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Approval of $8.7B from Contingencies Fund an embarrassment

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Approval of $8.7B from Contingencies Fund an embarrassment

…Finance Minister still personally liable for unapproved $700M-Goolsarran Former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran, yesterday had a stinging rebuke for Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh as well...

Bus driver rescued after slamming into power pole

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver rescued after slamming into power pole

A route 42 minibus driver miraculously escaped death yesterday afternoon despite being pinned in his seat for more than 30 minutes. This was after he swerved from a Guyana Telephone and Telegraph...

Disastrous nursing results continue in Guyana

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Disastrous nursing results continue in Guyana

…almost entire class fails exams A nurse fell ill and was hospitalsed after she got a failing grade in the latest nurses’ examination. Reports reaching Kaieteur News stated that the nurse was...

Recaptured escape prisoner jailed

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Recaptured escape prisoner jailed

Two days after he was nabbed in Omai area, Essequibo, the last of the four prisoners who escaped from the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court over a month ago was jailed yesterday. Keiron Cummings, 24,...

Suriname police shoot Guyanese fugitive

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname police shoot Guyanese fugitive

By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO – Police in Suriname in an official statement said that they captured Guyanese fugitive Samuel Fable after he was shot. Officers of the Surinamese police SWAT-team...

Shot America Street money-changer succumbs

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shot America Street money-changer succumbs

– Assailants still at large Wendell Liverpool, a popular America Street money-changer who was shot and robbed last Friday by three masked gunmen in front of a night spot at West...

Judge says—‘My sentencing policy is less harsh than death penalty’

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Judge says—‘My sentencing policy is less harsh than death penalty’

– says issue has been misunderstood Known for the lengthy sentences he imposes on convicted killers, Supreme Court Judge Navindra Singh says that his sentences are within the confines of...

Dem boys seh…Rob de Earth behaving like a road woman

Jun 24, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rob de Earth behaving like a road woman

Guyana complaining how gold declaration drop, and it drop big. Last year when dem miners was bringing out gold things look sweet; dem bring out more gold that when Omai was wukking in Guyana. Right...

Women need to push for equality

Jun 24, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Women need to push for equality

Political accountability for women begins with an increase in the number of women in decision-making positions. It is a fact that wherever women’s voices are heard, policies will better reflect...

“We would never leave Robert Gates unguarded”- prison official

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “We would never leave Robert Gates unguarded”- prison official

“The Georgetown Prison would never allow Robert Gates, to go unsupervised,” one prison official told Kaieteur News yesterday. The official who spoke on the ground of anonymity explained that...

SPEND THE MONEY WISELY!

Jun 24, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SPEND THE MONEY WISELY!

The damage done to Georgetown by last weekend’s non- torrential rains provides reason why the one billion dollars that the government is assigning to help clean up the city and improve its drainage...

Small businesses serve as incubators of entrepreneurial talents – President Ramotar

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Small businesses serve as incubators of entrepreneurial talents – President Ramotar

Head of State Donald Ramotar has noted the administration’s appreciation towards small and medium scale businesses’ contribution towards Guyana’s growing economy. His comments came when the...

Minister walks out of City Council meeting

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Minister walks out of City Council meeting

-Dissolution, internal elections among options for dealing with “disoriented” City Hall Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker yesterday walked out of his first ever sit-in of the Georgetown...

Father jailed, son remanded in CJIA cocaine bust

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Father jailed, son remanded in CJIA cocaine bust

A professional chef and his 19-year-old son were yesterday brought before the courts and indicted for drug trafficking in connection with the latest drug bust at the Cheddi Jagan International...

Hire car driver indicted for city carjacking

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hire car driver indicted for city carjacking

A 23-year-old hire car driver from Friendship, East Coast Demerara, yesterday appeared before the city court to be charged in connection with a carjacking that occurred less than two weeks ago....

Body of farmer found in St. Stanislaus College farm

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Body of farmer found in St. Stanislaus College farm

The body of 54-year-old Michael Sutherland was discovered at the back of the St. Stanislaus College farm in Sophia by his colleague around 12:40 hrs yesterday. Reports are that the 54-year-old farmer...

Govt. considering over a dozen quarry licence applications

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. considering over a dozen quarry licence applications

– as complaints continue over stone shortages Authorities are reviewing more than a dozen applications for new quarries in an effort to scale up stone production in the country. The disclosure...

Manickchand demands quality, timely work on furniture

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Manickchand demands quality, timely work on furniture

…will apply penalties under the relevant contracts Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and Permanent Secretary, Delma Nedd on Friday last held a meeting with contractors who will be building...

Attorney Joe Harmon now representing Ex- GDF officers

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney Joe Harmon now representing Ex- GDF officers

Attorney at law Joseph Harmon has now withdrawn his earlier application to represent the interest of the People’s National Congress at the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry. Harmon told...

AML/CFT Legislation… Opposition rejected their own amendments, says AG

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AML/CFT Legislation… Opposition rejected their own amendments, says AG

Government delinked agreements that were on the table since last year- APNU Attorney General Anil Nandlall is insisting that Government bent over backwards to the combined opposition to get the...

PPP writes to GECOM for registration extension

Jun 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PPP writes to GECOM for registration extension

…finds some 8,000 transfers — Rohee The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has urged the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to ensure that the sixth Cycle of Continuous Registration which...

Neymar sends Brazil into last 16

Jun 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Neymar sends Brazil into last 16

BBC Sport – Neymar scored twice in a man-of-the-match display as Brazil rediscovered their attacking flair to overwhelm Cameroon and qualify for the World Cup knockout stage. The 22-year-old...

Perfect start for Murray, the returning hero at Wimbledon

Jun 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Perfect start for Murray, the returning hero at Wimbledon

LONDON (Reuters) – All was as it should be on the opening day of Wimbledon when returning British hero Andy Murray opened the defense of his historic title with an impressive first-round...

YGB School’s B/Ball…Tournament reaches latter stages

Jun 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on YGB School’s B/Ball…Tournament reaches latter stages

The NSBF-Regional Conference Tournament -finals of the Youth Guyana Basketball (YGB) are set in all but one conference. After 6 weeks of competition in the Georgetown, East Coast and Berbice...

Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association to host Junior championships on Sunday

Jun 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association to host Junior championships on Sunday

The Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association (GWKA) will host its Annual Junior Karate championships on Sunday at Banks DIH Sports Club, Thirst Park. Chief Instructor, Sensei Winston Dunbar disclosed that...