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Plane missing with two in Mahdia

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Plane missing with two in Mahdia

– pilot, loader Aviation officials have dispatched a search party to an area just outside Mahdia in the Potaro-Siparuni Region Eight area, following the disappearance of an Air Services Limited...

Dad commits suicide days after killing daughter in accident

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dad commits suicide days after killing daughter in accident

The Rosignol family that was mourning the death of their teenage daughter, Yonette Branche, 16, who was killed in an accident on the West Berbice Public Road has been plunged into further sorrow. The...

The carnage continues…12 year old President’s College student is latest road fatality

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The carnage continues…12 year old President’s College student is latest road fatality

The roadways of Guyana have become killing fields within the past week with road fatalities continuing to climb even as the year 2014 draws to a close. The latest victim is 12 year old President’s...

DPP’s advice borders on hypocrisy – Greenidge

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on DPP’s advice borders on hypocrisy – Greenidge

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Shadow Minister of Finance, Carl Greenidge believes that Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack ruling on the Attorney General Anil...

Boy missing after creek outing with family

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Boy missing after creek outing with family

Police and relatives were up to late last night searching for a 14-year-old boy who mysteriously disappeared at 17:00 hrs yesterday after a quiet family outing at the creek just outside of...

Rival kills husband in victim’s own house

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rival kills husband in victim’s own house

A 32-year-old labourer was stabbed to death in his house at around 22.00 hrs on Saturday during a brawl with a carpenter who claimed to be the lover of the slain man’s wife. Vibert Benjamin of Good...

Miner dies after doused with petrol, set alight

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miner dies after doused with petrol, set alight

Police are probing the murder of gold miner Mikel Huntley, who was reportedly doused with petrol and set alight at Ikawan, Cuyuni River, on Boxing Day. Police stated that Huntley, of New Amsterdam,...

Four detained for schoolgirl’s murder

Dec 29, 2014 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Four detained for schoolgirl’s murder

Four persons are now in custody including two brothers as investigators continue their probe into the murder of Tiana Raghber, called ‘Tia’ 14, whose body was found at around 13.55 hrs on...

Dem boys seh…No good wishes fuh dem bastards

Dec 29, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…No good wishes fuh dem bastards

Where did the year go? Suddenly it is December……AGAIN – and we realize that with giant strides we started in January and within a blink of an eye, 2014 is almost over! A big...

Beharry is new BCB President

Dec 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Beharry is new BCB President

Anil Beharry was elected the new President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) when the body held its annual general meeting and elections yesterday at its office in New Amsterdam. Beharry defeated...

UAE group offers $200 million total purse for Mayweather-Pacquiao

Dec 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on UAE group offers $200 million total purse for Mayweather-Pacquiao

CalvinAyre.com – The proposed Floyd Mayweather Jr. – Manny Pacquiao fight isn’t as close to happening now as it was back in 2010 but more and more people are getting involved to try and...

Brathwaite, Samuels fight after Steyn blitz

Dec 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brathwaite, Samuels fight after Steyn blitz

ESPNcricinfo – West Indies had the better of large swathes of day three, but Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, with bat and ball respectively, made the high-impact contributions that ensured South...

Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Racing stables expresses appreciation

Dec 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Racing stables expresses appreciation

The organiser, coordinator and organizing committee of the recently held Guyana Cup Rematch horserace meet has expressed their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all the sponsors, members of the...

BURNHAM AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA

Dec 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BURNHAM AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA

Who else but Forbes Burnham could have established diplomatic relations between Guyana and Cuba? It was Burnham who led Guyana to Independence, not Jagan who years prior has established trade...

Aviation deaths, mishaps in 2004

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Aviation deaths, mishaps in 2004

Guyana has experienced over six aviation mishaps this year involving both civilian and military aircraft. *On January 18, 2014, Canadian pilot Blake Slater and his cargo handler Dwayne Jacobs...

Bartica Super 6 Football final rescheduled to New Year’s Day

Dec 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bartica Super 6 Football final rescheduled to New Year’s Day

The final of the Super 6 Football tournament at the Bartica Community Centre, which was set for last evening, has been rescheduled to Thursday, New Year’s Day in the Mining Community. The event...

Woman, relative detained for remigrant’s murder

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, relative detained for remigrant’s murder

Police have detained a 20-year-old man and a woman in connection with the brutal chopping death of 66-year-old remigrant Kingsley Joseph, whose body was found on Saturday in a clump of bushes a few...

Providence fatal accident…“Come out and face the consequences of your action!”

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Providence fatal accident…“Come out and face the consequences of your action!”

– dead teen’s mother pleads with runaway driver “The boy you killed was my son, the backbone for the home. He worked very hard to take care of his smaller siblings and me. You took him away...

Bandits shoot guard, steal revolver

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits shoot guard, steal revolver

Two bandits on a motorcycle shot a 62-year-old security guard while he was on duty and escaped with his revolver in Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown, at around 23:15 hrs on Saturday. The guard,...

Rescued toddler gets shot at better life

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rescued toddler gets shot at better life

Last year, a contractor carrying out works on a Charlotte Street house ventured inside to speak to the occupants and found a heartbreaking scene instead: a little boy, barely two years-old, sitting...

Labour Ministry receives 1,244 complaints this year

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Ministry receives 1,244 complaints this year

For 2014, the Ministry of Labour received a total of 1,244 complaints of which 821 or 66 percent of those were resolved. According to the Ministry, while in 2014 more complaints were lodged, less...

CAL provides non-stop flights on Guyana/NY route

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CAL provides non-stop flights on Guyana/NY route

Airline passengers on the Georgetown/New York route will no longer have to endure stopovers in Trinidad and Tobago, since Caribbean Airlines is now providing daily non-stop flights in and out of...

2014 was a terrible year, and 2015 is expected to be worse if the PPP remains in office

Dec 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on 2014 was a terrible year, and 2015 is expected to be worse if the PPP remains in office

Dear Editor, As we get ready to say good-bye to another year and ring in the new, more than 65 percent of Guyanese have become poorer and are unable to find good paying jobs, put food on the table or...

A challenge for the deceiving Guyana Police Force

Dec 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A challenge for the deceiving Guyana Police Force

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to some of the most barefaced lies and deception being peddled by the Guyana Police Force, mostly the “B” Division ranks and its Commander. It is a deep...

Animal activist working to reduce prevalence of animal cruelty

Dec 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Animal activist working to reduce prevalence of animal cruelty

By Nicholas Peters In an effort to reduce the prevalence of street animals, passionate animal activist, Genevieve ‘Judy’ Beepat, hosted a free animal sterilization clinic early last week at her...

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The GHRA and the indecency in and of Guyanese society

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has replied to my “constant banging,” that is, my consistent... more

More children will die

Kaieteur News – Herd immunity is needed to arrest the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Herd immunity refers... more