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Millions at stake from Home Affairs Ministry in CLICO’s fiasco

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Millions at stake from Home Affairs Ministry in CLICO’s fiasco

For several years now the Auditor Office of Guyana has been churning out reports pointing out several discrepancies on the part of Ministries and Regional Offices among others. The most recent report...

New licensing system unearths bogus documents

Jun 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New licensing system unearths bogus documents

– over 50,000 vehicle licences sold so far As the deadline for the acquisition of vehicle licences ended, the Guyana Revenue Authority has recorded a record 50,000 in sales of the mandatory...

Cabinet’s involvement will cease upon establishment

Jun 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cabinet’s involvement will cease upon establishment

Cabinet involvement in matters related to the procurements shall have to cease when the Public Procurement Commission is established. The Procurement Act of Guyana stipulates the role of the...

Police/ NDC collaborate to rid road of stray cattle – Traffic Chief

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police/ NDC collaborate to rid road of stray cattle – Traffic Chief

“Animals have no right to be on the road anywhere in the country and should be grazed in pastures; amendments of legislation has made allowance for fines to owners to be increased,” says Traffic...

Presidential Guards contribute a whopping $72,000

Jun 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Presidential Guards contribute a whopping $72,000

Many persons have been moved by the appeal to assist four children whose mother perished in a road accident leaving them in the sole care of their drug addicted father. Both individuals and...

Magistrate refuses to sit at Charity Magistrate’s Court

Jun 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Magistrate refuses to sit at Charity Magistrate’s Court

Essequibo Magistrate, Faith McGusty, yesterday refused to hear matters at the Charity Magistrate’s Court, citing the deplorable condition of the facility. The magistrate was supported in her...

Senior citizens roll back the years through social work programme

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Senior citizens roll back the years through social work programme

There was dynamic interaction between the young and the old during a programme held by University of Guyana students at the Ivy Hall Memorial Home at 193 Camp Street, Georgetown, over the past ten...

Wins for GTI, Cummings Lodge, Plaisance, Charlestown

Jun 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Wins for GTI, Cummings Lodge, Plaisance, Charlestown

As round one of the NSBF continues The National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued yesterday with wins for the Guyana Technical Institute (GTI), Cummings Lodge, Plaisance and Charlestown...

M&CC calls for clearing of parapets, reserves

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC calls for clearing of parapets, reserves

The placement of boulders and other obstructions on parapets and road reserves will no longer be tolerated by the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC). The council is calling on citizens...

Swine flu ‘shows drug resistance’

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Swine flu ‘shows drug resistance’

Experts have reported the first case of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, the main drug being used to fight the pandemic. Roche Holding AG confirmed a patient with H1N1 influenza in Denmark...

Gold find in Guyana sees Canadian mining company’s shares skyrocket

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Gold find in Guyana sees Canadian mining company’s shares skyrocket

Shares of Vancouver-based Sacre-Coeur Minerals surged more than 31 per cent to 92 cents yesterday, after the company announced that it has identified nine zones on the Puruni River Paleo-channel in...

GHRA accuses administration of indifference

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GHRA accuses administration of indifference

Indifference to sexual violence against women and girls reflect the day-to-day combination of ignorance, inefficiency and corruption demonstrated by the agencies responsible for the administration of...

Guyana Model Search and Stylist/Designer portfolio rocks!!!

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Model Search and Stylist/Designer portfolio rocks!!!

– Sonia Noel pulls off steaming ‘Out of the Blue’ Affair One has to admit that veteran designer, Sonia Noel, has really stretched her imagination and creativity this year and has come of...

16-year-old remanded for wounding

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on 16-year-old remanded for wounding

A 16-year-old boy from Lethem was remanded by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on an allegation that on June 21, at Lethem, he inflicted grievous bodily harm, on Jimmy Glasgow. It was...

Knife point robbery lands man in court

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Knife point robbery lands man in court

Brian Benjamin, 48, of Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday remanded to prison until he repays a $35,000 debt. Benjamin, who had appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at...

Chronic trunker remanded

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Chronic trunker remanded

Richard Craigan, a 28-year-old father of five was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court, on a charge of stealing one cell...

More witnesses testify in “Blondie” trial

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on More witnesses testify in “Blondie” trial

Three more witnesses yesterday took the stand before Justice William Ramlal as the Ashanti “Blondie” Schultz trial continued. First to take the stand was Constable Philbourne Elias, who continued...

Does President Jagdeo believe in magic?

Jun 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Does President Jagdeo believe in magic?

Mr. Jagdeo certainly hasn’t got foolproof explanations when dealing with complex crises. It is one of his failings. And it opens him to devastating critiques from commentators and editors. Two...

THE LAW IS THE LAW

Jun 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE LAW IS THE LAW

If the President of Guyana needs to be instructed on what the law states in relation to the role of Cabinet in the procurement process, or for that matter the overall laws in relation to public...

Rebuilding of sector is focus of National Co-operative Week

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Rebuilding of sector is focus of National Co-operative Week

With the aim of starting consolidation and rebuilding of the co-operative sector in Guyana, the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security on Sunday last commenced a week of activities...

Fishing sector provides 30,000 jobs

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Fishing sector provides 30,000 jobs

Fishermen do not get their deserved recognition but they are responsible for making available to the population, a cheap source of protein all year round. In his message on Fisherman’s Day,...

Stabbed Meadow Bank man stable

Jun 30, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Stabbed Meadow Bank man stable

Orin Duncan, 44, of 608 South Turkeyen, Sophia, is counting his lucky stars after he survived a vicious attack by persons with whom he had an altercation Sunday night at Meadow Bank, East Bank...

Latam leaders, PPP condemn coup in Honduras

Jun 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Latam leaders, PPP condemn coup in Honduras

…Venezuela halts trade Cuba’s charge d’affaires, Jorge Rodriguez Hernandez, and Venezuela’s Ambassador Dario Morandy, have come out strongly against the coup that toppled Honduras President...

Spontaneous prison alarm sparks panic in Camp Street

Jun 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Spontaneous prison alarm sparks panic in Camp Street

Residents of Georgetown and its environs went into panic mode yesterday as rumours of a massive jailbreak at the Camp Street Prison circulated. People kept the telephones busy throughout the day,...

Alexander Village accident victim still critical

Jun 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Alexander Village accident victim still critical

Forty-seven-year-old Lilowtie Persaud, of Fourth Street, Alexander Village, is still clinging to life at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The woman was struck down last week Sunday by a car driven by...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more