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Charge read to TB victim in court lockup

Jan 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Charge read to TB victim in court lockup

Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus left her Chambers at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, yesterday, to go down to the courts lockups and read a charge of simple larceny to a Tuberculosis...

Appeal court to commence hearing arguments from manslaughter convict

Jan 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal court to commence hearing arguments from manslaughter convict

The Court of Appeal has fixed March 15 to commence hearing arguments from Andrew Albert who was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in jail for manslaughter in 2015. Initially, Albert was...

Accused in murder of Meten-Meer-Zorg shop keeper was convicted for armed robbery -prison official tells jury

Jan 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Accused in murder of Meten-Meer-Zorg shop keeper was convicted for armed robbery -prison official tells jury

Allan Dorsett, called ‘Baird’, the number one accused in the murder of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara shopkeeper Zulfiker Namdar, was previously convicted for robbery-under-arms,...

Guyana’s court receives 10 digital recording equipment

Jan 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s court receives 10 digital recording equipment

The Judiciary of Guyana yesterday received 10 digital court recording units from the Government of Canada and the Judicial Reform and Institution Strengthening (JURIST) Project. Justice...

Lotto company launches sports betting product

Jan 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lotto company launches sports betting product

The Guyana Lottery Company is about to launch its sports betting product called Let’s Bet Sports. The product will be launched on Friday, February 1, 2019. “Over 200 of our authorized...

Postmortem inconclusive

Jan 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Postmortem inconclusive

Please be informed that the post mortem examination of Vanica Schultz done on Monday, by Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, is inconclusive.The cause of death is...

Diamond man nabbed at Stabroek Market with counterfeit $5,000 bills

Jan 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond man nabbed at Stabroek Market with counterfeit $5,000 bills

A Diamond man is due in court after he was nabbed with counterfeit $5,000 bills. According to the police, an intelligence-led operation last Saturday resulted in the apprehension of Alston Pires, 23,...

Port Mourant chicken outlet robbed for the fifth time in three months

Jan 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Port Mourant chicken outlet robbed for the fifth time in three months

For the second time this year, and the fifth time in three months, owner of the Gabbar Chicken Outlet at Lot 13 Clifton Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was once again robbed. Doodnauth...

Clifford Reis of Banks DIH and how dictatorship is born

Jan 29, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Clifford Reis of Banks DIH and how dictatorship is born

During the 2019 annual general meeting of Banks DIH, its CEO, Mr. Clifford Reis told the attendees a sad story. It is sad because it graphically demonstrates how dictatorship is born. From every...

Aishalton women now producing soap

Jan 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Aishalton women now producing soap

The Women’s Association of Aishalton Village, Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine are now producing soap, using organic materials presently available in their village. Accompanying Minister...

The AFC is comfortable being a utensil of the PNCR

Jan 29, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The AFC is comfortable being a utensil of the PNCR

The Cummingsburg Accord was fatally flawed. It was an agreement which was mainly intended to remove the PPPC from office and not one intended to promoted consensus within government. The APNU,...

Our Politicians should suffer the same fate as ‘professionals’

Jan 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our Politicians should suffer the same fate as ‘professionals’

DEAR EDITOR, Our Politicians should suffer the same fate as ‘professionals’ in all other organisations. They should not be allowed to continue in positions they discredited. For...

It is time for true patriots to be at the helm of the national affairs of this land

Jan 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time for true patriots to be at the helm of the national affairs of this land

DEAR EDITOR, The Charrandass Persaud affair has highlighted Guyana’s very real constitutional crisis, namely, that in breach of the constitution, many politicians and presidential aspirants...

An attack on something symbolic of the better part of our collective nature

Jan 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on An attack on something symbolic of the better part of our collective nature

DEAR EDITOR, The shooting of Brian O’Toole and the circumstances surrounding it constitute this surreal circumstance, a confluence of escalating events that feels like too much of a...

Article 106 (6) and (7) are inconsistent with Articles 1, 50 and 65.

Jan 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Article 106 (6) and (7) are inconsistent with Articles 1, 50 and 65.

DEAR EDITOR, In my respectful view, article 106 (6) and (7) cannot lawfully be mandatory provisions in a constitutional democracy where it is a government by the people and for the people. Such legal...

Perplexities and contradictions that abound in this paradise in purgatory

Jan 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Perplexities and contradictions that abound in this paradise in purgatory

DEAR EDITOR, This Guyana is always a perplexing place; troubled, too; and riddled with contradictions. These are polite words from me, and indicative of a careful control of the caustic that...

The time is now for a full out war on drugs and drug usage in Guyana

Jan 29, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The time is now for a full out war on drugs and drug usage in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Firstly permit me to offer condolences to the grieving family of 15-year-old Vanica Schultz, and also to a nation that should certainly be in mourning for one of its potential...

ANOTHER SHOCKING SUICIDAL DEATH

Jan 29, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on ANOTHER SHOCKING SUICIDAL DEATH

Suicide continues to be a major problem in the country. Last week, the Ministry of Education had to provide councilors to help many shocked and disarrayed students at the privately owned Mae’s...