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Nothing less than evidence-based facts will suffice

Jun 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nothing less than evidence-based facts will suffice

DEAR EDITOR, Obfuscation surrounds the statement from the Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), Mr. Trevor Benn who at a press conference on Friday assured the...

Granger, APNU+AFC have gone silent, ‘dissing’ CCJ – The world must condemn them

Jun 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger, APNU+AFC have gone silent, ‘dissing’ CCJ – The world must condemn them

DEAR EDITOR, It is coming up to two weeks since the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) made its definitive rulings – James Patterson was an illegal Chairman of GECOM, the No-Confidence Motion of...

A suitable GECOM Chair Candidate could be elusive if ‘perfection’ is being sought after

Jun 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A suitable GECOM Chair Candidate could be elusive if ‘perfection’ is being sought after

DEAR EDITOR, All eyes are now focused on who will be the picked for the new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. The choice of a Candidate could be elusive if ‘perfection’ is what...

What is stopping us from showing love to each other?

Jun 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is stopping us from showing love to each other?

DEAR EDITOR, In my view, the world is the way it is today because of the influence of Satan. For those of us who believe in God and Jesus Christ, we also believe in the existence of Satan. Satan has...

Guyana’s future is Nigeria’s past and present

Jun 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s future is Nigeria’s past and present

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese who are waiting on the great oil wealth to solve all their problems should study the last 5 decades of Nigeria’s promise of their great oil wealth, and if these Guyanese...

No righting of wrongs through the dangerous jaundiced eyes of ethnicity

Jun 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on No righting of wrongs through the dangerous jaundiced eyes of ethnicity

DEAR EDITOR, It has to be the first time in the known history of the very senior echelons of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) that such senior a rank as a deputy commissioner of police has been sent on...

The use of legal force to muzzle an independent media entity is absolutely repugnant

Jun 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The use of legal force to muzzle an independent media entity is absolutely repugnant

DEAR EDITOR, On June 27, it was reported by the Kaieteur News that PPP former president Donald Ramotar has moved to the courts in an attempt to silence that newspaper with regard to reports of the...

Jagdeo estimates US$30M missing from airport project -insists in-transit, other areas were included in plans

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo estimates US$30M missing from airport project -insists in-transit, other areas were included in plans

The Opposition is estimating that at least US$30M has been skimmed off in the Timehri airport project as a result of major modifications to the original designs. The statement was made yesterday by...

Jagdeo supports rigid implementation of relinquishment provisions in oil blocks

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo supports rigid implementation of relinquishment provisions in oil blocks

The Canje Block PSA states that at the end of the initial four years, the contractor shall either relinquish the entire contract area or 20 percent of the contract area which spans 6021 kilometers,...

Berbice corruption… Whistleblowing cops fearful of giving evidence to police

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice corruption… Whistleblowing cops fearful of giving evidence to police

A number of whistleblowing Berbice cops are not comfortable giving evidence in person to the police’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR). While three of them did reportedly appear at the...

CJIA sexual harassment scandal… Red Thread lends solidarity to victims with protest

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA sexual harassment scandal… Red Thread lends solidarity to victims with protest

In an effort to bring awareness to sexual harassment in the workplace, members of the Red Thread Association yesterday, staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Social Protection on Brickdam. The...

Jagdeo claims massive land giveaway, Lands and Survey refutes it

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo claims massive land giveaway, Lands and Survey refutes it

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) has refuted claims by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo of a massive land giveaway in the six months after the No Confidence Vote. During a press...

Second NBS wrongful dismissal trial Lawyer questions Kit Nascimento’s qualification as investigator

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Second NBS wrongful dismissal trial Lawyer questions Kit Nascimento’s qualification as investigator

The qualifications of Public Communications Specialist, Kit Nascimento, came into question yesterday as Attorney-at-law Robin Stoby, S.C continued to grill Dr. Nanda Gopaul, Director of New Building...

West Dem teacher fingered in sex scandal before TSC

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Dem teacher fingered in sex scandal before TSC

The West Demerara teacher who was allegedly involved in several sexual encounters with a 14-year-old student is reportedly finally before the Teaching Service Commission for investigation, according...

Exxon, Tullow, and Anadarko treat Guyana like prostitutes

Jun 28, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Exxon, Tullow, and Anadarko treat Guyana like prostitutes

When you poor, pretty but stupid dem got some big man does tek advantage pun you. Dem boys know nuff big man who tek advantage pun some poor young gyal all because dem don’t know dem worth. Dem...

New DNA equipment to bring closure to families of Lindo Creek eight

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New DNA equipment to bring closure to families of Lindo Creek eight

Family members of the eight miners who lost their lives at Lindo Creek in June 2008 could soon find some closure, as the government has committed to conducting Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) testing....

Opposition Leader open to selecting fit and proper GECOM chair from Commonwealth

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition Leader open to selecting fit and proper GECOM chair from Commonwealth

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has said that he is open to having the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) be someone from the Commonwealth. During a press conference, yesterday,...

Man, 59, gets 16 years for rape

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 59, gets 16 years for rape

“We, older men must leave the little girls alone,” Justice Brassignton Reynolds told Mahadeo Dasrat, 59, of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, before sentencing him to serve the next 16 years of his...

WATOOKA HOUSE RE-OPENS

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on WATOOKA HOUSE RE-OPENS

Watooka House re-opens its doors after several months of rehabilitative works on the property. The colonial-style complex boasts a guest house, a newly refurbished pool, pedicured lawns, a basketball...

UNICEF donates $4M in equipment to Ministries

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF donates $4M in equipment to Ministries

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) donated $4M in equipment to the Ministries of Social Protection and Public Health to assist in their efforts to curb all types of child abuse. UNICEF...

Italian Envoy visits US$650,000 grant projects in Bartica

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Italian Envoy visits US$650,000 grant projects in Bartica

Special Envoy for the Caribbean Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italian Republic, Ms. Caterina Bertolini, conducted a site visit and tour of Bartica, yesterday....

Over 300 schoolchildren benefit from medical screening

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over 300 schoolchildren benefit from medical screening

The Ministry of Public Health in a cooperative effort and in partnership with the Education Ministry, hosted multiple screenings and medical examinations with close to 400 nursery school children of...

Magistrate dismisses three charges, four individuals now freed.

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate dismisses three charges, four individuals now freed.

Four individuals who were charged and brought before the courts, yesterday walked free after the charges were dismissed against them by the Magistrate. The individuals appeared in the Georgetown...

Residents of Archer Street, East Canje plead for help

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Residents of Archer Street, East Canje plead for help

Residents of Archer Street, No2 East Canje, says that they are being neglected by the Ordnance Fortlands NDC and the Regional Administration of Region Six. Now the residents are pleading with the...

Guyana remains a unitary state — Granger

Jun 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana remains a unitary state — Granger

President David Granger yesterday gave his remarks at the Presentation of Instruments of the Commission Ceremony at the Baridi Benab, State House. During his remarks he said that Guyana remains a...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The Jagdeo Doctrine is an absurd, reckless, and fundamentally shortsighted economic fallacy.... more