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Temporary fix for Parika Stelling

Mar 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Temporary fix for Parika Stelling

Rising the decking of the shaded section of the Parika Ferry Stelling, East Bank Essequibo, is imminent, since the structure and surroundings experienced flooding in January last during the spring...

Caricom Heads fear non-passage of anti-money laundering Bill

Mar 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom Heads fear non-passage of anti-money laundering Bill

Three prominent leaders of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) want to see Guyana pass the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Bill. This Bill has been languishing...

Bail for female constable on forgery charge

Mar 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bail for female constable on forgery charge

A female police constable who allegedly tried to obtain items from the Police Consumer’s Co-op Society Ltd. on credit by using a forged document was granted bail when she appeared at the Georgetown...

Teen to face judge, jury for hotelier’s murder

Mar 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen to face judge, jury for hotelier’s murder

Nineteen-year-old Brian Leitch, also known as ‘Big Foot,’ has been committed to stand trial in the High Court, for the murder of South Central Hotel’s proprietor who was found dead in one of...

Lions Club helps injured teacher

Mar 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lions Club helps injured teacher

The Lions Club of Grove/Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara on Wednesday came to the rescue of a teacher attached to the St. Gabriel’s Primary School, donating a wheelchair for her comfort. The...

The mining sector and development

Mar 21, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The mining sector and development

For most Guyanese who live on the coastlands (and that means almost ninety percent of the population), mining is outside their everyday radar. The relatively frequent killing of miners deep in our...

Correction

Mar 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Correction

The British High Commissioner to Guyana is Andrew Ayre. He has been here for almost three years. Ms Victoria Dean, who was duly appointed plenipotentiary to CARICOM, on Wednesday, was erroneously...

Single mother of four to benefit from new home

Mar 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Single mother of four to benefit from new home

….via Scotiabank, Habitat partnership As Scotiabank continues with its benevolent initiatives, a single mother of four now holds the promise of turning the keys of a new home as the bank recently...

Post mortem adds to mystery of tug captain’s death

Mar 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Post mortem adds to mystery of tug captain’s death

A post mortem on the remains of elderly tug Captain George Clarke has left his relatives with even more questions as to how his body ended up in the Mazaruni River at Iteballi, Cuyuni/Mazaruni last...

Can the AG prove that he had no involvement with the Vernon Griffith file?

Mar 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can the AG prove that he had no involvement with the Vernon Griffith file?

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to respond to Mr. Nandlall’s letter titled “Nandlall denies any relationship with jury foreman” (KN, March 19, 2014). Mr. Nandlall was responding to my missive...

How many were fooled into paying these prohibitive amounts?

Mar 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on How many were fooled into paying these prohibitive amounts?

Dear Editor, “ A remigrant should avoid importing a motor car that is more than 2000 cc unless he/she is absolutely certain that he/she can afford to pay the partial customs duty, consi.A6on tax,...

Abu Bakr attempts to make reparations a trivial event

Mar 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Abu Bakr attempts to make reparations a trivial event

Dear Editor Abu Bakr is a well-read intellect who knows his history better than most. It was therefore very perplexing to read many of the statements Abu Bakr made in his Letter to the Editor...

I am now faced with victimization from the City Council

Mar 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am now faced with victimization from the City Council

Dear Editor, I address this letter to the Honorable Minister of Local Government, Fort Street, Kingston. Dear Sir, With reference to my letter dated 27th January, 2014, informing you of illegal...

Walter Rodney CoI to begin after Easter

Mar 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Walter Rodney CoI to begin after Easter

…Will leave no stone unturned in getting to the bottom – Chairman By Latoya Giles The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry is likely to begin sometime after the Easter Holiday...

Arau plane crash…Investigators focusing attention on engine

Mar 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Arau plane crash…Investigators focusing attention on engine

Investigators are making arrangements to have the single engine of the Piper Cherokee that went down in the Arau area, Region Seven, brought to the city as part of investigations into Tuesday’s...

AG threatens Chris Ram, Stabroek News with lawsuit

Mar 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AG threatens Chris Ram, Stabroek News with lawsuit

Chartered Accountant and Attorney at Law Christopher Ram has seven days to retract a letter he penned against the Attorney General in the Stabroek News yesterday. The AG, through his legal...

Kaieteur News moves to challenge Nandlall’s injunction

Mar 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur News moves to challenge Nandlall’s injunction

Kaieteur News is moving to discharge injunctions against this newspaper, its editor Adam Harris and publisher Glenn Lall which were granted by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang in separate ex parte...

Mora teen dead as Phagwah celebrations claim another life

Mar 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mora teen dead as Phagwah celebrations claim another life

An after-Phagwah ‘hang’ in a Toyota pickup on Tuesday ended tragically with a teenager dead, several injured and a community in shock. The accident happened around 15:30hrs. It would have been...

Guyana not even considering decriminalizing marijuana – Rohee

Mar 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana not even considering decriminalizing marijuana – Rohee

By Zena Henry Government is resolute that marijuana will remain outlawed until the relevant legislation is determined. Despite earnest moves by the Caribbean Community (Caricom) towards the basis for...

Dem boys seh…Ah Kneel now tun Sue Zee

Mar 20, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Ah Kneel now tun Sue Zee

Ever since Cuba introduce dem energy saver bulb to Guyana dem shop start fuh get rid of dem bulb that use to shine bright but drive nuff heat. But at that time dem was de bulb. People use to point...

Smith, Bravo, carve through Sri Lankans

Mar 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smith, Bravo, carve through Sri Lankans

CMC – MIRPUR, Bangladesh – Dwayne Bravo rocked the top order while Sunil Narine carved through the middle as defending World T20 champions West Indies humbled Sri Lanka by 33 runs in a...

‘Lioness’ Nicolette topples former World Champion again

Mar 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Lioness’ Nicolette topples former World Champion again

“I told myself to go in there and be a lion”- Nicolette Fernandes Guyana’s world renowned squash sensation Nicolette Fernandes pranced into the second round (last 16) of the main draw at the...

GMR&SC March 23 Race Meet…The Singh siblings aiming for glory

Mar 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC March 23 Race Meet…The Singh siblings aiming for glory

When the lights go out to signal the start of the Group 2A race, fans could be assured that siblings Raj and Chet Singh will be there tussling with the opposition long after they’ve negotiated the...

Fitness Express is sole sponsor of GAPF Novice on April 6

Mar 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Express is sole sponsor of GAPF Novice on April 6

For another year and another competition, Fitness Express is on board with the Guyana Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) for the entity’s Novice competition which is set for Sunday April 6 at the...

Regal Stationery and Computer Centre softball finals set for Sunday in E’bo

Mar 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Stationery and Computer Centre softball finals set for Sunday in E’bo

The Regal Stationery and Computer Centre 12 overs softball finals will be played on Sunday at Golden Fleece ground on the Essequibo Coast. Die Hard will battle Adventure in the first semi which...

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Tennis Association applauds historic GYD $8 billion allocation to the sports sector in the 2025 National Budget

‘Govt. must come clean on gas-to-energy project’

– spending US$2B on a project without financial, environmental studies is criminality at its worst – WPA Kaieteur... more