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Breaking News: Three charged with trying overthrow government

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News: Three charged with trying overthrow government

– Army Major, wife and ex-soldier remanded to prison for treason Magistrate Priya Beharry remanded to prison, serving Guyana Defence Force Major, Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol-Ann Munroe, who is...

Army Major, wife, ex-soldier charged with treason

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Army Major, wife, ex-soldier charged with treason

– police say they have recorded evidence implicating accused By Latoya Giles and Leonard Gildarie An army major and his wife are among three persons arrested and charged with treason. The...

Kidnapped woman released unharmed

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Kidnapped woman released unharmed

– no ransom paid Kidnapped shipping employee, Gail Perreira, was released unharmed by her captors yesterday, reportedly without a ransom being paid. A police statement said that the 29-year-old...

Forgotten prisoner dies in cell

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Forgotten prisoner dies in cell

All is not well in the Georgetown Prison this Christmas, with inmates mourning the tragic death of a colleague whose lifeless body was discovered in a cell on Boxing Day. The dead inmate, an...

Gunmen attack, rob Riverview patrons

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen attack, rob Riverview patrons

Gun toting bandits descended on Zico Bar and Pool Shop in Riverview, Ruimveldt, at 19:35 hours last night, robbing patrons of money and gold Jewelry. “Is a lucky thing that they ain’t see my gold...

Man stabbed to death during drinking spree

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabbed to death during drinking spree

– suspect still at large A brawl at a Diamond New Scheme house on Sunday night ended with a 24-year-old labourer being stabbed to death and his 19-year-old attacker fleeing the scene. Ravindra...

‘Enforcer’ killed in shootout with police

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Enforcer’ killed in shootout with police

Two more deaths under different circumstances have rocked Guyana’s interior, stretching the number of killings in that part of the country to more than 30 as the year comes to a close. In one case,...

Dem boys seh… Madness tek over Main Big Lime

Dec 28, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Madness tek over Main Big Lime

De Main Big Lime had nuff police to mek sure that de place safe fuh all of dem who go out and look fuh entertainment. Fuh every spectator and tourist who go to de Lime dem had about two policemen. At...

Garbage-clogged Sussex Street canal causes flooding

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Garbage-clogged Sussex Street canal causes flooding

Residents of Sussex Street, Albouystown, and surrounding areas are peeved at the build up of garbage that has compromised the drainage system. It was pointed out by residents that the “garbage...

Three Guyanese among five dead in T&T smash-up

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Three Guyanese among five dead in T&T smash-up

(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday) – As thousands around the country celebrated Christmas on Saturday, a Laventille woman was coming to terms with the news that her daughter, son-in-law and...

Essequibo Coast records Christmas Day murder

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo Coast records Christmas Day murder

What started out as a quiet day of interaction and socializing with family members ended up with a man being stabbed to death by his reputed wife of ten years. Dead is 60-year-old Dennis Braithwaite...

Blood Bank in dire need of blood

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Blood Bank in dire need of blood

The Ministry of Health has issued an SOS for blood, in recognition of an urgent need at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) situated in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC),...

Policeman pleads for justice after road accident

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman pleads for justice after road accident

With a distressed voice, 59-year-old special constable, John July, who was knocked down several months ago by Local Government Minister, Kellawan Lall, visited Kaieteur News recently, to voice his...

Clarabelle Newton reaches 100

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Clarabelle Newton reaches 100

Clarabelle Newton celebrated her 100th birthday on Christmas Day. The woman, a resident of Uncle Eddie’s Home since 2005, is now blind. But prior to her admission she lived at Stanleytown, West...

Guyana among leading Caribbean countries for nurses’ migration

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana among leading Caribbean countries for nurses’ migration

India is the top country of origin of migrant doctors in Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OECD) countries with more than 56,000 Indian doctors in these countries, which include the...

Guyana – a flawed democracy

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana – a flawed democracy

… so says Economist Intelligence Unit In a report released last Friday by the UK-based think tank, Economist Intelligence Unit, Guyana still lurks dangerously close to being considered as less than...

GTUC pledges continuous support to the GAWU

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC pledges continuous support to the GAWU

The Guyana Trades Union Congress has stated that come what may, they will continue to support the Guyana Agriculture and Workers Union and that it is not surprised by the ‘tactic’ used by the...

Food and Drugs Department warns of test strips recall

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drugs Department warns of test strips recall

A defect that has served to inhibit sufficient absorption in diabetes test strips has caused a recall to be prompted. As a result, the Food and Drug Department of the Ministry of Health is currently...

GRA seizes $5M in smuggled Heineken, Johnny Walker whisky

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GRA seizes $5M in smuggled Heineken, Johnny Walker whisky

– detain vessels The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday last seized $5M worth of alcoholic beverages, including more than 600 cases of Heineken beer that was being smuggled into the...

Gee Whiz – It’s the Christmas season again

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gee Whiz – It’s the Christmas season again

– The greatest gift of all By Michael Benjamin Wow, it’s the Christmas season again!! I’ve waited twelve months—twelve long dreary months for this season to come. When I last checked the...

GOOD KING WENCESLAS AND OTHER CAROLS

Dec 28, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on GOOD KING WENCESLAS AND OTHER CAROLS

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says the word most searched for online this year was “austerity” which means “enforced or extreme economy”. Given the crowds in the malls, streets and stores...

Man drowns on E’bo Coast

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man drowns on E’bo Coast

Sixty-one-year-old Ramsey Persaud a/k Izick, of Mainstay Village, Essequibo Coast, was discovered in a trench at Land of Plenty on Christmas Day by his son, Mitesh Persaud. According to Police,...

Pele tackles Sunburst Camptown; Alpha face Bakewell Topp XX

Dec 28, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Pele tackles Sunburst Camptown; Alpha face Bakewell Topp XX

New Champions will be crowned when the curtains comes down on the 21st Edition of Guyana’s premiere football tournament on Saturday night at the National Stadium, Providence. Last evening at the...

Another baby dies

Dec 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Another baby dies

– relatives blame language barrier and inexperienced doctors…. “A language barrier and inexperienced doctors” are some of the things that caused his daughter-in-law Anita Forrester, 23,...

Cheekies presents gifts to 10 Christmas Day babies

Dec 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Cheekies presents gifts to 10 Christmas Day babies

As part of its long-standing Christmas tradition, Ansa McAl Trading Ltd., presented gifts to ten babies who were born on Christmas Day at city hospitals. To mark the occasion of the twelfth...