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Missing affiliation fees and bail money…Auditors trace scheme back to last October, $7M unaccounted for so far

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Missing affiliation fees and bail money…Auditors trace scheme back to last October, $7M unaccounted for so far

It’s been almost two weeks since news surfaced about the disappearance of several million dollars in bail money from the Leonora Police Station and investigators have completed building their case...

Students’ wages expectation in the workforce are unrealistic – NWG Coordinator

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Students’ wages expectation in the workforce are unrealistic – NWG Coordinator

A troubling phenomenon that could potentially impact the labour force and by extension the society, is the fact that there are many students who are training for careers that will merely afford them...

Form two students excel at CSEC

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Form two students excel at CSEC

– credits success to extra lessons Form two students attached to Morgan’s Learning Centre in Campbellville, Georgetown are among the youngest achievers at this year’s Caribbean...

N/A Council worker remanded for snatching “box hand”

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Council worker remanded for snatching “box hand”

Leroy Hopkinson, 28, of Stanleytown, a labourer attached to the Mayor and Town Council of New Amsterdam, was on Tuesday remanded to jail by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus when he appeared before...

GDF gets US$819 in military aid from China

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GDF gets US$819 in military aid from China

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China has provided the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) with equipment support totalling 5M RMB (over US$819,600- using rate of US$1 equals 6.1 RMB ) to boost the...

Vlissengen Road shooting…Brother of former murder accused implicated

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vlissengen Road shooting…Brother of former murder accused implicated

Police have detained the brother of a onetime murder accused in connection with Monday’s brazen killing of dredge owner Ashook Ragghu. Kaieteur News was told that the suspect was nabbed after the...

Greater precautions needed to stave off Chikungunya virus – Chief Medical Officer

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Greater precautions needed to stave off Chikungunya virus – Chief Medical Officer

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud has confirmed that Guyana has recorded a total of 76 cases of the Chikungunya disease from approximately 250 samples that were sent to the Caribbean Public...

ILO CONVENTIONS DO NOT PROHIBIT THE USE OF PRISON LABOUR

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ILO CONVENTIONS DO NOT PROHIBIT THE USE OF PRISON LABOUR

For years, prisoners have been undertaking work such as cleaning drains in Georgetown. In the run-up to Mashramani, prisoners are usually used to help clean drains along the Parade route, especially...

“Motherly” money, “motherly” sex in the police force

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Motherly” money, “motherly” sex in the police force

I was about to deliver my speech at the Parade Ground on light-skinned preference in the advertisement industry in Guyana, when I was handed a cell phone to speak to another person on the line. The...

Diamond mining pursued as gold price remains unstable

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond mining pursued as gold price remains unstable

Diamond production on the local market is increasing as the price of gold remains unstable on the world market. There is a possibility that this year’s diamond production could surpass the...

Guyana Foundation appoints Byron Garrett to its Board of Trustees

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Foundation appoints Byron Garrett to its Board of Trustees

The Guyana Foundation has announced the appointment of Mr. Byron V. Garrett to its Board of Trustees. He will serve a two-year term commencing on September 1, 2014. Mr. Garrett brings a distinguished...

Efforts ongoing to fix electricity problem at Port Kaituma

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Efforts ongoing to fix electricity problem at Port Kaituma

The shortage of electricity at Port Kaituma in Region One has been as a result of various mechanical problems. However, officials attached to the Hinterland Electrification System have said...

Government approves loans for hiked UG tuition fees

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Government approves loans for hiked UG tuition fees

– disbursements will not cover Facilities Fee Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana would only say “once everything is approved we will be happy” when informed of a statement from the...

Two years jail for man who chopped acquaintance

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two years jail for man who chopped acquaintance

A self-employed man was jailed yesterday for chopping an acquaintance to the head during a confrontation in April, last. Ceon Lewis, 33, of Holmes Street, South Cummingsburg, had chopped Sherman...

Modernization and reform

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Modernization and reform

The statement attributed to Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee that “…for reforms to take place the force has to take ownership of the process…” during a parliamentary debate on the motion...

Guyana Prison Service contracted to de-bush Le Repentir Cemetery

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Prison Service contracted to de-bush Le Repentir Cemetery

The Guyana Prison Service has been contracted by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development to de-bush “block seven” of Le Repentir Cemetery. Block seven is bounded by Broad Street...

Toy gun robber jailed

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Toy gun robber jailed

A vendor, who staged two armed robberies early yesterday morning with a toy gun, has been jailed for twelve months. Merely hours after making off with cash and a cellular phone from two victims, John...

Car wash attendants accused of stealing from customer

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Car wash attendants accused of stealing from customer

Two car wash attendants charged for stealing cash from a customer’s car were placed on $15,000 bail each when they appeared in court yesterday. Rondell Constantali, 19, of Lot 22 William Street,...

C’tyne man charged with stepfather’s murder

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne man charged with stepfather’s murder

Murder accused Inderjeet Sewdan, 20, was on Monday remanded to jail by Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh when he appeared before him at the Whim Magistrate’s Court on the charge of Murder. Sewdan, a...

Miner fined $25,000 for punching wife

Aug 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miner fined $25,000 for punching wife

A 37-year-old miner who returned home intoxicated and cuffed his wife about her body during an argument was fined $25,000 when he appeared in court yesterday. Franklin Dover of Golden Grove, East...

All Bai Shan Lin produce should be declared illegal

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on All Bai Shan Lin produce should be declared illegal

DEAR EDITOR, I am familiar with the logging regime as administered by the GFC. I was once a small logger in the Upper Demerara area where I worked a State Forest Permission as well as my own private...

Why are they bent on destroying Guyana?

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why are they bent on destroying Guyana?

DEAR EDITOR, The recent revelations in Kaieteur News that Bai Shan Lin has and continues to destroy Guyana’s pristine forests have caused us to reflect on these questions: What are the nation’s...

An attempt to distort what is clearly a superior mobile data service

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on An attempt to distort what is clearly a superior mobile data service

DEAR EDITOR, GT&T would appreciate the opportunity to respond to the Letter to the Editor captioned “Talk is indeed Cheap, GT&T,” penned by Ms. Fraser and published in the August 14th...

The sinister agenda of Mr. King is clearly exposed

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The sinister agenda of Mr. King is clearly exposed

DEAR EDITOR, I have noted that Kaieteur News published an article, supposedly by ECHO, on pages 9 and 24 of Tuesday August 19 2014. This article titled – “ECHO tell Bai Shan Ling to cease logging...

The Economics of Thievery… I want my money back!

Aug 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Economics of Thievery… I want my money back!

DEAR EDITOR, Philip Bynoe’s conduct at the recent press conference held at the Guyana Forestry Commission deserves public condemnation. It should be explained to him that his conduct is the type...

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