to say that on this matter of the legality/validity of the December 21st no-confidence motion, I fully concur with Ralph Ramkarran, S.C and Anil Nandlall! The...

HOPING FOR A BETTER 2019

Jan 03, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on HOPING FOR A BETTER 2019

The New Year is upon us. Just about everybody is hoping for a better year. It is said that the older one gets, it appears that the year grows shorter. It seemed as though 2018 had just begun....

Passage of no confidence motion… Govt. threatens court action if Speaker’s ruling unfavourable

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Passage of no confidence motion… Govt. threatens court action if Speaker’s ruling unfavourable

The government has assembled a group of legal advisors in preparation to fight the results of the no confidence motion all the way to Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). Attorney General and...

CJIA’s US$150M and counting… The terminal building that Guyana is getting for US$42M

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA’s US$150M and counting… The terminal building that Guyana is getting for US$42M

A 2011 contract with China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) had pegged a brand new, two-storey terminal building for the Timehri airport at a hefty US$42M. However, local and...

Granger opens door for political cooperation with PPP

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Granger opens door for political cooperation with PPP

President David Granger has assured the nation that the government remains committed to working with the Opposition in 2019. In fact, he indicated in his New Year’s address to the nation...

Dual citizenship Debate: Jagdeo says law not retroactive

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Dual citizenship Debate: Jagdeo says law not retroactive

Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, sought to rubbish the pronouncement by Attorney General, Basil Williams, that former Member of Parliament, Charrandass Persaud, is unqualified to...

DPP among five elevated to Senior Counsel

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on DPP among five elevated to Senior Counsel

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack is among five longstanding and outstanding jurists who have been conferred with the honour of Senior Counsel by President David Granger....

Motion Passed but PPP must be patient with Govt.-Dr. Hinds

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Motion Passed but PPP must be patient with Govt.-Dr. Hinds

By Kiana Wilburg Even though the Opposition’s No-Confidence motion was passed, the very opposition must exhibit patience with the government which is now seeking to explore the dynamics of the...

Speaker will not place his credibility on stake – Jagdeo

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker will not place his credibility on stake – Jagdeo

The Speaker of the House will not reverse the no-confidence motion because he would never do anything to place his credibility at stake. This is according to Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo,...

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Leave, but please explain why

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(Kaieteur News) – Apparently, in Guyana, the moment a person is accused of a serious offence, a mysterious administrative switch is supposed to be flipped. CLICK. The accused goes on leave. No investigation into whether the person’s continued presence could interfere with the investigation. No...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Congrats to Drs. Ali, Jagdeo

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(Kaieteur News) – It must be done; avoiding out of the question. Congratulations to Excellencies Ali and Jagdeo, the former a sitting president, the latter still a president in all but title. Drs. Ali and Jagdeo must have pig iron stomachs. Whoever is halal or haram, holy or a heathen...

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