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12-year-old mother wants to go back to school

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 12-year-old mother wants to go back to school

– stepfather remanded to prison The 12-year-old girl, who reportedly gave birth to her stepfather’s son at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Thursday, May 31, via...

Voted down $$$ to be dealt with next week

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Voted down $$$ to be dealt with next week

…as stakeholders finally agree on Parliament dates The sitting of the House of the National Assembly has been postponed once again as has been announced by Head of the Presidential...

AG now seeks Interim order, drops Conservatory order

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AG now seeks Interim order, drops Conservatory order

– wants Finance Minister to take money from Contingency Fund Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday informed the court that the government was no longer seeking a Conservatory order in...

MACORP launches machine tracking

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on MACORP launches machine tracking

MACORP recently hosted a launching and a seminar of the New Cat Product Link. This event was held at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. “It pays to...

Mapping of country’s forests boosted with GIS training

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mapping of country’s forests boosted with GIS training

– land use agencies to collaborate on technology use Guyana’s capacity to monitor its vast hinterland resources have been given a major boost with the completion of a critical 12-month...

GWI embarks on survey to reduce non-revenue water

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GWI embarks on survey to reduce non-revenue water

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has embarked on a pilot survey to reduce the instances of non-revenue water. According to Head of Field Services, Sunildat Barran, non-revenue water is water for which...

U.S. Treasury recognizes IDB’s Basic Nutrition Programme in Guyana

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Treasury recognizes IDB’s Basic Nutrition Programme in Guyana

The Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Basic Nutrition Programme in Guyana was recognized for its development impact by the U.S. Treasury in an award ceremony yesterday. U.S. Treasury...

Workers need level playing field, no double standards – GPSU

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Workers need level playing field, no double standards – GPSU

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has called for the creation of a level playing field for all workers, without discrimination and double standards. The union expressed this notion...

IDB, GMSA ink energy conservation pact

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on IDB, GMSA ink energy conservation pact

The country’s manufacturing and services sectors will be actively promoting energy conservation, after the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) and the Inter-American...

Youth Expo launched

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Youth Expo launched

“The Youth of Guyana are in dire need of guidance in many aspects; however, an issue of significant importance is the availability of job opportunities for the individual without a...

Rain, high tides cause flooding at Bartica

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rain, high tides cause flooding at Bartica

Incessant showers early yesterday morning , coupled with the high tide resulted in the areas along First and Second Avenues between Fifth Street and Sixth Street ...

ECD road expansion affected by inclement weather

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ECD road expansion affected by inclement weather

Continued inclement weather, particularly along the East Coast of Demerara has slowed the progress of preliminary works to facilitate the road’s expansion into four-lane from Better Hope to...

Granger restates support for higher salaries for public servants

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Granger restates support for higher salaries for public servants

Opposition Leader Brigadier David Granger has called on the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration to implement fully the recommendations of the Armstrong Tribunal that was...

Third accused remanded in alleged abduction and robbery case

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Third accused remanded in alleged abduction and robbery case

A third man was arrested and charged in connection with the staging of an alleged abduction and robbery involving a clerk who worked at a gas station on the East Coast of Demerara....

Drug charge against Nigerian dismissed

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Drug charge against Nigerian dismissed

– Remains in custody on another Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday dismissed charges against a Nigerian national who was accused of having 430 grams of cocaine in his...

Grenade bandit for court today

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Grenade bandit for court today

The man who was held by police on Tuesday night with a live concussion grenade is likely to appear in court today, as investigators try to ascertain the real motive for his possession of the...

No sign of Mahaicony escapee

Jun 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No sign of Mahaicony escapee

Police and fishermen in the Mahaicony River came up empty-handed in their search for the body of escaped prisoner Colin Sealey, twenty four hours after he plunged to his death. Police sources in the...

Ex-PM’s son jailed for taking kickbacks from CJIA contractor

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-PM’s son jailed for taking kickbacks from CJIA contractor

A son of the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, was last year jailed for laundering millions of dollars in bribes taken from the Chinese company that has been handed a...

Another escaped prisoner jumps to death in Mahaicony River

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Another escaped prisoner jumps to death in Mahaicony River

The Mahaicony River may have claimed the life of another prisoner who escaped from the nearby Mahaicony Police Station. Fifty-three-year- old Collin Sealey disappeared under water after...

Two held with ski masks, grenade and pistol

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two held with ski masks, grenade and pistol

Ranks from a police mobile patrol operating in the city got a shock when they searched a haversack carried by a suspicious man and found a live hand grenade and an illegal .32 pistol with...

‘Dirty relationship’ responsible for non-payment of US$1.5M Bond-AFC

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Dirty relationship’ responsible for non-payment of US$1.5M Bond-AFC

‘Fip’ Motilall’s Performance Bond … The Alliance for Change has weighed on the fact that Hand in Hand Mutual Fire Insurance Company Limited is yet to make payments to the...

Miner shot dead

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Miner shot dead

– One suspect reportedly in custody A 38-year-old father of three was shot and killed during an altercation with another man, early Wednesday morning in the Cuyuni River. Dead is Colin...

Likely administrative “cover up” for Brassington, NICIL – Ramjattan

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Likely administrative “cover up” for Brassington, NICIL – Ramjattan

“Here it is, it is big in the news every day and he (Brassington) is not suing anybody for libel…I want him to sue. We are going to bring it out in a Court of Law…,” The Alliance for Change...

Pegasus owner says…Jagdeo’s policy of frustration, discrimination and abuse continues

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pegasus owner says…Jagdeo’s policy of frustration, discrimination and abuse continues

The Pegasus owner, Robert Badal, wants President Donald Ramotar to sanction Minister Irfaan Ali and remove him from the Tourism Ministry. The businessman claims that he is being...

I was stopped by the police with an 18 year girl in the car

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I was stopped by the police with an 18 year girl in the car

She was just 18 years old but she was brave enough to come out of the car and offer her opinion to the police. She was bold enough to let the particular officer know that the police had erred. He was...

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