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Fifty percent of GPL’s power being lost: Guyanese paying for it

Feb 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fifty percent of GPL’s power being lost: Guyanese paying for it

Dear Editor, The Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) forecasted $11 billion deficit that will warrant almost 20% increase to consumers (SN Feb. 8, 2012) is a colossal disaster that should...

Govt. officials should consult with Region 9 RDC on developmental plans

Feb 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. officials should consult with Region 9 RDC on developmental plans

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, 25th January, 2012, fifteen persons took the Oath of Office as Regional Councillors of Region 9. I was one of those persons. During that most memorable day of...

Two months into 2012 and there seems to be little change

Feb 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two months into 2012 and there seems to be little change

Dear Editor, In this still new year, there are several outstanding issues that Red Thread wishes to highlight, in the hope that the relevant authorities will continue to follow up. 2012...

The dual citizenship dilemma

Feb 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The dual citizenship dilemma

DEAR EDITOR, One can appreciate the quandary posed by the stipulations in Guyana’s Constitution as we were correctly reminded by our learned counsel Mr. Christopher Ram and the...

The private sector must expand its mindset to contributing to reform implementation

Feb 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The private sector must expand its mindset to contributing to reform implementation

Dear Editor, We are sometimes assailed with news of this or that initiative, but increasingly we experience what seems to be a meltdown occasioned by inadequate or total lack of...

Move by Greene’s attorneys not improper –former AG

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Move by Greene’s attorneys not improper –former AG

Pull quote: “I have confidence that Ian Neville Chang will decide that case according to the law.” Former Attorney General, Senior Counsel Bernard De Santos believes that the move by attorneys...

Chopper, plane to boost piracy fight

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chopper, plane to boost piracy fight

– $212M spent to refurbish aircraft – More boats for police The government will throw a refurbished chopper and airplane into the battle to stop increasing incidents of...

Police called in as UG students block gate

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police called in as UG students block gate

Students from the Faculty of Agriculture joined in the ongoing protest action at the University of Guyana. About 15 to 20 students blocked the main entrance at the Turkeyen Campus, prompting...

Rescue boat tragedy…Second body found at Devonshire Castle

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rescue boat tragedy…Second body found at Devonshire Castle

The body of a second seaman from the ill-fated rescue boat has been recovered and the police-backed search party has virtually given up hope of finding the other two men alive. Police said...

Abducted Berbice businessman’s gun found on captured bandit

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Abducted Berbice businessman’s gun found on captured bandit

A West Coast Berbice businessman who was abducted and robbed a few weeks ago has identified one of the weapons found on a bandit on Tuesday night, as his. Kaieteur News understands that the...

Budget approved for CARICOM Secretariat

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Budget approved for CARICOM Secretariat

Among the many other issues that were up for deliberation and approval at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council of Ministers on Tuesday, was the approval of the work programme and budget for the...

Imam sex scandal…Medical confirms 7th boy sexually molested

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Imam sex scandal…Medical confirms 7th boy sexually molested

A medical report has been submitted to the police and it has confirmed that yet another minor was sexual molested by the embattled Imam, Nizam Ali. This publication was told that the medical...

Murders see 65% decrease in January

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Murders see 65% decrease in January

According to statistics released by the Guyana Police Force, there has been a 65 % decrease in murders for January of this year as compared to the same period last year. Last year, a total of 17...

Jamaica unaware of Rusal’s closure there

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaica unaware of Rusal’s closure there

…equipment being sent to Guyana Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) –Jamaica Government has confirmed reports that bauxite mining firm, UC Rusal, has been taking some of its equipment out of the...

NOC takes awareness march to E’bo roads

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NOC takes awareness march to E’bo roads

The New Opportunity Corps (NOC), located on the Essequibo Coast, yesterday held a health walk to showcase their services. The walk started from Golden Fleece and ended at the NOC compound,...

500 remigrant houselots to be ready by May

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 500 remigrant houselots to be ready by May

-gov’t targets 3,000 for locals by year end By Kristen Macklingam Five hundred remigrant houselots could be ready by May as government completes the first phase of the Providence scheme. Kaieteur...

South Rupununi hard hit by rustling

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on South Rupununi hard hit by rustling

Cattle rustling has become a major problem in South Rupununi, Chairperson of the District Toshaos Council, Patrick Gomes, says. The problem is now threatening the sustainability of cattle...

42 matters to be heard as Berbice criminal session opens

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 42 matters to be heard as Berbice criminal session opens

An all-female contingent led by Assistant Superintendent, Angela Hardin, Inspector Yonette Stephen and Sergeant Lovern De Souza, and 24 other ranks did themselves and the Police force proud...

PNC’s first-ever General Secretary dies

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on PNC’s first-ever General Secretary dies

The first-ever General Secretary of the People National Congress (PNC), Joseph Abrams, has died. He passed away following a heart attack Sunday last at the Georgetown Public Hospital...

Canje ‘hustler’ jailed for one gram of cocaine

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Canje ‘hustler’ jailed for one gram of cocaine

A Cumberland, East Canje man, has been jailed for two years after he was caught with one gram of cocaine. Frankie Babulall appeared on Wednesday before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New...

Man shot twice by brother-in-law

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot twice by brother-in-law

A 40-year-old man is currently at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), nursing two gunshot wounds to his left foot. The victim, Aaron Hunter of Jawalla village, Upper Mazaruni,...

Treason PI…Prosecution wants court moved to NCN

Feb 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Treason PI…Prosecution wants court moved to NCN

State-appointed Prosecutor, Vic Puran, in what he called “an attempt at justice” yesterday asked for the treason matter against Leonard Wharton, Bruce Munroe and his wife, Carol-Ann Munroe, be...

Top Cop rape allegation… Greene moves to High Court to block rape charge

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop rape allegation… Greene moves to High Court to block rape charge

-claims DPP advice was “unfair, unconditional, null and void In what can be described as a preempting move, embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene has moved to the High Court to quash the...

Man kills brother in war over pants

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man kills brother in war over pants

A ‘B’ Field Sophia family is now broken in two as they are forced to make funeral arrangements and at the same time contemplating finding a good lawyer, following the stabbing to death of...

Body of rescue boat victim found, three others still missing

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Body of rescue boat victim found, three others still missing

Relatives and close friends of fisherman Kumar Narine were in mourning yesterday after his body washed ashore at Hampton Beach, Essequibo, even as the search continued for three other...