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Giftland mall to generate self sustainable electrical power

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland mall to generate self sustainable electrical power

…willing to provide power to over 6000 homes The highly anticipated Giftland Mall will be generating its own electrical power when the shopping complex opens on Independence Day, May 26. During a...

Starr Computer introduces technological advancement to UGSS

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Starr Computer introduces technological advancement to UGSS

International Standards bring technological, economic and societal benefits. They help to harmonize technical specifications of products and services, making industry more efficient and breaking down...

GRA opening Tax Centre at Diamond

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GRA opening Tax Centre at Diamond

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has opened a centre at Diamond as the deadline for taxpayers looms. The tax centre at the G3 building, East Bank Demerara, is located along the main access road in...

Vector Control Unit responds to suspected malaria outbreak in Region 10

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Vector Control Unit responds to suspected malaria outbreak in Region 10

Mounting concerns about a possible malaria outbreak in Region 10 resulted in a team from the Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Services Unit heading to that section of the country in recent days....

UGSS launches students’ support initiative

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UGSS launches students’ support initiative

With the aim of supporting students who can ill-afford to procure some basic items needed to aid their university education, the University of Guyana Students Society (UGSS) on Wednesday officially...

Hardware giants battle for Regent Street property

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hardware giants battle for Regent Street property

After years of dispute over who really owns a prime commercial property located at 117 “B” Regent and Alexander Streets, Georgetown, two of Guyana’s top corporate entities, Guyana Realty...

Police record 38 murders for the year

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police record 38 murders for the year

– 15 percent jump in homicides There’s been a 15 percent increase in murders between January and March 23, 2015, with 38 people being slain during this period. In contrast, police recorded 33...

THERE IS NO RIGHT TO HECKLE

Mar 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE IS NO RIGHT TO HECKLE

When I read that there were peaceful and orderly protests outside a building in Queens, New York where the APNU-AFC coalition held a meeting recently, my instinctive reaction was to ask why the...

Police to launch inaugural youth expo tomorrow

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police to launch inaugural youth expo tomorrow

Youths within Georgetown and its outskirts will get a chance to showcase their talent in art and craft tomorrow, when the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s “A” Division management launches its first...

Training schools for teachers must not just be stepping stones – Chief Education Officer

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Training schools for teachers must not just be stepping stones – Chief Education Officer

– urges more ‘hands on’ approach for educators “Bear in mind that, at the core of all the coaching you’ve experienced – and all of the transformations at these institutions – are...

CJIA expansion… Small airport dissuades major airlines — Finance Minister

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA expansion… Small airport dissuades major airlines — Finance Minister

Rehashing previous defenses used by the government for the US$150M expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh, on Thursday, said that the new and...

Guyana remembers Rose Hall Estate Martyrs 102 years later

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana remembers Rose Hall Estate Martyrs 102 years later

The 15 lives that were lost on March 13, 1913 at Rose Hall Estate, Canje were honoured on Wednesday with a wreath-laying and tribute ceremony by President Donald Ramotar, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds,...

PPP may have baited Vanessa Kissoon – says Trotman

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP may have baited Vanessa Kissoon – says Trotman

…police say investigation underway A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament, Vanessa Kissoon, could face charges stemming from allegations that she disrupted a People’s...

Dead baby’s father allegedly threatens Health Centre staff

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Dead baby’s father allegedly threatens Health Centre staff

… Nurses refuse to work Nurses of the Plaisance Health Centre are now alleging that Kevin Critchlow, the father of the dead five-month-old, Kevon Critchlow, threatened the staff members especially...

GGMC Board to improve crucial systems following direction from Natural Resources Ministry

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC Board to improve crucial systems following direction from Natural Resources Ministry

The Board of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has been directed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment to review several of its systems which are in crucial need of...

Elections are always a struggle

Mar 28, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Elections are always a struggle

It is amazing how a country like Guyana with its supposed high level of literacy, makes the holding of elections a problematic affair. In most other countries the holding of elections is so routine...

Body of murdered fisherman still not recovered

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Body of murdered fisherman still not recovered

It has been almost two weeks since 23-year-old Deochand ‘Avo’ Sukhlal was allegedly stabbed to death before his body was dumped into the Pomeroon River. His body has still not been recovered....

Enhanced security passport for issuance from Monday

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Enhanced security passport for issuance from Monday

Government says that it is set to start issuing a new passport with enhanced security from Monday. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, it has been working for some time to ensure that the...

CPCE, UG lecturers complete intensive training programme

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CPCE, UG lecturers complete intensive training programme

…Need for special needs capacities highlighted They rush across the campuses, the words of their coaches still buzzing in their heads as they stumble into their classrooms full of waiting students....

Man jailed for one month on wounding charge

Mar 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man jailed for one month on wounding charge

Magistrate Annette Singh sentenced a man to one month imprisonment after he was found guilty of assaulting another, when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday....

Chopped Camp Street prisoner released on bail

Mar 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Chopped Camp Street prisoner released on bail

Several days after he was brutally chopped by his fellow inmates at the Camp Street jail, Tampico Mc Kenzie 29, of 29 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, was yesterday granted $75.000 bail by Magistrate...

Good Hope Welder gets bail after forging passport

Mar 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Good Hope Welder gets bail after forging passport

A Good Hope welder was yesterday released on $50,000 bail, on a forgery charge when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Ramdeo Persaud 38, of Lot 260 Good Hope, East Coast Demerara...

28 differently-able persons complete skills training

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 28 differently-able persons complete skills training

Early morning showers could not cast a shadow on the jubilant atmosphere as twenty eight children with physical disabilities graduated from the Ruimveldt Parent Support Group (RPSG) with certificates...

Bus, car collide at Durban and Smyth Streets

Mar 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bus, car collide at Durban and Smyth Streets

Several occupants of a route 46 minibus luckily escaped unhurt after the vehicle collided with a car at the corners of Durban and Smyth streets, around 18:00hrs last evening. According to...

Linden teen remanded on multiple break and enter charges

Mar 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Linden teen remanded on multiple break and enter charges

A young man, who was on an alleged robbery rampage in Linden, was today remanded to prison, following his court appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Martin Fraser, 18, of Lot 6...

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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