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Brazilian cop killer faces jail time here

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Brazilian cop killer faces jail time here

Police have informed that a 19-year-old man wanted for the murder of a Brazilian policeman will most likely have to serve his time in Guyana if he is convicted of simple larceny, for which he was...

Ramjattan apologises to National Assembly

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Ramjattan apologises to National Assembly

…as Housing Minister refuses to speak further on contentious $4B Yesterday’s sitting of the National Assembly commenced with an apology to the House by Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj...

$600M in rice ‘saved by interventions’

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on $600M in rice ‘saved by interventions’

Authorities mull waiver of taxes, D&I fees for farmers An estimated $600M worth in rice under threat from the dry conditions brought on by the El Niño phenomenon, has been saved from damage...

ND&S furniture store, house gutted

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on ND&S furniture store, house gutted

By Sharmain Cornette They were able to escape with merely the clothes on their backs and the keys to their cars before a massive conflagration gutted their home and place of business, nonetheless the...

Banks DIH, Digicel rule Mash Day road parade

Feb 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH, Digicel rule Mash Day road parade

There is yet to be an announcement of who is the designer of the year, but after all the revelry for the nation’s 40th Republic Anniversary, Banks DIH and Digicel emerged as the major prize winners...

Republic Bank launches ‘Customer Panel’

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Republic Bank launches ‘Customer Panel’

Yesterday afternoon at their headquarters on New Market Street, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited launched a new customer-oriented service programme called the ‘Customer Panel’ as part of their...

Essequibo robbery suspect squeals on accomplices

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Essequibo robbery suspect squeals on accomplices

Police have apprehended two men in connection with Monday night’s robbery of a Mainstay, Essequibo family. One of the men, 19-year-old Munesh Ramsaroop of Columbia Village, Essequibo Coast, was...

St Margaret’s Primary hosts successful Heritage Day activities

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on St Margaret’s Primary hosts successful Heritage Day activities

The staccato beat of African drumming greeted the ear from as far as two blocks away from St Margaret’s Primary School as teachers and students of the Grade Four Level of that institution...

Final cost for Govt. fibre optic cable still to be determined – Dr Luncheon

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Final cost for Govt. fibre optic cable still to be determined – Dr Luncheon

By Gary Eleazar Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon, during a post cabinet press briefing, stated that the final cost for the fibre optic to be landed in Guyana from Brazil by the...

Burglars hit TEXACO gas station

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Burglars hit TEXACO gas station

Proprietor of the TEXACO Vlissengen Road branch, Steven Chung, told this newspaper that early yesterday morning he missed several calls from an employee and when he eventually did manage to answer,...

Police destroy another ganja field in Berbice River

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Police destroy another ganja field in Berbice River

Police in the ancient county continued their crackdown on marijuana cultivation in the Berbice River with the destruction of a six-acre field at Gateroy yesterday The field comprised approximately...

One more held, two released on station bail

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on One more held, two released on station bail

One more person has been taken into custody, as the police continue their investigations into the murder of 65-year-old remigrant, Iswar Mithu, of Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara. A police source...

GSIP hands over safe injection project to GPHC

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GSIP hands over safe injection project to GPHC

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation yesterday became the formal custodian for the Guyana Safe Injection Project (GSIP) even as plans for the over four-year venture phases out. GSIP which was...

Mother accused of receiving stolen property granted bail

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Mother accused of receiving stolen property granted bail

A 25-year-old mother of three was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. Ruby French is accused of receiving one tape deck, one motor car indicator light and...

GSA selects 2010 National Junior training squads

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA selects 2010 National Junior training squads

– Once again Girls team look strong The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) has short-listed 38 junior players to form its two training squads in preparation for the Caribbean Championships in the...

Contracts inked for two more training schools

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Contracts inked for two more training schools

– Structures to be completed in nine months Government yesterday signed two contracts that will see almost $1B being spent to build two more technical and vocational schools in the country. One...

Gold from Million Mountain project to go on sale next month

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Gold from Million Mountain project to go on sale next month

Sacre-Coeur Minerals, Ltd. a Canadian Mining Company, has announced that it will commence sale of gold from its Million Mountain project in the Mazaruni District within the next three weeks. In a...

Richard Latiff slams 176* in Regal X1’s 242; highest scores to date

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Richard Latiff slams 176* in Regal X1’s 242; highest scores to date

As the battle for the top prize of ONE MILLION dollars in the GT&T sponsored nationwide 1010 cricket competition continues, Richard Latiff has recorded the highest score, blasting 176 for his...

GRA announces new measures for donations to quake victims

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GRA announces new measures for donations to quake victims

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced new measures that will see individuals, businesses and other organizations having to seek exemptions before making any donations to earthquake-hit...

Toolsie Persaud Hardware Golf tourney set for Sunday

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Toolsie Persaud Hardware Golf tourney set for Sunday

Coming hot on the heels of the Mashramani Stableford, local golfers will this Sunday compete in the Toolsie Persaud Ltd. Hardware Division Medal Play tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club. It will be...

Guyanese players win Singles titles

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese players win Singles titles

Guyanese players Sudesh Fitzgerald and Jean DeSouza carted off the Men’s and Ladies Singles titles over the weekend as the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) Mashramani Classic Competition concluded at...

DC Jammers to return to Guyana

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on DC Jammers to return to Guyana

GABF wants them back on itinerary By Edison Jefford Guyana’s Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) is preparing to receive the Washington DC Jammers after the Maryland-based basketball team openly...

Banks DIH to host Invitational softball cricket tourney

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH to host Invitational softball cricket tourney

Twenty two teams will compete in a specially arranged four-over “One Tip, Two Tip” Invitational Softball Cricket competition on Sunday at Thirst Park ground starting at 09:00 hours. The...

THE PPP REMAINS SOLID UNDER ‘THE DONALD’

Feb 26, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PPP REMAINS SOLID UNDER ‘THE DONALD’

If there was any doubt that while the opposition parties have been asleep the PPP has been doing its work, it was on Mash Day, when the PPP fielded a multi-racial band during the Float Parade. The...

Super League Football tournament launched

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Super League Football tournament launched

Three matches will herald the opening of this year’s Super League football tournament, scheduled to get underway on February 28. Rosignol United will take on Camptown at the Blairmont Community...

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more