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Donna Bailey – new addition to the local bar

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Donna Bailey – new addition to the local bar

Donna Lambert Bailey was on Thursday, October 25, admitted to the local Bar after her petition was presented before Justice Brassington Reynolds at the Supreme Court. Her petition was presented by...

Pension books to be distributed in November

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pension books to be distributed in November

Pension books distribution will begin in November as the Human Services and Social Security Ministry commence its annual programme. The books are printed and distributed on an annual basis throughout...

GWI delivering water to Dazzell Housing Scheme

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GWI delivering water to Dazzell Housing Scheme

– Contractor working around the clock to repair Bachelor’s Adventure Well Station Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says it will be delivering water to affected customers of Dazzell...

OP, Finance Ministry appease Gender Commission constraints

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on OP, Finance Ministry appease Gender Commission constraints

Financial, logistical and administrative factors were listed as the primary constraints that affected the efficient operation of the Women and Gender Equality Commission (W&GEC) during the past...

Three new Judges sworn in

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Three new Judges sworn in

As heads of the legal system continue to tackle the issue of judge shortage, three were sworn in yesterday adding to the country’s existing panel of judges. Navindra Singh, Nareshwar Harnanan and...

Linden Commission of Inquiry…Rohee to take the stand tomorrow

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Commission of Inquiry…Rohee to take the stand tomorrow

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee is scheduled to appear before the Linden Commission of Inquiry tomorrow. Meanwhile, Crime Chief, Seelall Persaud, yesterday claimed that he changed phones...

Guyana’s bauxite exports to China rise

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s bauxite exports to China rise

China imported 47 per cent less bauxite for the year to September 2012 due to plummeting imports from Indonesia. But imports rose 48 per cent in August. China’s bauxite imports fell in recent...

Shot businessman to undergo second surgery

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Shot businessman to undergo second surgery

Shot city businessman, Albert Ramkarran, is scheduled to undergo yet another surgery to repair his left leg which was injured during an encounter with bandits on Saturday last. Ramkarran was shot at...

Pirates on the rampage, fear grips fishing industry

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pirates on the rampage, fear grips fishing industry

…one fisherman missing Fear has returned to the fishing industry. Pirates have launched an all out attack on fishermen plying their trade in the Corentyne River, which borders Guyana with...

Govt looking to have 70 per cent trained teachers nationally by 2013

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt looking to have 70 per cent trained teachers nationally by 2013

…as Essequibo Coast boast a 100 per cent proportion An ambitious target has been set by the Government through its Ministry of Education to realise a 70 per cent proportion of trained...

Bandits ransack Canefield home, escape with over $500,000

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits ransack Canefield home, escape with over $500,000

Bandits broke and entered a home at 77 West Canefield Settlement, East Canje ,in a daring daylight robbery and ransacked the entire house from top to bottom, leaving behind a messy trail. The...

As Hurricane Sandy strikes in US…Hundreds of New York-bound passengers stranded here

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on As Hurricane Sandy strikes in US…Hundreds of New York-bound passengers stranded here

– Airlines encouraging passengers to check websites for flight information As New York braces for its biggest storm in recorded history, hundreds who came to Guyana are affected as...

Lima murder accused appears in court

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lima murder accused appears in court

Cleveland Romeo, 30, of Lima, Essequibo Coast, appeared in court for charges of murder and robbery which were read to him by Magistrate Sunil Scarce. He was not required to plead. Romeo was charged...

Prosecution star witness Rabindranauth Seemangal to testify today

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecution star witness Rabindranauth Seemangal to testify today

Robbery accused turned prosecution star witness, Rabindranuth Seemangal, is scheduled to take the stand today to testify against four of his alleged accomplices with whom he was jointly...

Mark De Abreu turns self in

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mark De Abreu turns self in

Charlestown resident Mark De Abreu is in police custody in connection with the execution-style killing of businessman Ricardo Rodrigues. De Abreu, who was accompanied by his attorney, turned himself...

Grandfather remanded on marijuana charge

Oct 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Grandfather remanded on marijuana charge

Mohammed Ali, 67, a grandfather of Lot 231 Smythfield, New Amsterdam, Berbice who was in a house when the police conducted a raid and found a quantity of marijuana has been remanded to jail....

Ramdeo and his EZjet venture may be about to end their short flight into infamy

Oct 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramdeo and his EZjet venture may be about to end their short flight into infamy

DEAR EDITOR, When Sonny Ramdeo, the former CEO of EZjet, announced his EZjet venture, critics immediately claimed that Sonny lacked the personal resources to fund such an enterprise and...

Police need discipline

Oct 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police need discipline

Dear Editor, I agree with Adam Harris (KN Oct 28) that the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the July 18 Linden fatal shootings has exposed many shortcomings about the police, and, like...

What motivated our lawmakers to change “consultation” to “agreement?”

Oct 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on What motivated our lawmakers to change “consultation” to “agreement?”

DEAR EDITOR, I read with interest the contribution made by my good friend, Bryn Pollard, CCH.,SC, in which he stated that he had advised the Guyana government about the problem which the...

Let the whole truth be told

Oct 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let the whole truth be told

DEAR EDITOR, Last Sunday evening I mused, how much more of this erosion of decency and democracy can we allow? During the week, I was invited by a keen media person to be interviewed on...

Govt. justified in granting tax concessions to Hits and Jams Entertainment

Oct 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. justified in granting tax concessions to Hits and Jams Entertainment

DEAR EDITOR, With reference to the multitude of letters and articles written on the recent announcement by “Hits and Jams Entertainment” that in collaboration with another business...

The Marriott Hotel project is all about the self-enrichment of a few

Oct 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Marriott Hotel project is all about the self-enrichment of a few

Dear Editor, During the televised debates on institutional corruption in Guyana, Minister Ashni Singh stated repeatedly that the Marriott Hotel project is a “public/private partnership”...

Brazil bound aircraft found at illegal airstrip

Oct 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil bound aircraft found at illegal airstrip

The suspicious landing of an Ecuadorian registered aircraft at an illegal airstrip in Guyana’s interior region is engaging the attention of security and aviation experts. The 412...

Vilma Tyson, an enterprising and independent woman

Oct 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Vilma Tyson, an enterprising and independent woman

By Enid Joaquin ‘Lime, tomato, celery, seasoning’–the lyrics of a popular soca song, written by the talented Michael James and sung by the equally talented George Anthony...

Mystery surrounds Canadian’s death

Oct 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mystery surrounds Canadian’s death

Ricardo Rodrigues execution… The sudden death of the Canadian Jean La Blanc has raised some amount of suspicion as reports are surfacing about a ‘strange visitor’ giving...

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…Peeping Tom (Jagdeo’s illogical rejection) Kaieteur News- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent comments on the... more