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Mangal takes Heineken Golf Tournament

Feb 27, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mangal takes Heineken Golf Tournament

Mike Mangal took top honors on Saturday in the generously sponsored Heineken Golf Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club. His 77 gross score net 68 made it back to back wins for the former Guyana open...

AFC now adopts APNU’s demands

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC now adopts APNU’s demands

Government is seemingly troubled that the Alliance For Change (AFC) has now expanded its demand to include those set out by A Partnership for National Unity (AFC). Initially, the AFC was only...

Opposition meets with President on Anti-money Laundering Bill… Opposition gives President Donald Ramotar Ultimatum

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition meets with President on Anti-money Laundering Bill… Opposition gives President Donald Ramotar Ultimatum

-If we miss the deadline by two or three days they can’t kill us for that – APNU By Kiana Wilburg A delegation which included members of the political opposition presented President Donald...

Parents reportedly abandon young children during Mash “jump-up”

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Parents reportedly abandon young children during Mash “jump-up”

Two parents of Friendship Backlands, East Coast Demerara who abandoned their children at the Kitty Seawalls during the city’s Mashramani celebrations are now being prosecuted on four counts of...

Guyanese doctor sentenced 10 years for sexually abusing sedated patients

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese doctor sentenced 10 years for sexually abusing sedated patients

A Canadian anesthesiologist convicted of sexually assaulting 21 sedated women during surgeries was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison, according to an Associated Press report. Ontario...

Patentia Secondary School student chopped after lessons

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Patentia Secondary School student chopped after lessons

– One attacker reportedly admits to planning murder Shaquille DaSilva, a 17-year-old student of the Patentia Secondary School is currently unable to attend school, as he is nursing chop wounds...

New Venezuelan rice deal being finalized despite ongoing unrests – Agri Ministry

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New Venezuelan rice deal being finalized despite ongoing unrests – Agri Ministry

Government says that its rice exports to neighbouring Venezuela will not be affected by ongoing unrests there which left several dead over the past two weeks. The situation has raised worrying...

Anti Money laundering February 28 deadline…Failure to pass Bill will have enormous economic effects – PSC

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti Money laundering February 28 deadline…Failure to pass Bill will have enormous economic effects – PSC

By Kiana Wilburg A most critical decision will be made today in the National Assembly over the Anti Money laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill. Despite Government’s...

“Mash garbage” being dumped on Princes Street

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Mash garbage” being dumped on Princes Street

Tons of garbage that were supposed to be taken to the official Haags Bosch landfill site at Eccles, is now being dumped in the compound of the Stone Depot on Princes Street, Georgetown. The...

Dr. Norton urges academic review of nursing school

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Norton urges academic review of nursing school

Describing the final results of the Professional Nursing Programme as a “national scandal,” A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s shadow Minister of Health, Dr. George Norton is...

Last minute talks breakdown over support for anti money laundering Bill

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Last minute talks breakdown over support for anti money laundering Bill

…Ramotar laments blackmail politics by Opposition Head of State, Donald Ramotar, yesterday in a last minute effort to secure support for the passage of the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the...

Car accident involving Finance Minister…Inewsguyana report signals rift between government ministers – Opposition

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Car accident involving Finance Minister…Inewsguyana report signals rift between government ministers – Opposition

Inewsguyana.com, an online media outlet which is said to be owned by Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, recently carried reports on Dr. Ashni Singh’s car accident....

CANU issues bulletin for Wayne Williams

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CANU issues bulletin for Wayne Williams

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit has issued a wanted bulletin for Wayne Hubert Williams aka “SPLICER”. Williams was born on May 14, 1962. His address was given as Greenheart Street, South...

The milk train doesn’t stop here anymore: Gail Teixeira’s politics

Feb 27, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The milk train doesn’t stop here anymore: Gail Teixeira’s politics

One would like to think that even in a place like Guyana, we will soon see one of Tennessee Williams’s fantastic plays put on by the Theatre Guild (have they been paid the $1.4 million owed...

Woman caught with cocaine in achar at CJIA

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman caught with cocaine in achar at CJIA

A 24 year-old woman was caught at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) after Customs and Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers discovered a quantity of cocaine concealed in achar in her luggage...

Colwyn Harding assault…Policemen could be charged – Kennard

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Colwyn Harding assault…Policemen could be charged – Kennard

If the policemen under scrutiny are found culpable for the baton rape of Colwyn Harding, they would more than likely be charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm. However, the investigation that...

Homestretch Avenue accident…City taxi driver granted bail for causing death

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Homestretch Avenue accident…City taxi driver granted bail for causing death

A taxi driver was yesterday placed on $250,000 bail on a charge of causing the death of a basketball player on Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown last week. Wendell Sooklall, of Lot 353 Cummings Street,...

The need for stricter drug interventions

Feb 27, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The need for stricter drug interventions

The fact that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency sometimes takes years to build a case on narcotics traffickers, violators of money laundering, and terror suspects seems to have been lost on local law...

Sophia resident indicted for illegal gun, armed robbery

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia resident indicted for illegal gun, armed robbery

Ron McFarley, a 32-year-old Sophia resident accused of using an illegal gun to mug a man on America Street three days ago, is now a remanded prisoner. McFarley who claims that he is unemployed...

The proposals by the opposition and GTUC are just

Feb 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The proposals by the opposition and GTUC are just

DEAR EDITOR, There are a couple of things this society should be mindful of on the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Bill. i) Laws are dead if they are not...

Types of foundation and the Marriott Hotel

Feb 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Types of foundation and the Marriott Hotel

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Mr. Sohan’s letter in KN dated 25/02/14, re: Mr. Allsopp’s earlier letter about the recent flooding in Georgetown and the location of new Marriott Hotel, and to state that...

No evidence that PPP will implement and enforce new AML legislation

Feb 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on No evidence that PPP will implement and enforce new AML legislation

DEAR EDITOR, Financial Advisor from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), Roger Hernandez, stressed that passing the new Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism...

Reshaping our future

Feb 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reshaping our future

DEAR EDITOR, Throughout the PPP’s reign in government there have been many calls for the prosecution of government officials suspected of corruption. There have even been comparisons of the stiff...

GRA needs officers who cannot be bought or sold

Feb 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on GRA needs officers who cannot be bought or sold

DEAR EDITOR, Numerous letter writers over the years would have made their voices heard on the issue of public officers who commit criminal offences and are moved from one area to another with similar...

A deserving tradition is being randomly observed

Feb 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A deserving tradition is being randomly observed

DEAR EDITOR, There is an old saying which states that any Man (Woman), if he or she wants to live a successful and peaceful life, he or she must keep close to three persons – God, a Doctor and...