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On funeral day… GRA seizes two ‘illegal’ vehicles from Minister Fox’s home

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on On funeral day… GRA seizes two ‘illegal’ vehicles from Minister Fox’s home

Two vehicles, suspected to be brought into Guyana illegally, were seized Wednesday from the Campbellville home of former Minister, Dr Desrey Fox. At the time of the seizure her body was being...

Bogus firearm licence surfaces

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bogus firearm licence surfaces

– illegal gun seizures down Someone has infiltrated the police firearm licencing system and has issued what appeared to be a genuine document with a forged signature. This was disclosed by...

Guyana’s longest-serving woman prisoner is dead

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s longest-serving woman prisoner is dead

…she escaped the gallows NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Shireen Khan, who was condemned to depart this life by judicial hanging, died at the New Amsterdam Female Prison on Monday. Khan, her...

Sugar workers to receive increase before Christmas

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sugar workers to receive increase before Christmas

By Leonard Gildarie The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) yesterday announced that sugar workers, facing a possibility of not being paid an approved retroactive wage/salary increase this year,...

Buxton/Agricola gang lead investigator is 2009 Best Cop

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Buxton/Agricola gang lead investigator is 2009 Best Cop

Detective Inspector Trevor Reid of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary, won the coveted best cop award at this year’s annual Guyana Police Force Awards. Reid who...

Dem Boys Seh… People want know who is who

Dec 18, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Boys Seh… People want know who is who

Dem sugar workers really get vex when dem hear that GuySuCo wasn’t paying dem any bonus before Christmas. De union decide that dem had to protest suh dem mek placard. Dem argue that de sugar...

WWF, GWI ink $7.1M agreement for groundwater assessment

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on WWF, GWI ink $7.1M agreement for groundwater assessment

By Sharmain Cornette A grant which will facilitate a preliminary assessment of a section of the coastal aquifers within the Demerara Region was yesterday inked between the Guyana Water Incorporated...

Former cop freed on murder charge

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Former cop freed on murder charge

Former police constable Satish Ragnarine of Orealla walked out of the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court a free man after his matter was discharged by Magistrate Krisendat Persaud. Ragnarine was one...

Female security guard badly beaten by bandits

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Female security guard badly beaten by bandits

A female security guard attached to the Instant Security Service was attacked and severely beaten by two masked men, early yesterday morning, while she was stationed at the Hand in Hand Insurance...

Sattaur denies corruption at Licence Revenue Office

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sattaur denies corruption at Licence Revenue Office

Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur has denied that there is corruption at the Licence Revenue Office despite overwhelming evidence to support such...

Attacker captured one month later

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Attacker captured one month later

Almost one month after being on the run, the man who was burnt his colleague while on afishing trip in Suriname waters has been arrested. This news paper was told that the man who had been on the run...

Landing collapses during police Xmas party for kids – ten injured

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Landing collapses during police Xmas party for kids – ten injured

A Children’s Christmas party in the Cove and John Police Station compound ended abruptly last evening after the landing of a building in the compound collapsed with several participants. Nine...

GWI gets six pumps for sewerage system upgrade

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GWI gets six pumps for sewerage system upgrade

– additional 22 expected by next week The capacity of the Georgetown sewerage system is poised to be increased by at least 50 percent in a matter of months with the addition of new submersible...

Top Cop issues challenge to local human rights boss

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Top Cop issues challenge to local human rights boss

– describes statements on extra-judicial killings as total rubbish Commissioner of Police Henry Greene has taken umbrage to recent statements attributed to the head of the Guyana Human Rights...

Youth refused bail for armed robbery

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Youth refused bail for armed robbery

A youth who has been accused of robbing a confectionery vendor was yesterday remanded after making a court appearance. Roger Grant, 18, of Stevedore Housing Scheme, was yesterday refused bail by...

POLITICAL REVISIONISM IN THE AGE OF COUNTER NARRATIVES

Dec 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on POLITICAL REVISIONISM IN THE AGE OF COUNTER NARRATIVES

How does one lift the level of discourse about historical revisionism without resorting to attacks about who is a propagandist, who is trying to ingratiate oneself with the PPP, who needs psychiatric...

US commits US$1 billion in REDD funds

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US commits US$1 billion in REDD funds

By Neil Marks in Copenhagen The United States yesterday announced that it was committing US$1 billion as part of a US$3.5 billion joint plan with other rich countries to help poor countries adapt to...

Christmas masquerade fever hits Essequibo tomorrow night

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Christmas masquerade fever hits Essequibo tomorrow night

– 12 bands to clash for almost $1M All roads lead to the Essequibo coast this weekend where one of Guyana’s oldest traditions will be placed in the spotlight. Through major corporate...

Republic Bank supports needy kids in Berbice

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Republic Bank supports needy kids in Berbice

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited recently held a number of Christmas parties for thousands of needy children countrywide. The bank has been involved in charitable ventures of various kinds. In Berbice,...

Camille’s Institute spreads Christmas cheer

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Camille’s Institute spreads Christmas cheer

Camille’s Institute for Business and Science Studies located at Track X, 1-4 Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, held its annual Santa Parade yesterday. The route was from the Texaco gas station to the...

An open letter to the Traffic Chief

Dec 18, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to the Traffic Chief

Dear Traffic Chief, It is with much concern that I bring to your attention my deepest concern with the manner in which lives are lost on Guyana’s roads. I grieve with the families which have lost...

Public Service needs to be reorganised – Chris Ram

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Public Service needs to be reorganised – Chris Ram

“6% increase is hopelessly low” By Fareeza Haniff Persons in receipt of salaries through the Public Service Commission have received a ‘hopelessly low’ 6 per cent increase by the government....

Workers deserve better pay and improved working conditions

Dec 18, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Workers deserve better pay and improved working conditions

Dear Editor, There is something happening right now in the labour movement that is sinister and lawless. This has placed labour at new crossroads and if the forces of law and order do not raise their...

Downes favoured against Miller

Dec 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Downes favoured against Miller

National junior champion Anthony Downes will face off with Jeremy Miller this afternoon in the final of the Under-18 Division as play in the Banks DIH Masters Invitational Tennis Tournament resumes,...

Two remanded for robbing Brazilian

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two remanded for robbing Brazilian

The two men held for armed robbery on a female Brazilian national last Tuesday, were yesterday remanded, with one of the two accused claiming that the woman has never identified them as her...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more