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HIV/AIDS Counsellor found dead in Parika Health Centre office

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on HIV/AIDS Counsellor found dead in Parika Health Centre office

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 42-year-old, Seeraj Persaud, whose lifeless body was discovered around 14:00 hours yesterday in his office at the Parika Health...

Guyanese man stabbed to death in NY

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man stabbed to death in NY

A security guard walking home from a party was stabbed to death in a dark lot behind a Brooklyn Gas Station early Sunday, police said. Anthony Blair, 44, was knifed in the neck along Atlantic Avenue...

Linden businessman remanded on sex predator charge

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Linden businessman remanded on sex predator charge

Ivor Leacock, the Linden businessman who is ensnarled in a sex probe has been remanded. He appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court, yesterday....

PM rethinks discussing President’s overseas expenditures

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PM rethinks discussing President’s overseas expenditures

A statement by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds during the wrapping up of his presentation in the House last evening on the 2010 budget debates sparked a temporary bout of confusion when he attempted to...

Dem Boys seh… Sam colleagues threaten to cut he throat

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dem Boys seh… Sam colleagues threaten to cut he throat

Dr Sam nearly end up in trouble. Before he let sleeping dogs lie he wake up something that even Bharrat don’t want talk about. Now dem boys always talking how Bharrat hardly deh in Guyana, how he...

Reduce large cash transactions-govt. urges

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Reduce large cash transactions-govt. urges

…as Scotiabank launches new services targeting small businesses Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, yesterday urged local businesses to start using technologies at Commercial Banks to reduce large...

Employers have until February 28 to file returns

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Employers have until February 28 to file returns

Employers have until February 28 to file returns for its workers, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) announced yesterday. Information to be included on Form 2 of the GRA returns include workers’...

President Jagdeo must prove government is not anti-union – GB&GWU

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on President Jagdeo must prove government is not anti-union – GB&GWU

… RUSAL/Union face-off The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) has expressed concern with President Bharrat Jagdeo’s statements at the Police Officer’s Conference where he...

Biting insects force suspension of classes at Central High

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Biting insects force suspension of classes at Central High

Classes were suspended yesterday at Central High School on Smyth Street following an attack by what might possibly be fleas. This was after several students and teachers complained of severe itching,...

Still no charges one year after fatal crash

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Still no charges one year after fatal crash

Mrs. Shadin, the still grieving mother of Mohamed Zaaman who lost his life tragically, a year after the car in which he was traveling crashed on the Maria’s Lodge Public Road, still has unanswered...

British Nationals nabbed at CJIA with cocaine in wigs

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on British Nationals nabbed at CJIA with cocaine in wigs

Two British Nationals are currently assisting the Police Narcotics Branch and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit with investigations into two separate drug busts. The two women were nabbed mere minutes...

Youmun Nabi to be observed on Feb. 27

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Youmun Nabi to be observed on Feb. 27

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) has announced that Youmun Nabi will be observed on February 27, next. The CIOG stated that the Islamic month of Rabi- ul- Awwal in the Islamic Year...

15-year old in hot water for forged scratch ticket

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 15-year old in hot water for forged scratch ticket

A 15-year-old Grove resident who had the brilliant idea to forge a Scratch ticket will know his fate in another two weeks. The youth was last week remanded into the custody of the police by a City...

Two new MPs sworn in

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two new MPs sworn in

The two vacant seats in the National Assembly were yesterday occupied as the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs, swore in two new Members of Parliament. One of the members that took the...

Health Ministry, Medical Council to hold seminar for maternal care

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry, Medical Council to hold seminar for maternal care

– In wake of Linden and West Dem. Hospital deaths By Michael Jordan The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Guyana Medical Council, will on February 28, be holding a one-day seminar...

Mark Benschop for Mayor?

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mark Benschop for Mayor?

He describes it as “the garbage city” and one devoid of streetlights and recreational facilities for youths – not forgetting it’s a very broke city – but Mark Benschop still...

PNCR calls for aggressive drive for increased foreign investment

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR calls for aggressive drive for increased foreign investment

– PM blames opposition for restricting such investment By Gary Eleazar The 2010 budget debate got underway yesterday in the National Assembly with what some are calling the usual rhetoric....

Soldiers freed of Robbery under Arms charges

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Soldiers freed of Robbery under Arms charges

A GDF officer and three other ranks were on Thursday last set free in the Matthew’s Ridge Magistrate’s Court of all charges stemming from an alleged robbery committed on a mining camp in...

Health Ministry launches Youth Friendly Service at President’s College

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry launches Youth Friendly Service at President’s College

President’s College is now the first dormitory school in the country to benefit from the Youth Friendly Service Programme. The initiative was officially launched yesterday at the school, by...

GPF wins Mash Steel Band Competition

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPF wins Mash Steel Band Competition

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) band in an awesome performance thrilled the crowd and gave them something to jump and shout about. In the end, the band walked away with the winning prize in the small...

Professionals must have practice certificates to operate – says GRA

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Professionals must have practice certificates to operate – says GRA

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday threatened to take legal actions against professionals, including lawyers and doctors, who operate without their practice certificates. According to GRA,...

Consumers owe GWI $6B

Feb 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Consumers owe GWI $6B

…nationwide disconnection campaign begins March 2 “We’ve come to the point where we’ve got to do this…because we have no choice financially. Customers still have until March 2. However,...

Gun possession lands man in court

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gun possession lands man in court

Joseph Barker was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It was alleged that Barker, on February 11, last, had in his possession a...

Dem boys seh…Sam colleagues threaten to cut he throat

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Work progresses on Shaheed Orphanages’ playfield

Feb 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Work progresses on Shaheed Orphanages’ playfield

The second phase of the creation of a playfield for the children of the Shaheed Boys and Girls Orphanages is in progress at the Oleander Gardens, East Coast Demerara location of the Girls Orphanage....

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$1.5M up for grabs at K&S National Futsal Championship

A broad-based movement for the people’s voice on oil

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The call for a referendum on Guyana’s oil contract is a step in the right direction,... more