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Mazaruni plane crash…Victims’ remains brought to city, probe continues

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mazaruni plane crash…Victims’ remains brought to city, probe continues

After three days in the Mazaruni Jungle, the bodies of the pilot and aircraft loader who perished in the Trans Guyana Airways plane crash were transported to the Ogle International Airport...

GPL upgrade project…US$3.5M variation claims not yet paid – CEO

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL upgrade project…US$3.5M variation claims not yet paid – CEO

… Parties to meet soon The claim by the Chinese contractor for an additional US$3.5M on the massive US$42M upgrade for the Guyana Power and Light Company Inc (GPL) transmission and distribution...

GPHC $5M Fraud…Special Audit reveals 159 instances of misappropriation

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC $5M Fraud…Special Audit reveals 159 instances of misappropriation

– suggests cashier did not act alone A Special Audit conducted at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to confirm allegations of fraud within the institution’s Accounts...

Human Rights activists picket Health Ministry-call for independent investigation into Colwyn Harding’s case

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Human Rights activists picket Health Ministry-call for independent investigation into Colwyn Harding’s case

Representatives of various Human Rights entities yesterday picketed outside the Brickdam, Georgetown, Ministry of Health, in an attempt to condemn recent comments by Health Minister, Dr. Bheri...

Carol Ann Lynch surrenders, due in court today

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Carol Ann Lynch surrenders, due in court today

Early yesterday morning, former beauty queen Carol Ann Lynch, in the company of lawyers, turned herself in at the Brickdam Police Station to face the charge which was long set to be reinstituted...

UDFA/GFF saga Clubs bind in support as UDFA defies GFF and plans year’s activities

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA/GFF saga Clubs bind in support as UDFA defies GFF and plans year’s activities

By Michael Benjamin Despite the recent decision taken by officials of the (GFF), at a recently staged Extraordinary Congress, to sanction several members of the Upper Demerara Football Association...

Three new Clubs given full AAG membership -Association implements new strategies

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three new Clubs given full AAG membership -Association implements new strategies

A motion was moved on Sunday at the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Annual General Meeting (AGM) that was held at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Hall, Thomas Lands, for the...

BCB partners with Corbin Media Group for Diamond Jubilee Magazine

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB partners with Corbin Media Group for Diamond Jubilee Magazine

Years of existence may be easy to achieve, but what really matters are the achievements that occurred during that period. The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) will be observing its Diamond Jubilee during...

BCB launches NCN Inter Zone U-15 tourney

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB launches NCN Inter Zone U-15 tourney

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) during 2014 will be celebrating its Diamond Jubilee and has revealed that at least twenty competitions at all levels will be organised in its observance. Yesterday,...

Over 60 entries for KMTC January 26 Horserace meet

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 60 entries for KMTC January 26 Horserace meet

With less than a week to go before race day for what will be the first Horserace Meet for 2014, over 60 entries have been received for the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) rescheduled one-day Meet...

Mayor’s 79th birthday football final at Den Amstel on Sunday

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s 79th birthday football final at Den Amstel on Sunday

It will be the moment of truth on Sunday when hosts Den Amstel face-off with City line-up North East La Penitence in the Mayor’s 79th birthday seven-a-side football final from 17:00hrs. In the...

Suspect held in Pegasus taxi driver’s murder

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect held in Pegasus taxi driver’s murder

Police are hoping that the arrest of a 36-year-old man may help them solve the murder of Pegasus Taxi Service driver Rudrinauth Jeeboo, whose battered body was found in a refuse heap in...

Foreign political expert speaks to MPs on security

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign political expert speaks to MPs on security

By Dwijendra Rooplall Members of Parliament were yesterday in discussion with Professor Dr. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, an expert within the realm of political science and international relations, who has...

The Alexei Ramotar saga – paper qualifications do not equate to competence, skill or managerial ability

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Alexei Ramotar saga – paper qualifications do not equate to competence, skill or managerial ability

Dear Editor, Finance Minister Ashni Singh went on the warpath recently defending President Ramotar son’s (Alexei Ramotar) shoddily incompetent administration, management and delivery of a US $32...

Death of four-year-old at GPHC…CEO withdraws statements about concluded probe

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Death of four-year-old at GPHC…CEO withdraws statements about concluded probe

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has retracted statements he made last Friday in relation to the conclusion of an investigation in the death...

IAC to commemorate 6th Anniversary of Lusignan massacre

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on IAC to commemorate 6th Anniversary of Lusignan massacre

Six years later, the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) will be hosting its usual inter-faith service in remembrance of those slaughtered during a massacre at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara. Scheduled for...

The PPP has stolen in excess of two decades from us

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP has stolen in excess of two decades from us

Dear Editor, Having served as an economist at the Bank of Guyana in the eight years to January 2008, many of the analyses and interpretations from the various reports by the Bank, including work...

Wildlife exports laws set for imminent revamp

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Wildlife exports laws set for imminent revamp

With growing focus on Guyana’s capacity to protect its wildlife, Government has signaled intentions to introduce special laws that will better manage the export of animals. Called the...

Venezuelans, Guyanese fined for illegal entry

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelans, Guyanese fined for illegal entry

A total of ten persons, among whom was a Guyanese woman, were each fined $30,000 for failing to undergo the legal process of entering Guyana when they were yesterday indicted before Chief...

Mario’s delivery man dies in accident

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mario’s delivery man dies in accident

A 26-year-old delivery man attached to Mario’s Pizza (located at Middle and Camp Streets) died in an accident around 10:00 hrs yesterday while on his way to deliver an order. The dead man has been...

What has become of presumption of innocence until proven guilty?

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on What has become of presumption of innocence until proven guilty?

Dear Sir, I wish here to invoke a quotation attributed to Edmund Burke, the 18th Century British Statesman, writing on the French Revolution, which incidentally started out as a people’s...

Taxi driver gets 60 months for causing death

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver gets 60 months for causing death

A 60-month prison sentence was yesterday handed by Magistrate Judy Latchman to a 26-year-old taxi driver who was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for causing the death of a...

Carpenter, 21, charged with Dochfour murder

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Carpenter, 21, charged with Dochfour murder

Twenty-one year old Davindra Rooplall, a carpenter of Hope Lowlands, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Zamela Ali for the murder of his fellow villager Suresh...

Banks DIH records $5.3B pre-tax profit in 2013

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH records $5.3B pre-tax profit in 2013

– Chairman lauds excellent market systems, efficient pre-selling and distribution network Against the backdrop of a sluggish global economic recovery and continuing tensions which...

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on

The silence of the Medical and Nursing Councils is deafening Dear Editor, For five years to date, as Registrar of the University of Guyana, I have ensured that our Health Sciences‘ graduates...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more