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BREAKING NEWS…‘Grey boy’ charged for Crum-Ewing murder

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS…‘Grey boy’ charged for Crum-Ewing murder

– professes innocence, claims cop, former bodyguard are the real killers Riverview resident Regan Rodrigues, also called ‘Grey Boy, has been charged with the murder of political activist...

Breaking News! Bandits hack Chinese restaurant owner to death, batter wife

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News! Bandits hack Chinese restaurant owner to death, batter wife

The owner of the popular Jade Stone Restaurant on Mandela Avenue, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was hacked to death and his wife battered after robbers invaded their home at around 03.00 hrs today. Zhenjz...

Granger opens door for talks with Maduro

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger opens door for talks with Maduro

– wants to discuss range of issues President David Granger is still willing to hold talks with Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro. In a brief interview with media operatives yesterday, the...

Withdrawal of $$$ from commercial banks…Transfer to Consolidated Fund will help reduce deficits

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Withdrawal of $$$ from commercial banks…Transfer to Consolidated Fund will help reduce deficits

– Finance Minister Concerns continue to mount, especially among members of the Banking Association and the Private Sector Commission (PSC), given government’s decision to no longer allow its...

Insel Air plane grounded after refusing to take back illegal Indians

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Insel Air plane grounded after refusing to take back illegal Indians

An outgoing Insel Air flight, 81-791, to Aruba and other connecting destinations, was yesterday cancelled and the plane grounded after the pilot refused to transport eight Indian nationals who were...

Slain Montrose Granny cremated

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Slain Montrose Granny cremated

…as cops check detained man’s alibi He owns two pairs of camouflage pants, he looks like the calm killer in the surveillance videos, and he’s been on a prior murder charge, but that’s...

Sophia man perishes in mining pit collapse

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia man perishes in mining pit collapse

By Phylicia Richardson As mining pit casualties continue to mount and increasingly concern authorities, yet another miner has lost his life in the line of duty. Dead is 32-year-old Omett Samuels, of...

Slain Plaisance man…Victim, associates surrounded robbery suspect’s house

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Slain Plaisance man…Victim, associates surrounded robbery suspect’s house

– Detained friends tell cops Three associates of shooting victim Akeem Yorrick have told police that he was with them when they surrounded the home of a Sparendaam Squatting Area resident...

Overhaul of GO-Invest commences in earnest

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Overhaul of GO-Invest commences in earnest

The country’s specialist agency tasked with overlooking investments should be free of political interference. Speaking on the future of the Guyana Office For Investment (GO-Invest), Minister of...

De police seh de Waterfalls paper bias, and dem more bias

Aug 07, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De police seh de Waterfalls paper bias, and dem more bias

De man who sing ‘Dem ah watch me’ and de police had a clash. De Waterfalls paper get ketch in de crossfire because it seh wha de ‘Dem Ah Watch Me’ man seh. He had some deal wid Princess and...

President highlights Burnham’s “rich legacy” at wreath-laying ceremony

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President highlights Burnham’s “rich legacy” at wreath-laying ceremony

President David Granger yesterday paid tribute to the country’s first Executive President, the late Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, on the occasion of his 30th death anniversary. In...

Haruni man shot, stabbed… Victim claims sister’s abusive partner wanted to kill him

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Haruni man shot, stabbed… Victim claims sister’s abusive partner wanted to kill him

An abusive family life is believed to be the reason behind the shooting and stabbing of 30-year-old Haruni, Soesdyke/Linden Highway resident, Ganesh Henry. According to Henry, a farmer by profession,...

$175,000 bail for man on $2M fraud

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $175,000 bail for man on $2M fraud

A man was granted $175,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to a fraudulent conversion charge. Dwayne King, 33, of lot 165 Stanleytown West Bank Demerara denied the allegation which stated that on...

Courts launches 2015 10km Road Race

Aug 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts launches 2015 10km Road Race

Courts Guyana Inc. yesterday launched the fifth edition of their annual 10km Road Race at their Main Street Store with the event scheduled for September 20 and just over $1.3M handed over to the...

Fraudulent conversion charge against welder dismissed

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fraudulent conversion charge against welder dismissed

A West Ruimveldt welder was given a second chance after a charge of fraudulent conversion against him was dismissed yesterday by City Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts....

Digicel host luncheon for successful Special Olympics team

Aug 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel host luncheon for successful Special Olympics team

Digicel Guyana Inc. yesterday continued to separate itself locally in the areas of corporate and social responsibility when it hosted Guyana’s successful Special Olympics team as it returned with...

D’Urban St. murder accused to face judge and jury

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on D’Urban St. murder accused to face judge and jury

Quincy Massiah, who is accused of fatally stabbing his friend Trevor Raghubir, was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for his murder. Massiah, 25, of D’Urban Street will be making...

Ruthless England turn the screw as Australia wilt

Aug 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ruthless England turn the screw as Australia wilt

NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) England skittled out shell-shocked Australia for 60 and piled up 274 for four in reply to take control of the fourth Ashes test on a dramatic first day at Trent Bridge...

NRA US National Fullbore Championships… WIFBSC name strong team for America Cup Match today; Barbados to also compete

Aug 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NRA US National Fullbore Championships… WIFBSC name strong team for America Cup Match today; Barbados to also compete

By Franklin Wilson at Camp Perry, Ohio, USA with the compliments of NAMILCO, Ringbang, Fazias Collection, Crown Mining Supply and Queensway. The West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council has named a...

Bosai workers strike ahead of likely retrenchment

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bosai workers strike ahead of likely retrenchment

Bosai workers yesterday proceeded on strike in protest against the planned issuance of retrenchment letters to nearly four dozen of them today. The peaceful demonstration commenced in front of the...

Burnham hailed as nat’l hero, ‘father of the nation’ at commemoration of 30th death anniversary

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Burnham hailed as nat’l hero, ‘father of the nation’ at commemoration of 30th death anniversary

By Sunita Samaroo Outstanding 20th century leader, visionary, innovator, builder, educator and women rights advocate were just a few of the words voiced to describe the nation’s First Executive...

The bright lights tell what a foolish nation Guyana is

Aug 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The bright lights tell what a foolish nation Guyana is

On Wednesday evening at around 7 p.m., on my way home, I turned into the Giftland OfficeMax complex to buy a photo album. The street from the Railway Embankment into Giftland is a very long road. It...

Grove vendor remanded for illegal gun, ammo found on road

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Grove vendor remanded for illegal gun, ammo found on road

There is an old adage that, “every long rope has an end”, and this was clearly the case for 24-year-old, Sherwin Herbert of Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, who managed to getaway on foot...

ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE – CONCERNS FOR US ALL

Aug 07, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE – CONCERNS FOR US ALL

In Guyana as in other countries, youth culture has always been associated with a certain degree of irresponsibility, unruliness and free-spiritedness. From time immemorial, youths have rebelled...

Increased taxes needed to carry out statutory functions

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Increased taxes needed to carry out statutory functions

– Region 10 IMC Chairman By Jacquey Bourne The current rates and taxes receivable in the Mining town of Linden cannot suffice for the work of the Town Council, which has a burgeoning housing...