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National Youth Parliament is a mockery

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

A group calling itself the Guyana National Advocate Youth Parliament has challenged the authenticity and credibility of the National Youth Parliament, headed by information liaison to the President,...

Gov’t shifts position on accepting lowest bid

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

After committing to accepting the lowest bidder who meets other criteria for the supply of Netbooks under the One Laptop Per Family Project (OLPF), the government has now shifted its position. In the...

Canadian jailed for selling Guyana mining claim

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

– also fined US$23.5M US(Niagara Falls Review)-Alberto DoCouto, the flamboyant Canadian developer who was acquitted of fraud charges in Canada in 1998, has been convicted of securities fraud in...

Cow on road caused another accident

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

About 1:30 hours yesterday, a car heading east on the Mahaicony Public Road reportedly swerved from a cow that happened to be lying on the road. That manoeuvre caused the driver to lose control and...

Gunmen pose as labourers, escape with $4.1M

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

– worker shot in foot Gunmen dressed as labourers in the employ of BEV Enterprise at Houston Estate, Georgetown robbed the company of some $4.1 million yesterday afternoon. Shortly after 14:30...

Dem boys seh… GINA now telling big lie

Mar 19, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 0

If is nah one lie is another. This time dem lie bout some man name David Williams who got a media pass. GINA tell de world that this man is a freelance photographer attached to de Chronicle. Dem boys...

Female abduction suspect eludes police, son detained

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

Police have detained the son of the woman who allegedly abducted Mon Repos resident, Khamattie Mangal, two Fridays ago. But they have been unable to locate the alleged mastermind. A police official...

Le Repentir Dumpsite to officially be closed

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

Plans to make the old Le Repentir dumpsite into an environmental friendly and health safety area are currently underway. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has fully funded this solid waste...

PNCR reiterates concern over new Land bill

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

The People’s National Congress Reform has yet again made public its concern over the passing of the Land (Prescription and Limitation) (Amendment) Bill 2011. During the party’s weekly media...

Canadian NGO slow to donate to ICT project – Education Minister

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

Canadian NGO slow to donate to ICT project–Education Minister In the most recent development, the Ministry of Education in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec), Commonwealth...

Vendors raise concerns about municipal markets

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

Vendors of both Kitty and La Penitence Markets have told this publication that authorities had promised to repair the facilities since 2010. Now that it is the ending of the third month of 2011 there...

Three-mile walk-a-thon set for World Water Day today

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

In observance of World Water Day, Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) in collaborated with UNICEF, PAHO, WWF-Guianas, EPA, DIGICEL, and the Ministry of Health will host a special three-mile...

Rice, sugar harvesting resume as weather holds

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

…60 acres lost in Mahaica/Mahaicony area The capacity of the country’s drainage system to offset any potential disaster during the current La Nina conditions when rainfall levels were very high...

Boy, 14, killed in minibus accident

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

A 14-year-old boy was killed on the spot around 16:15 hrs yesterday after he was struck by a minibus at Hope, East Coast Demerara. The victim has been identified as Theron Berkshire, of Clonbrook,...

Tonight’s moon closest to earth in 18-years – Scientist

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

The full moon occurring today will be closer to the Earth than it has been in the past 18 years. The moon will look brighter and bigger than normal. Although some scientists say that this will have...

2011 Pakaraima Mountain safari launched

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

The Ninth Pakaraima Mountain Safari, dubbed “the adventure of a lifetime”, was officially launched yesterday. The annual event set for March 26, to April 2, 2011, is being organised by the...

Two women beaters jailed

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

Rawle Hardy, 26, found himself in hot water when he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend, Rochelle Renville. He was brought before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Education Ministry, Teaching Service Commission still await court charge and documents

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

Court documents and the charge against Social Studies teacher attached to the Berbice Educational Institute and University of Guyana student, Kirk Fraser, should be attracting the attention of the...

Climate Change Centre reaffirms commitment to Region

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

At the recent Twenty-Second Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), leaders reinforced the urgent need to address climate change in the...

Suspicions of murder surface after man disappears

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

By Rabindra Rooplall He has been missing for more than a week in the interior (Kamarang), Heimchandra Boodram Mohabir, 36, called “Collie boy or Rohan” of Claybrick Road, Canal Number Two, West...

Man protests demolition by N/A Town Council

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

The New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council’s (M&TC) Bobcat machine demolished a steel frame foundation that was being erected by Leslie Holder. Holder was constructing a concrete block- making...

Overseas mining company reports increase gold, copper find

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

Sandspring Resources Limited on Thursday announced an update for new gold and copper assay results from drilling in the area of the Toroparu gold-copper deposit in Guyana. Last September the...

West Coast Demerara suffered tremendously from rainfall

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

Residents located on West Coast Demerara (WCD) have over the past few days experienced great difficulties due to the heavy rainfall which resulted in a number of rice fields and streets being...

BSW Regupol signs contract to lay synthetic track

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports 0

– Project duration: 18 mths, cost: $93,000,000 By Edison Jefford Germany-based BSW Regupol yesterday signed a $93,000,000 contract for Phase II of the first Synthetic Track and Field Facility...

Suspicion surrounds release of Surinamese with US$200,000

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News 0

Surinamese national, Roaul Winter, of 74 Arnold Gulem Nickeri Suriname did have more than US $200,000 on his person, a Kaieteur News source is insisting. Winter and a driver were travelling in a car...

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UG unions, oil money, Carl Greenidge and sheep

When you saw how the PPP Government from Jagdeo to Ramotar spent state funds, oil revenues will be wasted under a government... more

1% royalty subject to cost recovery equals zero

I don’t want to hear about any more oil discoveries. The more oil discoveries we have, the more we are being robbed. Guyana... more