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Bosai resumes operations after deadly accident

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bosai resumes operations after deadly accident

Following the death of three bauxite workers last week, Government has warned Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated, Region 10, to take actions to improve its safety measures. On Thursday,...

Impact of corruption targeted in investment seminar

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Impact of corruption targeted in investment seminar

– Guyana eyes regulatory reforms A two-day seminar geared to address challenges facing foreign investments in Guyana will kick off this morning with the organisers hopeful that the country can...

Gov’t seeks to regulate funeral parlour business

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t seeks to regulate funeral parlour business

– Legislation to weed our touting The Ministry of Health is now seeking to regulate the operations of the funeral parlour business in Guyana to “weed out all unsavory...

People’s skills training for Overseers and Assistant Overseers

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on People’s skills training for Overseers and Assistant Overseers

Services at Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) are expected to improve thanks to a people’s skills training programme launched by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional...

44-year-old husband chokes teen wife

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 44-year-old husband chokes teen wife

…over cell phone call Yesterday, at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, a probation officer was asked to step in after a 44-year-old man was charged with assault causing actual...

Berbice Chamber joins in computer literacy drive

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Chamber joins in computer literacy drive

The Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA) continued its community outreach programme when it donated two full computer sets to the Cumberland Nursery and Bohemia Primary...

Broadcast licence fee another defective move by Government – Tony Vieira

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Broadcast licence fee another defective move by Government – Tony Vieira

By Rehanna Ramsay Former television owner, Tony Vieira, has described the recently introduced broadcast licence fee as yet another flawed move by Government, in the administration of broadcast...

Human rights group calls for ban of two songs

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Human rights group calls for ban of two songs

The Women and Gender Equality Commission has viewed with scorn two popular songs which they say are disrespectful to women and harmful to the prevention of domestic violence. They have...

Den Amstel residents furious about living standards

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Den Amstel residents furious about living standards

“Chairman does nothing but sit in his office” – resident By Javone Vickerie, “We suffer here in Den Amstel and no one cares…Why we have to live like this? We aren’t squatting,”...

CDB President in Guyana for three-day visit

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CDB President in Guyana for three-day visit

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has an extremely important role to play in supporting economic and social development in Guyana and the wider Caribbean, according to Finance Minister Dr. Ashni...

14 contracts awarded in Region Two

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 14 contracts awarded in Region Two

A total of 14 of the 59 contracts awarded to contractors in Region Two were awarded to contractors under the Region’s Capital Works Programme for the period 2013. The remaining contracts...

Four-year-old killed by speeding car

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Four-year-old killed by speeding car

A four-year-old child was added to the list of Guyana’s road fatalities last Tuesday when she was struck down by a car on the Plantation Foulis Public Road, West Coast Berbice. Trechel Williams, of...

GRDB takes pesticide use to Essequibo farmers

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB takes pesticide use to Essequibo farmers

In an attempt to contain the prevailing bug infestation that continues in rice crops throughout Region Two, senior members of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) engaged affected...

General consensus facilitated Angoy’s Avenue injunction removal

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on General consensus facilitated Angoy’s Avenue injunction removal

Representatives of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice, say that a consensus was reached to enable the community to consider lifting a 20-year injunction against the government. They...

‘Demon attacks’ at GSA cause postponement of exams

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Demon attacks’ at GSA cause postponement of exams

…students should be prepared for exams today – Agriculture Minister Final examinations at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara which were scheduled to have...

Belle Vue farmers’ money in limbo

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Belle Vue farmers’ money in limbo

– Says government is callous about their plight By Abena Rockcliffe Harvesting is now at a standstill at privately owned Belle Vue estates. Farmers are prevented from selling their...

Guyanese gets US$1.6M bail for fatal Pennsylvania building collapse

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese gets US$1.6M bail for fatal Pennsylvania building collapse

Philadelphia, US- A judge has set bail at nearly US$1.6M for a demolition contractor charged in a fatal building collapse in Philadelphia. Sean Benschop had previously been held without bail on six...

Victim warns young ladies to beware of exploitation

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Victim warns young ladies to beware of exploitation

A victim of sexual exploitation is sending a warning to young women for them to be careful of a Bartica businessman who has been luring girls into believing that they are being given a...

Antigua court upholds manslaughter conviction against Guyanese

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Antigua court upholds manslaughter conviction against Guyanese

Antigua (CaribArena) – A High Court 10-year sentence on Stephen Greaves, a Guyanese national who was charged with murder but convicted on a lesser count of manslaughter, was upheld on Tuesday...

If only to say, “I told you so.”

Jun 27, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on If only to say, “I told you so.”

Some things are worth doing a second time, if only for vindication. Some columns are worth repeating, if only to say, ‘I told you do.” So here goes: Do not underestimate the reach of the...

Almost There: Moving Forward on Local Government Elections in 2013

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Almost There: Moving Forward on Local Government Elections in 2013

At the start of this year, political party leaders, civil society, private sector representatives and members of the diplomatic community all expressed confidence that this would be the...

Deadly new virus claims more victims, baffles scientists

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Deadly new virus claims more victims, baffles scientists

With the deadly new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus continuing its slow but steady spread, concerns are being expressed about next month’s Ramadan, when millions of Muslim...

High court ruling today

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on High court ruling today

– son accused of killing father over ‘dope money’ Defense Counsel, George Thomas submitted his closing arguments yesterday in the case whereby a man is accused of murdering his father...

Man on trial for allegedly raping lover

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man on trial for allegedly raping lover

A Corentyne man is on trial in the Berbice High Court for the alleged rape and sodomy of his one time lover. When the case began on Tuesday it heralded the restart of High Court proceedings in...

Residents fear defective utility pole

Jun 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Residents fear defective utility pole

A defective Guyana Power Light (GPL) utility pole has residents at Samatta Point, Grove, fearing its collapse. Residents say that it is a catastrophe waiting to happen. The lamp post...

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