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Rohee mulls legal action against APNU’s Joseph Harmon

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee mulls legal action against APNU’s Joseph Harmon

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said, yesterday, that he is contemplating taking legal action against A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) executive member Joseph Harmon for identifying him as...

Spring crop is being reaped on Essequibo

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Spring crop is being reaped on Essequibo

Harvesting of the Spring Crop will commence by the end of the new week. Councillor Naith Ram said that at least three small portions of rice at Golden Fleece, Essequibo Coast, have already...

GRDB cautions farmers about paddy bug

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB cautions farmers about paddy bug

– Farmers asked to take precautionary measures for high quality paddy The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has observed incidences of paddy bugs in all rice producing Regions but not...

One year later…Parents still seek answers to school death

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on One year later…Parents still seek answers to school death

Joshua Hubbard was an eight-year-old vibrant child whose life ended on February 15, last, hours after he was reportedly pushed off the school’s step by one of his schoolmates. Hubbard, who attended...

Barbados Fertility Centre (BFC) again awarded Gold Seal of approval

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados Fertility Centre (BFC) again awarded Gold Seal of approval

Barbados Fertility Centre (BFC) has again been awarded the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission International, after continuing to excel in the highest standards of patient care. This is...

Over $30M spent for taxis by Ministry in three years

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Over $30M spent for taxis by Ministry in three years

– PAC mulls actions against contractor too “busy” to complete job The use of taxis and an incomplete $10M contract at the National Exhibition Centre, Sophia, were the focus yesterday when...

AG distances Executive from judge’s nomination

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AG distances Executive from judge’s nomination

…as JSC comes under fire for its selection Disbarment in England as a barrister does not affect the legality of any decisions of judgments made by Court of Appeal Judge, Rabi Sukul who has since...

Execution attempt on auto dealer…Shot businessman can identify gunman

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Execution attempt on auto dealer…Shot businessman can identify gunman

Auto spares dealer, Deokaran Sanasie, who survived an execution attempt last Friday, has reportedly told investigators that he can identify the gunman who shot him. Kaieteur News understands that...

Court grants leave for Granger to appeal dismissal from Budget cut case

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Court grants leave for Granger to appeal dismissal from Budget cut case

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has informed that leave was yesterday granted for an appeal of Chief Justice Ian Chang’s decision to remove Opposition Leader, Brigadier (ret’d) ...

Diamond transportation woes…Hire car drivers can’t arbitrarily increase fares – Minister

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond transportation woes…Hire car drivers can’t arbitrarily increase fares – Minister

Local operators of public land transportation do not have the authority to arbitrarily increase fares, as was recently done by hire car drivers operating at Diamond car park, East Bank Demerara. This...

EU ready to work with Ombudsman Moore

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on EU ready to work with Ombudsman Moore

The European Union (EU) said that it is willing to explore areas of cooperation with Guyana’s newly appointed Ombudsman, Justice Winston Moore. The disclosures were made yesterday as Moore met with...

Female taxi driver’s death…Divisional Commander to investigate CPG, Timehri police

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Female taxi driver’s death…Divisional Commander to investigate CPG, Timehri police

Divisional Commander, Assistant Commissioner George Vyphuis, will be investigating allegations against members of the Timehri Police Station and the area’s Community Policing Group (CPG) after...

Hope Canal project – long term solution to flooding

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Canal project – long term solution to flooding

The East Demerara Water Conservancy’s (EDWC) Hope Canal project located at Hope, East Coast Demerara, is the largest ever funded with Guyanese resources. It offers a real solution to the risk of...

Guyana records another successful ‘One Billion Rising’ event

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records another successful ‘One Billion Rising’ event

ACCORDING to global statistics, one in three women – about one billion – will be beaten or raped in her lifetime. In this regard, Guyanese from all walks of life stood in solidarity with the rest...

Repeat offender remanded for stealing pig

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Repeat offender remanded for stealing pig

A labourer who resides at Lot 73 Princes Street, Lodge was yesterday brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with stealing his neighbour’s pig. Calvin Francis appeared before...

SLEEPING IS A THING OF BEAUTY

Feb 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SLEEPING IS A THING OF BEAUTY

Word is out that if you fall asleep on the job, Kaieteur News will publish your photograph on the front page. Ever since the distant past when this newspaper published on its front page a photograph...

APNU assures GDF of budget allocation support

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU assures GDF of budget allocation support

Any new Drug Strategy Master Plan must be covered by the enabling legislation promised by the soon to be enacted Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act. This was...

PNCR mourns the passing of Laurence Clarke

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR mourns the passing of Laurence Clarke

The People’s National Congress Reform yesterday said that it was deeply saddened at the death of Mr. Laurence Clarke –age 63 years old. Clarke died of pancreatic cancer at a hospital in Maputo,...

Duo on trial for murder of Mahaica farmer

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Duo on trial for murder of Mahaica farmer

The trial in which Shawn Thom and Orin David called ‘Plait Hair’ or ‘Malik’ are facing Justice Franklyn Holder and a mixed 12- member jury on murder charges, commenced yesterday at the...

I have two neighbours— a ghost and a noise-maker

Feb 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I have two neighbours— a ghost and a noise-maker

I live two minutes walk from the Convention Centre and the Aquatic Centre on the Railway Embankment at Turkeyen. You can say both places are my neighbours. In 2012, along with Mark Benschop, David...

Bandits remanded after high speed chase in Berbice

Feb 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits remanded after high speed chase in Berbice

Following the high speed chase in which two bandits were nabbed by police after a failed robbery, the men were charged and remanded to jail, yesterday. They had attacked businessman Katch’s...

Sanctioning a lawyer for misconduct

Feb 18, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sanctioning a lawyer for misconduct

At the outset it must be noted that this column does not intend to pronounce on Mr. Justice Rabi Sukul AJ’s innocence or guilt. That is best left to the legal luminaries which Guyana seems to...

Let us all look forward to the opportunity to change our lives

Feb 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us all look forward to the opportunity to change our lives

DEAR EDITOR, Looking ahead, it seems unlikely that the PPP government, given that it did not actively engage the Opposition in the planning process of the 2014 budget, will present anything close to...

What value does industry place on these graduates?

Feb 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on What value does industry place on these graduates?

Dear Editor, The headline said “Parents question relevance of Kuru Kuru Training College.” The litany that followed was appalling. After reading the article, I would even say the parents should...

We call for a reversal of this inhumane sentence

Feb 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We call for a reversal of this inhumane sentence

DEAR EDITOR, We hold the position that all violence against children – including the violence of parents and other unwaged caregivers – is wrong and should be outlawed. Hence, when we saw the...

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Kaieteur News- A protest organized against the Office of the Commissioner of Information, Charles Ramson SC, will continue... more