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BCB meet with Chambers of Commerce in Berbice to discuss development

Feb 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB meet with Chambers of Commerce in Berbice to discuss development

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) as part of its developmental programme over the last week met with Executives of Berbice Chamber of Commerce and the Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce....

Hadi’s T10 Softball cricket continues this weekend

Feb 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hadi’s T10 Softball cricket continues this weekend

Hadi’s World Inc., formerly City Mall on Camp and Regent Streets nationwide Male/Female softball organised by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association continues today and...

National Parks Commission worker critical after fall from tractor

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on National Parks Commission worker critical after fall from tractor

Raymond Khan Wong, a longstanding employee of the National Parks Commission was clinging to life in the Georgetown Public Hospital last night after tumbling from a moving tractor trailer. Wong’s...

Gunmen snatch millions from Vreed-en-Hoop family

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen snatch millions from Vreed-en-Hoop family

-scold victim for not sending daughter to school The police on the West Coast of Demerara are being kept busy following yet another armed robbery in that division. Around mid morning...

Bandits rob Crabwood Creek gold jeweler of $5M

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits rob Crabwood Creek gold jeweler of $5M

Armed bandits continued their rampage by robbing another gold jeweler, this time in Berbice. Last week they struck twice in West Demerara. About 13:00hrs yesterday, Vishwanauth Seeram, 39,...

Wales sugar workers strike for outstanding wages

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wales sugar workers strike for outstanding wages

The financial woes of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) have led to yet another strike in the industry. This time, some sugar workers attached to the Wales Sugar Estate, took their...

Interior Worker missing for five months

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Interior Worker missing for five months

-unknown persons calling to say he has been murdered Family members of 32-year-old Muniram Mahadeo, also known as Kumar and Bruk Belly, are now panicking as they have not heard from him since October...

Ramotar’s tripartite arrangement in further jeopardy

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar’s tripartite arrangement in further jeopardy

…as Teixeira reminds Govt. won’t be held to ransom The Tripartite Arrangement which was initiated by Head of State Donald Ramotar as a means to foster political cooperation...

Govt. argues less than half of $5.7B was spent from coffers

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. argues less than half of $5.7B was spent from coffers

…as Dr. Ashni Singh accuses opposition of stymieing Govt. work Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has lambasted the combined opposition for voting down several provisions in a supplementary request...

RedJet moved 250,000 passengers to Guyana since May

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on RedJet moved 250,000 passengers to Guyana since May

REDjet, the Caribbean’s low fares airline, has said that it has transported in and out of Guyana, some 250,000 since it started flights here in May, saying it has opened travelling to...

EU meets local business leaders on increased trade ties

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on EU meets local business leaders on increased trade ties

The European Union (EU) is ramping up efforts to sensitize Guyana and the region of the benefits of conducting trade with the countries in that group. Yesterday, the Delegation of...

Emotionally- charged Inter-faith candlelight service held for abused victims

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Emotionally- charged Inter-faith candlelight service held for abused victims

-woman shares her painful story By Leon Suseran Hundreds filled Spready’s Square at Port Mourant on the Corentyne on Wednesday evening in one of the first ever Inter-faith candlelight...

City Constabulary head denies ranks colluding with criminals

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on City Constabulary head denies ranks colluding with criminals

– vendors accuse constables of corrupt behavior The understaffed City Constabulary is unable to combat increasing criminal activity in and around Georgetown, especially near the...

Cops questioning man about mining camp murder

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cops questioning man about mining camp murder

-PM confirms watchman strangled Police are questioning a suspect in connection with the murder of 53-year-old watchman Kumar Plummer, whose bound body was found in a mining camp at Arimu...

Man dies after labaria bite

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies after labaria bite

A labourer from Warapana, Upper Pomeroon River, lost his life four days after he was bitten by a Labaria—a poisonous snake. Dead is Nelson Daniels, 45, a father of four. Reports are that Daniels,...

15- year-old school drop- out missing

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 15- year-old school drop- out missing

A 15- year- old Mount Sinai, West Canje girl has been missing for over a week. Veronica Sinclair, a drop- out from the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School left her mother’s home...

Man shot, robbed of chain

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot, robbed of chain

A 49-year-old man is nursing a gunshot wound to his left hand after being shot and robbed at around 15:00 hrs in North East La Penitence. The victim, Jolyon Harry, of Freeman Street, East La...

Veteran photojournalist, Ken Moore, laid to rest

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Veteran photojournalist, Ken Moore, laid to rest

Veteran photojournalist, Ken Moore, was yesterday laid to rest after passing away earlier this week. Scores of persons, including Prime Minister Sam Hinds, senior police officials and media workers...

Thief jailed after begging victim to return getaway bike

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Thief jailed after begging victim to return getaway bike

A Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo man must spend the next four years in jail after his entire robbery plan went awry, forcing him to return his booty to his victim and begging the man...

Judge jails child molester for 18 years

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Judge jails child molester for 18 years

Justice Roxanne George yesterday sentenced an Essequibo man to 18 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of having carnal knowledge of an eight-year-old boy. The defendant Clifford...

Ghana’s forestry team in Guyana to learn about chainsaw milling

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ghana’s forestry team in Guyana to learn about chainsaw milling

Guyana’s efforts to protect and preserve its forests have attracted international attention with seven officials from Ghana visiting to learn about chainsaw milling. Yesterday, the...

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GUYSUCO’s problems are political not managerial

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The sugar industry has been for centuries Guyana’s agricultural backbone. Yet, its struggles... more