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Brazilian consortium to finance Guyana’s hydropower survey

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian consortium to finance Guyana’s hydropower survey

– Prefeasibility study to begin in April A Brazilian consortium will be undertaking a prefeasibility study to determine the potential of hydropower in the Upper and Middle Mazaruni. The...

Minibus crushes E’bo toddler

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus crushes E’bo toddler

Traffic ranks have already instituted charges of being an unlicensed driver and breach of insurance against Devon Fordyce,the Conductor/Driver who was involved in a fatal accident,at Clerk Street, on...

PNCR remembers Debra Backer

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR remembers Debra Backer

– book of condolences opened at Congress Place The People’s National Congress Reform, (PNCR) has opened a book of condolence, in honour of former executive member, Deborah Backer....

HIV fight still being hampered by stigma, discrimination – Dr Singh

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on HIV fight still being hampered by stigma, discrimination – Dr Singh

– As Guyana prepares to submit Progress Report to UNAIDS Stigma and discrimination continue to be major challenges faced by the Ministry of Health’s National AIDS Programme Secretariat...

Seven days after Arau plane crash…Two passengers remain hospitalized

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Seven days after Arau plane crash…Two passengers remain hospitalized

Two broken legs, injury to the neck and a dislocated hip are not “minor injuries,” said one of the injured passengers in the Arau, Region Seven plane crash, Troy Daniels, who could be...

Guyana will engage Holland and England for reparations

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana will engage Holland and England for reparations

By Zena Henry The idea of reparations was not a popular one in Guyana; but with the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) recent announcement to vigorously pursue European countries for compensation on...

City Hall’s statutory meeting ends prematurely

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall’s statutory meeting ends prematurely

…Town Clerk, Councilors walk out Yesterday’s statutory meeting at City Hall ended prematurely when Mayor Hamilton Greene and members of the Council walked out after Town Clerk Carol Sooba and...

Corentyne farmer, worker shot during robbery

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne farmer, worker shot during robbery

Two men are now hospitalized in the New Amsterdam Hospital following a robbery at Maida Farm on the Corentyne. Businessman Bannsingh Guyadin, called ‘Uncle Guya’ 72, of Maida Farm, Corentyne;...

A SHOCKING DECLINE IN MORAL VALUES

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A SHOCKING DECLINE IN MORAL VALUES

In the days of yore when poverty was three times what it is today, the only time you would find an old person in a homestead for the elderly was when that person did not have any immediate family. An...

GTUC is no longer the voice of workers – PPP

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC is no longer the voice of workers – PPP

The Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is of the opinion that the good name which the Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) enjoyed has been tarnished with the recent outburst by its General...

Seven days after Medex fire…Affected workers will soon be relocated – Health Minister

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Seven days after Medex fire…Affected workers will soon be relocated – Health Minister

While investigation into the fire which completely destroyed the Medex Building two Tuesdays ago at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara (ECD) is still ongoing, Health Minister, Bheri Ramsaran,...

Guyana records dip in TB/HIV co-infection rate

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records dip in TB/HIV co-infection rate

– but NAPS still worry about associated mortality Although there has been a noticeable reduction in the Tuberculosis/HIV co-infection rate, the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) is...

Indian soap star- ‘Arjun’ wants promoters arrested

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Indian soap star- ‘Arjun’ wants promoters arrested

Tweets- “Worst experience with us is Guyana…because of the organizers- Christine and Popo entertainment. They haven’t paid people their due, including us.” Rithvik Dhanjani, better known for...

Guyana to receive fourth tranche of Norway/Guyana money

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to receive fourth tranche of Norway/Guyana money

Guyana is expected to receive the fourth tranche of payment under the Government of Guyana and Kingdom of Norway agreement. Guyana has already earned US$115M in three consecutive payments. This is...

Man assaults female police rank inside court premises

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man assaults female police rank inside court premises

A middle-aged man was yesterday taken into police custody after he allegedly assaulted a female police rank within the precincts of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Reports are that the man who...

Residents say ‘rundown’ Kitty Market is a hazard

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Residents say ‘rundown’ Kitty Market is a hazard

While rehabilitation of the Kitty Market remains at a standstill, citizens who live in proximity are raising concerns about the dilapidated structure, describing it as a hazard to the...

Is President Ramotar ungrateful to Bharrat Jagdeo?

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is President Ramotar ungrateful to Bharrat Jagdeo?

There can be absolutely no doubt that Ralph Ramkarran would have been the president of Guyana if the PPP was a democratic organization that allowed its members to vote in a countrywide election for...

Another round of confrontation

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Another round of confrontation

Guyana is a country of conflict and confrontations. Ever since the Ramotar Government failed to win an absolute majority in parliament it has had to deal with serious objections from the opposition....

Albouystown woman faces trial for female lover’s murder

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown woman faces trial for female lover’s murder

Three witnesses have given sworn testimonies in the trial of Tiffney Clarke, called ‘Tiffany’, who has been indicted for the murder of her female lover, Sonobia James. Clarke, a resident of...

LBI man mysteriously vanishes in interior while on his way home

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on LBI man mysteriously vanishes in interior while on his way home

The wife, children and other relatives of 50-year-old Eustace Beveney, called ‘Buckman’, are clinging to hope that he is still alive following his mysterious disappearance in the interior two...

Prison escapee escapes on seeing girlfriend

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prison escapee escapes on seeing girlfriend

A man who escaped from the wardens at the New Amsterdam Prison while he was allowed out of the facility on an errand was recaptured on Saturday last and sent back to jail. Anand Drepersaud, 20, of...

Agricola’s housewife murder…Accused soldier warned not to contact victims’ family

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola’s housewife murder…Accused soldier warned not to contact victims’ family

The female rank of the Guyana Defence Force accused of murdering a 55-year-old housewife in Agricola in January was warned not to make any contact with the victim’s family at yesterday’s sitting...

Teenage muggers granted $100,000 bail

Mar 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teenage muggers granted $100,000 bail

Two teenage boys, who allegedly brandished an ice pick and mugged a man in the heart of the city five days ago, were each granted bail in the sum of $100,000 when they appeared before a senior...

Something more for the various associations of practitioners of the Bar to sleep on

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something more for the various associations of practitioners of the Bar to sleep on

DEAR EDITOR, Following up on my letter published in KN Wednesday, March 05, 2014 under the caption ‘How many viewers knew that the Chief Justice of Belize was also a Guyanese’, it was brought to...

An interesting story making the rounds

Mar 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on An interesting story making the rounds

DEAR EDITOR, There is an interesting story making the rounds in which former United States President Jimmy Carter is reported to have said that he believed that United States intelligence agencies...

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Jagdeo’s press conferences are about grievance rather than governance

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When it comes to political irony, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has ascended to a position... more