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LIAT slammed in Barbados

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT slammed in Barbados

Against the backdrop of the euphoria of a LIAT flight from Barbados landing at Ogle Airport for the first time, Monday, the airline was criticized on Barbados radio for poor management and...

68-year-old father stabs teen over two eggs

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 68-year-old father stabs teen over two eggs

– “We have to shut up and take everything because it is his house,”- mother Up to late last night, doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) were...

Canadian company takes recycling proposal to government

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian company takes recycling proposal to government

By Latoya Giles A Canadian Company with a bright idea on how to curb the garbage situation in Guyana has approached Government with a “recycling” plan. President of the Panther Recycling Company...

Amaila Falls vote down more horrid than Linden tragedy- Luncheon

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Falls vote down more horrid than Linden tragedy- Luncheon

The voting down of two Bills related to the Amaila Falls Hydropower project by the Opposition in the National Assembly on July 18 last is more horrid in proportion to the loss of lives of...

Militant Barbados Opposition pressing Government

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Militant Barbados Opposition pressing Government

Unhappy with Government’s management of the country, Barbados Opposition is preparing the people for a vote of no-confidence, though it holds a slim minority of seats in parliament. That...

CGX chalks up US$8.5M second quarter loss

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CGX chalks up US$8.5M second quarter loss

Canadian oil exploration firm, CGX Energy has reported a second quarter loss of US$8.5M. CGX, which failed to find oil last year in its offshore concession off Corentyne, Berbice, made the...

‘Shack’ hinders GPL contractors…Residents without power for three days

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Shack’ hinders GPL contractors…Residents without power for three days

A small shack located in Fourth Street, La Penitence, on Tuesday blocked contractors from the Guyana Power and Light from replacing a lantern post which was damaged. According to the furious...

Death in India…Post Mortem reveals Guyanese died of cancer of the uterus

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Death in India…Post Mortem reveals Guyanese died of cancer of the uterus

More than two weeks after she was informed of the death of her daughter in India, Morlyn Scipio, the mother of the deceased, has been provided with answers to her many questions,...

State House undergoing major face – lift

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on State House undergoing major face – lift

State House in New Amsterdam is undergoing major repairs and a face lift at a cost of $5M. The centuries-old structure, which was constructed under colonial times, has been deteriorating for a...

Agriculture Ministry increases fleet of excavators by ten

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Agriculture Ministry increases fleet of excavators by ten

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday received the final four of ten excavators from the Guyana Tractor and Equipment (GUYTRAC) which was purchased to aid in developing agricultural lands...

IFC helping GBTI improve access to finance for small businesses

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on IFC helping GBTI improve access to finance for small businesses

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI), the country’s second largest bank, establish solid risk management practices to support its...

Teen killed in mining pit accident

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teen killed in mining pit accident

A teenage Pomeroon miner lost his life on Monday after a huge slab of mud fell on him in a pit at Arauguay, in the Cuyuni District. Sean Calvan, formerly of Perseverance, in the Lower Pomeroon died...

UGBC Director quits

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UGBC Director quits

“It’s so bad that it’s impossible…I can’t run this campus! They have made it impossible!” – Samad By Leon Suseran Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC),...

Lusignan trial continues ….Police witness takes stand

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan trial continues ….Police witness takes stand

The murder trial of two men accused of killing eleven people at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara on January 26, 2008 continued yesterday. On trial for the murders are Mark Royden Williams, called...

Value for money

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Value for money

Value for money is always a talking point. The government, ever since Bharrat Jagdeo was president of the Co-operative Republic, insisted that it had the people at heart and was ensuring that it got...

US Cadets complete jungle training in Guyana

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US Cadets complete jungle training in Guyana

Thirty-five U.S. Military Cadets graduated from a training phase at the Colonel Robert Mitchell Jungle and Amphibious Training School (CRMJATS). Under the guidance of the CRMJATS leadership,...

Man jailed for father’s death

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for father’s death

Fazah Mohamed, 22, of Friendship Squatting area, East Bank Demerara has been sentenced a total of one year imprisonment for causing the death of his father, Rafeek Mohamed by means of an accident....

Minibus driver accused of punching woman into state of unconsciousness

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver accused of punching woman into state of unconsciousness

Because Tushaule Rossmiller, a minibus driver, insisted that her comrade must join the line at the route 45 bus park and wait his turn, she was punched several times to the face to the...

Miner shot over prostitute

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miner shot over prostitute

An argument between two men at Arau, a location in the Cuyuni, Region Seven, over a prostitute, has ended bitterly with one of them nursing a gunshot wound to his right hand and the other on the run....

I have my concerns about those Amaila Falls project benefits

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have my concerns about those Amaila Falls project benefits

Dear Editor, I have recently read a lot about the Amalia Falls Hydroelectric Project, with the Government making great claims about how beneficial it will be to Guyana. I have my...

We are deeply disturbed about the plight of African Guyanese

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are deeply disturbed about the plight of African Guyanese

DEAR EDITOR, “The State of Black African Guyana: Time for Renewal and Empowerment” will be the theme for a Forum to be hosted by The Ghana Day Committee in collaboration with The Cuffy...

The Amaila deal will cost US$2 billion; it cannot be supported in its current form

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Amaila deal will cost US$2 billion; it cannot be supported in its current form

Dear Editor, Hydro Power in Guyana is truly a visionary idea; no stakeholder can question that. Thus all the calls in support of the “Amaila” deal, especially from the business...

A new global order is needed worldwide

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A new global order is needed worldwide

DEAR EDITOR, The economic and financial crises that have gripped a number of western countries have demonstrated in no uncertain terms that the neo-liberal model of development has failed to address...

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