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Jagdeo accuses Harmon of lying to keep Govt contracts secret

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News 9

Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, has countered statements that Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, made last week about making Government contracts public. Jagdeo said that the contracts to...

D’Urban Park contractors still owed over $200M

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News 1

More than $200M is owed to the contractors of the first phase of the D’Urban Park project with coordinators assuring yesterday that the payments are being held up by “paper work”. Updating...

Murder suspect escapes from La Grange lock-ups

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Murder suspect escapes from La Grange lock-ups

Fear has gripped a Belle West, West Bank Demerara (WBD) family, following the reported escape of a prisoner from La Grange Police Station yesterday. The man, Anthony Jhagroo, who was being held for...

Gold production increases by 104 percent in four months – Finance Minister

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News 1

…but other revenue earners experience decline As the Ministry of Finance gears to finish the Half Year Report, statistics thus far indicate that the economy is performing creditably. According to...

Missing fisherman’s body found in mortuary with chop wounds

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Missing fisherman’s body found in mortuary with chop wounds

– Phone, $150,000 missing The agonizing search for a 21-year-old fisherman, who went missing last Saturday, ended in pain for his family, yesterday, when his body was discovered in the...

Dem boys seh… Cricket at de stadium really cost Ricky

Jul 14, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Cricket at de stadium really cost Ricky

There is a old saying, ‘Be careful when you follow the Masses…Sometimes de ‘M’ is silent.’ Now JoeShan and de Bar Rat saying two different things bout dem govt contracts. Dem boys now...

US$47M West Dem. Road Project behind schedule

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US$47M West Dem. Road Project behind schedule

Jamaican company denies claims of being uninvolved The US$46.8 M West Coast Demerara Project is currently behind schedule while a representative of a foreign company involved in a component of the...

Armed bandits apprehended after robbing passersby at Bourda

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandits apprehended after robbing passersby at Bourda

Public spirited citizens on Monday arrested two men who robbed two passersby at Bourda Market, in the vicinity of Orange Walk and Robb Street. Wayne Miller, 51, and Darmenna Wong, 43, of Block...

Potholes on $605M La Parfaite Harmonie access road… Contractor says spot failures due to traversing tractors, animals

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Potholes on $605M La Parfaite Harmonie access road… Contractor says spot failures due to traversing tractors, animals

After a photograph showing several potholes along the 20-month-old, $605M La Parfaite Harmonie Access road appeared on the front page of the Kaieteur News’ Wednesday Edition captioned, “Road...

Woman stabs reputed husband after caught in compromising position – court hears

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Woman stabs reputed husband after caught in compromising position – court hears

A woman, who allegedly stabbed her reputed husband with a crow bar after he found her in bed with another man, was on Tuesday remanded to prison by the Chief Magistrate on a wounding charge. Alexis...

Red Thread pickets CCPA head office

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Red Thread pickets CCPA head office

“Where was Red Thread when these children had nothing to eat?”- CCPA official questions The deaths of two young brothers at the Children’s Drop-in-Centre on Hadfield Street, Georgetown on July...

Chief Magistrate to rule on Trafficking in Person case

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Magistrate to rule on Trafficking in Person case

A businesswoman, who is before the courts for allegedly trafficking her minor niece for the purpose of labour exploitation, will know her fate on July 29, when Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan is...

Over 9,000 Yellow Fever vaccines administered in Berbice

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Over 9,000 Yellow Fever vaccines administered in Berbice

The Berbice Regional Health Services (BRHS) has administered in excess of 9,000 Yellow Fever vaccines to residents of Region Six, East Berbice, and Rosignol, Region Five, West Coast Berbice in the...

Police E Division adopts Youth Group in Region Ten

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police E Division adopts Youth Group in Region Ten

Police in Linden have not only been solving crimes and keeping the crime rate down, but they are working with the youths to help them become better young men and women. According to Secretary of the...

Kitty bus driver charged with attempted murder

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty bus driver charged with attempted murder

Uttanpad Sewnaraine aka “Umesh” or “Padi”, the Kitty route bus driver, who reportedly planned to murder his estranged lover 29-year-old, Selina Ramotar, was on Tuesday charged with attempted...

Harbour Bridge to undergo major maintenance in third quarter

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Harbour Bridge to undergo major maintenance in third quarter

The Demerara Harbour Bridge will again undergo substantial maintenance works. This time, the work is scheduled for the third quarter and will be done on the western half. A Government release...

Ministry to invest in initiatives to empower teenagers

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry to invest in initiatives to empower teenagers

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Social Protection and the Women Across Differences (WAD) will shortly be signed to conduct a field study and manage a programme for teenage...

‘E’ Division records 38 percent decrease in crime

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘E’ Division records 38 percent decrease in crime

‘E’ Division Commander, Senior Superintendent Calvin Brutus, said that his division (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice/Mabura) had a 38 percent drop in serious crimes compared to the corresponding...

“B” Division Commander reports 9% decrease in crime

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on “B” Division Commander reports 9% decrease in crime

According to Commissioner of “B” Division, Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam, at the end of June, crime decreased by nine per cent in the Berbice area. Amsterdam at the time was speaking to...

Jehovah’s Witnesses set for 3-day convention

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jehovah’s Witnesses set for 3-day convention

Jehovah’s Witnesses will be hosting their 2016 “Remain Loyal to Jehovah” Regional Convention from July 15-17 at the Leonora National Track and Field Centre, West Coast of Demerara. The...

Labour Department resolved 300 complaints for 2016 – Minister Scott

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Department resolved 300 complaints for 2016 – Minister Scott

The Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Labour addressed about 300 of the over 500 complaints between January and June this year, said Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection,...

Parika-Supenaam Speedboat Association donates to Henry Rodney

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Parika-Supenaam Speedboat Association donates to Henry Rodney

The Parika-Supenaam Speedboat Owners’ Association handed over funds to renowned actor, Henry Rodney. Kaieteur News understands that the Association had a meeting, and it was decided that four trips...

‘Panta’ wanted for drug trafficking

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Panta’ wanted for drug trafficking

Police are trying to locate Mohamed Imrazie Alli, called ‘Panta’, for questioning in relation to trafficking in narcotics which occurred on June 08, 2016 at the Cheddi Jagan International...

Colombian fined for overstaying

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Colombian fined for overstaying

A Colombian was yesterday fined $30,000 with an alternative of four weeks’ imprisonment for overstaying her time in Guyana. The penalty was imposed by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the...

Gov’t pays BK US$5.7M in out-of-court settlement for Haags Bosch

Jul 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t pays BK US$5.7M in out-of-court settlement for Haags Bosch

Contractor, BK International, whose management of the Haags Bosch Landfill was terminated by the government in December 2015, was compensated US$5.7M, in excess of $1B, according to Minister of...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more