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Bar Association returns Timothy Jonas as President

May 31, 2011 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Bar Association returns Timothy Jonas as President

– sees role in upcoming General Elections Attorney-at-law, Timothy Jonas, was re-elected as President of the Guyana Bar Association during the body’s Annual General Meeting held last Friday...

Breaking News…Sharanie Doobay murder solved

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News…Sharanie Doobay murder solved

Nephew confesses, hammer used to kill aunt recovered Mark Singh, the detained nephew of Mrs. Sharanie Doobay, reportedly confessed yesterday that he beat his aunt to death with a hammer shortly after...

Gov’t denies Kaieteur News list of national awardees

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t denies Kaieteur News list of national awardees

…names released yesterday after query The government, over the weekend, refused to disseminate the list of national awardees to Kaieteur News, as it did for other media outlets, indicating a...

Detained nephew admits to visiting Doobays on fatal afternoon

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Detained nephew admits to visiting Doobays on fatal afternoon

– cops seeking friend, car suspected to have transported killer impounded By Michael Jordan A nephew of Mrs. Sharanie Doobay has reportedly told detectives that he and another man had visited...

Army, police officials revisit scene, one in custody

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Army, police officials revisit scene, one in custody

… Meten-Meer-Zorg robbery Two days after six heavily armed gunmen invaded a grocery store at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, the police have managed to make one arrest and are working...

Valerie Lowe is new TUF leader, Nadir resigns

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Valerie Lowe is new TUF leader, Nadir resigns

Manzoor Nadir, who has served as a Government Minister in the incumbent PPP/C administration since 2001, yesterday resigned from The United Force (TUF). He however endorsed statements by the new...

Govt breaks nine-year silence on National Awards

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt breaks nine-year silence on National Awards

After almost a decade, Government has once again restarted the National Awards with Prime Minister, Sam Hinds being awarded the Order of Excellence, and heading the list of 133 persons and...

‘Caught in the act’ thieves remanded

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Caught in the act’ thieves remanded

Ramesh Kanhai, Paul Waterman, Jerrick D’Agrella and Leon Gibbings, who were charged with break and enter and larceny, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the...

Rise in oil prices to spur investments in Shale gas, Solar – Survey

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rise in oil prices to spur investments in Shale gas, Solar – Survey

– crude oil prices to peak at US$121 This year more than 64 percent of energy executives expect crude oil prices to exceed US$121 a barrel and in response, there are plans to invest more in...

Dem boys seh… Shame mek dem hide de awards list from de Waterfalls paper

May 31, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Shame mek dem hide de awards list from de Waterfalls paper

When people put big people thing in li’l boy hand expect trouble. Old people also seh that a li’l bit of information in the hands of a fool is a dangerous thing. De government wake up couple...

Mahaica arsonist caught!!

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica arsonist caught!!

Police at Mahaica have arrested a man who reportedly admitted to setting fire to a palace in the community last Saturday. The man was held hours after the fire which damaged a portion of the building...

Education Ministry to act on forged exam slip

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry to act on forged exam slip

An East Bank Berbice teacher whom it was discovered had forged a National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results slip seems to have gotten away with the act. Since the matter was reported in February,...

BILL COTTON/REFORM… ‘WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING..?’

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on BILL COTTON/REFORM… ‘WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING..?’

It’s a Guyanese tradition…as Vieira’s Evening News used to say. As soon as you arrive they ask you ‘When are you leaving?’ What sort of perverse logic is that? Don’t they like you?...

GTM policy portfolio jumps $4.5B in one year

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GTM policy portfolio jumps $4.5B in one year

…reaches $36.2B At December 31, last, the Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Life Insurance Company had 11,029 policies in force to the value of $36.219 billion, which yielded annual premiums of $540.104...

Car owners deny car involved in robbery

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Car owners deny car involved in robbery

The owners of motor-car, PHH 3202, are denying that their vehicle was involved in a robbery which took place on Friday evening, at Waller’s Delight, West Coast Demerara. A jewellery dealer was...

Disability movement calling for the fulfillment of rights under new law

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Disability movement calling for the fulfillment of rights under new law

… Blind awareness month culmination In recognition of the blind awareness month, the visually impaired and sighted people are coming together today (the final day) to form a chain of people and...

Wakenaam residents want GRA mobile unit

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Wakenaam residents want GRA mobile unit

Wakenaam residents who own motor vehicles are calling on the Guyana Revenue Authority to take steps to alleviate the high cost of obtaining motor vehicles licences. The residents either have to...

Controversial memorial of Jonestown erected in California

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Controversial memorial of Jonestown erected in California

California, US- (SFGate)-Nearly 200 people gathered at Oakland’s Evergreen Cemetery on Sunday to dedicate a newly completed memorial to the victims of the 1978 mass murder and suicide at Jonestown,...

Fire guts unoccupied Angoy’s Avenue house

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire guts unoccupied Angoy’s Avenue house

A mysterious fire started just after 20:30 hrs on Saturday evening and destroyed a two- bedroom home at Mai Mai Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam. No one was occupying the building at the time....

Banking, tourism sector to receive GBCHA award

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Banking, tourism sector to receive GBCHA award

– launches website on third anniversary The Guyana Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBCHA) since the opening of its Secretariat’s Counseling and Testing Site in 2009, has tested more than...

‘Golden Jaguars’ return home after successful Barbados tour

May 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘Golden Jaguars’ return home after successful Barbados tour

Preparation for Olympic Qualifiers to continue By Franklin Wilson Under Head Coach Collie ‘Hitman’ Hercules, the ‘Golden Jaguars’ returned home yesterday following a bruising...

GAPF gearing up for multiple c/ships local, regional & Int.

May 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GAPF gearing up for multiple c/ships local, regional & Int.

Teams shortlisted for overseas competitions The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) in its continuing efforts to maintain dominance at the Regional and International levels and continue its...

GABA salutes Parris and Lewis on being given National Awards

May 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GABA salutes Parris and Lewis on being given National Awards

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) has offered sincere congratulations to Michael Parris and Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis for being chosen to receive National Awards shortly. The pair of...

Late tries edge Guyana past T&T

May 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Late tries edge Guyana past T&T

English-based Kevin McKenzie’s unconverted try three minutes before the end, gave Guyana a thrilling 22-20 win over defending Caribbean rugby champions T&T at the St Mary’s College ground on...

Bus driver beaten after slamming into parked car

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver beaten after slamming into parked car

A route 40 minibus driver is nursing injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being severely beaten by the residents of Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, after he slammed into a parked car,...