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Decision Time for Sugar

Jun 01, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Decision Time for Sugar

There is to be yet another shake-up in the administration of the Guyana Sugar Corporation. The Board of Directors is to be revamped and there is every likelihood that one could see the Chief...

Photo of baby fixing stroller wins 32-inch TV from COURTS

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Photo of baby fixing stroller wins 32-inch TV from COURTS

COURTS Guyana Inc. on Thursday rewarded nine lucky customers with groceries, prizes and jewellery for their participation in its recent Facebook, Whirlpool and Mothers’ Day promotions. Under...

Local nurses benefited from overseas training

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Local nurses benefited from overseas training

Nineteen nurses countrywide benefited from a one-week training programme in Neonatal Resuscitation hosted by representatives from a Canadian charitable organization, Guyana Burn and Health...

MACORP working with miners to improve efficiency of excavators

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on MACORP working with miners to improve efficiency of excavators

Amid concerns raised regarding the effect that the recent slide in gold prices would have on Guyana’s economy, MACORP and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) are...

29 graduate work-study program at Republic Bank

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 29 graduate work-study program at Republic Bank

Twenty-nine teens graduated the Republic Bank’s Youth Link Apprenticeship Programme for 2012 to 2013. A simple graduation ceremony was held at the Pegasus Hotel yesterday. The...

Killer bees attack Diamond Secondary School

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Killer bees attack Diamond Secondary School

Pandemonium broke out at the Diamond Secondary School yesterday, after a swarm of killer bees invaded the school compound. The bees were reportedly hovering over the area, close to the...

US announces $300M project to strengthen Parliament, Local Governance

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US announces $300M project to strengthen Parliament, Local Governance

The US Government has signaled its intentions to establish a $300M (US$1.5M) project that targets the strengthening of the National Parliament and the system of Local Governance. The disclosure was...

Response to disability challenged by neglect – UNICEF’s Report

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Response to disability challenged by neglect – UNICEF’s Report

“Children with disabilities encounter different forms of exclusion and are affected to varying degrees.” This is the conclusion of the 2013 Edition of the State of the World’s Children...

Schools warned about soliciting monies from parents

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Schools warned about soliciting monies from parents

The Ministry of Education has received numerous complaints from parents regarding the amount of money requested by teachers and Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) for various school activities. The...

Three women “trafficked’ in Barbados return home

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Three women “trafficked’ in Barbados return home

Three of the five Guyanese women held in Barbados, after authorities allegedly cracked a human trafficking ring, have returned to Guyana. According to reports, the women came into the country on...

GT&T Jingle finals on June 14

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T Jingle finals on June 14

The final leg of the GT&T Jingle and Song Competition is set for June 14 at the National Cultural Centre, the phone company announced yesterday. According to GT&T, both the Bollywood and...

Tiger Creek Bridge closed to heavy-duty machinery

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tiger Creek Bridge closed to heavy-duty machinery

Heavy-duty machinery has been temporarily prohibited from traversing the Brian Sucre Junction to Mahdia. The contractor, Mekdeci Machinery and Construction, is mobilizing resources to...

Management Committee plans Essequibo town day

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Management Committee plans Essequibo town day

The Interim Management Committee, of the Anna Regina Town Council has been engaged in a number of intense discussions as plans are tabled for the hosting of Essequibo’s first town day,...

Gold miners question cash remittances for silver

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miners question cash remittances for silver

The GGDMA yesterday voiced its “growing dissatisfaction” over the failure of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) to give the Association information which can explain an almost 50 per cent drop in...

Man wins car in TROPICAL RHYTHMS Promotion

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man wins car in TROPICAL RHYTHMS Promotion

Navindra Singh is now the proud owner of the MAZDA AXELA CAR in the TROPICAL RHYTHMS “FOR THE FUN OF LIFE” Promotion. The drawing was held yesterday. Singh’s luck did not end there; his...

Region Four troubles…REO refutes allegation, will provide evidence to Minister

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Region Four troubles…REO refutes allegation, will provide evidence to Minister

Region Four Executive Officer (REO), Deolall Rooplall, has refuted allegations of failure or refusal to carry out decisions. He is also accused of refusing to execute orders of the...

U.S. Ambassador funds ambulance for Region 10

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Ambassador funds ambulance for Region 10

U.S. Ambassador, D. Brent Hardt, handed over a cheque for $8,967,387 to Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh to boost emergency services. At the Ministry’s request and by agreement...

Plastic city murder case…Statements not ready

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Plastic city murder case…Statements not ready

Randolph Josiah, the 63-year-old man accused of brutally knifing to death his teenaged stepdaughter, made his second appearance before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs at the Vreed -en- Hoop...

Prosecution closes case in Angoy’s Avenue rape trial…Accused takes witness stand give sworn statement.

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecution closes case in Angoy’s Avenue rape trial…Accused takes witness stand give sworn statement.

The trial of rape accused, Leon Mickle, called “Eon”, 23, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam Berbice is continuing in the Berbice High Court, before Justice Dawn Gregory and a mixed jury....

The interests of thousands of domestic workers will be served

Jun 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The interests of thousands of domestic workers will be served

Dear Editor, Yesterday, May 31, 2013, a small contingent from Red Thread and one of our networks, Grassroots Women Across Race, handed over a petition with three thousand and sixty nine...

Foundations for an economic take-off are firmly laid

Jun 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Foundations for an economic take-off are firmly laid

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana’s economy can be described as tri-sectoral. We have an economy that is buttressed by three sectors – the public sector, the private sector and to a smaller...

Is there a maintenance programme for our road lights?

Jun 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a maintenance programme for our road lights?

Dear Editor, A few years ago the Western section of the East Coast corridor was a very picturesque scene at nights as all of the road’s lights were in working condition and there seemed to...

The O.R. Tambo Award: Would President Burnham and Dr. Rodney qualify?

Jun 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The O.R. Tambo Award: Would President Burnham and Dr. Rodney qualify?

Dear Editor, Much has been said by many about whether or not the South African Government should confer the O.R. Tambo Award on the late President of Guyana, Mr. L.F.S. Burnham. Not...

Suspect in sawmill supervisor’s murder denies killing ‘rival’

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect in sawmill supervisor’s murder denies killing ‘rival’

– during phone conversations with reporters The prime suspect in the murder of sawmill supervisor, Kemraj Singh, is proclaiming his innocence, even as he continues to elude police who...

Vergenoegen woman remanded for ‘rolling pin’ murder of landlord

Jun 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Vergenoegen woman remanded for ‘rolling pin’ murder of landlord

The 44-year-old Vergenoegen woman, accused of clubbing her landlord, Azaad Ganie, 62, to death with a rolling pin, will face the court again on July 1. Zaleena Whittington of Sideline Dam,...

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KARCC hails 2025 Guyana-Suriname Group Ride a massive success

The burden of proof rests on the asserting party

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In recent days there have been serious assertions made and associations implied without... more