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Anti-money laundering laws … US Banks start severing ties with Guyana

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News 7

By Leonard Gildarie Guyana’s failure to pass anti-money laundering laws is being felt in the banking sector with at least one overseas financial institution reportedly severing ties locally. The...

Amaila, Marriott, Berbice Bridge financing structure, proposed for new Demerara River Bridge

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila, Marriott, Berbice Bridge financing structure, proposed for new Demerara River Bridge

The Guyana Government is gearing to embark on yet another mega project and has opted to use the same debt and equity financial structure utilizing a public private partnership as was the case with...

High Court grants girl, 15, permission to marry lover, 38

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News 7

In a landmark ruling by Chief Justice Ian Chang on September 24, last, a 15-year-old girl has been granted permission to marry her 38-year-old lover who has been accused of raping her. The teenager...

Another life lost on Essequibo roads

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Another life lost on Essequibo roads

A Sand Hills driver from Essequibo died several hours after he was involved in a road accident yesterday on the Essequibo Coast Public Road. The man Felix Layne, died at the Suddie Public Hospital....

Over 2000 case dockets misplaced

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Over 2000 case dockets misplaced

Corruption was cited as the main cause for the disappearance of almost 2000 case dockets throughout the main Magisterial Districts of Guyana. According to the 2013 Auditor General report a whopping...

PPP establishes Integrity and Discipline Commission

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PPP establishes Integrity and Discipline Commission

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says that it has established an internal Integrity and Discipline Commission. This, General Secretary, Clement Rohee said, is a move to “ensure that...

Dem boys seh … Continuity mean stay wheh you deh

Oct 22, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … Continuity mean stay wheh you deh

Donald is a man who believe in de straight and de narrow. He believe so much that he ain’t even consider changing. He walking straight, straight. Dem boys didn’t understand wha he mean when he...

Man who murdered father at 13 gets 20 years on second murder charge

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man who murdered father at 13 gets 20 years on second murder charge

A Corentyne man who was charged with murdering his father at age 13, and given a three-year sentence after pleading guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter, was on Monday sentenced to 20 years in...

Suriname’s House Speaker to make three-day visit from Thursday

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname’s House Speaker to make three-day visit from Thursday

The Speaker of the Suriname Parliament will be leading a delegation for a three-day visit starting Thursday, 24th. It is the intention to establish a Guyana/Suriname Association aimed at improving...

Army continues search for missing AK-47 rounds

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Army continues search for missing AK-47 rounds

The Guyana Defence Force yesterday confirmed that is conducting an investigation into the disappearance of some 7.62×39 rounds from the Guard Room of the Colonel John Clarke Military School at...

Athmaram Mangar sworn-in as new GECOM Commissioner

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Athmaram Mangar sworn-in as new GECOM Commissioner

A new Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner, Athmaram Mangar, was sworn in yesterday as former PPP/C Commissioner Jaya Devi Manickchand resigned. He was sworn-in at the Credentials Room,...

Sections of Albouystown under water for past month

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sections of Albouystown under water for past month

For the past month, sections of Albouystown have been under water and the affected residents are calling on the relevant authorities to render urgent relief. James, Hogg and Hill streets are the most...

Obama catches fainting woman

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Obama catches fainting woman

US – Barack Obama helped catch a pregnant woman when she became faint during his speech about the troubled Obamacare website, joking: “This happens when I talk too long”. Karmel...

Police investigate suspicious death of two-year-old

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News 2

– 15-year-old uncle detained Police are questioning the relatives of a two-year-old child who died around 11:00hrs yesterday under suspicious circumstances. The child, Kimanie Watson, of...

Education Ministry commissions $16 million Annex at Fort Wellington Secondary School

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry commissions $16 million Annex at Fort Wellington Secondary School

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday, commissioned the extension to the Fort Wellington Secondary School in Region Five. Minister Manickchand said that the commissioning of the annex at...

Albouystown man says paramour saved him from killer cops

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown man says paramour saved him from killer cops

…execution was planned for Le Repentir Cemetery An Albouystown man is afraid of becoming the next police shooting victim following what he described as a near death experience with a few...

US Virgin Islands to waive visa restrictions for CARICOM citizens

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US Virgin Islands to waive visa restrictions for CARICOM citizens

Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), John de Jongh, says that his administration has drafted legislation that will allow visitors from the English-speaking Caribbean to enter that...

Guyana among 10 countries globally to achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana among 10 countries globally to achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment

…but heavy dependence on foreign aid is a challenge By Zena Henry Six of the eight United Nation’s (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDG), adopted by Guyana in 2000, seek to wage...

“Picture boy’ trial continues

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Picture boy’ trial continues

Deputy Superintendent Alwin Wilson and Assistant Superintendent Michael Kingston were both called as witnesses when the murder trial for Cyon Collier also known as “Picture Boy” continued...

TVET assessors to benefit from crucial nine-day workshop

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on TVET assessors to benefit from crucial nine-day workshop

In recognition of the fact that Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is an imperative, moves have been made to have persons adequately trained to properly deliver and assess such...

Essequibo rice farmer falls to his death

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo rice farmer falls to his death

A 42-year-old rice farmer, Teeka Persaud, formerly of Sparta Village, Essequibo Coast, died on Saturday, two days after falling from his veranda, at his Sparta home. Persaud sustained abdominal...

Destruction of farm lands at Timehri … Agriculture Minister says it’s out of his hands

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Destruction of farm lands at Timehri … Agriculture Minister says it’s out of his hands

Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy yesterday said that the issues surrounding the destruction of several acres of farm lands by Chinese workers from the China Harbour Engineering Company...

Slain house thief died from perforation of the heart

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Slain house thief died from perforation of the heart

The mother of an Alness, Corentyne man who was shot dead by police last Friday at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara has dismissed trying to seek justice for him. The woman, who is a member of the Guyana...

Three hospitalised

Oct 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Three hospitalised

Three persons were rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital, Monday afternoon, after the car that was transporting them was hit by a man, who was said to be driving a Canter. The three persons included...

7th U-19 ODI…Spin befuddles Windies again, hosts lose series 4-3 to Bangladesh

Oct 22, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 7th U-19 ODI…Spin befuddles Windies again, hosts lose series 4-3 to Bangladesh

By Sean Devers The seven-match ODI under-19 series between West Indies and Bangladesh was used as preparation for next February’s under-19 World Cup and it clearly exposed the...

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What Guyanese leaders can learn from Donald Trump

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-There is little dispute that Donald Trump knows how to make an entrance. He does so without... more