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Man, 55, pays $200,000 to kill wife, 23

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 55, pays $200,000 to kill wife, 23

– hitman confesses, money recovered By Michael Jordan Police appear to have solved the brutal murder of 23-year-old hairdresser Bibi Rafeena Saymar, called ‘Amanda’, who was butchered in...

Owner identifies stolen Tundra

May 30, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Owner identifies stolen Tundra

– female driver arrested Last March, Farouk Hamid missed his Toyota Tundra from his yard in Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara. After two months of searching, he got lucky when he noticed the...

Actress, storyteller Patricia Gomes is a ‘Special Person’

May 30, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Actress, storyteller Patricia Gomes is a ‘Special Person’

By Jenelle Carter Given a variety of circumstances, for many of us, the pursuit of childhood dreams is not easy or achievable, but there are some like Patricia Gomes, this week’s ‘Special...

Dem boys seh…..Champion is a popular thing

May 30, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…..Champion is a popular thing

People gone back to paying others to do dem dirty wuk. Dem pay fuh people mess up Uncle Freddie; dem pay fuh a man throw acid pun a businessman and now dem pay fuh a man kill he wife. Dem bys use to...

Police rank, accomplice in jail for robbery, drug possession

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police rank, accomplice in jail for robbery, drug possession

…prisoners beat one WHIM, CORENTYNE – Constable 20687 Kelon Kingston, a 23-year-old resident of Lot 33 Public Road, Rosignol, who was stationed at the Central Police Station in New Amsterdam, and...

SASOD Film Festival opens Tuesday

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on SASOD Film Festival opens Tuesday

The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) opens its sixth film festival this Tuesday, with a screening of the film Blueprint, featuring the soundtrack by Guyanese musician Nhojj....

Good Intent residents awake to find water in their homes

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Good Intent residents awake to find water in their homes

– as drunk attendant leaves koker door open A West Bank Demerara koker attendant is in hot water because he fell asleep, leaving the koker open causing severe flooding in the village of Good...

Farmers not receiving benefits from Venezuela rice deal

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers not receiving benefits from Venezuela rice deal

Several millers who sold rice to Venezuela but refused to pass the higher prices down to farmers may find themselves being sidelined from future shipments, in the face of several complaints. The...

GTA gives taxi drivers a ‘crash course’ in courtesy

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GTA gives taxi drivers a ‘crash course’ in courtesy

Taxi Drivers are being targeted by the Guyana Tourism Authority for an industry makeover. The Authority has launched a new kind of training seminar aimed at ‘educating’ taxi drivers, dispatchers...

Trotman calls for National Debate on coalition approach to 2011 elections

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman calls for National Debate on coalition approach to 2011 elections

While pointing out that the issues of shared governance and coalition governance are distinct and separate, leader of the Alliance for Change, Raphael Trotman, said that there is need for a public...

Girl, 5, still hospitalised after brutality

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 5, still hospitalised after brutality

The five-year-old girl who was brutalised by her foster parents is still hospitalised at the West Demerara Regional Hospital, Best Village. According to sources, the foster parents have been charged...

Bissundyal’s article has done nothing but lowered the level of dialogue

May 30, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Bissundyal’s article has done nothing but lowered the level of dialogue

Dear Editor, I refer to a deeply troubling article from Churamanie Bissundyal published in Kaieteur News under the title, “Are the ministers, advisors, and ambassadors of this naked king the same...

Marriage is not perfect but neither is it a one way street

May 30, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Marriage is not perfect but neither is it a one way street

Dear Editor, Marital home is a woman’s sanctuary from a world where so much evil and wrongs transgress life. It’s a place where love, peace and happiness should reign and her chosen partner, in...

CANU ranks find cocaine on city wharf

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on CANU ranks find cocaine on city wharf

Acting on “tip off”, ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit on Friday night intercepted nearly three kilos of pure compressed cocaine destined for Jamaica. Kaieteur News was told that the...

Relatives of prisoners irate at treatment meted out by prison officials

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives of prisoners irate at treatment meted out by prison officials

By Rabindra Rooplall Relatives of inmates at the Camp Street Prison are peeved at the treatment meted out to them and their relatives who are incarcerated within the Prison. According to Sabrina...

Happy Independence to all Guyanese!

May 30, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Happy Independence to all Guyanese!

Dear Editor, Maybe it was due to lack of space in your newspaper but our Independence message to the people of Guyana that was sent to your newspaper was not published – not even in Wednesday’s...

Guyanese family indicted for murder in USA

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese family indicted for murder in USA

By PAUL NELSON SCHENECTADY — A Vale neighbourhood home of suspects in the recent killing of a Guyanese man had a cache of weapons — and an attic “sniper’s nest” set up to defend...

City Council seeks new site for cemetery

May 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City Council seeks new site for cemetery

The Le Repentir mortuary has been in a state of disrepair for more than four years and to date the Mayor and City Council is yet to decide on the way forward. During mid last year, the City Council...

First female Prime Minister in T&T

May 30, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on First female Prime Minister in T&T

Dear Editor, The Five-Party People’s Partnership won a unique and historic landslide victory as Trinidad & Tobago elected its first female Prime Minister. The landslide victory is testimony to...

Jail delivery unveils human rights violations in justice system

May 30, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Jail delivery unveils human rights violations in justice system

Fifty-five-year-old Justin John stood in the docks of Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire’s Court Room in the High Court on Thursday and muttered in what little English he knows that none of his...

If every country had a Freddie Kissoon the world would be a better place

May 30, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on If every country had a Freddie Kissoon the world would be a better place

Dear Editor, Of all the possible things a person can throw on another person, some miscreant chose to throw feces on Sweet and Sensitive Freddie Kissoon. This man could have thrown water on Freddie,...

From awesomeness to awfulness

May 30, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on From awesomeness to awfulness

On the day South Africa won the ODI series (after sweeping the 20/20 series) Zimbabwe had just trounced India in their ODI match and Bangladesh had taken the day’s honour in their Test match...

Stroke is second major risk associated with open-heart surgery – Dr Stephens

May 30, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Stroke is second major risk associated with open-heart surgery – Dr Stephens

By Sharmain Cornette “About two percent of the patients who undergo open-heart surgery worldwide end up with a stroke.” This notion was amplified yesterday by Chief Executive Officer of the...

THE CLICO DEBACLE: PRESIDENT JAGDEO SHOULD STRIVE TO BE CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE

May 30, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE CLICO DEBACLE: PRESIDENT JAGDEO SHOULD STRIVE TO BE CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE

The PPP/C Administration continues to remain silent on how it will honour its guarantee to ensure that no policyholder or depositor of CLICO ( Guyana ) suffers any loss. It was the PPP/C Government...

Health sector collaborates with PAHO to beef up disaster preparedness

May 30, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Health sector collaborates with PAHO to beef up disaster preparedness

Complacency is one of the worse attitudes as it relates to disaster preparedness. This notion was emphasised Thursday by Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO)...

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Tennis Association applauds historic GYD $8 billion allocation to the sports sector in the 2025 National Budget

‘Govt. must come clean on gas-to-energy project’

– spending US$2B on a project without financial, environmental studies is criminality at its worst – WPA Kaieteur... more