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GMSA to review proposed Amended Tax on imported drink bottles, cans

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GMSA to review proposed Amended Tax on imported drink bottles, cans

The Guyana Manufacturers and Services Association (GMSA) has expressed some concern over the implications of an amendment to the Customs Bill which was tabled in the National Assembly...

Explanation of teenager’s death at West Dem. Hospital “very strange” – Health Minister

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Explanation of teenager’s death at West Dem. Hospital “very strange” – Health Minister

…nurse sent on leave pending investigation An explanation offered by the nurse who attended to 15-year-old Shemar Miggins shortly before his death at the West Demerara Regional Hospital last...

Citizens Bank records $421M increase in revenue for 2012

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens Bank records $421M increase in revenue for 2012

Citizens Bank Guyana Inc. recorded an increase in revenue of $421M in 2012. The Banks DIH 2012 Annual Report noted that the 51 per cent owned subsidiary increased its revenue from $2.458 billion to...

GRC receives $10M from Baishanlin Forestry for victims of disasters

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GRC receives $10M from Baishanlin Forestry for victims of disasters

– Company plans to assist in construction of hospitals, schools for free The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) received $10M from Baishanlin International Forest Development Inc...

Tender Board Chief Executive dies of cardiac arrest

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tender Board Chief Executive dies of cardiac arrest

Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd Forde, of National Procurement Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) died yesterday at the St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital. The 69-year-old who was also a former...

Guyana and Kazakhstan establish diplomatic relations

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana and Kazakhstan establish diplomatic relations

The Governments of Guyana and the Republic of Kazakhstan have formally established Diplomatic Relations as of January 11, 2013. A Communiqué establishing diplomatic relations was signed at...

Woman claims family vilified in story about Albouystown man’s death

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman claims family vilified in story about Albouystown man’s death

An Albouystown woman is alleging that her family was vilified in a recent Kaieteur News story which described her household as “notorious”, and which implied that one of her sons was...

Ignoring some resources

Jan 15, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Ignoring some resources

When people talked about resource-rich Guyana, they were talking about a country that seems to have been blessed with everything necessary for its survival and the continued existence of its people...

Guyana’s oldest laid to rest

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s oldest laid to rest

Guyanese from all walks of life paid a fitting tribute to the woman who laid claim to being Guyana’s oldest. A home going service was held on Sunday at the Springlands Seventh Day...

Pooran Bros gets E’bo garbage disposal contract

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pooran Bros gets E’bo garbage disposal contract

Among bidders last year for the collection of solid waste, especially on the Essequibo Coast, Pooran Disposal incorporated was awarded a contract by the Local Government Ministry in conjunction...

Voir dire ongoing in Cotton Tree murder trial

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Voir dire ongoing in Cotton Tree murder trial

A voir dire is expected to continue in the Berbice High Court before Justice Brassington Reynolds in the absence of the jury when the murder trial of Nazrudeen Jahoot, called “Buddy”, of Cotton...

One freed, other committed for Chateau Margot businessman’s murder

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on One freed, other committed for Chateau Margot businessman’s murder

The Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of Chateau Margot businessman, Dennis Ramah, ended in some controversy yesterday with one of the accused being set free by Magistrate Alex Moore at the...

Accused chain snatcher remanded to prison

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Accused chain snatcher remanded to prison

A resident of East La Penitence Housing Scheme has been placed before the court for snatching a $170,000 gold chain in the vicinity of the Bourda Market. The defendant, Kennard Persaud, 25,...

Man, 42, dies in fatal accident

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 42, dies in fatal accident

Police are probing the country’s latest fatal accident which claimed the life of 42-year-old, Rudolph Anthony Ward, around 02:15hrs yesterday. The accident occurred at Houston, East...

Teen jailed for one year after confessing to crime.

Jan 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teen jailed for one year after confessing to crime.

Patrick Smith, 18, will spend the next year in jail after he admitted to robbing Constance Wiggins of two gold chains valued at $220,000. Smith is also accused of stealing a gold chain valued...

It was nostalgia…

Jan 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on It was nostalgia…

DEAR EDITOR, I thank Messrs Andrew Tyndall and Russell Lancaster and team of the first ever National Song Festival (for Choral Groups) for a delightful afternoon of glorious music last Sunday (13th...

This school’s teachers have behaved very unprofessionally

Jan 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This school’s teachers have behaved very unprofessionally

DEAR EDITOR, I honestly hope that my letter will capture the attention of the Minister of Education. There was a recent incident that occurred at a secondary school in Berbice with a female...

We still have trustworthy and honourable citizens

Jan 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We still have trustworthy and honourable citizens

Dear Editor, I wish to publicly show my appreciation to the management of the Pegasus Hotel, particularly the Security personnel, who demonstrated honesty and integrity in the execution of...

The ball will be in the Speaker’s court at the next session

Jan 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ball will be in the Speaker’s court at the next session

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the ruling of the Acting Chief Justice, His Honour Mr. Ian Chang, in the matter of the gag order imposed in the National Assembly on Home Affairs Minister, Mr....

Ralph Ramkarran is spot-on but he omits the fears of the other side

Jan 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ralph Ramkarran is spot-on but he omits the fears of the other side

Dear Editor, Former Speaker Mr. Ralph Ramkarran’s recent column in the Stabroek News —The PPP’s Enduring Fears (Monday January 14—) is a brilliant reflection, from the inside, on the...

Impressed with Dr. Flaherty and Ms. Dennison’s pieces

Jan 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Impressed with Dr. Flaherty and Ms. Dennison’s pieces

Dear Editor, Dr. Peter Flaherty penned a fantastic piece on his observations of life in Guyana. (KN Jan 7). Like Ms. Geralda Dennison (KN Jan 8), I am also impressed with Flaherty’s piece. But I...

Is there going to be a snap poll this year?

Jan 15, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is there going to be a snap poll this year?

Will there be snap polls this year? No! Here are my reasons. A word on the local government thing before. If the PPP agrees to local government reform legislation, then there will not be a...