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Don’t pay the $20 fare increase

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t pay the $20 fare increase

– Govt. tells West Dem passengers Government on Thursday called on commuters to disregard the demands of minibuses and hire cars operators on the West Bank of Demerara for a $20 fare hike....

APNU calls for renewed development strategy for Region 10

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU calls for renewed development strategy for Region 10

Leader of the Political Opposition faction, David Granger, has made an urgent call for the renewed regional, economic and social development initiative to improve the economy and as well as the...

‘Eyewitness’ says he found Harding unconscious in cell after hearing screams of ‘murder’

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Eyewitness’ says he found Harding unconscious in cell after hearing screams of ‘murder’

A former prisoner is claiming that he heard Colwyn Harding repeatedly screaming ‘murder’ after police forced him into a cell at the Timehri Police Station, and says he later found the alleged...

TCL to reintroduce technology for cheaper, more durable roads

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on TCL to reintroduce technology for cheaper, more durable roads

– training of Guyanese commences After 30 years, roads made from concrete foundation are still durable, therefore, the Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) Guyana Incorporated is looking to...

Construction worker injured by falling zinc sheets

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Construction worker injured by falling zinc sheets

Nineteen-year-old Yajendra Lall is a patient in the Male Surgical Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) following a mishap on Sunday when his end of a pile of 27 zinc sheets...

Alleged rape victim never told doctors of his assault

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged rape victim never told doctors of his assault

Colwyn Harding, the man who alleged that he was sodomized by a constable at the Timehri Police Station sometime in November last; did not tell medical practitioners at the Georgetown Public...

Mahdia electricity woes…Chairman appeals for the resuscitation of the Tumatumari Hydro

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia electricity woes…Chairman appeals for the resuscitation of the Tumatumari Hydro

The rationing of electricity from 24 to 12 hours in Mahdia is seriously affecting the community and needs to be urgently rectified. And, the solution to the electricity problem is the...

Immigration INFO…Immigration News For Our Community

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration INFO…Immigration News For Our Community

Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@GailLaw.com Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If...

Man allegedly beaten to death at Dochfour

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man allegedly beaten to death at Dochfour

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified man whose body was pulled from a clump of bushes on ‘mud dam’ at Dochfour, East Bank Demerara at around...

Magistrate orders alleged baby-thief held

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate orders alleged baby-thief held

The 19-year-old teacher, who allegedly stole a 4-month-old baby from a Buxton, East Coast Demerara Day Care, on Tuesday last, was yesterday arraigned at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court for...

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN EDUCATION

Jan 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN EDUCATION

Last year there was a very important development in the education sector that escaped notice of our op-ed columns. This development is of great significance because if taken to its logical...

E’bo pensioner commits suicide

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo pensioner commits suicide

A 77-year-old Bounty-Hall, Essequibo Coast pensioner, who lived alone and apparently became weary of living, took his own life by hanging. Detectives were summoned to his home on Wednesday by...

Leonora Court recommissioned

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Leonora Court recommissioned

…amidst criticisms of judiciary from President The Leonora Magistrate’s Court on the West Coast of Demerara was yesterday recommissioned after being in construction for some time now. A...

Man allegedly beaten to death at Dochfour

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man allegedly beaten to death at Dochfour

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified man whose body was pulled from a clump of bushes on ‘mud dam’ at Dochfour, East Bank Demerara at around...

Modifying institutions to match our circumstances

Jan 18, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Modifying institutions to match our circumstances

If our country is to continue to develop and, as is necessary to catch up with even our Caricom neighbours in the next decade, accelerate the pace of development, our squabbling politicians...

AtlanticVille resident on fraud charge

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AtlanticVille resident on fraud charge

Bail was yesterday set to the tune of $500,000 for a 51-year-old resident of AtlanticVille, East Coast Demerara who was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for allegedly selling the...

Former NOC inmate charged with robbery under arms

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Former NOC inmate charged with robbery under arms

A former New Opportunity Corps inmate was yesterday brought before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where a charge of Robbery Under Arms was read to...

Muneshwer’s clerks charged for embezzling hefty sum

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Muneshwer’s clerks charged for embezzling hefty sum

Three longstanding employees of Muneshwers Limited were yesterday arraigned before the Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry for allegedly embezzling a hefty sum from the store over a...

A new paradigm of development must be embraced by policy makers

Jan 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on A new paradigm of development must be embraced by policy makers

DEAR EDITOR, The income gap between the rich and the poor continues to widen. A study conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2011 found that income...

I am stunned that such an important resource is rejected

Jan 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am stunned that such an important resource is rejected

Dear Editor, Thanks to our Government, Democracy was returned to Guyana in 1992 and Guyana is aptly positioned to become a hub of global trade and food security. I am sure that for such a small...

The wait continues

Jan 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The wait continues

DEAR EDITOR, There is an issue that is causing the residents of Santa Rosa, Moruca much discomfort and anger. Over a year ago, work got underway on the rehabilitation of the Kumaka-San Jose Bridge...

Education is not the job of the State only

Jan 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Education is not the job of the State only

DEAR EDITOR, Some of the difficulties faced by Kamarang school teachers, highlighted in your news article of 30th December 2013 (“Kamarang schools need some attention”) are being actively...

Wrong to demonize Alexei Ramotar

Jan 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wrong to demonize Alexei Ramotar

DEAR EDITOR, It is unfair for the political opposition to demonize Mr. Alexei Ramotar for his titular position — head of e-governance project – charging nepotism. Guyana is a very small society...

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Peeping Tom… The President of Guyana’s response, regarding today’s planned talks with the United States Secretary... more