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JFK terror plot… Abdul Kadir jailed for life

Dec 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on JFK terror plot… Abdul Kadir jailed for life

NEW YORK(Wall Street Journal) — A former member of Guyana’s parliament was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for plotting to blow up fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport. But...

Ramjattan sued $25M by Donald Ramotar for TV ‘libel’

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan sued $25M by Donald Ramotar for TV ‘libel’

…claimed sugar was sold in a corrupt deal to Trinidad General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Donald Ramotar, has sued Parliamentarian, Khemraj Ramjattan, for $25M in damages...

Benschop blocks entrance in protest

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Benschop blocks entrance in protest

Social Activist Mark Benschop blocked the entrance to the Le Repentir dumpsite with his vehicle, stopping garbage trucks and other vehicles from gaining access to dump their refuse in the area...

Ramon Gaskin challenges Amaila Falls road contract award in court

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ramon Gaskin challenges Amaila Falls road contract award in court

Yet another legal challenge has been launched against the issuance of a US$15.4M contract to Synergy Holdings to build the access road to the proposed Amaila Falls Hydroelectric project. The matter...

Dem boys seh… Dem politicians walking about

Dec 16, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Dem politicians walking about

Is de Christmas season and de streets busy. Dem boys notice that all of a sudden all dem politicians now walking about. Rohee send out message that he walking from Queenstown to Big Market. All two...

Another Rupununi resident accuse police of brutality

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Another Rupununi resident accuse police of brutality

Police in the Rupununi are once again being accused of brutalizing residents. This time 26-year-old miner, Jermaine Springer, sustained severe head injuries which people say resulted from a beating...

Government sets up distribution points to counter high prices

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Government sets up distribution points to counter high prices

… Rice, sugar hoarding Following claims by consumers of sugar and rice shortages, Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture’s New Guyana Marketing Corporation has announced that they...

Digicel, Roraima Lodge take Christmas to Children’s Convalescent Home

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel, Roraima Lodge take Christmas to Children’s Convalescent Home

Christmas is a time for sharing, and that was certainly shown on Tuesday, as the Red Cross Children’s Convalescent Home, located at D’urban Backlands Georgetown, received two hefty contributions...

Bandit strike twice in one night on West Demerara

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit strike twice in one night on West Demerara

Police on West Bank Demerara have detained a man who they suspect was part of a three-man gang that locked a Sisters Village resident in his garage before invading his home and robbing his family on...

Norway money is there, another tranche about to be deposited

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Norway money is there, another tranche about to be deposited

…But projects not yet approved One week after fuming that Guyana had not received a cent from Norway because of World Bank delays, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday insisted he was not quarreling...

Woman imports brand new machine but receives secondhand goods

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman imports brand new machine but receives secondhand goods

Gy-Xpress has found itself in the middle of a court mêlée after a customer alleged that she paid for a brand new cell phone unlocking machine but received a secondhand instrument. The company is...

Western Tigers squeeze by Buxton Utd. 3-2; Liquid Gold upset Riddim Squad on Penalties

Dec 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Western Tigers squeeze by Buxton Utd. 3-2; Liquid Gold upset Riddim Squad on Penalties

Fans and organisers could not have hoped for a better start to the 21st Edition of Guyana’s most prestigious football tournament, the Kashif and Shanghai which kicked off at the GFC ground last...

Kumaka murder accused, Venezuelan, Peruvian remanded

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Kumaka murder accused, Venezuelan, Peruvian remanded

Twenty-year-old Alex Chattergoon, who was charged with murder, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry, yesterday, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The allegation is that the...

GPOC uncovers more public assistance fraud on Essequibo Coast

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPOC uncovers more public assistance fraud on Essequibo Coast

The administrative management of the Guyana Post Office Corporation is insisting that a through investigation be conducted at the office of the Welfare Department at Anna Regina, urgently. This...

Sugar workers’ union calls for government’s intervention

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers’ union calls for government’s intervention

With just more than a week to go before Christmas, the country’s largest sugar workers’ union has made a last ditch appeal for Government to intervene in a stalemate over wages increase. Sugar...

Bishoo is Male Cricketer of the year

Dec 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Bishoo is Male Cricketer of the year

Campbell takes Female Cricketer award By Sean Devers Fast improving 25-year-old leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo was named Guyana’s Cricketer of the year while 18-year-old all-rounder Shamaine Campbell...

Rose Hall Town make it 2 in a row with Club of the Year Award

Dec 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town make it 2 in a row with Club of the Year Award

Kaieteur News’ Devers is Cricket Journalist of the Year Kaieteur News’ Sean Devers was named Cricket Journalist of the year while Corentyne Berbice Club Rose Hall Town emerged Club of the year...

Caribbean-IDB funds for Marriott hotel development

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean-IDB funds for Marriott hotel development

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Tuesday said that it had approved a master financing facility of up to US$42 million to finance up to eight Marriott-hotels in Jamaica, Trinidad and...

Chetram Singh will not contest next GCB elections

Dec 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Chetram Singh will not contest next GCB elections

Sports Minister wants Elite cricket league for Guyana Chetram Singh, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President for the past 19 years officially announced on Wednesday night at the GCB annual Awards...

The Bernice Mansell Foundation to spread Christmas joy

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on The Bernice Mansell Foundation to spread Christmas joy

The Christmas season is here. The Bernice Mansell foundation BMF continues to bring sharing to the fore front of the Christmas holiday. Yesterday the foundation received two containers; one valued...

Cattle farmer fights for life in ICU

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cattle farmer fights for life in ICU

A 29-year-old man is fighting for his life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), after he was severely chopped across his body by a father and son. Kamla Crawford...

The leaks and the disclosures

Dec 16, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on The leaks and the disclosures

The persistent criticism of agencies and entities that expose situations that people and departments want to hide is reaching alarming proportions. All of a sudden one is finding that some people in...

High Court grants bail to ex-cop on ganja charge

Dec 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on High Court grants bail to ex-cop on ganja charge

Former policeman, Antonio Singh Balrup, 23, of 5 Reliance Settlement, East Canje, Berbice, who was allegedly caught with 17 grams of marijuana at the home of a remand prisoner, and was remanded by...

Fiery contests anticipated at GABA Champion of Champions showdown

Dec 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Fiery contests anticipated at GABA Champion of Champions showdown

The nation’s best amateur boxers are gearing up for the final tournament of the year, fittingly dubbed the ‘Champion of Champions’ since it will feature all of the champions from the various...

Dr. Noel Blackman birthday 7-a-side football kicks off today

Dec 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Dr. Noel Blackman birthday 7-a-side football kicks off today

Play in the Dr. Noel Blackman birthday knockout 7-a-side football tournament will kick off today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda with a total eight matches starting at 5:00pm. The...

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Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival returns for 19th edition

Let us not be silent witnesses!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Ray Daggers walked from Corriverton to Charity. It was a journey so epic it might have... more