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Caribbean has largely untapped fish farming potential

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean has largely untapped fish farming potential

While the global demand for fish is climbing faster than current resources can meet, fish farming or aquaculture remains a largely underdeveloped industry in African, Caribbean and...

‘C’ Field Sophia residents want Education Ministry to maintain school land

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘C’ Field Sophia residents want Education Ministry to maintain school land

Due to the overgrowth of bushes surrounding the “C” Field Sophia Nursery School, residents have had to endure a torrid time with bandits taking advantage of the situation by robbing and...

Fisheries Chairman refutes GDF response to piracy attack

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fisheries Chairman refutes GDF response to piracy attack

…Suriname police handling matter Chairman of the Upper Corentyne Fishermen’s Co-op Society, Pravinchandra Deodat, has refuted the statements by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on...

FAIR TRADE AND FARE HIKES

Jul 13, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FAIR TRADE AND FARE HIKES

The airfare for an economy travel to New York can reach as high as US$1200 at present. This includes the 15 per cent travel voucher tax that is charged by the government. Without this...

Several parts of the city for power outage tomorrow

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Several parts of the city for power outage tomorrow

Several areas of the city are to be without power for nine hours tomorrow as the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. work on a major upgrade at the Sophia 69 kV Sub Station, Sophia,...

Appeals court upholds Trinidadian’s conviction in JFK airport bomb plot

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Appeals court upholds Trinidadian’s conviction in JFK airport bomb plot

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court upheld the conviction, Friday, of a former leader of the Shiite Muslim community in Trinidad and Tobago for his role in a conspiracy to...

Death of Guyanese Nurse in India…Unlikely that body will be brought back for burial

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Death of Guyanese Nurse in India…Unlikely that body will be brought back for burial

Although disheartened at the minute possibility that exists of having her daughter’s body brought back to Guyana for burial, it is Morlyn Scipio’s desire to be provided with “all...

Barbados central bank clears CPL sponsor

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados central bank clears CPL sponsor

With just 17 days before bowl-off of the Caribbean Premiere League, the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) has endorsed tournament sponsors, Verus International. It has also retracted an...

Composition of some Boards stalling appointment of members

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Composition of some Boards stalling appointment of members

The non-appointment of certain Boards may be outstanding because of the requirement of nominees from Opposition Parties in the National Assembly. According to Cabinet Secretary Dr....

Building Expo sees over 1,200 prequalified for housing loans – Dr . Luncheon

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Building Expo sees over 1,200 prequalified for housing loans – Dr . Luncheon

More than 1,200 potential homeowners are now prequalified to access loans to erect their houses, courtesy of the interactions with financial institutions at Guyana’s fourth...

We don’t need a larger bank note

Jul 13, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We don’t need a larger bank note

Last year, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon informed the media at his weekly post-Cabinet Press briefing that Guyana would soon have a $5,000 currency note. Indeed this would have been the largest...

Accurate data of cross-border movement likely with Guyana/Suriname collaboration

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Accurate data of cross-border movement likely with Guyana/Suriname collaboration

There is no accurate data available by either the Port Authorities of Guyana or Suriname to determine the movement of persons between territories. At least this was the deduction...

Incomplete pipeline relocation out of GWI hands

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Incomplete pipeline relocation out of GWI hands

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), in response to a recent article published by this newspaper, has distanced itself from the circumstances that led to the delay in the relocation of...

China donates 10 fire tenders

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on China donates 10 fire tenders

China has donated 10 tenders and 400 suits for fire officers to Guyana. The handing over ceremony took place on Thursday at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Brickdam. The vehicles and protective gear...

Man gets three year jail for wounding

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets three year jail for wounding

Clive Williams, 37, of New Hope East Bank Demerara appeared before Providence Magistrate Leron Daly. He was sentenced to three years jail after admitting to unlawfully wounding...

Repeat offender gets six years jail

Jul 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Repeat offender gets six years jail

Marvin Britton, 35, of Craig, East Bank Demerara, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for unlawful wounding and for escaping from police custody. According to court documents,...

We have to return to basics in the sugar sector

Jul 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have to return to basics in the sugar sector

Dear Editor, Agricultural activity, accounts for about 30 per cent of GDP in 1991, according to the World Bank. In 2012, according to the Bank of Guyana, the agricultural sector only...

The absence of traffic control at the juncture to Sophia’s Main Entry/Exit Point

Jul 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The absence of traffic control at the juncture to Sophia’s Main Entry/Exit Point

DEAR EDITOR, When I addressed you on September 25, 2012, I was hardly surprised at the expeditious reaction by the authorities in fixing the bridge in question, if only for sake of GuyExpo...

A good life for all

Jul 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A good life for all

DEAR EDITOR, Everyone looks forward to enjoying a decent if not good life. For the majority of the world’s population, this is a dream that remains largely unfulfilled, not because there is...

David Casavis responds to Yog Mahadeo’s letter

Jul 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on David Casavis responds to Yog Mahadeo’s letter

DEAR EDITOR, On Yog Mahadeo’s article on my book, The Thomas Carroll Affair, the facts I used were accepted into evidence in US Federal Court. This is the most credible evidence in the US...

Eight hundred hectares at Uitvlugt

Jul 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Eight hundred hectares at Uitvlugt

Dear Editor, There seems to be a very irrational and misinformed opinion in GuySuCo about how farmers get their canes cut, whilst the estates are experiencing a shortage of labour...