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Building Your Home

May 09, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Building Your Home

February 2, 2011 Building your home? Think again! By Leonard Gildarie I managed to move into my new home at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, in late November after three months of hectic...

Taxi driver killed in smash up with truck

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver killed in smash up with truck

A taxi driver was killed on the spot shortly after 23:00 hrs last night after the driver of an out of control truck smashed headlong into his vehicle on Mandela Avenue. The victim, employed by Oasis...

Bandits hack off part of grocer’s ear

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hack off part of grocer’s ear

– residents vow to take matters into their own hands Four armed and masked bandits chopped off part of a businessman’s ear after invading his grocery store at Number 11 Farm, Corentyne at...

Man murdered over $500 cocaine debt

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man murdered over $500 cocaine debt

– suspect caught hiding in bushes near river A brawl over a $500 cocaine debt ended brutally at around 01:00 hrs yesterday with a 34-year-old drug addict from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara...

Rice farmer shot as bandits invade family get-together

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmer shot as bandits invade family get-together

A Black Bush Polder rice farmer was shot by bandits at around 02:00 early yesterday morning at around 2:00 hrs at his sister’s No.56 Village, Corentyne home. Krishnadat Pydanna, was wounded in the...

Girl killed, father injured by speeding car

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Girl killed, father injured by speeding car

A driver is in custody at Wales Police Station after his Toyota Allion PMM 4315 collided with two pedestrians, killing six-year-old Althea Martin and severely injuring her father, 50-year-old Cedric...

New CLICO proposal an ‘exit strategy’

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New CLICO proposal an ‘exit strategy’

(Trinidad Express) Almost a year after it inherited an agreement to repay thousands of CLICO policyholders more than $1 billion they invested in the failed insurance giant, the People’s...

Dem boys seh….People want shut down school

May 09, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….People want shut down school

These days everybody want to do something that dem think gun mek money. Some young people don’t even want to go to school because dem claim that nuff of de rich people didn’t go to school and dem...

Fire razes Digicel outlet, variety store in Linden

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire razes Digicel outlet, variety store in Linden

A raging inferno in Republic Avenue, Linden completely gutted a two-flat building housing the community’s Digicel /Cell Smart outlet and a Chinese Variety Store. Digicel reportedly lost some...

Ailing Top Cop could be flown overseas

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ailing Top Cop could be flown overseas

Police Commissioner Henry Greene is expected to be flown to the Twin-Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for further medical attention to repair a ruptured vessel in his foot. Greene was rushed to...

44 murders, nearly half still unsolved

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 44 murders, nearly half still unsolved

Police are struggling to solve close to half of the murders that have occurred this year. Statistics by Kaieteur News show that there have been 44 murders between January and May 8. Eighteen of them...

Hire armed guards while transporting cash

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hire armed guards while transporting cash

– ‘A’ Division Commander urges businessmen to hire armed guards Following a spate of brazen robberies in his division, Assistant Police Commissioner George Vyphuis is urging the business...

Man undergoes surgery to remove Rambo knife stuck in neck

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man undergoes surgery to remove Rambo knife stuck in neck

An East La Penitence man who tried to part a fight between a warring couple, last night ended up with a knife in his neck. Eon Davidson, 49 underwent emergency to remove the knife after efforts by...

Nursing poised to reduce health inequality

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Nursing poised to reduce health inequality

– ICN Despite major achievements in the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there are still major gaps in the health status and life expectancy between high, middle and low...

Region 6 RDC signs contracts for community roads

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Region 6 RDC signs contracts for community roads

Several contracts for the construction of community roads were signed on Saturday at the Boardroom of the Region 6 Administration. According to Regional Chairman of Region 6, Zulfikar Mustapha,...

Smith stakes claim for first Test with unbeaten 130 at DCC

May 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smith stakes claim for first Test with unbeaten 130 at DCC

Twenty-one year-old Grenadian Devon Smith staked a claim for a place in the West Indies team to oppose Pakistan in the first Test at Providence from Thursday with an unbeaten 130 on the first day of...

Govt., aquaculture farmers roast IDB over funding delay

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt., aquaculture farmers roast IDB over funding delay

By Leonard Gildarie A major project to promote aquaculture export is stalled with a number of farmers claiming lost opportunities and the government expressing its frustration at delays on the part...

Lethem mortuary not functioning for over one month

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem mortuary not functioning for over one month

Residents of Lethem are now wondering who will fix the mortuary which has not been functioning for weeks. Reports are that the mortuary which plays an integral part in areas such as Lethem, Saint...

Ul Haq hits unbeaten ton as Pakistan make 330-7 declared against Guyana

May 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ul Haq hits unbeaten ton as Pakistan make 330-7 declared against Guyana

By Sean Devers Pakistan Captain Misbah Ul Haq led from the front with a solid unbeaten 101 as the visitors declared at 330-7 just before the close of the opening day of their two-day match against...

Out- of-control car causes four-vehicle smash-up at Montrose

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Out- of-control car causes four-vehicle smash-up at Montrose

– pedestrian critical Doctors at the Georgetown Hospital had their hands full last night battling to save the life of a 70- year -old man who suffered severe injuries as a result of a four...

Georgetown snatches Linwest title on introduction

May 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown snatches Linwest title on introduction

Georgetown defeated Linden by 38 points on their introduction to the annual Linwest Games to win the title at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, yesterday. On the heels of stellar performances...

Traffic light improvement project 95 percent completed

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic light improvement project 95 percent completed

The conclusion of the Geometric Improvements to Traffic light Intersections in and around Georgetown project has been rescheduled for May month-end as works were affected by poor weather conditions,...

Le Repentir dumpsite to be closed in three months

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Le Repentir dumpsite to be closed in three months

– Puran Brothers begins $64 million works Works for the final closing of the Le Repentir dumpsite has finally begun as the contract has been awarded to Puran Brothers. According to Government...

Disabilities Act workshop held at N/A Special Needs School

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Disabilities Act workshop held at N/A Special Needs School

A workshop to sensitize stakeholders and disabled persons themselves about the recently signed Persons with Disabilities Act, which was signed into law by President Bharrat Jagdeo on November 2,...

Annandale residents want government to fulfill 2006 promise

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Annandale residents want government to fulfill 2006 promise

No light, No vote… The ruling People’s Progressive Party could lose a chunk of their votes for the upcoming General Elections if some of their traditional supporters do not receive...