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Log exports double in 2014…Commissioner of Forests should face “serious” parliamentary scrutiny – Harmon

Oct 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Log exports double in 2014…Commissioner of Forests should face “serious” parliamentary scrutiny – Harmon

Commissioner of Forests, James Singh, should face challenging questions with regard to a recent report which indicates that within the last eight months, Guyana’s log export figures have doubled...

MARAD probes Demerara River mishap

Oct 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MARAD probes Demerara River mishap

Quick action might have been responsible for saving the life of a crew member aboard a vessel towing another which sank at the mouth of the Demerara River. According to a report from the Maritime...

Global study shows clean energy activity surges in developing world

Oct 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Global study shows clean energy activity surges in developing world

Developing nations represent a large and rapidly growing share of the world’s clean energy investment, according to Climatescope 2014, a landmark study released yesterday. The results suggest...

Driver in ‘Phagwah Day’ fatality granted $1M bail

Oct 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Driver in ‘Phagwah Day’ fatality granted $1M bail

Brandon Rahaman was yesterday placed on $1M bail for an accident that resulted in fatality earlier this year. The twenty-two year-old businessman of 56 Robb Street, Georgetown appeared before...

Deception reigns

Oct 29, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Deception reigns

In a world where accountability is being treated with a significance that underscores its importance to democracy and stability, it has become painfully obvious that we in Guyana have lost the plot....

Elderly woman killed at Canal #2…Judge to rule on admissibility of caution statement

Oct 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly woman killed at Canal #2…Judge to rule on admissibility of caution statement

Justice Navindra Singh is expected give a ruling on a voir dire (trial within a trial), which was conducted to determine the admissibility of a caution statement of the fourth named accused in a...

Former QC head prefect admitted to local bar

Oct 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Former QC head prefect admitted to local bar

Former Queen’s College (QC) Head Prefect and essay-winning writer, Sonnel David-Longe was admitted to the local bar yesterday. David-Longe, who has been blazing the academic trail for a number of...

The girls of Queen’s College

Oct 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The girls of Queen’s College

Queen’s College was established in 1844 as the Queen’s College Grammar School for boys. The founder was William Percy Austin, D.D., Bishop of the Anglican diocese of the then British Guiana. The...

Mechanic remanded for city carjacking

Oct 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic remanded for city carjacking

A mechanic accused of pouncing on a couple and relieving them of their valuables at gunpoint before driving off with the car they were in, was yesterday remanded to prison. Quacy Roberts, charged...

SAFETY COMES FIRST

Oct 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SAFETY COMES FIRST

I am fearful for the life of Glenn Lall. I know that he is more concerned about the safety of his family and that of his staff than he is about his own life and limb. He has always placed the...

Drunken quarrel leads to attempted murder charge

Oct 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken quarrel leads to attempted murder charge

Lionel Klass appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with attempted murder. According to the charge, Klass, a resident of...

Freddie violates the legal and social standards he complains about

Oct 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie violates the legal and social standards he complains about

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s column (Oct 21) in which he attacked me — name calling without offering an iota of evidence to support his wild claims. This is the...

Torturous days are ahead

Oct 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Torturous days are ahead

Dear Editor, The circumstances that have led to the calamitous abandonment of the recall of Parliament are as puzzling as they are distressing. How could grown men and women, politicians elected by...

CAN JUDGES IN THE HIGH COURTS OF GUYANA BE SO EASILY FOOLED?

Oct 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on CAN JUDGES IN THE HIGH COURTS OF GUYANA BE SO EASILY FOOLED?

Dear Editor, I wish to raise a matter concerning an injunction hearing that took place in the High Court in Georgetown on October 22. A gentleman named Saayo is occupying my father’s rice lands in...

The powers that be

Oct 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The powers that be

Dear Sir Minister Robert Persaud, when he was Minister of Agriculture, was featured in a national newspaper as saying that he went to Suriname to negotiate with his Dutch counterpart to re-open the...

The benefits of Local Govt Elections are enormous

Oct 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The benefits of Local Govt Elections are enormous

Dear Editor, Permit me to share some of the reasons why I think Local Government Elections are important in Guyana. The election process provides a means of connecting the community and persons...

ATTORNEY GENERAL REVEALS PLANS TO ‘HIT’ GLENN LALL, KNEWS

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ATTORNEY GENERAL REVEALS PLANS TO ‘HIT’ GLENN LALL, KNEWS

— Police provided with audio, transcript of plot Mr. Anil Nandlall, Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, has revealed chilling plans for the execution of Kaieteur News...

Bandit nabbed after robbing Prospect businessman

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit nabbed after robbing Prospect businessman

– “The police see three bandits coming out from my yard and think it was security guards”- Angry businessman Police arrested an alleged gunman minutes after he and two of his...

Local health workers get support to treat cancer

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local health workers get support to treat cancer

Even as Guyana, along with the rest of the world, celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month, keen efforts are being made to ensure that nurses within the local health sector have the wherewithal to...

Bandits hit Muneshwer’s Limited, shoot security guard

Oct 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hit Muneshwer’s Limited, shoot security guard

A 54-year-old security guard on escort duties was shot to his left foot by two gunmen who carted off an undisclosed sum of cash from Muneshwer’s Limited on Water Street, Georgetown. The robbery...

Dem boys seh… Anil learning to be like Jagdeo, a scamp

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Anil learning to be like Jagdeo, a scamp

Monday, dem boys realize that nuff crook been to QC. Dem had nuff of dem in de assembly. Dem see Sam plus ammm; dem see Granger who is no stranger; dem see Priya without she Bhaia; dem see Ashni who...

Action galore at Rising Sun Rodeo

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Action galore at Rising Sun Rodeo

By Samuel Whyte It was action galore and fans could not have asked for more as the Rising Sun Rodeo Committee successfully held their annual action packed, fun filled day of breathtaking action at...

2014 National Open Boxing Championships…Guyana Defence Force takes championship honours as tournament concludes

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2014 National Open Boxing Championships…Guyana Defence Force takes championship honours as tournament concludes

Dennis Thomas, Jamal Eastman best boxers on show By Michael Benjamin The Guyana Defence Force scored 8 points, one more than the Republicans Boxing Gym to cart off championship honours when the...

New Building Society wins BCCD – CBIS Inter Agency 10/10 Softball cricket competition

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Building Society wins BCCD – CBIS Inter Agency 10/10 Softball cricket competition

New Building Society (NBS) team put aside their banking ability and showed that they are not only good at dealing with money, but also have time for sports. The NBS team took to the cricket field and...

GCA/Noble House Sea Foods second division…DCC through to final after rain ruins clash against Police

Oct 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/Noble House Sea Foods second division…DCC through to final after rain ruins clash against Police

After rain put an end to the first semifinal of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Noble House Sea Foods second division two-day tournament between Police and host Demerara Cricket Club (DCC)...