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Breaking News: Health Ministry arson suspect captured at Linden

Nov 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News: Health Ministry arson suspect captured at Linden

-two women also detained following arms cache find Police at Linden have captured Colin Jones, the suspect who escaped from the Providence Police Station last year after being arrested in connection...

Lula gets Guyana’s highest award

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Lula gets Guyana’s highest award

Brazil has reiterated its intentions to collaborate with Guyana to build a hydro-electric plant and has tagged this with the planned paving of the Linden/Lethem road. The comments were made last...

Resounding calls made to eliminate domestic violence

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Resounding calls made to eliminate domestic violence

– As victims are remembered There were resounding and repeated calls to put an end to the cycle of violence in the society, when the ‘Break the Silence, Say No to Violence’, rally got...

Gunman throws grenade at cops during Linden shootout

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Gunman throws grenade at cops during Linden shootout

– assault rifle, 500 rounds of ammo, eight magazines recovered Heavily-armed police were up to last night hunting for a gunman who threw a grenade at a police corporal and shot at other ranks...

Dem boys seh…Bharrat give Lula a sauna

Nov 26, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bharrat give Lula a sauna

De other night Guyana tek centre stage. Fuh all de time dem giving de Order of Excellence to foreigners dem never had such a show. Was a show and a half at de Cultural Centre. People dance, dem sing...

BREAKING NEWS … Health Ministry arson suspect leads cops to two bodies in shallow graves

Nov 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS … Health Ministry arson suspect leads cops to two bodies in shallow graves

Police have unearthed two bodies from shallow graves in the Kara Kara, Linden backlands, and information suggests that the victims were involved in the razing of the Health Ministry buildings in...

Alpha booted from K&S tournament

Nov 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha booted from K&S tournament

By Edison Jefford The Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Organisation has made it clear that they will not be held hostage when they booted Alpha United FC from their upcoming tournament after the club...

Deficiencies prevail in the health sector – Minister Ramsammy

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Deficiencies prevail in the health sector – Minister Ramsammy

Although there have been remarkable strides in improving the delivery of health care, there are prevailing deficiencies and gaps that must be eliminated if the system is to progress. Minister of...

Digicel wins at World Communications Awards

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Digicel wins at World Communications Awards

Digicel was on Wednesday night unveiled as the winner of the “Best Operator in a Developing Market” award at the World Communications Awards 2010. Announced at a glittering awards ceremony at...

Neesa Gopaul murder PI continues… Assistant Supt. Griffith testifies

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Neesa Gopaul murder PI continues… Assistant Supt. Griffith testifies

Assistant Superintendent Denise Griffith was the latest person called to give evidence in chief as the preliminary inquiry (PI) against gym instructor Jarvis Small and Bibi Gopaul continued,...

Lawyers move to free man on death row for 15 years

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Lawyers move to free man on death row for 15 years

Attorneys from the law firm Hughes, Fields and Stoby have moved to the court on behalf of condemned prisoner Lawrence Chan to have his sentence commuted to life. Chan, who has been on death row since...

NSA double gold medalist Nermala Sewdat rewarded by RHTY&SC cricket teams

Nov 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSA double gold medalist Nermala Sewdat rewarded by RHTY&SC cricket teams

Nineteen year-old Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) female cricketer Nermala Sewdat was honoured on Saturday last by her clubmates for her achievement of winning two gold and a...

Man missing after boat collision

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Man missing after boat collision

A 52-year-old man is missing and feared dead following a boat collision in the Essequibo River at around 18:30 hrs on Wednesday. The missing man has been identified as Hammond Hing called...

Perry and Scott named GDF’s Sportsman & Woman of the year

Nov 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Perry and Scott named GDF’s Sportsman & Woman of the year

National athletes Rupert Perry and Ashanti Scott were named the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) sportsman and sportswoman of the year 2010 and were duly recognised and honored on Tuesday evening during...

Miners express fresh fears over new measures for industry

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Miners express fresh fears over new measures for industry

– Advertisement warns of foreign threat to sovereignty As government considers new measures for the gold and diamond mining industry, a number of prominent players on Tuesday, last, called on...

Rising Sun, Lions Clubs Fund raising horse race meet

Nov 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun, Lions Clubs Fund raising horse race meet

Overwhelming support from cooperate entities for Sunday’s contest A number of Cooperate entities have come on board and have given their full support to help make the one day fund raising horserace...

Hinds (87*), Keirre Henry (4-7) spearhead NA Secondary to victory

Nov 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hinds (87*), Keirre Henry (4-7) spearhead NA Secondary to victory

The Ministry of Education/National Sports Commission/Guyana Cricket Board National Secondary School Under-15, 40-Over Cricket Competition continued in the Berbice/Mahaicony Districts. Hakeem Hinds...

Sugar strike over

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Sugar strike over

– workers to be paid today Sugar workers, who were facing the very real prospects of not being paid wages and salaries, will be receiving their monies today, officials of the Guyana Sugar...

ERC to engage media, politicians in run-up to elections

Nov 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ERC to engage media, politicians in run-up to elections

It is the will of the people for the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to meet more, as well as key people in a bid to ensure peace and harmony persists even as National Elections, slated for next...

Prime Minister pledges support to K&S tourney

Nov 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Prime Minister pledges support to K&S tourney

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds met with the Directors of the Kashif & Shanghai Organisation yesterday morning and pledged his support for Guyana’s premier knock-out tournament. Prime minister...

UNASUR to mull expulsion, other sanctions for ‘undemocratic regimes’

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on UNASUR to mull expulsion, other sanctions for ‘undemocratic regimes’

Less than two months after rebel forces threatened to topple his government, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa comes to Guyana today to enjoy widespread support from his South American counterparts...

Tourism and hospitality industry poised for improvement through partnership

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Tourism and hospitality industry poised for improvement through partnership

With the aim of teaching individuals involved in the tourism sector the importance of packaging and product distribution, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) in collaboration with the Ministry of...

Health Ministry unveils treatment guidelines

Nov 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry unveils treatment guidelines

With the intent of improving primary health care in the public health system, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday...

Alleged Guyanese wife-killer captured in French Guiana

Nov 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Alleged Guyanese wife-killer captured in French Guiana

French Guiana authorities have captured a Guyanese man who is wanted here for allegedly murdering his reputed wife, Okemo Todd, almost nine months ago. Police officials confirmed yesterday that the...

Alleged citrus thief remanded

Nov 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged citrus thief remanded

Samuel Dennis of Meadow Brook Gardens, Georgetown, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Geeta Chandan–Edmond for the offences of break and enter and larceny. The accused, who was...

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