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Hemraj, Yadram boost ECD, Butts grabs 5

Sep 17, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hemraj, Yadram boost ECD, Butts grabs 5

Chanderpaul Hemraj and Kamesh Yadram struck half centuries as East Coast Demerara (ECD) reached 294-6 against West Berbice when play was halted on day one of the fourth round Guyana Cricket Board...

Another report in the making!

Sep 17, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Another report in the making!

The government is saying that it does not have the money to pay higher than the 1-10% increase in wages to public servants. The GPSU, the union representing workers should be able, as can any first...

Cops arrest owner of pit-bulls

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops arrest owner of pit-bulls

Police have arrested Marceline Small, the woman, who owns the four pit-bulls that mauled a man to death and attacked two other persons at Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Thursday morning....

Barry Dataram, wife and friends to know fate over Diamond drug bust

Sep 17, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Barry Dataram, wife and friends to know fate over Diamond drug bust

Magistrate Judy Latchman is expected to make a ruling in the matter for which accused drug trafficker, Barry Dataram, and three other persons including his reputed wife, are charged for the...

Govt.’s 10 percent increase for Public Servants can be sustained –Finance Minister

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.’s 10 percent increase for Public Servants can be sustained –Finance Minister

While Government may desire to pay Public Servants a rather generous wage increase, Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, said, yesterday, that at the end of the day, it has to be pragmatic. He insists...

SUICIDE IN GUYANA

Sep 17, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on SUICIDE IN GUYANA

The recent suicidal death of Yougram Bladesh of Blairmont, West Berbice was tragic. It was heartbreaking for many in the country to hear about another suicide. While it may never be known why the...

Former municipal legal officer was unaware of Parking Meter Contracts

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former municipal legal officer was unaware of Parking Meter Contracts

Former legal officer and Town-Clerk of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, Carol Sooba, has denied having knowledge of the parking meter contracts, particularly the one signed in 2007 between the...

Region Nine boat operators benefit from training

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region Nine boat operators benefit from training

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) collaborated with the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and Conservation International –Guyana to conduct a Boat Captain training and certification...

Telecommunications Minister boasts of leading Guyana to ICT literacy

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Telecommunications Minister boasts of leading Guyana to ICT literacy

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications is boasting that it has almost completed phase one of the Secondary School Internet Connectivity project which forms part of the E-Governance project. At a...

Improved power supply for Bartica by Sunday

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Improved power supply for Bartica by Sunday

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, during a press conference at his Ministry in Kingston, Georgetown on Thursday, stated that the former mining town of Bartica will receive improved...

UG plans to advocate for legislation to govern graduate professionals

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG plans to advocate for legislation to govern graduate professionals

University of Guyana’s Vice-Chancellor Dr. Ivelaw Griffith, confirmed yesterday that graduates of the university should expect the institution to advocate for the drafting and implementation of...

Authorities battle time to surface, remove sunken dredge from River channel

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities battle time to surface, remove sunken dredge from River channel

Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson, has apologised for the inconvenience experienced by users of the Mazaruni River channel by a sunken dredge. Minister Ferguson...

Caribbean rum producers to continue pressure on US over subsidies

Sep 17, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean rum producers to continue pressure on US over subsidies

Regional rum producers and their representative association have been lauded by the Trinidad Minister of Trade and Industry for their efforts to improve the global competitiveness of their products....

Former QC, master, Frank Maloney, dies

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former QC, master, Frank Maloney, dies

Frank Maloney, former master at Queen’s College (QC), passed away on September 10, last, at the East Demerara Regional Hospital at around 20:20 hours. He served 19 years as a teacher at the Berbice...

Commonwealth Judges and Magistrates conference opens on Monday

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth Judges and Magistrates conference opens on Monday

The Commonwealth Judges and Magistrates’ Association, a London-based organisation, in collaboration with the Supreme Court of Guyana, will host a conference at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown from...

The WPA: A kind of dismissive analysis

Sep 17, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The WPA: A kind of dismissive analysis

There have been reactions from Dr. David Hinds and Tacuma Ogunseye on my recent reflections of the WPA over the past three weeks. David wrote; “My friend, Freddie Kissoon, and I have, over the last...

Mexico is 206 years old

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mexico is 206 years old

Shared interests have strengthened ties between Guyana and Mexico – President Granger Guyana and Mexico may differ significantly in population and size, but President David Granger said that it...

Family bids farewell to schoolgirl killed in Canal accident

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Family bids farewell to schoolgirl killed in Canal accident

Relatives and friends of 11-year-old Hema Singh, who died two weeks after being involved in an accident at Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara (WBD), said their final goodbyes on Thursday as she was...

ARE WE CONDEMNING GUYANA TO AN EMPTY RICE POT?

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ARE WE CONDEMNING GUYANA TO AN EMPTY RICE POT?

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS… By: Sase Singh Introduction Every time I pick up my pen, it is because I feel a sense of commitment to a certain social group – the poor and the working...

Man who dies on flight was returning for daughter’s birthday

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man who dies on flight was returning for daughter’s birthday

Joseph Glasgow, who died while on a Caribbean Airline flight to Guyana on Wednesday, was returning home to celebrate his daughter’s birthday. His wife, June Glasgow, said that she was on her way to...

Venezuelans sisters fined for illegal entry

Sep 17, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Venezuelans sisters fined for illegal entry

Two remorseful Venezuelan nationals were yesterday fine $20,000 each by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for entering Guyana illegally. It is alleged that on July 23, last, the Venezuelan nationals, at...

Drug dealer gets second four-year jail term

Sep 17, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Drug dealer gets second four-year jail term

Sheldon Simon, the man who was nabbed on Wednesday in a minibus on the Corentyne, with a quantity of narcotics, got his second four years in jail within the period of a year. Simon, 45, who had given...

Couple placed on bond for chopping each other

Sep 17, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Couple placed on bond for chopping each other

Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday placed a couple on bonds to keep the peace for 12 months or in default six months imprisonment, after they declined to offer evidence against each other on a...

Minibus driver flees after slamming into the back of a Toyota RAV4

Sep 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver flees after slamming into the back of a Toyota RAV4

A minibus driver yesterday fled from the scene of an accident at Farm, East Bank Demerara, but later appeared at the Providence Police Station where he was then charged. The minibus, BTT 9491, was...

Guyana has to do away from accepting the PPP and PNC

Sep 17, 2016 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, The United Republican Party (URP) would like to ask the citizens of Guyana – especially the supporters of the Coalition – just one question. Here’s the question: How much more...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more