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Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana modifies extradition law
Attorney General and Minister of Affairs, Charles Ramson, is gearing to table in the National Assembly, the Fugitive Offenders (Amendment) Bill that will allow Guyana to lawfully extradite fugitives...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Gunman shoots two on Norton Street
Two young men, Christopher McLean, 17, and Richard Philadelphia, are currently in the Balwant Singh Hospital having undergone surgery for gunshot wounds sustained last night on Norton Street, Lodge,...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Coast Guard trade bullets with hijackers
– rescue fishing crew Members of the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard traded gunshots with the occupants of a speedboat coming from neighbouring Venezuela yesterday, shortly after rescuing...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Garbage crisis… City Hall pays $5M to contractors
City Hall was yesterday able to pay contractors $5M of the amount owed to them for garbage disposal works. However the payment, which represents a fraction of the actual amount, owed will not be...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Another woman stabbed by spurned lover
– broken blade lodged in abdomen One day after the country witnessed yet another domestic violence case that had a fatal ending, a 34-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital yesterday...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Doodnauth Singh being evacuated
Former Attorney General Doodnauth Singh is being flown out to the United States to undergo immediate heart intervention. Mr Singh was admitted to Balwant Singh Medical Centre last week suffering from...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New North West Organics coffee hits local shelves today
Amidst promises of a $325,000 packaging vacuum from the Agriculture Ministry, another all natural organically produced product was launched yesterday to add to the local coffee variety available on...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on President Jagdeo assents to new law securing his financial future
On May 28, last, Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo assented to the controversial Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) Bill bringing it into to law, securing his financial and other benefits when he...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Warder lands in jail for taking drugs into prison
He was supposed to be a part of the team responsible for reforming prisoners but instead Glen Lewis had other ideas.The former Prison Officer of Cumberland Village was on Monday last sentenced to a...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on DFID’s £5M Trust Fund to boost C’bean growth
The British government’s Department for International Development (DFID) has established a Trust Fund for £5 million to boost growth and reduce poverty in the Caribbean. The announcement came from...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ramsaroop criticises IMF report
…claims critical issues not addressed Recently recruited Chief Executive Officer of the Alliance For Change, Peter Ramsaroop, yesterday slammed the recently released International Monetary Fund...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NGOs highlight need for sexual offences bills to be tabled in Parliament
On Tuesday last, Red Thread, in conjunction with Help and Shelter, again dealt with the issue of the need for the Sexual Offences Bill to be tabled in Parliament. This decision they say should be in...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US citizens remanded for drug trafficking
Two US citizens were remanded to prison on Tuesday last after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton. It was alleged that the two 24-year-olds, Tracy-Ann Samuels and Asha Smallwood, on...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Taxi service owner granted bail on abduction charge
Taxi service owner, Fazil Ali, also known as ‘Yuppie’, was granted $250,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Tuesday, on a charge of abduction and assault. It was alleged that...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Etwaroo Dhanraj – a relic from Bath sugar estate
He is a sprightly old man living at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice. His name is Etwaroo Dhanraj but he is better known as Cheddi Basil. He joined the Staff at Bath Estate in 1935 at age 12 as a...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Brother charged with attempted murder
Sadar Sukdeo, aka Rakesh or Hangman, was on Tuesday last remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It is alleged that on May 23, at Uitvlugt, he unlawfully and maliciously...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Father, children escape injury in two-vehicle collision
…other driver critical in hospital A driver is reportedly critical, and another and his children escaped serious injury, after two vehicles collided on the Port Mourant Public Road yesterday...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Foreign company uses bogus Demerara Sugar label
Six years have passed since a company has been using Guyana Sugar Corporation’s label ‘Demerara Gold’ to dupe overseas-based Guyanese into buying sugar purported to be made in Guyana when in...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on South R/veldt man shot during early morning robbery
A South Ruimveldt resident is nursing a glancing gunshot wound to the upper part of his body following an attack on a shop at Mandela Avenue and Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, by three gunmen early...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GT&T monopoly has held back Guyana’s economy – Dr. Luncheon
The monopoly held by Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has hindered Information Technology from making the kind of contributions to Guyana’s economy that have been made in other...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Essequibo residents disgusted by constant escapes from NOC
Even as police on the Essequibo Coast continue to grapple with the increasing number of escapees from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) more delinquents are freeing themselves by any means possible...Jun 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on President Jagdeo warns ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur to cooperate with NCN Board
President Bharrat Jagdeo has warned NCN Chief Executive Officer, Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur, to work along with the Board of Directors. Yesterday, the Head of State summoned the members of the Board...October 1st turn off your lights to bring about a change!
Oct 11, 2024
– Guyana to battle Guatemala from 9:00 pm at Edinburgh By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars are set for a crucial showdown against Guatemala tonight from 9:00 pm...Kaieteur News – The government’s recent announcement of a $200,000 cash grant for every household in Guyana is a... more
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – There is an alarming surge in gun-related violence, particularly among younger... more
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