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Demerara Bank commissions $460M Diamond branch

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Bank commissions $460M Diamond branch

By Leonard Gildarie Demerara Bank Limited yesterday launched a spanking new $460M facility at Diamond, and announced plans to be the first financial institution in the country to open a branch on the...

Medical Council warns public against four doctors

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Medical Council warns public against four doctors

Child sex-offender may still be practising in Guyana Child sex-offender Dr Vishwamintra Persaud, who was fired from the Georgetown Public Hospital when his conviction on a child sex offence in New...

$5.2M sluice door … Wood materials cost $400.000

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $5.2M sluice door … Wood materials cost $400.000

The Ministry of Agriculture has refuted reports in the Monday issue of Kaieteur News regarding the construction of a sluice door at Stryken Hovel, West Bank of Demerara, saying that the report did...

Dem boys seh… Rob -Bert and Liar-Nel a pull wool over abee eye

Mar 01, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Rob -Bert and Liar-Nel a pull wool over abee eye

When thieves get ketch dem does try fuh wriggle out. Some does try fuh dance out without any music, some does sing and dance to dem own tune. That is exactly what happen in de NDIA wid Rob- Bert,...

Only two official counts at PNCR Poll – Returning Officer

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Only two official counts at PNCR Poll – Returning Officer

In an attempt to clear the air on the polling results of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) voting exercise on Saturday, which saw Brigadier (Rtd) David Granger being elected the...

Woman remanded for killing her lover

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman remanded for killing her lover

Tiffany Clarke, 19, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry to answer to the indictable charge of murder, yesterday. She was charged with killing her 25-year-old lover, Sonobia James. A...

New GDF officers presented with Instruments of Commission

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New GDF officers presented with Instruments of Commission

Thirty newly commissioned officers of the Guyana Defence Force, were yesterday presented with their instruments of commission by Commander-in-Chief, President Bharrat Jagdeo at a special ceremony at...

Work progresses on Hope Canal

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Work progresses on Hope Canal

After months of delays, the government called for bids to undertake the civil works in the $3B Hope/Dochfour Canal Project earlier this week. The long awaited contracts amount to almost $1.5B...

Police recover stolen PNCR boat, four in custody

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police recover stolen PNCR boat, four in custody

The police in Berbice have apparently broken up a criminal gang and in the process, captured four men and recovered a boat and 48-horsepower engine owned by the People’s National Congress/Reform...

Dwindling prison staff will be dire for administration – Prison Officers

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dwindling prison staff will be dire for administration – Prison Officers

By Rabindra Rooplall Allegations of corruption, mismanagement, bribery, favouritism and dishonesty are being leveled against the Guyana Prison Service by present and past officers who are displeased...

Housing Ministry inks $262M housing development contracts

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry inks $262M housing development contracts

Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali yesterday signed contracts totalling $262,139,603. The three contracts will see developmental works in three locations including Culvert City, Lethem in...

Student sustains broken finger during whipping

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Student sustains broken finger during whipping

The parents of a Form Two Cotton Field student want the relevant authorities to execute the appropriate disciplinary measure to the teacher who dealt their 14-year-old son, Shaheed Rasheed, four...

All UNASUR detainees back on the streets

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on All UNASUR detainees back on the streets

All the persons who were rounded up from the streets of Georgetown and bundled off to the National Psychiatric Hospital in Fort Canje, Berbice during the latter part of 2010, have all escaped. They...

Coordinator of $1billion Mangrove project resigns

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Coordinator of $1billion Mangrove project resigns

The Coordinator of Guyana’s Mangrove Restoration Project, which is set to roll-out a $1 billion plan, has resigned over differences with chairman of the Mangrove Action Committee, Annette Arjoon,...

GDF troops for Exercise Tradewinds 2011 in Antigua & Barbuda

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GDF troops for Exercise Tradewinds 2011 in Antigua & Barbuda

Four officers and 30 Other Ranks from the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions, Coast Guard, and Defence Headquarters will participate in EXCERCISE TRADEWINDS, which will be held in Antigua and Barbuda...

N/A Mash Sizzles; Berbicians ask for more GT floats

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Mash Sizzles; Berbicians ask for more GT floats

Berbicians turned out in their numbers on Sunday for the usual Mash last-lap tramp along Stanleytown and Main Street, New Amsterdam. The revelers moved off from Mark’s Bridge at Stanleytown...

Immigration TALK: Reporting a Change of Address to Immigration

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration TALK: Reporting a Change of Address to Immigration

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, [email protected] The law requires that most non-U.S. citizens report a change of address within 10 days of moving by completing a Change of Address form with USCIS. ...

Burglars hit Parfait Harmonie residence of former Army Major

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Burglars hit Parfait Harmonie residence of former Army Major

Burglars staged a daring daylight robbery yesterday at the Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara house occupied by former Army Major Augustus Stuart, carting of a large amount of cash. Augustus Stuart...

Two freed of murder in lower court

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two freed of murder in lower court

The two persons who were accused of killing Albouystown resident Wendell Tappin yesterday walked out of the magistrate’s court free of the charge as Magistrate Fazil Azeez upheld no case...

Rejected Guyanese ‘rape’ victim for new Canadian immigration hearing

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rejected Guyanese ‘rape’ victim for new Canadian immigration hearing

Ottawa (Vancouver Sun) – The parallels in the five refugee cases are striking. All feature women seeking to remain in Canada because of well-founded fears for their safety in their home...

Berbice teacher in forged NGSA results slip hotwater

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice teacher in forged NGSA results slip hotwater

A Berbice teacher and an accomplice are expected to be disciplined by the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) and possibly charged by the police for forgery and fraud. The authorities uncovered a scam...

Hit and run driver nabbed

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hit and run driver nabbed

Three days after he went into hiding after killing 16-year-old, Manclik Matthews, in a hit and run accident on the La Belle Alliance, Public Road, 51-year-old Monty Blake, the driver, has been...

Mash camp gunman identified

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mash camp gunman identified

Police now know the identity of one of the two gunmen who snatched $2.5M from costume designer Trevor Rose after invading the Bank DIH Mash camp at Burnham Court. Kaieteur News understands that an...

ICC Technical Committee approves Bishoo application

Mar 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on ICC Technical Committee approves Bishoo application

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has received confirmation from the International Cricket Council that the Technical Committee has approved the WICB application for Devendra...

Broken septic tank clears Black Bush Secondary school

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Broken septic tank clears Black Bush Secondary school

A broken septic tank caused teachers and students of Black Bush Secondary School to be displaced from the school building and forced to work in nearby masjids and churches while some chose not to...