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Guyanese journalist on theft charges granted bail

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese journalist on theft charges granted bail

Grenada (CMC) – Guyanese-born journalist Rawle Nelson has been granted EC$100,000 bail by a Magistrate’s Court in Grenada on Wednesday on charges of stealing, forgery and uttering a false...

Luncheon says auditor in NCN report overstepped terms of reference

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon says auditor in NCN report overstepped terms of reference

“I would want to believe that the matter would have died…. but it obviously comes up,” was Dr. Roger Luncheon’s response to questions about when the National Communications Network report...

Guyana remains firm on non-participation in Suriname oil and gas conference

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana remains firm on non-participation in Suriname oil and gas conference

Guyana is adamant that it will not be participating in Suriname’s first ever International Mining, Energy & Petroleum Conference and Exhibition (SURIMEP 2014) which will be held from...

Pre-nursery school children oblivious to basic information- Manickchand

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pre-nursery school children oblivious to basic information- Manickchand

Come September, the country’s public nursery schools are expected to see an increased influx of children. In fact, based on information emanating from the Ministry of Education, close to 3,000...

Lethem well cost $12M

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem well cost $12M

– work commences on another for commercial zone The water well, which was recently commissioned in Central Lethem, Region Nine was constructed at a cost of $12M. It was funded by the Government...

Women are the key

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Women are the key

It would seem that the number of women killed as a result of domestic conflicts is increasing at a rapid rate. This is a trend that has been worrying the authorities for some time but precious little...

Jamaican vendor, hairdresser remanded for peddling marijuana

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican vendor, hairdresser remanded for peddling marijuana

Two Jamaican nationals, who were on Monday nabbed with over 60 pounds of marijuana at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), were yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge....

Committee of Privileges to begin hearing on Ashni Singh’s contempt

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Committee of Privileges to begin hearing on Ashni Singh’s contempt

The Committee of Privileges would be convened next Wednesday to determine whether Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh violated the Parliamentary Standing Orders. The Committee would also be tasked with...

Celebrating girls in ICT

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Celebrating girls in ICT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) Girls in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are preparing to join their counterparts worldwide on Thursday April 24, to call attention to the...

Man, son placed on bail for wounding relative

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man, son placed on bail for wounding relative

A man and his son who wounded a relative at a horse race meet last Sunday, and chased the man’s son with the intention of wounding him, also, have been charged with unlawful wounding. The duo,...

Lima Sands man injured in fight

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lima Sands man injured in fight

A Lima Sands man is currently nursing a stab wound to his body after he was reportedly involved in an altercation with another young man of the same village. His condition has been listed as serious....

Guyana earns regional reputation in sciences

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana earns regional reputation in sciences

The more than 100 students from across the country, who attended the final league of the Annual Science, Mathematics and Technology Fair, held in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) on Wednesday were...

Pathologist, eyewitness testify in Mahaicony murder trial

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pathologist, eyewitness testify in Mahaicony murder trial

Almost three weeks into the trial of Mahaicony murder accused, Satnarine Jaikaran, called Sato, and his nephews, Neville and Randy Crawford, the court heard the testimonies of Government Pathologist,...

Bartica teenager shot by friend

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica teenager shot by friend

A teenager from Bartica is nursing a gunshot wound to his left foot after a night out with friends turned ugly on Tuesday. Police say that at about 19:30 hours that night Andy Fraser, of Sixth...

The keyboard under a woman’s dress

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The keyboard under a woman’s dress

If an interviewer were to ask me to rattle off my head without pausing to think for a moment something that conjures up hate in me, I would say a penname-writer that attacks other people. If an...

Man on trial for stealing from Legal Affairs Ministry

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man on trial for stealing from Legal Affairs Ministry

A 26-year-old man who identified himself as an employee of the Ministry of Legal Affairs is on trial before the city court for purportedly swiping and selling a gadget from the Ministry. Sherwin...

The jury system should remain to preserve liberty and justice

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The jury system should remain to preserve liberty and justice

DEAR EDITOR, I read with great interest about the jury system debate in Guyana and the proposed suggestions by Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran to abolish it, due to a number of cogent points he...

The police acted professionally in both cases

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police acted professionally in both cases

DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me to respond to a letter published in the April 15th edition of the Kaieteur News under the caption “We are now a divided society where our motto no longer exists”. ...

The Town Clerk shares no analogy with a REO

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Town Clerk shares no analogy with a REO

DEAR EDITOR, On a previous occasion I felt obligated to pen a letter, to the Press, when one Peeping Tom sought through his privileged anonymity to mis-educate/misinform the reading public on the...

No society can exist without the rule of law

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on No society can exist without the rule of law

DEAR EDITOR, Recently, we have seen how the East Asian economies, in particular Singapore, Taiwan and Indonesia have developed since the period 1959 to present. There seems to be a common denominator...

Will the Rodney COI be on live TV and the Internet?

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will the Rodney COI be on live TV and the Internet?

DEAR EDITOR, Will the Rodney Commission of Inquiry (RCOI) be televised and video streamed live on the internet for worldwide viewers? Not all Guyanese will be travelling to the city, but country...

The temerity to lament over a handshake

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The temerity to lament over a handshake

DEAR EDITOR, There is something I thought about when Nelson Mandela died and would like to share, but there was something that occurred during his memorial which I think I should first get out...

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TOTALTEC to open hospitality complex in Houston

Kaieteur News – TOTALTEC Inc., a provider of services to the energy and construction sectors here on Monday announced... more