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Cement “shortage”…Emergency shipment arrives from Jamaica

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cement “shortage”…Emergency shipment arrives from Jamaica

TCL Guyana Incorporated (TGI) yesterday announced the arrival of 5200 metric tons of cement, the first of several shipments organised by the company to alleviate shortages in the market. The...

GuySuCo blames ‘irresponsible’ representatives for Enmore strike

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo blames ‘irresponsible’ representatives for Enmore strike

-as workers down tools for time and a half pay The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is blaming “irresponsible” workers’ representatives for causing another strike at the Enmore...

Nandlall cautions, Parliament has no power to act beyond the Constitution

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall cautions, Parliament has no power to act beyond the Constitution

….. Calls APNU/AFC actions flagrant violations Even the Supreme Parliament of Guyana is not above and beyond the Constitution. This is according to the Government’s Chief Legal Officer,...

Millions expended to improve drainage capability of MMA areas – NDIA

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Millions expended to improve drainage capability of MMA areas – NDIA

Catering especially to the needs of farmers in the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary (MMA) area, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is gearing to improve drainage of some 35, 000...

AFC financial team to scrutinise National Budget

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC financial team to scrutinise National Budget

Pull Quote: “The team would be examining the budget with a fine-tooth comb to make sure that the allocations reflect the interest of the people”- Nagamootoo The Alliance for Change (AFC) has...

Guyana seeks to revise Treaty of Chaguaramus

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana seeks to revise Treaty of Chaguaramus

…even as Heads deliberate CARICOM’s future By Gary Eleazar in Suriname As CARICOM Heads of Government and their delegations deliberate on the future of the regional integration movement,...

One year after Grove fire…Victims still ‘grieving,’ seeking compensation

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on One year after Grove fire…Victims still ‘grieving,’ seeking compensation

Last Sunday marked one year since a fire destroyed five houses at Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and while some of the victims have accepted their losses, others are still traumatised. The...

Squatters in North Sophia plead for house lots

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Squatters in North Sophia plead for house lots

– drainage and limited water supply badly affecting families The inability to secure house lots has forced hundreds of squatters in North Sophia to remain living under appalling, inhumane...

Many fishing vessels still unregistered

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Many fishing vessels still unregistered

-Maritime official The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) and the Agriculture Ministry Fisheries Department are currently crafting a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to...

ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Through this “Question & Answer” column, we seek to answer the questions of our loyal readers. We appreciate your comments and questions about the ever so...

US Embassy nominates Karen De Souza for IWOC Award

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy nominates Karen De Souza for IWOC Award

The United States Embassy has nominated Karen De Souza, Founder of Red Thread for the International Women of Courage Award this year in observance of International Women’s Day This International...

Contractors should be liable for loss, damages resulting from negligence of their duties

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Contractors should be liable for loss, damages resulting from negligence of their duties

-PUC says clause should be placed in contract of employment Contractors who propose to dig parapets must seek approval from the relevant authorities who will identify the areas where cables,...

AFC proposes shelters, fund for trafficking victims

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC proposes shelters, fund for trafficking victims

Persons who are trafficked could be helped if shelters and a special fund are set up, Opposition Parliamentary party the Alliance for Change (AFC), has suggested. In addition, the AFC sees the...

Roman Catholic body denounces Parliamentary sitting

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Roman Catholic body denounces Parliamentary sitting

The Justice and Peace Commission of the Roman Catholic Church in Guyana wants a more disciplined and focused approach in Parliament. “Our country held national elections on 28th November,...

We are sorry

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on We are sorry

A recent publication in the Kaieteur News stated that a man, Errol Dainty, who sexually molested a 12 year-old was a pastor attached to the Nazarene Church and served at Henrietta. Since that...

Death row brothers to know fate soon

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Death row brothers to know fate soon

The three brothers, Marvin, Patrick and Allan who appealed a death sentence which was handed down on them some five years ago will know their fate in a matter of weeks. Yesterday the three...

Tout says he was stabbed over $60

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Tout says he was stabbed over $60

A fight between a mini bus conductor and a tout over $60 was the reason that one of them ended up at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GHPC) with a knife in his abdomen. Jeewan Lall,...

Man fined $200,000 for illegal fuel transportation

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man fined $200,000 for illegal fuel transportation

Rudolph Ferreira of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo pleaded guilty to transporting petroleum in bulk quantity without a licence, contrary to the Petroleum and Petroleum Products Regulations. His plea...

$Father in fracas with daughters gets $30,000 bail$

Father in fracas with daughters gets $30,000 bail

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Father in fracas with daughters gets $30,000 bail

Brian Singh appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday with tears in his eyes as he related a story of a parent allegedly being taken advantage of by children who he said...

Sorry!

Mar 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Sorry!

The devil must have been at work yesterday (March 9) with our press. Under a headline story “GPL moving against Bill Direct exec over massive $180M owed”, the name of Bill Express was...

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Tennis Association applauds historic GYD $8 billion allocation to the sports sector in the 2025 National Budget

‘Govt. must come clean on gas-to-energy project’

– spending US$2B on a project without financial, environmental studies is criminality at its worst – WPA Kaieteur... more