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Ex-husband captured, implicates dead woman’s spouse

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-husband captured, implicates dead woman’s spouse

… Alpha Guest House owner killing After more than 18 months of painstaking investigation, the police appear to have finally cracked the case involving the murder of Alpha Guest House...

PNCR to investigate sale of Govt. shares at GT&T

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR to investigate sale of Govt. shares at GT&T

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, is questioning the rational behind the government’s decision to sell its 20 per cent shares in the Guyana Telephone...

Health Minister being treated for heart condition

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister being treated for heart condition

Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, is currently in New York undergoing a general check up by his doctor, after he complained of feeling unwell.His condition developed in Guyana. Kaieteur News...

Police ranks forbidden from taking away vehicle documents

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police ranks forbidden from taking away vehicle documents

– unnecessary detention of motor vehicles not condoned The Guyana Police Force has asserted that no vehicle document or driver’s licence should be taken and kept by any rank as a means of...

Teen doses parents with sleeping pills, lands in jail

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Teen doses parents with sleeping pills, lands in jail

A 19-year-old who set out to fake her own abduction by giving her parents sleeping tablets was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown...

Sexual Offences Legislation for House today

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Sexual Offences Legislation for House today

Human Services and Social Security Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday confirmed that the long awaited Sexual Offences Bill would be tabled in the National Assembly today. The Legislation had been...

US fugitive, Ghalee Khan, charged again for cocaine

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on US fugitive, Ghalee Khan, charged again for cocaine

Local promoter Ghalee Khan, 31, of Lot 498 Cane View South Ruimveldt Park, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court. It was alleged...

Trade Union rights are violated in Guyana – ITUC Report

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Trade Union rights are violated in Guyana – ITUC Report

A new report by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on core labour standards in Guyana, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) review of its trade policies, has...

Aunty Mabel celebrates 104 years

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Aunty Mabel celebrates 104 years

— plans to go on for another 100 years Her hair was styled to perfection and her nails sported the cutest baby pink nail polish, all features that accentuated the fact that Mabel Connell, a...

Principal Education Officer for Georgetown District passes on

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Principal Education Officer for Georgetown District passes on

Principal Education Officer with responsibility for the District of Georgetown, Ms Chandrakala Ramsammy, has died. According to reports reaching this newspaper, Ramsammy who is said to be in her 50s,...

President, PM meet Caribbean Airlines officials

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on President, PM meet Caribbean Airlines officials

As relayed by Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, at his post-Cabinet press briefing on June 24, President Bharrat Jagdeo and Prime Minister Samuel Hinds met with officials from Caribbean Airlines...

Guyanese crowd City Hall in honour of the ‘king of pop’

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese crowd City Hall in honour of the ‘king of pop’

By way of a Michael Jackson look-a-like and sing-a-like competition, Guyana joined the rest of the world in celebrating the life of the legendary entertainer. Just minutes after a stirring memorial...

Linden All-Star basketball reset for tomorrow

Jul 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Linden All-Star basketball reset for tomorrow

Organisers release teams The CARICOM AllStar Basketball Extravaganza that was slated for Monday in Linden, at Mackenzie Sports Club court, has been shifted to tomorrow at the same venue, where...

ICC responds to govt.’s disappointment with Twenty20 schedule

Jul 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on ICC responds to govt.’s disappointment with Twenty20 schedule

The International Cricket Council (ICC) through its spokesperson has responded to concerns raised by Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony and Guyana Cricket Board President (acting)...

Guyana to feature at BVI summer sizzle

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to feature at BVI summer sizzle

Summer is set to sizzle in the British Virgin Islands with the hottest fashion extravaganza in Tortola through a jam-packed weekend filled with A-lists and fashion enthusiasts alike. Among them will...

Essequibo receives softball cricket gear from GSL

Jul 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Essequibo receives softball cricket gear from GSL

For Kiddy Care U-15 tourney Essequibo received a boost, when a quantity of wickets, bats and balls were presented to assist the county in running off of the Under-15 Kiddy Care softball cricket...

Venezuelan embassy, Guyanese launch continental destiny

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan embassy, Guyanese launch continental destiny

With objectives to capitalise on unifying features present in their crafts, and Guyana’s diverse features to forge regional integration over the years the Guyana United Artists have mounted a...

Robin Persaud to defend Ballot Box Martyrs 55-mile title

Jul 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Robin Persaud to defend Ballot Box Martyrs 55-mile title

One of Guyana’s leading cyclists Robin Persaud will be out on Sunday to defend his title, when the Annual Ballot Box Martyrs 55-mile road race comes off in the Ancient County of Berbice....

Fishermen crucial to national dietary conditions

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Fishermen crucial to national dietary conditions

Fishermen do not get their deserved recognition but they are responsible for making available to the population, a cheap source of protein all year round. In his message on Fisherman’s Day 2009,...

Industrial Safety Supplies Hand Gun Practical Shoot : Gordon Richards emerges top marksman

Jul 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Industrial Safety Supplies Hand Gun Practical Shoot : Gordon Richards emerges top marksman

Gordon Richards emerged as the top shooter, at the recently concluded Guyana National Rifle Association Hand Gun Section Practical shoot sponsored by Industrial Safety Supplies. The competition,...

Four remanded on scissors-point robbery charge

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Four remanded on scissors-point robbery charge

…allegedly grabbed laptop from teen A teenaged girl was walking along the road at D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, on Friday night last, when one of four men in a motor car allegedly jumped...

Man who alleged police brutality was wanted since 2007

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man who alleged police brutality was wanted since 2007

Uhan Duesbury, the security guard attached to Steve’s Jewellery, was wanted by the police ever since 2007 when he was summonsed by his former spouse who was seeking child support money for her son....

Guyana U-19s banking on pace

Jul 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana U-19s banking on pace

Begin TCL campaign today against Leeward Islands By Sean Devers Guyana begin their 2009 TCL Regional Under-19 Three-day cricket campaign against the Leeward Islands from today in Jamaica, hunting...

Carnal knowledge accused prefers death to trial

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Carnal knowledge accused prefers death to trial

BRIGHTON VILLAGE , CORENTYNE – Police in Berbice yesterday launched an investigation into the death of 66-year-old Harold Captain, also known as ‘Baby’, of 13 Brighton Village on the Corentyne....

NSBF proves a successful model

Jul 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on NSBF proves a successful model

Education Ministry must come on board By Edison Jefford There is a successful model for schools’ basketball in Guyana after many trials and errors that plunged the sport into the abyss at the...