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$6.6B voted for CJIA expansion

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $6.6B voted for CJIA expansion

With work ongoing on the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Budget 2014 has allocated a total of $6.6 billion for works on this project that has the potential to...

US$10M engineering design for Linden to Lethem Road imminent

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US$10M engineering design for Linden to Lethem Road imminent

The construction of the Linden to Lethem Road as a link to neighbouring Brazil is tied to the feasibility of the Upper and Middle Mazaruni Hydropower stations. However, the Governments of Guyana and...

Family confused over unlicenced shotgun death

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Family confused over unlicenced shotgun death

Family members of 34-year-old Eldon Gaime, the logger, whose firearm reportedly went off and struck him in the chin, killing him in the process, have indicated that they are at a loss as to his...

Police owe $$million to interdicted ranks

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police owe $$million to interdicted ranks

Another national budget has been presented and desperate former policemen and their counterparts in the other Disciplined Services are still wondering if or when they will receive benefits due...

Jagdeo/Kissoon libel case…Court allows defence to amend case, stay granted for plaintiff’s appeal

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo/Kissoon libel case…Court allows defence to amend case, stay granted for plaintiff’s appeal

The High Court case involving former president Bharrat Jagdeo, Kaieteur News columnist Frederick Kissoon, the newspaper’s publisher Glenn Lall and its Editor-in-Chief Adam Harris has been suspended...

Guyana battling to achieve elusive MDGs

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana battling to achieve elusive MDGs

– launches MICS to garner crucial information Although Guyana has already achieved several Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and is well on its way to achieving several more, there are...

More advancements for tourism sector this year

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on More advancements for tourism sector this year

Committed to accelerating the growth of Guyana’s buoyant tourism, industry and commerce sector, the government will be rolling out a number of programmes with specific focus on institutional...

Labourer jailed for hitting wife with bicycle bar

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer jailed for hitting wife with bicycle bar

A labourer who faced the city court for hitting his spouse with a bicycle bar and assaulting the two police ranks who tried to arrest him was yesterday sentenced to prison after he confessed to a...

Guyana’s poverty is measurable

Mar 27, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana’s poverty is measurable

The boast that a country is experiencing economic health is often supported by many facts. For one, there is an increase in employment, there is a construction boom and above all, the country...

Top Cop pays farewell visit to Essequibo

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop pays farewell visit to Essequibo

Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell at a ceremony held for him by the Commander and ranks of “G” Division, Essequibo, said that he is proud to be leaving the force at a time when the force has...

State of Mind: Notes on Fazal Khan

Mar 27, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on State of Mind: Notes on Fazal Khan

I was in the UG bus in the early seventies, and as it came to the stop sign at Lamaha Street and Vlissengen Road, I saw this young man in short pants asking the occupants if they would like to buy a...

Woman on trial for female lover’s murder…

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman on trial for female lover’s murder…

Police witnesses deny knowledge of murder weapon Police witnesses, who testified in the trial, of 22-year-old Albouystown woman, Tiffney Clarke, called ‘Tiffany’, do not know the whereabouts...

WRONG AND STRONG

Mar 27, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WRONG AND STRONG

APNU has told the people of Linden that the government is not interested in strong anti-money laundering legislation. It has also told the people of Linden that support for the anti-money laundering...

Three charged with stealing chain from GuySuCo

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three charged with stealing chain from GuySuCo

Three men, Ramesh Chunilall called ‘Davo’, 50; Romeo Singh, 24, called ‘Cojo’; and Yogeshwar Mangar, 18; all of Percy Smith Street, Palmyra Village, East Coast Berbice, have been charged...

Auto mechanic granted bail on cutlass threat

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Auto mechanic granted bail on cutlass threat

A 31-year-old auto mechanic accused of brandishing a cutlass in front of another man who in fear reportedly jumped in a nearby trench was yesterday granted $10,000 bail when he appeared before a city...

Red House to host environmental workshop

Mar 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Red House to host environmental workshop

Representatives from over 50 environmental groups and corporate entities are expected to attend a workshop organised by the Clean and Green Guyana Project, under the auspices of the Ministry...

Sugar production vs. Ethanol production – factory costs and other benefits

Mar 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar production vs. Ethanol production – factory costs and other benefits

DEAR EDITOR, I noticed that the PPP propaganda machine, despite gross misrepresentation, failed to vilify me and the APNU opposition for allegedly saying that we want the sugar Industry to close...

This “poll” is fabricated to cause mischief within the PPP/C

Mar 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This “poll” is fabricated to cause mischief within the PPP/C

DEAR EDITOR, By now, most of your readers are familiar with the venom that is spewed almost on a daily basis in the Freddie Kissoon Column. Why this man is allowed to poison the minds of your readers...

Harassment and victimization by the police

Mar 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Harassment and victimization by the police

DEAR EDITOR, After being a victim of police harassment, I am now faced with the after effects of exposing such behaviour. The Police are well known to strike back with a method that has been employed...

President Ramotar should take a page out of the T&T PM’s book

Mar 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Ramotar should take a page out of the T&T PM’s book

DEAR EDITOR, It seems as if Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister , Kamla Persad-Bissessar, is a no nonsense Prime Minister and President Donald Ramotar should take a page out of her book and deal with...

Modernised import taxes would be better than ethanol in Guyana

Mar 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Modernised import taxes would be better than ethanol in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Referring to recent reports of an ethanol plant proposed for Guyana, I would like to draw attention of the public and government officials to facts about ethanol in petrol engines....

Logger blasted to death with unlicenced shotgun

Mar 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Logger blasted to death with unlicenced shotgun

A logging concession owner died on Monday night after accidentally shooting himself below the chin with an unlicenced 12-gauge shotgun at Oku Backdam, Cuyuni/Mazaruni. Police identified the victim as...

MInister Rohee moves to decentralise sale of ammo

Mar 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MInister Rohee moves to decentralise sale of ammo

…to benefit interior licenced firearm holders Efforts are being put in place to make it easier for licenced firearms holders in the interior to access ammunition from the authorised...

PM’s son testifies…“She ran to the kitchen and grabbed a knife…and I pulled out my gun”

Mar 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PM’s son testifies…“She ran to the kitchen and grabbed a knife…and I pulled out my gun”

As the trial for the Prime Minister’s son and his teenaged sister-in-law continues to engage the attention of a city Magistrate, both parties accused of attacking each other were called to detail...

$2.5B allocated for water sector…GWI’s electricity bill jumps 60%; pumps to be adjusted to reduce costs

Mar 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $2.5B allocated for water sector…GWI’s electricity bill jumps 60%; pumps to be adjusted to reduce costs

Over the past year $2.4 billion was expended within the water sector and Government will be allocating $2.5 billion to this area in 2014, Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh disclosed in his Budget...

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