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Weights used to submerge body, linked to stepfather

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Weights used to submerge body, linked to stepfather

Three days after residents of Madewini made the gruesome discovery of Neesa Gopaul’s body in a suitcase, police returned to the scene yesterday and removed a length of rope tied to two locally...

Two executed on Stone Avenue

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two executed on Stone Avenue

Another execution style killing rocked the city last night, sending residents of Campbellville Housing Scheme into a state of panic and police investigators into overdrive. This time two men died....

Authorities failed to act as victim cried for help

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities failed to act as victim cried for help

… QC student’s headless body Yesterday as news of the death of 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul spread, her colleagues and a teacher of Queen’s College were furious, saying that had the authorities...

Wismar man found dead with gunshot wound

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wismar man found dead with gunshot wound

A Wismar, Linden man was yesterday found at Seven Miles Ituni road, with what appeared to be a gunshot wound and other marks of violence about the body. The man reportedly had dwelling places at both...

GT&T explains payment to OP

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T explains payment to OP

– money less than $1M US over ten years Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Co. Ltd. (GT&T), Yog Mahadeo, yesterday confirmed that the Company makes a mandatory...

People collecting money under false pretence

Oct 05, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on People collecting money under false pretence

Some organisations look like if dem only deh fuh show. Dem have fancy names and dem can’t do de wuk. Imagine people complain how dem getting torment and de people who dem complain to does tell dem...

Last batch of emergency ARVs arrives

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Last batch of emergency ARVs arrives

The last batch of emergency HIV medication was expected to arrive yesterday as part of the efforts to ensure that the local health sector has an adequate supply of drugs for persons requiring a...

Man drowns while looting beached Banks DIH boat

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man drowns while looting beached Banks DIH boat

Getting a “free drink” proved costly for Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, resident Franklyn Andries, 36, after he drowned while looting a beached Banks DIH cargo vessel. The dead man’s...

STARR Computers – leaders in energy saving computers and renewable energy

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on STARR Computers – leaders in energy saving computers and renewable energy

– Solar air-conditioning in the pipeline By Rabindra Rooplall STARR Computers Inc. (STARR) has taken up the challenge in Guyana to promote Alternative Energy and to play its part in helping...

PPP says Guyana has been transformed since Oct. 5, 1992

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PPP says Guyana has been transformed since Oct. 5, 1992

The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says that Guyana has been transformed since the holding of the first free and fair elections on October 5, 1992. “In every area, we have made great...

12 injured in multiple vehicle smash-up at Good Hope

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 12 injured in multiple vehicle smash-up at Good Hope

Twelve persons were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) just after noon yesterday with injuries they sustained in a three-vehicle collision at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara....

Two arrested for causing death

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two arrested for causing death

Mohan Moniram, of Hampton Court, and Bharrat Persaud, of Windsor Castle, Essequibo Coast, two drivers, will remain in police custody to assist with further investigations into two separate road...

The fight to reduce diabetic foot diseases

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on The fight to reduce diabetic foot diseases

Reginald Yearwood, 63, who has been a victim of diabetes for twelve years, has had his leg amputated. He said that he had not been complying with his treatment and so lost the limb. When a reporter...

Stolen Cell phone lands woman in court

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Stolen Cell phone lands woman in court

Althea Isaacs, 24, of Lot 41 Annandale Housing Scheme was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail, when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to...

Authorities grapple with ways to “sex” up agriculture

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities grapple with ways to “sex” up agriculture

…brain drain hurting sector badly, farmers getting old Guyana is suffering a serious problem of “brain drain” with specialists in the agricultural sector and the shortage is in a sore need to...

Rajkishore Mangal – an educationist who contributed a lot

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rajkishore Mangal – an educationist who contributed a lot

… On World Teachers’ Day As another World Teachers’ Day is celebrated today the spotlight is on veteran educator in the Berbice area, Rajkishore Mangal, MS, who spent close to half a...

C/wealth boxers make weight, go into action from today

Oct 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on C/wealth boxers make weight, go into action from today

Ninvalle to run for C/wealth Federation VP post Guyana’s boxers at the Commonwealth Games currently underway in Delhi, India, will get into action starting tomorrow after comfortably making...

Windies’ stars may face Big Bash ban

Oct 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies’ stars may face Big Bash ban

According to the Age Newspaper in Australia, star West Indian trio Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo are likely to be banned from the Big Bash if they attempt to come to Australia without...

Supermarkets join fight against HIV

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Supermarkets join fight against HIV

The local health sector’s fight against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is at a very important juncture. According to Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, Guyana is gearing for...

Moses gets opportunity to avenge only loss

Oct 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Moses gets opportunity to avenge only loss

Ever since she has begun fighting as a professional boxer, Mandessa Moses has made quite an impression, defeating all comers. She would have had an impeccable record had it not been for a Trinidadian...

Groovy Soca Monarch competition to jumpstart Mash 2011

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Groovy Soca Monarch competition to jumpstart Mash 2011

Brewery giant Banks DIH yesterday made an early start to Mashramani celebrations with the launch of the first ever Groovy Soca Monarch competition. The company insists the event is not meant to...

Linden electricity workers out on a limb

Oct 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Linden electricity workers out on a limb

…we do jobs that are life threatening with no risk allowance Climbing electrical power posts and disconnecting power lines are just two of the life risking duties linesmen at the Linden Electricity...

Puerto Rico 3 Anguilla 1; Cayman Islands 1 St. Martin 1

Oct 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Puerto Rico 3 Anguilla 1; Cayman Islands 1 St. Martin 1

Watched by a partisan crowd, hosts and favourites of the Digicel Caribbean Cup (DCC) Group A got off to a winning start. Although dominating possession throughout they did stutter a bit in the...

Bubbly Boyz depart – Under-20s confident of doing well in Guyana

Oct 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bubbly Boyz depart – Under-20s confident of doing well in Guyana

Jamaica’s Under-20 footballers left the island yesterday for Guyana for the second phase of Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualifiers. Following the team’s final training session before departing...

GTTA Schools’ Project for implementation

Oct 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA Schools’ Project for implementation

Strategic Plan is priority Following what was described as a “productive meeting” between the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), another such...

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The oil industry is a casino of cash, power and corruption

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in her book, Blowout: “The oil and gas industry... more