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Preparedness and response to flooding…Hydromet had no early warning data to provide – Dr. Ramsammy

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Preparedness and response to flooding…Hydromet had no early warning data to provide – Dr. Ramsammy

Guyana’s preparedness to respond to flooding caused by changing weather patterns is questionable since the country lacks the relevant modern hydrometeorological equipment, mirroring that of the...

‘Smart’ meters introduced to target electricity theft

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Smart’ meters introduced to target electricity theft

In an effort to reduce the growing number of electricity theft, the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL), has introduced the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system. During an...

CXC putting measures in place to reduce youth unemployment

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CXC putting measures in place to reduce youth unemployment

Strategic moves are being embraced by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), to pave the way for increased employment for youths living in the Caribbean. This disclosure was recently made by...

Govt. brings back anti money laundering Bill to Parliament

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. brings back anti money laundering Bill to Parliament

The Guyana Government has returned its Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill to the National Assembly. This was the Bill that was rejected in the House last...

NIS has problems, but nowhere near a crisis – Dr. Luncheon

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NIS has problems, but nowhere near a crisis – Dr. Luncheon

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon has sought to discredit reports that the National Insurance Scheme is in a state of crisis. Luncheon was at the time addressing the...

Guyanese love to criticize the opposition, but they must look at themselves

Dec 13, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyanese love to criticize the opposition, but they must look at themselves

Three well known civil society activists have spoken out against what they call an unsatisfactory struggle against the PPP since the historic 2011 general election results. There are well known...

Almost one-third of deaths in Guyana heart-related

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Almost one-third of deaths in Guyana heart-related

– Canadian specialist With planning and commitment, the terrible occurrence of premature cardiac death in Guyana can be reduced. At least this is according to Dr James Wayne Warnica of the...

Guyana is the best kept secret of South America

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News 2

– National Geographic Guyana has been referred to as the best kept secret of South America, by the prestigious National Geographic Traveler Magazine, and is also among the 20...

ON NOT BEING INVITED TO MANDELA’S FUNERAL SERVICE

Dec 13, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

Why should the President of the Republic of Guyana have taken the Leader of the Opposition to the funeral of the late Nelson Mandela? Is it simply because the Prime Minister of Trinidad and...

In search of better guidance

Dec 13, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on In search of better guidance

A frequent complaint in Guyana today is that the nation’s youths seem to be in crisis, and generally exhibit disturbing behaviour and attitudes. This problem is usually caused by poor parenting and...

Four-year-old’s death at GPHC…PM reveals cause as Pulmonary Embolism

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Four-year-old’s death at GPHC…PM reveals cause as Pulmonary Embolism

– Vigil planned for this evening outside hospital The family of four-year-old Jaden Mars, who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) early Tuesday morning, is bent on...

15 cadet officers receive ensigncy badges

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 15 cadet officers receive ensigncy badges

By Kiana Wilburg After successfully surviving a nine month-transformation course, 15 cadet officers (12 Guyanese and 3 Belizean) were duly rewarded with badges of promotion in rank yesterday...

Proprietor granted bail on trafficking in person charge

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Proprietor granted bail on trafficking in person charge

The proprietor of Satnam Variety Store was yesterday brought before the courts to answer to a human trafficking charge which was filed against him. At the hearing, Navin Kujreja, a Bel...

Cocaine for Thailand…Duo jailed for four years

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine for Thailand…Duo jailed for four years

Joslyan Congreaves and Dwayne Fraser who were last year apprehended for attempting to smuggle cocaine to Thailand, will now spend the next four years of their lives behind the prison bars....

Shop owner denied bail for possession of firearm, ammo

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Shop owner denied bail for possession of firearm, ammo

A Durban Street shop owner was yesterday remanded to prison after he made his first court appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer to two charges –...

Cops eye ‘homicide’ charges for Guyanese ‘subway pusher’

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops eye ‘homicide’ charges for Guyanese ‘subway pusher’

New York – (NYPost) – An elderly man pushed onto subway tracks in Harlem by a Santa Claus lookalike last month is in a vegetative state — and probers are now eyeing “homicide” charges,...

Injured prison officer to receive new house today

Dec 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Injured prison officer to receive new house today

A spanking new, single-flat, concrete, two-bedroom house will be officially handed over to injured former Prison Officer Roxanne Winfield today. This is 11 years after she was shot in the head during...

Functions of the police complaints authority

Dec 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Functions of the police complaints authority

Dear Editor, There seems to be some misconception as regards the way the Police Complaints Authority functions. Accordingly, I would crave your indulgence in having this letter published for the...

Phase out the cane, phase in a more economical crop like tilapia farming

Dec 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Phase out the cane, phase in a more economical crop like tilapia farming

Dear Editor, In 2012 with a production of 218,000 tonnes, the sugar industry earned US$132,000,000 according to GuySuCo’s own 2013-2017 strategic plan, but if we were growing Tilapia on the...

There was a Mandela among our leaders

Dec 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on There was a Mandela among our leaders

Dear Editor, I refer to the article entitled “Where is the Mandela in our leaders?’ by Dr. Asquith Rose and Harish S. Singh in your December 11, 2013 edition. Not being from the dominant...

The Town Clerk’s appointment has reduced Guyana to mediocrity

Dec 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Town Clerk’s appointment has reduced Guyana to mediocrity

Dear Editor, We have seen the recent appointment of Ms. Sooba to the position of Town Clerk of Georgetown where several more qualified and experienced candidates have been overlooked and...

Guysuco suffers countrywide strike over annual bonus

Dec 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guysuco suffers countrywide strike over annual bonus

Sugar workers downed tools yesterday on all eight estates as talks broke down over the annual production bonus. There were differing statements from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the...

Vagrant blocks flow of traffic

Dec 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Vagrant blocks flow of traffic

A man purportedly of unsound mind, created commotion on the La Penitence Public Road, yesterday by “jumping in the way of a moving dump truck.” The driver of the truck, Wola Simpson, said that...

Trafficked Indian national rescued from Regent Street store

Dec 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Trafficked Indian national rescued from Regent Street store

A sting operation led by the Guyana Women Miners’ Organization (GWMO), the Human Services Ministry and the Guyana Police Force resulted in the rescue of an Indian national from an abusive labour...

City Magistrate’s husband remanded for assaulting her

Dec 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on City Magistrate’s husband remanded for assaulting her

The husband of a City Magistrate is now a remanded prisoner after he was yesterday brought before the courts for allegedly assaulting the woman. Behind tightly closed doors, Aboo McGusty, was...

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