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Burke sues Chronicle, NCN over identity theft story

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Burke sues Chronicle, NCN over identity theft story

President of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) Rickford Burke is seeking a whopping $20M apiece from the state-owned Guyana Chronicle and the National Communications Network (NCN)...

Pomeroon boat captain charged with manslaughter

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon boat captain charged with manslaughter

Hyptilall Ramadin, also known as ‘Buddy’, the suspended boat captain who was assigned with the Region Two Administration, has been charged with manslaughter stemming from the death of six...

Cotton tree murder accused sentenced to death

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cotton tree murder accused sentenced to death

Twenty-one-year-old Nazrudeen Jahoot, called ‘Buddy’, of Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, who was on trial for the August 25, 2008 murder of fellow villager Kemlall Mangal called...

Linden COI…Relatives of deceased testify

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Linden COI…Relatives of deceased testify

By Latoya Giles Relatives of Shemroy Bouyea and Allan Lewis, two of the three men who were fatally shot on July 18, 2012, during a protest at Linden, testified yesterday at the...

Resentment rises over Jagdeo’s unlimited benefits

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Resentment rises over Jagdeo’s unlimited benefits

Revelations that Members of Parliament (MPs) are being paid a measly $420 (US$2.10) monthly for telephone and entertainment allowances while a former President is being allowed unlimited...

Dem boys seh…Burke planning to collect from Bar Bee and Kwame

Feb 01, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Burke planning to collect from Bar Bee and Kwame

People gun now know if de Chronicle got money. Of course, de paper couldn’t pay any bonus last December and it always complaining how paper ain’t selling. Well de management got to...

Guyana at Delhi sustainable development summit

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana at Delhi sustainable development summit

President Donald Ramotar joined Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the opening of the 13th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) in the Indian capital, New Delhi, under the theme...

Republic Bank rewards “outstanding” UG graduates

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank rewards “outstanding” UG graduates

Republic Bank, through its “power to make a difference” initiative, done in partnership with the University of Guyana, yesterday rewarded two “outstanding” students who last year...

Capita-Symonds Group to start working in matter of days – Rohee

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Capita-Symonds Group to start working in matter of days – Rohee

By Zena Henry The implementation of the much-anticipated security plan may very well get underway in a matter of days. Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has revealed that the British team...

NICIL IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT

Feb 01, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NICIL IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT

An attempt should be made, by those concerned, to disabuse the public of the notion that what is taking place at present in the Commission of Inquiry into the events at Linden of July last...

Continuous enforcement exercises are having significant impact – Traffic Chief

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Continuous enforcement exercises are having significant impact – Traffic Chief

Newly appointed Traffic Chief Superintendent Hugh Denhert has stated that road death figures for 2012 and the previous year have indicated that continuous enforcement exercises are having...

Family seeking assistance to find elderly man

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Family seeking assistance to find elderly man

Having left his D’Urban Street Housing Scheme (Scheme Yard), Georgetown home around noon on Tuesday last, 83-year-old Winston DeHaarte has not been seen since. According to his...

Unconscious patient not ‘dumped’ at institution – GPHC

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Unconscious patient not ‘dumped’ at institution – GPHC

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), via a statement has indicated that an unidentified male patient who is currently in its Intensive Care Unit was not dumped there as reported,...

EZjet’s Toronto passengers refunded

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on EZjet’s Toronto passengers refunded

– NY still waiting Suspended low-cost carrier, EZjet, says that it has completely refunded affected passengers out of Toronto, Canada. There is no word on the status of the...

Children’s homes must conform to minimum standard or face closure

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Children’s homes must conform to minimum standard or face closure

– Minister Webster Failure on the part of operators of Children’s homes to conform to the minimum standard of operation as recommended by the Ministry of Labour Human Services and Social...

Rise in credit demand boosts Republic Bank’s first quarter

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rise in credit demand boosts Republic Bank’s first quarter

The Republic Bank Group has recorded a profit attributable to shareholders of TT$285 million for the first quarter ended December 31, 2012. This represents an increase of 5% over the...

Need for education in the prison system imperative

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Need for education in the prison system imperative

– Survey reveals Although massive strides have been made the world over to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, health officials have been able to deduce that a number of prison...

CARICOM expresses sympathy over Brazil night club disaster

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM expresses sympathy over Brazil night club disaster

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has empathised with the people of Brazil in the wake of the tragic incident on 28 January, 2013, in which more than 230 people lost their lives. In a message...

George McDonald is Co-Managing Director of Banks DIH

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on George McDonald is Co-Managing Director of Banks DIH

In a release issued on Wednesday, Banks DIH Limited disclosed that Mr. George McDonald is now the company’s Co-Managing Director/Marketing Director. The appointment took effect from...

That sugar lifeline

Feb 01, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on That sugar lifeline

Guyana’s beleaguered sugar industry was thrown a lifeline by the European Union (EU) when that trading bloc announced that it would be extending its sugar quota to the African,...

Fire Prevention Seminar growing in stature

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Prevention Seminar growing in stature

– Advisory Board Chairman Yesterday several stakeholders participated in a Fire Prevention seminar hosted by the Guyana Fire Service, the Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance, the Fire...

Region Two starts to pursue healthier lifestyles via health education

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two starts to pursue healthier lifestyles via health education

The Region Two Department of Culture and Youth has collaborated with the President’s Youth Award Programme to promote healthier lifestyles in the region, throughout this year. Several activities...

Suspect held in D’Urban Street shooting probe

Feb 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect held in D’Urban Street shooting probe

Police have detained a Norton Street, Wortmanville resident in connection with Wednesday’s shooting death of 47-year-old Allan Lloyd Profitt. There are reports that the suspect, who is known...

Drivers find GRA difficult to access

Feb 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Drivers find GRA difficult to access

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your newspaper to ask a few questions that I’m sure many other Guyanese would like to ask. My first question is what was the thought process...

Worse than before

Feb 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Worse than before

Dear Editor, I wish to draw your attention to the huge square hole that was dug by workers of the Ministry of works. This digging to reach the metal plate of the bridge at Vryheid’s...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more