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DHB installs modernized retractor mechanism.

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on DHB installs modernized retractor mechanism.

Guyana is among the first countries in South America to acquire a modern Programme Logic Control (PLC) System. The mechanism was recently installed at the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB), which...

Opposition rejection of accountability in parliament most alarming – Dr Luncheon

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition rejection of accountability in parliament most alarming – Dr Luncheon

The abuses of the parliamentary process by the opposition using their one-seat majority continued during the most recent sitting, according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr....

Too many cases being thrown out for lack of evidence and poor preparation – President

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Too many cases being thrown out for lack of evidence and poor preparation – President

By Abena Rockcliffe President Donald Ramotar took a swipe at the Guyana Police Force on Monday when he said that too many cases are being thrown out of the courts as a result of lack of...

Senior police officers accuse Rohee of taking oversight too far

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Senior police officers accuse Rohee of taking oversight too far

…peeved with continued denial of full annual leave Senior officers of the Guyana Police Force are up in arms over what they described as the continued arbitrary interfering with...

US$840M Amaila Falls Project… Brassington, IDB, Sithe Global meet in China to address financiers concern

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US$840M Amaila Falls Project… Brassington, IDB, Sithe Global meet in China to address financiers concern

A Guyana delegation that includes Executive Secretary of the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington, has travelled to Asia where it will be engaged...

Relatives of Albion murder accused protest in front of Albion court

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives of Albion murder accused protest in front of Albion court

..threats against family surface Murder-accused Prabhudyal ‘Ramesh’ Tarachand of Lot 57 High Reef, Albion, Corentyne, appeared before Magistrate Roby Benn, Tuesday, at the Albion Magistrate’s...

Beharry, Habitat partnering to build low income homes

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Beharry, Habitat partnering to build low income homes

Edward B. Beharry Limited (EBB) and Habitat for Humanity Guyana Inc. (Habitat Guyana) have partnered to raise funds for the construction of homes for low income families. The ‘Beharry Build’...

Minister no show at GPSU International Public Service Day address

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Minister no show at GPSU International Public Service Day address

After waiting for almost two hours yesterday afternoon, public servants walked out of a scheduled meeting to celebrate International Public Service Day 2013. The Public Service Minister was a...

Court battle over Da Silva Street property concludes

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Court battle over Da Silva Street property concludes

…occupants ordered to vacate immediately Proprietors of AIC Battery and Automotive Services Company Limited, Ingrid Campbell, and Alfred Chung, lost the final battle over a commercial property...

Human traffickers target mining camps – US slavery report

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Human traffickers target mining camps – US slavery report

Guyana is recorded as both a source and destination for men, women and children being subjected to sex trafficking and forced labour. A continued enabling environment for human...

Simona Broomes recognized internationally as TIP Hero

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Simona Broomes recognized internationally as TIP Hero

President of the Guyana Women Miners’ Organization (GWMO) Simona Broomes’ determination to rescue women and girls from the jaws of sexual slavery and expand opportunities for them in...

NOT THE TIME TO BE PLAYING GAMES WITH THE COUNTRY’S SECURITY

Jun 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NOT THE TIME TO BE PLAYING GAMES WITH THE COUNTRY’S SECURITY

A man’s home is his castle. He should be free to enjoy his space without it being invaded by criminals and other unauthorized persons. Unfortunately, the past few weeks have witnessed...

Opposition Leader, Finance Minister dropped from budget cut case

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition Leader, Finance Minister dropped from budget cut case

Acting Chief Justice (CJ) Ian Chang ruled that Leader of the Opposition David Granger should no longer be a person of interest in the 2012 budget cut case and has therefore struck him out of the...

Berbice Criminal session opens

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Criminal session opens

Looking smart, slick and ready for the occasion a police contingent led the ceremonial opening of the June 2013 session of the criminal assizes of the Berbice High Court on Tuesday. There was the...

Bagotville man stabbed to death at Bartica night spot

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bagotville man stabbed to death at Bartica night spot

Assailant in police custody… An ugly feud which broke out at a Bartica night spot between two men over a slap, ended fatally for a Bagotville man who was stabbed to his abdomen on Friday night. A...

Boat accident captain out on bail

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Boat accident captain out on bail

Five days after being hospitalized under police guard, at the Suddie Public Hospital, police have released Paulo on station bail. The Wakenaam speedboat driver, was involved in a boat accident at...

GPL technician may never recover fully

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL technician may never recover fully

GPL technician, Rayon Henry, who sustained electrical burns to his upper body while installing a pre-paid meter on a utility pole at Hubu, East Bank Essequibo, is currently nursing severe...

Confiscation of assets best way to fight organized crime – British expert

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Confiscation of assets best way to fight organized crime – British expert

One of the most effective ways that a government can deal with organized crime is to hurt the perpetrators financially by confiscating their ill-gotten resources. This was unanimously agreed...

The opposition is not anti-national and anti-development

Jun 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The opposition is not anti-national and anti-development

Dear Editor, Getting familiarized with the new political dispensation since 2011 is clearly taking a physical and psychological toll on members of the regime, thus causing them to ignore the...

The proud declaration by the Road Safety Council

Jun 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The proud declaration by the Road Safety Council

DEAR EDITOR, The proud declaration by the National Road Safety Council of a multi-year strategy to address safety on Guyana’s roads is a most welcome, albeit much belated, development. That...

Let the buyer beware in future

Jun 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let the buyer beware in future

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana is full of surprises, thus I thought when I read the letter about the pair of boots, each boot a different size, bought in a special sale, without being examined and with...

New quarrel brews over enactments to money laundering laws

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New quarrel brews over enactments to money laundering laws

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, as well as Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday at different forums, said that the deadline...

Moving away from the Privy Council

Jun 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Moving away from the Privy Council

by Oscar Ramjeet Now that the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has ruled that there is no need for a referendum for St. Lucia to abolish appeals to the Privy...

Get involved in the Grow More Food campaign

Jun 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Get involved in the Grow More Food campaign

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana has done well in terms of meeting the Millennium Development Goals, particularly in the area of poverty alleviation and the reduction of hunger, among the several other...

Concerns about the digitalization of Guyana’s Indentureship records

Jun 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Concerns about the digitalization of Guyana’s Indentureship records

DEAR EDITOR, It is great news that the government of Guyana has announced the digitalization of the Indian Indentureship records, a project that a group of Guyanese and I initiated in...

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