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Inter-faith service ushers in Amerindian Heritage Month

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Inter-faith service ushers in Amerindian Heritage Month

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs last evening hosted its annual inter-faith service to usher in Amerindian Heritage Month 2012 which is being celebrated under the theme, “Embracing our identity,...

Vote on UN Resolution on Syria…Guyana explains abstention

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Vote on UN Resolution on Syria…Guyana explains abstention

– Doesn’t agree with call for Al-Assad to step down The Government of Guyana did not vote on the United Nations Resolution on Syria because it did not agree with the call for President...

Cane harvester fatally struck by motorcycle

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cane harvester fatally struck by motorcycle

A speeding motorcyclist last evening claimed the life of 36-year-old Seerdat Deepoo, a resident of Adelphi Village, East Canje Berbice. The accident occurred on the Adelphi Public Road around...

Re-opening of several schools delayed

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Re-opening of several schools delayed

Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam, in a statement issued yesterday afternoon informed that due to various unforeseen circumstances, the re-opening of some schools will be delayed. The...

Man accused of forging his way to $2M in food, drinks at Palm Court

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of forging his way to $2M in food, drinks at Palm Court

A 37-year-old caretaker and father of four, who allegedly stole cheques and subsequently presented several of them to obtain more than $2M in food and drinks at Palm Court, was yesterday placed on $3...

Executed taxi driver owed money for ‘backtrack,’ other deals – police

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Executed taxi driver owed money for ‘backtrack,’ other deals – police

Detectives checking into the background of executed taxi driver Sean De Freitas Sookdeo are unearthing details pointing to a shady lifestyle that included a number of fraudulent deals that may have...

Moleson Creek Primary is permanently closed – Education official

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Moleson Creek Primary is permanently closed – Education official

Moleson Creek Primary School, Region Six, is now permanently closed owing to the inadequate student population in the area it served for over a decade. The two school-aged children residing in the...

Visual arts community gearing for competition and exhibition

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Visual arts community gearing for competition and exhibition

Geared to stimulate the highest standard of artwork by Guyanese visual artists, Government yesterday launched the Guyana Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition. This competition comes 18 years after...

City workers down tools over delayed payments

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on City workers down tools over delayed payments

While the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) remains under police investigation, some of its workers yesterday downed tools and gathered at City Hall as they voiced concerns of yet another month of...

DPP office for Berbice – Attorney General

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on DPP office for Berbice – Attorney General

With the aim of further strengthening the judicial system, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has disclosed that a new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) office will be opened in New Amsterdam,...

West Dem. Hospital ‘wastage’…Expired hand sanitisers are Food for the Poor donation – officials

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on West Dem. Hospital ‘wastage’…Expired hand sanitisers are Food for the Poor donation – officials

Health officials are claiming that more than 150 boxes of expired hand sanitisers that were to be dumped by the West Demerara Regional Hospital were donated by Food For The Poor Incorporated, earlier...

NOC Board of Inquiry named

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NOC Board of Inquiry named

– final report expected by month-end Former Judge and Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, Prem Persaud, will head a five-member Board of Inquiry that will investigate the...

Robbers invade home of elderly US-based Guyanese

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Robbers invade home of elderly US-based Guyanese

Two robbers fled virtually empty-handed but left an elderly US-based Guyanese traumatized after invading a Fourth Street, La Penitence residence last evening. Seventy-one-year-old Frederick Danney...

Mason on three charges granted pre-trial liberty

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mason on three charges granted pre-trial liberty

A mason from North Ruimveldt was placed on $35,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to three different charges yesterday. Jeremy Stuffle is accused of assaulting the mother of his child Michelle...

Euclid Da Silva released on $3M bail

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Euclid Da Silva released on $3M bail

Embattled businessman Euclid Da Silva made an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer charges of illegal entry to Guyana, conspiracy to commit a felony and uttering a...

No bail for robbery under arms

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No bail for robbery under arms

A 28-year-old unemployed man from West Ruimveldt who was arraigned for robbery under arms was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. Orin Accra is...

Hinterland communities receive three more fire tenders

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hinterland communities receive three more fire tenders

In response to the demand made by residents of hinterland communities, Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, yesterday commissioned three fire-fighting vehicles and a quantity of related...

Doctor’s decomposed body found at home

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor’s decomposed body found at home

The decomposed body of Dr. Charles Clarence Validen was discovered early yesterday morning by police at his Agriculture Road, Triumph, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home. The 76-year-old...

Narcotics accused remanded

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Narcotics accused remanded

Brian Nicholas who is accused of being in possession of 5.9 grams of cocaine and 2.5 grams cannabis intended for trafficking was yesterday remanded to prison. Nicholas pleaded not guilty to the...

Armed robber sentenced to 56 months

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Armed robber sentenced to 56 months

A man who is no stranger to the court for robbery under arms matters will spend the next 56 months in prison after being found guilty of such an offence. Marlon Persaud, 25, of West Ruimveldt Front...

ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. Many of you have questions on backlog time and...

Victims in ‘after concert’ Mahaica accident discharged

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Victims in ‘after concert’ Mahaica accident discharged

Jamal Rahaman, the front seat passenger of the pick-up truck which toppled on the Mahaica public road injuring nine persons in the wee hours of last Monday, is the last of nine persons to be...

Guyana working towards improving nurse to patient ratio

Sep 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana working towards improving nurse to patient ratio

Premised on a need to address the nurse to patient ratio, the local Ministry of Health has for the past few years been seeking to increase its intake of students at the country’s nursing schools....

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Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more