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Degutted bodies… Two more arrested

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Degutted bodies… Two more arrested

Two more persons were yesterday arrested in connection with the brutal murder of the three-crew members of the Island Princess. The men, a chicken farmer and a popular Parika businessman, were held...

UN says Copenhagen treaty not likely

Oct 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on UN says Copenhagen treaty not likely

…But Guyana optimistic By Leonard Gildarie Just weeks before a key international conference on climate change, the United Nations has admitted that a new treaty to slow global warming may not...

GEA to test fuel

Oct 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GEA to test fuel

Police are awaiting tests results from the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) to ascertain if the fuel recovered during the arrests of three Coast Guard ranks last Sunday was legitimate. Investigators are...

Two in-laws, resident detained

Oct 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two in-laws, resident detained

Police have detained the father-in-law, a brother-in law and a close male friend of former Region Three Vice Chairman, Ramnauth Bisram, who was found knifed to death in his Canal Number Two home on...

ERC embroiled in allegations of corruption, nepotism

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on ERC embroiled in allegations of corruption, nepotism

…Chairman says provocateurs at work The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) was the site of a protest yesterday over the non-renewal of the contract for Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Secretary Lt Col...

Dem boys seh … Guyoil replace GWI

Oct 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … Guyoil replace GWI

Imagine things reach de stage wheh everybody decide that dem got to get smart. Dem got to mek money and it don’t matter how dem get it. And according to dem boys is dem who wukking wid de...

Carrington denies any move to license regional journalists

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Carrington denies any move to license regional journalists

President of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers, Wesley Gibbings, yesterday stated that during a telephone conversation with the Caricom Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington, he was informed...

Divorce matters most prominent legal aid cases

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Divorce matters most prominent legal aid cases

According to statistics provided by the Guyana Legal Aid website, divorce cases take up 30 per cent of all cases presented to the clinic in Regions Two, Four, Five and Six between the period of...

Welder crushed to death on the job at John Fernandes

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Welder crushed to death on the job at John Fernandes

John Steele, 54, of Ice Road, Timehri was yesterday crushed to death while on the job at John Fernandes wharf, Water Street, about 14:15 hours. Steele, described as a jovial person, was welding when...

UK cancels ₤4.9M Security Sector pact with Guyana

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on UK cancels ₤4.9M Security Sector pact with Guyana

The BBC has published the decision of the UK Government to abandon the negotiations with the Government of Guyana on the ₤4.9M project on security sector reform. In Guyana, Cabinet secretary Dr...

Thieves make merry on Essequibo Night at Charity

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves make merry on Essequibo Night at Charity

Three more Essequibo businessmen were robbed over the weekend. One suffered losses of two bags containing an undisclosed amount of cash, while another was relieved of cash, amounting to over...

Single-parent fire victim desperate for public’s assistance

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Single-parent fire victim desperate for public’s assistance

Emilita Romohan is a single mother of five. On Sunday October 9, last, she lost all her earthly belongings in a fire in her modest apartment at Grove, East Bank Demerara. Since then she and her...

DDL to increase exports

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on DDL to increase exports

Modernised state-of-the-art bottling plant for commission today Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), a company that prides itself on being called the leading manufacturer of wines and spirits in...

Hit and run driver nabbed on Essequibo Coast

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Hit and run driver nabbed on Essequibo Coast

Tarrick Seemangal, 24, of La Belle Alliance, Essequibo Coast, is in police custody awaiting charges that are likely to be laid against him, after he was involve in a hit and run accident on Saturday...

I expect to do well – Gouveia

Oct 28, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on I expect to do well – Gouveia

Rating his performance at Bushy Park in Barbados as credible, local 2B driver Gavin Gouveia speaking with Kaieteur Sport said that he expects to do well at the November 8, judging from how the car...

Former pupil continues to fund Berbice scholarship

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Former pupil continues to fund Berbice scholarship

Pupils of Number Five Village Primary school, West Coast Berbice yesterday received another set of gifts from Mr Bertie Bacchus, a former pupil and former teacher at the school during the late 1950s....

Beepat Scorpions launch All-Star Weekend

Oct 28, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Beepat Scorpions launch All-Star Weekend

Basketball extravaganza touts flair and fun By Edison Jefford Flair and fun were the catch-words yesterday when the Beepat Scorpions Basketball Club launched their Seventh Annual All-Star Weekend...

China mounts anniversary exhibition in Linden

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on China mounts anniversary exhibition in Linden

“A kaleidoscope of China”, a photographic exhibition depicting the modern Chinese lifestyle, was on Tuesday afternoon launched at the Region Ten Business Centre (LEAP building),on Republic...

Teamwork critical as Guyana begin campaign at Enmore today

Oct 28, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teamwork critical as Guyana begin campaign at Enmore today

By Sean Devers Defending champions Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) and regional four-day title-holders Jamaica will clash in the feature match of the opening round of the WICB President’s Cup...

Sheet Anchor man remanded for spate of robberies

Oct 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Sheet Anchor man remanded for spate of robberies

A resident of Sheet Anchor Village was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on three counts of armed...

“We are still on top of our game”

Oct 28, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on “We are still on top of our game”

– says Western Dragons By Edison Jefford Amid serious administrative and infrastructural challenges, the Western Dragons Hockey Club has stated that it is still on top of its game after...

Guyana host President’s Cup Regional cricket from today

Oct 28, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana host President’s Cup Regional cricket from today

WICB, L&L, NCN ensure Radio coverage available The President’s Cup Regional One-Day cricket tournament starts today with four first round matches and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB),...

Forde, Morgan automatic SA 10k Second Stage choices

Oct 28, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forde, Morgan automatic SA 10k Second Stage choices

Funds availability to determine D’Andrade, Scott’s fate By Edison Jefford Cleveland Forde and Alika Morgan are the automatic choices of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) to represent...

Sarwan endorses Gayle, looking forward to President’s Cup

Oct 28, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan endorses Gayle, looking forward to President’s Cup

Guyana Skipper disappointed with team’s preparation By Sean Devers Elegant Guyana Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan says he is looking forward to playing high-level cricket again as the President’s Cup...

Howard Lowe returns to ‘Golden Jaguars’ ahead of Suriname clash tonight

Oct 28, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Howard Lowe returns to ‘Golden Jaguars’ ahead of Suriname clash tonight

Dover certain team will do well, glad to have Lowe back By Franklin Wilson in Suriname In association with Humphrey’s Bakery & Farm Products, Ketley Street, Charlestown Golden Jaguars...

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The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment

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