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Armed bandits rob West Berbice store $15M in jewellery

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandits rob West Berbice store $15M in jewellery

Two armed bandits daringly entered Rams Jewellery World and Pawn Shop at Lot 52 Public Road, West Bank Berbice and carted off $15M in gold and diamond jewellery, shortly after 09:00...

Trade with Brazil tops US$35M last year

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Trade with Brazil tops US$35M last year

Trade between Guyana and Brazil last year was a heartening US$35M ($7B), reflecting a 26% increase over 2010. The reason is mainly due to the commissioning of the Takutu Bridge, which links...

Water level drops at Conservancy as rainfall eases

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Water level drops at Conservancy as rainfall eases

While most of yesterday saw cloudy skies and minimal rainfall in some parts of Guyana, the water began to recede in most of the flood affected communities. Though fair weather was predicted...

Urgent call for lesser dependence on developed countries

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Urgent call for lesser dependence on developed countries

-as 29th Caricom Council of Ministers meeting gets underway An urgent call was made yesterday by Suriname Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Lackin, for the Caribbean Community to join forces if...

Secretary General laments dwindling CARICOM Secretariat budget

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Secretary General laments dwindling CARICOM Secretariat budget

Aimed at helping to improve the life of those within the Caribbean Community, the CARICOM Secretariat has found itself in a predicament which could see it becoming more inefficient than it...

Kidney patient appeals to public for financial support

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kidney patient appeals to public for financial support

Kampta Shivsanker 31, of Lot 674, Best Village, West Coast Demerara, is appealing to the public for monetary donations to facilitate a surgery to replace one of his kidneys. The surgery which...

Three Rivers Kids Foundation sends another batch for medical treatment in India

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Three Rivers Kids Foundation sends another batch for medical treatment in India

A group of seven children and one adult is expected to leave Guyana this coming Friday for India, where they will be undergoing various medical interventions. This is being facilitated by the...

Sloppy road works done in Parika Backdam road

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Sloppy road works done in Parika Backdam road

-residents complain about huge potholes and substandard materials Just one year after its construction, the Parika Backdam Access Road, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) is now in a deplorable state....

Wapichan communities conserve 1.4 million hectares of pristine forest

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wapichan communities conserve 1.4 million hectares of pristine forest

– Villagers to continue sustainable economic activities Twenty indigenous communities in South Rupununi and South Central Rupununi, Region Nine, have proposed to conserve 1.4 million...

Mabaruma Overseer perishes in another interior road accident

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mabaruma Overseer perishes in another interior road accident

The Overseer for the Mabaruma/Hosororo Neighbourhood Democratic Council died last night after smashing his motorcycle into a stationary 5,000 kg truck. According to a resident, around 21:00...

Situation remains dire at Aishalton Secondary School- concerned residents

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Situation remains dire at Aishalton Secondary School- concerned residents

Residents of Aishalton are peeved that the authorities have failed to rectify inefficiencies at the Aishalton Secondary School and dormitory, even after the Toshao wrote to the Ministries of...

CPA says no child should be fearful of reporting molestation

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CPA says no child should be fearful of reporting molestation

Director of the Child Protection Agency (CPA) Ann Greene says that no child or their relatives should be fearful of coming forward with information of molestation. The Child Protection...

Safeguarding potable water sources especially important during flooding situation

Feb 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Safeguarding potable water sources especially important during flooding situation

Freezing water does not automatically make it safe for consumption, according to Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, who pointed to the importance of persons taking greater precaution...

Pirate attack blitz…Tragedy as rescue boat capsizes

Feb 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pirate attack blitz…Tragedy as rescue boat capsizes

-four missing, one hospitalised His body blistered by spilled gasoline, fisherman Ganeshwar Reddy yesterday recounted how he swallowed salt water while clinging to a five-gallon bottle before...

13-year-old back home after ordeal…Lured to work as sex worker in ‘bush’

Feb 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 13-year-old back home after ordeal…Lured to work as sex worker in ‘bush’

A 13-year-old West Bank Demerara girl who went missing for two weeks has returned home with a sordid tale of being lured into the interior of Guyana to get involved in prostitution. The...

Teen accused of raping 7-year-old for court today

Feb 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teen accused of raping 7-year-old for court today

-was charged with attempted buggery four years ago A young Anna Catherina resident who lured a seven-year-old schoolgirl to the West Demerara seawall and brutally raped her will make his court...

‘Fip’ Motilall: Equipment ‘only’ 12-years-old

Feb 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Fip’ Motilall: Equipment ‘only’ 12-years-old

…denies owing senior employee but told person, “My only wish now is that I didn’t pay you anything and you should consider yourself lucky that you were able to weasel...

Surinamese dead, Guyanese wounded in drug deal shootout

Feb 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Surinamese dead, Guyanese wounded in drug deal shootout

A Surinamese national has been confirmed dead and a Guyanese badly wounded following a shooting incident early Sunday morning in the Corentyne close to the Suriname mainland. The dead...

Three men, another three men, then…

Feb 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Three men, another three men, then…

I went on record last Sunday as telling my host, Mr. Yesu Persaud, on the television interview programme, “Eye on the Issue,” that I want to be on record as being the first...

Squeezing the paying public even more

Feb 07, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Squeezing the paying public even more

Guyana Power and Light must be the only monopoly in Guyana if one were to ignore Guyana Water Inc. We are aware that the former President Bharrat Jagdeo said that he wanted to do away with...

FROM OVERSEER TO OVERLORD

Feb 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FROM OVERSEER TO OVERLORD

In time, the Leader of the Opposition will come around to understanding the wisdom of the decision of the Ministry of Local Government to rotate overseers. The rotation policy has merit....

Dem boys seh…Nigel cry in New York

Feb 07, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nigel cry in New York

Freeness is a good thing and a bad thing. Dem Guyanese who does drink bush rum guh to a certain wedding, and drink Black Label. One of dem actually seh how it taste different. Wha he expect?...

Pakistan whitewash England in Test series

Feb 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pakistan whitewash England in Test series

Dubai, (AFP): Pakistan’s bowlers sealed an emphatic 71-run win in the third and final Test against England here on Monday, wrapping up a humiliating 3-0 series whitewash in the process....

T&T sport minister, two other ministry officials under probe

Feb 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T sport minister, two other ministry officials under probe

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Outspoken Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Sport Anil Roberts and two senior officials in his ministry are under investigation by the country’s integrity...

Narine spins web around Combined Campuses to hand T&T victory

Feb 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narine spins web around Combined Campuses to hand T&T victory

Sunil Narine continued to weave his web around leaden-footed, unsure batsmen, almost singlehandedly bowling Trinidad & Tobago to an emphatic, 172-run victory over Combined Campuses and...