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Torture teen case dismissed

Jan 15, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Torture teen case dismissed

– “Sad day for the justice system”- Attorney-at-law Ramjattan By Latoya Giles The three police officers who were accused of burning the testicles of a 15-year-old boy in 2009,at the Leonora...

Crippled granny slapped with cocaine possession charge

Jan 15, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Crippled granny slapped with cocaine possession charge

Curious onlookers stood in astonishment yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ courtyard as a crippled elderly woman was lifted by four police ranks into the courtroom before Chief Magistrate...

‘Election Budget’ to be announced on Monday – Corbin

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On Monday, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh will present to the nation the Budget which will detail the current and capital expenditures for this year. But that document has already been denounced...

La Penitence Market vendors face dislocation

Jan 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on La Penitence Market vendors face dislocation

…must vacate location by January 20 Minister of Transport and Hydraulic, Robeson Benn, yesterday met with some La Penitence Market vendors who operate along Saffon Street. The meeting was to...

Dem boys seh…Don’t trouble de CG

Jan 15, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Don’t trouble de CG

Sometimes dem boys does mek promises wid good intention but things does happen that can mek dem change dem mind. A man get vex, real vex because dem boys talk bout he. He call everybody. He call Tom...

Another stunning last-over win from Guyana

Jan 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Another stunning last-over win from Guyana

Keep them in the race for repeat titles By Sean Devers in Antigua In association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Leisure Inn, GSL, Queensway & Dave’s West Indian Imports (NY) Watched a large...

Keen competition expected as Dr. Blackman birthday 7-a-side football concludes

Jan 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Keen competition expected as Dr. Blackman birthday 7-a-side football concludes

The Dr. Noel Blackman birthday 7-a-side football tournament will conclude today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground, Bourda and keen competition is anticipated as 12 teams hunt the...

Qualfon employee on $75,000 bail for gold chain theft

Jan 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Qualfon employee on $75,000 bail for gold chain theft

Kevlyn Velene, 18, a customer service representative employed by Qualfon Guyana Inc, found herself before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with...

Another budget and the usual complaints

Jan 15, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Another budget and the usual complaints

Come Monday, the nation will once again be presented with a budget detailing expenditures undertaken last year, and proposals for this year. There is so much that makes budgets these days nothing for...

D&I workers refute allegations of violence

Jan 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on D&I workers refute allegations of violence

Several drainage and irrigation workers, working along Poker Street and its environs, have challenged the authenticity of the claims made against them by Harold Hutson in Thursday’s edition of...

D’Urban Street resident found dead in room

Jan 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on D’Urban Street resident found dead in room

Michael Singh, 48, of 33 Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the early hours of Friday morning in his room. Police visited the scene, took statements...

14-yr-old beaten to death during drinking spree

Jan 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 14-yr-old beaten to death during drinking spree

Police are investigating the suspected murder of Elton Thompson, 14, of South Rupununi. The child was killed on January 11, last, at Chinese Creek, Puruni. According to the police, investigations...

Johnson retained as East Bank E’bo Chairman

Jan 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson retained as East Bank E’bo Chairman

Alvin Johnson was retained as chairman of the East Bank Essequibo Cricket Committee when the body held its Biennial General Meeting and elections recently. Orville Stewart was elected as vice...

Government not in receipt of GCB’s audited reports

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– advises AGM not to be advertised until… An anticipated Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) in which a new executive is expected to be elected this month-end has...

IDB issues poverty reduction bonds

Jan 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on IDB issues poverty reduction bonds

– Caribbean and Latin America to benefit The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Daiwa Securities Group have announced an issuance of the Poverty Reduction Bonds to support poverty...

Man of unsound mind lands in court

Jan 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man of unsound mind lands in court

Appearing before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry (ag) on Thursday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court was Mark Smith who was charged with having in his possession a dangerous weapon without lawful...

New five-year drug strategy in the works

Jan 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New five-year drug strategy in the works

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, yesterday announced that arrangements have commenced for the formulation of a new five-year Drug Strategy Master Plan, to build on the work that commenced...

ECB supports Alli for GCB president

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The Essequibo Cricket Board will be supporting Ramsey Alli for the Guyana Cricket Board presidency. According to the public relations officer of the ECB, Nazeer Mohamed, the new executive is very...

‘Police brutalized my son without a reason’- says mother

Jan 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Police brutalized my son without a reason’- says mother

A single parent mother is alleging that members of the Guyana Police Force who visited the yard she lives in to carry out a search yesterday brutalized her 16-year-old son. According to Sharon...

Audited report will be with Friendlies Society on Monday – Singh

Jan 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Audited report will be with Friendlies Society on Monday – Singh

– Feels there is still enough time to keep projected date President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh in response to a letter that stated that Government was not in receipt of...

Harry’s areolation and harlequinade

Jan 15, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Harry’s areolation and harlequinade

Nature has produced some intriguingly funny, little people, harmless, unobtrusive, but a bit irritating. You sometimes wonder why they do the tiny, exasperating things they do. There are explanations...

Chatterpaul elected as Bartica Cricket Committee Chairman

Jan 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Chatterpaul elected as Bartica Cricket Committee Chairman

Budesh Chatterpaul was elected Chairman of the Bartica Cricket Committee when the body held its Annual General meeting recently in Bartica. Anthony Murray is the Vice Chairman while Sastri Mangal was...

Rohee calls for less confrontational behaviour

Jan 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee calls for less confrontational behaviour

The year 2010 saw a spike in murder figures, with “disorderly” murders accounting for a hefty percentage of the overall figure, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee reported yesterday....

Party atmosphere at DCC during CT20

Jan 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Party atmosphere at DCC during CT20

Basking as a successful host during the Stanford Super Series held three years ago, the Queenstown based Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ‘Home of the Legends’ is creating another party atmosphere...

Corbin, Lall, Linden Council meet to iron our core issues

Jan 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Corbin, Lall, Linden Council meet to iron our core issues

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform and of the Opposition, Robert Corbin, yesterday met with Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall, Councillors of the Interim Management Committee,...

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Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more