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‘Illegally’ spent $4.5B…Nandlall attempting to usurp powers of Parliament – Greenidge

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Illegally’ spent $4.5B…Nandlall attempting to usurp powers of Parliament – Greenidge

Following the comments of Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, over the decision by Speaker of the House, Raphael Trotman, on the alleged illegal expenditure of in excess of $4.5B, Shadow Minister, Carl...

Plumber remanded on firearm, ammo charge

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Plumber remanded on firearm, ammo charge

A plumber, who was apprehended earlier this week by police ranks responding to a report of gunshots at a wake, has been remanded to prison on a firearms and ammunition charge. Calvin Kenneth Dover,...

Zero Tolerance: No new squatting lands to be regularized

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Zero Tolerance: No new squatting lands to be regularized

There has been a significant increase in squatting on Government and State Lands in a number of areas in Region Four, including the Soesdyke-Linden highway and Port Kaituma in the Turn Basin and the...

US$94,000 Agri- enhancement project launched in Mara

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US$94,000 Agri- enhancement project launched in Mara

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker, on Monday commissioned the US$94,500 Mara Agricultural Enhancement Project (MAEP) at the Ma- Retraite Scheme, East Bank...

It’s a question of fairness

Jul 26, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on It’s a question of fairness

The Ministry of Education has sounded a stern warning to its Education Officers. It will not be tolerating transfers to schools higher than what any child has qualified for. It is well known that...

Parents to scrutinise infrastructural works at city nursery school

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Parents to scrutinise infrastructural works at city nursery school

As part of its efforts to ensure that schools benefit only from quality infrastructural work, the Ministry of Education has commenced a keen mission to solicit voluntary inspection support from...

Canal clearing contracts signed in massive city cleanup programme

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Canal clearing contracts signed in massive city cleanup programme

… work to commence in two weeks Seven local contractors on Thursday signed contracts with the Local Government Ministry to commence de-silting of main city canals and cleaning Le Repentir...

Macorp gives corporate support to Port Kaituma

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Macorp gives corporate support to Port Kaituma

Port Kaituma, a hinterland community that sits along the Kaituma River, serves as the gateway to Guyana’s mineral rich, North West District. Its development occurred as a result of Manganese that...

Raphael Trotman launches book on Parliament

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Raphael Trotman launches book on Parliament

– “A house divided against itself cannot stand” By Abena Rockcliffe On Thursday Donald Trotman had the privilege of lauding the good work of his son, Raphael Trotman, as the...

AFC supports probe of excess spending by Finance Minister

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC supports probe of excess spending by Finance Minister

Says issue has triggered a “Constitutional Crisis” The Alliance for Change (AFC) has announced that they are in support of the recent decision by Speaker of the National Assembly to have the...

Accused in Emancipation day killing walks free

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Accused in Emancipation day killing walks free

The man accused of killing Plantain Chip vendor Sherwin Simon was acquitted of the murder charge, earlier this week. Tony Collymore of Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara was...

Suspected cow thief remanded to jail

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected cow thief remanded to jail

A man, described as a regular, was on Friday remanded to jail by Magistrate Rhondell Weaver when he appeared before her at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, on a charge of Larceny of...

Pomeroon miner remanded for murder

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon miner remanded for murder

A 39-year-old miner has been charged for the death of a man whose body, with a gunshot wound to the chest, was found floating in the Essequibo river early last week. Kenrick Lyte, 39, of Good Intent,...

Gambler remanded on attempted murder charge

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gambler remanded on attempted murder charge

Gambling has no friends and that adage was reinforced recently when two friends who were part of a gambling session got into an argument. It ended with one stabbing the other when they disagreed over...

Convicted murderer attempts suicide

Jul 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted murderer attempts suicide

– says abusive treatment in the prison made him “very desperate to die” An inmate of the Camp Street Prison is currently receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he...

Moving against the minibus touts

Jul 26, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Moving against the minibus touts

Minibuses became a permanent fixture on the public transportation landscape during the 1990s years after the demise of the state run road transport system. Many of these vehicles were owned by very...

Ansa McAl is dodging the issue

Jul 26, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ansa McAl is dodging the issue

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to comment on the article “Ansa McAl questions exclusion from drug supply pre-qualification…says facilities not checked during evaluation process”. I am a Guyanese...

A rising tide of prosperity

Jul 26, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A rising tide of prosperity

DEAR EDITOR, The recent CPL T20 matches have brought to the surface a number of realities about our economic and social life. The first is that Guyanese love their cricket and they take their cricket...

This is the time for political maturity

Jul 26, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is the time for political maturity

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to a letter to the press from Mark DaCosta captioned “AFC should have planned, discussed before tossing “no-confidence” into the public domain” (SN July 24, 2014). Mark...

What exactly triggered the sudden emergence of candidates for PNCR Leadership?

Jul 26, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on What exactly triggered the sudden emergence of candidates for PNCR Leadership?

DEAR EDITOR, Up until a month ago, the PNCR’s 18th Biennial Congress, scheduled for this weekend, was viewed by observers as just another political exercise for party members and interested...

Don’t ever underestimate the intelligence of the Guyanese people

Jul 26, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t ever underestimate the intelligence of the Guyanese people

DEAR EDITOR, Most would agree and it is fair to say that at this time, all things considered, the PPP/C may or may not win the plurality vote again in an election and if they do, it will be with less...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Each week, the more Bharrat Jagdeo speaks, the more the lines between party and government... more