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Bandit attack leaves one dead

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit attack leaves one dead

– another injured By Melissa Johnson (with additional reporting by Samuel Whyte) WELLINGTON PARK, CORENTYNE – What was intended to be an early Monday morning robbery at the home of a...

Guyanese twin slain during robbery in US

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese twin slain during robbery in US

Brooklyn twin brothers who tried to rob a Connecticut apartment were fatally gunned down by the pistol-packing resident. Andrew and Andraw Moses, both 21, each took a bullet to the head during a wild...

Bank of Guyana ‘Mystery Account’ holds $$M

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bank of Guyana ‘Mystery Account’ holds $$M

…monies not being transferred to nation’s coffers Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Elizabeth Harper, and other officials from that Ministry yesterday appeared before the...

Bandits shoot man for his gold jewellery

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits shoot man for his gold jewellery

Police are on the hunt for three bandits who shot a city resident after relieving him of the gold jewellery he was wearing during a brazen robbery at the Tucville Squatting Area around 22:30 hours on...

Man charged for attempted murder, unlawful wounding

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged for attempted murder, unlawful wounding

A man who allegedly attacked two brothers with a knife was yesterday denied bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It was...

Mahaica resident doused with acid

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica resident doused with acid

– may have to seek overseas treatment Relatives of Shazaad Shaeed, 48, are considering overseas medical treatment to save his eyesight after the man was doused with a corrosive substance, on...

Family of amputees appeals for help to rectify fallen house

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Family of amputees appeals for help to rectify fallen house

Last Mother’s Day was probably one of the worst days in the lives of 76-year-old Doris Thomas and her children of Victoria, East Coast Demerara. On that day, their wooden house which rested on...

Dem Boys Seh… Shaik want courtesy

May 18, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Boys Seh… Shaik want courtesy

Some people does want respect and dem don’t even give respect to anybody. Imagine that Shaik get vex when de newspaper carry a comment by Patrick Yarde how he, Shaik, seh that he cant wuk wid de...

New Building Society gives back to community

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on New Building Society gives back to community

New Building Society Ltd. New Amsterdam, Berbice Branch, recently made monetary donations to a number of charitable organisations in the Ancient County as the financial entity seeks to continue...

Wilderness Explorers completes FAM trip for int’l tour operators

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wilderness Explorers completes FAM trip for int’l tour operators

Wilderness Explorers has completed its seventh annual familiarisation trip for UK and other international tour operators to Guyana, visiting many of the country’s key locations, lodges and...

Gender Equality Commission finds some women under-paid

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gender Equality Commission finds some women under-paid

Among some of the issues identified at the Women and Gender Equality Commission on Wednesday last was non-compliance by some employers who under-pay women even though they had entered into an...

Regional Chairman orders into CSEC fiasco

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Chairman orders into CSEC fiasco

Chairman of Region Ten and Chairman of the Region Ten Education Committee Mortimer Mingo in a recent statement said that he was appalled at the reports that 25 students of the Hururu Academy were...

Muslims, US embassy to host lecture by Islamic professor

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Muslims, US embassy to host lecture by Islamic professor

The Muslim Youth League of Guyana, The Guyana United Sadr Islamic Anjuman and the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex in association with the Embassy of the United States of America in Guyana will this...

Naked woman collapses on city streets

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Naked woman collapses on city streets

…relatives say she refused their shelter “I come to work about 7.30 and see her…I wondered what was going on!” said a security guard employed with the Georgetown Public Hospital to oversee...

International AIDS candlelight memorial promotes tolerance

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on International AIDS candlelight memorial promotes tolerance

Guyana joined the rest of the world in recognition of the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial under the theme “Many Lights for Human Rights” at the St. George’s Cathedral Sunday in...

Digicel says thank you to Lethem supporters

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel says thank you to Lethem supporters

Expressing appreciation for the support given to the company at Lethem, Digicel Guyana last week began to express its gratitude with the first ever ‘Dine With Us’ to be held in Region...

El Dorado Communications major GSM service provider in Guyana

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on El Dorado Communications major GSM service provider in Guyana

They were two vibrant young men, accompanied by their Marketing Manager, walking into the Editorial Department and requesting an interview. Tyrone and Tamel Williams want Guyana to know that El...

Police question taxi driver after Eccles robbery

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police question taxi driver after Eccles robbery

Police are questioning a taxi driver who they believe could provide them with information about bandits who robbed an Eccles, East Bank Demerara woman in broad daylight yesterday. Kaieteur News...

Schools’ welfare department to take 14 more parents to court

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Schools’ welfare department to take 14 more parents to court

The Schools’ Welfare Department will be taking 14 parents from Mosquito Hall, Riverview, Unity and Lancaster, in Mahaica, Region Four, to court for abandoning the responsibility to educate their...

No side effects reported from HINI, RotaTeq vaccines – CNO (ag)

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on No side effects reported from HINI, RotaTeq vaccines – CNO (ag)

Almost two months have already elapsed since the arrival of the first batch of HINI vaccines to these shores, allowing for some vulnerable groups to access the medication. And according to Acting...

Drip irrigation technique to be adopted locally

May 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Drip irrigation technique to be adopted locally

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has approved the drip irrigation technique to be used in Guyana. Addressing farmers at a seminar to instruct farmers on the new irrigation method, the Minister...

Cops raid AFC Chief Executive Officer’s properties

May 18, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Cops raid AFC Chief Executive Officer’s properties

– party alleges political harassment Top executives of the Alliance For Change (AFC) are alleging political harassment after police ranks raided a Queenstown building owned by businessman Peter...

Child abuse starts within the home

May 18, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Child abuse starts within the home

– neglect cited as major abuse By Rabindra Rooplall For last year, 886 incidences of child abuse cases were recorded. Of that number, 40 per cent were boys and the rest were girls, according to...

Paddy bug infestation being addressed

May 18, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Paddy bug infestation being addressed

Following reports of a paddy bug infestation in Region Six, it was pointed out that the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) initiated the publication of several paddy bug alerts in popular daily...

ERC Engaged Representatives of its Hindu and Muslim Constituencies

May 18, 2010 knews News Comments Off on ERC Engaged Representatives of its Hindu and Muslim Constituencies

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) yesterday convened its annual Constituency Meetings for the year. The meetings were held with representatives of the Hindu and Muslim Communities respectively as...

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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