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Sophia culvert to be completed by month-end

May 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia culvert to be completed by month-end

The construction of a critical culvert in ‘B’ Field, Sophia, which is geared to improve linkage with Guyhoc Park, will be completed by this month end. According to Kelvin Clarke, Design Engineer...

Dr Misir tenders resignation from UG to pursue other interests

May 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dr Misir tenders resignation from UG to pursue other interests

“I was anxious to leave more than a year ago,” said Dr Prem Misir yesterday during a press conference venued in his office to officially announce his resignation as Pro-Chancellor of the...

Late income tax returns will attract penalties – GRA

May 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Late income tax returns will attract penalties – GRA

Self employed persons are not exempt For those persons who have missed the April 30 deadline to file their tax returns, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has set up tax sites so that individuals...

Parliament in major project to go “paperless”

May 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament in major project to go “paperless”

– new website to host records of proceedings, documents The National Assembly of Guyana, recognising the importance of the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in ensuring that...

Electrocuted lad…GPL’s silence hurts family…says Power Company heartless

May 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Electrocuted lad…GPL’s silence hurts family…says Power Company heartless

“Heartless” was the word used yesterday by family members of the nine-year-old lad who was electrocuted by way of an exposed Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL), wire to describe the power...

STARR Computers introduces Samsung Smart School

May 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on STARR Computers introduces Samsung Smart School

Many governments around the globe are building their education investment roadmaps aligned to the digitized classroom initiative. In Guyana, STARR Computers in collaboration with technology giant,...

MACORP launches new excavators

May 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MACORP launches new excavators

The Machinery Corporation (Guyana) Limited (MACORP), on Thursday officially launched the New D2 series of hydraulics excavator here in Guyana. At the company’s Providence, East Coast Demerara...

MOH/PAHO team vaccinates 150 in Baracara, Canje

May 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MOH/PAHO team vaccinates 150 in Baracara, Canje

A high level medical team from the Ministry of Health visited the riverain community of Baracara, Canje River recently as part of Immunization Week activities in Region Six. Baracara is located...

Gold miner crashes on Essequibo Public Road

May 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miner crashes on Essequibo Public Road

A 32-year-old Charity gold miner is a patient at the Suddie Public Hospital after the car he was driving, PSS 807, collided with a flock of sheep on the Devonshire-Castle Public Road, Thursday night....

All are equal, but some are more equal

May 10, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on All are equal, but some are more equal

Just under a fortnight ago, a policeman in pursuit of people who allegedly robbed a relative, pulled a young man from whatever he was doing and proceeded to shoot him in the mouth. Of course, the...

Mother of five attempts to smuggle cocaine in cosmetics- court hears

May 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of five attempts to smuggle cocaine in cosmetics- court hears

Sandra Daniels, a forty- eight year –old mother of five from Dennis Street, Sophia, was remanded to prison, after she attempted to smuggle cocaine to Spain via the Guyana Post Office Corporation....

This officer at the Providence Station is very disrespectful

May 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This officer at the Providence Station is very disrespectful

DEAR EDITOR, I am a self-employed businessman and reside at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara. I am the owner and driver of a minibus (number provided). During the month of March...

African Guyanese solutions: Getting to the underlying causes of the problem

May 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on African Guyanese solutions: Getting to the underlying causes of the problem

DEAR EDITOR, A journalist recently asked for my ideas on African Guyanese revitalization, a theme of Cuffy 250, an African Guyanese organization to which I belong. My first response was that to get...

A barbaric, terrorist act of which I utterly condemn

May 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A barbaric, terrorist act of which I utterly condemn

DEAR EDITOR, I stared with sadness and disgust at the horrible news of nearly 300 hundred school girls abducted on April 14, 2014 in Nigeria’s North-Eastern Borno State, West Coast Africa, as...

Finally someone from the masses will rule India

May 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Finally someone from the masses will rule India

DEAR EDITOR, There is something electrifying about the rise of Narendra Modi from the son of a tea seller to most likely the next Prime Minister of the world largest democracy. Indian politics has...

Did the PPP sign a deal similar to the Brazil-Paraguay Itaipu hydro rip-off?

May 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did the PPP sign a deal similar to the Brazil-Paraguay Itaipu hydro rip-off?

DEAR EDITOR, The opposition must examine this deal the PPP has signed with Brazil to develop hydropower near the Guyana-Brazil border. The PPP must publicly produce the details of this deal to the...