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$100M disappears, no paper trail found, $137M not properly verified

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $100M disappears, no paper trail found, $137M not properly verified

– Parliamentary body recommends Forensic Audit for Ministry of Health Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly, Ms. Volda Lawrence, yesterday recommended a...

World Bank’s Amaila Falls comment angers Govt.

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank’s Amaila Falls comment angers Govt.

The comment by World Bank Country Representative, Giorgio Valentini, that the World Bank was never approached to finance the Amaila Falls hydro project has drawn a strong reaction from Finance...

Aspiring pilots, doctors among Grade Six Top Performers

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Aspiring pilots, doctors among Grade Six Top Performers

They come from varied backgrounds, but this year’s top achievers in the Grade Six Assessment have some things in common – they worked hard, but were not deprived of the joys of childhood. Top...

Gaskin mounts second court challenge against Amaila Falls road contract

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gaskin mounts second court challenge against Amaila Falls road contract

Ramon Gaskin has moved, once again, to the High Court to challenge for a second time to quash Government’s decision to award a $15M USD contract to Synergy Holdings Inc. for the design and building...

Dem boys seh… Kwame and Jason sharing CN statement

Jun 29, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Kwame and Jason sharing CN statement

Some people does try really hard to get in trouble and then beg fuh help. Somebody get hold of all de statements in de Sharma case and dem decide to share dem out. People get de statements and wonder...

City’s mayor survives close no-confidence vote

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City’s mayor survives close no-confidence vote

– PNCR Councillors also unhappy By Leonard Gildarie Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, yesterday survived a no-confidence vote moved against him by Councillor Ranwell Jordan, a former mayor...

Cop in Patentia schoolboy shooting death tried for murder

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cop in Patentia schoolboy shooting death tried for murder

The police constable from the La Grange Police Station, who was implicated in the shooting to death of schoolboy Kelvin Fraser, was yesterday charged with murder. Thirty-year-old Quacy John of lot...

Aging sniffer dogs blamed for drug lapses

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Aging sniffer dogs blamed for drug lapses

Sniffer dogs are being blamed for airport security lapses in Guyana, where police said yesterday that their canines are too old or not skilled enough to detect drugs stuffed inside suitcases. Police...

20-year-old woman missing in interior

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on 20-year-old woman missing in interior

– mother receives reports that she was murdered The mother of a 20-year-old woman is hoping that the reports of her daughter’s death in the interior are false. Sandra Etwaroo told Kaieteur...

Inter-Religious Organisation condemns Gay and Lesbian Film Fest

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Inter-Religious Organisation condemns Gay and Lesbian Film Fest

Bishop Juan Edghill, yesterday, in his capacity as Public Relations Officer of the Inter Religious Organisation, spoke out against the ongoing Gay and Lesbian film festival being staged by the...

All Grade Six students to get secondary education

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on All Grade Six students to get secondary education

– Girls outperform boys again The Georgetown education district came out on top at this year’s Grade Six Assessment, an exam which qualifies students to move on to secondary education....

Forged vehicle number plates send policemen to jail

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Forged vehicle number plates send policemen to jail

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday refused to grant bail to two policemen who allegedly helped to forge a license plate number for an unlicensed foreign vehicle. Police Constables...

One year after legs severed… Disabled seaman still awaits court date

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on One year after legs severed… Disabled seaman still awaits court date

One year and six months after his legs were severed in a trawler mishap, seaman Russel Cornelius, is still awaiting a date when his case will be heard in the High Court. Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes,...

Guyana calls for clarity on World Bank’s forest money release

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Guyana calls for clarity on World Bank’s forest money release

– cites changing goalposts, benchmarks as concerns The Government yesterday called on World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) to ensure that there is even-handedness in the...

Motorcyclist dies after crashing into open door of parked vehicle

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dies after crashing into open door of parked vehicle

A 23-year-old motorcyclist lost his life on Sunday night after he rode into the open door of a parked minibus. At the time he was heading home on his motor Chappy. Lakeraj Kushera, of 450 Good Hope,...

Reptile flows through Berbice tap

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Reptile flows through Berbice tap

New Amsterdam, Berbice- A housewife of Nurseville, a community located on the outskirts of New Amsterdam, last Thursday, got the shock of her life as she was doing her daily chores. As she returned...

GAWU collaborates to launch one year project

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GAWU collaborates to launch one year project

Under the theme “Promoting Legal Rights and Building Union Capacity in Guyana” the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial...

Post Mortem on woman’s body suggests poison

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Post Mortem on woman’s body suggests poison

– body parts sent for further testing FERRY STREET, NEW AMSTERDAM – Forty-nine-year old Keith Simon was released yesterday from police custody. The man was detained on Sunday evening, hours...

Crash victims injured as driver of black wagon remains on the run

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Crash victims injured as driver of black wagon remains on the run

Up to press time yesterday police were still unable to locate the black wagon which was involved in a hit and run accident at Diamond, East Bank Demerara. Meanwhile, the two injured persons, Orlando...

Mahaicony Rice Mills owes farmers $380M, GRDB mulls action

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Mahaicony Rice Mills owes farmers $380M, GRDB mulls action

More than $380M is owed to farmers by one of Guyana’s biggest rice millers and authorities say that they contemplating taking actions unless answers are forthcoming. According to officials of the...

Unlicensed driver causes road fatality

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Unlicensed driver causes road fatality

Charges are likely to be laid against the driver of the car that was involved in Sunday’s road accident at Pearl, East Bank Demerara that claimed the life of Police Corporal Sharyn Denny....

“Produce the evidence of Child Labour “- Minister Nadir

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on “Produce the evidence of Child Labour “- Minister Nadir

– in response to Ambassador Luis CdeBaca Minister of Labour Human and Social Services, Manzoor Nadir, has challenged the United States to produce evidence to support the recent trafficking in...

Jagindra is Essequibo’s top performer, places seventh nationally

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Jagindra is Essequibo’s top performer, places seventh nationally

Eleven-year-old, Jagindra Persaud, of Adventure, Essequibo Coast, and pupil of the Suddie Primary School, was the nation’s seventh highest achiever at this year’s Grade Six Assessment. Yesterday,...

The ground provision boy

Jun 29, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The ground provision boy

Dear Editor, I like metem and often buy the fish and provision at the Mon Repos market. More often than not I buy my root vegetables from a stall managed by a lad who can’t be more than 10 years...

TIP report on Guyana unfair and inaccurate

Jun 29, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on TIP report on Guyana unfair and inaccurate

Dear Editor, I wish to state that the United States’ very high handed approach to countries in the world when it comes to judging them, whether it is based on the human trafficking situation or...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more