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Teen jumps out of moving taxi

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen jumps out of moving taxi

… feared driver wanted to abduct her Seventeen-year-old Shovone Rampersaud, of 152 Lodge Housing Scheme, reportedly jumped out of a moving taxi which she described as a yellow wagon, HB 2675, after...

Suspected mastermind in Stockfeed robbery surrenders

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected mastermind in Stockfeed robbery surrenders

…remanded to prison Delroy Cordis, called ‘Dottie’, for whom an arrest warrant was issued by the court in relation to the recent robbery under arms committed on the Guyana Stockfeeds Ltd. was...

Limbless Edon Williams celebrates his 6th birthday

Apr 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Limbless Edon Williams celebrates his 6th birthday

By Yannason Duncan Although geography has indefinitely placed some distance between him and his new acquaintances— those kind hearted Essequibians were able to wedge that gap, by remembering Edon...

Relatives of executed Newtown resident fear gunmen’s return

Apr 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Relatives of executed Newtown resident fear gunmen’s return

As police continue to hunt for the gunmen who executed him, some relatives of slain Newtown resident Brian Chung have expressed fear that the killers may return. “I didn’t sleep last night...

Magistrate blames police for case backlog

Apr 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Magistrate blames police for case backlog

For quite some time, prisoners on remanded have been expressing aggravation over the period they are forced to wait to have their matters heard both at the smaller and high court. When questioned...

Dem boys seh…God rest one day, Freddie resting two

Apr 09, 2011 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…God rest one day, Freddie resting two

De Bible seh, God rested one day after he mek de earth in six days. Freddie resting two days and he ain’t wuk one. He column missing from today paper and it was missing on Tuesday. God don’t like...

Wanted bulletin issued for 10 in connection with Government frauds

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted bulletin issued for 10 in connection with Government frauds

The Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for ten persons all in relation to fraud committed at a Government Department. In a statement issued by the Police Public Relation Department any...

Good performance being punished by declining funds for HIV/AIDS – Health Minister

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Good performance being punished by declining funds for HIV/AIDS – Health Minister

National investment and good performance have been cited as the primary cause of declining grant funds that are being directed towards PAN-Caribbean countries to aid the fight against HIV/AIDS. This...

Govt, GTU reach agreement on teachers pay pact

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt, GTU reach agreement on teachers pay pact

After a long period of deliberation and much discrepancy between Government and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) over the multi-year incentive package for teachers, an amicable agreement has...

Nurse admits to torching Guyana-born girlfriend

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Nurse admits to torching Guyana-born girlfriend

England (Westendextra)-A psychiatric nurse on Thursday confessed to killing his girlfriend who died from multiple injuries after she plunged in flames from the 17th floor of her home in Finsbury...

Man calls for investigation into missing car

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man calls for investigation into missing car

A missing Toyota Vitz is at the centre of a suspicious tale in Berbice. According to Patrick Barry, he lent his wife’s sister the car in March 2010 but has since discovered that he may have been...

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE!

Apr 09, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE!

Some people must have their ‘fix” ever day. Some get it by using drugs and end up destroying their lives; others need to release bilious thoughts. There is one man who rides around on a bicycle...

Mystery illness hits Novar Secondary School

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mystery illness hits Novar Secondary School

Teachers at the Novar Primary and Secondary schools had to discontinue a few classes on Thursday after two male Fifth Form students took ill suddenly. Kaieteur News understands that the two students...

Kamarang man missing without trace

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Kamarang man missing without trace

By Rabindra Rooplall One month after he was reported missing in the interior location of Kamarang, Heimchandra Boodram Mohabir, 36, called “Collie boy or Rohan” of Claybrick Road, Canal Number...

Cobra cross examines witnesses in robbery trial

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cobra cross examines witnesses in robbery trial

Yesterday, Tyrone Rowe called ‘Cobra’ was in court for the continuation of the robbery under arms and damage to property cases before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell. He was not required to plead....

Government signs $450M contract for forensic laboratory

Apr 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Government signs $450M contract for forensic laboratory

Government yesterday signed a $450M contract with Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited for the construction of a forensic laboratory at the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus. The...

Suriname radio station sends home Guyanese journalist

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname radio station sends home Guyanese journalist

– says he can’t speak Dutch Suriname (Dutch Star Neiuws)- Guyanese-born journalist, Perry Woolford, is contemplating legal action after a radio station said they no longer need his service...

AFC pickets NCN

Apr 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on AFC pickets NCN

HIV/AIDS fight still hampered by limited condom use – PANCAP

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on HIV/AIDS fight still hampered by limited condom use – PANCAP

Despite relatively wide condom distribution mechanisms, the accessibility and acceptance of condoms remains limited in most Caribbean countries for those populations that are most at risk of...

Guyana, US sign drug support, anti-money laundering pact

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, US sign drug support, anti-money laundering pact

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Thomas C. Pierce, signed a Letter of Agreement to establish and support projects under the Caribbean...

US Embassy could halt issuing visas

Apr 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on US Embassy could halt issuing visas

A partial shutdown of the U.S. Government would include a shutdown of U.S. Embassy operations in Georgetown. The shutdown is possible because of a lack of agreement in Congress on current budgetary...

Cutlass-wielding man attacks Nursery School teachers in failed robbery

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cutlass-wielding man attacks Nursery School teachers in failed robbery

A man armed with a cutlass rushed into Roxanne Burnham Nursery School yesterday to commit a robbery, but after not finding what he was looking for dashed out of the building when the terrified...

Ravens, Pacesetters to set up dream Final tonight

Apr 09, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Ravens, Pacesetters to set up dream Final tonight

– National Basketball Championships continue By Edison Jefford When the lights are turned off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall tonight following two Final Four games in the Guyana Amateur...

Corentyne man dies while jet skiing

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man dies while jet skiing

Chetram Jagnit, called ‘Surren’, 57, of Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice lost his life Friday morning while jet skiing in the Corentyne River around 06:30hrs. According to reports the man and a...

‘42’ minibuses revert to old prices

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘42’ minibuses revert to old prices

Minibuses operating on the 42 route (Stabroek/Timehri) relaxed their demands for commuters to pay at least a $20 increase. Tis reduction came yesterday, as government held true to the threats of...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more