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Schoolgirls and taxi drivers caught having sex in church

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolgirls and taxi drivers caught having sex in church

Six school aged girls from West Coast Demerara, and two taxi drivers were yesterday taken into custody after they were caught having sex in an abandoned church in Stanleytown, West Coast Demerara...

Actor’s throat slit on seawall

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Actor’s throat slit on seawall

The gruesome murder of popular local actor, Joel Fraser, has sent shockwaves throughout the city, especially among his colleagues. Fraser’s body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the...

Sergeant, Constable charged for torturing teen

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Sergeant, Constable charged for torturing teen

By Jamal Scott Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday remanded Mohanram Dolai, one of the policemen ensnared in allegations of the torture of a teenager at Leonora. The other, Narine Lall, who was...

Cops arrested for raping teen, 15, in lockups

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cops arrested for raping teen, 15, in lockups

Officials at the Springlands Police Station are investigating the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl by two police ranks and a Rural Constable. Kaieteur News understands that the three men are under...

Dossier misses numerous execution-style killings

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Dossier misses numerous execution-style killings

By Michael Jordan The joint opposition’s crime dossier has omitted several execution-style murders that occurred within the past 17 years. While the 157-page document contains some 400...

UG staffers protest delay in five percent increase

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on UG staffers protest delay in five percent increase

Yesterday staffers of the University of Guyana staged a sit in to air their concern over the non-payment of a five per cent increase which was promised by the government that has not been paid to...

Aroaima bauxite strike continues

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Aroaima bauxite strike continues

The Guyana bauxite mining operations of Russian aluminium giant Rusal is still stalled after workers downed tools to protest a new wages agreement. The Union representing workers at the Aroaima...

Police crack down on sale of sex videos

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police crack down on sale of sex videos

Government says that it will be cracking down aggressively on the continued sale of pornographic videos and that offenders can face fines or jail time if caught. In an advisory printed yesterday in...

Dem boys seh… Dem beggars gun protest

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Dem beggars gun protest

Imagine how this country so rough that people stop wukking in office and looking fuh teaching job. Everybody want a job that encouraging scampishness. Today Guyana got more contractors that it got...

Missing soldier died from drowning

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Missing soldier died from drowning

The Guyana Defence Force has launched an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the death Private Julian Marks. According to a press statement the GDF would be working closely with ranks from the...

Repossession of farm lands will be last resort – MMA

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Repossession of farm lands will be last resort – MMA

The Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary— Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) and the People’s National Congress Reform are now at loggerheads over the decision by the MMA moving to seize lands from...

Cattle farmers beaten, robbed

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cattle farmers beaten, robbed

Two cattle farmers were treated early yesterday morning at the New Amsterdam Hospital after they were severely beaten by bandits. Reports are, that just after midnight on Tuesday, four bandits in the...

CARICOM to hold bilateral meetings with four countries

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM to hold bilateral meetings with four countries

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago will hold talks with four countries and an international...

Caribbean reports 20,000 new HIV infections

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean reports 20,000 new HIV infections

Infection rate high among sex workers in Guyana An estimated 20,000 new cases of HIV were found in 2008, according to new data published by UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation. The new...

Differently-abled people eager for Persons with Disability Bill

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Differently-abled people eager for Persons with Disability Bill

Say much still needs to be done The differently-abled community is pleased with the tabling of the Persons with Disability Bill, and is anxiously awaiting its passing. The much-anticipated Bill...

Baby accident victim needs surgery

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Baby accident victim needs surgery

One-year-old Jonathan Bourne, a survivor of the Mahaica smash up, would have to undergo a series of surgeries. According to a relative the child did a CT scan which revealed that he has a fracture of...

Foetus found at Muneshwer’s wharf

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Foetus found at Muneshwer’s wharf

Yesterday morning, workers at the Muneshwer’s wharf found a foetus in the Demerara River behind the wharf. It floated near to a koker at the wharf. The foetus was discovered by the night shift...

GDF contributes to Salvation Army Christmas programme

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GDF contributes to Salvation Army Christmas programme

As Christmas approaches the Guyana Defence Force has joined the ranks of those who give to the Salvation Army. On Tuesday, the military continued its support for civil society organizations through...

Corbin donates computer to alma mater

Nov 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Corbin donates computer to alma mater

The pupils and staff of the Christianburg Primary School in Linden, were yesterday the proud recipients of a ‘multitask’ Hewlitt Packard Office Jet, which incorporates a printer, photocopier,...

Over 26,500 persons tested for HIV

Nov 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Over 26,500 persons tested for HIV

…82 positive for the virus During the National Week of Testing by the Ministry of Health, a total of 26,660 persons were tested across the ten administrative regions of Guyana, exceeding the...

Proposed Uganda legislation could accelerate Caribbean homophobia

Nov 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Proposed Uganda legislation could accelerate Caribbean homophobia

By Gary Eleazar in Trinidad A Bill that has been proposed in Uganda on the continent of Africa that puts in place the death penalty for people living with HIV/AIDS as well as arrest Lesbian, Gay,...

Bandit poses as teacher, robs students of earrings

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit poses as teacher, robs students of earrings

Several students of an East Bank Demerara primary school were robbed Tuesday by a bandit posing as a teacher. Kaieteur News has learnt that shortly after 08:00 hrs, a lone man waited until the...

Guyana draw bye in 2010 regional first-class opening round

Nov 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana draw bye in 2010 regional first-class opening round

Moore, Seeram retained as Manager/Coach By Sean Devers While the Guyana Cricket Board is yet to make an official announcement, it has been confirmed that Carl Moore and Rabindranauth Seeram have been...

HISTORIC FIFA RAP REFEREES, INSTRUCTORS & ASSESSORS WORKSHOP ENDS

Nov 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on HISTORIC FIFA RAP REFEREES, INSTRUCTORS & ASSESSORS WORKSHOP ENDS

“Dawn of a new day for football” – Klass By Franklin Wilson President of the Guyana Football Federation Colin Klass has described the just concluded FIFA Referees Assistant Programme which...

Drive on to create crops with minimum land

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Drive on to create crops with minimum land

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) are currently collaborating on a project that will produce locally generated...

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