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Govt. waiting on US to set-up local DEA office

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. waiting on US to set-up local DEA office

The Government of Guyana is not opposed to the setting up of a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) office in Guyana and is essentially waiting on the American Government to definitively say when the office...

Jamaican woman found dead in guest house…

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican woman found dead in guest house…

“Pellets” suspected to contain cocaine found in body- PM Police say that a number of ingested “pellets” suspected to contain cocaine were found in the body of Beverley Ann Gardner, the...

Law enforcement agencies to use army’s floating patrol base in smuggling fight

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Law enforcement agencies to use army’s floating patrol base in smuggling fight

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was on Thursday signed among members of the Task Force on Fuel Smuggling and Contraband for the usage of the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Floating Patrol Base...

Environmental issues plague Linden

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Environmental issues plague Linden

Regional administration engage Bosai Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon, has expressed concern about the environmental issues affecting the residents of Lower Kara Kara and its environs. The problem is...

Guyana Shop to expand countrywide – Agri. Minister

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Shop to expand countrywide – Agri. Minister

In wanting to further promote the local agro-processing industry, the Ministry of Agriculture is looking to expand the Guyana Shop in Regions all across the country. Subject Minister, Dr. Leslie...

UG touted as hope for Guyana, as 2014 Career Day hosted

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on UG touted as hope for Guyana, as 2014 Career Day hosted

Even as Valentine’s Day was being observed yesterday, a wide cross-section of the country’s secondary school students were busy exploring career options at the University of Guyana’s (UG) 2014...

FATF waives immediate sanction against Guyana at Paris plenary

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on FATF waives immediate sanction against Guyana at Paris plenary

There was no vote on the amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill (AML/CFT), this week, ahead of the recently completed review by the Financial Action...

GPL apologises for outages

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL apologises for outages

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) has apologised for outages experienced in a number of areas over the past few days. On the Essequibo Coast, restoration of power to customers from Anna Regina to...

Lethem power outage…Two new generators arrive to benefit residents

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem power outage…Two new generators arrive to benefit residents

The residents of Lethem who were plunged into darkness because of malfunctions to the Lethem Power Company generators have received some relief since one has been fixed, providing sectional (5 hours)...

Regional airlines mull areas of cooperation

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Regional airlines mull areas of cooperation

Government-owned air carriers in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have held their second meeting on how they can collaborate to provide more efficient, effective and safe transportation in the...

CCJ itinerant sittings to be held in Guyana

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ itinerant sittings to be held in Guyana

The full bench of the Caribbean Court of Justice is expected to travel to Guyana for the first time for itinerant sittings come Monday and Tuesday. The sittings will be held at the Guyana...

Neal & Massy posts $652 million profit

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Neal & Massy posts $652 million profit

Trinidad (news.co.tt) – Trinidad and Tobago’s oldest conglomerate, Neal & Massy (N&M) Holdings Ltd & its subsidiaries, posted a net profit of $652.083 million for its financial...

2007 bound body in septic tank…Three accused re-committed to face trial

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 2007 bound body in septic tank…Three accused re-committed to face trial

Six years, three Magistrates and several Prosecutors later, the three men who were charged for the murder of 56-year-old Coleen Wharton- Forrester, whose body was found in a septic tank in January...

Murder accused to know fate next week in cane cutter murder trial

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused to know fate next week in cane cutter murder trial

Murder accused, Rakash Janak, called ‘Rakesh’, the 22-year-old former cane cutter of Zorg-en-Hoop Scheme, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter when his...

Nat Geo applauds Guyana’s diversity of fish

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nat Geo applauds Guyana’s diversity of fish

National Geographic’s Monster Fish documentary team, which has been filming since 2007 and completed two seasons, has touted Guyana as the best fishing ground with the highest diversity of fish....

Provisional accreditation of UG’s medical prog. not a financial issue – VC

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Provisional accreditation of UG’s medical prog. not a financial issue – VC

Although Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr. Anthony De Freitas, earlier this week, told this publication that the provisional accreditation status of the University of Guyana’s medical...

Region Six Regional Administration makes tangible donation to Dharm Shala in New Amsterdam

Feb 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six Regional Administration makes tangible donation to Dharm Shala in New Amsterdam

Region Six Chairman, David Permaul Armogan, and a team of Senior Regional Officials recently visited the Dharam Shala at Fort Canje and brought smiles to the faces of the 20 inmates housed there. The...

Guyanese ingenuity led to heightened production

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyanese ingenuity led to heightened production

Regardless of how much the immediate post-colonial administration in this country is criticized there is no getting away from the fact that they knew enough to understand that a country which...

Mr. Nandlall just does not get it

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Nandlall just does not get it

DEAR EDITOR, It seems that our Attorney General, Mr. Nandlall, is unable to grasp the fact that moving to a cashless society is key to the elimination or curtailing of money-laundering. He seems...

I am a parent and it is affecting me

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am a parent and it is affecting me

DEAR EDITOR, People contribute to the building and destroying of a society I would like to highlight a problem that is affecting my community. I have tried to approach many places (agencies for help)...

Insisting that a policy be kept is a lesson I should always keep before me

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Insisting that a policy be kept is a lesson I should always keep before me

DEAR EDITOR, In response to a letter in Stabroek News of 13th February, 2014, please provide me an opportunity to answer the questions put: 1. Concerning repairs to Moco-Moco, there were three...

Fix your own house first

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fix your own house first

DEAR EDITOR, Over the past few weeks many of us have witnessed the PPP’s machinery in overdrive and trying to create a rift within APNU. The intention it seems, is to put Mr. Granger against Mr....

The media landscape has changed markedly

Feb 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The media landscape has changed markedly

DEAR EDITOR, Regardless of the ranking Guyana may have on the global press freedom index, few can deny that the country has come a long way when it comes to freedom of press and freedom of...