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Jagdeo/Kissoon libel case…Lawyer seeks to amend defence, judge to rule

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo/Kissoon libel case…Lawyer seeks to amend defence, judge to rule

Lawyers in the Jagdeo/Kissoon libel case are awaiting a decision by presiding Supreme Court Judge, Brassington Reynolds, on the amendments to the defence case. These amendments were submitted by...

Agriculture Ministry’s 2013/2020 strategic plan to focus on technological advancement

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Agriculture Ministry’s 2013/2020 strategic plan to focus on technological advancement

The Ministry of Agriculture will soon launch its 2013/2020 Strategic Plan highlighting the priority works to accelerate agricultural development and by extension Guyana, since the country is largely...

E’bo Wartsila engine repairs completed – GPL

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo Wartsila engine repairs completed – GPL

Repairs to a key generator on the Essequibo Coast are completed and there are plans to add another unit shortly, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) announced yesterday. That Region Two area has been...

IAC prepares for symposium to address suicide trend

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on IAC prepares for symposium to address suicide trend

In light of the high suicide rate in the country, the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) is looking to host a national symposium to tackle the growing issue. At a press conference held on Wednesday at...

Propagandizing will not pass the AML Bill – AFC

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Propagandizing will not pass the AML Bill – AFC

– Gov’t needs to engage Parliamentary Opposition The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill which Government is hoping to get the House’s majority vote on will...

Anti Money Laundering Bill…APNU amendments in violation of Parliamentary Standing Orders-Dr Singh

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti Money Laundering Bill…APNU amendments in violation of Parliamentary Standing Orders-Dr Singh

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh has accused the political Opposition of operating outside of the Parliamentary Standing Orders with the submissions of its amendments to the Special Select Committee...

Essequibo hosts Science, Mathematics and Technology Fair

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo hosts Science, Mathematics and Technology Fair

The Region Two Department of Education in conjunction with the Anna Regina Multilateral Secondary School, hosted a Science, Mathematics and Technology fair, yesterday. Under the theme “Providing...

EBD Public Road expansion…Contractors seek to maximize dry season

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on EBD Public Road expansion…Contractors seek to maximize dry season

Transforming the East Bank Demerara Public Road into a four-lane highway from Providence to Diamond is moving apace with contractors trying to complete as much work as possible in the dry season,...

Questions arise again over GECOM’s independence

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Questions arise again over GECOM’s independence

The question of the independence of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) may again be rearing its head as Local Government polls becomes a real possibility after more than almost two...

E’bo rice farmers continue protest action over outstanding payments

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo rice farmers continue protest action over outstanding payments

Essequibo rice farmers are resilient in their call to have an audience with the Ministry of Agriculture to air their concerns of the low prices being offered for paddy and outstanding payments owed...

Government signs another component of Trinidad land MoU

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Government signs another component of Trinidad land MoU

Government has signed another component of its initial land deal with sister Caricom country Trinidad and Tobago. The deal is intended to advance the agreement between the two countries to develop an...

Bitter sugar politics…Cane Farming Committee blazes political Opposition

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bitter sugar politics…Cane Farming Committee blazes political Opposition

The National Cane Farming Committee (NCFC) has lashed out at the political Opposition, accusing them of attempting to use the ailing sugar industry as part of their political schemes. Through a...

$5000 note rejected by some sections of the business sector

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $5000 note rejected by some sections of the business sector

-Deputy Governor insists the new note is serving its purpose The $5,000 was put into circulation on December 9, 2013. While the note has been accepted by large companies and commercial banks, shops,...

Guyanese construction worker falls to death in Trinidad

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese construction worker falls to death in Trinidad

A Guyanese man working on a house in California, Trinidad and Tobago reportedly fell to his death Wednesday, news reports said. The deceased was identified as Junior Sammy, who had been staying at...

Chikungunya virus reaches South America

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chikungunya virus reaches South America

— Guyana prepared to act accordingly says Vector Control Director Even as the local Health Ministry remains on heightened alert for the Chikungunya virus, recent reports out of the European Centre...

Cuban Five…René González refused visa to enter UK

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban Five…René González refused visa to enter UK

Just a few hours before he was due to fly from Havana to London, René González, was refused a visa to enter the UK, according to President of the Guyana/Cuba Solidarity Movement (GCSM) Haleem Khan....

Key witness takes stand in Tain murder trial

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Key witness takes stand in Tain murder trial

Legal arguments continue to dominate the murder trial of the two Corentyne men accused of murdering another. A key prosecution witness was on the stand, yesterday. On trial for the capital offence...

Repeat offender jailed for burglary

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Repeat offender jailed for burglary

Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday handed down a 24 -month jail sentence to 32 year- old Patrick Smith of Lot 1 Dennis Street Turkeyen Sophia, after he was found guilty of break and enter and larceny...

Duo to face retrial for murder of Mahaica rice farmer

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Duo to face retrial for murder of Mahaica rice farmer

A deadlock on the part of the jury has resulted in the High Court retrial of Shawn Thom and Orin David called ‘Plait Hair or Malik’, who were both facing the court for the August, 2010 murder of...

$400 robbery defendant gets $100,000 bail

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $400 robbery defendant gets $100,000 bail

A West Ruimveldt man who allegedly robbed his former prison buddy of $400 at knife point was placed on $100,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate...

ImmigrationINFO…Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@GailLaw.com

ImmigrationINFO…Attorney Gail S. Seeram, [email protected]

Mar 15, 2014 KNews News 1

Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have a question that you would like answered in...

Exploitation of East Coast commuters must stop

Mar 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exploitation of East Coast commuters must stop

DEAR EDITOR, It is with great apprehension that I write about the exploitation faced by commuters when using public transportation for the East Coast Demerara route after coming off work at 16:15hrs...

Knock, but please don’t knock-out the sugar industry

Mar 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Knock, but please don’t knock-out the sugar industry

DEAR EDITOR, For quite some time now, the media has been replete with knocks to the sugar industry. Most of these appear well-founded, logical and sensible, but certainly not so the recent call for...

A Guyanese Phagwah is sheer joy

Mar 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Guyanese Phagwah is sheer joy

DEAR EDITOR, Phagwah or Holi is one of the more popular festivals in Guyana, where people of virtually all the ethnic groups and religious backgrounds partake in the festivities. I have very fond...

Unnecessarily aggressive attitudes and great injustice

Mar 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unnecessarily aggressive attitudes and great injustice

DEAR EDITOR, I read with grief and pity the treatment that Ms. Ali Williams received from traffic ranks at the Providence Police Station, East Bank Demerara. I wonder how much is being taught at the...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more