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Jinxed! Supenaam Stelling goes down again

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jinxed! Supenaam Stelling goes down again

Authorities were forced to close the multi-million-dollar Supenaam stelling once again last evening as high tide caused the ramp to slip from a pontoon. Traffic, officials said, had to be shifted to...

US$9.99 flight to Barbados from May 8

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on US$9.99 flight to Barbados from May 8

REDjet, the Caribbean’s first low fare airline, is ready to commence operations out of Guyana with flights between Guyana and Barbados starting on May 8. The airline officially launched its...

Man shot while visiting girlfriend

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot while visiting girlfriend

The police are currently investigating a shooting incident during which taxi driver Keon Smith, 27, of 52 East La Penitence was shot to the left arm. Smith was also beaten in the head with thegun,...

Sea defence breach affects business, residents at Vreed en Hoop

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sea defence breach affects business, residents at Vreed en Hoop

Breaches in the sea defence at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara have irked residents and business people in the area of the most recent breach yesterday. A tour from the junction of Vreed-en-Hoop...

Dem boys seh… Junkies gone to Supenaam stelling

Apr 19, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Junkies gone to Supenaam stelling

De Supenaam stelling fail again. Dem boys seh that it failing every week and every time it fail is money. De government already spend more than $500 million pun it. This stelling build fuh wuk when...

54 hinterland communities granted permission to log

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 54 hinterland communities granted permission to log

Government yesterday insisted that the forest deal with Norway for US$250M is a good one. It added that the criticisms of the role of McKinsey and Company are totally unfounded. Chairman of the...

Shot Toshao says men could have been caught

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Shot Toshao says men could have been caught

Wilbert Hall, the 56-year-old Toshao, of Malali who was shot, and relieved of close to $1million and important personal documents including some from the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, has said that...

Woman jailed for cocaine possession

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman jailed for cocaine possession

Simone Samuels was yesterday jailed for three years for having in her control, narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. Samuels who was unrepresented pleaded guilty. The matter engaged the attention...

Soldiers held for fatal shooting of Venezuelan at Eteringbang

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Soldiers held for fatal shooting of Venezuelan at Eteringbang

The Guyana Defence Force will hand over one of its ranks to investigators of the Guyana Police Force following the fatal shooting of a Venezuelan man at Eteringbang, near the Guyana/Venezuela border....

Barbados Health Minister clears air on provision of health services

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados Health Minister clears air on provision of health services

“The policy of Barbados has always been and continues to be that health care in publicly owned institutions remains free at-point-of-delivery of service to citizens and permanent residents of...

Diamond sea dam breach affects residents

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond sea dam breach affects residents

Residents of Diamond ‘Backstreet’, East Bank Demerara, want the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) to act fast following what appeared to be a breach of the sea dam there which...

Bartica gets transportation boost

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica gets transportation boost

– Speed Boat Association agrees to $500 fare increase for Regatta weekend As the countdown nears for this year’s annual Bartica Easter Regatta, the Bartica Speed Boat Association has given an...

Fire Service close to releasing findings into two fires

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Service close to releasing findings into two fires

As investigation continues into the fire at Aranka where Venezuelan national, Fransisco Silva died, investigators believe that the fire may have been the work of an arsonist. A source close to the...

IAC wants law enforcement agencies to “Get Tough On Crime”

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on IAC wants law enforcement agencies to “Get Tough On Crime”

With criminal activities on the increase, the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) is urging the local law enforcement agencies to get tough to arrest the spiraling situation. In a release issued...

Authorities dismiss wind energy, biomass for hinterland electrification

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities dismiss wind energy, biomass for hinterland electrification

Studies, conducted over the last years to explore the possibility of wind energy and bio-mass technology to power homes in the hinterlands, have not been successful. This is according to officials of...

Former NBS boss takes DPP to court for malicious prosecution

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Former NBS boss takes DPP to court for malicious prosecution

Former Director General for the New Building Society, Maurice Arjoon, who was charged with conspiring to defraud the company of $69M, has filed a High Court motion against the Director of Public...

City Hall defers ‘No-confidence motion’ against Mayor Green

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall defers ‘No-confidence motion’ against Mayor Green

An attempt to move a no-confidence motion against City Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday was deferred to the next sitting of the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown statutory meeting. The motion...

Vehicle smashes tombs at Good Hope cemetery

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Vehicle smashes tombs at Good Hope cemetery

Police on East Coast Demerara are currently looking for a vehicle which they believe is responsible for smashing two tombs at the Good Hope Cemetery. Some time between Sunday and yesterday morning...

Taxi driver granted bail on causing death charge

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver granted bail on causing death charge

The taxi driver who was involved in last Friday’s accident at Orangestein, East Bank Essequibo which claimed the life of a Beterverwagting man has been granted bail. Oswald Boston, called...

Home alone estate worker hangs self

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Home alone estate worker hangs self

Mohamed Kumkarran, 38, and a former field worker employed with Guysuco Rose Hall Estate hanged himself in his house on Saturday. The resident of Vryheid, West Canje Berbice, was separated from his...

Int’l Qaseeda Competition this Sunday at NCC

Apr 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l Qaseeda Competition this Sunday at NCC

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) and the Anjuman Hifazatul Islam (HIFAZ) will be hosting the eleventh International Qaseeda Competition, in honour of Prophet Muhammad (OWPB), this...

Final semifinal spot to be decided today; Pele, Camptown & Flamingo seal theirs

Apr 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Final semifinal spot to be decided today; Pele, Camptown & Flamingo seal theirs

Pele, Sunburst Camptown and Flamingo have booked their respective semifinal places in the inaugural Len’s Craft Optical / Sunburst Orange Juice Under-15 League sanctioned by the Georgetown...

D’Andrade wins Hurricane 10k in Antigua

Apr 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade wins Hurricane 10k in Antigua

Guyana’s regional distance campaigner, Trinidad and Tobago-based Lionel D’Andrade stormed to an emphatic win in the Hurricane 10km Road Race Sunday in Antigua. From reports reaching...

Lady Jags set for 3-way Goodwill against host Suriname & French Guiana

Apr 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Lady Jags set for 3-way Goodwill against host Suriname & French Guiana

Guyana’s Lady Jags will travel to neighboring Suriname on Thursday where they will engage the host nation and their French Guiana counterparts in a three-way Goodwill series aimed at developing...

Attackers, Cherokee Park, Goal Getters & Speightland United advance to KO stage

Apr 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Attackers, Cherokee Park, Goal Getters & Speightland United advance to KO stage

The Amelia’s Ward Hard Court was the venue for Sunday evening’s Guinness Greatest of the Streets Football which has taken the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden by storm. Sunday’s action was the...

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