April 6, 2016

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Education Ministry seeking public support to conduct COI

Apr 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry seeking public support to conduct COI

The support of the public is being solicited by the Ministry of Education in its quest to review, revise, upgrade and extend the Education Sector Strategic Plan. This is according to information from...

National Geographic involved in local project to save Black Caiman

Apr 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on National Geographic involved in local project to save Black Caiman

A research involving National Geographic is underway in the Rupununi, Region Nine, to come up with ways to save the endangered Black Caiman. According to Farfan and Mendes Group and STIHL, it has...

When will we ever have energy security in Guyana?

Apr 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on When will we ever have energy security in Guyana?

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…. By Sase Singh INTRODUCTION Guyana has plentiful, yet partially unrealized renewable energy potential. The closest we came to developing our vast...

Local Govt. Elections…Ties in six Local Authority Areas; some electors likely to return to polls – PPP

Apr 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local Govt. Elections…Ties in six Local Authority Areas; some electors likely to return to polls – PPP

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)’s Commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday revealed that voters from several Local Authority Areas (LAA) are likely to...

Prisoner admits to having active Facebook page, purchasing cell phones from wardens

Apr 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner admits to having active Facebook page, purchasing cell phones from wardens

Camp Street Prison inmate, Carl Brown yesterday revealed to the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the March 3 unrest that the seizure of prisoners’ belongings, including cellular phones, marijuana,...

Ministerial team finds environmental mining damage in Potaro

Apr 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministerial team finds environmental mining damage in Potaro

-receives complaints of miners threatened by constables The Ministry of Natural Resources is calling on miners, particularly those operating large concessions, to work in an environmentally-friendly...

Misuse of alcohol is the problem

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Misuse of alcohol is the problem

There are no laws against the drinking of rum in Guyana. In fact, so long as the alcohol consumed is not ‘bush rum’, then there are no laws against its imbibing. There are laws, of course,...

Audit report recommends review of CJIA tender evaluation process

Apr 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Audit report recommends review of CJIA tender evaluation process

– in wake of more contract splitting The forensic audit report into the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) has recommended that management review a number of things,...

‘Nasty Man’ to face High Court for murder of footballer

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Nasty Man’ to face High Court for murder of footballer

Having been charged before for murder when he was just a teenager, 25-year-old Dellon Henry, also known as ‘Nasty Man’ was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of...

April session of Demerara Criminal Assizes opens

Apr 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on April session of Demerara Criminal Assizes opens

– 163 cases listed for trial The April session of the Demerara Criminal Assizes commenced at the Georgetown Supreme Court yesterday with 163 criminal matters listed for trial. The session...

A sincere apology to Raphael Trotman

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A sincere apology to Raphael Trotman

Last Saturday, my column, captioned, “What the Raphael Trotman tape revealed,” looked at one of the speeches Mr. Trotman delivered at a public meeting in Bartica during the local government...

Aurora produces over 41,000 ounces gold for first quarter

Apr 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora produces over 41,000 ounces gold for first quarter

Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfield Inc. which started large scale operations last year is well on track for its annual target this year. Reporting on its first quarter production for 2016, the company...

Labourer charged with murder of Cuban National

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Labourer charged with murder of Cuban National

A 37 year-old labourer was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Cuban National, Joel Perez Laffita, whose body was found on the roadway at Providence, East Bank Demerara, last month....

Wife-beating 70-yr-old heads back to jail to serve shortened term

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Wife-beating 70-yr-old heads back to jail to serve shortened term

A 70-year-old man who was convicted in the magistrate’s court for beating his wife, and sentenced to four months in jail, had his sentence cut in half by the full court on appeal. He will now have...

Trio freed on gun, ammo charges

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Trio freed on gun, ammo charges

Three men were yesterday freed on charges of illegal firearms and ammunition possession by Magistrate Judy Latchman, after making another appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Mark...

Porkknocker fined for two grams of ganja

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Porkknocker fined for two grams of ganja

A Porkknocker who told the court he uses marijuana for his malaria was yesterday fined $15,000 and ordered to complete 100 hours community service when he appeared before Magistrate Dylan Bess. At...

Slapping cousin leads to community service

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Slapping cousin leads to community service

A 48-year-old man accused of slapping his cousin during an argument was yesterday ordered to complete 200 hours community service when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates Courts. Gordon...

Jamaican remanded for cocaine, overstaying and forging driver’s licence

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jamaican remanded for cocaine, overstaying and forging driver’s licence

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan remanded a Jamaican National to prison yesterday, after he was slapped with charges of forgery, narcotics trafficking, and overstaying in Guyana. Alfred Wellington, 50,...

Soldiers among four remanded for ganja in bedroom

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soldiers among four remanded for ganja in bedroom

Two soldiers were among four men remanded to prison yesterday, after denying a drug trafficking charge read to them by Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Guyana Defence...

$10,000 fine for damaging windows

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on $10,000 fine for damaging windows

A Carpenter was fined $10,000 yesterday after he confessed to maliciously damaging his wife’s glass windows when he appeared before Magistrate Dylan Bess. Michael Paul of Middle Road, La Penitence,...

The Joe Harmon saga continues to attract attention

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Joe Harmon saga continues to attract attention

Dear Editor, It is astonishing how hard of hearing, or completely reckless, or plain arrogant or all three members of the political class can be. The unpalatable stories about Mr. Brian Tiwari, PPP...

A parent pleads for a son’s education

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A parent pleads for a son’s education

Dear Editor, It is my desire to inform the public and higher authorities to take action in resolving an issue I have been ached with for too long. My beef is with the time the training takes to...

Authentix technology in Guyana

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Authentix technology in Guyana

Dear Editor, The fuel marking program in Guyana using Authentix technology has been in operation since 2003. Authentix has over 20 years’ experience in deploying fuel marking programs similar to...

Law students versus Vincent Alexander

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Law students versus Vincent Alexander

Dear Editor, Kindly give this response to Mr Vincent Alexander’s response “…..these students are misleading readers” similar prominence and in your publication. The caption to his letter...

There can be a situation where a joke isn’t funny; this is one

Apr 06, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on There can be a situation where a joke isn’t funny; this is one

Dear Editor, The headline titled, “APNU+AFC took all seats on city finance committee – despite nomination of Team Legacy member” (SN April 05) sums up accurately another glaring...

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Congratulations to the PPP Govt for the vision of a Guyana Development Bank to serve little citizens. Thoughtful. Well-liked. When things get too thoughtful, dislike creeps forward. What the details say? Both upfront and obscured. There’s a $40B...

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