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Stepfather disappears…In Cummings Lodge child molestation case

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Stepfather disappears…In Cummings Lodge child molestation case

Both the Ministry of Human Services’ Child Protection Agency and the police have commenced investigations into yet another reported case of child abuse. This one has been rocking the village of...

Shot Mahdia businessman …Residents call for thorough investigation

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Shot Mahdia businessman …Residents call for thorough investigation

Residents of Mahdia are calling on the police to carry out a thorough investigation into the shooting of one of their own, businessman Roger Hinds. Hinds was shot twice during a robbery Tuesday...

Dr. Moti Lall will be missed – President Ramotar

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Moti Lall will be missed – President Ramotar

– signs Book of Condolence President Donald Ramotar yesterday signed the book of condolence for former Chairman of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Dr. Moti Lall. President...

Timber company workers claim $20M in unpaid salaries

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Timber company workers claim $20M in unpaid salaries

…allege bankruptcy An estimated 150 workers of Tigerwood Guyana Incorporated are claiming that they are owed $20M in unpaid salaries. A senior official of the company is uncertain if or when the...

Antigua opposition calls for PM to explain Guyanese lawyer appointment

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Antigua opposition calls for PM to explain Guyanese lawyer appointment

The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ALP) says the statement by Attorney-General, Justin Simon, that the appointment of Guyanese attorney-at-law, Sanjeev Datadin as a “special...

Integrity Commission…Govt. officials complying-Teixeira

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Integrity Commission…Govt. officials complying-Teixeira

By Gary Eleazar Gail Teixeira, the Presidential Advisor on Governance, yesterday blamed former Opposition Leader, Robert Corbin, for stalling the appointment of a Chairman of the Integrity...

15,000 GWI customers disconnected over last two months

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 15,000 GWI customers disconnected over last two months

– service restoration can cost over $30,000 Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has disconnected an estimated 15,000 customers in the last two months as the utility company moves to recover...

Shot businessman loses kidney

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Shot businessman loses kidney

A businessman escaped death when a bandit shot him in the left side abdomen before relieving him of his gold chain Monday night at Savage Street, North Ruimveldt. Felix Alleyne, 37, has a...

Caribbean Airlines crash…Pilot landed badly-preliminary findings

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines crash…Pilot landed badly-preliminary findings

As was suggested at the beginning, a bad landing by the pilot has been blamed for the late July Caribbean Airlines crash at the country’s lone international airport. “At this stage it...

Vaccine to protect girls from cervical cancer launched

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Vaccine to protect girls from cervical cancer launched

– to cost Guyana US$14 each The Ministry of Health yesterday launched an ambitious project to slash the incidence of cervical cancer, which kills an estimated 80 Guyanese women annually. An...

Revetment collapses at Lonsdale koker

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Revetment collapses at Lonsdale koker

– fourth contractor now on the job Skepticism is mounting whether or not the Lonsdale, East Bank Berbice koker and revetment would ever be completed. According to residents in the area, the...

Illegal wildlife…Imports from Guyana, other countries, threaten U.S. Public Health

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal wildlife…Imports from Guyana, other countries, threaten U.S. Public Health

A collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified proof of retroviruses and herpes viruses in illegal wildlife imports at several international...

REDjet defends flight cancellations

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on REDjet defends flight cancellations

Barbados (CMC)- Low-fares airline REDjet will introduce three new routes this year, while cancelling more than 50 – a move Chief Executive Ian Burns said is not due to financial troubles....

Guyanese, 17, living in Antigua since he was two, deported for theft

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese, 17, living in Antigua since he was two, deported for theft

St. John’s, Antigua (Antigua Observer) – Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh has ordered that a 17-year-old Guyanese national be deported from Antigua after he was convicted of larceny....

Mahdia Gold gets licence to reopen Omai Mines

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia Gold gets licence to reopen Omai Mines

Mahdia Gold Corporation (MGC) has received approval from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to prospect for gold and precious metals in the Omai Mines, Region Seven. This was announced...

Three charges against James Bond dismissed

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Three charges against James Bond dismissed

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Tuesday dismissed three charges brought against attorney-at –law, James Bond, after the complainants in the matter revealed that they no longer wished to...

Abductor says he is father of victim’s children

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Abductor says he is father of victim’s children

– remanded on four charges Police yesterday slapped four charges against a South Turkeyen man who is accused of abducting the mother of his children and allegedly robbing her family. The man,...

Senior cop loses $1M from Berbice police station

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Senior cop loses $1M from Berbice police station

Police were last evening tightlipped on the loss of US$4,900 (about $1M) which reportedly went missing from the office of the Officer-in-Charge of the Central Police Station, New Amsterdam, sometime...

Decomposed body at Montrose koker … Mutilated body yet to be identified

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed body at Montrose koker … Mutilated body yet to be identified

The decomposed body of the man found at the Montrose, East Coast Demerara koker on Monday evening is yet to be identified. The mutilated body was discovered with the upper section, including the...

Vagrants at the Georgetown Hospital

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Accused children killer to undergo psychiatric evaluation

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Accused children killer to undergo psychiatric evaluation

John Blanchard, after appearing before Magistrate Lesley Sobers at the Providence Magistrate Court, was yesterday granted an application made by his lawyer to have a psychiatric evaluation...

Digicel kicks off Mashramani

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel kicks off Mashramani

-“Mash fitness camp” launched Telecommunications giant, Digicel Guyana, has kicked off their Mashramani activities as the third and annual “Mash Fitness Camp” was launched at the Demerara...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more