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Port Kaituma resident finds skeleton “in the bush”

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma resident finds skeleton “in the bush”

Whilst hunting yesterday, a resident of Orinoque, Port Kaituma found parts of a skeleton in the forest. The male resident is said to have been frustrated with some acca tigers that have been...

CJ’S ruling failed to observe parliamentary procedure – Granger

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CJ’S ruling failed to observe parliamentary procedure – Granger

Opposition Leader Brigadier (retired) David Granger has said that Opposition members in the House of Assembly will not be stifled by the ruling of the Chief Justice, which in his view seeks to...

Don’t play politics with Anti-Money Laundering Bill – Teixeira

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t play politics with Anti-Money Laundering Bill – Teixeira

After storming out of the meeting of the select committee on Monday, the Opposition boycotted the February 4, meeting. APNU’s Carl Greenidge and Jaipaul Sharma, are the only two members of the...

Canecutter pleads guilty to killing mason

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Canecutter pleads guilty to killing mason

When the January session of the Berbice Criminal court got on the way on Tuesday before Justice Diana Insanally, murder accused Rakash Janak called ‘Rakesh’ pledged guilty to the lesser...

Opposition’s clandestine connections…Rohee must explain his failings before he smears others- Felix

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition’s clandestine connections…Rohee must explain his failings before he smears others- Felix

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) shadow Minister of Home Affairs and former Top Cop Winston Felix says Minister Clement Rohee should do some introspection instead of smearing the...

Govt. appeals court decision to overturn GGMC award

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. appeals court decision to overturn GGMC award

Government has appealed a December ruling by which Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang overturned a decision by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission to award CB&R Mining a road contract. The decision...

Heavy equipment damage Supenaam stelling

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Heavy equipment damage Supenaam stelling

The Supenaam Ferry Stelling is scheduled to undergo extensive repairs to sections of the ramp area that are currently aligned with metal sheets. Two pieces of heavy duty equipment were transported...

West Bank Demerara to get fire station

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on West Bank Demerara to get fire station

Chief Fire Officer, Marlon Gentle, has indicated that there are plans in the pipeline to build a fire station on the West Bank of Demerara. According to Gentle, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has had...

MARAD records 37 river fatalities in 2013

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MARAD records 37 river fatalities in 2013

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has recorded 37 deaths, some resulting from boat collisions and from acts of piracy, last year. Research has shown that the Pomeroon and Mazaruni Rivers...

Man stabs brother-in-law during gambling row

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabs brother-in-law during gambling row

Doctors are trying to save the life of a 23-year-old Queenstown carpenter, Kurt Walcott, who sustained a stab wound to the chest. His assailant was fellow villager and relative, 25-year-old, Andrea...

Some school heads to be blamed for teachers’ misconduct

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Some school heads to be blamed for teachers’ misconduct

Each year the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) is tasked with addressing a number of complaints against teachers. These range from absenteeism to corporal punishment. According to TSC Chairperson,...

Toll stations for main hinterland roads

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Toll stations for main hinterland roads

– Heavy-duty trucks main destroyer of roads The Ministry of Public Works is planning to setup toll stations at the main arterial hinterland roads to finance the maintenance of the...

Sewage chambers should not be tampered-GWI

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sewage chambers should not be tampered-GWI

– urges restaurants and hotels to install grease traps Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is appealing to all businesses involved in food preparation to install and consistently clean...

Children’s Mashramani Competitions 2014…Spectacular performances end dance segment

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Children’s Mashramani Competitions 2014…Spectacular performances end dance segment

The curtain came down last evening on the dancing aspect of the annual Children’s Mashramani Competitions (Georgetown leg). The National Cultural Centre (NCC) was packed to capacity with screaming...

Blame game continues over the Anti Money Laundering legislation

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Blame game continues over the Anti Money Laundering legislation

There has been for quite some time now, an incessant back and forth between the political Opposition and the ruling administration over who is to be blamed for the non passage of the Anti Money...

SITTINGS OF SELECT COMMITTEE SHOULD NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Feb 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SITTINGS OF SELECT COMMITTEE SHOULD NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Sittings of the full House of the National Assembly are open to members of the public. Sittings of Special Select committees are not. The reasons why Bills are sent to a Special Select Committee are...

Masquerade is an important part of our heritage – Minister Anthony

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Masquerade is an important part of our heritage – Minister Anthony

Other the years the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports has been able to garner significant support from a number of agencies interested in the preservation and sustainability of cultural...

PM reveals fishermen drowned ‘drunk’

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PM reveals fishermen drowned ‘drunk’

Post mortem examinations conducted on the remains of the two fishermen, whose bodies were recovered at the Meten-Meer-Zorg foreshore Monday morning, revealed that they both drowned. This is according...

Eccles biker’s killing…Witnesses testify as PI for Randy Jagdeo gets underway

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Eccles biker’s killing…Witnesses testify as PI for Randy Jagdeo gets underway

Three witnesses were yesterday called to testify on behalf of the Prosecution as the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of biker, Kirk Davis, commenced at the Georgetown Magistrates’...

The PPP is damaging the opposition

Feb 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PPP is damaging the opposition

See if you identify the causal factor that has led to months of tempestuous anti-government passions in the streets of the Ukraine to the point where at the time of writing the government in Kiev may...

The fate of loose societies

Feb 06, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The fate of loose societies

The strength of any society depends on the relationship between the people in that society. In the ancient times communities trusted themselves and regarded outsiders with distrust. Many are the...

PI date set for Carol Ann Lynch

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PI date set for Carol Ann Lynch

– Prosecution to produce 16 witnesses The date for the Preliminary Inquiry into the death of the former Swiss House Cambio Manager Farouk Razac was yesterday set when his wife...

The Rodney COI will require a nonpartisan approach

Feb 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Rodney COI will require a nonpartisan approach

DEAR EDITOR, The General Secretary of the PPP Mr. Clement Rohee is reported to have urged the government, of which he is a member, to “move expeditiously to establish the Walter Rodney Commission...

Recycling dysfunctionality

Feb 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recycling dysfunctionality

DEAR EDITOR, The ambiguities of decision-making – from Timehri to Corriverton. Different strokes for different folks. The inanities of decision-making, the counter-productivity inherent in the...

Promotion of collective bargaining in enterprises

Feb 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Promotion of collective bargaining in enterprises

DEAR EDITOR, One of the oldest mottos of the workers’ education movement is “Knowledge is Power”. The promotion of collective bargaining obviously presupposes the presence of the parties at the...

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