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UG Turkeyen Campus evacuated over bomb Threat

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UG Turkeyen Campus evacuated over bomb Threat

Threats of bombs being strategically planted on the Turkeyen campus of the University of Guyana [UG] resulted in a complete shutdown of the tertiary institution, yesterday. According to...

Tender Board examines 30 projects in marathon session

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Tender Board examines 30 projects in marathon session

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) received bids and proposals for 30 projects yesterday, and worked from morning late into the night. Notably, one project...

Minister demands accountability on Local Gov’t Commission spending

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minister demands accountability on Local Gov’t Commission spending

Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, is demanding accountability from the Local Government Commission, (LGC) as it relates to expenditures of its 2019 budget. Minister Bulkan commented on the...

Govt. appeals CJ’s no-confidence judgements

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. appeals CJ’s no-confidence judgements

Government has appealed the recent judgments of Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George. In filings released yesterday, the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs, cited dissatisfaction of...

Young Bagotville calypsonian targets child abuse

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Young Bagotville calypsonian targets child abuse

Contestant in the Junior Calypso Monarch competition, 20-year-old Denisha Washington, of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara, hopes to sensitize and raise awareness on the effects of child abuse....

As Venezuelan migrant situation widens… Region Four lends support for realisation of One-Stop referral centre

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on As Venezuelan migrant situation widens… Region Four lends support for realisation of One-Stop referral centre

As the Regional Executive Officer [REO] of Region One, Lieutenant Colonel Randy Storm, continues to reach out to his counterparts in other regions for assistance with the growing Venezuelan...

Five witnesses remain in Bourda cheese vendor murder PI

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Five witnesses remain in Bourda cheese vendor murder PI

Police Prosecutor, Neville Jeffers, is expected to call five remaining witnesses to testify in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Troy Ramalho, a Bourda cheese vendor, who was...

Senior cop charged with rape of girl, 13, granted bail

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Senior cop charged with rape of girl, 13, granted bail

Two weeks after a senior member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) was charged with the rape of a 13-year-old and remanded for the offence, bail was yesterday granted to him for the offence. Seecharran...

Two charged separately after brawl over alcohol

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two charged separately after brawl over alcohol

A miner, who the court heard stabbed a man several times with a beer bottle after he accidently knocked over his drink while partying, was yesterday charged for the offence. Keith Daniels, 19,...

GECOM Chairman should stamp his authority, buck stops at him – Nandlall

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairman should stamp his authority, buck stops at him – Nandlall

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is of the opinion that the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield, is shirking...

Former NCN CEO Lennox Cornette dies

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former NCN CEO Lennox Cornette dies

The media fraternity lost one of its veterans yesterday with the passing of former National Communications Network (NCN) Chief Executive Officer, Lennox Cornette. Close associates of the...

Guyana records major decrease in prison TB cases

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records major decrease in prison TB cases

The Programme Coordinator of the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP), Dr. Jeetendra Mohanlall, has indicated that there has been a significant decrease in Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in prisons....

Canal man charged with rape of four boys

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Canal man charged with rape of four boys

Yesterday Stepheon Philips, of Phase II Belle West, Canal #2 Polder, West Bank Demerara (WBD), was remanded to prison on four charges of raping boys under the age of 16. The 42-year-old man made an...

GCCI, new Mayor and councillors meet to discuss parking meter, other major issues

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI, new Mayor and councillors meet to discuss parking meter, other major issues

Members of the newly installed Georgetown Municipality, Mayor Ubraj Narine and a team from the council, officially met with members of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, (GCCI) on...

‘Bumpy’ gets 12 ½ years for killing friend

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Bumpy’ gets 12 ½ years for killing friend

By Feona Morrison Renwick Alexander, 69, was yesterday sentenced to 12 ½ years behind bars for the unlawful killing of his childhood friend, Carl Thomas, called ‘Dog’, whom he stabbed...

Crabwood Creek farmer died from multiple stab wounds

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Crabwood Creek farmer died from multiple stab wounds

A post mortem examination on the body of murdered Crabwood Creek poultry/rice farmer on Monday by government Pathologist Vivekanand Bridjmohan, revealed that Deoprakash “William”...

Man admits to raping underage girl, jailed 21 years

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man admits to raping underage girl, jailed 21 years

A man said to be in his 50s was yesterday jailed for 21 years by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow after he appeared before her and pleaded guilty to raping a minor. The man Richard Archer, admitted that on...

Labourer steals ladies hair, gets 18 months in prison

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer steals ladies hair, gets 18 months in prison

A labourer was yesterday sent to prison on a charge of simple larceny. Jose Hamilton admitted to the charge after it was ready to him by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Charges dismissed against Lloyd Singh, International Pharmaceutical Agency …Magistrate upholds No Case Submission

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Charges dismissed against Lloyd Singh, International Pharmaceutical Agency …Magistrate upholds No Case Submission

Businessman, Lloyd Singh, of International Pharmaceutical Agency left the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Thursday, cleared of all charges brought by the Guyana National Bureau of Stan dards....

Man discovered dead at Sophia construction site

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man discovered dead at Sophia construction site

A tragic accident at a Sophia worksite left a family in deep mourning yesterday. Dead is Solomon ‘Salo’ Kandhai, 41, of 145 Cummings Lodge Embankment. He reportedly collapsed into a pool...

Composer Valerie Rodway to be honoured on birth centenary

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Composer Valerie Rodway to be honoured on birth centenary

The Ministry of the Presidency will honour the life and work of Guyanese composer and teacher, Ms. Valerie Rodway, CCH, with a roster of activities to mark her birth centenary,, next week. The...

Lima Group, inclusive of Guyana, embraces Guaido – calls on Venezuela military to quit Maduro

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lima Group, inclusive of Guyana, embraces Guaido – calls on Venezuela military to quit Maduro

(www.unian.info) – The Lima Group includes Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Saint Lucia. The countries of...

Performances at Children’s Mash competitions’ captivate audience in Linden

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Performances at Children’s Mash competitions’ captivate audience in Linden

Over the last week, the mining town of Linden was a display of iridescent colours, as pupils and students from the Nursery to the Secondary level, donned unique and creative costumes as part...

The accusation that Charrandass took a bribe

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The accusation that Charrandass took a bribe

Guyana is the most macabre country in the world. Just name a person who uses his office to take money and you would get a libel writ faster than the movement of your eyes. People are openly writing...

State of Christianburg Primary School to be evaluated

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on State of Christianburg Primary School to be evaluated

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, has indicated that he will employ the use of a structural engineer to examine the condition and strength of the Christianburg Primary School building. This...

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