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Downward draft, other elements probed in Kurupung ‘hard landing’

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Downward draft, other elements probed in Kurupung ‘hard landing’

Investigators are examining a report of a possible down draft along with other elements, to ascertain what may have caused a ‘hard landing’ involving an aircraft belonging to one of the local air...

THE NATIONAL GRADE SIX ASSESSMENT

May 20, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE NATIONAL GRADE SIX ASSESSMENT

One of the good news emerging last week concerned the release of the results of the National Grade Six Assessment. This exam which is written in April is the main examination that determines how...

GTC/GT&T pensioners plight to engage Parliament

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GTC/GT&T pensioners plight to engage Parliament

The plight of several pensioners in a struggle to receive their benefits from the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) will be engaging the attention of Parliament when it...

First time twins for Essequibo

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on First time twins for Essequibo

The birth of twin calves to an 11-year-old cow has brought a sense of pride to seasoned Essequibo cash crop farmer, Alvin Jones. Jones, of Anna Regina now intends to take extra care of both his twin...

Tacama shooting…Lieutenant accidentally shot self, recruit

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tacama shooting…Lieutenant accidentally shot self, recruit

– relative, army sources As army officials continue to investigate Sunday’s shooting of Lieutenant Othneil Hope and recruit, Vernon Harding, at Tacama, Berbice, army sources and relatives of...

Millions committed to expand East Coast Dialysis Centre

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Millions committed to expand East Coast Dialysis Centre

– various health services to be offered A pledge of $100 million has been made to the Doobay Medical Centre to facilitate expansion of the Annandale East Coast Demerara dialysis facility. This...

Drugs in local agro-products concerns Canadian buyers

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Drugs in local agro-products concerns Canadian buyers

Canadian agro buyers are concerned about the prevalence of drug finds inside shipments of Guyanese food products. In fact, this has limited the numbers of Canadian buyers who participated in a...

Erratic airport passenger threw shoes, other items at security during tantrum

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Erratic airport passenger threw shoes, other items at security during tantrum

Security personnel at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport may have got more than they bargained for on Saturday when they tried to tell an alleged mentally unstable woman that she could not board...

NCN gets new CEO

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NCN gets new CEO

The National Communications Network Incorporated (NCN) has announced that Ms. Molly Rampersaud-Hassan is its newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Ms. Hassan commenced duties yesterday. Ms....

GPL rations power as two Wartsila engines go down

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL rations power as two Wartsila engines go down

With consumers’ patience wearing thin over an increase in outages in recent weeks, the state’s power company yesterday disclosed that it was forced to cut electricity to a number of communities...

The usual suspects: An apology to the PPP

May 20, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The usual suspects: An apology to the PPP

I received an e-mail from the PPP that stated that the contents of my Thursday column were “totally inaccurate.” After providing me with a plethora of details I was asked to “make the record...

President commissions $7M bleacher at Burnham Park

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President commissions $7M bleacher at Burnham Park

By Leon Suseran After being dormant and neglected for a number of years, Burnham Park, New Amsterdam, which was once one of the premiere sporting venues in Guyana, saw a grand re-commissioning...

Govt to take ‘comprehensive approach’ for supplementary funding—Dr. Luncheon

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt to take ‘comprehensive approach’ for supplementary funding—Dr. Luncheon

‘They want to be able to tell the populace, you are suffering because of the opposition,’ — Greenidge By Abena Rockcliffe The probability of the budgetary allocations which were set aside for...

Another maternity death rocks New Amsterdam Hospital

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Another maternity death rocks New Amsterdam Hospital

Despite the proliferation of doctors in the health system, persons continue to die and the situation points to carelessness. A young mother is now dead and relatives are screaming negligence on the...

GPHC training second batch of Critical Care Nurses

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC training second batch of Critical Care Nurses

– as anticipated accreditation of programme nears A batch of 14 nurses from various hospitals is currently students of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC’)s Critical Care...

Guyana needs a sex offenders’ registry – Nicole Cole

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana needs a sex offenders’ registry – Nicole Cole

By Latoya Giles Child Rights Activist, Nicole Cole, has said that there needs to be an operating sexual offenders’ registry in Guyana. Cole has been very vocal ever since several sex allegations...

GPHC Emergency Medical Services deemed a success

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC Emergency Medical Services deemed a success

By Romila Boodram The recently launched Emergency Medical Services (EMS) programme by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been described as a blessing by Wendy Gill, a woman who...

Berbice Bridge toll reduction… Opposition will chase away investors … says Rohee

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge toll reduction… Opposition will chase away investors … says Rohee

“The action of the opposition with regard to the Berbice River Bridge is political and intended to chase away investors. Without such partnerships the bridge would not have been realized in the...

Bamboo man in court for murder

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bamboo man in court for murder

Robert Luke, a resident of Bamboo Creek, North Rupununi faced Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, yesterday, charged for the murder of his childhood...

Court regular charged with rape

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Court regular charged with rape

An East Bank Berbice man has been charged again for a sexual offences matter. This time he is charged with rape. Sheldon Edwards, a cane harvester of Pepper Street, Heathburn Village, East Bank...

Human trafficking is real in Guyana

May 20, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Human trafficking is real in Guyana

Up until a year ago Guyana prided itself on being clean of any accusation that it supported human trafficking. A decade ago when this issue reared its ugly head Guyana was angry that the United...

Food for the Poor donates paint

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Food for the Poor donates paint

Food for the Poor Guyana Incorporated, last week, donated several gallons of paint to a number of households in Onderneeming, La Parfaite Harmonie and Belle West village, West Bank Demerara. The...

Fyrish pensioner found dead in his yard

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fyrish pensioner found dead in his yard

….daughter-in-law disappears A Courtland, Fyrish man was found dead yesterday morning in the yard of the house in which he lived Lot 514 Hampshire Street. The lifeless body of Herbie Hercules,...

Those contentious Berbice River Bridge toll charges

May 20, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those contentious Berbice River Bridge toll charges

DEAR EDITOR, Another brouhaha has broken out in Parliament, and this time it’s an attempt by the opposition majority to get the tolls charged by the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI)...

The other normalcy

May 20, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The other normalcy

DEAR EDITOR, We have all browsed the media ads on academic opportunity as guides to the current requirements for jobs and the possibility for higher Education. I have never before read an ad that...

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