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Teenagers kidnapped on highway

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teenagers kidnapped on highway

– police investigating The police are currently following up on reports about an abduction during which Alliance for Change member Michael Carrington’s 14-year-old daughter, Marissa...

Parliamentary body calls for police intervention

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parliamentary body calls for police intervention

– unearths cases of corruption Areas of possible corruption and the refusal of current and former principal officers in government entities to comply with requests of the Public Affairs...

Mc Doom E.B.D. home up in flames

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mc Doom E.B.D. home up in flames

Eleven persons from three families are homeless after a fire suspected to be of electrical origin destroyed a two-storey wooden building at Lot 25 First Street, Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara yesterday....

Man jailed for chopping mother

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for chopping mother

Latchman Raghubeer, who was in the habit of harassing his parents for money to do what ever he wanted, ended up chopping his mother in her head. For that act he was jailed for six months on Wednesday...

Teacher’s killer captured in Suriname

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher’s killer captured in Suriname

Local police are in contact with their Surinamese counterparts to facilitate the return to Guyana of a man who is wanted for the murder of his reputed wife. The man, Hubert Pilgrim, is being held by...

Teen recharged with mastermind for Linden murder

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen recharged with mastermind for Linden murder

Twenty-three-year-old Lakeraj Fredericks and a 16-year-old yesterday appeared before Magistrate Anne McLennan jointly charged with the murder of Clifton Bonus, who was killed on June 4, in Linden. In...

Dem boys seh… Clement is de next money factory

Jun 23, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Clement is de next money factory

Wednesday was a big day pun de East Coast. Dem boys see protection like dem never see before. People deh in dem house and all of a sudden it look like if de whole police force come to visit de...

Guyanese mechanic dies after falling from mango tree

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese mechanic dies after falling from mango tree

Antigua (Antigua Observer)- A family has been plunged into mourning after one of its members, Kerwin Anthony Gomes, met an untimely death after falling from a mango tree in Villa Tuesday afternoon....

City workers get paid

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City workers get paid

Some 200 Georgetown municipal workers finally received their salary for May yesterday, but not before a noisy protest in the compound where they denounced City Council administration, the Mayor, and...

FOI, Broadcast legislation may not be passed under this admin

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on FOI, Broadcast legislation may not be passed under this admin

– Parliamentary recess, elections may have final say Government has signaled its intentions to table in Parliament next month, a highly-anticipated piece of legislation that could open the...

Man charged with obtaining millions by false pretence

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with obtaining millions by false pretence

Nigel Adams, who is facing three counts of obtaining money by false pretence and two counts of making use of threatening language, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry...

Cocaine Busted at GPO in automotive parts

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine Busted at GPO in automotive parts

Eight hundred grams of cocaine was discovered at the General Post Office (GPO) yesterday in two automotive parts which prompted the intervention of Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU). Reports suggest...

‘Significant additional effort’ needed to avoid disenfranchisement – Dr Luncheon

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Significant additional effort’ needed to avoid disenfranchisement – Dr Luncheon

The government yesterday joined the Joint Opposition Political Parties (JOPP) in expressing fear that a significant number of persons could be left off the voters’ list for this year’s general...

Woman charged with robbery underarms

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman charged with robbery underarms

Tessa Robertson, who was charged with robbery underarms, yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The allegation against Robertson...

Ogle Airport expansion 90 percent complete

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ogle Airport expansion 90 percent complete

Construction works of the Ogle airstrip to accommodate large planes are scheduled to conclude by August. The $381M project which is being executed by BK International commenced in August 2009....

Highway creek tragedy … PME shows drowning

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Highway creek tragedy … PME shows drowning

Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh has found that 14-year-old Kevin Poulis died from drowning. Poulis, a student of South Ruimveldt Secondary School, disappeared on Sunday after a trip to the...

ASL three-seater CESSNA flips off runway

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ASL three-seater CESSNA flips off runway

The idea of a small airplane falling out of the sky is a terrifying one but what about seeing that airplane flipping tail over nose off the runway. Fortunately for the pilot of an Air Services Ltd...

Mother of two critical after High Street crash

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of two critical after High Street crash

An early morning accident involving a car and a minibus has left a 50-year-old mother of two battling for her life. The accident occurred at the intersection of Princes and High Streets around 06:45...

Torani rented for wedding reception this weekend

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Torani rented for wedding reception this weekend

Come Saturday, businessmen on the Essequibo Coast who are frequent users of the M.V.Torani would be disappointed, since the vessel would be out of regular service for two days. The Essequibo...

Uniform voucher distribution kicks off in Berbice

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Uniform voucher distribution kicks off in Berbice

More than 29,000 uniform vouchers have been distributed to head teachers of nursery, primary and secondary schools in Region Six on Friday at the Berbice High School auditorium. The presentation was...

Prosecution given two weeks to produce tapes

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecution given two weeks to produce tapes

A report in yesterday’s issue of Kaieteur News read, “The Magistrate then stated that the prosecution has 14 days to produce the tapes to her. She told the court that when she receives the tapes,...

Colin Jones makes another court appearance

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Colin Jones makes another court appearance

Colin Jones, 31, of West La Penitence yesterday appeared before Magistrate Anne McLennan to answer to two charges of murder. The two charges were however withdrawn as they were reportedly filed under...

Post mortem gives cause of death as drowning

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Post mortem gives cause of death as drowning

A post mortem examination performed on the remains of Mohamed Fazal Shaw, 51, has showed that he died from drowning. The post mortem was done by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh, at the...

Man with stab wound to neck dies on way to Mahdia

Jun 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man with stab wound to neck dies on way to Mahdia

Could he be missing “Mankind?” Relatives of missing man, Steve Caesar, called “Mankind” are looking for Police help to travel to Mahdia to identify a dead man who was transported to the...

Dravid’s ton puts India in charge

Jun 23, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Dravid’s ton puts India in charge

Windies set 326 to win are 131-3 By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, Western Union, Queensway and Jamaica Pegasus For a brief period after Tea yesterday when Adrian Barath and...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more