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Pirates target West Demerara sawmills, cart off $$millions in equipment

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pirates target West Demerara sawmills, cart off $$millions in equipment

By Rustom Seegopaul Most, if not all, of the sawmills operating along the West Bank Demerara have been repeatedly targeted by pirates since the beginning of this year. They have all reported losses...

Police continue probe into officer’s ‘suicide’

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police continue probe into officer’s ‘suicide’

– experts’ opinions differ By Michael Jordan Police officials have reportedly intensified their investigations into the deaths of Assistant Superintendant Ivelaw Murray and Constable Kelvin...

Major reshuffle at GuySuCo

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Major reshuffle at GuySuCo

– several managers transferred As the country’s sugar industry struggles to regain its footing following a hefty price cut from Europe and from low production, the corporation has, within the...

Hunt continues for “Cobra”

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Hunt continues for “Cobra”

… another family claims wrongfully targeted As the police continue the manhunt for wanted man “Cobra”, another family is claiming that it is being wrongfully targeted by the police. Tiffany...

US TIP report not farfetched-Corbin

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on US TIP report not farfetched-Corbin

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, says that while his party did not conduct its own in depth research into trafficking in persons in Guyana, it has described the...

Mahdia fire started in Goldsmith shop – reports suggest

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia fire started in Goldsmith shop – reports suggest

The recent conflagration in Mahdia which wreaked havoc on the Mahdia Arcade last week Thursday night did not start in the Hinds Mini Mall as was previously reported in this newspaper. In fact,...

Dem boys seh…Henry holding back pun this wanted bulletin

Jul 10, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Henry holding back pun this wanted bulletin

The police typing a wanted bulletin and Henry already vex. He claim how he fed up placing wanted bulletins and nobody finding de people. Now he get a phone call to put out a bulletin fuh Fip. De man...

GDF appoints new Coast Guard Commander

Jul 10, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GDF appoints new Coast Guard Commander

The torch of command for the coast guard was passed from Commander Godfrey George to Commander Gary Beaton at a simple ceremony at the Coast Guard headquarters in Ruimveldt yesterday. Commander...

City Hall needs better management – Burrowes

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall needs better management – Burrowes

Licenses to allow the continuance of a business operation in the city should not be issued unless there is ample evidence to indicate that clients have honoured their rates and taxes commitment. This...

New housing scheme planned for Mahdia

Jul 10, 2010 knews News Comments Off on New housing scheme planned for Mahdia

– planned arcade will be strictly for business More than 16 families displaced by the recent fire in Mahdia, Region Eight, that razed the area’s entire shopping arcade, will benefit from a...

Shocked boy recovering

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Shocked boy recovering

Twelve-year-old Ronell Roberts, who was shocked after he came into contact with a live wire at a playfield adjoining the Ministry of Health, is said to be recovering well. The child’s mother,...

Shot East Ruimveldt resident now in lock ups

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Shot East Ruimveldt resident now in lock ups

The 17-year-old boy who was shot twice in the back by the police on Sunday afternoon, was yesterday taken into custody, minutes after doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital deemed him fit enough...

Diabetic patients complain of frustration at GPHC

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Diabetic patients complain of frustration at GPHC

Patients of the Diabetic Clinic at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are claiming that they are being made to suffer even further by the prolonged waiting periods. They also have a...

FFTP endows centenarian

Jul 10, 2010 knews News Comments Off on FFTP endows centenarian

In recognition of yet another milestone attained by centenarian, Mabel Albertha Connell, Food for the Poor Guyana Inc., on Wednesday made a notable endowment. In a statement issued by FFTP, it was...

Crosse, Khan put Guyana in control against L/Wards

Jul 10, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Crosse, Khan put Guyana in control against L/Wards

Guyana took first innings points from the Leeward Islands on the truncated opening session of the 2nd day of their 3-day first round TCL Regional under-19 cricket match in St Lucia yesterday and by...

There is a chicken shortage

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on There is a chicken shortage

…use peas, beans in the meantime, says New GMC The New Guyana Marketing Corporation (New GMC) yesterday urged consumers to consider using alternative sources of meat and protein in their diet until...

Model Car Racing comes to Guyana

Jul 10, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Model Car Racing comes to Guyana

– Fans urged to converge at Rahaman’s Park to witness event While the talk of motor racing is actively in the air, Guyanese will have an opportunity to be part of a new experience today when...

Rice farmers mull court action

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmers mull court action

Rice farmers are not ruling out a class action against the Mahaicony Rice Mills (MRM) as pressure mounts over non-payments. The issue now has authorities, who in addition to contemplating more...

Lawsuit against NCN, Guyana Chronicle, Nicole Ming imminent

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Lawsuit against NCN, Guyana Chronicle, Nicole Ming imminent

….as Ramsaroop blasts state media, renews calls for Broadcast Legislation Politician Peter Ramsaroop of Vision Guyana said that the State Media which relentlessly covered false information on the...

RHTY&SC appeals to President Jagdeo for assistance to save the Area ‘H’ Ground

Jul 10, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC appeals to President Jagdeo for assistance to save the Area ‘H’ Ground

The Management and Membership of Guyana’s leading youth and sports club, the Rose Hall Town Youth and sports Club are appealing to President Bharat Jagdeo for urgent assistance to stop the Area...

Randy Persaud, Cuba, and mankind’s’ eternal struggle to be free

Jul 10, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Randy Persaud, Cuba, and mankind’s’ eternal struggle to be free

By the time you read this page, you would have heard the news about Randy Persaud’s departure from his beloved homeland that he loved so much but from which he ran away the past forty years only to...

National U-19 selectee Dominic Rickhi receives gear from RHTY&SC

Jul 10, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on National U-19 selectee Dominic Rickhi receives gear from RHTY&SC

National Under-19 selectee, Dominic Rickhi, a member of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, on Saturday last received $40,000 worth of cricket gear from members of the Rose Hall Town Pepsi...

Three charged for miner’s death

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Three charged for miner’s death

Three persons, who allegedly viciously beat 54-year-old miner Alan Welch to death, were yesterday not required to plead to the indictable charge of murder when they appeared before Acting Chief...

Regal Masters XI defeat Floodlights XI to book quarter-final place

Jul 10, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Regal Masters XI defeat Floodlights XI to book quarter-final place

Regal Masters XI defeated Floodlights XI by 5 wickets to storm into the quarter-finals when play in the 4R Masters’ Cup and Females Softball Cricket Tournament continued at the Demerara Cricket...

Demerara Mutual earned $1.3 B in 2009 – after tax profit $240M

Jul 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Mutual earned $1.3 B in 2009 – after tax profit $240M

The Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Ltd. revenue for 2009 totalled $1.3B, a slight reduction from the previous year. Contrary to an earlier publication by Kaieteur News, the figures released at the...