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WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING

May 24, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING

Within two weeks, the people of Guyana would have forgotten about the Islamic cleric who was arrested in Guyana and who was released without any charges being laid. There will be from time to time...

Breaking News…Sleeping toddlers perish in East Coast fire

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News…Sleeping toddlers perish in East Coast fire

Two toddlers left at home alone perished yesterday in an early morning fire that destroyed the family’s shack at Dazelle Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara. Julius De Clou, six, and his...

Cost of US$12.5M packaging plant questionable

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cost of US$12.5M packaging plant questionable

Kenya installs four times bigger plant for US$3M There are questions over the seemingly high cost of the recently commissioned US$12.5M ($2.5B) sugar packaging plant at Enmore. Last week, Christopher...

We’re here to take you anywhere

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on We’re here to take you anywhere

– ASL commissions new cessna As Air Services Limited operations continue to grow with an additional Cessna aircraft at the Ogle Airport, Government is calling for disagreements that exist at...

Sugar worker dies… Joint GuySuCo-GAWU team to probe Enmore factory explosion

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar worker dies… Joint GuySuCo-GAWU team to probe Enmore factory explosion

A sugar worker who was severely injured during an explosion at the recently upgraded section of the Enmore factory has died. The news came hours after the country’s main sugar workers’ union...

Amaila Falls Hydro Project … ‘Several millions’ already spent to develop project

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Falls Hydro Project … ‘Several millions’ already spent to develop project

– says Sithe Global Sithe Global, the company developing the Amaila Falls Hydro project, has already spent “several million dollars,” Senior Vice President James McGowan said yesterday....

Teen shot three times

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen shot three times

Nineteen-year-old Colwyn Mercurius was shot thrice by a lone gunman following a heated argument yesterday morning at his mother’s North East La Penitence home. Mercurius was shot twice to the hand...

US denies allegations surrounding cleric’s arrest

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on US denies allegations surrounding cleric’s arrest

By Latoya Giles The United States has denied that it provided any information to the Guyana Police Force to arrest Nation of Islam Advisor Akbar Muhammad. Muhammad, Guyana-born Canadian citizen,...

Dem boys seh… HTC means Hide Thief Coming

May 24, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… HTC means Hide Thief Coming

Long time was cast-iron pipe fuh water. Then dem start fuh use copper because of de rust. But copper get expensive suh de White man devise a new, cheap and light pipe. He call it PVC. Dem boys seh...

UNASUR Council of Delegates meets in Guyana

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UNASUR Council of Delegates meets in Guyana

The Council of Delegates of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) opens a two-day meeting in Guyana today in extraordinary session to discuss the structure and budget for the General...

Police detain businessman’s daughter among three

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police detain businessman’s daughter among three

…find gold, stolen cash under suspect’s mattress Police have arrested three other suspects in connection with the murder of businessman, Victor Warner. They have also released his 21-year-old son...

Two men found dead in Canje

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two men found dead in Canje

Two men, both said to be alcoholics, were found dead at different locations in East Canje. The body of Abdul Satar Rasheed, 47, of Lot 9 Adelphi Settlement was discovered lying in his yard around...

June 1 is deadline for Motor Vehicle Licence purchases

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on June 1 is deadline for Motor Vehicle Licence purchases

The deadline for the sale of Motor Vehicle Licences is June 1, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says. The announcement was made in a statement by the tax collection agency yesterday which also...

BILL COTTON/REFORM… NOT QUITE HANSARD LAST WEEK IN PARLIAMENT

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on BILL COTTON/REFORM… NOT QUITE HANSARD LAST WEEK IN PARLIAMENT

Bill likes Parliaments and he also likes pantomimes. Sometimes he gets them mixed up. Last Thursday it was Guyana National Assembly time and the school kids were lining up outside. They were from...

Man takes own life after first trying to kill wife on daughter’s birthday

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man takes own life after first trying to kill wife on daughter’s birthday

The intended birthday celebration of a warring couple turned disastrous when Neville Samaroo, 57, of Timmers Dam, Mount Sinai, New Amsterdam, Berbice killed himself after first trying to kill his...

GECOM denies registration irregularity

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM denies registration irregularity

– PPP says that neighbours, others used to register individuals The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has denied accusations by the ruling party, that its officials are disobeying regulations...

Nurses complete preliminary critical care programme

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Nurses complete preliminary critical care programme

As part of its sustained effort to maximise the quality of nursing care service offered to patients, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has embraced yet another collaborative...

Wet clothes thief jailed

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Wet clothes thief jailed

Forty one year-old Mark Gibbons who on May 20, last allegedly acquired a quantity of clothing owned by Andrew Mc Intyre, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, yesterday, at the...

Italian, Venezuelan busted with pistol in Pomeroon

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Italian, Venezuelan busted with pistol in Pomeroon

Essequibo ranks have pulled in three persons for questioning, following the discovery of a 9 mm pistol, on Monday at Charity. The reports state that a male Italian, a Venezuelan woman and a male...

Murder victim died from shock and hemorrhage

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Murder victim died from shock and hemorrhage

Verone Patoir, the 40-year-old mother of three of Lot 42 Mudflat, Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, who was brutally murdered by her paramour on Friday, died from Shock and hemorrhage due to multiple...

Hospital refutes patient’s claims about abuse at the institution

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hospital refutes patient’s claims about abuse at the institution

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has denied an allegation contained in an article carried in the Sunday edition of this publication which stated that a patient was being beaten by police....

American citizen to appear in court today

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on American citizen to appear in court today

…Local entertainer released from police custody The 29-year-old American citizen who was nabbed on Sunday last with cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, is expected to appear...

UG libraries now fully automated

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG libraries now fully automated

The Department of Software Services of the University of Guyana, in collaboration with the UG Library, has produced another Information Communications Technology (ICT) application which is touted as...

Aunty Olive joins centenarian community

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Aunty Olive joins centenarian community

Close relatives and friends gathered at the Jamoon Drive residence of Margery Kirkpatrick in Meadowbrook, Georgetown, yesterday, to celebrate 100 years of healthy existence for Mrs Olive Blackmore....

Burglars cart off $8M in computer supplies

May 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Burglars cart off $8M in computer supplies

Four bandits were caught on security cameras carting off $8M in electronic items from Riaz Computer Centre at 105 Regent Road, Bourda in the wee hours of Monday morning. Reports indicate that around...

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India produce dominant 60-run win over West Indies to claim 2-1 T20I series victory in Mumbai

A question of timing and priorities

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The advent of significant oil discoveries has catapulted Guyana into the global spotlight.... more