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Female local govt. candidates tout better healthcare systems, youth development policies

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Female local govt. candidates tout better healthcare systems, youth development policies

Female candidates for the upcoming Local Government Elections are clawing their way through the campaign trail with promises to improve healthcare systems and youth development policies for their...

Survival and development of Region dependent on youths

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Survival and development of Region dependent on youths

– Opening of 29th COHSOD meeting hears “One million strong, it can’t be wrong,” was the notion embraced by Tarun Butcher, to emphasise the importance of youth in aiding the sustainable...

Attorney arraigned on causing death charge

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney arraigned on causing death charge

Attorney Keisha Chase was arraigned on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving, when she appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday afternoon in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Special officers at foreign missions to woo investors for Guyana

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Special officers at foreign missions to woo investors for Guyana

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Public Telecommunications and Tourism, have joined efforts to promote Guyana’s economic tourism. On Wednesday, at the Tourism Ministry, Colgrain House,...

Region Ten fraud investigations continue

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region Ten fraud investigations continue

Region Ten (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice) Democratic Council (RDC) Chairman Renis Morian has said that more discrepancies are being uncovered at the Administration. This is happening as employees...

Suspected Zika cases at Linden Hospital Complex

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected Zika cases at Linden Hospital Complex

Linden is reporting a few suspected cases of the Zika virus. These cases were said to be detected at the Linden Hospital Complex. Chairman of the Regional Democratic Council Health Committee, Dr....

Mon Repos abattoir being deliberately delayed

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mon Repos abattoir being deliberately delayed

-NDC Chairperson Councilors of the Mon Repos/La Reconnaissance Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) are disappointed that the long-awaited abattoir will not be completed before they leave office....

Hit-and-run driver faces court for pensioner’s demise

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Hit-and-run driver faces court for pensioner’s demise

Gavin Pooran, the 23-year-old driver accused of striking down a 72-year-old man and driving away, has been charged with the victim’s death. According to information, around 18:40 hrs on the day in...

DPP withdraws charges against Bourda P.O. robbery accused

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on DPP withdraws charges against Bourda P.O. robbery accused

…to facilitate PI into abductions The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has withdrawn robbery under-arms charges against three men in relation to a multi-million-dollar heist they are alleged...

Vendor remanded for burglary

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Vendor remanded for burglary

A 20-year-old cooking oil vendor who allegedly burgled an East La Penitence home, was yesterday denied bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. It is alleged that on February...

These people were never aliens in Guyana

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on These people were never aliens in Guyana

Dear Editor, As one who took issue with President Granger’s initial comments on the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry Report, I feel obligated to commend the President for his most recent...

Nothing wrong when people write on race

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nothing wrong when people write on race

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Rajendranauth R Singh’s “He writes about the same thing in every letter everyday” (KN Feb 28). This conclusion is inaccurate as I do not get published every...

Hotel owner offers a powerful defence of his casino

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hotel owner offers a powerful defence of his casino

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Mr. Juman Yassin objecting to the construction of a casino on Church Street, Georgetown, between Albert and Ornoque Streets. I am the owner of that...

The Guyana Teachers’ Union clears the air

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Teachers’ Union clears the air

Dear Editor, Please permit me a place to respond to a letter written by someone claiming to be Anthony Nedd titled “Is the GTU ambitious or ridiculous.” This letter which was carried by three...

Team Benschops explains its source of funding

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Team Benschops explains its source of funding

Dear Editor, We welcome this opportunity to respond to the concerned citizen John Jackson whose sentiments were carried in KN dated March 3, 2016 and titled “Who is financing Mark Benschop” and...

Massive corruption in fuel importation…Govt launching probe into GEA, GuyOil, licensing

Mar 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Massive corruption in fuel importation…Govt launching probe into GEA, GuyOil, licensing

Government will be launching investigations into the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to determine how rooted these agencies really are...

Businessman raises objections raised over planned Church Street casino

Mar 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman raises objections raised over planned Church Street casino

-closeness to mosque, church cited A 150-room hotel along with casino, under construction, is planned to be opened within the coming months on Church Street, Queenstown. But there are objections....

Former GPL Deputy CEO is no longer in Canada- Blanhum

Mar 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former GPL Deputy CEO is no longer in Canada- Blanhum

Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum, has confirmed that former Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Aeshwar Deonarine, is no longer in Canada. Last year, Deonarine left...

Riot erupts at Georgetown Prison

Mar 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Riot erupts at Georgetown Prison

More 70 Prisoners held in the Capital Section of the Georgetown Prisons vented their frustration at the sloth of justice in Guyana by setting a section of the prison on fire. Prison officers,...

Board of Inquiry to investigate corruption allegations against CANU

Mar 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Board of Inquiry to investigate corruption allegations against CANU

Government has announced the establishment of a Board of Inquiry to investigate the allegations of corruption made by a self-confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram, against the Customs Anti-Narcotics...

More forensic audit reports to be released within two weeks

Mar 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on More forensic audit reports to be released within two weeks

– Junior Finance Minister Junior Finance Minister, Jaipaul Sharma says that while he understands that the public may be impatient, he is asking them to just wait a little bit longer. Government...

Hundreds descend on Housing Authority offices

Mar 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds descend on Housing Authority offices

The lines were lengthy at the Central Planning and Housing Authority (CH&PA) headquarters yesterday, as house lot applicants turned up in their hundreds to get in on the 50/50 payment plan....

Jail man try to mek bar-b-q

Mar 03, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jail man try to mek bar-b-q

When monkey ain’t got nutten to do old people seh it does get a perfume bottle and try to fill it with an unmentionable substance. That was de case of some jail men inside de Camp Street jail. Dem...

GCB Scotiabank kiddy cricket to commence shortly

Mar 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Scotiabank kiddy cricket to commence shortly

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Scotiabank kiddy cricket is set to commence shortly across the country. The programme was launched yesterday at the GCB office and will target 210 primary schools. The...

Petra Organisation mourns passing of member Angeline Dyer-McCarty

Mar 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation mourns passing of member Angeline Dyer-McCarty

The sporting fraternity was plunged into mourning on Tuesday following the death of former national netballer, teacher and Petra Organisation member Angeline Dyer-McCarty, who passed away, at the...

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