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The PPPC record in Linden is appalling

Jun 07, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPPC record in Linden is appalling

The Editor, Amazement, dismay and a deep sense of betrayal were some of the emotions that I am sure came to the youths of Linden who would have read the article in Monday’s Stabroek News. That...

Chris Ram to meet GuySuCo CEO today on forensic audit

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chris Ram to meet GuySuCo CEO today on forensic audit

Local accountant, Christopher Ram, who has accepted an offer to audit the recently commissioned US$12.5M Enmore Packaging Plant, is expected to meet with officials of the Guyana Sugar Corporation...

Linden man believed executed on ganja farm

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Linden man believed executed on ganja farm

– cops still to recover body Police are searching for the body of a Linden man, who is believed killed execution-style Friday on a marijuana farm near the old Mackenzie airstrip at Ituni Road....

Convicted fugitive captured in Suriname with Guyana Prisons Officer

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted fugitive captured in Suriname with Guyana Prisons Officer

… both departed Guyana illegally About 13:30 hrs on Saturday, a Prison Officer attached to the Guyana Prison Service, Jaundoo, escorted convicted prisoner and fugitive businessman Paul Doerga,...

Food supplies, relief materials flown into Lethem

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Food supplies, relief materials flown into Lethem

– power restored to some areas, relief stations set up to provide potable water By Kristen Macklingam Government has taken a ‘hands-on’ approach in assisting the flood affected residents of...

Grenade thrown at sawmiller’s home

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Grenade thrown at sawmiller’s home

Police were yesterday still trying to ascertain who threw a grenade at the home of a well-known West Coast Demerara sawmiller. Kaieteur News understands that the device, identified as fragmentation...

Dem boys seh… GuySuCo can’t duck de audit

Jun 07, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… GuySuCo can’t duck de audit

De audit coming off. At least Guysuco meeting wid Chris Ram to talk bout it. Whole of last week dem boys sitting down and waiting fuh news bout de audit. Nobody was talking bout anything and it look...

Presidential Guard Service defends rank fingered in cocaine find

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential Guard Service defends rank fingered in cocaine find

The Office of the Head Presidential Guard Service has come to the defence of one of its ranks who was detained by police following the discovery of a small amount of cocaine during a routine stop and...

Marriott Hotel lists Guyana in four-year plan

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott Hotel lists Guyana in four-year plan

… but Gov’t remains silent Marriott Hotels and Resorts has announced plans to grow its flagship brand with 50 new hotels around the world, including one here in Guyana, but details about the...

Man killed on Soesdyke/Linden Highway in hit and run

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed on Soesdyke/Linden Highway in hit and run

– fate similar to father’s eight years ago In circumstances similar to his father’s death, a 24-year-old resident of the small Amerindian settlement, One Mile Waiakabrara, on the...

Cocaine in shoes woman jailed for 4 years

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine in shoes woman jailed for 4 years

A woman expressed remorse yesterday when she made her appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of illegal drug...

Pirates leave Corentyne fishermen to drift ashore

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pirates leave Corentyne fishermen to drift ashore

Just when fishermen were beginning to feel safe working in the Atlantic Ocean, pirates returned with a vengeance on Sunday night, relieving two fishermen of their outboard engine and other valuables...

50 more homes for Capoey

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 50 more homes for Capoey

Targeting the most vulnerable and especially young couples, 50 families within the occupancy of the Amerindian community of Capoey, in Region Two, are soon to receive homes and sanitation blocks,...

Timber trading, training, new technology to be explored

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Timber trading, training, new technology to be explored

… Guyana/Congo forestry agreement Guyana has inked a significant agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo, to increase cooperation between the two countries in the field of forestry and...

High profile prisoners charged with prisoner’s murder, attacked reporters

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on High profile prisoners charged with prisoner’s murder, attacked reporters

Three men, including two high profile prisoners, were on Monday remanded to prison on the charge of murder by Magistrate Krishendat Persaud when they appeared before him at the New Amsterdam...

Labourers accuse Ogle businesswoman, henchmen of beating

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Labourers accuse Ogle businesswoman, henchmen of beating

An Ogle labourer and his family are calling for charges to be laid after he was beaten severely by several men Saturday. The men, he said, are closely linked to an Ogle businesswoman who was recently...

Missing two-year-old returns home

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Missing two-year-old returns home

The Vreed-en-Hoop woman who was devastated when her two-year-old granddaughter went missing on Wednesday, was yesterday ecstatic at the safe return of the toddler. The worried relatives were just...

$300,000 bail for businessman in shootout with police

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $300,000 bail for businessman in shootout with police

Businessman Navindra Ramatedeo, who was involved in a shootout with police ranks two Sundays ago, was released on $300,000 bail when he finally appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the Mahaicony...

Blackout to continue as power plant released for maintenance

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Blackout to continue as power plant released for maintenance

– GPL load shedding guide to be published The country’s power company has warned that there will be more blackouts as another engine goes out for maintenance. Guyana Power Light (GPL) advised...

IMC Chairman reflects on recent Linden Town Week

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on IMC Chairman reflects on recent Linden Town Week

– identifies projects for execution using funds garnered Interim Management Committee Chairman Orrin Gordon was high in praise of several groups who were instrumental in making the Last Linden...

Angry husband attempts to burn down Sophia house

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Angry husband attempts to burn down Sophia house

Police have arrested a man who set fire to an ‘E’ Field, Sophia house with intent to burn it down following a heated quarrel with his reputed wife on Sunday night. Fortunately, the house was...

Exporters of fresh produce facing challenges

Jun 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Exporters of fresh produce facing challenges

Government has written Caribbean Airlines underscoring irregular schedules and cargo capacities being air-lifted out of Guyana. Kaieteur News understands that last January, the Ministry of...

GT&T FastBall awareness games heightens excitement

Jun 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GT&T FastBall awareness games heightens excitement

Pele reign supreme at GFC; one game played at MSC City as well as Linden players and fans are more aware now of the latest addition to the football family, GT&T’s FastBall following a...

Dookhoo returned as PSC Chairman

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dookhoo returned as PSC Chairman

The Private Sector Commission (PSC), a grouping of several businesses, has re-elected Ramesh Dookhoo at its Chairman and has returned its Executive Management Committee. Dookhoo is the Business...

The Media lead list of three quarterfinalists

Jun 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on The Media lead list of three quarterfinalists

The Media, Son/Son Barber Shop Melanie and John Fernandes were the first three teams through to the quarterfinals of the 2011 Inter-Organisation Basketball Championship after enduring hours of...

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ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu for ‘war crimes’ in Gaza

ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu for ‘war crimes’ in Gaza

Court also issues warrants for former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif. (Arrest... more