February 2019

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Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter Ward Cup set for March 31 start

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter Ward Cup set for March 31 start

The Hamilton Green Cup Inter Ward/Village 9-a-side Knockout football tournament will commence on March 31 and is set to conclude on April 14 with the final at the Den Amstel ground, venue for all the...

UNICEF donates rape kits to help tackle sexual crimes

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF donates rape kits to help tackle sexual crimes

The Regional Executive Officer,(REO) of Region Four, Pauline Lucas, was presented with 300 rape kits to help address crimes of sexual violence, particularly committed against women and...

No elections until April 2020

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on No elections until April 2020

No one, least of all the PPPC, should be surprised by the decisions of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), firstly that elections cannot be held within 90 days and secondly in favour of...

Labourer charged with attempted murder

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer charged with attempted murder

A man whom the court heard was on the run for two years after chopping a man to his back, was yesterday charged with attempted murder. The man, John Ray, 29, of 3076 North Ruimveldt, appeared before...

GTU awaits meeting with Finance Ministry on salary increase discrepancy

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTU awaits meeting with Finance Ministry on salary increase discrepancy

The Guyana Teachers Union [GTU] is not taking lightly what it believes to be a discrepancy in the sum paid to teachers as part of a salary hike agreement it inked last year with government through...

Lawyers file appeal in Compton Reid‘s no- confidence challenge

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyers file appeal in Compton Reid‘s no- confidence challenge

Lawyers representing Compton Reid, the private citizen who challenged the no- confidence motion passed in the National Assembly on December 21, last have filed the grounds to appeal against the...

Local Government Commission remains open

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local Government Commission remains open

The Local Government Commission (LGC) will remain open despite reports that the commission lacks resources to fund its operations. Last week, reports emerged that the commission had closed its doors...

Crime Chief says no evidence Guyanese man wanted by US -granted bail on arms and ammo charge

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Crime Chief says no evidence Guyanese man wanted by US -granted bail on arms and ammo charge

Crime Chief Lyndon Alves says the Guyana Police Force has received no information to suggest that businessman, Oudit Narain Seenarain, is wanted for any crime in the United States. “He was charged...

Santa Rosa Village Council to seek legal actions against two newspapers

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Santa Rosa Village Council to seek legal actions against two newspapers

The Village council of Santa Rosa is seeking legal advice against two newspapers for a news article which the council dismissed as being false, inaccurate and being published with defamatory...

Govt. warns of heavy machinery driving on roads

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. warns of heavy machinery driving on roads

On Saturday, February 16, 2019 the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s National Task Force Commission received a report of a bulldozer traversing the recently rehabilitated West Coast Demerara...

Female relative, Guyanese detained at Trini airport for murder of doubles vendor

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Female relative, Guyanese detained at Trini airport for murder of doubles vendor

Police have detained a close female relative and a Guyanese national in connection with the death of Chaguanas doubles vendor, Dharoop Jagessar. The 21-year-old man and 52-year-old woman were...

Amna calls out PPP for duping Annai residents

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Amna calls out PPP for duping Annai residents

Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally, has publicly condemned the opposition PPP and its presidential candidate, Irfaan Ali, for what she describes as “duping” the people of Annai in Region...

Muslim scholar on nine child rape charges for trial March 7

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Muslim scholar on nine child rape charges for trial March 7

The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has informed that Muslim scholar, Neezam Ali, who has been indicted on nine counts of sexual activity with a child by abusing position of trust...

Bartica remembers the victims of the massacre

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica remembers the victims of the massacre

The Township of Bartica on Sunday hosted a Peace Walk around the Township as part of a Memorial Commemorative Programme in observance of the massacre that occurred in Bartica on February 17, 2008. On...

Duo remanded to prison for attack on Skeldon Chinese national.

Feb 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Duo remanded to prison for attack on Skeldon Chinese national.

Two men were slapped with two charges jointly yesterday and were refused bail by Magistrate Alex Moore at the Mibicuri Magistrate’s Court. The men, Sheldon Adams and Delwin December, were jointly...

Harmon’s harmonica lacks harmony

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Harmon’s harmonica lacks harmony

In the history of post Independence governments, Joe Harmon’s attitude to his foreign citizenship must go down as one of the most comical yet inscrutable things to have come out of the mouth of a...

We must demand the President convene a meeting with the Leader of the Opposition

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must demand the President convene a meeting with the Leader of the Opposition

DEAR EDITOR, We must call a spade a spade. Guyana has entered into a constitutional storm. Crisis is at hand. It is an emergency. The President is deliberately playing reckless games. His Cabinet is...

Get up Stand up, Stand up for your Right, Guyanese!

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Get up Stand up, Stand up for your Right, Guyanese!

DEAR EDITOR, I am so utterly upset at the glaring display of disrespect, disdain, and utter contempt by Rusal for our people, and by extension, government, I literally want to throw up. Where else in...

I am only an ordinary layman, but…

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am only an ordinary layman, but…

DEAR EDITOR, If National and Regional Elections are not held by March 21, 2019 as ruled by the Chief Justice (ag) and there is no two-thirds majority (by the way what number is two-thirds of 65?)...

At last the code of conduct for public transportation is here

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on At last the code of conduct for public transportation is here

DEAR EDITOR, It is most welcome to note that the Minibus code of conduct for operators of public transportation in Guyana has been finally launched by the Ministry of Business in collaboration...

Changing Policy and Guyana’s ability to support Cuba

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Changing Policy and Guyana’s ability to support Cuba

DEAR EDITOR, This letter seeks to highlight a particular observation of a small area of Cuba’s macroeconomic disposition. In recent years, private individuals were given the opportunity to pursue...

What’s going on at the National Park?

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s going on at the National Park?

DEAR EDITOR, My entire family goes on a regular basis to the National Park for a decent evening of family time and much needed exercise. I am certain that the founders of this much-needed facility...

I am ready to stand up for what I believe and what’s right

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am ready to stand up for what I believe and what’s right

DEAR EDITOR, I came forward with a horrific encounter I had with the police at Providence station and it went somewhat viral. There were a lot of comments from various persons about me taking...

About High Level Dual Citizenship

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on About High Level Dual Citizenship

DEAR EDITOR, All concerned parties would appear to have forgotten about the extended appointment of a Guyana High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, during the PPP/C regime. He retained his British...

Our labour laws must be respected

Feb 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our labour laws must be respected

DEAR EDITOR, Our labour laws must be respected, regardless who the employer may be, be they foreign or local. It is the responsibility of the Government to ensure that such laws are respected and...

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(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has moved closer to delivering its first two FIFA Arena mini-pitches, with installation works now underway at Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara, marking a...

Jagdeo’s olive branch may have a snake in the grass

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(Kaieteur News) – At the ‘wake’ of former Leader of the PNCR, Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo began talking about political cooperation, and the need to move beyond political divisions. But faced with this olive branch, the sensible citizen should reach for a comfortable chair, a strong cup of...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Robert Corbin effect

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(Kaieteur News) – This man’s Robert Herman Orlando Corbin’s handiworks needs a longer, slower look. In dying, it seems that Mr. Corbin is more alive. Certainly, his spirit has taken on a motivating quality, a pervading strength. Who would have believed? I wouldn’t have gone so...

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