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Work permit revocation…It means Mr. Bradbury is to leave with immediate effect – Rohee

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Work permit revocation…It means Mr. Bradbury is to leave with immediate effect – Rohee

“The letter that he received, I think mentioned with immediate effect, so if Mr. Bradbury remains here and continues to work here, he is obviously violating the immigration laws of Guyana and he...

Report warns of negative impacts of hydro dams in Amazon basin…Bankers, contractors will hog benefits

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Report warns of negative impacts of hydro dams in Amazon basin…Bankers, contractors will hog benefits

A new report has indicated that a staggering 400-plus hydro-power dams will be built in the Amazon basin, including two planned for Guyana. It would potentially lead to the “end of free-flowing...

Town Clerk locks Mayor out of office

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Town Clerk locks Mayor out of office

– forces Councillors to hold meeting in compound By Zena Henry The meaning of extraordinary was perfectly exhibited yesterday as City Hall’s Mayor and Councillors sat in the blazing afternoon...

Prisoner mysteriously vanishes from La Grange lock-ups

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner mysteriously vanishes from La Grange lock-ups

Police on the West Coast of Demerara got the shock of their lives yesterday morning when they turned up at La Grange Police Station to collect an armed robbery and burglary suspect for court, only to...

Finance Minister can be jailed for illegal spending – Greenidge

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister can be jailed for illegal spending – Greenidge

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will be pursuing the illegal spending by Government as far as the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). This is according to APNU’s Financial...

Pensioner rescued from burning home

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner rescued from burning home

A 73 -year-old man is now thankful to neighbours who saved him from being burned to death yesterday afternoon. Dhanpaul, called ‘Father Bull’, was luckily pulled from his Lot 99 Onion Field, La...

Dem boys seh…Rohee forget who put dem in office

May 07, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rohee forget who put dem in office

There is a saying, not what goes in a man defiles him but what comes out of him. Rohee defile heself nuff time. Sometimes he does try fuh talk fat, but instead he does talk faat. Irfaat is de same...

Albouystown business community praises police

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown business community praises police

By Kiana Wilburg The “Impact Albouystown Project” which initially saw some opposition from some quarters is now being lauded by members of the business community who expressed that they have seen...

Bail for man who stabbed another during drunken brawl

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bail for man who stabbed another during drunken brawl

Bail was yesterday set to the tune of $50,000 for a pensioner/watchman who during his first court hearing admitted to pelting a knife at a drunken man who was reportedly taunting him. Seeraj Sookraj...

Remand prisoner files motion to quash murder committal

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Remand prisoner files motion to quash murder committal

Attorney at Law Mursaline Bacchus has successfully petitioned the High Court to grant an order Nisi to compel Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo and the prosecution to show cause why a murder committal...

US Ambassador remains “committed” to LEAD project

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US Ambassador remains “committed” to LEAD project

US Ambassador D. Brent Hardt says that he remains “committed” to the Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project that was launched here but which the Guyana Government has rejected. The US envoy made...

Male sex worker remanded for violently “robbing” customer

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Male sex worker remanded for violently “robbing” customer

A senior city Magistrate yesterday remanded a male sex worker to prison after he was brought before her to face a robbery charge. Twenty seven-year-old Junior Millard, also known as “Alicia” of...

Health sector must guard against complacency to retain gains – Minister

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Health sector must guard against complacency to retain gains – Minister

Although the local health sector has been making noticeable strides in the quest to ensure that a wide cross-section of the population remains healthy, there is need for more attention to be directed...

Mocha 9-year-old’s rape/murder…Accused engaged in forceful sexual exercise

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mocha 9-year-old’s rape/murder…Accused engaged in forceful sexual exercise

– medical examiner General Practitioner Dr. Mohan Persaud told the court yesterday that he had examined Charles Cush and Jevon Wharton after they were arrested for their alleged involvement in...

Granger’s position on LEAD project is against sovereignty – Rohee

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Granger’s position on LEAD project is against sovereignty – Rohee

Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger has been criticized by General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Clement Rohee for APNU’s support of the...

Haslington New Scheme attack…Wanted bulletin issued for wounded woman’s lover

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Haslington New Scheme attack…Wanted bulletin issued for wounded woman’s lover

Four days after the brutal death of fisherman Chetram Bharrat, police have issued a wanted bulletin for the man who was involved in a relationship with his wife. Police in a press release yesterday...

Police detective’s murder….Soiled carpet tendered into evidence before court

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police detective’s murder….Soiled carpet tendered into evidence before court

The carpet and sheet, in which the body of Police Detective Igris Bobb-Blackman was reportedly found wrapped and thrown into a septic tank, were tendered into evidence before the court yesterday,...

US envoy hands over automated fingerprinting equipment to Guyana

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US envoy hands over automated fingerprinting equipment to Guyana

– diplomatic spat downplayed US Ambassador D. Brent Hardt and Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday downplayed the escalating diplomatic spat between the two countries, as the US envoy...

Security guard indicted for alleged litterbug’s murder

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard indicted for alleged litterbug’s murder

A 53-year-old security guard was yesterday indicted before a senior Magistrate for the alleged stabbing to death of another man at a city premises. Kelvin Chisholm appeared before Chief Magistrate...

High court bail for narco-traders sends the wrong message – Rohee

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on High court bail for narco-traders sends the wrong message – Rohee

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee, who is also the Minister of Home Affairs, is questioning whether the court is being as stern as it should be with matters...

Upgrades for access roads, bridges in Region Four

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Upgrades for access roads, bridges in Region Four

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the upgrading of access roads and bridges – Caricom Development Bank Lot Three – Laluni all-weather...

THE PREQUALIFICATION CRITERIA MAY BE LEGALLY CHALLENGED

May 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PREQUALIFICATION CRITERIA MAY BE LEGALLY CHALLENGED

Three experts have been identified to examine the bids for prequalification status for companies wishing to supply pharmaceuticals to the government. These experts must not be made into political...

Cocaine in SSS tonic…Father says son out of danger

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine in SSS tonic…Father says son out of danger

– CANU speaks of “new form of trafficking” By Zena Henry and Romila Boodram Jamal Waterman, one of the five persons who unwittingly ingested the contents of a bottle labelled SSS tonic,...

Toshao allegedly rapes daughter, 10

May 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Toshao allegedly rapes daughter, 10

A Toshao of a Region One Village has reportedly confessed to raping and impregnating his 10-year-old daughter. Kaieteur News understands that the girl was taken to the area hospital after she fell...

Peeping Tom’s hypocrisy knows no bounds

May 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Peeping Tom’s hypocrisy knows no bounds

Dear Editor, Peeping Tom’s article of May 4, titled, “A Price to Pay”, is a strident defence of the government’s opposition to the LEAD project, but it is also based on several false...