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Boat sinks in Essequibo River

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Boat sinks in Essequibo River

Community spirit was at an all time high yesterday in Bartica in the wake of the sinking of a vessel that transported foodstuff and hardware in the Essequibo River at the Bartica Stelling. About...

Probe can only come with evidence

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Probe can only come with evidence

The government will only call an independent commission of inquiry into allegations of a “Phantom squad” that carried out unlawful killings if evidence comes forward, Presidential Advisor Gail...

Police still to find evidence of spying

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police still to find evidence of spying

Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, has strongly defended the Force’s position on the release of statements by politician Peter Ramsaroop and his tenant, Nicole Ming. The Commissioner also said...

Berbice River Bridge closing three times daily

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice River Bridge closing three times daily

Hot on the heels of the collapse of the $451M Supenaam stelling, the multi-billion-dollar Berbice River Bridge has started to act up. It is experiencing its fair share of problems. The structure...

Guyanese teacher, 64, on sex charge in Bahamas

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese teacher, 64, on sex charge in Bahamas

A 64-year-old Guyanese teacher denied that he indecently assaulted a 16-year-old female student when he was arraigned in an Eleuthera Magistrates’ court this week. Superintendent Theophilus...

Dem boys seh…De spy thing is a distraction

May 22, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De spy thing is a distraction

De spy story tek a twist. De police was looking fuh recording but dem boys seh that is no ordinary recording dem looking for. Dem hear that some big ones and not Bharrat, use to visit de li’l gyal....

GRA apologises for strewn documents

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GRA apologises for strewn documents

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday apologised for an incident Thursday in which several sensitive documents with taxpayers’ information were left flying around the GPO building. According...

New GT&T operating licence hinges on liberalisation talks

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on New GT&T operating licence hinges on liberalisation talks

– application already in The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has applied for a renewal of its 20-year licence which comes to an end this year, but ongoing negotiations on...

Japarts makes donation to Guyana Police Force

May 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Japarts makes donation to Guyana Police Force

Having heard the story of a young serving member of the Guyana Police Force being struck down at a roadblock, one city businessman has come forward with a donation, which will in some way reduce the...

Expect heavy showers – Govt. warns

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Expect heavy showers – Govt. warns

– $305M being spent to tackle flooding countrywide Local authorities are predicting a normal rainy season for the May-June-July period with instances of high intensity rainfall. Already,...

Crash plunges Mandela Avenue residents into darkness

May 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Crash plunges Mandela Avenue residents into darkness

A Toyota 4×4, PHH 6221, uprooted two electrical poles and plunged the residents of Mandela Avenue into darkness in the wee hours of Friday morning. According to one resident called Ravo, he was...

Independent body mounts call for major probe

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Independent body mounts call for major probe

An independent group says that it is mounting a campaign to pursue justice for the more than 200 persons believed to have been killed by a “phantom squad”. A release from the “Justice for...

Rain floods Linden, Govt. promises urgent action

May 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Rain floods Linden, Govt. promises urgent action

Incessant heavy showers yesterday resulted in the flooding of several areas on both the Mackenzie and Wismar shores in Linden. The flooding prompted Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, to allude...

Gang member chops Linden youth

May 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Gang member chops Linden youth

Seventeen-year-old Quacy Sam, of Second Street, Silvertown, Wismar, Linden, is a patient at the Linden Hospital Complex, where he was yesterday admitted after a vicious cutlass attack by another...

Taxi driver on $1.5M bail for forging transport

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver on $1.5M bail for forging transport

Ahmad Ali, 36, of Albouystown, was yesterday placed on $1.5M bail, after he pleaded not guilty to three charges ranging from forging a land transport to conspiracy to commit a fraud. It was alleged...

First Choice Pawn Shop robbed

May 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on First Choice Pawn Shop robbed

Police are hunting two armed bandits who snatched an undisclosed sum of money and jewelry from First Choice Jewelry and Pawn Shop on Lombard Street yesterday. However, the police, in a press release...

DPP says plaintiffs invoked wrong jurisdiction

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on DPP says plaintiffs invoked wrong jurisdiction

The defence team for the Director of Public Prosecution, Mr. Doodnauth Singh and Ms. Sonia Joseph, on Wednesday sought to reinforce some of what they consider key points in their written submission....

Consultations begin on mangrove preservation

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Consultations begin on mangrove preservation

The latest in the series of regional consultations on the mangrove protection and restoration project held at Number 28 Village on May 13, last, drew approximately 100 citizens from the area and...

Keisha Jeffrey, Arjoons’, Khalil crowned champions

May 22, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Keisha Jeffrey, Arjoons’, Khalil crowned champions

The 2010 Woodpecker Products National Junior Squash Championships came to an exciting conclusion recently, at the Georgetown Club courts. There were several intriguing matches that took place as...

288 truants nabbed in national truancy campaign

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 288 truants nabbed in national truancy campaign

– 34 child employers and parents to be taken before the court The Schools’ Welfare Department has reported that some 288 truants were apprehended in a countrywide campaign conducted last...

GFF boss call for governmental support for Federation’s programmes

May 22, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GFF boss call for governmental support for Federation’s programmes

Following the success of the female footballers at the recently concluded CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers in Trinidad and Tobago, President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Colin Klass is...

Policewoman charged with allowing prisoner to escape

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Policewoman charged with allowing prisoner to escape

Police special constable, Denita Vanderburgh, 34, of Reliance Settlement, East Canje, Berbice, was yesterday granted $50,000 bail, when she appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New...

Games set for BV ground today and tomorrow

May 22, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Games set for BV ground today and tomorrow

Competition heats up in the Mackeson Premier League organised by the East Demerara Football Association today and tomorrow at the BV Ground, East boast Demerara. From 16:00 today, second and third...

Bungled $$$M ‘Supenaam Stelling’ indicative of PPPC’s incompetence

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bungled $$$M ‘Supenaam Stelling’ indicative of PPPC’s incompetence

…it is time that the people of Guyana demand accountability – Corbin Opposition Leader, Robert Corbin, lambasted the ruling administration yesterday over certain projects over the years. He...

Banks DIH chalks up $1.3 billion before tax profit at the end of March

May 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH chalks up $1.3 billion before tax profit at the end of March

Brewery giant Banks DIH Limited has chalked up profit amounting to $1.3 billion (before tax) six months into the company’s financial year. According to chairman, Clifford Reis, the unaudited profit...