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Slight drop in serious crimes last year – Police stats reveal

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Slight drop in serious crimes last year – Police stats reveal

One hundred and thirty-seven (137) people, including 24 women, were murdered last year, police statistics for last year revealed, even though there was an overall one percent decrease...

Corentyne resident killed at Hindu Mandir

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne resident killed at Hindu Mandir

The body of a security guard was discovered bound and gagged at the Iskcon Hari Krishna Mandir at Block 6 Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice. The dead man has been identified as Jagdat...

High attendance as schools reopens – Chief Educ. Officer

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on High attendance as schools reopens – Chief Educ. Officer

– New mandate for submission of SBAs The Education Ministry has now mandated a deadline for all School-Based Assessments (SBA) for fifth form students preparing for...

Anna Catherina suicide teen buried

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Catherina suicide teen buried

…..family awaits contact from welfare entities Even as the 16-year-old Anna Catherina teen who took his own life last Friday was being laid to rest, relatives of the deceased said that they...

More police support, new safe houses to help bolster domestic violence fight

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on More police support, new safe houses to help bolster domestic violence fight

The quest to have matters of domestic violence addressed in a more efficient manner may very well require support from ranks of the Police Force who are furnished with professional...

Guyana to be featured at international travel shows early in 2013

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to be featured at international travel shows early in 2013

Two representatives from “Adventure Life”, Ms. Julia Dimon and Mr. Matthew Rutherford, have journeyed to Guyana for the first time, to capture the essence of the destination and to connect with...

Man with amputated hand gives his version of chopping incident

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man with amputated hand gives his version of chopping incident

“…a story has three sides: the truth, lie and the cochore side.” A 52-year-old man who is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) nursing several chops about...

New Telecoms law for Parliament Thursday

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New Telecoms law for Parliament Thursday

New legislation for the telecommunications sector is back on the table for Thursday’s sitting of the National Assembly. It had been deferred last week. The new law is aimed at breaking the...

Six confirmed TIP cases before the courts – Human Services Minister

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Six confirmed TIP cases before the courts – Human Services Minister

Of the32 reported cases of Trafficking in Persons (TIP), a mere six were confirmed by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security last year. At least this is according to the Minister with...

School gang delinquency needs multi-sectoral approach

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on School gang delinquency needs multi-sectoral approach

– Chief Education Officer By Rabindra Rooplall A multi-sectoral approach is needed to address the issue of gang-related delinquency in schools, according to Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam....

Injured Essequibo teen to lose remaining toe

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Injured Essequibo teen to lose remaining toe

Doctors working on 18-year-old Fernando Fredericks’s left foot are being forced to amputate the remaining toe because of two broken bones, the teen’s mother related. The surgery is...

Police seek amorous taxi driver

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police seek amorous taxi driver

…man wanted for attempted rape An Essequibo taxi driver is on the run, according to the police, after he allegedly lured a 17-year-old girl into a secluded neighbourhood on the Essequibo...

Contractor of West Dem. nursery school abandons job

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor of West Dem. nursery school abandons job

Residents of a West Bank Demerara community will have to wait a while longer for a badly-needed nursery school after a contractor reportedly abandoned the work. The $8.5M contract for a new...

Tackling suicide

Jan 08, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Tackling suicide

About a decade ago, psychiatrist Dr Frank Beckles commissioned a study on suicides in Guyana, perhaps the most comprehensive study ever done. The findings were not surprising since one...

Several orphanages benefit from Guyana Goldfields’ $20M holiday donation

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Several orphanages benefit from Guyana Goldfields’ $20M holiday donation

On December 28, last year, at least 12 orphanages benefited from a $20M donation by the Guyana Goldfields Inc. The children-centered recipient groups that were selected were the Berbice...

Four Guyanese begin medical classes at new St. Lucia’s university

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Four Guyanese begin medical classes at new St. Lucia’s university

St. Helen University (SHU), based in St. Lucia, announced yesterday that it has launched its inaugural ‘Class of January 2013’ as planned. Oma Sewhdat, SHU President, said: “We are...

Hit and run accused further remanded

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Hit and run accused further remanded

The man accused of last Thursday’s hit-and-run accident has been further remanded to prison. Once more Sewdat Ramlall, 48, of Kersaint Park, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara,...

Teen in armed robbery denied bail

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teen in armed robbery denied bail

Jermaine Daly, 19, of Agricola, East Bank Demerara was yesterday refused bail when he faced Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on an allegation of robbery. On December 17, last, at Agricola,...

‘Church View’ thief placed on $50,000 bail

Jan 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Church View’ thief placed on $50,000 bail

Court regular, Deochand Phillips, called ‘Deo’, 49, of no fixed place of abode was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam...

A timely call for action by the Pope

Jan 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A timely call for action by the Pope

Dear Editor, Pope Benedict XVI must be commended for calling on world leaders to try to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor. Using his annual New Year’s address at the Vatican he...

Georgetown could be a delightful, green paradise in a few short months, but…

Jan 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Georgetown could be a delightful, green paradise in a few short months, but…

Dear Editor, The task to dispose of the tons of waste (garbage) generated in the City and its environment is massive. Any caring really concerned Government would do all within its competence to...

These letters arrested my attention

Jan 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on These letters arrested my attention

DEAR EDITOR, Two recent letters arrested my attention. First, Dr. Peter Flaherty’s. His very descriptive letter of Guyana, from a visitor’s point of view, ends with the hope that...

A plethora of bizarre accusations

Jan 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A plethora of bizarre accusations

Dear Editor, “I must however commend Mr. Ralph Ramkarran for his effort to restructure the PPP, and if his advice is heeded it might just do the trick. But I doubt it will,” wrote Mr. Erin...

Bisram’s attempt to link the AFC to the PNC/APNU is deceitful

Jan 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bisram’s attempt to link the AFC to the PNC/APNU is deceitful

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram challenged my condemnation of the pathetic attempts by some PPP backers, Bisram included, to link the AFC to the PNC/APNU. It is pathetic simply because it has...

Year of the Crash

Jan 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Year of the Crash

The last year was characterized by constant confrontations between a Parliament that felt that a combined opposition won a majority in a free election in a world where the dominant...

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An Open Letter to the election observer missions

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Later this year, you will arrive in Guyana as protectors of the integrity of our democracy.... more