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Bauxite union’s move to ERC ‘obnoxious’ – Dr Luncheon

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The move by the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&WU) to label the government as racist over its handling of the industrial relations crisis in the Berbice River has been deemed by the...

Region records 400,000 flu victims, 19 swine flu deaths

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Region records 400,000 flu victims, 19 swine flu deaths

Region records 400,000 flu victims, 19 swine flu deaths Approximately 400,000 cases of influenza type illnesses were reported as at the end of last year within the Caribbean Region, particularly...

Govt. rejects miners concerns over new regulations

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The government yesterday deemed “regrettable” the concerns of gold and diamond miners that proposed new regulations could regulate them out of business. “The Government would not support...

GPL boss may be gone by mid-year – PM Hinds

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPL boss may be gone by mid-year – PM Hinds

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), Bharat Dindyal, has signaled his intentions to resign and may be gone by mid-year, said Prime Minister, Sam Hinds, yesterday during a...

$4B housing question… Opposition parties walk out

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– AFC seeks to prosecute PM, Housing Minister By Leonard Gildarie The Opposition Parties walked out of a Parliamentary session yesterday after clashing with government over a $4B additional...

Three more held, victim still unidentified

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Three more held, victim still unidentified

… Woman’s body on WCD road Police have detained three more people in connection with the murder of the still-unidentified woman whose mutilated corpse was found Sunday on a roadway at...

Dem boys seh… Who want shoot Bharrat?

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Who want shoot Bharrat?

Was confusion yesterday when news come that a man threaten to shoot de President. People want to know if de country gone mad. De Big market paper report how de man tell Bharrat that if he and all go...

Over $4 billion for old age pensions, public assistance in 2010 – Finance Minister

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Over $4 billion for old age pensions, public assistance in 2010 – Finance Minister

With effect from next month, old age pensions will be paid at a rate of $6,600 per month, while public assistance will be paid at a rate of $4,900 per month, Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, said...

GRA cashier charged for larceny

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The Guyana Revenue Authority cashier who allegedly stole money belonging to the company was yesterday granted $200,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. Eon Havercome, 32, of 22...

Young Mother Wants Her Baby Back

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Young Mother Wants Her Baby Back

Shackeera Sadenddin met a man in Tuschen in June 2007 and began a relationship that resulted in a baby. Assad Hassan was born in March 2009. At the time, Shackeera was 18 years old; Hassan was ten...

Red Dragon says Weekes was not killed there

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Red Dragon says Weekes was not killed there

Adult entertainment house “Red Dragon” yesterday denied that former national footballer and businessman, Vibert Weekes, was killed there last weekend. Red Dragon’s owner, Raymond Alli, said...

East Demerara duo slapped with fraud charges

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on East Demerara duo slapped with fraud charges

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded a man said to be a laboratory technician attached to the Guyana Sugar Corporation, and a woman who once worked in the news media for...

New avoided deforestation project starts

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on New avoided deforestation project starts

A new project that aims to support the government’s efforts to avoid deforestation and benefit financially from its standing forests is being undertaken by Conservation International and the Guyana...

Cabinet Outreach commences today

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The government is commencing its Cabinet outreach programme today in Region Six, according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon. At his post Cabinet media briefing yesterday,...

Mortgage fraudster arrested on boat while fleeing to Guyana

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mortgage fraudster arrested on boat while fleeing to Guyana

DALLAS (CN) – A fugitive mortgage fraudster who was on the run for six weeks until the coast guards arrested him on a shrimp boat in the Caribbean has been sentenced to three years in prison....

Customs Officer returns after night in the jungle

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Customs Officer returns after night in the jungle

After going missing for almost a day, a senior Customs Officer stationed at Lethem turned up alive and well around midmorning yesterday. The Officer, Kester Kissoon, 28, was forced to spend Sunday...

Several more held for sports bar killing

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Several more held for sports bar killing

At least eight suspects were in custody yesterday as detectives stepped up investigations into Friday’s deadly attack at Safraz Sports bar. Police expect further developments today, when the...

CARICOM Secretary-General in New York

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CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin W. Carrington, is in New York to participate in a high-level Retreat of Heads of Regional Organisations in Manhasset. The event is organised and hosted by United...

Rice Factories (Amendment) Bill now in force

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rice Factories (Amendment) Bill now in force

– Millers have two weeks to pay 50% to farmers New legislation aimed at protecting rice farmers will now force millers to pay for paddy within 42 days of being supplied as stipulated by the...

Timeka Marshall nominated for Jamaica EME Award

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Timeka Marshall nominated for Jamaica EME Award

…Best New Female artiste To some, Timeka Marshall may be considered as just a Guyanese artiste but her long stay in the land of wood and water and determination to become an international singer...

Local calypsonians gear up for Mash

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Local calypsonians gear up for Mash

…creating inaugural calypso tent As Guyanese gear up for the Mashramani celebrations in commemoration of the nation’s 40th anniversary, a group of calypsonians has joined forces and has...

Vibert Weekes’ associates held

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Vibert Weekes’ associates held

A female friend of Vibert Weekes is among three people that were taken into custody on the same day of the executed man’s funeral. Police said that two of the associates were with Weekes when he...

New school tie

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75,000 doses of swine flu vaccine heading to Guyana

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 75,000 doses of swine flu vaccine heading to Guyana

Although Guyana’s response to the H1N1 virus has been very comprehensive, the local health sector is yet to receive a shipment of vaccine capable of combating the novel flu-like virus which has had...

City Mayor has concerns about rehabilitated pumps

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City Mayor has concerns about rehabilitated pumps

City Mayor, Hamilton Green, has expressed concerns about the recently rehabilitated pump stations at Kitty and Liliendaal. According to Mayor Green, the fact that the two pump stations are...