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Cornelia Ida man walks away with car as Ansa McAl’s ARIEL Clean Sweep ends

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cornelia Ida man walks away with car as Ansa McAl’s ARIEL Clean Sweep ends

One lucky Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, resident walked away with a brand new TOYOTA ALLION, as the Ansa McAl’s ARIEL Clean Sweep Win-a-CAR-not-a-cart promotion ended yesterday....

$700M in coins circulating in Guyana

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News 1

The total number of coins presently in circulation in Guyana, adds up to over seven hundred millions dollars. This was according to a Bank Statement from the Bank of Guyana after the closing of...

Generator fire temporarily halts DIDCO Ruimveldt operations

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Generator fire temporarily halts DIDCO Ruimveldt operations

A mid-afternoon fire yesterday, temporarily halted operations at the DIDCO Wholesale depot at Ruimveldt and proved to be more than just a scare for some of the visibly shocked employees. According to...

Digicel repeats call for end to telecoms monopoly

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel repeats call for end to telecoms monopoly

Mobile giant Digicel yesterday repeated calls for the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector. The call came after the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) asked...

Man shot after dousing cops with gasoline

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot after dousing cops with gasoline

A man who doused police with gasoline in an attempt to escape during an operation to arrest him yesterday is currently nursing a gunshot wound to his left hand. The cops were forced to...

No objection to $186M schools’ biscuit contract

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No objection to $186M schools’ biscuit contract

Five contracts were given “no objection” at Cabinet’s December, 20 statutory meeting. Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon, at a post-Cabinet media briefing on Thursday, said that the...

Diplomatic vehicle torched…. Vehicle belongs to diplomat of European Delegation

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Diplomatic vehicle torched…. Vehicle belongs to diplomat of European Delegation

Contrary to reports under the caption “Diplomatic vehicle torched” in Thursday’s Edition of this newspaper, it has now been established that Alain Castermans of the European Delegation...

Berbicians facing unending blackouts as Christmas nears

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbicians facing unending blackouts as Christmas nears

Berbicians, especially businesses are reeling from unending power outages that have been rampant over the past week. But many persons expressed their preparedness for such an occurrence...

Relatives suspect foul play after body found in Port Kaituma Hotel

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives suspect foul play after body found in Port Kaituma Hotel

Three weeks after arriving in Port Kaituma, 51-year-old Terrence Morrison was found dead in a hotel room on Tuesday night, and relatives suspect foul play was the cause. According to...

A disabled person’s story of determination and a system that he believes has failed him

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on A disabled person’s story of determination and a system that he believes has failed him

By Leon Suseran Pull quote: “Even the bandits don’t sorry for disabled people.” The Disability Act was passed sometime ago in the Guyana Parliament. This Act was put in place to solidify...

APNU youth arm wants President Ramotar to demand Rohee and Greene’s resignation

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU youth arm wants President Ramotar to demand Rohee and Greene’s resignation

The youth arm of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is calling on newly elected President, Donald Ramotar to demand the resignations of Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee and Police...

Space, flooding, power outages among constraints highlighted by IDCE Berbice head at Graduation

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Space, flooding, power outages among constraints highlighted by IDCE Berbice head at Graduation

Resident tutor of the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE) in New Amsterdam, Ms Janice John, stated that there were numerous challenges that came in the way of the centre...

Drunken driver/vehicle pulled from canal

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken driver/vehicle pulled from canal

A drunk driver was last evening spared the worst fate when he careened the vehicle he was driving into the canal outside of the burnt out Ministry of Health compound on Brickdam. The drunken...

Car lands in gutter after traffic light collision

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Car lands in gutter after traffic light collision

Temporary power outage affecting traffic signals at the junction of Lamaha and Camp Streets might have contributed to a two-car collision around 14:00 hrs yesterday. Paul Panday, whose...

M&CC embraces recycling alternative to waste disposal

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC embraces recycling alternative to waste disposal

Recycling is being touted as a new approach to Solid Waste Management by the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown (M&CC), an undertaking which is expected to be swiftly introduced in...

51-year-old man remanded after allegedly posting cocaine at GPO

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 51-year-old man remanded after allegedly posting cocaine at GPO

A 51-year old man was yesterday refused bail after he was accused of posting 1.228 kilograms of cocaine via the General Post Office (GPO). Lyndon Claude Reese appeared before Acting...

MMC Security guard committed to high Court on manslaughter charge

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on MMC Security guard committed to high Court on manslaughter charge

An MMC security guard who is accused of shooting an alleged battery thief was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court. Twenty-three-year-old Romeo Jones, who was fingered...

Anti-piracy Committee Chairman’s brother among those charged

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-piracy Committee Chairman’s brother among those charged

Berbice police believe that they have busted a major piracy gang. They are certain that they have made a major dent in the piracy business with the recent capture of five men who were part of a...

Berbice shoplifting trio granted bail

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice shoplifting trio granted bail

The two women and a taxi driver who were caught after they went on a shoplifting spree in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, on Tuesday, appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court before...

Guyanese students learn the second most spoken language in the world

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese students learn the second most spoken language in the world

Over 50 Guyanese graduated on Thursday at the Umana Yana from a Spanish language programme offered by the collaborative effort of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and...

Police conduct major drug eradication exercise up the Berbice River

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police conduct major drug eradication exercise up the Berbice River

On Wednesday last, Berbice police conducted drug eradication operations at Gateroy and De Veldt in the Berbice River. A total of eight fields of marijuana plants, approximately eight acres in size,...