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UK-based Guyanese man found dead in house

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UK-based Guyanese man found dead in house

Relatives of a United Kingdom-based Guyanese man are hoping that a post mortem examination will bring an end to all speculation after the man’s body was found in a house at Adelaide Street,...

UNICEF spearheads strategic stakeholders’ forum to ‘renew safe motherhood promise’

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF spearheads strategic stakeholders’ forum to ‘renew safe motherhood promise’

Although there are yet some controversies and debates as it relates to the specific figures, there is no denying that Guyana has been able to achieve a downward trend in both maternal and...

Guyanese police officers on CBSI training course

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese police officers on CBSI training course

Two dozen officers from the Guyana Police Force have started to attend a series of training courses spanning from May 13 to June 28 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The courses will be...

Liverpool woman appeals to police: “Leave my son alone!”

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Liverpool woman appeals to police: “Leave my son alone!”

A Liverpool mother is very concerned about what she describes as constant harassment by police officers towards her son, who for the past week is in the lock- ups. Alice Simon said that her...

GPL staff will receive retroactive payment- CEO

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL staff will receive retroactive payment- CEO

The Management of Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) has promised to honour its obligations to make retroactive payments to employees thus reflecting the rulings of the recently...

The deficiency of the police

May 25, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The deficiency of the police

There was a high profile killing recently. Gunmen shot and killed a policeman as he approached a car that bore fake number plates. This shooting occurred at dusk at a busy thoroughfare. The gunfire...

Another casualty of the human smuggling bust in Barbados…Guyanese sent home for illegal entry

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Another casualty of the human smuggling bust in Barbados…Guyanese sent home for illegal entry

As the fallout in the Guyana-Barbados human trafficking bust continues, a Guyanese female relative of an Immigration Officer charged in relation to the smuggling ring, is now on her way...

International Museums Day observed

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on International Museums Day observed

Museums in Guyana over the past week joined with thousands of others around the world in celebrating International Museum Day under the theme: Museums (Memory + Creativity) = Social Change....

Granger calls for commission of inquiry into trafficking in persons

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Granger calls for commission of inquiry into trafficking in persons

On Wednesday, Leader of the Majority Opposition, Brigadier David Granger, emphasized his call for President Donald Ramotar to set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate Trafficking in...

Berbice doctor taking Mahadeo to court over unpaid salary

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice doctor taking Mahadeo to court over unpaid salary

A young doctor intends to take the Chief Executive Officer of the Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA) as well as the former Doctor-in-Charge of the Skeldon Hospital to court for unpaid salaries...

Ministry of Education shuns for Berbice award ceremony

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Education shuns for Berbice award ceremony

RHTYSC, BCB, GTU stage historic Tribute to Teachers and Students Awards The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club in collaboration with the Berbice Cricket Board and the Berbice branch...

Digicel launches affordable Smart phone

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel launches affordable Smart phone

The opportunity is now given to those who are ‘tight-fisted’ with their money to get rid of their Alcatels and purchase a Smart phone. Digicel, on Thursday, announced that it is making the...

Woman robbed at Stabroek Market, thief remanded

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman robbed at Stabroek Market, thief remanded

Whilst a woman was on her way to Stabroek Market, Seon Davis, of 3512 Howes Street, Charlestown, reportedly pounced on the unsuspecting victim, sprayed a substance in her eyes, robbed her and made...

Dagalulu freed in Corriverton murder charge

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dagalulu freed in Corriverton murder charge

Robert Rawlings called “Bully or Dagalulu”, 35, a labourer of No. 79 Village, Corriverton, who was on trial for murdering Kumar Singh, called ‘Brother’, 50, a Joiner of Yacoob...

Former coast guards murder trial adjourned

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former coast guards murder trial adjourned

The trial of three former Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard ranks, charged with the murder of a young Bartica gold dealer, will continue on Tuesday at the Suddie High Court in Essequibo before...

Battery thief to spend the next 12 months in jail

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Battery thief to spend the next 12 months in jail

Anthony Bair, of Angoy’s Avenue, was yesterday jailed for 12 months by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court and pleaded guilty to a...

OP employee traffic matter…Matter put down for trial in June

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on OP employee traffic matter…Matter put down for trial in June

Office of the President, employee Lisa Lowe yesterday made another appearance at the Providence Magistrate’s Court as her matter continued. During yesterday’s appearance the court was...

Angoy’s Avenue man on trial for 2007 rape

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Angoy’s Avenue man on trial for 2007 rape

A teenager who barged into a juvenile’s home and raped her six years ago is on trial in the High Court for the offence. When the matter began on Friday in the Berbice High Court, Leon Mickle,...

The Minister will no doubt clarify how those mining operations can be made legal

May 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Minister will no doubt clarify how those mining operations can be made legal

DEAR EDITOR, We see from a press release of the Ministry of Natural Resources, that Amerindians of the South Rupununi are calling for control of the mining areas up for licencing at and...

Is the inexcusable now becoming ridiculous?

May 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the inexcusable now becoming ridiculous?

DEAR EDITOR, A few days ago, it was reported in the local media that the Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Barbados Forensic lab to send Sheema Mangar’s results quickly. It has...

Princess Hotel launches US$2M Fun City complex

May 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Princess Hotel launches US$2M Fun City complex

Equipped with all the high tech games that many of have only seen on television, the management of the Princess International Hotel and Casino yesterday opened to the public, ‘Fun City’. The...

Times have certainly changed!

May 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Times have certainly changed!

Dear Editor, After reading Freddie’s letter regarding the absence of Italian sausage on his Italian Supreme pizza, I am of the conclusion that our country is moving forward despite the...

We must face the fact that…

May 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must face the fact that…

DEAR EDITOR, Hmm! That’s all I could say when I read a recent letter about Guyanese taking “pride in the fact that we are today a free, independent and democratic society...

47 years of Independence…What have we really achieved?

May 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on 47 years of Independence…What have we really achieved?

Dear Editor, A few days ago, I visited the GT&T office at Church Street to pay my phone and internet bills. At 9a.m. I saw a very long line outside the office that was near the...

Posterity is always painfully cruel to dictators

May 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Posterity is always painfully cruel to dictators

DEAR EDITOR, The consternation over Burnham’s entitlement to the OR Tambo Award has really opened up some deep psychological and intellectual hypocrisies and savageries in this country. It...

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