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Ulverston man sentenced to 20 years for knifing reputed wife to death

Feb 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ulverston man sentenced to 20 years for knifing reputed wife to death

Forty-six year-old ex-Cane Harvester Winston Benjamin was yesterday jailed for 20 years by Justice Brassington Reynolds after he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter committed in 2016...

Convicted child rapist to be sentenced soon

Feb 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted child rapist to be sentenced soon

Errol De Souza, who is said to be in his 40s, will be sentenced to a term of imprisonment on March 6, following his conviction by a jury for raping an underage girl. De S ouza had been on trial...

Integrity Commission has no investigators – Chairman

Feb 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Integrity Commission has no investigators – Chairman

The Integrity Commission lacks the skills needed to verify truth of declarations by public officials. Alluding to its mandate, Chairman of the Commission, Kumar Doraisami pointed to a need for...

Grove labourer found dead

Feb 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Grove labourer found dead

The body of 32-year-old Rayon Angel was found at around 11:00 hrs yesterday at his Lot 343 Third Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara home. Police said that Angel was lying face-upward in his bed and...

South R/veldt man accused of trafficking ganja

Feb 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on South R/veldt man accused of trafficking ganja

A man who does importing and exporting of goods was yesterday granted bail on a charge for which he allegedly was found in possession of 627 grams of cannabis. David Pricello of 261 South Ruimveldt,...

‘Smallie’, ‘Catty’ not guilty of ‘Mango Man’ murder

Feb 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Smallie’, ‘Catty’ not guilty of ‘Mango Man’ murder

After several hours of deliberation, a 12-member mixed jury yesterday found convicted mass killer, Mark Royden Williams, also known as, ‘Smallie’ and Sherwin Nero, also known as,...

2019 Roadwork bidding continues at Tender Board

Feb 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 2019 Roadwork bidding continues at Tender Board

Last Tuesday’s session at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) saw tenders piling up for road works anticipated for 2019, since January’s NPTAB opening. ...

Guyana looking to India to help meet its ‘safe medicines’ demands

Feb 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana looking to India to help meet its ‘safe medicines’ demands

“Only safe and effective medicines will be made available to Guyanese citizens.” This was the assertion of public health officials as they engaged potential suppliers of pharmaceuticals to...

Collective response needed to arrest RUSAL’s threat to sovereignty – GTUC

Feb 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Collective response needed to arrest RUSAL’s threat to sovereignty – GTUC

“A threat to sovereignty” is how the conduct of the management of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated [BCGI] has been described by President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress [GTUC], Ms....

Rudy James: An immense appreciation

Feb 21, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Rudy James: An immense appreciation

One of my favourite Guyanese has died. The second nicest UG personality I have met in my twenty-six years as a lecturer at that institution has died. One of Guyana’s brilliant multi-racial citizens...

THE ESSEQUIBO IRONY OF BHARRAT JAGDEO

Feb 21, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE ESSEQUIBO IRONY OF BHARRAT JAGDEO

Dear Editor, Opposition Leader, Bharat Jagdeo, has expressed his concern about the lawfulness of the armed forces following orders of the Coalition Government after March 21, 2019, when the...

Bauxite workers need your solidarity, your support

Feb 21, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bauxite workers need your solidarity, your support

Dear Editor: Workers employed at the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) need your solidarity. We particularly need your moral support and voice raised in support of the struggle and...

They distorted the reason for the Rupununi outreach

Feb 21, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on They distorted the reason for the Rupununi outreach

Dear Editor, Permit me space to respond to the devious letter by Dr. Asquith Rose and Sasenarine Singh regarding the successful outreach in Rupununi by the Coalition government. The two sought to...

Bharrat Jagdeo, Irfaan Ali and the PPP are threats to the public interests

Feb 21, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo, Irfaan Ali and the PPP are threats to the public interests

Dear Editor, Chapter three section 40 (1) of the Constitution of Guyana guarantees every Guyanese is entitled to the basic right to a happy, creative and productive life, free from hunger, ignorance...

Calling for the president to resign is lawless

Feb 21, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Calling for the president to resign is lawless

Dear Editor, In 2015, the people of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana voted and elected the Coalition with thirty four (34) places and the opposition PPPC with thirty-two places in a new government....

Anil Nandlall is being sacrificed at the altar of PPP expediency

Feb 21, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anil Nandlall is being sacrificed at the altar of PPP expediency

Editor, As uncertainty mounts and the constitutional deadline for new elections nears, many PPP hardliners and supporters are still trying to recover from the disbelief and shock that their views and...

On the event of The Chinese New Year

Feb 21, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on On the event of The Chinese New Year

Editor, Throughout the world, February saw the celebration of a New Year by Chinese people in China and overseas. The New Year is the prime time for us to reflect on the success and failures of the...

Criticising the coalition

Feb 21, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Criticising the coalition

Dear Editor, I am closely monitoring the political situation in Guyana. As you all are aware, we have combined in the diaspora to ensure the AFC was relegated to ANOTHER FAILURE CONFIRMED (AFC) due...

The minibus code of conduct

Feb 21, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The minibus code of conduct

Now there is a minibus code of conduct. The people responsible for this development are due a word of praise and a round of applause for their thinking and actions to get to this point. It represents...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more