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Melanie Damishana farmers grieve over their losses

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Melanie Damishana farmers grieve over their losses

…Drainage pump runs out of fuel Poultry and cash crop farmers are tallying their losses after the heavy rain that swept the country over the weekend. One poultry farmer, Sandra...

Home Affairs Ministry, Ogle Airport Inc. sign MOU to combat security threats

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Home Affairs Ministry, Ogle Airport Inc. sign MOU to combat security threats

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, and Chairman of the Ogle Airport Inc. Michael Correia yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at strengthening the security arrangement at...

High winds, rain lead to excessive power outages– GPL

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on High winds, rain lead to excessive power outages– GPL

Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is calling on consumers to report all incidents of power outages that may occur as a result of high winds and heavy rain since the company may not always be aware...

Norway’s carbon funds…16 Rupununi villages sign to help monitoring process

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Norway’s carbon funds…16 Rupununi villages sign to help monitoring process

Sixteen North Rupununi villages have signed up to help the country’s push to receive monies for preserving its state forests. Over the weekend, at Annai, the Community Monitoring, Reporting and...

Canal farmers count $M losses

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Canal farmers count $M losses

– Pineapples, cash crop, cattle lost By Rabindra Rooplall Farmers in Canal Number Two, West Coast Demerara (WCD) are up in arms after incurring losses of millions of dollars in...

GPL installing independent fiber optic cable

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPL installing independent fiber optic cable

…project falls under US$40M system upgrade–Bharat Dindyal Guyana Power and Light is installing a fiber optic cable. This was confirmed by Chief Executive Officer of the...

Guyanese sex workers trekking to Suriname’s gold fields

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese sex workers trekking to Suriname’s gold fields

Paramaribo-Guyanese sex workers are trekking to Suriname’s goldfields in search of work and are striking it rich, the De Ware Tijd newspaper reported yesterday. With gold at an all time high, the...

Berbice health workers praised for being best in the country

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice health workers praised for being best in the country

….young doctor named Champion Worker A young doctor walked away as the Champion Health Worker on Saturday evening at the ninth Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA) Awards Ceremony....

Police nab errant 13-year-olds

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab errant 13-year-olds

The safety of three 13-year-old students is assured. The parents of the minors are relieved. The three left the confines of their homes with the intention of heading into the interior....

Several city streets now one-way

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Several city streets now one-way

Beginning tomorrow, several streets in Alberttown will no longer accommodate two-way traffic. The new arrangement is to facilitate a freer flow of the increasing traffic in the area and is...

Mystery surrounds death of several deer at the zoo –

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mystery surrounds death of several deer at the zoo –

On Saturday morning five deer including a three-week-old baby deer and a pregnant captive bred were discovered dead in their exhibit by Security Guards and Zoo Keepers. The deer represented a strong...

Kuru Kururu fatal accident…Dead guard’s family accepts $2.5M settlement from accused

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kuru Kururu fatal accident…Dead guard’s family accepts $2.5M settlement from accused

By Michael Jordan Relatives of security guard, Ronville Roberts, have accepted a $2.5M settlement from truck driver Sahid Ali, who is accused of causing Roberts’s death in an accident last...

‘Half-way’ rehab centre to be closed temporarily

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Half-way’ rehab centre to be closed temporarily

…Lacks management staff The Infinity Ralph Turpin Transitional House, which seeks to rehabilitate drug abusers, will be closed temporarily because of the lack of management staff. This is...

Tennicia De Freitas is Junior Kaiso Queen

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Tennicia De Freitas is Junior Kaiso Queen

Starting things off with the first victory for Kross Kolor Records for Mash 2012, Tennicia De Freitas is once again the Junior Calypso Monarch of Guyana. This feisty 20-year-old beauty...

Redjet, Tourism Ministry to collaborate on holiday package

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Redjet, Tourism Ministry to collaborate on holiday package

Low fares airline Redjet is set to announce a partnership with the local tourism Ministry to bring more Caribbean tourists to Guyana. “Shortly we will be announcing with the Minister of...

Essequibo woman heads to court after seven years

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo woman heads to court after seven years

Four days after she was arrested by a female rank of the Criminal Investigation Department at the Anna Regina Car Park, 27-year-old Danwanttie Ramdyal remains in police custody at Aurora. The mother...

Police ranks allegedly demand $400,000 bribe from suspected car thief

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police ranks allegedly demand $400,000 bribe from suspected car thief

Two police officers attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), were yesterday placed on self bail after they pleaded not guilty to allegedly demanding $400,000 from a man...

More backing for Tiger Bay project

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on More backing for Tiger Bay project

The work being done by School of the Nations and Varqa Foundation in Tiger Bay is gathering momentum. For more than two years, more than 100 children, youths and adults from the Tiger Bay community...

Deputy Mayor Robert Williams is dead

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy Mayor Robert Williams is dead

Georgetown Deputy Mayor and Guyana Elections Commission Commissioner, Robert Williams, passed away early yesterday morning following a prolonged battle with heart related complications....

Lawyer says plea deal between DPP and murder accused is unlawful

Jan 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer says plea deal between DPP and murder accused is unlawful

Defence attorney, Basil Williams, has filed a constitutional motion on behalf of murder accused Burt Lancaster, called ‘Moses’, seeking redress for what he believes is the contravention of his...

Public Works probes attempt to sabotage Amaila Falls equipment

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Public Works probes attempt to sabotage Amaila Falls equipment

…work to restart on access road this week Well placed sources in the Public Works Ministry have confirmed that they are currently working with at least four contractors to have works...

Rain pounds Region Six

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rain pounds Region Six

– several communities flooded Nine inches of rainfall pounded Berbice from Friday evening right through yesterday and the bad news is that there is more rain on the way. The...

Jury selection process ‘seriously compromised’

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jury selection process ‘seriously compromised’

– legal official By Latoya Giles The system to select jurors for Criminal Assizes in the High Courts of Guyana is badly flawed and needs urgent revamping, some legal officials...

Doobay Renal Center opens

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Doobay Renal Center opens

– President Ramotar promises support for similar ventures The Doobay Renal Center, at Annadale East Coast Demerara was formally opened yesterday by His Excellency President Donald...

Father, friend still in custody

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Father, friend still in custody

Highway hunting tragedy… Relatives of 12 year-old cyclist Justin Nobrega who was accidentally shot during a hunting trip are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more