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Several homes get Christmas boost from P&P Insurance

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Several homes get Christmas boost from P&P Insurance

Several organizations have been given a boost for the season by P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited. The cash donations of $100,000 each were made last week by P&P’s executive,...

PUC’s role likely to widen with impending telecoms legislations – Justice Persaud

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on PUC’s role likely to widen with impending telecoms legislations – Justice Persaud

…but limited clout could bring back monopoly With the possible passage of a Telecommunications Act and an Amended Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Act in the National Assembly, Chairman of the...

President’s College teaching void to be filled with CPCE graduates – REdO

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on President’s College teaching void to be filled with CPCE graduates – REdO

Plans are apace to strengthen the teaching capacity of one of Guyana’s senior secondary institutions, President’s College, in the wake of recent complaints purportedly made by parents and...

Grove/Diamond NDC gets new building

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Grove/Diamond NDC gets new building

– Gov’t/ PNCR in court over ownership Even as the legal matter over the ownership of the Grove/ Diamond Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is pending, Government has reconstructed...

Electrical device caused Nesha’s Flower Shop blaze – Fire Chief

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Electrical device caused Nesha’s Flower Shop blaze – Fire Chief

An electrical device that someone failed to unplug is believed to have caused the fire that destroyed the building housing Nesha’s Flower Land on Sunday. Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle disclosed,...

The cricket debacle

Dec 11, 2012 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The cricket debacle

When the government contended that the Guyana Cricket Board had poorly supervised the game locally and had not allowed for transparency in its dealings to the point that there was the...

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CORRECT THIS ERROR

Dec 11, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CORRECT THIS ERROR

The Fiscal Management and Accountability Act (FMAA) has a schedule of Budget agencies. One of those agencies happens to be the Supreme Court. However, according to the Constitution of Guyana, the...

GWI seeks $1.7B in water rates

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GWI seeks $1.7B in water rates

The country’s water provider, GWI, wants an overhaul of its tariff structure that could put $1.7 billion more its coffers, but its new Chief Executive Shaik Baksh was found wanting when...

Murders continue to climb

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Murders continue to climb

If the trend continues, Guyana’s murder figure at the end of the year could surpass that of last year. Police statistics have revealed that up to the end of November this year there...

Psychiatric evaluation ordered for man who attacked schoolboy

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Psychiatric evaluation ordered for man who attacked schoolboy

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, today, ordered a psychiatric evaluation for John Williams, the man who allegedly attacked Kenneth David, a 15-year-old student of the Brickdam...

$80 million housing scam trial postponed

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $80 million housing scam trial postponed

… prosecution witnesses a no show The case against Ballkarran Lillie and Danica Griffith, the two persons charged with the $80 million house lot scam has been further deferred to January of next...

GRA to commence payment of tax refunds tomorrow

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRA to commence payment of tax refunds tomorrow

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will commence payment of Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tomorrow. In excess of 60,000 refunds will be paid to employees who would have filed their individual returns...

No ambulance: Walk or creep to the hospital

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No ambulance: Walk or creep to the hospital

This destitute, according to vendors at Merriman Mall, was lying on the corner for hours as members of the health sector failed to render him assistance. They said that around 8:30 yesterday morning,...

Female soldier alleges rape in army, wants matter investigated

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Female soldier alleges rape in army, wants matter investigated

– Says there’s a covered up plot A female soldier is claiming that she was raped by her Captain while being a part of a military police training course at an interior...

Road fatalities down

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Road fatalities down

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a release, yesterday, announced a welcoming nine per cent reduction in road fatalities by the end of November, with 98 casualties compared to 108 last year....

14-year-old rape victim cries out for assistance

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 14-year-old rape victim cries out for assistance

…identifies sister’s boyfriend as perpetrator A 14- year- old girl of Number 59 Village on the Corentyne wants help. On Friday she related a horrible tale of being raped...

Housing Ministry warns scam artists

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry warns scam artists

By Leon Suseran Minister of Housing, Irfaan Ali, has warned house-lot applicants who may have secretly applied for more than one house lot, to leave the process immediately or face the consequences....

Duo remanded for cocaine in drinking straws

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Duo remanded for cocaine in drinking straws

Two persons are facing drug related charges in connection with the December 6, drug bust at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). Both men, O’Brien White and Adrian David,...

‘Cobra’ transferred from Georgetown Prison after 23 months in solitary confinement

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Cobra’ transferred from Georgetown Prison after 23 months in solitary confinement

Twenty-three months in solitary confinement must have finally taken its toll on high profile murder accused, Tyrone Kacey Rowe, called ‘Cobra’, who cracked early Sunday morning. He...

Kitty man remanded for cocaine in fish food

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty man remanded for cocaine in fish food

Gilbert Andre Bristol, 36, of 54 Garnett Street, Newtown, was yesterday refused bail for allegedly attempting to export 233 kilograms of cocaine found in a quantity of fish food. Bristol...

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…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Planning has long been the PPP/C government’s pride and joy. The PPP/C touts it at rallies,... more