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Two alleged jewellery thieves remanded

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two alleged jewellery thieves remanded

Two men accused of violent muggings were yesterday remanded to prison when they made their first appearance before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Seon Davis, 33, of...

Wedding house patron stabbed

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Wedding house patron stabbed

– attacker flees, victim accuses police of sloppy work A Stabroek Market vendor is currently unable to move after he was attacked and stabbed at a wedding house in Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo,...

Public Works Ministry buys motorcycles for police

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Public Works Ministry buys motorcycles for police

Eight motorcycles were purchased, through the Ministry of Public Works, for the Guyana Police Force to strengthen its traffic capability. The Works Services Group (WSG), a department that falls under...

Film Festival hosted in observation of Earth Day

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Film Festival hosted in observation of Earth Day

In a bid to promote an international movement to protect the planet and secure a sustainable and healthy future for all, Earth Day was observed yesterday as the U.S. Embassy and Castellani House...

Mark Lyte is new GTU President

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mark Lyte is new GTU President

By Leon Suseran Mark Lyte has been elected as the new Guyana Teachers’ Union President. He also won the First Vice President position after the ballots were counted on Saturday evening in...

Lone entity bids to manage water supply systems at Mabaruma, Port Kaituma

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lone entity bids to manage water supply systems at Mabaruma, Port Kaituma

There was only one bid, under Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), for the management of the water supply system Mabaruma, Region one. Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender...

Fish vendor accused of stealing cousin’s property

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fish vendor accused of stealing cousin’s property

Bail was yesterday set to the tune of $100,000 for a fish vendor who was arraigned before a senior city Magistrate for allegedly swiping a quantity of electronic appliances from his cousin. Bruce...

Blessings in disguise and collateral damage

Apr 23, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Blessings in disguise and collateral damage

There are lawful and constitutional ways in which a fair portion of the sums not approved in this year’s Budget can be restored. Both the Constitution and the Fiscal Management and Accountability...

Partisan politics placed over the lives of indigenous people – PPP

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Partisan politics placed over the lives of indigenous people – PPP

The People’s Progressive Party, through its General Secretary Clement Rohee, says that partisan politics of the combined opposition has been placed ahead of the lives and wellbeing of...

Deputy CEO not renewing contract – GECOM official

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy CEO not renewing contract – GECOM official

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) may soon be looking for a new deputy for its secretariat. Officials yesterday confirmed that Calvin Benn, the current Deputy Chief Elections Officer, has...

Miner remanded on two counts of attempted murder, four other charges

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miner remanded on two counts of attempted murder, four other charges

A 29-year-old man who was last week nabbed after police ranks prevented a robbery on an Albouystown business was yesterday taken before the city court where he was slapped with five charges....

THE AFC merely stalled government dishonesty

Apr 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE AFC merely stalled government dishonesty

Dear Editor, The Alliance For Change (AFC) would like our Indigenous brothers and sisters to know that we fully support the allocations for the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs’ Current Budget 2014,...

Reparations is not about money

Apr 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reparations is not about money

Dear Editor, Easter is a time of reflection, rebirth and renewal. Hope springs eternal. Such is the essence of reparations. And reparations are about self-restoral and self-renewal. Individual and...

Regional experts studying strategies to prevent dangerous goods trade

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Regional experts studying strategies to prevent dangerous goods trade

Regional authorities are moving to meet later this week to mull strategies to prevent dangerous goods from entering its member states. According to the CARICOM Secretariat, its Rapid Alert...

$35M inadequate for Ombudsman to conduct proper investigations

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $35M inadequate for Ombudsman to conduct proper investigations

– Opposition Leader Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, David Granger, has expressed concern over the fact that the recently approved $35M for the Ombudsman’s Office may not be...

Brazilian Naval Task Group to assess local Coast Guard

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian Naval Task Group to assess local Coast Guard

Before the Brazilian Naval Task Group visiting Guyana as part of the annual Guyana/Brazil exercise “Operation CARIBEX” leaves tomorrow, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF)’s Coast Guard will...

IAST, a victim of collateral damage

Apr 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on IAST, a victim of collateral damage

Dear Editor, I write with concern and frustration regarding the outcome of the 2014 Budget deliberations in the National Assembly. At the outset, I wish to state that I believe it is healthy for...

This is not helping Amerindians

Apr 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is not helping Amerindians

Dear Editor, I have been kept abreast with the protest, via telephone, of Amerindians in relation to the non-approval of monies in the budget purportedly identified for their development. New...

Former Kaieteur News Editor laid to rest

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Former Kaieteur News Editor laid to rest

A small group of friends and colleagues, among them the Editor in Chief of this publication, Adam Harris, gathered yesterday at Lyken’s Funeral Home to pay their final respects and for...

The Ministry of Education is doing a poor job

Apr 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Education is doing a poor job

Dear Editor, Recently, we noticed that the Minister of Education appears to be getting more and more desperate as her record of real achievement in educating the children of Guyana crumbles around...

The roads in Kwakwani

Apr 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The roads in Kwakwani

Dear Editor, A recent accident in Kwakwani brought out a very troubling fact about the community’s roads. No one can be successfully prosecuted for any traffic offence in Kwakwani because the roads...

New LIAT boss targets better services

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New LIAT boss targets better services

Antigua– The newly appointed CEO of LIAT – The Caribbean Airline – arrived from the United Kingdom on Sunday with a promise to listen to staff to determine how to improve the regional...

Nat’l Science Fair begins today in Anna Regina

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nat’l Science Fair begins today in Anna Regina

Under the theme ‘Science, Mathematics and Technology: Providing Solutions for the 21st century’ the Education Ministry will be hosting its three-day National Science, Mathematics and Technology...

Local Govt. Ministry focused on voter education

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local Govt. Ministry focused on voter education

– No word yet on date for polls By Zena Henry Minister within the Local Government Ministry, Norman Whittaker, has reiterated the government’s position on Local Government Elections,...

Vandals leave several city wards without phone services

Apr 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vandals leave several city wards without phone services

The theft of critical feeder cables over the Easter weekend has left thousands of residents in the eastern part of the city without power. According to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph...

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…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more