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Drug addict hacks off father’s head

Nov 28, 2008 knews News 14

A 24-year-old man beheaded his 57-year-old father at around 07:00 hrs yesterday at a desolate farm at Waikabra, on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, after the parent refused to give him $200. Stanislaus...

Detective held for $2.4M theft from station

Nov 28, 2008 knews News 15

– had uplifted money to take to court as exhibit A detective constable attached to the Brickdam Criminal Investigations Department fraud squad has been placed under close arrest for allegedly...

Woman’s body found with throat slit

Nov 28, 2008 knews News 6

…boyfriend in custody The police are seeking a killer and a motive in the brutal murder of 26-year-old Creavone Thorne, whose partly decomposed body was discovered yesterday morning in a Thomas...

Govt. accused of behaving like a typical ‘thief man’

Nov 28, 2008 knews News 11

… PNCR calls for complete overhauling of taxation policies Executive Member of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton, yesterday called for a complete overhaul of the taxation...

Female villager fights off gun-toting bandit

Nov 28, 2008 knews News 18

An armed bandit got more than he bargained for when the woman he attacked, Sharon Walcott, engaged him in a fierce fight that almost cost him his life. The bandit who was armed with what police...

Taxi service owner shot dead

Nov 28, 2008 knews News 3

– while drinking with ex-cop Mystery surrounds the circumstances under which 35-year-old Doulatram Singh, called “Dara” of Waterloo, Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, met his death...

GRA searches Nigel’s Supermarket containers

Nov 28, 2008 knews News 6

By Rustom Seegopaul The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), apparently under orders from the Office of the Auditor General, yesterday conducted a thorough search of one of eight containers filled with...

Fishing boat crew rescued

Nov 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Fishing boat crew rescued

Following the robbery of the fishing boat the ‘Mark Counter 2’ by pirates in the Atlantic Ocean, just off of the Mahaicony Foreshore, East Coast Demerara, the police have reported that all of the...

Passengers nabbed with firearms

Nov 28, 2008 knews News 3

Police on the Essequibo Coast are investigating an incident where two illegal firearms were found in a car. Reports are that around noon yesterday, police on the Aurora Public Road stopped a car...

Two charged with D’Urban Street businessman’s murder

Nov 28, 2008 knews News 4

Junior Henry, 25, of 58 West Ruimveldt Estate, and Baldeo Seegobin, 31, of 99 West Ruimveldt Estate, were yesterday charged with the murder of 32-year-old Ricardo Henriques. It is alleged that on...

Bids in for Amaila Falls project

Nov 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bids in for Amaila Falls project

Several companies have submitted bids for construction of the Amaila Falls hydroelectric project, President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Tuesday. The Head of State said that he has seen the prices of the...

Former Chief-of-Staff honoured at special dinner

Nov 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Former Chief-of-Staff honoured at special dinner

Former Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Major General (Retd.) Michael Atherley, MSM, was the privileged guest of the GDF at a special dinner held in his honour at Base Camp Ayanganna last...

NAMILCO Football Festival

Nov 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO Football Festival

New champs to be crowned on Sunday, Alpha face Western Tigers By Franklin Wilson Come Sunday evening at the National Stadium, Providence, new champions of the Namilco Football Festival competition...

Region Nine pushing on with Ministry’s support

Nov 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Region Nine pushing on with Ministry’s support

The Region Nine football team that is scheduled to compete in this year’s Kashif and Shanghai football championship is stepping up preparations for what coach Gary La Rose believes is a date...

Fruta / EBFA U-13 League kicks off tomorrow

Nov 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Fruta / EBFA U-13 League kicks off tomorrow

Four matches scheduled for Providence ground Competitive football makes a grand return to the East Bank tomorrow morning with the Fruta sponsored under-13 League which has attracted thirteen teams...

Guyana U-17 team to be encamped today

Nov 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana U-17 team to be encamped today

Coach King says focus will be on all-round development By Sean Devers The Guyana under-17 squad will be encamped in the City from this afternoon to December 6 before the 14-man squad wing out on...

19th Kashif and Shanghai tournament

Nov 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on 19th Kashif and Shanghai tournament

Fixtures to be released this evening at Water Chris Hotel All the combatants will be duly informed of their respective opponents this evening when the organisers of the 19th Kashif and Shanghai...

GPL launches investigation into employees taking brides

Nov 28, 2008 knews News 2

“We will prosecute even if it’s our own” – Dindyal Several residents of Port Mourant are complaining of being fleeced by employees of the Guyana Power and Light Company. According to...

GuySuCo’s financial position helped influence award- Arbitrator

Nov 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GuySuCo’s financial position helped influence award- Arbitrator

The current downward trend in the state of the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) economy is one of the factors that influenced the arbitration panel, in the wages dispute, to go light on the...

I Movement/BFA Super 8 football finalists decided

Nov 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on I Movement/BFA Super 8 football finalists decided

Teams collide tonight in Grand Finale The champions of the I Movement, Bartica Football Association Super 8 tournament being staged at the Bartica Community Centre ground, will be decided tonight....

Missing woman found, husband accused of abuse

Nov 28, 2008 knews News 1

A week ago, Julian Sahoye reported that he saw his reputed wife of three years, Shantie Seegobin, two nights ago at a residence at Better Hope. He explained that he received a tip from his niece that...

Floodlights XIII to play Sleepin International Hotel at Everest tonight

Nov 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights XIII to play Sleepin International Hotel at Everest tonight

This evening starting at 6:00 pm at the Everest Cricket Ground, the Floodlights team will take on a Sleepin International Hotel side in a 25 overs per innings softball match. Clifton Bacchus,...

George Bacchus murder trial to resume on Monday

Nov 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on George Bacchus murder trial to resume on Monday

Justice Claudette La Bennett is expected to make a ruling Monday on the voir dire that has been ongoing for the past week in Delon ‘Fatboy’ Reynolds’s case. Reynolds is accused of murdering...

Wrong politics

Nov 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 6

John Podesta, Co-Chairman of Barack Obama’s transition team, has sent out a huge number of letters to countless stakeholders in the US soliciting their ideas on the content of government after Mr....

Seeram resigns as Demerara selector, Lovell walks out of meeting

Nov 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Seeram resigns as Demerara selector, Lovell walks out of meeting

E’bo President disassociates himself from Garraway’s omission By Sean Devers In a rare public showing of dissatisfaction with his board members, President of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB)...

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Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more