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Gov’t commits to lowest bid price if criteria met

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t commits to lowest bid price if criteria met

… One Laptop Per Family Project Bidders looking to win the contract for the supply of 27,000 laptops are being assured that the government will accept the lowest bid if the criteria are met. In...

Logger found dead at Timehri wedding house

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Logger found dead at Timehri wedding house

– No arrests made A 55-year-old man was found with his head bashed in, hours after he was seen partying with relatives at a wedding. Dead is Mc Lean Benjamin, of Alliance Road, Timehri, and...

Father of six murdered in Port Kaituma

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Father of six murdered in Port Kaituma

Police in Port Kaituma are still trying to find the killers of Andy Whyte, who was murdered about a week ago. They are now looking for yet another who killed 49-year-old Lawrence Martindale....

Guyanese found guilty in US insurance/murder scheme

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese found guilty in US insurance/murder scheme

BROOKLYN, USA- A jury in a Brooklyn court last week returned a verdict of guilty in the case of two Guyanese men, Ronald Mallay and Richard James, who were accused in an insurance for murder scheme....

Hinterland students in food poisoning scare

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hinterland students in food poisoning scare

Fifteen students on a Hinterland Scholarship experienced food poisoning after 18:00 hours on Sunday night at the newly constructed Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara dormitory. According to reports, the...

Dem boys seh… Papa Cheddi, Uncle Dessy can’t rest in peace

Mar 08, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Papa Cheddi, Uncle Dessy can’t rest in peace

It had to happen. De government busy defending all de money wha dem getting from dem contract. Dem decide that nobody ain’t responsible fuh de Supenaam Stelling which throw a truck into de river....

Supenaam stelling fiasco… No one to blame – Dr. Luncheon

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Supenaam stelling fiasco… No one to blame – Dr. Luncheon

It is unlikely that any company or persons will be found liable for the damaged Supenaam stelling with Government last week saying that it is now focusing on quickly repairing the...

Chief Justice quashes motion to demote Queen’s College HM

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice quashes motion to demote Queen’s College HM

Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday ruled in favour of Queen’s College head teacher Freidel Isaacs , who was demoted following the shocking murder of student Nessa Gopaul, back in September last...

Eyewitness implicates Kwame Mc Coy in sworn statement

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Eyewitness implicates Kwame Mc Coy in sworn statement

… Attack on Mark Benschop Attorneys for Mark Benschop are in possession of a sworn statement from a man who said that he saw Liaison to the President, Kwame Mc Coy attack Benschop and then...

Deforestation increased by 300% in 2010

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Deforestation increased by 300% in 2010

… despite forest-saving deal with Norway Guyana has seen deforestation rates soar over the last year, despite the signing of an agreement with the Norwegian Government aimed precisely at supporting...

Man jailed for breaking into father’s house

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for breaking into father’s house

Philbert Cush, 48, who gave his address as Canje and Sophia, Georgetown ,was on Monday sentenced to three years in jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her on the charge of...

“Jungle Commando” freed of murder

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on “Jungle Commando” freed of murder

… Enterprise Taxi driver trial Murder accused Shawn Richardson, called “Jungle Commando” yesterday walked out the High Court a free man, as Madame Justice Dawn Gregory upheld a no case...

Equality a long way from being realised – says UN Executive Director

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Equality a long way from being realised – says UN Executive Director

– as International Women’s Day is observed Although there has been some progress over the last century to define and ensure that women have equal rights, the hopes of equality expressed on...

Security guard refused bail on vicious chopping charge

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard refused bail on vicious chopping charge

Security guard, Wenrick Blair, appeared yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of unlawful and malicious wounding...

Disability Act becomes reality

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Disability Act becomes reality

– “We are no longer dem people” The National Commission on Disability (NCD) launched its sensitization programme for persons with disabilities Act 2010 at Regency Suite, Hadfield Street...

Jagdeo not serious about crime fighting – Lewis

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo not serious about crime fighting – Lewis

President Jagdeo’s statements at the Annual Police Officers Conference on March 3, 2011 pose clear and present danger to the nation’s stability, people’s security, democratic values,...

DIGICEL TAKES SERVICE TO ITUNI

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on DIGICEL TAKES SERVICE TO ITUNI

Digicel, one of Guyana’s leading mobile communications provider has taken its First World service to residents of Ituni and surrounding communities. The telecommunications giant launched its...

One held after attack on businesswoman

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on One held after attack on businesswoman

Police in Berbice recovered part of the stolen booty and nabbed an accomplice after a masked bandit attacked and robbed a business woman at Tain Settlement Corentyne on Friday. Reports are that...

‘Rice truck’ recommitted for reputed wife’s murder

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Rice truck’ recommitted for reputed wife’s murder

Chetram Nourang, 33, called “Rice Truck” the Adelphi Village, East Canje, man who was committed to stand trial in the High Court in October 2009 had to be recommitted after an error was...

Guyana celebrates International Women’s Day 2011

Mar 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Guyana celebrates International Women’s Day 2011

– Guyana Teacher’s Union stresses the need for equal education Today Guyana joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Women’s Day as is designated by the United Nations. This...

Distinguished public servant Gladstone Fausette dies

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Distinguished public servant Gladstone Fausette dies

He passed away one day shy of his 76th birthday but has left a legacy that will forever be etched in Guyana’s history, say those who worked with him. Gladstone Vernon Fausette, who had held a...

Man was never harassed by South Tuschen CPG

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man was never harassed by South Tuschen CPG

– Says Chairman Investigations have now been launched at the Leonora Police Station into the matter of Seelall Babulall who has accused members of the South Tuschen Community Policing Group...

Sprinters sizzle on truncated day of athletics

Mar 08, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Sprinters sizzle on truncated day of athletics

By Edison Jefford As ambitious as she may be, national junior sprint sensation, Tiffany Carto, was faced with the reality on Sunday that Neisa Allen is still, literally, her senior when the two met...

Foo’s X1 take BCB Rohan Kanhai trophy

Mar 08, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Foo’s X1 take BCB Rohan Kanhai trophy

Jonathon Foo’s X1 captured the Rohan Kanhai trophy and $25,000 prize after beating Royston Crandon’s X1 in the final of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) T20 cricket competition at the...

Deportee arrested for Alberttown shooting incident

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Deportee arrested for Alberttown shooting incident

It was described as a scene from the ‘Wild, Wild West’, as a 45-year-old deportee fired rounds at a group of boys who taunted him about his status. The deportee, 45-year-old Trevor Fernandes, has...

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Teen arrested over uncle’s murder after sharing burial plan with relative

Kaieteur News- A teenager of Tabatinga, Lethem, Central Rupununi, Region Nine was arrested for murder on Friday after he... more