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$50M kidnapping Plot… THREE CHARGED

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $50M kidnapping Plot… THREE CHARGED

– placed on $400,000 bail each The three suspects whom the police had detained in connection with plotting to kidnap the son of a wealthy Essequibo sawmiller appeared yesterday before Chief...

Man falls to death from verandah

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man falls to death from verandah

A 67-year-old man was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday afternoon, minutes after he fell from the verandah of his 21 G Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara home....

Miner’s fiery death… Suspects’ relatives say victim caused his own demise

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miner’s fiery death… Suspects’ relatives say victim caused his own demise

The police have arrested the woman who turned 45-year-old Malcolm Lancaster into a human torch after she allegedly doused him with more than two gallons of gasoline on Friday last. Reports are that...

Giftland seeks transparency in laptop tender process

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland seeks transparency in laptop tender process

…Says “flawed advice” caused gov’t to reject first bid Giftland Office Max, whose first bid to supply the government laptops was rejected, has accused the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) office...

International court orders Gaddafi’s arrest

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on International court orders Gaddafi’s arrest

– warrants also approved for son, key aide (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant yesterday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to...

Dem boys seh… Prepare fuh de future

Jun 28, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Prepare fuh de future

Live good and good gun meet you. But when you live bad is straight to hell. Nuff people doing bad things and dem boys sorry fuh dem. People even talking bout de time a man dead and come back. He is...

Thief caught in store hiding under carton box remanded

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Thief caught in store hiding under carton box remanded

The suspected thief who was caught red-handed stealing from Ying Ling Gin trading, was yesterday remanded to prison after he made his appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the...

Digicel rakes in US$2.23B for last year

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel rakes in US$2.23B for last year

Regional telecommunications giant, Digicel Group, has announced revenue of US$2.23 billion for the financial year ended March 31, which the company states increases income by 27 per cent over the...

US claims ‘official complicity’ in human trafficking here

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on US claims ‘official complicity’ in human trafficking here

…Manickchand calls for the evidence The United States has accused the government here of failing to take action against “official complicity” in human trafficking, but Priya Manickchand, the...

Dead men identified in Matthews Ridge accident

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dead men identified in Matthews Ridge accident

Three men identified as Leon Abrams, 62, and Trevor Abrams, 19, both of Matthew’s Ridge, Northwest District; and Deon Baptiste of Port Kaituma, Northwest District, Region One, died as a result of a...

Domestic violence and its links to HIV/AIDS – research

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Domestic violence and its links to HIV/AIDS – research

By Rabindra Rooplall Jr Research demonstrates that there is a relationship between domestic violence and HIV/AIDS. Some authors view domestic violence as a cause for the spread of HIV, while others...

Red Cross Guyana, partners intensify humanitarian support

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Red Cross Guyana, partners intensify humanitarian support

Standing by its motto, ‘To improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity’, the Guyana Red Cross Society and its partners launched two programmes last Wednesday to...

SBDF Trust helps almost 1900 people in 2010

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on SBDF Trust helps almost 1900 people in 2010

… disbursed $274M in small and micro loans A total of 685 loans amounting to just over $274M does not sound like an enormous sum in comparison when compared to the sums quoted in newspaper...

KITCHEN GARDENS ARE NOT THE ANSWER

Jun 28, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on KITCHEN GARDENS ARE NOT THE ANSWER

Kitchen gardens may be the answer to improved mental health but not to reducing food prices in the region or to substantially cutting the Caribbean’s food import bill. It is now an established fact...

Pedestrians most vulnerable on the roadway

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pedestrians most vulnerable on the roadway

– Road Safety Council In light of the increasing frequency of road accidents, the Guyana Road Safety Council is appealing to drivers to practise the ‘five Cs’: Consideration, Commonsense,...

Con artist allegedly flees to Suriname

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Con artist allegedly flees to Suriname

A confidence trickster identified as Deodat Samaroo of Corentyne, Region Six, has left a family financially frustrated. He reportedly made off with a 13 pennyweight gold ring and $14,000 in cash from...

Ministry promises thorough investigation

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry promises thorough investigation

… Fracas at Charlestown Secondary Minister of Education Sheik Baskh has stated that a thorough investigation will be conducted into the incident which resulted in a teacher being assaulted by a...

Mangrove tour for August holidays

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mangrove tour for August holidays

For the August holidays the Mangrove Action Committee will be offering complementary tours to students who are transported to the center by their parents. These tours will be held on Saturdays and...

New Nursing School for New Amsterdam

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New Nursing School for New Amsterdam

Construction of a new training facility for nurses in New Amsterdam, Region Six, is expected to commence shortly replacing the existing one, says Health Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy. He made those...

Bandit attack, rob businessman in La Parfaite Harmony

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit attack, rob businessman in La Parfaite Harmony

Two gun-toting bandits attacked and robbed a grocer/businessman who was conducting a transacting with a customer Saturday night. The robbery was carried out in Rect-Door Zee, Parfait Harmony at 21:00...

Berbice River pontoon down, protest promised today

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice River pontoon down, protest promised today

Commuters using the Berbice River crossing between Rosignol and New Amsterdam will today stage a demonstration protesting docking of the pontoon, M.V. Sandaka, regarded as the most affordable...

Mv Torani back in service

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mv Torani back in service

Officials attached at the transport and harbors department, have disclosed that the M.V. Torani, which was out of service for almost two days, is back in operation. Two businessmen hired out Torani,...

Digicel covers 97% of the population cell service- Digicel’s CEO

Jun 28, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Digicel covers 97% of the population cell service- Digicel’s CEO

For the four years that the telecommunications giant Digicel has been in Guyana the company has attracted over 500,000 subscribers and is the number one mobile provider in the country, according to...

Parika Backdam siblings laid to rest

Jun 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parika Backdam siblings laid to rest

– died by drowning-PM reveals A post mortem examination performed on the remains of Malissa, and her brother, Miron Torres, has confirmed that they died from drowning. The post mortem was...

Marian ambush Saints to win NSBF G/town Conference

Jun 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Marian ambush Saints to win NSBF G/town Conference

Marian Academy had longed believed that their time to dominate schools’ basketball would soon come after the institution had put in place the necessary structures to succeed. That belief showed...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There’s an old saying in Guyana: “You can’t put a little boy to do a big man’s... more