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Compromise was not part of Justice Singh’s vocabulary in 1997; we expect that same iron will in 2019

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Compromise was not part of Justice Singh’s vocabulary in 1997; we expect that same iron will in 2019

DEAR EDITOR, GECOM Chairman, Claudette Singh SC is reportedly seeking a compromise position with regards to the date for General and Regional Elections; the irony of this cannot be lost on anyone who...

GO-Invest welcomes constructive feedback to make positive changes and improve services

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on GO-Invest welcomes constructive feedback to make positive changes and improve services

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit us the opportunity to share some information on The Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest). GO-Invest is a semi-autonomous agency, established in 1994 pursuant to The...

Practice the skill of grandparenting

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Practice the skill of grandparenting

DEAR EDITOR, In life, there are at least three things over which we personally have little say, namely: when we are born, when we die, and when we become grandparents. Today, there are more...

Formation of senior citizens’ organisations

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Formation of senior citizens’ organisations

DEAR EDITOR, In my recent visits to various regions in Guyana, I saw the dire need for senior citizens to improve the various aspects of their lives, thereby helping them to fulfil the objectives...

Protect my right to vote!

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Protect my right to vote!

DEAR EDITOR, In Saturday’s edition of another daily newspaper, I observed an article that deeply troubled me to my core: “AG appeals CJ’s ruling on existing registrants.” I am by no means any...

How Irfaan Ali Changed My Life

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on How Irfaan Ali Changed My Life

DEAR EDITOR, I feel compelled to pen this letter, expressing my gratitude to Mr. Ali for changing my life. I’m a teacher and have been living in Linden for over 25 years. Also, I’m a single...

The little things that go unreported

Aug 26, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The little things that go unreported

It is close to 6 a.m. on a weekday morning. A man walks along Brickdam. He is hurrying for church, the peace of the sanctuary, and the praying that is a vital part of his faith, a stabilising...

Trotman breaks silence on 1% royalty in Orinduik deal -Says he was following orders

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman breaks silence on 1% royalty in Orinduik deal -Says he was following orders

By Kiana Wilburg Since Tullow Oil struck black gold on the Orinduik Block, the fiscal terms of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) it signed with the Granger administration has come under the...

UK Company quietly moving into Guyana basin

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UK Company quietly moving into Guyana basin

Westmount Energy Limited, a UK Energy Investment firm, has slowly been acquiring shares in companies with stakes in oil blocks offshore Guyana. The most recent announcement the company made on...

Halt granding exorbitant concessions to foreign investor – AMCHAM president tells Govt.

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Halt granding exorbitant concessions to foreign investor – AMCHAM president tells Govt.

It is no longer necessary to grant exorbitant concessions to foreign companies in the hope that it will lure them. That practice must stop. This is the insistence of President of the American Chamber...

Berbice Bridge open to sale offer by Govt.

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge open to sale offer by Govt.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) says it is open to consider an offer by Government to buy that critical link. The bridge, which opened in December 2008, connects Berbice and Demerara. Built...

Beware of fake David Granger profile offering affordable housing – Ministry of the Presidency

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Beware of fake David Granger profile offering affordable housing – Ministry of the Presidency

The Government is warning persons not to fall for the lies being peddled by yet another fake profile of a Government official. This time, the account, titled ‘H E David Granger’, is pretending to...

Scholarship for law students lacks transparency – Lawyers

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Scholarship for law students lacks transparency – Lawyers

Government’s method of awarding the recently announced law school scholarship is under question over what is being described as a lack of transparency. In an invited comment, Attorney- at –law,...

Norway team due this week as Brazil fires place spotlight on Guyana’s forest

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Norway team due this week as Brazil fires place spotlight on Guyana’s forest

A Norway assessment team is expected this week in Guyana to check on the country’s progress to protect the forest in keeping a 2009 deal. However, this time for the annual assessment, the situation...

Forestry Commission considering export licences for sawmillers and timber dealers

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Forestry Commission considering export licences for sawmillers and timber dealers

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has not ruled out the possibility of expanding export licences for logs and other timber products to sawmillers and timber dealers. However, government warned...

Deputy CJIA Chief charged with sexual assault interdicted from duty

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy CJIA Chief charged with sexual assault interdicted from duty

Andre Kellman, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), who had been charged for sexual assault has been interdicted from duty, airport officials...

$87M allocated for repairs of three city municipal markets

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $87M allocated for repairs of three city municipal markets

Vendors of the East Ruimveldt, Bourda and Kitty markets are relieved that those facilities have been earmarked for rehabilitation. Over $87 Million has been set aside for these works which are set to...

Oil Spill Plan 90 percent complete –CDC Head

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Oil Spill Plan 90 percent complete –CDC Head

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s National Oil Spill Contingency Plan is 90 percent complete and is expected to be in place before first oil. This was recently noted by Head of the Civil Defense Commission...

Ministry provides dedicated health services to Blind Society

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry provides dedicated health services to Blind Society

In order to ensure that they receive basic health care, the Ministry of Public Health has been providing continuous dedicated services to the blind and visually impairs individuals. The services are...

Improper for Chief Justice to rule on persons being removed from voters’ list – Attorney General

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Improper for Chief Justice to rule on persons being removed from voters’ list – Attorney General

In her judgment on the recent challenge to the legality of the house-to-house registration exercise that was mounted by lawyer Christopher Ram, Chief Justice Roxane George made an order that would...

Lawlessness at Stabroek back to square one -Traffic Chief’s “sustained” campaign collapses -Crime Chief’s patrol exercise fails

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lawlessness at Stabroek back to square one -Traffic Chief’s “sustained” campaign collapses -Crime Chief’s patrol exercise fails

While the police not so long ago promised a sustained campaign against minibus touts on the bus parks, from all accounts the promised initiative has failed miserably. The touts have returned in large...

Good Faith Village: a quiet little alcove with humble inhabitants

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more