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Mother, daughter saved from fiery death

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mother, daughter saved from fiery death

A woman and her six-year-old daughter were spared a fiery death when they were pulled from a burning house at Montrose North, East Coast Demerara but not before they both received minor burns. The...

Corbin not running for Presidency in 2011 – PNCR

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Corbin not running for Presidency in 2011 – PNCR

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, has announced that he will not be contesting the Guyana Presidency in next year’s General Elections. Speaking at the first...

$$$M unaccounted for in seized Port Mourant co-op

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $$$M unaccounted for in seized Port Mourant co-op

…members get $85,000 payout from interim management By Leonard Gildarie For 10 years there was no Annual General Meeting (AGM). Then $91M that was supposed to be held in reserve was nowhere to be...

Magistrate continues legal challenge to Service Commission

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate continues legal challenge to Service Commission

By Latoya Giles The case against the Judicial Service Commission and Magistrate Geeta Chandan- Edmond is expected to be called up today before Justice Diana Insanally. The members of the JSC are...

Developer acquires disputed land at Non Pareil

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Developer acquires disputed land at Non Pareil

– co-op society contemplates restraining order Members of the People’s Democratic Project Co-operative Society are contemplating a move to the courts to restrain any further development on a...

Jagdeo’s defense of Geeta Singh-Knight “high class lawlessness” – Trotman

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s defense of Geeta Singh-Knight “high class lawlessness” – Trotman

Alliance for Change Leader, Raphael Trotman, who has previously been critical of having Geeta Singh-Knight sit on the Board of Directors of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), is now lashing out...

NBS profits exceed $500M in 2009

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on NBS profits exceed $500M in 2009

The New Building Society Ltd., according to its financial statements for the year passed, has secured a profit of $535M, an increase of 9.7 per cent over the profits secured in 2008. The Society has...

Delta mek Glenn and Bharrat smell bad

Mar 30, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Delta mek Glenn and Bharrat smell bad

Old people always seh that when you lef you house you must full you belly. You never know when you gun eat. And nuff Guyanese tek de advice. Bharrat eat and drink before he ketch de plane Sunday...

Delta out of Guyana makes two emergency landings

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Delta out of Guyana makes two emergency landings

…President Jagdeo, passengers treated like monkeys, given peanuts only A Delta airline flight out of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Sunday morning had to make a forced landing at San Juan,...

Bandits strike at attorney’s home

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits strike at attorney’s home

Two brave bandits yesterday raided the home of attorney at law, Gwendolyn Bristol, carting off close to $2M in cash and jewellery in a daring midday robbery. The Counsel’s home is located just...

Health and family life education for school curriculum – Minister Baksh

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health and family life education for school curriculum – Minister Baksh

Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, yesterday highlighted the role of parents in disciplining children. He called on them to make that responsibility a priority in an effort to effect the change of...

Relatives renew appeal for information on missing American

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives renew appeal for information on missing American

Relatives of Kwame Rumel Jobronewet have renewed their appeals for information on the fate of the 67-year-old US citizen who disappeared eight months ago. Jobronewet, also known as Romie Johnston,...

Jamaican appointed Judge in CCJ

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican appointed Judge in CCJ

…as Justice Duke Pollard retires By Oscar Ramjeet The Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC) has appointed a Jamaican as the newest judge in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)....

Skeldon sugar factory to commence final test run today

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon sugar factory to commence final test run today

… as Hanoman says Chinese “on board” with the extension request The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is all set to commence the execution of the final test run today at the Skeldon Sugar...

More Peace Corps to take oath

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on More Peace Corps to take oath

Today, at 10:00 am, Peace Corps Guyana will swear in its 22nd group of Volunteers. The ceremony will take place at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, Kingston, Georgetown. This group of 33 Volunteers...

Linden man shot by cops in 2006 to appeal Magistrate’s decision

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Linden man shot by cops in 2006 to appeal Magistrate’s decision

Linden businessman, Herbert Thompson, is appealing a Magistrate’s recent ruling that he was in the wrong when a police rank shot him in 2006, and that he should pay a $150,000 fine or spend five...

Women’s Progress is Human Progress

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s Progress is Human Progress

By Hillary Rodham Clinton Fifteen years ago, delegates from 189 countries met in Beijing for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. It was a call to action to the global community to...

“My sons were following their friend home”

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on “My sons were following their friend home”

…says mother of two arrested for Triumph robbery The mother of two of the three persons arrested for the robbery and severe beating of Triumph, East Coast Demerara businessman, Mohamed Husain, says...

El Nino takes toll on East Bank communities

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on El Nino takes toll on East Bank communities

The current El Nino situation is taking a toll on almost ever farming community and on residents in Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara. They say that it is no different for them. Several of the...

GHRA lauds Brickdam lock ups

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GHRA lauds Brickdam lock ups

For decades the Brickdam lock-up defined all that was brutish, callous and backward about policing in Guyana, said the Guyana Human Rights Association, yesterday. Completion of renovations to this...

Catering for the shy

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Catering for the shy

Dating is often something that leads to permanent unions. But for all its common nature, there are people who are reserved. These people often find it difficult to meet others. For nearly seven...

Actors Action Association celebrates cultural icon, Daphne Rogers

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Actors Action Association celebrates cultural icon, Daphne Rogers

The song “where are your heroes Caribbean” rings home to Guyana, a nation laden with day to day ordinary people doing extraordinary things as unsung heroes. Many die of a broken heart and are...

Bishops’ Old Girls host Magda Pollard

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bishops’ Old Girls host Magda Pollard

Magda Pollard celebrated her 79th birthday yesterday. However, one day earlier, she was the guest of honour at a function hosted at the Atlantic Gardens home of Ret’d Supt. of Police George...

GABA, UGSS organise ‘Night of Tribute’ for Lawrence

Mar 30, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GABA, UGSS organise ‘Night of Tribute’ for Lawrence

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) in collaboration with the University of Guyana Students Society (UGSS) will hold a ‘Night of Tribute’ tomorrow evening at 19:00hrs for the...

Endangered ‘Olive Ridley’ returned to natural habitat

Mar 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Endangered ‘Olive Ridley’ returned to natural habitat

The endangered ‘Olive Ridley’ sea turtle that was washed up on the Tuschen Foreshore, Sunday, and was transported to the Leonora Police Station was released yesterday on a beach next to...