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Billions held in special accounts not being transferred to coffers– AG Report

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Billions held in special accounts not being transferred to coffers– AG Report

“The Contingencies Fund continued to be abused with amounts totalling $1.992B drawn from the Fund being utilised to meet expenditure that did not meet the eligibility criteria as defined in the...

Kitty teen stabbed to death on seawall

Nov 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Kitty teen stabbed to death on seawall

– One assailant nabbed under bed, other in cupboard The Diwali Motorcade celebrations ended in tragedy for one family last night after a Kitty teenager was stabbed to death on the seawall. Dead...

Sanctioned QC teachers speak out

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sanctioned QC teachers speak out

Three of the four teachers who were sanctioned by the Ministry of Education have stated that they did not err in any way as it relates to dealing with the Neesa Gopaul case. The teachers, who spoke...

Decades-old friendship ends in murder

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Decades-old friendship ends in murder

A friendship for well over 40 years ended tragically on Wednesday evening last, when a 59-year-old John Street, Lodge resident, killed his 55-year-old neighbour Carl Thomas, a father of four. Thomas...

Cops re-open investigation into death of Neesa Gopaul’s father

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cops re-open investigation into death of Neesa Gopaul’s father

– man’s remains may be exhumed Police have re-opened investigations into the death of the father of murdered Queen’s College student Neesa Gopaul, and may have his remains exhumed if it...

Thousands witness spectacular Diwali motorcade

Nov 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Thousands witness spectacular Diwali motorcade

Thousands of Guyanese of all walks of life lined the East Coast Demerara seawall all the way to the village of La Bonne Intention (LBI), last evening, to get a glimpse of the always spectacular...

Dem boys seh… Tonight is de night

Nov 05, 2010 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Tonight is de night

Tonight de whole country gun be bright because is Diwali. Nuff house gun open dem door wide fuh goodness enter inside. Last night was another story. Dem boys seh that it was one night that dem wish...

Moore, Frank headline $10 Million ‘Caribbean Fury 2’ card

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Moore, Frank headline $10 Million ‘Caribbean Fury 2’ card

Promoter laments poor sponsorship support By Sean Devers Promoter of the Caribbean Fury 2 Carwyn Holland yesterday unleashed a flurry of verbal blows at the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), the...

Michael Jackson’s niece to sing on Caribbean Fury 2 Boxing card

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Michael Jackson’s niece to sing on Caribbean Fury 2 Boxing card

By Sean Devers After months of planning, negotiating and hard work the man who gave Guyana its first ever World Title Boxing match at the National Park in 2004 has once gain produced a feast for...

Menezes hoping for better results on Sunday

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Menezes hoping for better results on Sunday

Equipped with a recently acquired 2009 ZX6R Kawasaki local Superbike racer Maurice Menezes speaking with Kaieteur Sport shortly before he left for a practice session yesterday said that he is eagerly...

Local ‘Valentino Rossi’ aiming for more speed

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local ‘Valentino Rossi’ aiming for more speed

Currently placed second behind Canadian Kevin Graham, local champion Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira in an interview with Kaieteur Sport yesterday at his mechanic location on Forshaw Street,...

Guyana Stores guard attacked on site, beaten severely

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Stores guard attacked on site, beaten severely

Wednesday night’s physical assault on security guard, Deonarine Jodha, could have cost him his life. Jodha, 50, was on duty at the Lima Guyana Stores branch office, on the Essequibo Coast, when...

Police detail plans for Christmas season

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police detail plans for Christmas season

By Latoya Giles Divisional Commander George Vyphuis, addressing the Guyana Police Force annual pre-Christmas press briefing yesterday, announced that policing groups will be intensified throughout...

Makeshift dam breached at Craig

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Makeshift dam breached at Craig

– Residents yet again at River’s mercy Residents of Craig were at the mercy of the Demerara River yet again as the river breached a makeshift dam yesterday afternoon. Several sections of the...

Father faces charges for assaulting daughters

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Father faces charges for assaulting daughters

Albert Higgins of Tuschen, West Coast Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Nyasha Hatmin yesterday at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court to answer to charges of unlawfully assaulting and causing...

Caricom captures Corporation Domino title

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caricom captures Corporation Domino title

Caricom Massive emerged winners of the Next Level Domino Club Inter-Corporation Domino competition which ended Monday evening. In the final played at Guinness Bar on Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge,...

WICB confirms IPL procedures for all West Indian players

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB confirms IPL procedures for all West Indian players

St John’s, Antigua – On the advice the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announces that all players in the West Indies who wish to take part in the...

Samples to be sent overseas for DNA, other tests

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Samples to be sent overseas for DNA, other tests

– Crime Chief Assistant Police Commissioner (Law Enforcement) Seelall Persaud says that samples from several items related to the murder of bank employee, Sheema Mangar, are to be sent to an...

Appeal court frees convicted rape accused, orders retrial

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal court frees convicted rape accused, orders retrial

Attorney-at-law Mursaline Bacchus successfully petitioned the Guyana Court of Appeal to dismiss a rape conviction and sentence handed down on his client, Ravidat Jagnit, called Ravi. Jagnit, now...

Taxi Drivers’ Association agrees on Code of Ethics

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi Drivers’ Association agrees on Code of Ethics

– mode of dress, treatment of passengers are critical aspects The recently formed Guyana Taxi Drivers Association has agreed to a code of ethics that will among other things, regulate what...

General Marine Open 15/15 Softball cricket tournament begins

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on General Marine Open 15/15 Softball cricket tournament begins

Wellwoman and 4R Lioness to play at Crabwood Creek The Open category of the General Marine Male 15/15 Open Softball cricket Competition which is run by the Guyana Floodlights Cricket Association in...

Protesting prisoner smears self with faeces

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Protesting prisoner smears self with faeces

– refused entry to court Winston Burgess, who was charged with trafficking in narcotics, on December 3, 2009, smeared his clothing with faeces, yesterday, at the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Rose Hall Town Metro Female Team to clash with Enterprise on Saturday

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town Metro Female Team to clash with Enterprise on Saturday

The Rose Hall Town Metro Female team on Saturday would play Enterprise in a 40 overs match at the Enterprise ground. The match, which would start at 11:00hours, is the start of the national female...

Berbice short of traffic cops

Nov 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice short of traffic cops

By Melissa Johnson NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force is short of 40 traffic ranks and this tells a tale. But Commander of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana...

Keen competition in latest matches as local female stars shine

Nov 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keen competition in latest matches as local female stars shine

Action in the Regal Stationery & Computer Centre over-35 male 20/20 & female open 10/10 softball cricket tournament organised by the Guyana Softball League in collaboration with the Ministry...

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A call for more cultural centres

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Burnham’s decision to divert the Indian Immigration Fund towards constructing the National... more