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RUSAL terminates labour agreement

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on RUSAL terminates labour agreement

-union says workers agreed for 75 to be retrenched by Leonard Gildarie Industrial tensions have escalated even further in the Berbice bauxite industry with the Russian-owned, RUSAL’ Bauxite...

Cop accused of car theft crashes

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cop accused of car theft crashes

An evening accident on the West Coast Demerara (WCD) at the junction of the Demerara Harbour Bridge left a car PLL 2330 almost wrapped around a lamppost and the driver hospitalized at the West...

Simels visits parents’ grave one day ahead of sentencing

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Simels visits parents’ grave one day ahead of sentencing

…as prosecutors seek life imprisonment Embattled United States defence attorney, Robert Simels, yesterday visited the grave site of his parents two days before a Federal Judge sentences him and...

Peter Morgan’s sentencing postponed again

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Peter Morgan’s sentencing postponed again

By Dale Andrews For the third time after he entered into a plea deal with United States Prosecutors, Guyanese businessman, Peter Morgan, has had the date for his sentencing postponed. Morgan was...

Works Ministry completes Demico concrete demolition, pulls down sign

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Works Ministry completes Demico concrete demolition, pulls down sign

A demolition crew descended on the parapet outside Demico House with a heavy duty grader, a jackhammer and a sledge hammer. There was grading and hammering for several hours. When the dust cleared...

President’s security escort car crashes on Linden Highway

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on President’s security escort car crashes on Linden Highway

The main escort car for President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday turned turtle on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway after experiencing a “blow out.” President Bharrat Jagdeo was travelling behind the...

Alcohol-loving schoolgirls nabbed with man in house

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Alcohol-loving schoolgirls nabbed with man in house

Acting on information police conducted a search of a house at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, about 12:50 hours yesterday and found four female juveniles consuming alcohol in the company of a male...

Hijacked taxi recovered in Diamond

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Hijacked taxi recovered in Diamond

A taxi that was hijacked on Tuesday morning by two gunmen was early yesterday morning recovered in 21st Street, Diamond. This newspaper was told that the driver of the car, Charles Rambarack, was...

Linden’s $2B hospital opens its doors

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Linden’s $2B hospital opens its doors

“Today is an historic occasion for us at Linden Hospital complex, for it is the day that we are witnessing the official launching of this new hospital. Sometimes we refer to this exercise as the...

Three countries contemplate adopting Guyana’s system

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Three countries contemplate adopting Guyana’s system

… Financing mechanisms for REDD+: Several countries within the region are in Guyana to examine this country’s work on financing mechanisms for maintaining its forest cover and exploring...

Who is representing Guyana in Copenhagen?

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Who is representing Guyana in Copenhagen?

– Office of Climate Change tight-lipped The Office of Climate Change in Georgetown has not yet released a list of members of Guyana’s delegation to the UN Climate Change talks which opens...

Ten Guyanese to gain Mexican scholarship

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Ten Guyanese to gain Mexican scholarship

At least 10 Guyanese will soon be proceeding on Mexican scholarships in Mexico from April next year. According to Ministry of public service, Dr Jennifer Westford, the initiative came about recently....

Jagdeo finds UK travel tax imposition discriminatory

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo finds UK travel tax imposition discriminatory

… will have a major impact on tourism By Gary Eleazar Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo is of the opinion that departure tax for persons flying to the Caribbean from the United Kingdom that was...

Close circuit cameras for Demerara Harbour Bridge

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Close circuit cameras for Demerara Harbour Bridge

By Brushell Blackman Decking – The deckings at the CBCSL Water Street location ready for fabrication. The resurfacing of the Demerara Harbour Bridge is moving in earnest with the arrival of...

Keith Burrowes to focus on Implementation Committee

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Keith Burrowes to focus on Implementation Committee

Now that there is clarity about the proposed Implementation Committee, Councillors and officers of the Georgetown municipality are ready and willing to embrace the move which they see as being geared...

Police Constable remanded for indecent assault

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police Constable remanded for indecent assault

A police constable was yesterday remanded after making his court appearance to answer a charge for indecently assaulting a female who was detained at the police station where he was posted. The...

GDF awards Search and recovery soldiers

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GDF awards Search and recovery soldiers

The ranks of the 31Special Forces team that successfully recovered the remains of the Aliya Bulkan, who died tragically at the Kaieteur Falls a few weeks ago, have been awarded special letters of...

GRC holds silent auction

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GRC holds silent auction

The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) held a silent auction at the Victoria Lounge, Pegasus Hotel, yesterday, and displayed a variety of items. The process requires persons to write their bid, name and...

Essequibo plans march for disabled

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo plans march for disabled

Today has been designated International Day for Persons living with disabilities and to observe that day the collaborative effort of both the Disabled People Network and the Community-based...

Insurance Industry concerned over fire service apparatus

Dec 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Insurance Industry concerned over fire service apparatus

— as claim is paid out to DM Sales A statement is likely from the insurance industry over concerns about the recent spate of fires. Fire Manager and Director of Hand-in-Hand Fire Insurance...

GDF produces first ever-female paratrooper

Dec 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GDF produces first ever-female paratrooper

…Graduates among New Special Forces Troops As the army continues activities to mark its 44th anniversary it has recorded another first for women in its ranks. On Tuesday, 20884 Woman Private...

Kala Utsav thrills again

Dec 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Kala Utsav thrills again

Kala Utsav, an annual presentation of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, again thrilled and inspired hundreds who attended the Utsav last Sunday. Kala Utsav was declared open by Prime Minister Samuel...

Missing ten-year-old “I wish it was me and not my son” -Salimoon Rahaman

Dec 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Missing ten-year-old “I wish it was me and not my son” -Salimoon Rahaman

“It is very hard to deal with my son’s disappearance. Sometimes I sit and ask the Lord to take me instead of my son.” Those were the desperate cries of Salimoon Rahaman, the mother of...

Ravens officially receive top awards

Dec 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ravens officially receive top awards

GABA thanks club for performance By Edison Jefford Ravens officially collected the top award for winning both the Second and Third Division tournaments of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball...

Madramootoo smashes 212*; RHB crush Silver Star by 365 runs

Dec 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Madramootoo smashes 212*; RHB crush Silver Star by 365 runs

Eighteen year-old Terrence Madramootoo smashed a record breaking double century for Rose Hall Town Bakewell who crushed Silver Stars by a whopping 365 runs when play in the 2009 New Building Society...

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Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more