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Fascism and the rule of law in Guyana

Mar 29, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Fascism and the rule of law in Guyana

Did you read what Minister Priya Manickchand said about the DPP’s attitude towards the Court of Appeal Amendment Bill? She defended the Bill and argued that it could have contained more sweeping...

Shot watermelon vendor succumbs

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Shot watermelon vendor succumbs

Hampshire shooting… – cops detain four, vow to break gang Police have detained four men and are hunting for others in connection with the murder of 49- yr- old, Hansraj Samaroo, who was...

Berbice now a drug-cultivating haven

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice now a drug-cultivating haven

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Ancient County now tops the list for the cultivation of cannabis sativa (marijuana) in Guyana. This is according to a senior official of the Guyana Police Force, based...

Deadly year for women

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Deadly year for women

– nine murdered in three months By Michael Jordan Nine women have been murdered within the past three months, making this year a deadly one for females. Of this number, three were slain in...

PNCR cannot be terrorised or bullied into submission

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR cannot be terrorised or bullied into submission

– Corbin Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, Robert Corbin, recently lambasted the current administration as being replete with corruption, adding that the slothfulness of the judiciary is...

Former tenant robs Landlord and family

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Former tenant robs Landlord and family

A Railway Line Kitty family was tied up with duct tape and robbed at gunpoint by two men, one of whom was once their tenant. This newspaper was told that the incident occurred sometime after 21:00...

Pledged $30B for vulnerable countries still to be realized

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pledged $30B for vulnerable countries still to be realized

Climate Change Fight… – Jagdeo The monies pledged by some developed countries, namely US$10B over a three year period, is yet to be realised and placed in a fund for developing countries...

Three held for Triumph robbery

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Three held for Triumph robbery

Three persons have being arrested following the robbery and severe beating of Triumph, East Coast Demerara businessman Mohamed Husain. Husain was beaten on Friday night by three-gun toting bandits,...

US goes virtual to solve world’s problem

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on US goes virtual to solve world’s problem

…local embassy urges participation The US Government has launched an ambitious virtual project that hopefully will see thousands of persons logging online from tomorrow to discuss and offer...

Leatherback washes up on Tuschen Foreshore

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Leatherback washes up on Tuschen Foreshore

Residents on the West Coast of Demerara are seeking the assistance of Conservation International to return an endangered leatherback turtle to its natural habitat. The turtle washed up on the Tuschen...

Muslims pray for rain

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Muslims pray for rain

Muslims across Guyana early yesterday morning prayed for rain as the dry weather continues to batter the country’s main export crops of rice and sugar and cause food shortages in the hinterland...

King, Rahaman, Stephen Vieira reign supreme

Mar 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on King, Rahaman, Stephen Vieira reign supreme

Mark Vieira finally made a return to competitive racing after a one-year absence, but his nemesis and reigning Group 4 champion Andrew King was on no mood to relinquish his crown as he blazed to two...

Tiger Bay beat Albouystown 1-0 to win Digicel Street football final

Mar 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tiger Bay beat Albouystown 1-0 to win Digicel Street football final

Tiger Bay kicked off the start of Digicel’s FIFA World Cup promotional campaign with a thrilling 1-0 win over arch rivals Albouystown in the final of the Street Football Competition which was held...

Mahaica Police Station elects Management Committee

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica Police Station elects Management Committee

The Mahaica Police Station Management Committee was launched on March 19, last at the Mahaica Police Station following elections. The new committee is headed by Chairperson Anuopattie Veeren. The...

Disappointing Alpha & Walking Boys draw 1-1, Suriname side through to Round 2

Mar 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Disappointing Alpha & Walking Boys draw 1-1, Suriname side through to Round 2

By Franklin Wilson Disappointed fans and supporters witnessed a subpar performance from leading local club side Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United who fought back to earn a 1-1 draw with Suriname’s...

Not speaking up makes you complicit!

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Not speaking up makes you complicit!

Unreported Child Abuse … “If you know of a child being abused and you say you aren’t going to bother then that makes you a part of the problem” – Mrs. Ann Greene, Director of the Child...

Brickdam lockups to be fully operational this week – Commissioner Greene

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Brickdam lockups to be fully operational this week – Commissioner Greene

With plans on stream for the return of prisoners to the rehabilitated Brickdam lockups, the facility is set to become fully operational before the end of this week, following its commissioning last...

$Rolling pin beating leaves woman with fractured skull, broken nose$

Rolling pin beating leaves woman with fractured skull, broken nose

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rolling pin beating leaves woman with fractured skull, broken nose

– ex-cop detained By Latoya Giles A 29-year old woman sustained a fractured skull, a broken nose, and other injuries on Friday night after a former policeman allegedly beat her with a rolling...

National Blind cricketer Oliver Kerr bowled over by Philippa Wilson

Mar 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Blind cricketer Oliver Kerr bowled over by Philippa Wilson

National Blind cricketer Oliver Kerr yesterday was bowled over by the charming Philippa Wilson when the couple got married at the Olivet Seventh Day Adventist church in Durban Backlands, Georgetown....

Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen resumes career on successful note

Mar 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen resumes career on successful note

Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen recommenced his professional boxing career on a successful note punching out a unanimous points decision over Puerto Rican Amador Aceveda at the Mid Hudson Civic Centre,...

Police Detective dies in West Dem. crash

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police Detective dies in West Dem. crash

A police detective was killed last night after the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a minibus near the J&R Service Station Neimes, West Bank Demerara Public Road. Detective Corporal,...

Police shift gear on ganja cultivators

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police shift gear on ganja cultivators

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Police in Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force shifted gear in the anti-narcotic strategy in a bid to create a ‘drought’ on the illicit drug market. A number of...

Port Mourant Market vendors in limbo

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Port Mourant Market vendors in limbo

PORT MOURANT, CORENTYNE – Port Mourant Market vendors are frustrated with the present state of affairs. The facility is being reconstructed and hucksters must now ply their trade along the road’s...

Tucber Park residents come together to develop community

Mar 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Tucber Park residents come together to develop community

TUCBER PARK, NEW AMSTERDAM – The members of the Tucber Park Development Committee are appealing to those who resided in the area and are now overseas, to lend a hand to develop Tucber Park, New...

High-performance programme for Elite cricketers begins today

Mar 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on High-performance programme for Elite cricketers begins today

Chanderpaul, Deonarine among those to participate at Providence Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Analyst Robin Singh yesterday informed that the GCB in collaboration with the Management of the Guyana...

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Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more