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Farmers must report sellers of smuggled pesticides – Agriculture Minister

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News 1

In order to effectively win the fight against the trade of illegal chemicals, the Minister of Agriculture is depending on the involvement of the product consumers. During an exclusive...

Death comes easily as the lights go out

Sep 19, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Death comes easily as the lights go out

When I was traveling to Berbice last Saturday, I was silent for long moments, oblivious to the conversations that were going on in the car. I was silent because my mind was burdened by what I was...

Elderly woman found dead in Buxton home

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly woman found dead in Buxton home

After not being seen for almost a week by neighbours, the partly decomposed body of an elderly woman was yesterday discovered in her home at Middle Walk, Buxton. The woman was identified as...

Two Guyanese in US custody after 2,800 pounds ganja haul

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two Guyanese in US custody after 2,800 pounds ganja haul

Jamaica (Go-Jamaica.com) – Six Jamaican men were to appear before the Half Way Tree Resident Magistrate’s Court on multiple drug-related charges yesterday. Reports from the CCN are that the...

A conflict may be brewing

Sep 19, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A conflict may be brewing

Schools are complaining about the attitude of the students. In fact, the student population is divided between those who know why they are at school and those who are bent on creating havoc; those...

ANOTHER STORM IN A TEACUP

Sep 19, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ANOTHER STORM IN A TEACUP

For many years now, Guyanese soldiers stationed at Eterinbang and their counterparts on the Venezuelan side have enjoyed cordial and friendly relationships. Private conversations with soldiers...

Poor infrastructure causing significant paddy losses for Cane Grove farmers

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Poor infrastructure causing significant paddy losses for Cane Grove farmers

Rice farmers in Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, have been losing thousands of acres of paddy, due to poor infrastructure. This was attested to by Executive Member of the Alliance for...

Preliminary Inquiry into wife’s strangling continues

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Preliminary Inquiry into wife’s strangling continues

The Preliminary Inquiry into the charge of murder against Prabhudyal Tarachand, called ‘Ramesh’ 34, of High Reef, Albion, Corentyne. Tarachand is accused of strangling his wife, Geeta ‘Diane’...

Cattle farmer to sue stray catchers and Albion police

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cattle farmer to sue stray catchers and Albion police

Tillawattie Singh and her husband, Sookdeo Singh, plan to take eight stray catchers of Port Mourant; and ranks of the Rose Hall Town Police Outpost and Albion Police Station to court for...

Police shoot mentally unstable man

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police shoot mentally unstable man

A man of unsound mind was on Wednesday shot and wounded by ranks of the Guyana Police Force who were responding to a report that the man was misbehaving and threatening residents. The police were...

Centenarian passes on

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Centenarian passes on

Essequibo recently lost one of her four centenarians. Charles Josephat Gardiner, a/k” Uncle Charlie”, formerly of Noitgedacht, Wakenaam, and Adventure, on the Essequibo Coast, died at a...

MV Kimbia completes successful trial run

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on MV Kimbia completes successful trial run

Leading North West public transport vessel, MV Kimbia is finally out of the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) dockyard after successfully completing a trial run last Tuesday. The Kimbia...

Social Activist dubs failure to hold Local Govt Elections a “mockery of democracy”

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Social Activist dubs failure to hold Local Govt Elections a “mockery of democracy”

– calls on Govt to fix “broken education system” Even as Education officials, parents and their top performing children, who participated in this year’s National Grade Six...

Better Hope teen allegedly abducted by female security guard

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News 1

By Latoya Giles Ranks from the Guyana Police Force have intensified their efforts in trying to locate 16 year old Kareshma Rampersaud, who was allegedly abducted from her Better Hope,...

E’bo woman killed by speeding driver

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo woman killed by speeding driver

Lochanie Yaspaul, 52, formerly of Hibernia, on the Essequibo Coast, died from injuries she sustained after she was hit from behind by a speeding car. She was a cyclist at the time. Police said...

Interdicted postman pleads guilty to ammunition charge

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Interdicted postman pleads guilty to ammunition charge

A former postman who was interdicted from duty in June after a number of undelivered mail, including several opened and sealed utility bills, Christmas cards and correspondence from the...

Mother remanded to prison after son fails to show up in court

Sep 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mother remanded to prison after son fails to show up in court

A mother of five was remanded to prison by Magistrate Clive Nurse who presides at the Wales Magistrate’s Court, for failing to produce her son to the court on Monday last. The woman, Pansy...

GPL needs to urgently upgrade its system in Bartica

Sep 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL needs to urgently upgrade its system in Bartica

Dear Editor, A number of residents have expressed to the Bartica United Youth Development Group (BUYDG) their disappointment with the Guyana Power and Light (GPL)’s power supply system,...

I shall be willing to assist the Rodney COI as a witness

Sep 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I shall be willing to assist the Rodney COI as a witness

DEAR EDITOR, It has just come to my attention by email that the Commission of Inquiry into the violent, unnatural death of Dr Walter Rodney, cutting him down before his prime of life, is...

In support of a Public Procurement Commission

Sep 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on In support of a Public Procurement Commission

Dear Editor, Government procurement, also called public tendering or public procurement, is the procurement of goods and services on behalf of a public authority, such as a government...

Parents are endangering children’s lives at school

Sep 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parents are endangering children’s lives at school

Dear Editor, Most times whilst taking my daughter to Zeelugt Primary school, parents (mostly mothers) could be seen in the school compound in groups and when the school bell rings, they would...

Making determined efforts to resolve vital social issues

Sep 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Making determined efforts to resolve vital social issues

DEAR EDITOR, As an elderly person, it seems that our society suffers from intransigence in dealing with serious social issues. There appears to be a consensus among many senior citizens that...

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