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Beverage truck topples in trench

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Beverage truck topples in trench

The occupants of this beverage truck operated by Ansa Mc AL Guyana Limited escaped with minor injuries, on Tuesday, after the lorry which was laden with over 400 cases of various beverages toppled...

Sister says defendant was home when Land Court Judge robbed

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sister says defendant was home when Land Court Judge robbed

Pauline Hope testified on behalf of her brother, Nicholas Narine, who is accused of robbing Land Court Judge, Nicola Pierre, and her husband, last July, at their home in the gated community of...

Wandering, truancy must be abolished as offences—-Ramjattan

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wandering, truancy must be abolished as offences—-Ramjattan

-insists Guyana must rehabilitate youths, not become a ‘jailhouse nation’ By Jarryl Bryan Public consultations on the draft Juvenile Justice Bill 2015 kicked off yesterday, with Minister of...

Harmon heading to Florida for pre-Independence activities

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon heading to Florida for pre-Independence activities

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, will travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida this weekend to participate in pre-Independence activities and meetings. The main activity dubbed ‘Guyana’s 50th...

Crime Chief not amused by criticism of confessions obtained by police

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Crime Chief not amused by criticism of confessions obtained by police

It’s a case of damned if you do, and damned if you don’t! The recent successes by the Guyana Police Force in solving a number of high profile crimes are being viewed with some skepticism and...

US State Department report highlights neglect of Guyana prisons

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US State Department report highlights neglect of Guyana prisons

A section the 2015 US State Department’s report focuses heavily on the prisons and culture of punishment in Guyana. It highlights the mistreatment of inmates by prison officials as well as...

Global Fund finds misappropriation of malaria grant

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Global Fund finds misappropriation of malaria grant

– seeking to recover millions Global Fund is aiming to recover a sum of US$56,966 having detected what it has described as “fraud” within the operations of the Ministry of Health’s Vector...

No replay of CLICO…Central Bank for tougher role in insurance industry reforms

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No replay of CLICO…Central Bank for tougher role in insurance industry reforms

Government is preparing to table new laws in the National Assembly that will see tougher monitoring for insurance companies. The Insurance Bill 2016 was recently published in the Official Gazette and...

FFTP willing to help address possible ‘drug shortage’ in public health sector

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on FFTP willing to help address possible ‘drug shortage’ in public health sector

If indeed there exists a shortage of pharmaceuticals within the public health sector, Food for the Poor Guyana Incorporated (FFTP) is willing to lend whatever support it can. This assurance was...

Dancehall sensation, Sean Kingston, to headline GTT Mega Concert

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Dancehall sensation, Sean Kingston, to headline GTT Mega Concert

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Tuesday announced the lineup of artistes for the Mega Concert on Independence Night. The announcement came at a Press Conference at the Pegasus...

FUNERALS ARE DIFFERENT THESE DAYS

Apr 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FUNERALS ARE DIFFERENT THESE DAYS

Funerals are sad occasions. People are sad because they would have lost someone near and dear to them, someone they know they will never see again. The grief can be overpowering. Sometimes, you are...

Sugar first crop falls short by 20,000 tonnes

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar first crop falls short by 20,000 tonnes

—Skeldon continues poor run By Jeanna Pearson The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has fallen short of its 80,500 tonnes first crop production target by 20,000, a source close to corporation...

Need for staff, improved security at Camp Street prison – Operations officers

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Need for staff, improved security at Camp Street prison – Operations officers

Increased security, staff members and the implementation of cameras and monitors at the Camp Street Prison facility, are among the things needed to secure the loopholes in the prison system. These...

IPA at odds with analyst over fake milk claim

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on IPA at odds with analyst over fake milk claim

The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department is being accused of seeking to disrupt trade between Guyana and France. The accusation followed the release of a press statement and subsequent...

IDB hosts workshop on Project Management techniques for professionals

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on IDB hosts workshop on Project Management techniques for professionals

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) recently launched its first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) called “Project Management Techniques for Development Professionals”, on the Harvard-MIT...

Bandit escapes after being shot during botched robbery

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit escapes after being shot during botched robbery

– Turns up at the hospital minutes later A licensed firearm holder yesterday shot a suspected bandit in the face after he was caught in the man’s business place at the A and N...

Jay Mandle’s paper is brilliant but depressing

Apr 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Jay Mandle’s paper is brilliant but depressing

When I entered UG in 1974, one of the popular texts among social science students, especially economics majors, was Jay Mandle, “The Plantation Economy: Population and Economic Changes in...

Sheriff Street vagrant latest road fatality

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sheriff Street vagrant latest road fatality

Guyana’s ever growing road fatality list had a new addition on Tuesday afternoon after a vagrant was crushed by a “container truck” at the junction of Sheriff and Garnett Streets. A frequent...

The police need people to people skills

Apr 28, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The police need people to people skills

Some of the developments in the criminal investigations have made it clear that for the greater part, unless the police collaborate with the public, then there would be hindrances to its crime...

President tours D’Urban Park project

Apr 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President tours D’Urban Park project

President David Granger has expressed his satisfaction with the progress of work at the D’Urban Park Development Project, under the direction of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. The President...

Man’s plea leads to reduced bail

Apr 28, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man’s plea leads to reduced bail

Two men accused of robbing a man who was with his girlfriend at the Georgetown Seawalls were granted bail on Monday after they were charged with robbery with aggravation. Christopher Kneils, 19, of...

Teen remanded over BLU cell phone snatch

Apr 28, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Teen remanded over BLU cell phone snatch

Magistrate Alex Moore remanded a 17-year-old lad yesterday after he appeared before him and confessed that he snatched another man’s BLU cellphone. The court heard that Lavar Moore (no address...

Marijuana dealer convicted on drug charge

Apr 28, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Marijuana dealer convicted on drug charge

Abdul Burnett of Stone Avenue, Campbellville, Georgetown was convicted on a drug charge yesterday and sentenced to three months in prison at the City’s Court. Burnett pleaded not guilty to...

Giftland Mall Chairman wants answers

Apr 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Giftland Mall Chairman wants answers

Dear Editor, Last night I was at the airport to pick up my wife, I saw facing the arriving guest a very large billboard advertising Bi Shan Lin International Mall. As the Chairman of MCG Investments...

Time to re-open Anil Nandlall’s threats to K/News

Apr 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to re-open Anil Nandlall’s threats to K/News

Dear Editor, I read with interest in your newspaper yesterday that Essequibo resident Bibi Salim has been charged with threatening President Granger. Salim, during the month of March, apparently used...

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