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CCJ rejects application by Barbados-based lawyer to appoint Speaker as ‘Interim President’

Jul 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ rejects application by Barbados-based lawyer to appoint Speaker as ‘Interim President’

Noting that the hearing of the consolidated appeals stemming from the passage of the No-Confidence Motion have been heard and determined, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday rejected an...

Govt. mourns death of Guyana-born telecoms giant

Jul 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mourns death of Guyana-born telecoms giant

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications has joined in mourning the passing of Guyana-born Robert Collymore. “A telecoms giant has passed away. Guyanese Robert “Bob” Collymore served...

Hotel owner in alleged murder plot moves to High Court for bail

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Hotel owner in alleged murder plot moves to High Court for bail

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for a third time has refused bail for the owner of Rockies International Hotel on Light Street, Georgetown, and the alleged contracted hit man, in relation to their...

Commissioner sworn-in to conduct COI for 2018 piracy attack

Jul 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Commissioner sworn-in to conduct COI for 2018 piracy attack

Dr Rishee Shri Thakur was yesterday sworn-in by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan as Commissioner, to conduct the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the circumstances surrounding the piracy attack on...

Taxi driver is now convicted child rapist

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver is now convicted child rapist

– To be sentenced August 26 Forty one-year-old taxi driver Morris Johnson was yesterday found guilty of raping a girl who was just 12 years old at the time of the act. Having been charged with...

Teen charged for allegedly stabbing schoolmate at rum shop

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Teen charged for allegedly stabbing schoolmate at rum shop

A teen that was charged for allegedly stabbing one of his schoolmates at a rum shop was yesterday remanded to the Juvenile Detention Centre after he appeared in court. The accused appeared in the...

Three more testify in PI into murder of Timehri teen

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three more testify in PI into murder of Timehri teen

The preliminary inquiry (PI) continued into the murder of 17-year-old old David Toney, of Alliance Road, Timehri, East Bank Demerara. The matter was heard in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts,...

Vladimir Putin speaks – worth the listening

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Vladimir Putin speaks – worth the listening

An Associated Press dispatched on June 29 titled, “Putin says liberalism ‘eating itself,’ migrant influx wrong” is worth the reading. The Russian strongman chose to speak at the G20 summit in...

GTT, MovieTowne, the police and shithole Guyana

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on GTT, MovieTowne, the police and shithole Guyana

At 6 p.m. on the holiday evening of Monday, GTT held the finals of its jingles competition at the car park of MovieTowne. One of the dimensions of the event was an international concert with...

We cannot be selective in our acceptance or interpretation of the CCJ’s ruling

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We cannot be selective in our acceptance or interpretation of the CCJ’s ruling

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana is entering a new phase in its political and constitutional life. The country for the first time in 2015 saw the PPP/C Government taking the unprecedented step to prorogue...

If Guyana is to go to the bargaining table, we must have accurate information

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on If Guyana is to go to the bargaining table, we must have accurate information

DEAR EDITOR, I read a news outfit’s coverage of Dr. Jan Mangal’s comments regarding Frontera’s US$33M signing bonus with great interest. Being a close follower of news in the oil and gas...

We will yield no ground willingly to hustlers

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We will yield no ground willingly to hustlers

DEAR EDITOR, In light of information coming to light on the ‘land grab’ that has allegedly accelerated since 21st December 2018, I feel compelled to share my personal experience with the process...

An insult to taxpayers

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on An insult to taxpayers

DEAR EDITOR, If what the pictorial representation in last Sunday’s Kaieteur News front page, of part of the Black Bush Polder Road, currently very badly deteriorated is true, then that named...

Not too late for both sides to reach consensus

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not too late for both sides to reach consensus

DEAR EDITOR, July 1 was the deadline for submission of proposals to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for consequential orders to be issued on July 12. The court had urged the two sides to meet...

Cabinet and the marijuana laws

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Cabinet and the marijuana laws

The Caribbean Court of Justice has ruled that the no-confidence motion of December 21st 2018 was validly passed. They have also held that as a result, Articles 106 (6) and 106 (7) were triggered....

Who has failed these departed souls?

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who has failed these departed souls?

DEAR EDITOR, While the adulations continue to pour in for the Police Force for the elimination of two criminal gangs that inflicted fear, death and robbery to households in Regions Four and Six, we...

I am proud of the Opposition Leader

Jul 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am proud of the Opposition Leader

DEAR EDITOR, I read in the press that the Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, has signalled to President David Granger that he is open to him suggesting names for the Chairman of the Guyana Elections...

Several police top brass polygraphed

Jul 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Several police top brass polygraphed

Several top officers of the Guyana Police Force have been polygraphed. The results are likely to be discussed at the Government’s National Security Committee. A number of government and police...

CLICO (Guyana) indebtedness Liquidator moves to block transfer of over $2billion to T&T companies

Jul 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CLICO (Guyana) indebtedness Liquidator moves to block transfer of over $2billion to T&T companies

By Feona Morrison Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobin Ganga, in his capacity as Liquidator of CLICO Life and General Insurance Company (South America) Limited (CLICO), has moved to the Court of...

Driver arrested for drunk driving dies in police lockups

Jul 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Driver arrested for drunk driving dies in police lockups

The sudden death of a 39-year-old taxi driver, who died in the Suddie Police Station lockup last Sunday night, has raised quite a number of questions amongst the residents of the Marias Lodge...

Police commence 180th celebrations with Drumhead Service

Jul 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police commence 180th celebrations with Drumhead Service

The Guyana Police Force is celebrating its 180th anniversary. Yesterday, it ‘kicked’ things off with a Drumhead service at the Police Officers Mess Hall at Eve Leary. The event attracted...

GWI acquires new drill …to construct scores of back-up wells

Jul 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GWI acquires new drill …to construct scores of back-up wells

The Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) will soon take possession of a drilling rig to boost its capabilities to construct new wells and repair old ones. According to a report “Justification for the Purchase...

Man found dead in unfinished house in La Grange

Jul 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man found dead in unfinished house in La Grange

Shocking news rippled through the village of La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD), when a man was found in an unfinished house in the village. Dead is 36-year-old Rajkumar Salchan of 84 Unity Street...

Residents laud completion of $53M La Parfaite Harmonie Police Station-Commissioning date soon to be announced n

Jul 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Residents laud completion of $53M La Parfaite Harmonie Police Station-Commissioning date soon to be announced n

Residents of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, and other immediate villages are elated now that the long awaited Police Station has been completed. Works on the multi-million-dollar two...

Soulja Bai skin up de whole police force

Jul 02, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Soulja Bai skin up de whole police force

Is a long time since dem boys play police and thief. Was a game that li’l boys in de old days use to play a lot when school close. All like how school about to close de whole neighbourhood got nuff...

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“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