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Remove powers from NICIL now – Gaskin

Oct 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Remove powers from NICIL now – Gaskin

Financial analyst, Ramon Gaskin is saying that the Opposition should have three conditions before the Amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act 2009...

Guyana is disordered

Oct 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana is disordered

I hate to sound like V. S. Naipaul, but it is problem enough when you are a small country. Imagine, therefore, the problems that arise when you are a small, disordered society. Guyana is a country...

OP sources solar panels, nine entities bid

Oct 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on OP sources solar panels, nine entities bid

The Office of the President (OP) is apparently planning to improve its energy efficiency since the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) opened nine (9) bids yesterday for the...

Sinking in filth

Oct 30, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sinking in filth

The recurrence of a garbage crisis does not surprise us. The corrective methods have always been inadequate. The wrangling at City Hall hasn’t helped. It is also no longer newsworthy. The citizens...

Radio licence court case … Govt. asks for more time to file defence

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Radio licence court case … Govt. asks for more time to file defence

Lawyers representing Government and a number of companies that were granted approval for radio and cable licences by outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo back in 2011, has asked for more time to file...

National Geographic team exploring Rupununi

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on National Geographic team exploring Rupununi

A team of scientists, including representatives of the National Geographic Explorer, is in Guyana to conduct studies in the Rupununi Savannah, Region Nine. According to the National Geographic, the...

Judges must hand down decisions more timely – Chancellor

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Judges must hand down decisions more timely – Chancellor

Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh, yesterday expressed some disappointment over some High Court judges with regards to the length of time it takes for them to give decisions. According...

Govt. looking to sell First Federation Building for US$1M

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. looking to sell First Federation Building for US$1M

…Chang restrains move to block lawyer’s access to building Attorney-at-Law Saphier Husain has secured an injunction against the Government through its Attorney General, the First...

Biker’s execution in Eccles … Suspect surrenders

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Biker’s execution in Eccles … Suspect surrenders

Businessman Rondy Jagdeo, the prime suspect in the murder of Eccles resident Kirk Davis, surrendered to police yesterday, almost two months after the brutal killing of his one time friend. Jagdeo,...

Twelve graduate from first acting school in Guyana

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Twelve graduate from first acting school in Guyana

Acting isn’t pretending or putting on a performance, but rather, bringing truth to a role. This was the lesson taught to the first twelve graduates of The National School of Theatre Arts and...

Dem boys seh … Donald tell Sam fuh study hydroseed

Oct 29, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … Donald tell Sam fuh study hydroseed

Sam studying more hydro. De Chronicle seh suh yesterday pun dem front page. He did study de Amaila and he fail. He nah even see when that falls dry up. De Waterfalls paper had to show he and de whole...

Female fraudster remanded to jail

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Female fraudster remanded to jail

A mother of two who solicited money from another woman under the pretext that she was in a position to acquire a US visa for her, was on Friday remanded to jail. The woman, Roma Devi Rajkumar, 39,...

Eighth Rockstone Fish Festival thrills thousands

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News 1

The customary tranquil, indigenous community of Rockstone in Region Ten, about 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Linden, was transformed into a buzz of activities on Sunday last when the Eight Annual...

NBTS in desperate need of blood

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NBTS in desperate need of blood

An urgent appeal has been made by the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) to cater to a desperate need for blood. According to Director of the facility, Dr Nadia Liu, the dire need resulted...

Electrocuted teen died of ventricular fibrillation

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Electrocuted teen died of ventricular fibrillation

A post- mortem performed on the body of the Cotton Tree teen who was electrocuted while connecting a washing machine last Wednesday evening, concluded that the cause of death was ventricular...

Stranded American’s parents praise local Child Protection Agency for taking away baby

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stranded American’s parents praise local Child Protection Agency for taking away baby

The parents of an American woman, , Dellicia Honore, who was recently deported to her homeland without her baby, have praised the local Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) for taking possession...

Modernization of the Justice Administration System ends

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Modernization of the Justice Administration System ends

– Government /IDB project is a big success!! With the help of the Inter American Development Bank, Government yesterday completed the first ever Justice Reform Project which was being done...

Garbage in the city may lead to a health crisis

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Garbage in the city may lead to a health crisis

– Deputy Mayor Chaos ensued at City Hall, yesterday, as the Mayor and City Councillors struggled to reach consensus to resolve the growing garbage piles in Georgetown. Based on a motion...

Education Minister commissions another nursery school

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister commissions another nursery school

With support from the private sector and the financial dedication of Government to improve the learning environment, a brand new East Street Nursery School was yesterday commissioned by Minister of...

No bed at GPHC for stabbed vendor

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No bed at GPHC for stabbed vendor

The vendor whose throat was slit Saturday morning by her jealous ex-lover is in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), waiting to be moved to the Female Surgical...

APNU will amend law to restructure Financial Intelligence Unit – Harmon

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU will amend law to restructure Financial Intelligence Unit – Harmon

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will be amending the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill, when the proposed piece of legislation comes up for debate. Among...

CARICOM receives Argentine Envoy

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM receives Argentine Envoy

…way cleared for increased trade with MERCOSUR Yesterday marked a significant moment within the history of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), when Argentina’s Ambassador, Luis Alberto...

PPP lauds top five CSEC achievers

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PPP lauds top five CSEC achievers

– condemn opposition’s non acknowledgement The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has commended the five Guyanese students who topped this year’s Caribbean...

Kissoon/Jagdeo libel case … Kissoon accused of giving political twist to University termination

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kissoon/Jagdeo libel case … Kissoon accused of giving political twist to University termination

Under cross-examination in the High Court yesterday, former University of Guyana (UG) lecturer and Kaieteur News (KN) columnist Fredrick Kissoon was accused of “putting a political twist to the...

Shot vendor believes his attacker was a paid hit man

Oct 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Shot vendor believes his attacker was a paid hit man

The 37-year-old cigarette vendor, who was shot last Sunday evening, said that his attacker may have been a paid “hit man.” Troy Bacchus, of West Ruimveldt, Housing Scheme was shot three times in...

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