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Pastor on $300,000 bail for stolen vehicle

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pastor on $300,000 bail for stolen vehicle

Kurt Holder, who was charged with receiving a stolen vehicle, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The allegation brought against...

Speeding car kills girl, 9, leaves brother critical

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding car kills girl, 9, leaves brother critical

Tragedy struck on the Cotton Tree Public Road yesterday morning after a speeding car that was reportedly travelling far above the speed limit, hit two school children killing one of them on the spot...

Govt misses deadline for laptop re-tender

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt misses deadline for laptop re-tender

The government has missed its stated deadline to re-advertise the tender for the supply of laptops under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, under which it is asking for different...

Canadian crime prevention advisor shot during seawall mugging

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian crime prevention advisor shot during seawall mugging

For three months since his arrival in Guyana, United Nations Crime Prevention Specialist, Peter Faulhaber, has been jogging along the seawall without incident, but on Sunday things turned out...

Bail refused for two in John Fernandes ganja bust

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bail refused for two in John Fernandes ganja bust

The two who were apprehended in connection with the drug bust at John Fernandes Wharf, last week, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Gunmen stage brazen daylight robbery in Linden

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen stage brazen daylight robbery in Linden

A brazen daylight robbery at the Linden Utility Services Cooperative Society Limited (LUSCSL) on Burnham Drive, Wismar, Linden, has left employees of the institution in shock, and security Supervisor...

Dem boys seh… Thiefing car mek pastor get a new profession

Jun 21, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Thiefing car mek pastor get a new profession

Strange things does happen. Imagine this country bring in a man to advise dem how fuh deal wid crime and de very man tun a victim of crime. De man deh pun de seawall because he got to exercise to...

GRA moves to introduce criminal-proof licence plates

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GRA moves to introduce criminal-proof licence plates

– no extension to motor vehicle licences’ deadline The country’s tax agency is moving to introduce a new system that will see motor vehicle licences being renewed in the same manner...

Brutal attack lands man in jail

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Brutal attack lands man in jail

Thirty-two year old Imran Ally, called ‘Fat Man’, a businessman of Lot 255 Block ‘D’ Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, was jailed for two years yesterday by Justice Brassington Reynolds....

City Workers promised pay today

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Workers promised pay today

A sit-in protest over pay by some Georgetown City Council workers yesterday resulted in Mayor Hamilton Green summoning them to his office where he promised that their May salaries would be paid by...

Girl, 14, runs off with conductor boyfriend

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 14, runs off with conductor boyfriend

Nickita Skeete, a 14-year-old student of St Winefride’s Secondary School, left her mother’s Bel Air Village home on Saturday to spend the weekend with her father but never showed up at his Star...

Sussex Street Bridge Opens

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sussex Street Bridge Opens

Following an overrun by almost two months, the 30 feet wide Sussex Street Bridge opened to vehicular traffic yesterday with no fanfare and ceremony. Traffic detour signs were taken down and the heavy...

DIGICEL takes flood relief to 300 Lethem residents

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on DIGICEL takes flood relief to 300 Lethem residents

Communication giant DIGICEL yesterday assisted 300 families in the flood affected villages of Lethem. Two soldiers were a part of the distribution. They assisted the two Digicel representatives. Some...

Amerindian land demarcation awaits Norway funds

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian land demarcation awaits Norway funds

– LCDS opt-in mechanism still being worked out With US$70 million still sitting in a World Bank account, Norwegian money under the forest saving deal with Guyana has not yet reached the local...

Ministry of Health, PAHO/WHO open Safe Motherhood photography exhibition

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Health, PAHO/WHO open Safe Motherhood photography exhibition

Yesterday Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, officially opened the Safe Motherhood Photography exhibition at the National Library. During a simple opening ceremony at the National Library the...

Suriname now taking breeding sheep from Guyana

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname now taking breeding sheep from Guyana

Guyana has now developed quality breeding sheep with neighbouring Suriname recently receiving four of the animals. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Guyana and Suriname have been...

FAO steps up for Small loggers Association

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on FAO steps up for Small loggers Association

Ten forested communities, among them Muritaro, Aranaputa, and Bethany, yesterday signed the support US$50,000 agreement between the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the...

Batavia cocaine accused further remanded

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Batavia cocaine accused further remanded

Deonarine Singh, of Friendship, East Bank Demerara; 32-year-old Randolph ‘Fatboy’ Singh; 34-year-old Clyn Collier, of South Ruimveldt; and Garcia Luis Alberto, of Venezuela who were arrested...

UG announces plans for Biodiversity Research Centre

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG announces plans for Biodiversity Research Centre

The University of Guyana will be hosting a stakeholder consultation and technical workshop focusing on the institution’s plans to establish a centre for studies in biodiversity and low carbon...

New Amsterdam has a new Deputy Mayor

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam has a new Deputy Mayor

New Amsterdam’s new Deputy Mayor has high prospects and a clear vision for the future of the town. Harold Dabydeen, 61, took the oath of office of Deputy Mayor for the town of New Amsterdam before...

Disclaimer

Jun 21, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Disclaimer

On Sunday, Kaieteur News published a full page paid advertisement purporting to come from the Guyana Cricket Board. We have since learnt that this is not the case. Further, we wish to divorce...

Warner’s murder remains unsolved

Jun 21, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Warner’s murder remains unsolved

Close relative and friends of the late Victor Warner, are not satisfied with investigations into the businessman’s murder. Angry relatives said yesterday that it is one month and a day since,...

Raina (82), Harbhajan (70) stage Indian recovery

Jun 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Raina (82), Harbhajan (70) stage Indian recovery

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, Western Union, Queensway and Jamaica Pegasus Edwards (4-56) make successful return Sixteen overs of quality fast bowling from Fidel Edwards...

Four athletes named for Pan Am Juniors

Jun 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Four athletes named for Pan Am Juniors

– James among three US-based Guyanese The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has named four athletes; three based in the United States of America, to compete at the Pan American Junior...

It was a dream to get Dravid, Laxman & Dhoni says Bishoo

Jun 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on It was a dream to get Dravid, Laxman & Dhoni says Bishoo

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, Western Union,Queensway and Jamaica Pegasus When Guyanese leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo removed big guns Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and MS Dhoni in...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more