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Boys burnt on penis, buttocks

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News 20

…punished by mom for ‘doing wotlessness’ Two Sophia lads, ages six and five are now in the custody of the Childcare and Protection Agency after the mother of the older boy used a hot...

City Council continues to dump garbage in Le Repentir Cemetery

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Council continues to dump garbage in Le Repentir Cemetery

In case you believe that dumping garbage in the Le Repentir Cemetery had ceased, think again. While the practice has stopped at the eastern end of the cemetery, it has resumed on the...

Works Ministry targets falling trees

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Works Ministry targets falling trees

…after one killed East la Penitence child As the family of five-year-old Tammica Hackett continues to grieve after heavy winds caused a tree to crash down on their home and killed the child while...

GPL employee killed in road accident

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News 2

An employee of the Guyana Power and Light Corporation, Leonora Branch has become the country’s latest road fatality. He was struck down as the country observed National Road Safety month....

Baby Daniel Goberdhan off to India for surgery

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Baby Daniel Goberdhan off to India for surgery

After much pleading, the family of now eight-month-old Daniel Goberdhan, managed to raise enough money from the public to take little Daniel to India for Palliative Surgery in the form of a...

Murder accused dies in Camp Street Prison

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused dies in Camp Street Prison

Murder accused, Ayube Hamid, who was on remand at the Georgetown Prison died early yesterday morning at the facility. This publication was told that the man was heard crying out on Tuesday night for...

Youth sent to NOC for destroying father’s crop

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Youth sent to NOC for destroying father’s crop

An East Canje youth will spend the next year in the custody of the state at the New Opportunity Corps after he pleaded guilty to the charge of damage to property. The youth appeared before Magistrate...

Republic Bank presents winnings in Town Week Loan Promotion

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank presents winnings in Town Week Loan Promotion

Republic Bank New Amsterdam Branch recently presented four lucky customers with their winnings of a Stereo set, a four-burner gas stove, a microwave oven and a DVD player in the recently...

Overseas-based medical specialists bring free services to rural communities

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based medical specialists bring free services to rural communities

Seven overseas-based medical specialists and surgeons attached to two New Jersey-based outreach organizations came to Guyana last week and conducted a week-long series of free clinics in...

Two still at large for raping 12-yr-old

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two still at large for raping 12-yr-old

Two of the three men who raped a 12-year-old girl from the Pomeroon have not been apprehended to date by the police. However, the third man has since committed suicide. He killed himself on...

Western Union donates water dispensers to Mackenzie Police Station

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Western Union donates water dispensers to Mackenzie Police Station

In keeping with its social responsibility Western Union Money Transfer (Guyana ) has donated a quantity of Water Dispensers to the Mackenzie Police Station, Linden. The donation which is...

Houston hit and run accident victim succumbs

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Houston hit and run accident victim succumbs

A 58-year-old man who was the victim of a hit and run accident at Houston one week ago has succumbed to his injuries while there are no leads yet as to who the driver of the car is. This...

CPG member arrested for shooting carpenter

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CPG member arrested for shooting carpenter

A Rural Constable attached to the La Bonne Intention Community Policing Group on the East Coast of Demerara has been arrested for shooting a 32-year-old city carpenter who was walking through...

25 graduate from Open Doors Centre

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 25 graduate from Open Doors Centre

Not willing to be limited by their evident disabilities, 25 young people were yesterday certified to delve into the world of works having completed a two-year skills training stint at the Ministry of...

Courts launches its 2011 Vault Promotion

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Courts launches its 2011 Vault Promotion

-Who wants to be a millionaire? Under the theme “Many Will Try but Only One Holds the Key” Courts Guyana Inc launched its 2011 Vault promotion at its Main Street branch, yesterday....

Executed granny’s alleged killer charged with murder

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Executed granny’s alleged killer charged with murder

A Charlestown resident who police identified as the hitman who killed 72-year-old Clementine Parris in her Robb Street home last June appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday...

Stall demolition exercise underway at Parika

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Stall demolition exercise underway at Parika

– Speedboats also to be relocated Stalls encroaching on government reserves around the Parika Stelling, East Bank Essequibo, were demolished yesterday with preparations being put in place...

Gaumattie Singh says she is being threatened for endorsing PPP/C

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gaumattie Singh says she is being threatened for endorsing PPP/C

– AFC distances itself Former executive and founding member of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Gaumattie Singh says that following her public announcement endorsing the People’s...

Fire damages Lethem hospital dispensary

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire damages Lethem hospital dispensary

Thanks to the quick action by members of the community with assistance from the Guyana Defence Force Rupununi contingent, a major disaster was averted as fire damaged a section of the Lethem Hospital...

Father charged for third child’s death

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Father charged for third child’s death

– to undergo psychiatric evaluation John Blanchard, the father accused of killing his three children, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court...

NCN to give political parties more airtime

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on NCN to give political parties more airtime

Opposition political parties contesting this month end’s General and Regional Elections will finally have their request granted for more airtime on the state-owned radio and television stations,...

Journalists and News

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Journalists and News

A basic, but fundamental rule in journalism is that journalists are not supposed to become part of a story. They are to report the news and not to make it. On its face, this stricture might seem...

THE CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE

High winds last weekend brought down a tree which fell on a house and in the process killed a young child. This was a very sad incident which follows too closely on the heels of another...

Dancing with the “Stars”

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dancing with the “Stars”

In its last Sunday editorial, the Stabroek News looked at the deluge of cross-over candidates in this election season and opined that it is left to be seen after the results are known what they would...

Dem boys seh….Trick or treat? Bar Rat get trick

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Trick or treat? Bar Rat get trick

Halloween come and gone but some people still shame. Bar Rat and he friends travel to New York because dem want to enjoy de American holiday. From de time dem come off de plane dem...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more