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Murder suspect gets visa, flees despite police holding passport

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Murder suspect gets visa, flees despite police holding passport

– Gangaram family appeals for justice It was a regular afternoon for a livestock farmer and his family on the 27th September, 2016 in the quiet village of Gangaram, East Canje, Berbice....

GECOM Commissioner sees need for national integrated database

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Commissioner sees need for national integrated database

Says will help alleviate issues raised during election process Given the historic concerns about the Official List of Electors (OLE), one of the Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission...

Lorry driver swerves into path of President’s vehicle, fined $50,000

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lorry driver swerves into path of President’s vehicle, fined $50,000

A 47-year-old Linden driver was ordered to pay a fine of $50,000 with an alternative of three months imprisonment after pleading guilty to swerving into the path of a vehicle that was transporting...

US$9M quality enhancement project to boost ailing manufacturing sector – Business Minister

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$9M quality enhancement project to boost ailing manufacturing sector – Business Minister

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s manufacturing sector has significantly underperformed in recent years. In fact, Business Minister Dominic Gaskin recently stated that the dreary output of the sector is an...

Way paved for Brazilian auto insurance to be recognized in Guyana

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Way paved for Brazilian auto insurance to be recognized in Guyana

Government is moving ahead with forging closer ties with neighbouring Brazil. Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, recently signed an order that will allow Guyana to recognize auto insurance from...

Father seeks settlement over needle left in son’s buttocks

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Father seeks settlement over needle left in son’s buttocks

A father is hoping to reach a settlement with health officials after a needle was left in his son’s buttocks during a visit to the Fort Wellington Hospital. In August 2015, Ethan Garnett was 11...

Monitoring capital projects will remain a challenge for Business Ministry – Gaskin

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Monitoring capital projects will remain a challenge for Business Ministry – Gaskin

– need for in-house engineer highlighted By the end of the half year, the Ministry of Business had only recorded a 22 percent implementation rate for the Public Sector Investment Programme...

Old people love Christmas but not dem li’l boys

Dec 23, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Old people love Christmas but not dem li’l boys

This is de time when old people should keep off de road because li’l boy like to mek fun of old people. Now-a-days dem social organization seh is cruelty. Of course, when dem boys was young dem use...

Waneka Arrindell unanimously elected Mayor of Linden

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Waneka Arrindell unanimously elected Mayor of Linden

A 38-year-old school teacher was yesterday unanimously elected as Mayor of Linden. Waneka Arrindell is no stranger to the Council as she was formerly the deputy Mayor. Mayor Carwyn Holland was...

Hurricanes cast long shadow over CARICOM in 2017

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Hurricanes cast long shadow over CARICOM in 2017

– Secretary-General says classification of states a major hurdle to financing There is no doubt that the events of 2017 will have a lasting impact on CARICOM states. The ravaging effects of...

Drug mule jailed for four years, fined $28M

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Drug mule jailed for four years, fined $28M

…for coke in baking powder and Banko wine Four years after he was convicted and sentenced to four years for trafficking 654 pounds of cocaine, 63-year-old Dennis Albert Jones, of Caneview...

Suspect in Number 68 supermarket attack remanded

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect in Number 68 supermarket attack remanded

A 23-year-old farmer and father of one of Number 68 Village was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing in the Springlands Magistrate’s Court to answer to six separate charges. The injured...

President releases eight students from NOC, pardons five women from NA Prison

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on President releases eight students from NOC, pardons five women from NA Prison

According to a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency, acting under Article 188 (1) (a) of the Constitution of Guyana, which states that the President has the power to grant any person...

‘Saga’ murder probe still incomplete

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Saga’ murder probe still incomplete

Co-accused cops further remanded Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan was yesterday forced to grant yet another adjournment in the matter of the death of prominent businessman Godfrey Scipio known as...

Roadway parking in Berbice a major problem

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Roadway parking in Berbice a major problem

Parking on the shoulders of the road, especially in East Berbice, Region 6, is becoming worse by the day, a senior official is complaining. Pointing to a number of occasions where the issue was...

Three regions targeted for sustainable land development project in 2018

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Three regions targeted for sustainable land development project in 2018

Regions Four, Seven and Ten will benefit from a sustainable land development and management project which will be undertaken by the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) in the coming year....

Govt. needs to take tourism more seriously – Opposition MP

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. needs to take tourism more seriously – Opposition MP

“Destination Guyana is still in flight mode, the many initiatives that were touted are yet to come into manifestation,” said People Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament, Gillian...

Wharf owners urged to invest in container scanners

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Wharf owners urged to invest in container scanners

GNIC site being cleared for mobile one Construction of the Lombard Street site for the scanning of containers is moving apace through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the Guyana...

Christmas shopping… “Read the fine print”, among precautions being promoted by GNBS

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas shopping… “Read the fine print”, among precautions being promoted by GNBS

Refusing to accept a receipt after a purchase thereby agreeing not to pay the Value Added Tax [VAT] could at times have daunting consequences for shoppers. This is according to Public Relations...

Gunmen rob Swan family after invading home

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen rob Swan family after invading home

Gunmen escaped with $247,000 and cell phones after invading the Swan Village, Soesdyke/Linden home of a female shopkeeper at around 02.00 hrs yesterday. Police said that Linda Sukhdeo, her husband,...

Charges recommended for bus driver accused of raping girl, 9

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Charges recommended for bus driver accused of raping girl, 9

Well-placed sources within the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) have confirmed that a criminal charge will be laid against the bus driver who is alleged to have sneaked into the...

Govt. anticipates marginal recovery of Forestry Sector in 2018

Dec 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. anticipates marginal recovery of Forestry Sector in 2018

The forestry sector has been depressed for the last two years. However, the government is now anticipating that the sector may start to recover in 2018. This assertion was recently made by Minister...

GSSF Scores all hits on Steel Challenge Shooting Competition sponsored by Publik

Dec 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSSF Scores all hits on Steel Challenge Shooting Competition sponsored by Publik

Steel Challenge Matches worldwide are a speed shooting competition governed by the Steel Challenge Shooting Association. This gives the G.S.S.F. an SCSA affiliate organisation the ability to pick...

RHTY&SC Cricket Teams assists University of Guyana Students

Dec 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Cricket Teams assists University of Guyana Students

In keeping with its new mandate to assist students to achieve success in the classroom, the Management of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS joined hands with the Club’s ten cricket...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Why are RHTY&SC cricketers being unfairly treated

Dec 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Why are RHTY&SC cricketers being unfairly treated

Dear Sir, The Management and Members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, would be very grateful if the powers of cricket can explain the reasons why two of Berbice’s best cricketers...