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Shipping Association hosts annual award ceremony

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shipping Association hosts annual award ceremony

…port development, trade underscored A sterling speech delivered on Friday evening by Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, at the Shipping Association’s (SAG) annual awards and dinner, clearly...

UG Vice Chancellor silences opposing Unions with injunction

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG Vice Chancellor silences opposing Unions with injunction

– files $10 million lawsuit against UGSSA President Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Jacob Opadeyi, has resorted to legal action to silence the Unions of the University of...

Stabbing of 18 year-old miner…Dead miner’s family frustrated at speed of investigation

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Stabbing of 18 year-old miner…Dead miner’s family frustrated at speed of investigation

Family members of 18-year-old miner, Keith Daniels, who was fatally stabbed during a robbery, on June 8 are now calling on the police to be swifter with their investigation. More than a month after...

8-yr-old girl Guyanese hailed as youngest female author

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 8-yr-old girl Guyanese hailed as youngest female author

She is just eight-year-old, an impressionable age when many girls would rather be playing with dolls or dressing up. But Anaya Lee Willabus is not any ordinary girl…not by any stretch of the...

Govt mulls strong measures to fight crime – Ramjattan tells House

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt mulls strong measures to fight crime – Ramjattan tells House

Expressing his concern over the sudden upsurge in crime across the country, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, explained that one of his first tasks has been to meet most of the...

Guyana’s external debt stands at US$1.6B — Finance Minister

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s external debt stands at US$1.6B — Finance Minister

…domestic debt has “risen appreciably” As he delivered his maiden address to the National Assembly on Friday, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, brought his colleagues and the rest of the...

Tenders to open shortly for outfalls work

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tenders to open shortly for outfalls work

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has revealed that tenders for work on outfall channels are expected to be advertised soon. According to Coordinator of the Work Services Group (WSG) Geoffrey...

Taxi drivers to be relocated…Move due to East Bank road construction

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi drivers to be relocated…Move due to East Bank road construction

“Is like them ain’t got no way to put we on de road fuh mek lil money,” cried one distressed taxi driver following the relocation of the Diamond Housing Scheme car park. The drivers are being...

Symposium 2015 commemorates Rodney’s 35th death anniversary

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Symposium 2015 commemorates Rodney’s 35th death anniversary

The Dr. Walter Rodney symposium 2015 held recentlyat the National Library Conference room by the Walter Rodney Youth Movement (WRYM) – Working People’s Alliance (WPA) was intended to...

Unity assault, accident victims call for justice

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Unity assault, accident victims call for justice

Following an assault and accident at Unity Public Road on May 21, 2015, Mohan Rampersaud and his wife, Bhanmattie Totaram, are puzzled why the men who had allegedly assaulted them after reversing...

Guyana must stand united against “evil” border threat – former decorated diplomat

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana must stand united against “evil” border threat – former decorated diplomat

Guyana needs to stand in united solidarity against the “evil” threat of Venezuela’s claim on the Essequibo region and its maritime borders. This statement was made by decorated diplomat Sir...

Bandits raid Enmore supermarket

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits raid Enmore supermarket

Customers and staff of the Savers Choice Supermarket at Enmore, East Coast Demerara were forced to endure several minutes of terror as a gang of armed bandits stormed the establishment and carted off...

Further GuySuCo bailout not the answer – Robert Badal

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Further GuySuCo bailout not the answer – Robert Badal

Further bailout of Guysuco is not the answer. Lenders must take a deep haircut followed by private sector led diversification. From all information in the public domain any further taxpayers support...

We need Divine intervention

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We need Divine intervention

During the past fifteen years, the former PPP administration has failed to maximize the full potential of the people and has handed over a country that slid from spiritual guidance, fellowship and...

GT restoration to be “tremendously expensive” – Public Infrastructure Minister

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GT restoration to be “tremendously expensive” – Public Infrastructure Minister

Though the supposed restoration of Georgetown has only just begun, Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, has already predicted that it will be “tremendously expensive”. During a...

Consumer Concerns…BEATING THE FLOODS

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Consumer Concerns…BEATING THE FLOODS

BY PAT DIAL Over the last few months, one of the major consumer concerns has been the flooding of the city of Georgetown and the farmlands over the Coastal regions. These disastrous floods have...

Abducted and shot carwash owner…Cops detain two, seek prime suspect

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Abducted and shot carwash owner…Cops detain two, seek prime suspect

Police have detained a man and a woman from a Sophia residence in connection with last Friday’s bizarre abducting and shooting of carwash owner Devon Chung. They are seeking a third Sophia resident...

$$B judicial debt….Guyana is liable to face more lawsuits for violation of the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas – Nandlall

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $$B judicial debt….Guyana is liable to face more lawsuits for violation of the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas – Nandlall

Guyana is bound to face a number of lawsuits given that the country remains in violation of the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. Former Attorney General, (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil...

From the Diaspora…CUMMINGSBURG ACCORD UNRAVELLING

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…CUMMINGSBURG ACCORD UNRAVELLING

By Ralph Seeram “We are not say this to big-up ourselves, we are not saying this as a threat, but we are saying this, that we hold a guarantee that if things don’t go well, David, and you and I...

All of our Chancellors and Chief Justices have come from our own legal system

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on All of our Chancellors and Chief Justices have come from our own legal system

Dear Editor, Please allow me to make a small comment on an article that appeared in the Stabroek News and which was headed, ‘’Gov’t to advertise top judicial positions in the region’’. In...

The Flame of Hope

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The Flame of Hope

In a room there were four candles burning. The ambiance was so soft you could hear them talking. The first one said, “I am PEACE, however nobody can keep me lit. I believe I will go out.” It’s...

Cigarette burglar remanded on robbery charge

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cigarette burglar remanded on robbery charge

…court heard he bound and gagged his victim A fisherman, who allegedly carted off a quantity of cigarettes from his acquaintance’s shop, was remanded to prison on a robbery charge on Wednesday....

Mr. Veecock sounds like a fashion writer and critic

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Veecock sounds like a fashion writer and critic

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Mr. Carl Veecock (15.06.2015) in which he expressed disappointment with the president when meeting with foreign dignitaries. The Nehru suits are a thing of...

This immoral transfer of state assets suggest that some in the PPP knew they had lost the elections

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This immoral transfer of state assets suggest that some in the PPP knew they had lost the elections

Dear Editor, It is quite clear from the revelations of impropriety committed by ministers and other senior functionaries of the former government that the majority of them knew that the PPP/C had...

Barber nabbed with 12 kilos of coke in milk, suitcase

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Barber nabbed with 12 kilos of coke in milk, suitcase

Ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Friday nabbed a 33-year-old man with 12.2 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The suspect, a barber from Canje,...

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