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Gov’t admits buying $80 cream for more than $1,909

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t admits buying $80 cream for more than $1,909

…disputes other prices The government yesterday admitted buying the anti-fungal Ketoconazole cream for a price even higher than the cost cited by Kaieteur News. Health Minister Dr Bheri...

GPHC porter caught in crashed hijacked car

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC porter caught in crashed hijacked car

Residents of lower East Coast Demerara were treated to a movie style high speed chase which ended with the capture of a hijacker because the car he and his accomplice had hijacked careened into a...

Mother, son shot in ‘fowl cock’ row

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mother, son shot in ‘fowl cock’ row

– Suspect on the run, wife and child abandon home A row over “fowl cocks” ended with a McDoom, East Bank Demerara man opening fire and critically wounding a 38-year-old woman and...

Court stops Brassington from blocking Pegasus drainage pipe

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Court stops Brassington from blocking Pegasus drainage pipe

– Badal claims plan intended to “damnify” Pegasus hotel The High Court yesterday granted an injunction preventing Winston Brassington from blocking the main drainage of the Pegasus...

Dem Boys seh… Tek anything free how you get am

Jun 21, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Boys seh… Tek anything free how you get am

Dem boys hear strange things in dem lifetime. But dem never hear nutten like this one. De Chinee company wha building de airport bribe some people. One of dem who tek bribe get jail. Another one get...

Guyana, Suriname collaborating on illegal gold trade

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Suriname collaborating on illegal gold trade

The leakage of gold through the country’s borders without the relevant taxes being paid is being addressed with a number of raids and other measures, Government said yesterday. Responding to...

Guyana to soon receive US $40M from Norway

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to soon receive US $40M from Norway

Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, has reaffirmed the country’s support for the implementation of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) which continues to be hailed as a model...

Housing Ministry warns against fraudsters

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry warns against fraudsters

The Ministry of Housing and Water is warning against persons claiming to have rights over reserved plots in the Eccles Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara. The reserved sites were meant to serve as...

Small vendors protest ban on foreign labeled goods

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Small vendors protest ban on foreign labeled goods

Small vendors protest ban on foreign labeled goods Two days after the Government Analyst, Food and Drugs Department (GAFDD), announced that it will be removing all food and drug items labeled in...

Lindeners use three times more electricity than others

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lindeners use three times more electricity than others

Lindeners consume two to three times more electricity than other Guyanese, the government stated yesterday, insisting that the town must pay more from July 1. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr...

GPHC gets Dialysis center

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC gets Dialysis center

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation yesterday afternoon commissioned its first ever Hemodialysis centre. The centre is located next door to the National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank)...

Schools tour Victoria mangrove site

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Schools tour Victoria mangrove site

The Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) on Saturday last conducted a school tour to the Victoria Mangrove Site, East Coast Demerara. There were approximately 70 students from schools...

Three new Bachelor’s Degrees being offered at UG – Dr. Luncheon

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Three new Bachelor’s Degrees being offered at UG – Dr. Luncheon

Government has approved the establishment of three new Bachelor’s Degrees at the University of Guyana. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon said that the degrees will be in the...

Two policemen on close arrest for bribe

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two policemen on close arrest for bribe

Two policemen attached to Central Police Station, New Amsterdam, are now in hot water after they decided to induce a bribe from the wife of a man whom they had arrested and placed in custody on...

Colombian deported after illegal entry

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Colombian deported after illegal entry

A Colombian national was yesterday ordered to be deported to her country after she entered Guyana illegally. The 22-year-old woman was also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine or face three months...

Soldier admits to raping 16-year-old neighbour

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier admits to raping 16-year-old neighbour

– victim forced to re-live ordeal A soldier has reportedly admitted to raping his 16-year-old neighbour. He is now under arrest at Army headquarters, Camp Ayanganna. The incident...

Schoolchildren survive bus crash

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolchildren survive bus crash

Some primary school pupils narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon, after the mini-bus that was transporting them to their various homes suffered a blow out and ran into a trench, at New Road, on...

Gregory Gaskin dies in motorcycle crash

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gregory Gaskin dies in motorcycle crash

Attorney-at-Law and Chairman of COPS (Guyana) Limited, Gregory Gaskin died yesterday after crashing his motorcycle at South Dakota Circuit. According to reports, Gaskin was riding at the South Dakota...

MINISTRY HOSTS TRAINING FOR BUILDING EXPO EXHIBITORS

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on MINISTRY HOSTS TRAINING FOR BUILDING EXPO EXHIBITORS

The Ministry of Housing and Water yesterday hosted a one-day training programme for companies participating in the 2012 Building Expo at the National Stadium from July 6 under the theme ‘Embracing...

UGSS intensifies industrial action

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UGSS intensifies industrial action

– calls for removal of Council The University of Guyana Workers Union and the Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) yesterday upped the ante as they intensified their industrial action...

Guyanese urged to give a “backpack” for needy students

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese urged to give a “backpack” for needy students

Local companies and individuals are being called upon to open their hearts and pockets to assist students in need of school materials by The Backpack Project, a not for profit organization. The...

Lethem resident on $120,000 bail

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem resident on $120,000 bail

A 32-year-old man from Lethem will have to post $120,000 if he is to be granted pre-trial liberty following an alleged rampage in the interior area. Eric Bobb appeared at the Georgetown...

Puruni mishap victims’ bodies recovered

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Puruni mishap victims’ bodies recovered

The body of 35-year-old George Bowman has been recovered along with the remains of another man who went missing following a boat mishap on Monday. This publication was told that police ranks and...

Malfunctioning septic tank closes market stalls

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Malfunctioning septic tank closes market stalls

Vendors operating at the Supenaam Market have said that they are worried about their health. They say that they have to cope with the overflowing of sewage which has been flooding the inner section...

Vignettes of repetitive asininities

Jun 21, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Vignettes of repetitive asininities

My May 25 column was titled, “Send in the Clowns.” In that commentary, I looked at some of the most comical statements by high-ranking PPP Ministers or Parliamentarians that should never, at...

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Traditional media is still king

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Election campaigns are a battle for attention, persuasion, and votes. In this digital age,... more