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Life jackets for Mahaicony Creek students

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Life jackets for Mahaicony Creek students

Authorities are continuing their campaign to educate boat users on the safe use of the country’s waterways with a team visiting the Mahaicony Creek area on Wednesday. A team of officers from...

Police officers graduate from FBI interview courses

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police officers graduate from FBI interview courses

Proper interrogation is one of the keys to crime solving, and the Guyana Police Force has been greatly enhanced in this area after 35 senior officers received specialized training from the Federal...

Revised Education Bill gets attention in Parliament

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Revised Education Bill gets attention in Parliament

Designed to address, among other things, the quality of education at all levels, even within public and private educational institutions, a revised Education Bill was on Thursday tabled for the first...

Prison officers detained after ganja found in Camp Street jail

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prison officers detained after ganja found in Camp Street jail

Two prison officers were in custody last night for allegedly trying to smuggle over 500 grammes of marijuana into the Camp Street jail. A senior prison official reportedly found the marijuana and a...

Guyana open doors to investors developing local aviation- NY Consul General

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana open doors to investors developing local aviation- NY Consul General

Guyana’s aviation sector is abuzz and the government is opening the door to any investor seeking to boost the local sector. This is according to Brentnol Evans, Guyana’s Consul General in New...

High operating costs contribute to low gold declarations – Region Eight Chairman

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on High operating costs contribute to low gold declarations – Region Eight Chairman

Several theories have surfaced since it was announced that gold declarations have declined for this year, but undeniable factors pertaining to ground operations and sustainability are being...

CCJ ruling forces Guyana Govt. to amend environment tax law

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ ruling forces Guyana Govt. to amend environment tax law

By Gary Eleazar A recent ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has forced the hand of the Guyana Government to again attempt to amend the Customs Act in order to remove a discriminatory...

Unapproved Govt. spending… Chief Justice cannot authorize Minister to spend from Coffers – Greenidge

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Unapproved Govt. spending… Chief Justice cannot authorize Minister to spend from Coffers – Greenidge

The Constitution of Guyana is clear when it comes to how Government can spend monies from the National coffers. This is according to A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Chief Financial...

CDB assessing achievements of US$ 9.6 M TVET project

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CDB assessing achievements of US$ 9.6 M TVET project

After plugging the lion’s share in terms of funding into a Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) project, which was implemented a few years ago, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)...

Death of four-year-old at GPHC…Mother suing hospital for negligence

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Death of four-year-old at GPHC…Mother suing hospital for negligence

In what can be described as an unprecedented move, Nathalie Caseley has retained a lawyer in her quest to be compensated for the untimely demise of her four-year-old son, Jaden Mars, at the...

Insel Air enters Guyana’s market with eastern flights

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Insel Air enters Guyana’s market with eastern flights

With plans to widen the Guyana market to Europe and far reaching eastern destinations, Curacao-based airline, Insel Air is creating a new dispensation in local travel, business connections and...

Local Government laws need changing before elections considered– M&CC Councilor

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local Government laws need changing before elections considered– M&CC Councilor

Even though Guyana has not held Local Government Elections over 20 years now and there is mounting pressure for such elections to be held, Georgetown City Councilor, Gladstone George, is contending...

Port Mourant Ophthalmology hospital fire electrical in origin – source

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Port Mourant Ophthalmology hospital fire electrical in origin – source

A fire said to be electrical in origin on Thursday morning destroyed a section of the Port Mourant Ophthalmology Hospital causing millions of dollars in damages. A unit of the Rose Hall Fire service...

City Council continues to spend money without approval – Deputy Mayor

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Council continues to spend money without approval – Deputy Mayor

While there has been much debate about the authority of Town Clerk (ag), Carol Sooba, to spend money without the permission of the council, city officials continue to express concerns about the...

Robbers slash painter’s throat, steal jewellery

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Robbers slash painter’s throat, steal jewellery

Bandits left a 30-year-old painter battling for his life yesterday evening after slashing his throat and robbing him of a gold band and chain. Police identified the victim as Shafeek Mohamed, of Lot...

New Amsterdam Prison coughs up more illegal items

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Prison coughs up more illegal items

Even with more frequent searches and heightened surveillance at the New Amsterdam Prisons a number of illegal items are still being found within the precincts of the Penitentiary. After finding a...

Suicide—a national scourge

Jun 21, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Suicide—a national scourge

Guyana has been attracting global attention for the wrong reason. Most recently, an international agency concluded that Guyana has the highest per capita suicide rate in the world. Guyana has a...

Retired policeman dies after slamming into parked car

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Retired policeman dies after slamming into parked car

Police are investigating the death of a 58-year-old retired policeman who died around 23:30 hrs Thursday after slamming into the open door of a parked car at Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara...

GPHC refuses accident victim – says relatives

Jun 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC refuses accident victim – says relatives

The family of Essequibo accident victim, 25-year-old Munera Khan, is annoyed at the treatment meted out to the injured young woman. Relatives have disclosed that Khan, who was transferred to the...

Freddie Kissoon and the column of the street

Jun 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon and the column of the street

DEAR EDITOR, No Guyanese newspaper columnist in recent times has personified and combined the impulses of social activism, and figure of controversy than Freddie Kissoon. He has contributed more than...

Police harassment at the Harbour Bridge

Jun 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police harassment at the Harbour Bridge

DEAR EDITOR, On Thursday, 19th June, 2014 myself and family attended a wake in Georgetown. We crossed the Demerara Harbour Bridge from the western end around 20.30 hours. When crossing the police...

The PPP/C cannot easily be defeated at any new elections

Jun 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C cannot easily be defeated at any new elections

DEAR EDITOR, I recently read on the internet, a letter written by Dr. Asquith Rose and Harish S. Singh, which was published on May 5 in the Stabroek News under the caption “PPP Government cannot...

It’s time we stop the beating of children in our schools

Jun 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s time we stop the beating of children in our schools

DEAR EDITOR, It is good that the Government has decided to table legislation which would stop the beating of children in Guyana’s schools (Stabroek News 20 June, 2014 “Corporal punishment dropped...

Does Guyana have justice or rule of law?

Jun 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does Guyana have justice or rule of law?

DEAR EDITOR, The Police Department in Sub-division “B”, New Amsterdam, Berbice, has no regard for the rule of Law and Constitution rights. On the 19th of June 20, 2014 at approximately 05:10pm, I...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more