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Tests confirm NWD sweets contained cocaine

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tests confirm NWD sweets contained cocaine

Tests carried out on a quantity of local sweets seized from a White Water, North West District shop have confirmed that they were laced with cocaine. Police had confiscated the sweets after...

High energy costs responsible for slow growth in sector, says Finance Minister

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on High energy costs responsible for slow growth in sector, says Finance Minister

“The high cost of energy is responsible for Guyana’s ailing manufacturing sector which continues to be plagued by slow growth”, says Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh. However, the...

AFC gives Government ultimatum

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AFC gives Government ultimatum

As tension surrounds the controversial Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill (AML/CFT), Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, has...

Awareness intensifies during Foster Care Month

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Awareness intensifies during Foster Care Month

As public awareness centers on the observance of Foster Care Month, officers within the Foster Care Department of the Child Care and Protection Agency, (CCPA) have embarked on a campaign to...

$48.5M for printing High Court Rules, Law Revision

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $48.5M for printing High Court Rules, Law Revision

Government yesterday said that Cabinet has given its no objection to a $48.5M project which would facilitate the printing of the High Court Rules and the Law Revision (Law Reports). This...

Overcrowding at GPHC’s Emergency Unit… Check with your health centres before coming here – Khan

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Overcrowding at GPHC’s Emergency Unit… Check with your health centres before coming here – Khan

In an effort to ease the build-up of crowds at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), patients are being urged to utilize the services offered at their health centre before turning...

Scouts celebrate 104th anniversary

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Scouts celebrate 104th anniversary

The Scout Association of Guyana (SAG) over the weekend held a series of activities in observance of its 104th anniversary. This year the association honoured long-serving members and those who have...

Essequibo newspaper vendor killed in road accident

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo newspaper vendor killed in road accident

Sixty-one-year-old Bhagwanden Narine, a/k Gurragie, of Lima, Essequibo Coast died at the Suddie Hospital after he was involved in an accident with a motor car, Wednesday morning, on the Sparta...

CJIA stages simulated crash…Excellent response but more work needed in minor areas – Benn

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA stages simulated crash…Excellent response but more work needed in minor areas – Benn

By Javone Vickerie As the different units of the joint services displayed promptness and safety during a simulated plane crash at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday, Minister of...

Guyanese convict arrested after jailbreak in Suriname

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese convict arrested after jailbreak in Suriname

By Ivan Cairo Paramaribo – A Guyanese national sentenced to a long-term jail sentence in Suriname broke out of a local police station Tuesday, authorities here confirmed. Bhojnarine...

Hogg Street businessman’s son found dead

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Hogg Street businessman’s son found dead

After being missing for more than 48 hours, the son of an Albouystown lumber yard dealer was discovered at the break of dawn yesterday. He was last seen during the Diwali celebration on...

Women settle dispute following $100,000 bail

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Women settle dispute following $100,000 bail

Magistrate Judy Latchman on Tuesday paved the way for a new ‘friendship’ after she dished out $100,000 bail (each) to a hair dresser and a market vendor who had a scuffle over...

Guyanese man dies after falling from vehicle in Canouan

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man dies after falling from vehicle in Canouan

A man said to be a national of Guyana died on the Southern Grenadine island of Canouan on Tuesday after he reportedly fell from a moving truck. The man has been identified as Kerry Ramotar. He...

Special prosecutor appointed for Hampshire robbery/murder

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Special prosecutor appointed for Hampshire robbery/murder

A special prosecutor has been appointed for the preliminary inquiry of murder against brothers, Ramnarine Jagmohan, 28, of Belvedere Squatting Area, Corentyne, a farmer, and Neshan Jagmohan, 23,...

President enacts three Local Govt. Elections Acts

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on President enacts three Local Govt. Elections Acts

– Bill to limit Minister powers outstanding Months after being lodged at the Attorney General Chambers, three of the four Local Government Elections Bills passed in the...

Taxi Driver on $30,000 bail for throwing ‘squibs’

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi Driver on $30,000 bail for throwing ‘squibs’

Taxi driver, Nicholas Brown, 23, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where he answered to a charge which alleged that on November 3,...

THE EMPIRE IS BEGINNING TO CRUMBLE

Nov 07, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE EMPIRE IS BEGINNING TO CRUMBLE

All it took for the Arab Spring to dramatically change the face of the Middle East was for people to say that they have had enough. All it took to expose how fragile were the Middle Eastern...

Gone too far

Nov 07, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Gone too far

A democracy will slip perceptibly into and dwell comfortably in an authoritarian edifice if there are no early endeavours by civil society and the opposition organizations to stem the ruling...

IDB/Japanese- funded Hydroponics Project underway in Berbice

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on IDB/Japanese- funded Hydroponics Project underway in Berbice

By Leon Suseran The Inter- American Development Bank (IDB)/Japanese Trust Fund- Funded Shadehouse, Phase Two Project on Hydroponics farming is well underway across Guyana, especially in Regions Five...

Woman placed on $25,000 bail for hiding milk under skirt

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman placed on $25,000 bail for hiding milk under skirt

A renowned ‘shoplifter’ was yesterday brought before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to face a simple larceny charge for stealing a tin of powdered...

Crane fire had electrical origin

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Crane fire had electrical origin

– Fire Chief insists everything possible was done A fire which destroyed a Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara, residence on Tuesday was of electrical origin. This disclosure was...

Four presented with Chief of Staff CSEC Awards

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Four presented with Chief of Staff CSEC Awards

The Guyana Defence Force yesterday presented its 2012/2013 Chief of Staff CSEC Awards to four deserving young women. Receiving the awards were Maya Phillips, daughter of Chief of Staff,...

The principle of it all

Nov 07, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The principle of it all

From time to time we find that freedom of expression merely means the freedom of the owners of a media house to express their thoughts, ideas and feelings. In the developing world, if...

Black Bush lover murder adjourned

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Black Bush lover murder adjourned

The trial of murder accused Satrohan Mannaru, called Andrew, 23, of Mibicuri South, Black Bush Polder, who stands indicted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Indranie “Cynthia” Basdeo,...

GPL removes illegal connections in North Ruimveldt

Nov 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL removes illegal connections in North Ruimveldt

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) removed dozens of illegal connections yesterday in North Ruimveldt squatting area; but some residents stated that they would be reconnecting their illegal connections...

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