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PNCR expresses shock at prison riot

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR expresses shock at prison riot

The People’s National Congress Reform has expressed shock and deeply saddened by the tragic disturbances and loss of lives at the Georgetown Prison on Thursday. Seventeen prisoners died and five...

Correction: Eastman was not a killer

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Correction: Eastman was not a killer

In yesterday’s headline story, ‘17 dead after inmates set prison block on fire’ we had incorrectly stated that former Guyana Defence Force Lance Corporal, Aaron Eastman, was on remand for...

FTTP lends support to Night Shelter

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on FTTP lends support to Night Shelter

The charitable organisation Food For The Poor (FFTP) yesterday deepened its support for the Night Shelter with a donation of 140 mattresses. “This is an on-going process by FFTP and other private...

Cubans plead guilty to forgery

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cubans plead guilty to forgery

Several court appearances for remanded prisoners at the Georgetown Prisons were cancelled as a result of the riots at the Camp Street penitentiary. Several prisoners who were scheduled to appear in...

Municipal training centre undergoing $7 million upgrade

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Municipal training centre undergoing $7 million upgrade

At an estimated cost of $7 million, a Municipal Training Academy is likely to be completed in another few months. This is according to Public Relations Officer (Ag), Ms. Debra Lewis. She disclosed...

Mining union supports Aurora workers

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mining union supports Aurora workers

The National Mine Workers Union of Guyana (NMWUG) is calling on the Ministry of Social Protection to take seriously the many complaints it has received from workers attached to the Guyana Goldfields....

Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority begin work

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority begin work

Yesterday saw the first Board meeting hosted by the newly appointed Chairperson of the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority, Bibi Shabena Ali. The meeting was held in the boardroom of the...

Caricom seeks Portugal’s advocacy on major concerns

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom seeks Portugal’s advocacy on major concerns

As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to lobby for the removal of Member States from the list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque yesterday raised the...

Mentally ill woman douses best friend with acid—court hears

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mentally ill woman douses best friend with acid—court hears

A young woman who is alleged to have doused her best friend with acid was yesterday released on $40,000 bail after she made an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Afia Williams, 19, of...

Toka village council gets $200,000 from Harmon

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Toka village council gets $200,000 from Harmon

On Friday Toshao of the Toka Village in Lethem, North Rupununi (Region Nine) Delano Davis, received $200,000 from Minister of State, Joseph Harmon. Harmon explained that the donation is to assist...

Captured youth confesses to killing girlfriend at Sophia dance

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Captured youth confesses to killing girlfriend at Sophia dance

Police have finally captured the 21-year-old man who stabbed his teenage girlfriend, Alicia McPherson, to death at a Sophia dance ten months ago. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum disclosed that the...

Ret’d Judge to head tribunal probing prison deaths

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ret’d Judge to head tribunal probing prison deaths

-First report due by March 15 By Jarryl Bryan Following the deaths of 17 inmates from the Camp Street Prison, an inquiry has been commissioned. That inquiry will be chaired by retired Justice James...

PRISON RAGE

Mar 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PRISON RAGE

Certain things have to be ruled out as the cause of the prison riot this past week which has so far claimed seventeen lives. The death toll can rise based on the burns received by other prisoners....

Electoral reform, Guyana/Venezuela border issue gets attention

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Electoral reform, Guyana/Venezuela border issue gets attention

– as Commonwealth Advisor meets President Granger Electoral reform and the Guyana/Venezuela border issue were the main issues discussed when Political Advisor to the Commonwealth Secretariat,...

Latin America and the Caribbean determined to fight hunger

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Latin America and the Caribbean determined to fight hunger

As the 34th Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded in Mexico City on March 3, 2016, FAO received a clear mandate from government...

Did the magistrate do this during the prison mayhem?

Mar 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Did the magistrate do this during the prison mayhem?

Two media houses reported the following occurrences during and after the appearance of a citizen in court. An attorney was charged with death by dangerous driving and made a court appearance on...

Speaker’s shortcomings caused Tax Act to pass without majority – Teixeira

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker’s shortcomings caused Tax Act to pass without majority – Teixeira

…but Clerk, Standing Orders contradict assertion By Jarryl Bryan Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira, is contending that because of the shortcomings of the Speaker of the National Assembly,...

Fuelling a prison riot

Mar 05, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Fuelling a prison riot

Someone once said that while the people entrusted to guard prisoners must be constantly on the alert, they must also take into consideration that prisoners have 24 hours each day to do nothing but to...

Wismar Hospital needs at least six doctors for 24 hour service- Health Committee Chairman

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wismar Hospital needs at least six doctors for 24 hour service- Health Committee Chairman

By Enid Joaquin Chairman of the Region Ten Health Committee, Dr. Gregory Harris, on Thursday, made a few recommendations, for a better delivery of service at the Upper Demerara Hospital (Wismar...

Case, Riehl in top diplomatic posts as Bayney Karran shifted to China

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Case, Riehl in top diplomatic posts as Bayney Karran shifted to China

Government has announced names of some of its top overseas diplomats and there are some major changes. Businessman, Frederick Hamley Case, is the new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom,...

Private Sector, Diplomatic Corps granted observer status for LGE

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector, Diplomatic Corps granted observer status for LGE

By Kiana Wilburg The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has been granted Observer Status by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE) on March 18. It will...

Region Ten schools stage science fair

Mar 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region Ten schools stage science fair

The Regional Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fair attracted schools from all across Region Ten. Yesterday they all assembled at the New Silver City Secondary School. Under the...

McDoom man granted bail on break charge

Mar 05, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on McDoom man granted bail on break charge

A 23- year- old man of Lot 63 Middle Street, McDoom, East Bank Demerara was yesterday granted bail on a charge of Break and Enter and Larceny, when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court...

N/Ruimveldt resident remanded for ganja

Mar 05, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on N/Ruimveldt resident remanded for ganja

A 20-year-old Lot 3053 North Ruimveldt, Georgetown man was yesterday remanded to prison, although he denied a charge of trafficking in narcotics, when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

The need to reexamine court sentences

Mar 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The need to reexamine court sentences

Dear Editor, The tragedy resulting in the horrible death of 17 Guyanese at the seriously overcrowded Georgetown prison this week makes me wonder if we should not explore the wisdom and possibility of...

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…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more