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Businessman refutes bullyism claims over disputed WBD land

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman refutes bullyism claims over disputed WBD land

Head of Roraima Mining Company SILICA Company Ltd., Mr. Grantley Walrond, has refuted claims of bullyism leveled against him by a West Bank Demerara family. The family is also accusing the former...

Rohee amazed over Opposition’s rejection of SWAT team

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee amazed over Opposition’s rejection of SWAT team

The General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) and Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has expressed amazement over the rejection of the proposed Special Weapons And...

Child sexual abuse project exceeds its target- statistics

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Child sexual abuse project exceeds its target- statistics

– Thousands sensitized under MHSS Tell Scheme initiative Approximately 10,000 children have directly benefitted from the Tell Scheme, a sensitization programme, which was developed...

Region Six records another productive year despite setbacks – Regional Chairman

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six records another productive year despite setbacks – Regional Chairman

Region Six Chairman, David Permaul Armogan, has stated that once again the Regional Administration had another productive and successful year despite a number of challenges and some...

70 forensic interviewers being trained to handle sex abused survivors

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 70 forensic interviewers being trained to handle sex abused survivors

Seventy professionals and service providers from Government agencies and civil society are being trained in the areas of forensic interviewing of survivors of sexual abuse and multi-disciplinary...

City Council budget proposal stalled

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Council budget proposal stalled

…as Sooba stages walk out of MCC statutory The Mayor and City Council (MCC) 2014 budget proposal was once again delayed as Town clerk, Carol Ryan Sooba, staged a walk out of yesterday’s...

Ex-cop charged with taxi driver’s murder

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-cop charged with taxi driver’s murder

– cops questioning another teen Former police constable, Shawn Edinboro, is now the third person to be charged for the murder of taxi driver Raphael Campbell, who was shot and dumped at...

Teenager critical after suicide attempt

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teenager critical after suicide attempt

A second form Cotton Field Secondary School student is in a critical state at the Suddie Public Hospital. The 14-year-old allegedly ingested a poisonous substance. There are reports of a...

Fisherman on trial for murdering two colleagues

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman on trial for murdering two colleagues

The trial of fisherman Ravindranauth Mohanlall, 54, of Fyrish Village, Corentyne, Berbice who is on two counts of murder, began yesterday in the Berbice High Court before Justice Diana Insanally and...

Sophia fire…Burn victim to undergo surgery tomorrow

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia fire…Burn victim to undergo surgery tomorrow

Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are closely monitoring the condition of 37-year-old Eon Fernandez, who was burnt about his body last Friday after his house went up...

The politics of Guyanese Muslims

Jan 14, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The politics of Guyanese Muslims

The role of religion in the cause of human rights is a well recorded one. It goes back to the Catholic Church in the fifties and its fight against the zealous communist aspirations of...

Children on trial for stepfather’s murder

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Children on trial for stepfather’s murder

– Judge overrules no case submission Justice Navindra Singh yesterday overruled the no case submission presented by Defence Attorneys, Glenn Hanoman and Senior Counsel...

Mechanic drowns

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic drowns

A Maria’s Lodge, Essequibo Coast mechanic died over the weekend at Buck Hall, in the Essequibo River after he apparently fell overboard. Thirty-eight-year-old, Mookesh Dhanpaul’s relatives...

Muslims celebrate Youman Nabi

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Muslims celebrate Youman Nabi

Muslims countrywide will today celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad in a celebration titled Mawlid al-Nabi, or Youman Nabi. Muslims recognise that Youman Nabi also represents the struggles...

Charlestown fire was of electrical origin – Gentle

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Charlestown fire was of electrical origin – Gentle

A report from the Guyana Fire Service into the fire which started early Sunday at Charles Street, Charlestown, has revealed that the fire was of electrical origin. This disclosure was made yesterday...

Youman Nabi Greetings

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Youman Nabi Greetings

People’s Progressive Party The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) extends Younam Nabi Greetings to the entire Muslim community in Guyana. Youman Nabi is celebrated throughout the Muslim world in...

BV/Triumph cemetery gets official entrance

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on BV/Triumph cemetery gets official entrance

The Hindu/Muslim fraction of the Beterverwagting/Triumph community burial ground now boasts an official entrance marked by a beautifully adorned gateway and bridge leading west into the...

Surveillance footage reveals…Hotel owner did fondle his waitress

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Surveillance footage reveals…Hotel owner did fondle his waitress

By Romila Boodram Investigators have confirmed that video footage from the Princess International Hotel where an 18-year-old waitress claimed that the owner of the entity fondled her, have revealed...

ACIC hosts Youman Nabi programme today

Jan 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ACIC hosts Youman Nabi programme today

– Special imam of New York to attend The Eid Milad un Nabi or Youman Nabi Programs 2014 will culminate with the grand finale for the month, at Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) today...

CCTV and the crime situation

Jan 14, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CCTV and the crime situation

Apart from the scrutiny facing the impending establishment of the police SWAT unit, citizens might wish to be enlightened about the role the Close Circuit Television is expected to play...

Our descent into a dystopian existence

Jan 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our descent into a dystopian existence

DEAR EDITOR, A young man is lying in a bed in a hospital in Guyana suffering from severe intestinal injuries he alleges were inflicted by Law Enforcement. According to his and his mother’s...

This type of atmosphere towards governance needs to return

Jan 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This type of atmosphere towards governance needs to return

DEAR EDITOR, The public call by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for nominees to the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) must be seen within the context of activating the...

A lot of unfair and mischievous allegations

Jan 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A lot of unfair and mischievous allegations

DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me to respond to a letter that was published in your newspaper on Monday January 13th, 2014 titled “Shame on the Ministry responsible for Co-ops” which was written by...

The situation in the Central African Republic is cause for great concern

Jan 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The situation in the Central African Republic is cause for great concern

DEAR EDITOR, The situation in the Central African Republic is cause for great concern. According to media reports tension between Christians and Muslims have reached a point where people are being...

We need to return to 1960s Parliamentary System

Jan 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to return to 1960s Parliamentary System

DEAR EDITOR, Former PPP stalwart Lionel Peters has taken on former Speaker Ralph Ramkarran criticizing him for making reference to Ramjattan’s “haul your a..” comment and for referring to the...

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