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WIPA MOURNS UNTIMELY DEATH OF RUNAKO MORTON

Mar 06, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on WIPA MOURNS UNTIMELY DEATH OF RUNAKO MORTON

“We Will Miss Him Greatly,” Ramnarine Says In a statement, the West Indies Players Association President Dinanath Ramnarine has expressed sadness at the passing of Runako...

Aftermath of stormy weather…Network faults responsible for power outages – GPL

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Aftermath of stormy weather…Network faults responsible for power outages – GPL

Guyana Power Light (GPL) says due to the stormy weather conditions that prevailed last Wednesday coupled with heavy and persistent rain, there was an increase in network faults, which resulted...

Five injured in Land of Canaan accident

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Five injured in Land of Canaan accident

A 27-year-old driver and four passengers were injured on Sunday night following a two-vehicle crash at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara. Friends identified the driver as Marvin Wray...

Rohee calls for fresh strategy to tackle spiraling interior crime

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee calls for fresh strategy to tackle spiraling interior crime

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has challenged the Guyana Police Force to devise a fresh and innovative strategy to address the crime situation in the interior. Rohee issued the challenge...

Bauxite workers’ dismissal dispute heads to arbitration

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bauxite workers’ dismissal dispute heads to arbitration

An almost three-year-old dispute that led to the controversial sacking of 67 bauxite workers has been sent for arbitration, a statement from the union said over the weekend. According to the...

PNCR’s leaders warn against internal factions

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR’s leaders warn against internal factions

– party insists there were irregularities at November polls Leaders of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) have warned against factionalism, saying over the weekend...

Woman chopped, hands broken….Husband still on the run, owes $1.7M in “child support”

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woman chopped, hands broken….Husband still on the run, owes $1.7M in “child support”

Police continued the hunt for a man who severely chopped his wife about her body on Friday, last, after she had queried about money to support their four children. The man...

Probe into mechanic’s murder at standstill…Cops fail to match fingerprints found on window panes

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Probe into mechanic’s murder at standstill…Cops fail to match fingerprints found on window panes

Two weeks after he was shot dead in his home, police appear to be no closer to identifying a prime suspect in the murder of 33-year-old mechanic Marlon Welcome, or ascertaining...

Govt. launches new building codes

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. launches new building codes

Stakeholders in the construction field will now be able to uplift a copy of the 10 new building codes from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) as government and the bureau yesterday...

Death row brothers have first appeal hearing after five years

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Death row brothers have first appeal hearing after five years

After waiting for some five years to have an appeal heard in the Court of Appeal, brothers Allan, Marvin and Patrick Ramnauth had their matter called yesterday before Justice Ian Chang,...

Reporting domestic violence incidents should be mandatory – Min. Webster

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Reporting domestic violence incidents should be mandatory – Min. Webster

Although International Women’s Day is set to be observed the world over on Thursday (March 8), the Women and Gender Equality Commission (W&GEC) yesterday hosted a stirring panel...

Banks DIH fêtes 700 senior citizens

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH fêtes 700 senior citizens

Seven hundred (700) senior citizens from organizations and homes in Georgetown and retirees of Banks DIH Limited were fêted by the company at its annual luncheon held last Sunday at...

President commissions $44M Albouystown Masjid

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on President commissions $44M Albouystown Masjid

President Donald Ramotar was over the weekend the guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the Masjid an-Najm and Social Centre at what was formerly the Star Cinema in Albouystown,...

Disability Act should be acknowledged by public – NCD

Mar 06, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Disability Act should be acknowledged by public – NCD

Recently, the National Commission on Disability (NCD) held its first ever “open day” at its headquarters, with the main focus being to sensitise the public about the work that the...