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VAT to be reviewed, SWAT team established

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on VAT to be reviewed, SWAT team established

…power sharing can’t work- Ramotar The next government of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), under Donald Ramotar, will work to establish a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team to...

Christopher Ram accepts Minister’s challenge to audit GuySuCo

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Christopher Ram accepts Minister’s challenge to audit GuySuCo

– Kaieteur News to foot the bill A challenge on Tuesday to open the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) for a forensic audit, thrown out by Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, has been...

Gunmen caught red-handed after tying up, robbing cripple

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen caught red-handed after tying up, robbing cripple

Two bandits are grateful that ranks from the Guyana Police Force turned up when they did, after they were chased down and caught by a group of angry residents from the East Coast Demerara village of...

Sithe Global refuses to answer more questions

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sithe Global refuses to answer more questions

Sithe Global, the company developing the Amaila Falls Hydro project, has refused to answer further questions about the project. This week, Senior Vice President James McGowan, via e-mail, said that...

Man hacks wife to death

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man hacks wife to death

…sets house afire, attempts suicide Less than 24 hours after a gruesome murder in the city, another was recorded, this time at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara. Around 09:00 hours, yesterday, 38...

Millions in cash found in house

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Millions in cash found in house

Police are focusing on a man whom they consider to be their prime suspect in the clubbing to death of Dr. Ramsundar Doobay’s wife, Sharanie Doobay. But they are still baffled as to what the motive...

Dem boys seh…Rob-Bert got to face up or ship out

May 26, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rob-Bert got to face up or ship out

Old people does challenge anybody who like talk to ‘put dem money wheh dem mouth deh.’ Rob-Bert got to put he belly wheh he mouth deh. He jump up and talk fat because he get vex. Dem boys claim...

Most of Kingston fire victims still homeless

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Most of Kingston fire victims still homeless

– Housing Ministry processing applications Most of the victims of the fire that destroyed the three-storey wooden structure at 48 Barrack and High Streets, Kingston, last month are still...

Caricom Rice Mills worker discharged from hospital

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom Rice Mills worker discharged from hospital

Toolsie Ram, a\k Renzil, 49, of Affiance, Essequibo Coast, who lost almost ten inches of his right arm, due to an industrial accident at Caricom Rice Mills Limited, on May 19, has been discharged...

Thief caught on surveillance camera remanded

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Thief caught on surveillance camera remanded

Forty year-old Clinton Kissoon, who was charged with break and enter and larceny, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It is...

East La Penitence resident remanded for drug possession

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on East La Penitence resident remanded for drug possession

Samantha Mosley, 34, who was charged with illegal drug possession, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It is alleged that on...

Bartica speedboats face competition from aircraft

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica speedboats face competition from aircraft

Speedboat operators plying the Bartica to Parika route may have to forget about a fare increase since competition is in the air with flights from Ogle to Bartica twice daily at a minimal cost, said...

Three- vehicle accident on Harbour Bridge snarls traffic

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three- vehicle accident on Harbour Bridge snarls traffic

A three-vehicle accident on the Demerara Harbour Bridge yesterday morning left one person nursing a swollen face, a minibus smashed, and a four-wheel drive vehicle and a taxi slightly damaged. The...

Warring Prison inmates jailed on robbery charge

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Warring Prison inmates jailed on robbery charge

Two men who were previously partners in crime and were recently involved in a fracas at the New Amsterdam prison on April 30, last, have both pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery under arms. During...

N/A murder suspect released on station bail

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on N/A murder suspect released on station bail

The suspect who was arrested in connection with the murder of 40-year-old Verone Patoir has been released. According to Crime Chief of ‘B’ Division, Courtney Ramsey, the man, Suresh...

PR Islanders & Tempete into final; Alpha & Defence Force play for 3rd

May 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on PR Islanders & Tempete into final; Alpha & Defence Force play for 3rd

By Franklin Wilson Defending champions Puerto Rico Islanders will face Haiti’s Tempete FC in the final of the 2011 Caribbean Football Union Club Champions Cup tomorrow evening at the Guyana...

Junior chess player upsets senior as Independence tournament gets underway

May 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Junior chess player upsets senior as Independence tournament gets underway

Junior chess player Roberto Neto scored an upset over top senior player Pierre Boucher when the TOPCO Juices Independence Chess Tournament got underway last weekend at the KEI-SHAR’S Sports Club....

Intra Serve temporarily closes service

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Intra Serve temporarily closes service

With heavy rainfall in the hinterland region, the Linden to Lethem Road is once again in a deplorable condition. Intra Serve, a bus service from Georgetown to Lethem, has Hunt Oil stretch flooded...

GRA extends vehicle licence deadline to June 30

May 26, 2011 knews News Comments Off on GRA extends vehicle licence deadline to June 30

As thousands flock revenue agency, patrons perturbed at snail pace Thousands of vehicle owners who were scurrying to satisfy the June, 1, 2011 deadline to acquire Motor Vehicle Licences (MVL) can...

$90M road project ongoing at Mahaicony Branch Road

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $90M road project ongoing at Mahaicony Branch Road

The Force Account Unit of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications is currently constructing six miles of road at Mahaicony, Region Five. The $90M project is being executed to continue...

Kingston expansion will be completed in August

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Kingston expansion will be completed in August

Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), Bharat Dindyal, has set August as the date to complete the expansion of the Kingston Power Station. Two Wartsila engines costing...

Intra Serve temporarily closes service

May 26, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Intra Serve temporarily closes service

With heavy rainfall in the hinterland region, the Linden to Lethem Road is once again in a deplorable condition. Intra Serve, a bus service from Georgetown to Lethem, has Hunt Oil stretch flooded...

JC Chandisingh alumni host reunion

May 26, 2011 knews News Comments Off on JC Chandisingh alumni host reunion

The JC Chandisingh Secondary School, formerly Corentyne High School, last Saturday held its first reunion at the school. The event was organised by the Corentyne High School- JC Chandisingh Secondary...

Fitness Express confirms support for Total Fitness Mania 2

May 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Express confirms support for Total Fitness Mania 2

Fitness Express, Specialists in health and fitness products and located at 47 Sheriff Street, Campbellville yesterday confirmed their partnership with Total Fitness Gym of Grove East Bank Demerara...

Guyoil supports ‘The Rampage’ Boxing card

May 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyoil supports ‘The Rampage’ Boxing card

They say that when it rains it pours and the organizers of ‘The Rampage,’ the tab given to the 46 rounds boxing extravaganza organized by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), are...

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