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National Youth Parliament is a mockery

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on National Youth Parliament is a mockery

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 Comments Off on Gov’t shifts position on accepting lowest bid

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 Comments Off on Canadian jailed for selling Guyana mining claim

– 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 Comments Off on Cow on road caused another accident

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 Comments Off on Gunmen pose as labourers, escape with $4.1M

– 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 Comments Off on Dem boys seh… GINA now telling big lie

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 Comments Off on Female abduction suspect eludes police, son detained

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 Comments Off on Le Repentir Dumpsite to officially be closed

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 Comments Off on PNCR reiterates concern over new Land bill

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 Comments Off on Canadian NGO slow to donate to ICT project – Education Minister

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 Comments Off on Vendors raise concerns about municipal markets

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

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 Comments Off on Rice, sugar harvesting resume as weather holds

…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 Comments Off on Boy, 14, killed in minibus accident

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

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 Comments Off on 2011 Pakaraima Mountain safari launched

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 Comments Off on Two women beaters jailed

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

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 Comments Off on Climate Change Centre reaffirms commitment to Region

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 Comments Off on Suspicions of murder surface after man disappears

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 Comments Off on Man protests demolition by N/A Town Council

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 Comments Off on Overseas mining company reports increase gold, copper find

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 Comments Off on West Coast Demerara suffered tremendously from rainfall

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 Comments Off on BSW Regupol signs contract to lay synthetic track

– 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 Comments Off on Suspicion surrounds release of Surinamese with US$200,000

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...