February 2012

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South Ruimveldt man feared drowned

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on South Ruimveldt man feared drowned

A 34-year-old miner from South Ruimveldt is feared drowned after his boat capsized in the Mazaruni River, Region Seven. Searchers are trying to locate the body of Martin Thompson, 34, of 1856...

Nabbed Guyanese “cheese bandit’ faces St. Kitts deportation

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Nabbed Guyanese “cheese bandit’ faces St. Kitts deportation

St. Kitts (SKN Vibes) – Resia Caines and Guyanese, Neil Dalton, recently dubbed the Cheese Bandits, begged the court for leniency on Monday after pleading guilty to larceny, an...

Family refutes report that Perseverance accident victim was drunk

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Family refutes report that Perseverance accident victim was drunk

Confusion surrounds the death of a 50-year-old Mahaicony man who was struck down in an accident on Cottage public road around 10:25am last Sunday. Dead is Rabindranauth Ramlingam of...

Commercial sex workers to undergo alternative skills training

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Commercial sex workers to undergo alternative skills training

Commercial sex workers operating in the mining sector would soon be given an opportunity to learn an alternative new skill. According to Simone Broomes, President of the newly established...

GPL not serious about electricity theft-Melanie Damishana resident

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPL not serious about electricity theft-Melanie Damishana resident

Residents of Melanie Damishana on the East Coast of Demerara are lambasting the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated for giving lip service in the fight against electricity theft. The residents...

Region 6 announces new road for East Bank Berbice

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Region 6 announces new road for East Bank Berbice

…as APNU joins protestors Residents and hire car operators along the East Bank of Berbice yesterday continued their protest actions over the deplorable East Bank Public Road with the new...

Suriname decorates outgoing Guyanese Ambassador

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname decorates outgoing Guyanese Ambassador

Suriname on Monday honored outgoing Guyanese Ambassador, Merlin Udho, with one of the country’s highest decorations. Also conferred with the Grand Ribbon of the Order of the...

MASHRAMANI FLOAT PARADE TRAFFIC ADVISORY

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on MASHRAMANI FLOAT PARADE TRAFFIC ADVISORY

The Guyana Police Force is informing the general public that in order to facilitate the smooth movement of floats during the Mashramani Float Parade tomorrow Thursday February 23, 2012, the following...

GHPC wants volunteer readers for children’s wards

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GHPC wants volunteer readers for children’s wards

-overseas body donates books ` A quantity of children’s books was donated to the library of Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s Paediatric Ward on Friday. Making the donation...

First Lady entertains Huis’t Dieren schoolchildren

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady entertains Huis’t Dieren schoolchildren

Pupils attending the Huis’t Dieren Primary School were encouraged by First Lady, Deolachmee Ramotar, to aim high and to attend school regularly. Mrs.Ramotar was speaking at a party hosted...

Court threatens to issue arrest warrant for Kwame Mc Coy

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Court threatens to issue arrest warrant for Kwame Mc Coy

When the matter against Information and Press Liaison to the President, Kwame McCoy, was called before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday, he was absent with the court...

Christians begin 40-day Lenten season today

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Christians begin 40-day Lenten season today

By Leon Suseran Christians in Guyana and throughout the world begin the 40- day solemn period of Lent today with Ash Wednesday observances. During Lent, Christians commemorate the 40 days...

20 year old remanded for mining camp watchman’s death

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 20 year old remanded for mining camp watchman’s death

A 20-year-old man has been remanded to jail for the alleged murder of 53-year-old Kumar Plummer, a watchman who was found dead at an Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni mining camp where he had worked for...

Chief witness in treason matter has diarrhea

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chief witness in treason matter has diarrhea

Quincy Critchlow, chief witness in the treason matter against ex-soldier, Leonard Wharton, Major Bruce Munroe and his wife Carol-Ann Munroe, was yesterday given two days leave of absence by the court...

Fight over woman….Murder accused makes first court appearance

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fight over woman….Murder accused makes first court appearance

Five days after he stabbed a man to death in a fight over a woman, 33-year old Rabindra Gossai was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the Sparendaam...

Mashramani Children’s Parade…Happy Hearts, North Georgetown, Diamond Secondary emerge winners

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mashramani Children’s Parade…Happy Hearts, North Georgetown, Diamond Secondary emerge winners

Glittering, dazzling floats and dancing revelers decked out in a galore of colours created quite a stunning attraction this year at the annual Children’s Costume Parade. The thousands of...

E’bo teen, 17, remanded for rape of female relative, 12,

Feb 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo teen, 17, remanded for rape of female relative, 12,

Troy John, the 17-year-old boy who allegedly had sex with a 12-year-old relative, on Christmas Eve day last year, has been charged with rape. John appeared on Monday at the Charity Magistrate...

Health Ministry used pencils to keep records – Auditor General Report

Feb 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry used pencils to keep records – Auditor General Report

– $40M loss in expired drugs The 2010 Report of the Auditor General has continued to make worrying revelations about the Bharrat Jagdeo-led administration, with poorly kept records...

Residents, drivers shut down East Bank Berbice road

Feb 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Residents, drivers shut down East Bank Berbice road

….demand meeting with Ramotar, not Benn By Leon Suseran The East Bank Berbice Road was yesterday morning shut down by hundreds of angry residents, vehicle owners, drivers and concerned...

Pensioner hospitalised after vicious pit bull mauling

Feb 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner hospitalised after vicious pit bull mauling

Thanks to the bravery of some neighbours, a 63-year-old Campbellville man escaped death from the jaws of two pit bulls during a vicious attack early yesterday morning. Nevertheless, Mabarak...

Large criminal gang busted after Cummings Lodge robberies

Feb 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Large criminal gang busted after Cummings Lodge robberies

Some eight persons including two women were arrested yesterday following a multi-million dollar robbery at Lot 721 Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara. Businessman Mohamed Shazam Khan, along...

Henry Green rape allegation…Top Cop’s motion unconstitutional – DPP

Feb 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Henry Green rape allegation…Top Cop’s motion unconstitutional – DPP

By Latoya Giles Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday afternoon ordered that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack provide statements by a rape accuser and embattled Police...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water

Feb 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water

In my last Sunday column, I made reference to an incident at UG in which one of my students told me that her father suggested to her that Guyana will always be a troubled place and that she...

The need to fight back

Feb 21, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The need to fight back

People in Guyana, according to a recent report, are most afraid of break-ins, during the night. There was a time when the home was almost taboo. There were no grills and security barriers and...

Dem boys seh…De Rat, Bobby and Brazzy prappa use pencil

Feb 21, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Rat, Bobby and Brazzy prappa use pencil

When people talk bout development some of dem does only talk bout wha dem friends doing. Some of dem mek dem friends get good money and when dem same friends decide to show off and...

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Should Guyana build a small refinery?

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(Kaieteur News) – The public discourse, thus far, on a refinery for Guyana asks some legitimate questions about cost, management, financing and commercial risk. But it makes a fundamental analytical mistake of evaluating the proposed Guyanese refinery as though its purpose were to become another...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability Pt 1

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(Kaieteur News) – Great to see Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, taking control. Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Regional Executive Officers, and assorted others summoned to a session with the new Minister for Virtue and against Vice. Dr. Jagdeo is the best man for that job. He knows the...

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