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Terror gang taxi driver was planning major attack on family wedding

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Terror gang taxi driver was planning major attack on family wedding

Had they not been captured, the gang that has been linked to the killing of businessman Ganesh Ramlall and the attack of Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre, would have certainly created more terror. Word...

‘Lucky break’ leads cops to Crum Ewing’s killers

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Lucky break’ leads cops to Crum Ewing’s killers

– Ramjattan “absolutely confident” case will be solved A ‘lucky break’ led police to the individuals behind the assassination of political activist Courtney Crum Ewing, and Minister of...

GBTI warns about sugar industry’s drain on Treasury

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GBTI warns about sugar industry’s drain on Treasury

One of the country’s leading private commercial banks has urged Government to urgently find ways to revive the sugar industry to help reduce the drain on the treasury. Chairman of the Guyana Bank...

Hope Canal in full use after record breaking rainfall

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Canal in full use after record breaking rainfall

The eight-door sluices of the $3.6B Hope Canal project were yesterday working overtime following record breaking downpours along the country’s coast last week. On a visit to the Hope/Dochfour, East...

State assets recovery… Govt. denies bluffing, says progress made

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on State assets recovery… Govt. denies bluffing, says progress made

Government has denied that it is bluffing about its promises to recovery stolen state assets. Responding to questions Wednesday about the administration’s commitment, Minister of State, Joseph...

Dem boys seh…Luncheon gun lie even in ee coffin

Jul 19, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Luncheon gun lie even in ee coffin

…and dem boys don’t mean sleep forever Luncheon, de man wha think he was all powerful and almighty, cry like a baby, yesterday. Dem boys had to watch him and pity him He seh he been in power fuh...

Renowned academic, Dr. Clive Thomas is a ‘special person’

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Renowned academic, Dr. Clive Thomas is a ‘special person’

“I am most passionate about justice and fair play. The inequities people have had to suffer really bother me, and sometimes, I feel are not ordained by God or by nature… like poverty. I am...

Auditor questions GuySuCo’s COI…Current Terms of Reference will not solve fundamental problems- Chris Ram

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor questions GuySuCo’s COI…Current Terms of Reference will not solve fundamental problems- Chris Ram

The future of GuySuCo and sugar – the Commission of Inquiry Introduction My last blog post followed the announcement at the annual Enmore Martyrs Day observance that the Cabinet had approved...

Prominent Venezuelan Opposition figure banned from legislature

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Prominent Venezuelan Opposition figure banned from legislature

Venezuela (TelesurTV) – Prominent Venezuelan opposition figure and Miranda State Governor, Henrique Capriles, was banned from his own state legislature Thursday, after legislators slammed him...

Flooding around the city … Meteorology centres predict more showers for next 11 days

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Flooding around the city … Meteorology centres predict more showers for next 11 days

In response to heavy rains which resulted in flooding of the capital city and the coastal areas of the country earlier in the week, Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Keith Scott, and a...

Sophia stabbing death… Murder suspect dies after thrashing from irate residents

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia stabbing death… Murder suspect dies after thrashing from irate residents

A 37-year-old father of two is now dead after being attacked and beaten to a pulp by irate Sophia, Greater Georgetown residents who accosted him late Friday evening, believing that he was the one who...

Law students bemoan fees increase

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Law students bemoan fees increase

…foresee difficulties, possible dropouts For countless students currently attending and hoping to attend the Hugh Wooding Law School, the future does not look so bright, thanks to the imposition of...

From the Diaspora… What floods, cricket and two hypocrites have in common

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora… What floods, cricket and two hypocrites have in common

By Ralph Seeram: It was just a one line statement on her Facebook page, “OMG! My apartment has been flooded again”. It was a simple statement, but it really doesn’t tell the real story of the...

Rice and Sugar currently biggest threat to APNU+AFC 100 day plan

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rice and Sugar currently biggest threat to APNU+AFC 100 day plan

– Minister of Finance, Presidential Advisor By Kiana Wilburg It is just over 60 days since the Granger administration has been in office. Already, it appears as though there are two...

GTU executives preparing to attend CUT meeting

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GTU executives preparing to attend CUT meeting

– anticipate discussion on SBA marking The Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) is gearing to convene its biennial conference next month and among the issues expected to gain urgent attention is...

Pedestrian hospitalised while cyclist still in custody

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pedestrian hospitalised while cyclist still in custody

Fifty-eight-year-old, Nokhal Harallall, of Lot 96 Log Wood, East Coast Demerara is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was hit by a motorcycle Thursday...

Soar like an Eagle

Jul 19, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Soar like an Eagle

Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that...

National Census report release postponed

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on National Census report release postponed

Nearly a year after the Bureau of Statistics revealed the preliminary 2012 population census to the public, the release of the final report, which was expected to be during the month of July, has...

Queenstown residents nab accident driver

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Queenstown residents nab accident driver

A Queenstown, Essequibo Coast carpenter was struck down and killed on the Queenstown Public road Saturday afternoon by a drunken driver. Dead is 63-year-old Derreck Glasgow, a/k “Puddle”. The...

Guyana triumphs at Sagicor Visionaries Challenge competition

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana triumphs at Sagicor Visionaries Challenge competition

With its rice husk particle board project, the Region Two Abram Zuil Secondary was able to secure victory for Guyana at the regional phase of the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge competition. The...

The IMF vision of debt and Obama’s boldness with Iran

Jul 19, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The IMF vision of debt and Obama’s boldness with Iran

By Sir Ronald Sanders The debt crisis in Greece and the historic accord to limit Iran’s nuclear capability thus lifting crippling sanctions will have global repercussions. US President Barack Obama...

Venezuela’s ‘Bad Boy’ reputation

Jul 19, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Venezuela’s ‘Bad Boy’ reputation

By Dennis Nichols Back in the late seventies near Guyana’s northwestern frontier, the phrase ‘dem Spanish man’ was a common one. It was used by Guyanese living close to the Venezuelan border,...

The Story Within The Story…Crime-fighting has to be taken to another level

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Story Within The Story…Crime-fighting has to be taken to another level

By Leonard Gildarie Crime, flooding, the state of the economy, and those infamous 100-day promises by the new Government – that about sums it up for what has been dominating the headlines in...

Sussex Street koker back in operation – Engineers

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sussex Street koker back in operation – Engineers

The Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) Sussex Street koker is finally back to normalcy after the hardworking G.S Khan Construction engineers worked throughout yesterday to restore the koker. This...

Long term solution needed to end flooding

Jul 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Long term solution needed to end flooding

It was homecoming again for the rains. The skies opened and some of the heaviest showers came pouring down for hours. The city and other low-lying areas of the country were submerged. By the time it...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more