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Minister Benn threatens City Hall with withdrawal of Govt. funds

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Public Works Minister Robeson Benn yesterday threatened the withdrawal of Government assistance to City Hall when the Minister and members of the Council engaged a verbal battle over the utilisation...

Missing fishermen’s vessel spotted in Suriname

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A team of local fishermen is preparing to go out at sea in search of missing fishermen Mahadeo Ramdeo, Ramnarine Jagmohan and Jason Marshall after a boat fitting the description of one in which they...

Security guard clubbed to death

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Police are investigating the murder of security guard Mahendi Hussein, 65 years old, of Rampoor Settlement, Corriverton, whose body was found at about 05:45 hours yesterday in the guard hut at the...

‘Roger’ Khan’s case a reflection of Govt’s attitude to drug trafficking – PNCR

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Roger’ Khan’s case a reflection of Govt’s attitude to drug trafficking – PNCR

Opposition Leader Robert Corbin says that the recent revelations coming out of the Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan drug case is a reflection of the Guyana Government over the past five years. Corbin accused...

MMA moves to repossess lands

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on MMA moves to repossess lands

The repossession and reallocation of state lands in the Mahaica/Mahaicony /Abary (MMA) Project Area (Abary/Berbice) and MARDS in the Mahaicony area for 2008 are now being moved a step further in...

Chief Magistrate breaks silence after four years of forced leave

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– will not take part in any misconduct hearings Embattled Chief Magistrate Juliet Holder-Allen, who has been on leave for four years for alleged misconduct, has lashed out against the Judicial...

A mother’s dilemma…

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Officials at GPHC unaware of woman’s pre-natal suffering No official at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is aware of the case of Samantha Browne losing her baby at that...

Preparing for the traditional rains

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With the May/June rains imminent, the authorities are taking no chances against any possible flooding along the East Coast of Demerara.Here, an excavator dredges the mouth of the canal that leads to...

Relocation of minibus parks sparks chaos in Stabroek Square

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Relocation of minibus parks sparks chaos in Stabroek Square

Differences between the City Council and the Ministry of Public Works yesterday sparked a wave of confusion in the city as the transition phase of relocating the Routes 48, 40, 24 and 41 minibuses...

Police ranks transferred for refusing to ‘shoot’ – Corbin

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Police ranks transferred for refusing to ‘shoot’ – Corbin

The People’s National Congress Reform yesterday chastised the powers that be for the transfer of two senior Police officers to the interior, allegedly because they refused to shoot demonstrators...

Dead attorney’s clerk accused of estate fraud

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Dead attorney’s clerk accused of estate fraud

…served with injunction A clerk of dead attorney Henry Desmond McKenzie-Agard, who is accused of naming herself heiress to his estate, embellishing his will and swindling his savings, had legal...

Men released on bail for $11M fuel theft

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Five men were yesterday each released on $300,000 bail after they were charged for stealing some $11M worth of fuel from SOL Guyana Inc. The five men, Ivan Cameron, Damian Hunter, Surendra...

Demico House murder

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Trio further remanded – minor fails to appear The two men and the minor who have been charged for the murder of Jermaine Anderson, who was killed outside of the Demico House Liquor Restaurant...

Kuru Kuru daycare murder…

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Judge to rule on caution statement Justice Dawn Gregory-Barnes is expected to rule on the admissibility of a caution statement purportedly given to Police by murder accused Junior Barton. Barton, 31,...

21-year-old charged for Makouria shallow grave murder

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Shawn Ransom, a 21-year-old chain saw operator of Christianburg, Linden, was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Robert Griffith, whose partly decomposed body was found in a shallow grave...

Free HIV testing for Nurses’ Week

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The Georgetown Medical Centre Inc., formerly Prasad Hospital, will be offering free HIV, blood pressure and sugar count testings as nurses at that hospital celebrate Nurses Week 2008. The free blood...

Digital Tourism: Exploring New Worlds and Opportunities from the Comfort of Home

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Digital Tourism: Exploring New Worlds and Opportunities from the Comfort of Home

Digital tourism, one of the latest technological trends, is taking the world by storm. But what is digital tourism, and how can it affect the lives of everyone who partakes? The term “digital...

Upcoming CARICOM-Canada negotiations…

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Upcoming CARICOM-Canada negotiations…

Trade Ministers call for strong development component Ministers of Trade of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have reiterated the need for a strong development component and a structure that caters...

UWI receives US$650,000 grant from IDB

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on UWI receives US$650,000 grant from IDB

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has received the approval of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for a technical assistance grant in the amount of US$650,000 to undertake a project to...

D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life...

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Kaieteur Sports – The D-Up Basketball Academy is gearing up to wrap its first-of-its-kind, two-month youth basketball camp, which tipped off in September at the Tuschen Primary School (TPS)...

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Guyana’s finest Physiques to battle for Glory...

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CWI names West Indies Test Squad for home series...

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Georgetown romp to 292-run win over Select XI

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more