March 16, 2019 - Page 2 of 3

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Commissioner of Police testifies at PI into murder of Pandit and son

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Commissioner of Police testifies at PI into murder of Pandit and son

Commissioner of Police, Leslie James, last Friday testified in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) in which Orlando Douglas is charged with the murders of a Pandit and his son. The lifeless bodies of both...

Govt. contemplates railway to Timehri –four-lane to extend to CJIA

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. contemplates railway to Timehri –four-lane to extend to CJIA

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, yesterday announced that the government will be extending the Ogle East Coast Demerara to Diamond East Bank Demerara Bypass road p roject further up to the Cheddi...

Civil Aviation Authority looking to build new office complex at Providence

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Civil Aviation Authority looking to build new office complex at Providence

Six entities have submitted financial proposals to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for consultancy services for the architectural and engineering designs for a head...

Former NOC inmate remanded for alleged seawall rape of schoolgirl

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former NOC inmate remanded for alleged seawall rape of schoolgirl

Released from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) just a year ago, an 18-year-old is now on remand for the alleged rape of a schoolgirl at the Ogle seawalls two Fridays ago. The charge was read to Adrian...

Urgent repairs needed to Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling -structure poses danger to vendors and speed boat commuters

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Urgent repairs needed to Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling -structure poses danger to vendors and speed boat commuters

The extremely dilapidated state of the Vreed-en-Hoop (West Bank Demerara) Stelling is posing grave danger to speedboat commuters, taxi drivers and vendors who use the facility for river transport and...

Govt welcomes opening of Movie Towne Guyana ─ 1,000+ jobs have been created

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt welcomes opening of Movie Towne Guyana ─ 1,000+ jobs have been created

As Movie Towne Guyana opens its doors, 1,000 jobs have been created within the theatre operations of the multimillion-dollar facility. In the coming months, this figure will increase, as businesses...

All road reserves to be cleared

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on All road reserves to be cleared

There must be no obstruction on public road reserves. Anyone found to be in contravention of this law after March 31 will have their structures confiscated from any main access road by the Ministry...

Ruling to be delivered against Rupununi bar owner accused of TIP

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ruling to be delivered against Rupununi bar owner accused of TIP

Magistrate Allan Wilson is set to make his ruling on a no case submission in the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) case against Rupununi Restaurant and Bar owner, Joyce Lawrence, on March 19, 2019. It is...

Duo accused of sexually assaulting underage girls

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Duo accused of sexually assaulting underage girls

Two men were brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday each charged with sexually assaulting underage girls. Romel Harry, 49, of Lot 11 Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara; and...

Civil Aviation withholds approval for aircraft similar to crashed Ethiopian jet

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Civil Aviation withholds approval for aircraft similar to crashed Ethiopian jet

The unfolding events surrounding the accident on March 10, 2019 in Ethiopia, have caught the attention of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The authority yesterday said it is extending to...

Are magistrates disrespecting Khemraj Ramjattan?

Mar 16, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Are magistrates disrespecting Khemraj Ramjattan?

I am repeating what I once carried in one of my columns last year – the description of a conversation held in the supermarket named Distribution Service Limited, a subsidiary of DDL. It is...

Guyana to compete in CCJ’s annual Law Moot

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to compete in CCJ’s annual Law Moot

A delegation from Guyana will participate in the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) annual international Law Moot slated to begin March 21, next. The venue would be the CCJ headquarters in...

Father Keith Hardless is dead

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Father Keith Hardless is dead

Diocesan priest, Father Keith Hardless, who worked mainly in Georgetown, died Thursday morning at a city hospital. After complaining of feeling unwell earlier that morning he was taken to the...

Electrical equipment, wires must meet 25 new standards

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Electrical equipment, wires must meet 25 new standards

Government says it is getting tough on electrical equipment and other supplies which must meet local standards that are being introduced. This was made even clearer this week during a forum on the...

Army patrol delivers baby on board Mabaruma-bound ferry

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Army patrol delivers baby on board Mabaruma-bound ferry

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Medic delivered a baby on-board a Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) vessel en route to Mabaruma, Region One. The Coast Guard also conducted a medivac for the...

Over 150 persons with disabilities begin land application process – CH&PA shifting focus to East Coast land distribution

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over 150 persons with disabilities begin land application process – CH&PA shifting focus to East Coast land distribution

Minister within the Minister of Communities, with the responsibility for Housing, Valarie Adams-Yearwood, and team have reached out to more than 150 persons living with disabilities. The minister and...

We should display maturity in our present circumstances

Mar 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We should display maturity in our present circumstances

DEAR EDITOR, Many agree that the grounds for the delay in the announcement of a date for elections are unacceptable. Recognizing the growing certainty that the coalition intends to continue in...

Where are we with smoking in public spaces?

Mar 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where are we with smoking in public spaces?

Dear Editor, The year 2020, at least as far as the information provided by our political czars, should be the year that I as a Guyanese will become a prince such as the likes of those on the...

Sand trucks at Ruimveldt Public Road a danger to life and limb

Mar 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sand trucks at Ruimveldt Public Road a danger to life and limb

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me space in your newspaper to voice my concern about a very dangerous situation on our roadway. Editor, as you may be aware, sand truck drivers usually park along the edges...

Legendary Fr Keith Hardless is no more

Mar 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Legendary Fr Keith Hardless is no more

DEAR EDITOR, A legendary Catholic Priest, Fr Keith Hardless departs from this world to be with God. I write this letter for various reasons, but an important reason is, Fr Keith invariably...

Open fires are dangerous and illegal

Mar 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open fires are dangerous and illegal

DEAR EDITOR, Fires have been lit ‘willy nilly’ by Guyanese people all over the place causing ill health and danger to people’s property, and the possibility of it becoming a natural...

Salute to Bernard Celestino De Santos

Mar 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Salute to Bernard Celestino De Santos

DEAR EDITOR, The season of the Reaper seems to be with us these days. A great, respected and esteemed son of the soil has been swept up with the scythe of the Reaper. From humble beginnings...

“Chase them” frenzy is quickly emerging as a saga

Mar 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Chase them” frenzy is quickly emerging as a saga

DEAR EDITOR, “Chase them out” has been causing some frenzy, and is quickly becoming a saga. The truth is, such words/statements are common across Guyana. It is not uncommon for Guyanese, in one...

Misinformed or blatant and malicious: Jagdeo’s continuous misrepresentation of what I said

Mar 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Misinformed or blatant and malicious: Jagdeo’s continuous misrepresentation of what I said

DEAR EDITOR, Referring to me, in his Press Conferences, seems to have become one of Jagdeo’s fetishes, when it suits his purpose, to do. He has on more than one occasion mentioned that I said that...

Stop the charade, “mamaguying” and bravado behaviour, call elections now

Mar 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop the charade, “mamaguying” and bravado behaviour, call elections now

DEAR EDITOR, I respond to this view that is emanating from the President and those on his bandwagon that he remains president until the next president is sworn in. Is President Granger seeking to...

PREV 123 NEXT

“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more