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Logging scandal… Watchdog body says GFC’s secrecy, stranglehold on info will continue to raise questions

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Logging scandal… Watchdog body says GFC’s secrecy, stranglehold on info will continue to raise questions

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. is standing by its calls for an investigation into the operations of Bai Shan Lin (BSL), a Chinese company that is under scrutiny for logging operations. In its...

AFC kick starts election campaign in Region Nine

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC kick starts election campaign in Region Nine

– Receives mixed views about possible coalition with APNU By Abena Rockcliffe “Constitutional reform is an extreme necessity to Guyana, if former President Jagdeo taught us nothing else, he...

Woman’s nude body washes up on Kitty foreshore

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s nude body washes up on Kitty foreshore

The nude body of a woman of African descent was fished out of the Atlantic Ocean just off the Kitty seawall yesterday afternoon. From all indications, the woman appeared to have died less than a day...

Guyanese drug smuggler arrested after shootout with U.S. marshals

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese drug smuggler arrested after shootout with U.S. marshals

– went to bed wearing bullet-proof vest with two guns on his pillow A Guyana-born notorious drug smuggler, who was arrested following a shootout with U.S. Marshals in Queens, was...

Multi-million dollar Lethem Hospital lacks medical professionals

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Multi-million dollar Lethem Hospital lacks medical professionals

– Patients in need of ultrasound asked to wait until October Residents of Region Nine, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, who depend primarily on the Lethem Hospital for medical attention, are...

Utility regulators warns of unwanted messages to cell phones

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Utility regulators warns of unwanted messages to cell phones

– is monitoring complaints against collection agencies The country’s telephone oversight body has expressed concerns over complaints from consumers about unsolicited mail and messages....

Five-year-old accident victim succumbs

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Five-year-old accident victim succumbs

Almost five days after he was struck down on the Good Hope Public Road in Essequibo, five-year-old, Rewel Roberts succumbed yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was receiving...

Dem boys seh… Donald got real problems

Aug 28, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Donald got real problems

When Donald win de elections, he didn’t know that things woulda be like how they are now. He thought that as President he woulda have de power of Burnham and Jagdeo combined. But he had some...

City Hall informs bank of Council’s decision to change signatories

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall informs bank of Council’s decision to change signatories

– asks that Minister’s correspondence be ignored By Zena Henry The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday dispatched a letter to the main branch of Republic Bank...

Ebola virus alert… Health Ministry monitoring visitors from West Africa

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ebola virus alert… Health Ministry monitoring visitors from West Africa

– solicits support from airline workers to help efforts As part of its efforts to remain vigilant ahead of any possible attack of the Ebola virus in these parts, the Ministry of Health...

Stage set for reconstitution of service commissions – Luncheon

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Stage set for reconstitution of service commissions – Luncheon

After a prolonged absence of the four Constitutional Service Commissions, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon announced yesterday that the stage is set for the reconstitution of these bodies....

$63.1 to be spent on SOCU construction – Dr. Luncheon

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $63.1 to be spent on SOCU construction – Dr. Luncheon

Government is expected to spend some $63.1M for the construction of the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU). This announcement was made yesterday by Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon. Luncheon...

Sanitation worker remanded on armed robbery charge

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sanitation worker remanded on armed robbery charge

A 33-year-old man, who identified himself as a sanitation worker, was remanded to prison after he was charged for robbing a woman with a knife on Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, on Saturday...

Constable arrested for stealing jewellery from Sergeant’s car

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Constable arrested for stealing jewellery from Sergeant’s car

A young female police traffic rank landed in hot water when the person to whom she took her stolen booty to sell turned back and exposed her. The rank was placed under close arrest after the...

Bail for man on burglary charge

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bail for man on burglary charge

A construction worker charged for breaking into a woman’s house in North East La Penitence, Georgetown, and making off with almost $300,000 in items has been remanded to prison. Cleveland...

Guyana still can’t test for Chikungunya virus – CMO warns

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana still can’t test for Chikungunya virus – CMO warns

“Don’t let anyone fool you; we can’t do the test,” insisted Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo, as he commented on the advice being reportedly offered by some medical professionals...

Int’l Children’s Organisation spearheads successful ‘back to school’ event in Guyana

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l Children’s Organisation spearheads successful ‘back to school’ event in Guyana

The International Children’s Organization (ICO) has successfully completed its’ first “Back to School Fair and Fun Day,” in Guyana by donating basic school items to hundreds of...

Sawmill employee bitten by Labaria

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sawmill employee bitten by Labaria

A sawmill employee was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation on Sunday last, after he was bitten by a venomous snake. He was injured while picking fruits in his uncle’s Canal...

Housing’s first 50 ‘Buttercup Cottage’ homeowners inspect properties

Aug 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing’s first 50 ‘Buttercup Cottage’ homeowners inspect properties

By Zena Henry Of the 600 properties to be built in the newly opened Perseverance, East Bank Demerara location, owners of the first 50 Turn-Key Buttercup Cottages were on Tuesday taken by the...

Trinidad & Tobago defeats Jamaica for the Women’s Caribbean Cup Trophy

Aug 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trinidad & Tobago defeats Jamaica for the Women’s Caribbean Cup Trophy

Port of Spain, Trinidad – History was made in the twin island state of Trinidad & Tobago as the Soca Princesses defeated rivals Jamaica to claim the inaugural CFU’s Women’s...

THE TANGLED WEB AT CITY HALL

Aug 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE TANGLED WEB AT CITY HALL

This charade that is taking place at City Hall should be brought to an end. It is turning out to be a Naipaulian farce. How can the City Council pass a no-confidence motion against the Town Clerk...

Sharapova rallies to outlast Dulgheru at US Open

Aug 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sharapova rallies to outlast Dulgheru at US Open

New York (AP) – Maria Sharapova’s serve and her groundstrokes were abandoning her. What she had was her conditioning. The five-time major champion rallied from a set down to beat...

Alexis Sanchez scores the winner as 10-man Gunners qualify for the CL group stages

Aug 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alexis Sanchez scores the winner as 10-man Gunners qualify for the CL group stages

They will be there, in pot A, business as usual today. But it was tight. Tighter than it has been for many years. Too tight for comfort, by the end. Down to ten men with 15 minutes to go, Arsenal...

U.S. and Spain on course for World Cup showdown

Aug 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on U.S. and Spain on course for World Cup showdown

Reuters – A much-weakened United States should still be strong enough at least to reach the final of the 2014 basketball World Cup, which begins in Spain on Saturday. The holders, together with...

Clinical South Africa gun down 327

Aug 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clinical South Africa gun down 327

South Africa needed 91 runs from 77 balls when AB de Villiers, with 91 to his name and cramp slicing through his hamstring, walked across his crease, got down on one knee and scooped James Faulkner...