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Chief Magistrate completes first Paper Committal in eight days

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A significant and major piece of legal history was recently made without noise and fanfare when on Friday, Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry concluded the first ever paper committal...

Budget debate ends with clash between Corbin, Dr Ashni Singh

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Budget debate ends with clash between Corbin, Dr Ashni Singh

The budget debates ended yesterday with a face-off between Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and Opposition Leader Robert Corbin. They were the final two speakers on the 2011 budget. From today the...

Two wounded in Grove shooting

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A taxi driver and a passenger were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital with gunshot wounds around 22:00 hrs last night after they were shot at 110th Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara. Police...

Reputed husband to be charged with murder

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… Nursery school teacher dies Several weeks after being beaten in the head allegedly by her reputed husband, nursery school teacher, Shaunell Warrick, succumbed to severe head injuries at the...

Killer may have hired slain taxi driver

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Taxi driver Charles Caesar may have been slain by a passenger who lured him to dark and deserted Perry Street, Tucville on Sunday night before shooting him in his car. Police sources confirmed...

N/A Deputy Mayor dies

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The Deputy Mayor of New Amsterdam Hyacinth James died on Sunday. She was 83. She took ill some time on Sunday evening during celebrations for her 83rd birth anniversary at her Pope Street, New...

Dem boys seh… A man get kill dead, dead

Feb 01, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… A man get kill dead, dead

Yesterday de whole country and even people who live in a foreign country get a lesson in ignorance. One man claim he never know that some reporters suh dunce. Dem had a murder; a man lash he...

US citizen further remanded for murder

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… Detective body in septic tank Yesterday 58-year-old Desiree Jeffers, who is accused of killing her reputed husband Detective Igris Bobb-Blackman, was further remanded to prison, yesterday....

Harbour Bridge hit and run driver on $100,000 bail

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Twenty-six-year old Reeyaz Ally, of 387 Block X Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara appeared before Magistrate Leslie Sobers at the Providence Magistrate’s Court, East Bank Demerara yesterday to...

City Hall suffers $700M shortfall in 2010

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall suffers $700M shortfall in 2010

– Anticipates operational challenges this year Having suffered a shortfall of $700M last year, the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, will have to engage every means possible this year to...

AFC not a cloistered party – Trotman

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC not a cloistered party – Trotman

“The AFC today’ by this wonderful launch, is not demonstrating that it is going it alone. On the contrary, we are saying to all those who are looking at us, assessing us, weighing and measuring...

Loggers threatened to up production or lose concessions

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By Leonard Gildarie As demands for lumber grow, government yesterday threatened to seize forestry concessions granted to several large operators which are being under-utilised and re-allocate them....

15-year-old girl attempts suicide

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A 15-year-old girl attempted suicide by jumping off the “Jimbo Bridge” about 13:45 hours, Friday. The teen was seen in a pleasant mood until about 13:00 hours that day. Her class teacher recalled...

Police deny using excessive in teacher’s arrest

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police deny using excessive in teacher’s arrest

The Guyana Police Force says that the use of handcuffs by a rank carrying out an arrest is standard operation procedure and cannot be considered as the use of excessive force. This was in response to...

Deportee jailed for possession of cocaine and ganja

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Deportee jailed for possession of cocaine and ganja

Dale Thomas and Sibby Sancho yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with possession of 2.377 kilograms of marijuana and 58...

Man died of chop wounds to head

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… De Willem murder A post mortem examination performed on the remains of Nandalall Williams has revealed that he died as a result of brain hemorrhage due to two incise wounds to the forehead....

Diaspora wants a safe homeland to return, invest

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Diaspora wants a safe homeland to return, invest

“We want to see a nation where everyone is treated equally and given equal opportunities… we know this is not possible without a transformation,” Dr Somar Speaking on behalf of supporters of...

Pensioner killed on No.11 Public Road

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The life of a 63-year-old grandfather, Shindradat Dhanraj called “Derro, was snuffed out on Monday when he was killed by a speeding minibus on the No. 11 Public Road, West Coast Berbice. The lone...

Father of six killed after collision with taxi

Feb 01, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Father of six killed after collision with taxi

By Rabindra Rooplall and Abena Rockliff David Kofoi Yacuba, 34, of 54 Graham Street Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was killed on the spot after the hire car driver of HB 7247 collided with his...

Two to be charged with bar brawl murder

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Following intensive investigations, the police are preparing to charge two persons in connection with the murder of 37-year-old Suresh Bhola, who was stabbed to death during a brawl outside a...

Victim fears he will receive no justice

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… Pit bulls attack Fifty-four-year-old Patrick Gordon of 610 Back Circle, East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, who was severely bitten in the face by pit bulls in his neighbourhood last August, is...

Local plywood supplies to stabilise by June – Agri Ministry

Feb 01, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Local plywood supplies to stabilise by June – Agri Ministry

Plywood supplies, at least to meet local demands, are expected to normalise in June, Government says. Speaking at a forestry meeting yesterday at Kingston, Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud,...

Supermarkets urged to maintain quality

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Supermarkets urged to maintain quality

Owners and operators of supermarkets must not merely be interested in being in business but rather opt to be a part of a trajectory of development that Guyana has embarked upon in the quest for...

Man burns girlfriend on rear and face

Feb 01, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Man burns girlfriend on rear and face

Troyden Reece, of 137 Albouystown, Georgetown, yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of unlawful and malicious...

Pele triumph, GDF clinch third place

Feb 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Pele triumph, GDF clinch third place

Football fans turned out in their numbers and witnessed an exciting match between the Conquerors FC and Pele FC when the two teams clashed for championship honours in the BK International Western...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The government’s decision to go ahead with the universal healthcare voucher scheme is... more