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Natural Resource Fund Bill tabled in National Assembly

Nov 20, 2018 KNews News 0

The Natural Resource Bill 2018 was yesterday presented and read for the first time to the National Assembly. This is in keeping with government’s previous undertaking to have the Bill...

Auchlyne labourer died from a single stab wound to the heart

Nov 20, 2018 KNews News 0

The 30-year-old labourer who was allegedly stabbed by 16-year-old O’Neil Welch, of Auchlyne Village, Corentyne, Berbice died from shock and haemorrhage due to a stab wound to the heart. This...

CCJ LIMITED JURISDICTION

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Editorial 0

In a referendum held on November 6, the people of Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda roundly rejected the proposal to replace the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council with the...

The AFC personifies everything that is wrong with this nation

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

Since the results of the 2018 LGE, different folks from the AFC have given different interpretations on the AFC’s showing many of which are sad, downright deceiving, downright silly and immensely...

Investigation ongoing into Fly Jamaica emergency landing

Nov 20, 2018 KNews News 0

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, has disclosed that the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is conducting an independent investigation into the Fly Jamaica flight OJ256...

Station Operator jailed after Matthew’s Ridge blackouts

Nov 20, 2018 KNews News 0

The residents of Matthew’s Ridge, Region One, on Saturday had their power restored to the community. This was after more than a week of outages following the theft of parts from the power...

‘Shoelace’ guilty of December 2012 murder of Annandale businessman

Nov 20, 2018 KNews News 0

Phillip Paul, called ‘Shoelace’ was yesterday further remanded to State custody following his conviction by a 12-member mixed jury for the December 2012 murder of Annandale, East Coast...

Kwakwani residents hold a vigil for murdered midwife

Nov 20, 2018 KNews News 0

Over 100 residents of Kwakwani on Sunday last, held a vigil for the murdered midwife Paulette Wade. The vigil saw persons walking, singing and praying as they passed by the home of the deceased, the...

Retrial underway for accused in truck driver’s murder

Nov 20, 2018 KNews News 0

A second trial is underway for Mahendra Bishundial who is accused of the murder of Edun Poultry Farm employee, Aga Khan, who was shot and killed by bandits. In May, a hung jury was the end result...

Chung’s Global threatens to sue City Hall over $478M outstanding payment

Nov 20, 2018 KNews News 0

The list of companies stepping forward to accuse the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of not honouring its financial obligations continues to grow. Chung’s Global Enterprise claims that...

The public can objectively judge whether the Minister’s position on my article has merit

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is being made to Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan’s 18th November 2018 letter, which is a response to my article “Local Government Elections, though disappointing, were...

Something is amiss – How many health care facilities in Guyana are presently licensed?

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, How many health care facilities in Guyana are presently licensed? To my amazement, I discovered that only two healthcare facilities in Guyana operate with a current (2018) license. These...

PPP/C must prove it can deliver after LGE

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the People Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) on its success during the Local Government Elections (LGE). Let us take this time to...

“Do suh nah like suh”

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, I like using my Guyanese proverbs intermittently, because they succinctly explain the issue under review as no other language form could. Try as I would using the English diction in many...

The CCJ ruling does not find favour

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, On November 13th 2018, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled in favour of the cross-dressing Appeal. The Court ruled that “a law in Guyana, which makes it a criminal offence for a...

Euthanasia performed on the AFC is the only good thing that came out of LGE

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters 0

EDITOR, Now that the dust has literally settled on LGE, the results reaffirm the point I made in my missive on Election Day, “Poor turn out on Monday should inspire the LGE commissioners back to...

The LGE demonstrated that real power resides with the people

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, Political commentators and organizations, who today are critical of APNU+AFC’s performance, were only three years ago rallying around them, enthusing about the change they would bring....

CCJ LIMITED JURISDICTION

Nov 20, 2018 KNews Editorial 0

In a referendum held on November 6, the people of Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda roundly rejected the proposal to replace the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court...

SOCU prepares 19 charges for ex Minister Irfaan Ali

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force has prepared 19 charges against former Minister of Housing, Irfaan Ali. Kaieteur News understands that many of the charges...

Guyana needs to stop collecting ‘chicken feed’ from oil sector

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

– demand what you deserve,transparency group advises By Kiana Wilburg As Guyana makes moves to review the model for its Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), international transparency...

Transport produced by Town Clerk does not match disputed Sussex Street property

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

The transport produced by Town Clerk Royston King, last month, in relation to the leased Lombard and Sussex Street Wharf facility, does not correspond with the location of the disputed...

Cop dies in crash after borrowing friend’s car

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Guyana Police Force corporal Cordis Joseph died around noon yesterday after crashing the car he had borrowed on Company Road, Aroaima trail (Upper Demerara-Berbice). Joseph, 33, was driving...

CoI receives report of Royston King’s return to City Hall during probe

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

An investigation has been launched into the presence of embattled Town Clerk, Royston King’s at City Hall after being sent on administrative leave to facilitate a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into...

Mom turns in 16-yr-old killer to cops

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Released from a juvenile detention centre just months ago, a 16-year-old boy is now likely to face a murder charge after stabbing a labourer to death. The youth, from Auchlyne, Corentyne,...

Lusignan prison escapee Sudesh Dyal recaptured

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Lusignan Prison escapee Sudesh Dyal was recaptured at about 03:00 hrs yesterday at Tuschen Squatting Area, East Bank Essequibo. Acting on information, a tactical team led by ‘B’ Divisional...

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The AFC personifies everything that is wrong with this nation

Since the results of the 2018 LGE, different folks from the AFC have given different interpretations on the AFC’s showing... more

The no-confidence motion is not about regime change

The APNU and the AFC, their supporters and the media, are misreading the no-confidence motion maneuver of Bharrat Jagdeo,... more