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$30M Parfait Harmonie Bridge disintegrates after nine years

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $30M Parfait Harmonie Bridge disintegrates after nine years

…Cabinet Secretary announces new $80M structure A bridge that links Canal No.1 Polder and the expanding Parfait Harmonie Housing Scheme has disintegrated nine years after it was built at a cost of...

Neesa’s family wants DNA tests for positive ID

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Neesa’s family wants DNA tests for positive ID

– “We don’t want this case to fall apart” Relatives of slain Queen’s College student Neesa Lalita Gopaul are pleading with the police to have DNA tests conducted on her remains to...

Murder accused Onika King nabbed in French Guiana

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused Onika King nabbed in French Guiana

After two years on the run… After almost two years on the run, murder suspect Onika King is back behind bars, following her arrest in French Guiana. Kaieteur News understands that King was...

N/A family brutalised, robbed

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on N/A family brutalised, robbed

– Mother of nine-day-old also beaten A New Amsterdam family was beaten and robbed of jewellery and cash, including US and Canadian currencies, by three armed bandits who invaded their Lot 21 St...

Body found in canal with gunshot wound

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Body found in canal with gunshot wound

Early yesterday morning persons passing the canal separating Meadow Brook from Sophia raised an alarm after spotting the remains of a man in the waterway. The discovery was made at around 06:00...

Dem boys seh…Irfaan call Dr. Roger a liar

Oct 13, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Irfaan call Dr. Roger a liar

Everything in Guyana got problem and de government proving that it operating in real secrecy. Couple days ago Dr Roger announce how de government gun spend $80 million pun a bridge. He claim how this...

‘Monster’ gets 18 years for killing wife

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Monster’ gets 18 years for killing wife

By Latoya Giles Fisherman and father of five, Chetram Singh, 45, called ‘Monster’ who pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter on Monday, last, was yesterday sentenced to 18...

DPP orders inquest

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on DPP orders inquest

Man plunges to death in Mahaicony River… The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended an inquest into the death of Mahaicony resident Godwin Maxwell. Maxwell had jumped into the...

Another bandit captured on WCD

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Another bandit captured on WCD

Relentless work by the police on the West Coast of Demerara has led to the capture of yet another bandit early yesterday morning. This time the bandit is a suspect in the robbery committed on the Sue...

New agreement inked for DST workers

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on New agreement inked for DST workers

All workers of the Demerara Sugar Terminal (DST) are to benefit from a pioneering agreement signed between the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) and GuySuCo, yesterday at the Ministry of Labour, Brickdam...

Mainstay-Whyaka receives US$6,000 grant from IDB

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mainstay-Whyaka receives US$6,000 grant from IDB

The Inter- American Development Bank (IDB), through its Cultural Center, has issued a grant of US$6,000 to the Mainstay-Whyaka Village Council to fund a project title “Mainstreaming Culture...

Ramjattan hosts puja on 50th birth anniversary

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan hosts puja on 50th birth anniversary

Congratulations are in order for Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, Chairman of the AFC who marked both his 50th birthday and 21st wedding anniversary last night with a puja—a religious ceremony of...

Sugar workers’ attendance plunges to lowly 57%

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers’ attendance plunges to lowly 57%

– 1.3M tonnes still to cut, rain is biggest worry By Leonard Gildarie Amidst increasing scrutiny of the country’s ailing sugar industry, management yesterday warned that dismal workers’...

One charged with ‘Li’l Mark’ murder

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on One charged with ‘Li’l Mark’ murder

By Latoya Giles One person has been charged in connection with the execution-style killing of Charlestown resident Mark Caesar called ‘Lil Mark’. The man Dexter Marshall, 21, of Lot 8...

High gold price threatening forests and eco-system – WWF

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on High gold price threatening forests and eco-system – WWF

The climbing price of gold could be destroying forests and eco systems in Guyana, global conservation body World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said yesterday. “Large numbers of miners and their families, as...

Guyana’s Rifle Shooters endure trying day to move up one spot at C/wealth Games

Oct 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Rifle Shooters endure trying day to move up one spot at C/wealth Games

Guyana’s marksmen at the Commonwealth Games, Ransford Goodluck and Mahendra Persaud had to endure what is being said to have been one of the most controversial days in Fullbore shooting but still...

‘B’ Division gets fully-loaded armoured vehicle

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘B’ Division gets fully-loaded armoured vehicle

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force now has a Rakshak fully-loaded bulletproof vehicle (PLL 8357) added to its fleet. On Monday, Commissioner of Police, Henry...

Guyanese Martial Artists perform outstanding in overseas tourney

Oct 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Martial Artists perform outstanding in overseas tourney

A 14-member team of Martial Artists from the Harpy Eagles and Black Hawks schools turned in impressive performances at the Pan Caribbean Classic Martial Arts Championships held at the Hyatt Regency...

‘Golden Jaguars’ face St. Lucia in opener today

Oct 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Golden Jaguars’ face St. Lucia in opener today

– Suriname oppose Netherlands Antilles By Franklin Wilson in Suriname compliments of Digicel The ‘Golden Jaguars’ are set and ready to go all the way in 2010 edition of the Caribbean’s...

Saffon Street ‘still one-way’

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Saffon Street ‘still one-way’

Police have confirmed that Saffon Street, La Penitence, earmarked to be opened to two-way traffic again shortly, is still a one-way between 06:00-18:00hrs. This was following days of confusion in...

Hundreds pay homage with prayers, libations and floral tributes

Oct 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds pay homage with prayers, libations and floral tributes

African Holocaust (Maafa) Day observed… By Rabindra Rooplall and Abena Rockcliffe As Afro-Guyanese paid homage to their ancestors who were lost in the Middle Passage; hundreds came out to the...

Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Tennis Tournament starts Saturday

Oct 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Tennis Tournament starts Saturday

The GLTA’s most anticipated Junior Tournament serves off on Saturday, October 16 from 8:00am and will run for three weekends October 16 and 17, 23 and 24 and the 30th and 31st. Marketing Executive...

Comfortsleep sponsors Alfred/ Julio fight on ‘C’bean Fury 2’ Boxing card

Oct 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Comfortsleep sponsors Alfred/ Julio fight on ‘C’bean Fury 2’ Boxing card

By Sean Devers Producers of super comfortable mattresses, Comfortsleep of Industrial Site, Eccles is ensuring that World Bantamweight female Boxing Champion Guyana’s Shondell ‘Mystery lady’...

Heated action anticipated as tournament kicks off today

Oct 13, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Heated action anticipated as tournament kicks off today

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Frank Anthony will this afternoon visit the Plaisance Community Center Ground ECD when the 3rd Annual Mackeson/Digicel Sweet Sixteen football tournament kicks...

Is Guyana in line to draw down?

Oct 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Is Guyana in line to draw down?

Australia’s $60M worth of kindness must be tapped into Just recently, the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture, the Jamaica Football Federation and the Football Federation Australia (FFA) signed a...

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Sammy to be appointed as West Indies Senior Men’s Head Coach for all formats

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