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DEA to analyse Simels computer

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on DEA to analyse Simels computer

…conversations with Roger Khan submitted The computer that was retrieved from the law offices of defendant Robert Simels has been turned over to the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s main...

Residents live in fear of derelict building

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Residents live in fear of derelict building

For the past seven years, some residents of Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, have been holding their breath and hoping that they will be spared damage to property, injury or even death from a derelict...

Jagdeo decides who gets TV/radio licences – NFMU

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo decides who gets TV/radio licences – NFMU

The Minister of Information, a portfolio currently held by Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo, is responsible for the issuance of licence, according to the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU). As...

Gunmen snatch millions from phone card dealer

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Gunmen snatch millions from phone card dealer

Two men on a motorcycle yesterday escaped with millions of dollars in cash after they held a phone card dealer at gunpoint on Mandela Avenue. Reports are that the incident occurred some time around...

Judge in Roger Khan case admits evidence from dead man’s wife

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Judge in Roger Khan case admits evidence from dead man’s wife

Judge Dora Irrizary in the Roger Khan drug trafficking case in New York will allow evidence to be tendered by the state that bodyguards of the alleged drug king pin had threatened the wife of...

Top Cop peeved that ranks continue to molest people for money

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Top Cop peeved that ranks continue to molest people for money

Acting Police Commissioner, Henry Greene, has warned that persons who engage in corrupting police officers through bribery for simple matters will suffer the same fate that befalls officers who are...

Ogle Airport expansion back on track

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Ogle Airport expansion back on track

The second phase of the Ogle Airport expansion project is now ready to proceed with financing arrangements completed to allow for the release of grant financing from the European Union totaling 1.5M...

Immigration rank, other man on bail for money charges

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Immigration rank, other man on bail for money charges

An Immigration rank was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail after he made his court appearance before Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin. It is alleged that Quincy Nelson, on November 28, last, at...

One in every 20 women is a wife by age 15 in Guyana

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on One in every 20 women is a wife by age 15 in Guyana

A survey conducted by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Bureau of Statistics in 2006 has found that one in every 20 women between the ages of 15 – 49 were married...

Increased waste forces M&CC to add five acres to dumpsite

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Increased waste forces M&CC to add five acres to dumpsite

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) has been forced to add five acres of cemetery land to the Le Repentir dumpsite in order to expand the capacity of the garbage dumping facility....

Victim dies from loss of blood

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Victim dies from loss of blood

The post mortem examination on the body of 25-year-old Shenese-Ann Richardson-Austin, called “Buckie”, who was killed after a brazen attack on a house at 502 West Ruimveldt on December 15 last,...

“I would give this year 6½ out of 10”

Dec 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on “I would give this year 6½ out of 10”

Says GTTA General Secretary By Edison Jefford An unusually disappointed Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) General Secretary, Godfrey Munroe has given the association’s performance this...

George Bacchus’s killer gets additional 14 years jail

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on George Bacchus’s killer gets additional 14 years jail

…but new sentence means nothing Delon ‘Fatboy’ Reynolds was yesterday sentenced to an additional 14 years in jail on arms and ammunition charges stemming from the killing of self-confessed...

Bowlers on target as Guyana bow out with win against Leewards

Dec 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Bowlers on target as Guyana bow out with win against Leewards

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Igloo Ice Cream, Pepsi, Smalta, TCL, Demerara Power Company, Lifetime Reality & Noble House Seafoods Guyana’s bowlers once again turned in a good...

National security a top priority

Dec 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on National security a top priority

Dear Editor, Since 2002 security has been proclaimed as top priority as a result of the upsurge in crime. Government has since embarked on various methods of improving national security in Guyana and...

GDF not ruling out negligence in Cuyuni mishap

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GDF not ruling out negligence in Cuyuni mishap

Chief-of-staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Commodore Gary Best is not ruling out negligence in the boat mishap on the Cuyuni River two Mondays ago that left two soldiers dead. Commodore Best...

Guywid is committed to rendering charitable service

Dec 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Guywid is committed to rendering charitable service

Dear Editor, It gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the Board of Directors, Executives, and members of the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc. – Guyana Central Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission and...

Local Lodge spreads Christmas cheer

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Local Lodge spreads Christmas cheer

Mount Olive Lodge No. 1, of the Independent United Order of Mechanics, recently took Christmas cheer to the children of Joshua House on Thomas Street, Georgetown and to the Red Cross Convalescent...

BK Western Tigers enjoy yearend treat

Dec 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on BK Western Tigers enjoy yearend treat

TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY: After a year of hard work on the football field, players from the BK International Western Football team were hosted by their President, Gordon Gilhuys, at the Cool Square...

Mr. Greene you are wrong on this

Dec 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Greene you are wrong on this

Dear Editor, Mr. Greene if you do not want people to take matters into their own hands, then why are the police not there for the people when a call is made? Are we to believe that the news reports...

Guyana needs policy to deal with sanitation issues – PAHO

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana needs policy to deal with sanitation issues – PAHO

In its strategic plan for the sanitation sector in Guyana, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has identified that a look at Guyana’s development policies illustrate that there is no...

Representing Guyana means the world to me

Dec 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Representing Guyana means the world to me

Dear Editor, I represented Guyana in the Beijing Olympic Games in the 200 metre race. I know that there was a lot of talk about me and how I shouldn’t have been representing Guyana, and I honestly...

Guyana records sizeable growth in shingle exports, earnings

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana records sizeable growth in shingle exports, earnings

An analysis of the volume and value of shingles exported from Guyana was 16 per cent higher compared to the same period last year. However, the value was 57 percent more. This is according to the...

Guyanese will manage to overcome this difficulty

Dec 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese will manage to overcome this difficulty

Dear Editor, Imagine us poor Guyanese for a moment. We didn’t spend so much on the cheap internet calls at the internet cafes spread across the length and breadth of Guyana. I don’t even think...

Bus-stops, grassy parapets and jewelry quoted in American dollars

Dec 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bus-stops, grassy parapets and jewelry quoted in American dollars

My wife and I entered this jewelry store in the City Mall, on Tuesday evening looking for silver. She wanted to buy a silver chain. Downtown Georgetown looked modern on Tuesday night because shopping...

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