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Crime Chief pleads for patience as Colwyn Harding file back with police

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Crime Chief pleads for patience as Colwyn Harding file back with police

Crime Chief Leslie James yesterday confirmed that police are again in possession of the Colwyn Harding file, and pleaded for patience while reassuring that results of the investigation will be known...

Nevis seeks support from Guyana to set-up Haemodialysis Unit

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nevis seeks support from Guyana to set-up Haemodialysis Unit

Guyana’s health care service, particularly as it relates to the delivery of haemodialysis, is a model to be emulated. At least this is the conviction of Minister of Health of Nevis, Mark...

Govt. distributes pesticide storage cabinets for suicide-prone areas

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. distributes pesticide storage cabinets for suicide-prone areas

Government has launched a pilot project that will supply 150 pesticide users with storage cabinets this year, with focus especially in areas of high suicide rates. During the programme launched at...

The Caribbean Region is not energy poor – CDB President

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The Caribbean Region is not energy poor – CDB President

– Member states urged to transition to new energy paradigm By Kiana Wilburg After establishing that high energy prices remain the primary source of the Caribbean’s uncompetitiveness,...

Abducted nine-day-old baby…Woman held by police is not the kidnapper – parents

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Abducted nine-day-old baby…Woman held by police is not the kidnapper – parents

Police were forced to release a woman after the parents of the abducted nine-day-old infant informed them that she was not the one who disappeared with their baby last Saturday from the Port Mourant...

NICIL is a destructive Stockfeeds shareholder- Badal

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL is a destructive Stockfeeds shareholder- Badal

“It is time that Brassington be removed and a forensic audit carried out” Robert Badal, the principal owner of Guyana Stockfeeds Inc. (GSI) has labeled the National Industrial and Commercial...

Guyana/US ink agreement on narcotics control, law enforcement

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana/US ink agreement on narcotics control, law enforcement

Guyana and the United States of America yesterday signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) on Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement that would see the nation receiving US$850,000 (G$170M). The LOA was...

Kwayana says evidence suggests that Gregory Smith was responsible

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Kwayana says evidence suggests that Gregory Smith was responsible

– admits act could have been committed by either of mass-based parties By Latoya Giles Veteran Political Activist and Member of the Working People’s Alliance Eusi Kwayana said yesterday that...

Works Ministry, drivers agree on restoration of damaged infrastructure

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Works Ministry, drivers agree on restoration of damaged infrastructure

The Ministry of Public Works through its highway lighting maintenance programme has restored transformers in areas where drivers “accidentally” drove into lamp poles, effectively destroying the...

Blacklisting damage will not be reversed overnight – Finance Minister

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Blacklisting damage will not be reversed overnight – Finance Minister

By Kiana Wilburg Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, says the political opposition is solely responsible for the damage done by an advisory issued yesterday by the Caribbean Financial Action Task...

Dr. Denzil Douglas is new CDB Chairman

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Denzil Douglas is new CDB Chairman

The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Denzil Douglas who also serves as the Minister of Finance of his country was appointed the new Chairman of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)...

BK trains young people in mining, construction

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on BK trains young people in mining, construction

…offers SKYE Apprentices six-month programme The BK Group commenced training for 20 young people from the Skills and Knowledge for Youth Empowerment (SKYE) initiative, on Wednesday. This is the...

Alleged hit-and-run driver indicted for fisherman’s death

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged hit-and-run driver indicted for fisherman’s death

… granted conditional bail on four charges Three days after the fatal accident which resulted in the death of an East Coast Demerara fisherman, a 22-year-old driver was yesterday brought before the...

Stray catcher charged for stealing from Home Affairs Ministry

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Stray catcher charged for stealing from Home Affairs Ministry

Bail was yesterday set to the tune of $30,000 for an East Coast Demerara man who was brought before the city court to be indicted for allegedly stealing from the Ministry of Home Affairs last week....

Untergang in 2016

May 30, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Untergang in 2016

Since I saw the German movie, “Untergang” (one of the best movies on Hitler; maybe the best) about the final period of Adolf Hitler’s reign, I liked the term (it means “downfall,”). I have...

Degrees of desperation are infinite

May 30, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Degrees of desperation are infinite

An English novelist once said, “We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.” This is indeed true. The so-called “root of all evil” – the love of money – continues to...

Courts now authorized distributor of Ashley Furniture Brand

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Courts now authorized distributor of Ashley Furniture Brand

Courts Guyana Inc is now the authorized dealers of “The Ashley Furniture Brand” which is being touted as America’s number one furnishing brand. A formal ceremony was held at Courts Main Street...

Taxi driver gets three years, fined for drug trafficking

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver gets three years, fined for drug trafficking

A 34-year-old taxi driver has been sentenced to three years imprisonment after he was yesterday found guilty of drug trafficking by city Magistrate Judy Latchman. At the conclusion of Leron...

Market porter gets six months for snatching bicycle

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Market porter gets six months for snatching bicycle

A repeat offender was yesterday given his second theft-related jail term after he confessed to a city Magistrate that he had stolen a bicycle. Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry sentenced...

US-based maid indicted for cocaine in fish

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US-based maid indicted for cocaine in fish

A United States-based maid who was nabbed on board an outgoing flight destined for New York was yesterday brought before the courts to be indicted for drug trafficking following the discovery of a...

Bond worker faces court for swiping millions in milk powder

May 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bond worker faces court for swiping millions in milk powder

A bond worker, who along with his three sons, was allegedly caught on camera carting off millions of dollars in milk powder from an Industrial Site bond was yesterday taken before the city court and...

Guyana will survive the sanctions

May 30, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana will survive the sanctions

Guyana is not an island. Even if it were, it could not stand alone. It is part of the world and there are certain things that it is obligated to do as member of the international community. Ever...

We condemn the hijacking of Independence celebration

May 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We condemn the hijacking of Independence celebration

Dear Editor, Over the past decades, residents of Region Five, from as far as Mahaica to Ithaca, no matter race, religion, status, sex or political affiliations will come together in celebrating...

Does Mr. Freddie Kissoon stands with us or against us?

May 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does Mr. Freddie Kissoon stands with us or against us?

Dear Editor, I refer to Freddie Kissoon’s letter captioned “I can’t recall seeing Sherod Duncan in the protest but”, published in your news papers on May 25, 2014. Firstly, I believe that Mr....

No intelligent businessman would invest in cane at Skeldon

May 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on No intelligent businessman would invest in cane at Skeldon

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to Mr E. B. John’s letter at page 4 of Kaieteur News Saturday 24th of May, 2014, captioned Private Cane Farmers to the Rescue. Mr. John, I agree with...

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