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Alleged rape of abortion patients…Court ordered Medical Council to grant Dr Sahadeo a hearing

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged rape of abortion patients…Court ordered Medical Council to grant Dr Sahadeo a hearing

-embattled physician claims he’s retired, but “wants to clear his name” The High Court has ordered the Medical Council of Guyana to grant embattled physician Dr. Rama Sahadeo a hearing...

Banks DIH to introduce several new products – Chairman

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH to introduce several new products – Chairman

– modern Soft Drink Plant to be commissioned soon A new line of XM rums and malt products will be introduced by beverage giant Banks DIH this year, according to Chairman Clifford...

Govt. official insists works imminent at Port Kaituma

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. official insists works imminent at Port Kaituma

…after protest over deplorable access road, school conditions Disgust and frustration over the state of the access road linking Port Kaituma to Matthews Ridge in Region One (Barima-Waini) and...

Agri unit lab attracts US$12M bid

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Agri unit lab attracts US$12M bid

Two sizeable bids – one for US$12 million and the other G$80 million – were tendered yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) under the...

Environmental stewardship should be major component of mining entities -ECHO

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Environmental stewardship should be major component of mining entities -ECHO

With the price of gold hitting the roof, prompting an upsurge in mining activities, the Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) is urging that mining practices strike an appropriate...

EU Ambassador presents credentials to CARICOM

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on EU Ambassador presents credentials to CARICOM

– new partnership strategy being developed The Head of Delegation of the European Union to Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and for the Dutch Overseas Countries and Territories,...

City budget likely by first week in February

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on City budget likely by first week in February

By the first week in February, the Mayor and City Council’s Finance Committee is expected to present its budget to the citizenry of Georgetown. Currently, the draft budget has a deficit of...

Higher education can come freely, says QC graduate

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Higher education can come freely, says QC graduate

The notion that “nothing good comes free” has been effectively shot down by a recent graduate of Queen’s College who has proven that once an individual is willing to look hard and diligently...

GTU looks to redevelop professional relationship with Education Ministry

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GTU looks to redevelop professional relationship with Education Ministry

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) is looking forward to redeveloping its professional relationship with the Ministry of Education through a strengthened partnership, targeting the achievement of...

Sandra Singh wins Lotto Supa 6 jackpot

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Sandra Singh wins Lotto Supa 6 jackpot

After years of unceasingly playing the lottery, Sandra Singh’s dream came true last week. She is the winner of the Lotto Supa 6 jackpot for the January 11 drawing. The Guyana Lottery Company (GLC)...

Bakewell’s soup kitchen to begin operations by June – CEO

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bakewell’s soup kitchen to begin operations by June – CEO

Chief Executive Officer of the Bakewell Group of Companies, Naeem Nasir, has announced that the entity will be providing between 2,000 and 2,500 meals daily to homeless persons when its...

Streets in appalling condition at EBD housing schemes

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Streets in appalling condition at EBD housing schemes

Several residents of the new housing scheme at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD), are concerned about the appalling condition of their streets which presently have huge potholes. Reports...

Training for miners targeted under major TVET programme

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Training for miners targeted under major TVET programme

The Canadian government has announced a major project to train miners as part of a larger plan to tackle a shortage of skills in Guyana and other countries in CARICOM. The CARICOM Education For...

Pensioner seeking justice after being bullied for a decade

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner seeking justice after being bullied for a decade

A pensioner is calling on the police, the city’s mayor and other relevant authorities to enforce a judgment that was granted in December last by Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry against...

Guyanese fishermen attacked by pirates in Suriname

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese fishermen attacked by pirates in Suriname

Five Guyanese fishermen were badly beaten over the weekend and their catch stolen during a pirate attack in Surinamese territory, a Dutch online newspaper reported yesterday. According to the...

Residents blame police for shooting of Sparendaam woman

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Residents blame police for shooting of Sparendaam woman

Residents of the Sparendaam Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara, are convinced that it was the police who shot and wounded a female villager last night, even as the police insist that the bullet was...

Leguan teen claims police brutality

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Leguan teen claims police brutality

A teen from the island of Leguan in the Essequibo River is calling for a thorough investigation into what he calls police brutality. Vishal Masedas told this publication that on Saturday last he was...

GPHC commences review into Clonbrook woman’s death

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC commences review into Clonbrook woman’s death

An assessment into the death of Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara resident Rohini Balkaran, who was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Monday, last, has been engaged by officials of...

Norton St. hit and run…Minibus impounded as driver disappears

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Norton St. hit and run…Minibus impounded as driver disappears

As police continue their investigations into the Norton Street hit-and-run accident which resulted in the death of former national athlete Orin Garfield Sobers, they have managed to locate the...

Mother seeks assistance for daughter with brain tumour

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mother seeks assistance for daughter with brain tumour

Little Zeneiah Loo, of Lot 41 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam has been diagnosed with a brain tumour which is located on the right side of her brain. According to her mother, Natasia Mc Calmon, the...

Berbice canecutter on trial for 2008 murder of co-worker

Jan 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice canecutter on trial for 2008 murder of co-worker

Shawn Tyndall called ‘Arthur’ or ‘Asha’, 42, of Manchester, Corentyne, a canecutter of the Albion Estate, is on trial in the Berbice High Court for the murder of his one-time lover,...

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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