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From ‘Best Cop’ to dirty cop? ‘Eastman was watching my mouth like a dentist’ – self-confessed killer

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News 1

As investigators of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Major Crimes Unit continue to look into the background of their colleague, Corporal Derwin Eastman, his criminal links are unraveling like a ticking...

Mayor, Town Clerk accused of covering up child sex case

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor, Town Clerk accused of covering up child sex case

Chief Constable, Andrew Foo, believes the recent call by Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green for his firing is clear proof that the male Lance Corporal who is accused of having sex...

100-acres BK/BaiShanLin state lands at Providence…Bank paid off, developer starts work

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 100-acres BK/BaiShanLin state lands at Providence…Bank paid off, developer starts work

A commercial bank is clashing with a City accountant who was appointed Receiver/Manager to oversee the sale of a 100-acre plot of prime lands at Providence, East Bank Demerara. Last Monday, Citizens...

Judge orders Magistrate to commit ‘Grey Boy’ for Crum Ewing murder

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Judge orders Magistrate to commit ‘Grey Boy’ for Crum Ewing murder

By Tiana Cole Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman was on Friday ordered by Justice Brassington Reynolds to comply with the directions of the DPP to re-open the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) and commit...

Fake police raid Diamond home, seizes amplifier

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fake police raid Diamond home, seizes amplifier

Friday night around 22:00hrs, a man, who identified himself as a policeman raided the home of an East Bank Demerara couple. When it was over, he escaped in a car, taking with him an amplifier, among...

Cinemas returning to Berbice… Classic Int’l Hotel unveils state-of-the-art movie theatre

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cinemas returning to Berbice… Classic Int’l Hotel unveils state-of-the-art movie theatre

Seven months after “throwing out his belly” with a spanking new $1B hotel in Number 79 Village, Corriverton, businessman Haresh Narine ‘Chinee’ Sugrim is surging ahead with his plans to take...

Very few people can hold de key to happiness

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Very few people can hold de key to happiness

Life and time are de best teachers. Life teaches people de use of Time and Time teaches us de value of Life. Is now dem boys understanding de value of life. Life is about being happy. Smart people...

Africanised bees kill Mon Repos resident

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Africanised bees kill Mon Repos resident

A man who has been identified only as “Ramnarine” of Lot 143 Block 8 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was on Thursday afternoon killed after a swarm of Africanised Bees attacked him while he was...

“Kevin” committed to stand trial for attempting to murder “Shark Oil”

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Kevin” committed to stand trial for attempting to murder “Shark Oil”

A man who became enraged following an argument at a rum shop and retrieved a cutlass with which he dealt his victim a number of chops about his body, has been committed to stand trial at the next...

Proposed estimates for Constitutional agencies totaled more than $10B

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Proposed estimates for Constitutional agencies totaled more than $10B

Finance Minister justifies cuts to Parliament, Audit Office By: Kiana Wilburg Constitutional agencies are entitled to financial independence. But does this mean that any sum they request for their...

Nations Director joins roundtable discussion at London Houses of Parliament

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nations Director joins roundtable discussion at London Houses of Parliament

The past week was an especially significant one for School of the Nations. This was due to the fact that Director of the New Market, Georgetown privately operated institution, Dr. Brian O’Toole,...

Top 5 Immigration Tips

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Top 5 Immigration Tips

By Attorney Gail Seeram Entering the United States as a first-time visitor can be an exciting experience. However, if you decide to overstay or fall into unlawful immigration status, then...

COI finds…GCAA has no technology to detect illegal planes

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on COI finds…GCAA has no technology to detect illegal planes

A Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the discovery of a foreign aircraft partly covered on the ground near to the village of Yupukari, Region Nine in 2016, has found that the Guyana Civil...

History-rich Pomeroon coffee breaking new ground

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on History-rich Pomeroon coffee breaking new ground

It is being heralded as the oldest coffee in the New World. More than two centuries later, it appears that one of Guyana’s oldest secret is on the verge of making a comeback, on a commercial scale,...

Diabetes is everybody’s Business… Organization hosts mini expo to commemorate diabetes month

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Diabetes is everybody’s Business… Organization hosts mini expo to commemorate diabetes month

The world has seen over two million deaths due to diabetes. Many of those deaths were due to victims being unaware of their condition or some others poorly handling their condition. They help...

Committee of Supply approves $2.976B Supplementary request for Ministries, Regions

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Committee of Supply approves $2.976B Supplementary request for Ministries, Regions

The Committee of Supply of the National Assembly considered and approved on Friday a supplementary request for Ministries, Regions and other agencies to the tune of $2.9B. According to the Paper, the...

Sunita Travel Agency celebrates 10 years of service

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sunita Travel Agency celebrates 10 years of service

presents motorized scooter to disabled Guyanese as part of efforts to give back Ten years ago, the Sunita Travel Agency was opened at Richmond Hill in New York. The organisation has been catering to...

Education Matters: TVET and the alignment of objectives

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Education Matters: TVET and the alignment of objectives

By Olato Sam The appeal for greater alignment between the educational offerings and the developmental needs of Guyana has been made ad nauseam. Curriculum reform and structural changes aimed at...

STEM Club Founder lands college scholarship in Singapore

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STEM Club Founder lands college scholarship in Singapore

“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” These are the words of Carl Sagan who was an American...

Delivering social services care is a ‘calling’ not a job

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Delivering social services care is a ‘calling’ not a job

– Ann Greene A fire at the Drop-In Centre last year which claimed the lives of two young boys has evoked many changes in the delivery of social services care, especially as it...

The Story within the Story… A cesspool of corruption at City Hall

Nov 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… A cesspool of corruption at City Hall

By Leonard Gildarie This past week, in Zimbabwe, an African state, conflicting reports indicated an army coup with the country’s leader, Robert Mugabe, placed under house arrest. Coming to power in...

Interesting Creatures… Red-legged cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi)

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Red-legged cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi)

The red-legged cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi) also known as the red-legged shag, red-footed cormorant, red-footed shag, Gaimard’s cormorant and grey cormorant, is a resident of the...

CWI Digicel Regional 4-day C/Ships …Red Force a spent Force as Jaguars scent blood

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI Digicel Regional 4-day C/Ships …Red Force a spent Force as Jaguars scent blood

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Vnet Communications The Guyana Jaguars have won five of the six matches they have played against the T&T Red Force in PCL cricket and when the...

Applaud and Salute the Process of Life

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Applaud and Salute the Process of Life

Hot sun. Salty air. Rhythmic waves. A little boy is on his knees scooping and packing the sand with plastic shovels into a bright blue bucket. Then he upends the bucket on the surface and lifts it....

KMTC Xmas meet set for December 26 at Bush Lot

Nov 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMTC Xmas meet set for December 26 at Bush Lot

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club will be hosting its annual Xmas Meet on December 26 at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice. Seven races are carded for the day with the main event being the B2 and Lower...