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“The good life for all” slogan remains a distant cry from reality

Jan 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on “The good life for all” slogan remains a distant cry from reality

DEAR EDITOR, Campaign 2020 is on. The flags, banners and posters are evident everywhere. It is that time in our five years cycle when people become important to politicians. To say that the coming...

Our elected leaders, whoever they will be, must be strong, fearless and honest

Jan 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our elected leaders, whoever they will be, must be strong, fearless and honest

DEAR EDITOR, I am kindly asking if you can please put this article into your letter column, this will be of great importance to the Guyanese people and a nation as a whole. If we the Guyanese people...

It seems being a dual citizen is a worse crime than encouraging violence

Jan 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on It seems being a dual citizen is a worse crime than encouraging violence

DEAR EDITOR, GECOM has probably made history when they rejected three candidates for being dual citizens. It is a shame though, that Guyana’s democracy and laws and so on are structured so that...

A carefully crafted strategy is needed to keep things in check

Jan 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A carefully crafted strategy is needed to keep things in check

DEAR EDITOR, Organization for the Victory of the People (OVP) agrees with Freddie Kissoon’s article, Small parties tell the story of an insane nationality (KN, 21/1/20). The article addresses an...

This action must be condemned

Jan 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on This action must be condemned

DEAR EDITOR, An online news site reported that the foreign owned and operated bauxite company has laid off workers through a process that is disrespectful and smacks of disdain for industrial and...

What is the purpose of the Government if Mr. Jagdeo must intervene?

Jan 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is the purpose of the Government if Mr. Jagdeo must intervene?

DEAR EDITOR, The GAWU must again take this opportunity to provide a response to Mr Lincoln Lewis’ latest installment of the frank conversation between our Union and him regarding occurrences in the...

The Private Sector Commission should be both coy and careful

Jan 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Private Sector Commission should be both coy and careful

DEAR EDITOR, I note the alacrity with which the Private Sector Commission has called for a Code of Conduct to be subscribed to by all contesting political parties. This call, it appears is in the...

This situation is most definitely a health hazard

Jan 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on This situation is most definitely a health hazard

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to bring to the attention of the Ministry of Public Health, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Mayor, Georgetown City Council a very disturbing situation which has been...

Way clear for FIU, CANU to share information on drug crimes

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Way clear for FIU, CANU to share information on drug crimes

– arrangement will allow for parallel investigations The way is clear for two major crime agencies to collaborate on sharing information on drug crimes. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was...

Oil and Corruption… Guyana can push for Audit Office to check officials’ emails – University of Houston Instructor

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil and Corruption… Guyana can push for Audit Office to check officials’ emails – University of Houston Instructor

While corruption is not unique to the oil sector, there are numerous examples around the world which prove that it is without question, one of the most tempting avenues for secret deals and...

Years later… Guyana still awaits oil depletion Policy

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Years later… Guyana still awaits oil depletion Policy

It was in early 2016 that talks emerged about the need for Guyana to have a depletion policy which allows the leaders of the day to determine how fast or slow the oil and gas resources must be...

Granger wants to cut jail sentences and increase magistrates

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Granger wants to cut jail sentences and increase magistrates

Government is contemplating more magistrates and is pushing for less custodial sentences as part of the wider improvement of the judiciary. The disclosures were made yesterday as President David...

Modernised Grove/Diamond Magistrates Court commissioned

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Modernised Grove/Diamond Magistrates Court commissioned

– features recording apparatus, domestic violence unit It was a grand occasion as the ribbon, placed at the entrance to the new Diamond/Grove Magistrates’ Courts, was cut during the...

PSC seeks to enhance elections Code of Conduct

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PSC seeks to enhance elections Code of Conduct

In light of several controversial statements made by politicians on the campaign trail to the March 2, 2020 polls, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has proposed the implementation of a new code of...

Sophia man who killed wife, slept beside her, jailed for 15 ½ years

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia man who killed wife, slept beside her, jailed for 15 ½ years

A North Sophia, Greater Georgetown man who strangled his 19-year-old reputed wife then slept right beside her was yesterday sentenced to 15 years and six months’ imprisonment for the crime. The...

Slap costs “Big Man” 5 months in jail

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Slap costs “Big Man” 5 months in jail

A 53-year-old vendor was yesterday jailed for slapping a woman that he claimed came too close to his face. The defendant, Wayne Johnson, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before...

Crane man makes court appearance for stabbing wife to death

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Crane man makes court appearance for stabbing wife to death

A Crane, West Coast Demerara Construction worker was on Tuesday remanded to prison for brutally stabbing his wife eight times while she slept just one week ago. Natram Lall was not required to plead...

Dis time nah lang time

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dis time nah lang time

A man appear in court because he kill he wife. Dis same man try to dodge de court suh he drink a poison. He drink a poison dat does kill ants suh dem boys want to know if he think he is ants. Anodda...

GTU’s concerns over salary increase finally addressed

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GTU’s concerns over salary increase finally addressed

– confident other matters getting needed attention By the time a new government takes office and a fresh budget is passed, some public school teachers should become eligible for a two percent...

Police hunt for second brother in murder of Kaneville labourer

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police hunt for second brother in murder of Kaneville labourer

Investigators are on the hunt for a second suspect fingered in the murder of a 50-year-old Kaneville labourer, Mark Burkett, whose battered body was found in a clump of bushes on an unoccupied house...

New Magistrates’ Courts for Bartica, Mahdia

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New Magistrates’ Courts for Bartica, Mahdia

According to Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards, two towns will soon see new Magistrates’ Courts in as early as two months time. Speaking at the commissioning of the new...

Three in custody as cops await DPP’s advice on newspaper vendor’s murder

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three in custody as cops await DPP’s advice on newspaper vendor’s murder

Three youths are likely to know today whether they will be charged for murdering Queenstown, Essequibo newspaper vendor, Shawn Mannilall. An official said that police are awaiting word from the...

Manslaughter accused walks free

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Manslaughter accused walks free

Justice Sandra Kurtzious yesterday upheld a no-case submission which led to two men being freed of a manslaughter indictment. The men, Lennox Baharally, 36, and Rondell Edwards, 22, both of Region...

Four to be charged with murder of East Coast Pensioner

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Four to be charged with murder of East Coast Pensioner

Four men who were arrested for the brutal beating of a 72-year-old Strathspey, East Coast Demerara pensioner, will today be slapped with murder charges. A senior police official confirmed this...

Murder accused sprints out of court after being freed

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused sprints out of court after being freed

The man who was on trial in the Berbice High Court for the April 2015 killing of a Jamaican national up the Berbice River, raced out of the court after the murder charge against him was dismissed and...

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