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GUYANA SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL OF UNASUR

Nov 04, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL OF UNASUR

In 2010 there was an attempted coup against the President of Ecuador. Following this attempted coup, the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) met in Georgetown, Guyana, and agreed to adopt a...

More than 35,000 fuel tests done annually – GEA

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on More than 35,000 fuel tests done annually – GEA

– Seven fuel smuggling convictions for 2014 As the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) intensifies its enforcement operations in its commitment to combat fuel smuggling, four persons were...

Guyana’s achievements linked to equity in education

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s achievements linked to equity in education

– Education Minister Despite numerous criticisms that there is only a small number of students doing well, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand made it clear that although Guyana is faced with...

Policeman’s spouse died of brain haemorrhage

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman’s spouse died of brain haemorrhage

The woman who died in her sleep and was discovered Sunday morning, died as a result of a burst blood vessel in her head. The woman Sechlonie Charlie, called ‘Shabana’ 34, of 45 Princetown,...

Unidentified male patient in ICU

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Unidentified male patient in ICU

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is requesting the assistance of the public to identify a male patient who has been in the Intensive Care Unit since Thursday last. According to a...

Akbar Auto Sales fire still undetermined

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Akbar Auto Sales fire still undetermined

Investigations are ongoing as members of the Guyana Fire Service continue work to determine the cause of a lunch time blaze which destroyed over 100 parked vehicles in a major fire last Friday. The...

Courts to launch Ultimate Christmas Big Prize promotion

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Courts to launch Ultimate Christmas Big Prize promotion

… over $15M up for grabs Courts local branch will be launching its annual Big Prize promotion tomorrow with as much as $15M up for grabs. The furniture and household store has also rolled over...

Christmas season commences with ‘Cell Shop’ robbery

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas season commences with ‘Cell Shop’ robbery

The ‘Cell Shop’ was robbed Sunday morning after bandits ripped their way through a veranda and doorway at the business location on 101 Cummings Street, Bourda. A brick wrapped in a cloth was used...

Walter Rodney COI…PPP tried to have Gregory Smith extradited

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Walter Rodney COI…PPP tried to have Gregory Smith extradited

– former Attorney General Testifying before the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney, yesterday, Justice Charles Rishi Ramson, former Attorney General (AG) and Minister of...

Contracts awarded to sustain clean environment

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Contracts awarded to sustain clean environment

– after national clean-up Contracts have been awarded to various firms to ensure that Guyana remains clean after the completion of the ‘Clean up My Country’ campaign as the Government...

Miner gets 56 months for stealing costume jewellery

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miner gets 56 months for stealing costume jewellery

A robber who pounced on a man and wrestled with him for an artificial chain was jailed for 56 months. Anthony Williams was convicted and sentenced on a robbery with violence charge by Magistrate Judy...

Three in custody for missing computers

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three in custody for missing computers

Three young men are in police custody at the Springlands Police Station following the break-and-entry into the computer lab at the Skeldon Line Path Secondary School on the Corentyne and the theft of...

Corentyne man remanded on attempted murder charge

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man remanded on attempted murder charge

Rajindra Jagessar, 23, a fisherman of Lot 3 Rampoor, Corriverton, Corentyne, was on Monday remanded to jail by Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh when he appeared before him at the Whim Magistrate’s...

The troglodyte said to Bertha Butt, “Come here, sock it to me.”

Nov 04, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The troglodyte said to Bertha Butt, “Come here, sock it to me.”

If you are in your fifties then you would know about the age of disco/funk in the seventies. Maybe kool and the Gang and Donna Summers were the biggest successes in disco/funk. But back then, one of...

Cell phone, laptop thief jailed

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cell phone, laptop thief jailed

Cleveland Alleyne stole one cellular phone valued $9000 and a laptop worth $120,000 from Joro Azore on October 28, last. He appeared before the Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the...

Two to face the court for road accident

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two to face the court for road accident

Charges are being prepared against the two Affiance men who were involved in a vehicular accident, Sunday morning, at Abram Zuil, Essequibo Coast. Avinash Ram, 28, and Moneshwar Chandardeo, 22, both...

Stymieing Sales

Nov 04, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Stymieing Sales

Whatever one may say about the present administration, it cannot be denied that businesses and shopping have exploded across the land in the last two decades but more so, as always, in Georgetown....

Berbician jailed for dousing occupied house with gasoline

Nov 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Berbician jailed for dousing occupied house with gasoline

A man enraged over a conversation he had with another man, doused the man’s house with gasoline, while there were persons still inside, and threatened to burn it, a city court heard yesterday. Noel...

Building on our successes

Nov 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Building on our successes

DEAR EDITOR, Reading about the successes of our children at the CSEC and CAPE examinations this year, I, as I am sure many other Guyanese, swelled up more than a little bit with pride over their...

Let us hear a clarion call from all and sundry, that wrong is wrong

Nov 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us hear a clarion call from all and sundry, that wrong is wrong

DEAR EDITOR, We learnt of an armed robbery committed in St Phillips Church just as the congregation was preparing for Mass. This is a terrible event that further stains our Capital and State. On...

Interviews provided vital information on persecution during PNC era

Nov 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Interviews provided vital information on persecution during PNC era

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Frederick W. A. Collins (KN Oct 9) queried how I obtained evidence to substantiate the assertions I made about “persecution” against Indians, Chinese, Portuguese, Amerindians and...

A renewed examination of our individual actions is necessary

Nov 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A renewed examination of our individual actions is necessary

DEAR EDITOR, It must now be absolutely clear that as long as the various essential forces in Guyana carry on their relentless attacks on one another our country will make no further progress, and in...

Anil, first Chamar to become a Chatri

Nov 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anil, first Chamar to become a Chatri

Dear Editor, I note with interest this recent historical and unprecedented development where a member of one caste is elevated to the apparent status of a Chatri. I have discovered in my readings...

Don’t let 180 feet of sloppy work spoil this admirable effort

Nov 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t let 180 feet of sloppy work spoil this admirable effort

DEAR EDITOR, It is disgusting to see competent workers do sloppy work. The trench along Hunter Street to Mandela Avenue is being dug. The operator of the excavator started at the middle of the trench...

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Linden youth dies as tire explodes at vulcanizing shop

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old mechanic from the mining town of Linden died on Tuesday after a tire exploded and struck... more