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May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 23,000 illegal connections found, 800 prosecuted but only two jailed
The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) continues to struggle to deal with the issue of electricity theft in the country. The rampant stealing of electricity persists despite various strategies...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Central Bank to assume functions of Commissioner of Insurance
Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh yesterday tabled the Insurance (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2009. According to the legislation tabled, notwithstanding anything in the Insurance Act 1998 or in...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mystery blaze leaves newspaper vendor homeless
Hyancinth John was selling her newspaper in Buxton when she saw persons running helter-skelter shouting fire, fire. Sensing that the news would be a big seller in the village the next day, she was a...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Three homeless as fire destroys Bagotville home
A family at Bagotville, West Bank Demerara is now homeless after all its earthly possession went up in flames when fire gutted their home. Reports are that the fire started some time around mid day...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Former Presidents to enjoy secure future
The long awaited Former Presidents (Benefits and other Facilities) Bill was yesterday approved in the National Assembly with only principled support from the two main opposition parties, namely the...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Environmental assessment begins in US$300M gold project
By Tusika Martin With an imminent US$300M investment by the Guyana Goldfields Inc. in Aurora, Cuyuni, the environmental assessment impact begun on Wednesday with the first of several public...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Woman mistakenly detained for look-alike shoplifter
Vanessa Walcott is a 38-year-old widow who sports dreadlocks and two gold-capped teeth. That in itself is no crime, but Walcott, who has seven children, also bears an uncanny resemblance to another...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on “Mentally ill” man charged for Laing Avenue murder
A man whom the court was told is of unsound mind has been charged with the capital offence. Yesterday 31-year-old Lloyd Greene, of 140 Laing Avenue, Ruimveldt, appeared at the Georgetown...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US/Guyana partnership always evolving – US Ambassador
United States of America Ambassador to Guyana, John Melvin Jones, has noted the continuous evolution of the United States of America/Guyana partnership. “Whenever we see a common vision, equal...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Broken promise lands man behind bars
Shouibe Mohamed, 19, of Fyrish Village, Corentyne and a security guard attached to the Albion Estate, Corentyne, Berbice, was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by Magistrate Chandra Sohan following a...May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mothers’ Union celebrity cricket on tomorrow
– Harper brothers, King, Butts, Barry among those expected to participate The much anticipated annual Diocese of Guyana Mothers’ Union Celerity six over six-a-side softball cricket...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPL Anna Regina gets more fuel by sea
The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) has dispatched another shipment of fuel to Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast by another vessel operated by BK International Inc. This is according to Chief...May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson, Ferrier in DCC side for WIPA 20/20 series
Guyana’s top 20/20 side, the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), will leave on Tuesday to participate in the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) Regional 20/20 cricket competition in Trinidad. The...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man charged with shooting taxi dispatcher
Deion Lane, 27, has been charged in connection with the shooting earlier this month in Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, of 17-year-old taxi service dispatcher, Emmett Hinds. Police said that Lane, of...May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Naikbarran stars as Demerara crush Essequibo by 155 runs
By Sean Devers Skipper Rajendra Naikbarran starred with both bat and ball in a Man-of-the-Match performance as Demerara crushed Essequibo by 155 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method in the rain-hit...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR withdraws motion on Community Service Sentencing
…after government removes time limit The People’s National Congress Reform on Wednesday withdrew its motion that sought to have the legislation catering for and supervising community service as a...May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Fresh negotiations for Allen/Eastman clash ongoing
By Michael Benjamin Boxing buffs may yet get an opportunity to see the super middleweight fight for that title between Howard ‘The Battersea Bomber’ Eastman and Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen as...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana to discuss border surveillance with close neighbours
Guyana is not taking any changes as the Swine Flu virus continues to spread around the world. Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has revealed that Guyana is currently working with the Pan...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Demerara River boat accident victim on the mend
The only word that could describe 57-year-old Tulsiram Sukdeo, the victim of the Demerara River boat accident, is “remarkable”. The father of three had his face almost severed during an early...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Precision Woodworking not closed, diversifying – Senior Manager
A Senior Manager of Precision Woodworking has told this newspaper that contrary to a Stabroek News article the company has not closed down. The manager, who asked to remain anonymous, said that the...May 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE TRADE UNION MOVMENT IS ON THE DECLINE
The PPP did not return May Day to the workers. May Day had long not belonged to workers, but rather to the politicians and their lackeys within the trade union movement. Just after the PPP took...May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Plus size women send Linden wild at pageant
It was gyrations “fa so”, with splits and body contortions, belly rolls and buttock swivels, movements that sent the massive crowd at the Mackenzie Sports Club into resounding applause over and...May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GFC oppose Conquerors, GDF take on Pele
The battle for early points and goal average is set to intensify this evening at the Tucville ground, day two, of the 2009 Cellink Premier League. Meeting in the feature game from 20:00hrs will be...May 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is the government truly concerned about the total well being of workers?
Dear Editor, Another May Day, workers’ holiday, has come and the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) continues to be denied its subvention by the government. This is a college where the ordinary...Nov 23, 2024
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