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Norman Whittaker to be new Local Gov’t Minister

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Norman Whittaker to be new Local Gov’t Minister

– Kellawan Lall to be Ambassador to Brazil Minister of Local Government Kellawan Lall is being assigned a diplomatic posting in Brazil, while Parliamentarian Norman Whittaker will assume the...

Family flees Linden in fear of wanted gunman

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Family flees Linden in fear of wanted gunman

…but man says that he is against drug dealers Fear and lack of confidence in the police in the community of Wismar, Linden, combined with a gunman that carries an AK47, who also has associates that...

Housing Minister for ‘Parliamentary trial’ today

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Minister for ‘Parliamentary trial’ today

… Backer case to continue Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali will today begin his trial for Contempt of Parliament. This comes some eight months after he was committed to the Committee of...

Police nab notorious wanted man during drug bust

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab notorious wanted man during drug bust

Berbice police on Saturday arrested a notorious wanted man who was on the run since last October following a murder committed up the Canje River. They held him at a back track crossing on the...

Dem boys seh… See En vex bad

Mar 31, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… See En vex bad

Last week See En decide that he gun mek dying more expensive. He decide that dem funeral parlour charging nuff money and he gun open he own wid de promise of free death announcements. But until he...

Magistrate Hamilton reports for duty after move to quash sacking decision

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate Hamilton reports for duty after move to quash sacking decision

By Latoya Giles Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton, through her attorney Nigel Hughes, has filed an appeal against the Judicial Service Commission, indicating to the body the rules of 2010. The appeal...

Chief witness collapses in court

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chief witness collapses in court

… C.N. Sharma witness tampering case One of the chief witnesses in the witness tampering case against Chandra Narine Sharma and his five associates, Ravi Mangar, Tyrone Ali, Mark Reid,...

Plans to appoint King as Town Clerk akin to “political shenanigan” – Minister Lall

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Plans to appoint King as Town Clerk akin to “political shenanigan” – Minister Lall

Efforts on the part of some members of the Georgetown City Council to have Public Relations Officer, Royston King, appointed as Town Clerk were labelled by Minister of Local Government and Regional...

Chief witness still being examined

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chief witness still being examined

… Treason PI continues The preliminary inquiry (PI) in the treason case involving the trio, Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol-Ann Munroe and reserve officer Leonard Wharton continued...

Neaz Subhan collapses at work

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Neaz Subhan collapses at work

Head of Government and Information Agency Neaz Subhan was yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Hospital suffering from what has been described as a mild stroke. He collapsed at his office. This...

Police Association again expresses concern over errant ranks

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police Association again expresses concern over errant ranks

The Police Association, the body that represents ranks up to Inspectors, is again expressing concern about the attitude of some ranks who continue to deviate from the acceptable norms and from the...

Police and Ministry investigating Leonora school invasion

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police and Ministry investigating Leonora school invasion

– Students return to school Police on the West Coast of Demerara are still conducting investigations into the Leonora school invasion, which happened on Tuesday afternoon. Some 15 pupils from...

Albouystown man says police refuse to help him

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown man says police refuse to help him

…as vandals shatter his windscreen Desmond Pompey of 23 Hill Street, Albouystown, has criticized actions by officers of Ruimveldt Police Station for failing to assist him in recovering his losses...

Overflowing sewage affects Pressy Enterprise

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Overflowing sewage affects Pressy Enterprise

The backed up and over flowing sewage at the rear of Pressy Enterprise Ltd. at 94 Regent Street, Lacytown, is causing major discomfort at the location. The staff members feel that the conditions pose...

Deranged man causes confusion in Reliance Magistrate’s Court

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Deranged man causes confusion in Reliance Magistrate’s Court

The precincts of the Reliance Magistrate’s Court being conducted by magistrate Adela Nagamootoo was in uproar yesterday when a mentally deranged man who was scantly dressed refused to be taken...

Youngster shot in Albouystown

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Youngster shot in Albouystown

Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Soodoo of 26 Hill Street, Albouystown, now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation was reportedly shot in his lower abdomen some time after 9:00pm on...

Shop owner robbed, shot in interior

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Shop owner robbed, shot in interior

Arnold Tourrils, 34 of Moruka, North West District, is now hospitalized with a bullet in his chest following an attack by bandit on Monday. The victim was at his shop in the interior at an area...

Fire tenders always have water

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire tenders always have water

But canals are integral – says fire service After the recent fire at Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, the Guyana Fire Service is calling on persons not to throw garbage into nearby canals in...

Bids in for final closure of troublesome Le Repentir Dumpsite

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bids in for final closure of troublesome Le Repentir Dumpsite

Bids were opened for the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration for the final closure of the Le Repentir Dumpsite for...

Fire Service makes no preliminary finding

Mar 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Service makes no preliminary finding

… Meten-Meer-Zorg fire Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has stated that so far they have not come up with any preliminary finding into Tuesday morning’s fire which gutted a West Demerara business...

Pele FC 40th Anniversary celebrations to kick off Easter Sunday

Mar 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Pele FC 40th Anniversary celebrations to kick off Easter Sunday

Pele Football Club (Pele F.C) will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary with a week of activities commencing Easter Sunday, April 24 and will last until the 29th. According to Club President Cecil...

GT&T 10/10 Cricket reaches Super 16 stage

Mar 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GT&T 10/10 Cricket reaches Super 16 stage

With the Super 16 action scheduled to commence this weekend, the GT&T 1010 Cricket Competition is expected to get into top gear with matches planned for the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground and...

GTTA shifts focus to Bartica

Mar 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GTTA shifts focus to Bartica

After successful clinics and promulgations of the sport in New Amsterdam and Linden, Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) shifted focus to Bartica last week for its first of two coaching sessions...

Scotia Bank Golf tourney set for Saturday

Mar 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank Golf tourney set for Saturday

The local golf season is expected to resume on Saturday with the Annual Scotia Bank Medal Play tournament at Lusignan Golf Course. Club Captain Patrick Prashad said that the rain has affected the...

Pele FC congratulates Richardson on return to MLS

Mar 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Pele FC congratulates Richardson on return to MLS

Inks contract with Seattle Sounders The President, Executive and membership of the Pele Football Club have sent a congratulatory message to Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson on his return...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more