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Muri Brasil pull out…Opposition should stop playing politics with projects geared towards economic development – Dr.Luncheon

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Muri Brasil pull out…Opposition should stop playing politics with projects geared towards economic development – Dr.Luncheon

The recent decision by Muri Brasil Ventures Incorporated to no longer pursue exploration activities in the New River Triangle area under the Permission for Geographical and Geophysical Surveys (PGGS)...

Statutory and constitutional appointments…Positions held by Chancellor and Chief Justice should be confirmed- Dr. Luncheon

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Statutory and constitutional appointments…Positions held by Chancellor and Chief Justice should be confirmed- Dr. Luncheon

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon at a press conference yesterday disclosed that while Attorney- at- Law, former Justice Winston Moore will soon be sworn in by President Donald...

Three relatives for court over Mahaicony farmer’s death

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three relatives for court over Mahaicony farmer’s death

Three relatives of 72-year-old Mahaicony cash crop farmer Dearoop Siewchand are heading to court today charged with his murder. Kaieteur news understands that the police have unearthed sufficient ...

Crumbling Mosquito Hall Seawall…Emergency repairs 80 per cent complete

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Crumbling Mosquito Hall Seawall…Emergency repairs 80 per cent complete

The emergency remedial works being undertaken by the Ministry of Public Works on the crumbling Mosquito Hall/Lancaster, Mahaica seawall is 80 percent completed. This announcement was made by the...

Six-week-old abandoned baby adopted

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Six-week-old abandoned baby adopted

Child Care officers have confirmed that a six-week-old baby girl, who had been abandoned by her 19-year-old mother just a day after giving birth at the Georgetown Public Hospital, has been...

Bagotstown residents complain of worm-infested water

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bagotstown residents complain of worm-infested water

Residents of Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara were repulsively greeted with the sight of worm-infested water coming out of their taps on Tuesday afternoon. According to one woman, she was about to...

Vreed-en-Hoop’s US$26M new power plant delayed

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vreed-en-Hoop’s US$26M new power plant delayed

The deadline for the addition of three more engines to meet Guyana’s growing power demands has been pushed back even further. The US$26M project to install the 26 megawatt generators at...

Underage pregnancies in Region One…Police, Child Protection Agency continue investigations

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Underage pregnancies in Region One…Police, Child Protection Agency continue investigations

Police, together with officers of the Child Care and Protection Agency, (CCPA) are still feverishly investigating two cases of underage pregnancies that were uncovered during the latter part of last...

What have we learnt from 2013?

Jan 09, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What have we learnt from 2013?

If there was anything last year that was graphic in the eyes of the people of Guyana and Guyanese who live in other countries, was the stark contrast between the behaviour of the...

BV mason charged for armed robbery

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on BV mason charged for armed robbery

A 20-year-old mason who hails from Lot 134 Canterbury Walk, Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, is now a remand prisoner after he made his first court appearance at the Georgetown...

Women are the key

Jan 09, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Women are the key

It would seem that the number of women killed as a result of domestic conflicts is increasing at a rapid rate. This is a trend that has been worrying the authorities for some time but...

Canadian remanded for cocaine possession

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian remanded for cocaine possession

A Canadian national who was apprehended at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport for allegedly possessing 9.545 kilograms of cocaine in the false bottoms of his suitcases, made his first...

Expert Committee to pronounce on death of four-year-old at GPHC – CMO

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Expert Committee to pronounce on death of four-year-old at GPHC – CMO

The untimely demise of four-year-old Jaden Mars, who died days after being admitted a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation to have his tongue sutured, is currently gaining the...

Farmers decry losses over deplorable Parika Backdam road

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers decry losses over deplorable Parika Backdam road

Once again, residents are furious over the deplorable condition of the Parika Backdam Access Road, which has been a major hindrance for farmers trying to make ends meet. They have been losing...

Linden schools in need of attention – APNU Member of Parliament

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden schools in need of attention – APNU Member of Parliament

Schools reopened on Monday across Guyana, and quite a few schools in Linden reported a poor turnout, with the exception of the Mackenzie High, New Silver City Secondary and the...

2013 was a tough year for the Linden Municipality – IMC Chairman

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 2013 was a tough year for the Linden Municipality – IMC Chairman

2013 was a tough year financially for the Linden Municipality, according to IMC Chairman Orrin Gordon. In his inaugural press conference for the year yesterday, Gordon alluded to the issue of the...

THE NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE

Jan 09, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE

It makes no sense for the government to be investing another eighty million dollars in the National Cultural Centre (NCC) if the facility continues to be underutilized. Right now the NCC is...

For how long will these people continue to suffer?

Jan 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on For how long will these people continue to suffer?

DEAR EDITOR, “Madam Speaker, our Government continues to place the highest priority on ensuring the long term viability of our sugar industry by increasing its competitiveness. The enhancement of...

Bandit injured in shootout with Haslington businessman

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit injured in shootout with Haslington businessman

– later caught hiding in wardrobe with two accomplices Three young bandits, one of whom was shot by a Haslington, East Coast Demerara homeowner, are now in police custody following a...

Man pleads guilty to killing wife

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man pleads guilty to killing wife

Murder accused Kumar Ranji Singh, 48, a cane cutter of Sixth Street, Johns, Port Mourant on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter when he appeared before Justice Diana Insanally at the...

President Ramotar outlines Guyana’s planned advocacy for climate change in 2014 to CCCCC Officials

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President Ramotar outlines Guyana’s planned advocacy for climate change in 2014 to CCCCC Officials

President Donald Ramotar yesterday met a delegation from the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) which included Executive Director, Dr. Kenrick Leslie and Deputy Director and Scientific...

Dredge owner before court for shooting at ex-employee

Jan 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dredge owner before court for shooting at ex-employee

A 32-year-old dredge owner was yesterday indicted at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for allegedly firing two shots at one of his former employees. Carl Couchman, a resident of Diamond...

A very disturbing security situation

Jan 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A very disturbing security situation

DEAR EDITOR, The American Mafia has a saying –”friends and family often prove more loyal than competent”. This saying quickly came to mind when I read a letter to the editor over the...

Request for nominees to the Public Procurement Commission

Jan 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Request for nominees to the Public Procurement Commission

DEAR EDITOR, With respect to the captioned subject, readers would have noted a related advertisement by the Parliament Office in the press, including Sunday Stabroek of January 05, 2014. One...

We are being fed with an unchanging menu of sensationalism and gloom

Jan 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are being fed with an unchanging menu of sensationalism and gloom

DEAR EDITOR, A perusal of the headlines of our newspapers in Guyana carry stories of murders, domestic violence and robberies. This has now become a trend especially with respect to the Stabroek News...

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Mice and Jermaine $1.7M Linden Futsal tournament starts tonight with three matches at Retrieve Hard Court

The PPP has started the intimidation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In politics, as in life, what goes around comes around. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic... more