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Police officer commits suicide after killing constable

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police officer commits suicide after killing constable

The police are investigating a suspected murder/suicide involving Police Assistant Superintendent Ivelaw Murray and Police Constable 20631 Kevin Shepherd, both of Springlands Police Station, which...

Police shoot teen in the back

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police shoot teen in the back

‘Cobra’ manhunt… – heard saying…. “Shucks is the wrong person” By Latoya Giles A 17-year-old boy is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC),...

GEB driver found hanging from tree

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GEB driver found hanging from tree

The nude body of a 43-year-old GEB employee who had been missing since Saturday, was found hanging from a tree on a dam near D’Aguiar Housing Scheme at around 08:00 hrs yesterday. Lynden Collins, a...

Health Ministry opposed to promotion of sexual conversion

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry opposed to promotion of sexual conversion

The Ministry of Health is opposed to any movement that seeks to convert purported heterosexual individuals to lesbianism or homosexuality. In fact, such matters will be referred to the police if...

Guyana among countries named as UN is warned about corruption

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana among countries named as UN is warned about corruption

– Amaila Falls project cited as one case The analysis of the 16 forestry reform plans so far submitted by REDD countries to the World Bank shows that many, including Guyana, intend to abuse the...

Dem boys seh….Everybody promising

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Everybody promising

When people mek promise it mean that dem want something from you and dem setting you up fuh de kill. When is election time all dem parties does promise people de moon and de stars and dem would throw...

Slain cop always wanted to be a policeman

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Slain cop always wanted to be a policeman

– father Police constable Vickram Baldat Beeram Singh, of Lot 522 Number 48 Village Corentyne who was slain on Friday night while on duty at the Joint Services Housing scheme was only working...

Fisherman drowns while bailing boat

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman drowns while bailing boat

Balwant Seeram, 36, of 347 Grove Housing Scheme died by drowning yesterday after attempts by a friend to rescue him failed. According to fisherman Ramsarran Narine of Grove Housing Scheme, he along...

Bandits storm Kaneville home, rob family

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits storm Kaneville home, rob family

– family upset at slow response from cops Three bandits armed with handguns and a shotgun escaped with an estimated $1M in jewellery and $150,000 in cash during a pre-dawn attack yesterday on a...

Pedal cyclist dragged to death under speeding car

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pedal cyclist dragged to death under speeding car

An industry East Coast Demerara family is mourning the loss of the patriarch, who became the country’s latest road fatality after he was struck down from behind by a speeding car while riding on...

No arrest yet

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on No arrest yet

Murdered Sophia lad… As police continue their probe into the murder of seven year-old Dacwaun Sutherland, they are yet to locate the child’s clothes and a murder suspect. Up to press time...

Woman succumbs six days after being pulled from car in canal

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman succumbs six days after being pulled from car in canal

Six days after she was pulled from a car that had plunged into a canal at Le Resouvenir on the East Coast Demerara, 21 year old Bridgette Cumberbatch succumbed to her injuries. Cumberbatch was...

Region Nine Top Performers

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Region Nine Top Performers

The residents of Region Nine are not to be left out of the celebrations surrounding the achievements of youngsters at the National Grade Six Assessment. According to Kaieteur News’ Correspondent in...

Self belief and hand work propel ‘Lady Jags’ to 3-1 win and Gold Cup Finals spot

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Self belief and hand work propel ‘Lady Jags’ to 3-1 win and Gold Cup Finals spot

Biggest achievement in Guyana’s football history By Franklin Wilson The game was not their best by any stretch of the imagination but the determination and cohesiveness of the team was...

Emanie make triumphant return after two-year suspension

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Emanie make triumphant return after two-year suspension

Emanie Netball Club made a triumphant return to the sport when they played unbeaten to capture the Trophy Stall-sponsored 23 years and under Competition yesterday, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

Bond opts out of CAC Games

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bond opts out of CAC Games

– cities personal constraints Guyana and University of Texas triple and high jumper, Devon Bond opted out of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games citing personal constraints with...

ECCB Academy starts on July 12

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECCB Academy starts on July 12

The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) 9th Cricket Academy will run from July 12-23 at the Chetram Singh Centre of Excellence at L.B.I. on the East Coast of Demerara. Seventy-five participants (male and...

GYO/DeSinco Trading host Kiddies Cricket Development camp

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GYO/DeSinco Trading host Kiddies Cricket Development camp

The Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) Sports Club and De Sinco Trading Establishment will be hosting a one-week Kiddies cricket development camp at the GYO cricket ground on Woolford Avenue, Thomas...

Helena Primary School prevail in Inter-School softball cricket competition

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Helena Primary School prevail in Inter-School softball cricket competition

Helena, Mahaica Primary School Boys and girls won over their respective opponents when the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC) staged an...

Large scale corn production planned for Guyana

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Large scale corn production planned for Guyana

Brazilian team to work with local farmers; focus on feed production Stemming from the fact that it is sometimes difficult to obtain feed and other supplies for feeding livestock, Guyana is about to...

Row over Rose Hall town day to be settled soon

Jul 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Row over Rose Hall town day to be settled soon

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – There may soon be a resolution to the war brewing between the Rose Hall Interim Management Committee (IMC) and the Rose Hall Town Anniversary Committee. Both parties are...

The Jagdeo regime has been furthest from lean, clean and mean

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Jagdeo regime has been furthest from lean, clean and mean

Dear Editor, I thank another phantom writer one R. Constance for his letter (Kaieteur News dated July 3, 2010), captioned, “Why this great turn around?” For his information, I still...

The PPP is not scared of a coalition

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is not scared of a coalition

Dear Editor, It behoves me to point out to certain members of the public and the political instigators at large that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is not scared of a coalition in this...

GETTING BELOW THE SURFACE

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GETTING BELOW THE SURFACE

This is a continuation of last Monday’s column entitled the ‘TIP of the Iceberg’, in which the US Department of State 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) on Guyana was placed under the...

Is Hinds’ story a hoax?

Jul 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Hinds’ story a hoax?

Dear Editor, I do not doubt that David Hinds was searched by CANU at the airport. To make this into a case of harassment, however, is truly making a mountain out of a molehill. I should tell you that...