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Venezuela crisis: Guyana to take appropriate actions as the need arises

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela crisis: Guyana to take appropriate actions as the need arises

The government is closely monitoring the situation in neighbouring Venezuela since reports surfaced suggesting a possible refugee crisis. On Thursday, President David Granger said that Guyana is...

Public Security Ministry relaxes 2am curfew

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Public Security Ministry relaxes 2am curfew

Guyanese at home and those returning for the 50th Anniversary of Independence celebrations, will be allowed to party up to 04:00 hours as the Ministry of Public Security is relaxing the enforcement...

Eastern Airlines service officially launched

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Eastern Airlines service officially launched

Eastern Airlines Service was officially launched in Guyana yesterday. Following an inaugural flight that landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, a cocktail reception was hosted at the...

Minister Patterson reveals plans for East Bank Demerara Roads

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Patterson reveals plans for East Bank Demerara Roads

During his speech at the unveiling of Guyana’s 50th Independence Arch at Georgetown’s southern entrance; Agricola, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson said that while the arch is...

Stabroek Market to have civic space, parking meters — M&CC

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Stabroek Market to have civic space, parking meters — M&CC

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is moving ahead to revamp sections of Central Georgetown. According to Public Relations Officer, (PRO) of City Hall, Debra Lewis, the council is...

Campbellville fire leaves four homeless

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Campbellville fire leaves four homeless

– “We called GPL many times to come and fix the post they got here but they never came.” Four persons are now homeless after a fire, believed to be electrical in origin, destroyed their...

Ministry reports of 28 suspected TIP victims for 2016

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry reports of 28 suspected TIP victims for 2016

-fighting “heartless”, “soulless” traffickers with education As at yesterday, 13 cases of Trafficking In Persons (TIP) have gained the attention of the “Counter-Trafficking In Persons...

Squatting areas will only be regularised where possible

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Squatting areas will only be regularised where possible

-Minister Sharpe-Patterson Minister within the Ministry of Communities Valerie Sharpe-Patterson has sounded a warning to squatters, who believe that they can force the government’s hand by...

DIVERSIFICATION NEEDED FOR ECONOMIC SURVIVAL

May 21, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DIVERSIFICATION NEEDED FOR ECONOMIC SURVIVAL

Given the collapse of the sugar industry, the falling prices for rice and problems associated with the gold industry, it is time for the government to think seriously about the long-touted need for...

City Hall to meet with private contractors

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall to meet with private contractors

… over workers’ lack of sanitary cleaning gear An issue highlighted in the Freddie Kissoon Column of Wednesday’s edition was the fact that workers employed by City Hall in the overall clean-up...

Drug smuggler jailed, fined for cocaine in milk packages

May 21, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Drug smuggler jailed, fined for cocaine in milk packages

A welder who attempted to smuggle cocaine with a street value of $5.5M inside large Kerrygold Milk packages was yesterday given a fine and sentenced to serve four years in prison. Safraz...

ICT Centre of Excellence at UG for August month end completion

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ICT Centre of Excellence at UG for August month end completion

Work is moving apace for the establishment of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre of Excellence for which a Memorandum of Understanding was recently signed between the...

Ministry launches “Jubilee Edition” TIP prevention materials

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry launches “Jubilee Edition” TIP prevention materials

Umbrellas, coasters, key rings, hand bands, leaflets, among other items, were introduced as part of the Ministry of Social Protection’s ‘Jubilee Edition’ of the Trafficking in Persons...

Road fatalities increase by 32%

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Road fatalities increase by 32%

– speeding remains main factor The Guyana Police Force has recorded a 32 percent increase in road fatalities for the year so far when compared to the corresponding period last year. Fifty four...

Break in Babita Sarjou case?…Cops detain missing woman’s husband, other man

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Break in Babita Sarjou case?…Cops detain missing woman’s husband, other man

Police last night hinted at a major development in one of their most intriguing cold cases, with the taking into custody of the husband and a male friend of Babita Sarjou. Sarjou vanished without...

Don’t jump to conclusions

May 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Don’t jump to conclusions

Reports in recent days have suggested that there has been an increase in gold declaration and a reduction in smuggling. But how accurate and factual are these reports? The increase in gold...

East Canje foreman to stand trial for attempted murder of son

May 21, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on East Canje foreman to stand trial for attempted murder of son

An East Canje man who threw methylated spirits on his son and set him ablaze, has been committed to stand trial during the next sitting of the criminal assizes of the Berbice High Court on a charge...

How can a former President write such non-truths?

May 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on How can a former President write such non-truths?

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) wishes to respond to a letter by Mr. Donald Ramotar that was published in the Stabroek News on Saturday 14 May, 2016 titled ‘The Government is...

Carpenter charged for murder over food row

May 21, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Carpenter charged for murder over food row

A carpenter who police say fatally stabbed another man during a food row, was yesterday charged with murder when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The accused Mark Anthony Barclay,...

High Court trial for Christmas Day murder accused

May 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on High Court trial for Christmas Day murder accused

Fifty four-year-old Mark Greaves was earlier this week committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of Owen Fredericks last year Christmas Day in Albouystown. On Tuesday, Chief...

I am suffering unjustified disconnections

May 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am suffering unjustified disconnections

Dear Editor, I reside in the Parafaite Housing Scheme and received a supply of electricity from the Guyana Power and Light. I am however dissatisfied with the low voltage and frequent black outs...

In support of Simona Broomes

May 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on In support of Simona Broomes

Dear Editor, So a decent successful gold miner for over quarter of a century decides to take up the cause of the abused and oppressed women in the mining industry. For this, she was ostracized and...

Murder accused charged for triple murders

May 21, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Murder accused charged for triple murders

Recently-captured murder suspect Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander, was yesterday arraigned on three charges of murder when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander...

How prevalent is this un-Hindu practice in Guyana?

May 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on How prevalent is this un-Hindu practice in Guyana?

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to express my thoughts on a recent letter from Pt. Balbudar published under the caption of ‘Desecration of Tuschen Mandir, supposed to have taken place in observance...

Guyana is under assault thanks to politics

May 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is under assault thanks to politics

Dear Editor, Politics, crime, and violence in Guyana: is there a nexus? Is there a history? Is this the reality? These are sure to be provocative, even unwanted, questions. They still must be asked...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more