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Govt. selling land at $25M per acre

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. selling land at $25M per acre

The Ministry of Housing is creating a commercial and industrial site at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) but is demanding a whopping $25M per acre which businessmen are now questioning. They...

Linking with APNU is the only way to get the Procurement Commission – AFC

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linking with APNU is the only way to get the Procurement Commission – AFC

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has broken its silence on the decision to incorporate A Partnership for National Unity (APNU’s) Anti Money Laundering amendments in addition to their call for the...

APNU to write to CFATF to clarify Hernandez AML comments

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU to write to CFATF to clarify Hernandez AML comments

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has expressed its intention to clarify definitively if the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) Advisor Roger Hernandez did say that APNU’s...

Walter Rodney CoI…Deadline for submission of statements is March 26

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Walter Rodney CoI…Deadline for submission of statements is March 26

Persons who wish to give evidence in the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) are asked to submit written statements to the Commission containing the nature and substance of the proposed...

Guyana lauds positive move to restructure Air Passenger Duty system

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana lauds positive move to restructure Air Passenger Duty system

Guyana’s Tourism Industry and Commerce Minister, Irfaan Ali has lauded the positive move by the British Government to restructure the four-band Air Passenger Duty (APD) system. This...

Don’t be fooled by “Elections Budget”- APNU warns

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t be fooled by “Elections Budget”- APNU warns

While the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh is expected to present Budget 2014 in the National Assembly tomorrow, members of the opposition have made a strong call to members of the public to not...

Bollywood stars recall most embarrassing moments

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bollywood stars recall most embarrassing moments

…hours before concert By Rehana Ahamad They may have fans all across the globe who consider them to be somewhat “perfect,” but the four Bollywood soap stars who were scheduled to perform at the...

Agriculture Ministry borrows money to bail out rice millers

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Agriculture Ministry borrows money to bail out rice millers

The long awaited meeting between frustrated Essequibo rice farmers and the Minister of Agriculture, Leslie Ramsammy got underway, Thursday when the Minister engaged farmers on the Coast. As part of...

UG academics secure grants for investigative research

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on UG academics secure grants for investigative research

With funding amounting to US$329,000, nearly two dozen academics from the University of Guyana (UG) will, within the next 18 months, be working towards completing a number of investigative projects....

Police recovers body of missing labourer

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police recovers body of missing labourer

The body of a labourer, who accidentally fell from a wharf into the Pomeroon River on Wednesday, has been recovered. Police at Charity, Essequibo Coast have confirmed that the body of Andrew Miguel,...

Civilians to form new group to champion child rights

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Civilians to form new group to champion child rights

…says justice for abused one-year-old is still being overlooked The group of public spirited citizens calling for justice for the one-year-old toddler who suffered abuse at the hands of her...

Magistrate orders police probe as one-eye victim alleges corruption in criminal case

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate orders police probe as one-eye victim alleges corruption in criminal case

A senior Magistrate has ordered an investigation into allegations of corruption after a man who lost his right eye when he was stabbed by another with a broken bottle appeared at the city court...

Tribute to Mrs. Deborah Backer

Mar 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tribute to Mrs. Deborah Backer

Dear Editor, It is with a heavy heart and deep sadness that I pen this letter to pay tribute and respect to, arguably, one of Guyana’s most loved politicians. I have known Mrs. Deborah Backer for...

APNU Parliamentarian takes sports items to Coomacka

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU Parliamentarian takes sports items to Coomacka

APNU Parliamentarian, Renis Morian, recently presented the young residents of Coomacka with footballs, DVDs and packets of hair care products. The objective behind the initiative, Morian said, was to...

Closed Areas Committee a sore issue – GWMO

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Closed Areas Committee a sore issue – GWMO

The non-appointment of a new board for the Closed Areas Committee and the manner in which the committee operates are sore issues that have the Guyana Women Miners’ Organization (GWMO) questioning...

Judge to sum up in Albouystown murder trial

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Judge to sum up in Albouystown murder trial

Supreme Court Judge, William Ramlal is expected to sum up the trial of murder accused, Carl Bennett, on Tuesday. Bennett, of Lot 148 Cooper Street, Albouystown, is facing a retrial for the murder of...

Ramotar was given a lesson in his relative impotence when the state paper published this story

Mar 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramotar was given a lesson in his relative impotence when the state paper published this story

Dear Editor, Imagine that a new prefect is chosen to maintain order in a class in the schoolyard, one in which the former prefect lords it over a group of unruly boys. Now, imagine that former...

Prisoner gets seven years for killing aunt’s boyfriend

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner gets seven years for killing aunt’s boyfriend

The 18-year-old who had stabbed his aunt’s boyfriend to death in 2010 was on Thursday sentenced to seven years imprisonment after pleading guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter at the High...

The actions of the opposition to hold government accountable needs the support of all citizens

Mar 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The actions of the opposition to hold government accountable needs the support of all citizens

Dear Editor, Note is taken of the call made by Mr. Yesu Persaud in Stabroek News (15th March, 2014) to President Donald Ramotar, Messrs. David Granger and Khemraj Ramjattan to pass the...

Tain Murder trial…Second prosecution star witness testifies

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tain Murder trial…Second prosecution star witness testifies

There have been some interesting developments in the Tain murder trial now ongoing in the Berbice High Court before Justice Diana Insanally and a mixed jury. On trial are Joshua Persaud, called...

From the Diaspora…EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN

By Ralph Seeram I am writing this article from my hospital bed, and by the time you read it on Sunday, I hope to be home. At least that’s what my doctor told me a few minutes ago, that is, if my...

Thinking and Acting like The Creator

Mar 23, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Thinking and Acting like The Creator

‘Your attitude should be the same as that of The Creator Max Lucado writes: ‘What would your life be like, even for one day, if you were to think and act like The Creator? If His priorities...

The effects of a global economy

Mar 23, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The effects of a global economy

The global economic conditions hurt many countries and forced a change in economic policies in many countries. Government bailed out banks, bought out important companies that threatened to fold, and...

University of Michigan execute outreaches here

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on University of Michigan execute outreaches here

A group of students connected to the International Children’s Outreach (ICO), which is founded by Guyanese born Onica Charles, has been in Guyana and working hard over the past few weeks. ICO is an...

Five families receive new homes

Mar 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Five families receive new homes

Five families are now the recipients of new two- bedroom homes complete with sanitation facilities, thanks to a collaboration between Food For The Poor (Guyana) Inc. (FFTP) and Republic Bank (Guyana)...

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