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Aftermath of seawall overtopping… Sunday’s seawall lime to be relocated

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Aftermath of seawall overtopping… Sunday’s seawall lime to be relocated

After three consecutive years of similar scenarios, emergency works continue as the Ministry of Public Works clear silted and weed-choked drains and canals yesterday. Coastal Guyana was...

SAG Officials for Regional Shipping conference in the Bahamas

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on SAG Officials for Regional Shipping conference in the Bahamas

Strategies for strengthening shipping associations across the Caribbean will be on the agenda of the12th annual Caribbean Shipping Executives’ Conference to be held in the Bahamas...

E-governance project geared for large-scale commercial operations

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on E-governance project geared for large-scale commercial operations

– but Ramotar says no decision yet The investment of US$32 million in an e-governance project would facilitate large scale commercial operations as well. This was announced...

An annoyance most unwanted

Apr 30, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on An annoyance most unwanted

These past days has seen a recurring issue, the overtopping of the seawalls and the flooding of the contiguous areas. Earlier this year, the overtopping was a spectacle. People left...

Barbados trafficking in persons…Relatives warned not to speak to media or police

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados trafficking in persons…Relatives warned not to speak to media or police

Relatives of the five young women, who have alleged that they were trafficked in Barbados, were yesterday warned not to contact the media or the police. However the relatives did not heed that...

Implementation of Freedom of Information Act a must- PSC

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Implementation of Freedom of Information Act a must- PSC

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has assured that the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act is part of its continuous discussions with Government on the freedom of the press. This is...

Plaisance Bus Park cop killing…Police draw blank with CCTV footage

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Plaisance Bus Park cop killing…Police draw blank with CCTV footage

– suspect turns self in with attorney Footage from closed circuit television cameras mounted in the area where Police Corporal Romain Cleto was shot dead on Saturday night has failed to...

‘Glamour Girl’ is now a centenarian

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Glamour Girl’ is now a centenarian

“Well I’m a 100. Imagine that …” exclaimed the glamour girl, who happily said that in her earlier days, she had many boyfriends and did not pass up on the “drinks.” However,...

PPP slams opposition budget cuts at Central Committee meeting

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PPP slams opposition budget cuts at Central Committee meeting

– appeals to public to take proactive, responsible action The Central Committee of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) at a meeting on Saturday slammed the recent moves by the...

Colombians fined for illegal entry

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Colombians fined for illegal entry

Two Colombians, Yelson Castillo and Barquen Vallejo Fuis Hernan, were detained when they entered Guyana illegally on April 26, at Springlands, Corentyne. The defendants who appeared...

NIS processed 43,978 sickness benefits claims in 2011- Annual report

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NIS processed 43,978 sickness benefits claims in 2011- Annual report

During 2011, a total of 43,978 claims were made and processed for sickness benefits. Of that number 22,784 were disallowed and 21,194 were paid out. This information was contained in the...

GPSU reiterates policy implementation for public servant benefits

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU reiterates policy implementation for public servant benefits

Expressing how unimpressed it is with the provisions made in this year’s budget, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has identified recommendations needed to be implemented for the benefit of...

Linden Town Week kicks off

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Town Week kicks off

Linden Town Week was officially declared open by Chairman of the Town Week Committee, Ian Halls, Sunday evening after the usual pomp and ceremony despite the inclement weather. Among those in...

Body found opposite Rubis Gas station

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Body found opposite Rubis Gas station

The body of a man was discovered by the police around 03:00am yesterday on the East Bank Demerara Public Road, opposite Rubis Gas Station. There were bruises and lacerations on it. It was taken to...

Regional authorities save 5,000 acres of rice, 2000 residences

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Regional authorities save 5,000 acres of rice, 2000 residences

Vigilant work executed by the Region Two National Drainage and Irrigation Authority Department(NDIA), on Sunday managed to save approximately 5000 acres of rice lands and over 2000...

Nurses protest shabby conditions at West Demerara Hospital

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Nurses protest shabby conditions at West Demerara Hospital

– Say pigs and dogs live in the compound Nurses of the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) early yesterday staged a sit-in at the health institute’s compound to register their...

Reckless driving?

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Reckless driving?

Another bit of reckless driving. This driver drove his car into the trench at Lamaha and Middleton Streets. No one could say what caused the accident but there were many who saw the...

Businessman remanded in the ‘cocaine in lumber’ case

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman remanded in the ‘cocaine in lumber’ case

Appearing yesterday before Magistrate Alan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court was a deportee now businessman, Keith King, of Lot 12 Bel Air Avenue, Lamaha Springs. The...

Lusignan bar murder…Victim died of single incised wound to neck

Apr 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan bar murder…Victim died of single incised wound to neck

A post mortem examination has revealed that 50-year-old Lusignan fisherman, Madan Sahadeo, died as a result of a single incised wound to his neck. The post mortem was done yesterday at...

The stupidity of the South African Government

Apr 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The stupidity of the South African Government

If service to the cause of African liberation in the continent is the criterion by which the South African Government confers the Oliver Tambo Award then Forbes Burnham of Guyana deserves it...

Govt. and relevant stakeholders must resolve to deal with our transportation woes

Apr 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. and relevant stakeholders must resolve to deal with our transportation woes

Dear Editor, Transportation is fundamental for the development of the economy of any country. In developed and some developing nations, millions have access to reliable and efficient...

The PPP used the budget cuts to rile up and then abandon its supporters

Apr 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP used the budget cuts to rile up and then abandon its supporters

Dear Editor, Guyanese people should know better by now. This entire budget cut cussdown and battle is nothing but a grand pretentious masquerade. The PPP is signalling now it will accept the...

Ratify this Convention without delay!

Apr 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ratify this Convention without delay!

Dear Editor, Tomorrow – Labour Day 2013 – Red Thread is launching a campaign for the ratification of an International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention which recognizes that domestic...

The Hururu protest and an absence of legal advice

Apr 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Hururu protest and an absence of legal advice

Dear Editor, The blocking of the Hururu to Kwakwani access road by residents of Hururu on the morning of Sunday 21st April 2013 and the subsequent clearing of the blockage on the evening of...

Jagdeo issued radio licences, frequencies outside Broadcasting Act

Apr 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo issued radio licences, frequencies outside Broadcasting Act

– PSC The Private Sector Commission is concerned that President Bharrat Jagdeo before demitting Office in 2011, issued radio licences and frequencies outside of the Broadcasting...

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