September 2019

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“I thief de battery but don’t send me to jail,” man cries in court

Sep 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “I thief de battery but don’t send me to jail,” man cries in court

With tears streaming down his face moments after admitting to a simple larceny charge, a man begged the Magistrate to give him community service instead of sentencing him to jail. Twenty-six-year-old...

HS Masters, Two Sisters Car Rental victorious

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on HS Masters, Two Sisters Car Rental victorious

HS Masters and Two Sisters Car Rental won the Masters and Open categories respectively when the Lusignan Central PPP group staged its softball competition on Sunday last at Lusignan Community Centre...

CPL T20 Cricket Warriors play last practice match today U-19 players Anderson & Omrao to train with GAW

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on CPL T20 Cricket Warriors play last practice match today U-19 players Anderson & Omrao to train with GAW

Yesterday, at the Marriott Hotel, where the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) team is being accommodated, Team Operations Manager of the local Franchise Trinidadian Omar Khan introduced his team to the...

Guyanese must strive for racial, political respect and tolerance

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese must strive for racial, political respect and tolerance

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese at home and abroad keep clamouring for unity among the people, fully understanding only a unified people will take Guyana forward to a brighter future. The first step to unity...

E’bo minibus and hire car body increases in membership …following introduction of new fare structure

Sep 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo minibus and hire car body increases in membership …following introduction of new fare structure

With the introduction of a new fare structure on the Essequibo Coast, it now appears that being a registered member of the Essequibo Minibus and Hire Car Association is compulsory. Late last month,...

GFF Annual FIFA Referees Assistance Programme wraps up

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Annual FIFA Referees Assistance Programme wraps up

Twenty Referees, including three FIFA Referees, have completed the annual Referees Assistance Programme (RAP) held in Guyana from August 27-31, 2019. The programme, hosted at the National Stadium,...

Got to have it: Addiction

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Got to have it: Addiction

The report in this newspaper on August 21 was stark: “Around 21:30 hrs last Saturday, the man was reportedly beaten to death by his drinking partner, for the remaining alcohol that was in the...

Angel, Small, Wong, Stoll shine in opening fixtures

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Angel, Small, Wong, Stoll shine in opening fixtures

By Zaheer Mohamed on the Essequibo Coast Outstanding performances from Shamal Angel, Kayambu Small, Shane Wong and Uriah Stoll saw host Young Guns of South Essequibo and Young Achievers’ Youth...

Some writers were in hibernation in the last decade

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some writers were in hibernation in the last decade

DEAR EDITOR, Since GECOM had made the decision to end the House-to-House registration process before its scheduled time, there has been so many letters written twisting the narrative. Please permit...

There should be compromise in the nation’s interest so we have peace and not conflict

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on There should be compromise in the nation’s interest so we have peace and not conflict

DEAR EDITOR, There was a letter published in another newspaper on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 titled “Constitution provides clear path through obstructions and partisan views being thrown in its...

This is an opportune time to reflect on the contributions made by Amerindians

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is an opportune time to reflect on the contributions made by Amerindians

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to congratulate all my Amerindian brothers and sisters on the occasion of Amerindian Heritage Month which is celebrated in the month of September. This is an opportune time to...

By exercising judicial restraint, the CCJ has allowed the opportunity for a political solution

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on By exercising judicial restraint, the CCJ has allowed the opportunity for a political solution

DEAR EDITOR, We now hear from Mr. Ralph Ramkarran that the CCJ’s decision-making was “timid, indecisive and ineffectual” after he wholeheartedly referred to the very ruling in his August 4th...

Measuring the performance of our leadership

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Measuring the performance of our leadership

DEAR EDITOR, In this and future elections seasons, it is important that we are given the opportunity to take an objective view of our leaders while also being able to make an informed decision at the...

Why are smart meters being installed in only certain areas?

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why are smart meters being installed in only certain areas?

DEAR EDITOR, A meeting between residents of a certain section of Enmore and a GPL Contractor together with Representatives from IDB is scheduled for tomorrow, 28th August, to advise residents about...

Suspect voters’ lists are prelude to national crises

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suspect voters’ lists are prelude to national crises

DEAR EDITOR, Respectfully, please permit a response in accordance with Shawn James, “We need a clean list”, in another newspaper on August 30, 2019. Of course, I fully support James’ position...

A vexatious litigant

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A vexatious litigant

DEAR EDITOR, For Anil Nandlall to announce another High Court challenge to the existence of the A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) government, as a result of the NCM, is...

During this ‘silly’ season almost everything is being politicised

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on During this ‘silly’ season almost everything is being politicised

DEAR EDITOR, It is clear that maintaining Law and Order at the Anna Regina Old Market, by the Anna Regina Town Council operatives, especially on market days, have become a bit challenging. The state...

GPL needs a thorough shake-up

Sep 03, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL needs a thorough shake-up

DEAR EDITOR, It is time our power company, GPL, gets a shake-up that will bring about much needed changes that is necessary for our country’s future. The much talked about first oil must coincide...

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Breaking News… Dem Bridge goes down after barge slams into it

Sep 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News… Dem Bridge goes down after barge slams into it

The Demerara Harbour Harbour will be out of commission after a tug and barge ran into the structure around midnight. The bridge has been thrown out of line and and would be out of commission for two...

Tullow Oil, its affiliated companies, sub-contractors, get tax free ride for Orinduik Block

Sep 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Tullow Oil, its affiliated companies, sub-contractors, get tax free ride for Orinduik Block

By Kiana Wilburg UK based Tullow Oil and its partners, French multinational Total and Eco Atlantic headquartered in Toronto, Canada, are not the only beneficiaries of a tax free ride for the...

CDC wants special fund to cover oil spill response other disasters

Sep 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CDC wants special fund to cover oil spill response other disasters

– also pushing to become legislative agency By Kiana Wilburg The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is working to complete a Disaster Risk Management Bill that will give it legislative...

Indigenous people waiting 21 years for High Court decision on land title dispute – APA report

Sep 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous people waiting 21 years for High Court decision on land title dispute – APA report

October 2019 will mark 21 years since several Indigenous communities of the Upper Mazaruni area of Region Seven filed a case with the Judiciary, seeking collective title over their customary...

Fake pharmaceutical drugs probe…Cops seek to trace distributor’s vehicle

Sep 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fake pharmaceutical drugs probe…Cops seek to trace distributor’s vehicle

The Director of the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD), Marlan Cole, indicated that his department has given fraud department police ranks their findings into the selling of...

Ganja criminalisation unfairly condemns certain groups

Sep 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ganja criminalisation unfairly condemns certain groups

– Rastafarian Council It is the belief of General Secretary of the Guyana Rastafari Council, Khafra Messdjehuti, that the sustained criminalization of marijuana possession and the stigma on...

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The end of the Lula era

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(Kaieteur News) – The elections in Brazil have turned out to be more than electing a government. The first round, concluded on Sunday, has effectively signalled the end of an era and the changing of an age in the region. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at age eighty, finished second to Flávio...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

MV Barima tragedy -would have handled differently

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(Kaieteur News) – Things could have been different. I would have made allowance. But when it was the same stink and dutty story with the MV Barima tragedy, there was only one road left. In the late hours of that fateful Saturday night of July, those early hours of Sunday morning, the little...

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