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Miners on bail after stealing raw gold

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miners on bail after stealing raw gold

Two miners accused of stealing two ounces of raw gold were on Wednesday placed on $300,000 bail each by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Wesley Morrison, 42, of Belfield Housing Scheme and...

$Investigation continues into fracas at New Amsterdam prison$

Investigation continues into fracas at New Amsterdam prison

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Investigation continues into fracas at New Amsterdam prison

Investigation is continuing into last Friday afternoon’s fracas during which four high profile remand prisoners were brutally chopped and burnt by fellow inmates. The violence broke out around...

Eusi Kwayana denies that WPA helped Gregory Smith to leave Guyana

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Eusi Kwayana denies that WPA helped Gregory Smith to leave Guyana

– describes Smith’s book as “fiction to escape guilt” By Latoya Giles Veteran political activist Eusi Kwayana yesterday sought to discredit a book written by the late Gregory Smith...

Police, Prison authorities find more weapons at New Amsterdam Prison

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police, Prison authorities find more weapons at New Amsterdam Prison

As investigation continues into the brutal chopping of the four prisoners in the New Amsterdam Prison on Friday by a fellow inmate, authorities have upped their surveillance and searches of the penal...

High Energy costs stifling Caribbean competitiveness

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on High Energy costs stifling Caribbean competitiveness

“We are very good at analysis; but we need to become excellent at practice. We know what needs to be done; and we just need to do it,”- CDB President Dr. William Warren Smith By Kiana Wilburg...

“Report all fever cases” – Chief Medical Officer warns

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Report all fever cases” – Chief Medical Officer warns

— as Guyana tackles first cases of Chikungunya virus Although it is seen as an unorthodox public health threat in this part of the world, the Chikungunya virus which has in recent times been...

Linden school child fails to wake up

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden school child fails to wake up

A second form student of the Mackenzie High school was on Tuesday rushed to the Mackenzie Hospital Complex after efforts to awaken her proved futile. The family had taken a trip to Georgetown over...

Insurance companies accused of taking advantage of policy holders

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Insurance companies accused of taking advantage of policy holders

…lawyers say they intend to take immediate legal action Attorneys-at-Law Charles S. Ramson and Sanjeev Datadin have lashed out at the Insurance Companies for a recent practice where Insurance...

Drug bust in Caribbean Sea nets US$388 million in cocaine

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Drug bust in Caribbean Sea nets US$388 million in cocaine

The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says that its Office of Air and Marine aircraft while on night patrol in the Caribbean seized 93 bales of cocaine weighing more than 5,180...

ILO building a future with decent work

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ILO building a future with decent work

Labour migration, employment strategies, strengthening ILO Convention 29 on forced labour, and facilitating transitions from the informal to the formal economy are the priority items on the agenda of...

Govt still to adjust to 2014 Budget Cuts – Nandlall

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt still to adjust to 2014 Budget Cuts – Nandlall

Attorney General Anil Nandlall commenting on the 2014 Budget cuts which have left certain entities now feeling the brunt of the cuts outlined that a specific procedure by government has not been...

Govt. threatens to increase fertilizer quota as farmers face high prices

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. threatens to increase fertilizer quota as farmers face high prices

The Ministry of Agriculture says it will be moving to release fertilizer at a cheaper price in an effort to stop price gouging. Defending the move, the Ministry said that last year, it imported...

Too much illegal guns in the Region – UN official

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Too much illegal guns in the Region – UN official

– as locals undergoing training to combat trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives “The United States is not in a position to lecture anyone on how to prevent illicit firearms...

Date for banning the use of Styrofoam extended

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Date for banning the use of Styrofoam extended

The June 2014 deadline for restricting the importation of Styrofoam containers in Guyana has been shifted to a date to be announced later. The restriction may not be challenging since local companies...

Dog handler charged with Ogle Airport drug bust

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dog handler charged with Ogle Airport drug bust

A 24-year-old Police Detective yesterday appeared before the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court charged in connection with the drug bust at the Ogle International Airport on May 21 last. Ian Johnson, a...

The “yes” people, the “no” people and “De Donald”

May 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The “yes” people, the “no” people and “De Donald”

Will we get anyway in the stalemate in the body politic of this sad nation aggravated by the arrogation of total power by a minority government? The scenario is a pessimistic one. Two possible...

A GOOD IDEA WHICH CAN BE MADE BETTER

May 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A GOOD IDEA WHICH CAN BE MADE BETTER

The government has established or plans to establish an Internal Audit Department as a means of ensuring greater accountability and in order also to reduce the incidence of fraud and public...

GT&T donates $500,000 to SaraswatiVidyaNiketan science lab project

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T donates $500,000 to SaraswatiVidyaNiketan science lab project

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has made a $500,000 donation to the SaraswatiVidyaNiketan, a not-for-profit secondary educational institution located at Cornelia Ida, West Coast...

LGBT get poor treatment at police stations, hospitals – UNDP Analyst

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on LGBT get poor treatment at police stations, hospitals – UNDP Analyst

By Leon Suseran United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Analyst in Guyana, Trevon Benn, who holds responsibility for HIV work for UNDP, has stated that while prevalence of HIV has gone down in...

Minibus conductor, businessman charged for drug possession

May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus conductor, businessman charged for drug possession

A minibus conductor of Victoria, East Coast Demerara and a businessman from East Ruimveldt, Georgetown were yesterday remanded to prison, after they appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore on...

Genuine dialogue

May 29, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Genuine dialogue

Dialogue is both a kind of conversation and a way of relating. It is a communication process in which participants may say or hear something they never said or heard before, and from which they may...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more