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Students blow up school toilet tank, 11 questioned

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Students blow up school toilet tank, 11 questioned

Persons in the vicinity of the J.C Chandisingh Secondary School in Berbice on Tuesday had to scurry for cover when loud explosions were heard coming from the school. Upon investigation it was...

CJIA contract remains in force, not under any REVIEW

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA contract remains in force, not under any REVIEW

…deal took 10 months to work out – CHEC Officials The Guyana Government and China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) negotiated intensely from February 2011 up until the contract was...

CHEC explains wrong cost for new Sudan international airport

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CHEC explains wrong cost for new Sudan international airport

The Chinese firm that landed a contract to rebuild the Cheddi Jagan International Airport is now recanting an earlier claim that it built Sudan’s new international airport for US$100M. The company...

Nearly two decades later…‘Fearful’ witness testifies in Monica Reece inquest

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Nearly two decades later…‘Fearful’ witness testifies in Monica Reece inquest

The inquest into the April 9, 1993 death of security guard Monica Reece continued yesterday before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Four witnesses, including a...

Local Government assessing Town Clerk’s response to fraud accusations

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Local Government assessing Town Clerk’s response to fraud accusations

The Ministry of Local Government said that it is currently at an assessment stage as it relates to the recent discoveries of fraud within the Mayor and City Council. The Minister, Ganga Persaud, said...

Victim of giant tree crash feels threatened

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Victim of giant tree crash feels threatened

Three days after a giant tree came crashing down on a North East La Penitence home, the owner, Sandra Garraway, is still traumatized. Garraway in an interview with Kaieteur News yesterday...

Ministry of Housing dismantles property while woman sleeps

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Housing dismantles property while woman sleeps

…breaks woman’s hand A woman is now suffering from a broken arm after workers from the Ministry of Housing dismantled her house while she was asleep. During the demolition, one of the pieces of...

Greenidge determined to take over PNCR

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Greenidge determined to take over PNCR

By Gary Eleazar Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition Brigadier (rtd) David Granger simply has too much on his plate when it comes to A Partnership for National Unity and would not be able to...

Jamaica jails Guyanese drug smuggler for five years

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaica jails Guyanese drug smuggler for five years

A Guyanese man, who was caught with 21 pounds of cocaine in an X-box game and in packets of biscuits during a stopover in the country, was on Thursday slapped with a five-year prison sentence in...

Berbice hosts grand Auto Show today

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice hosts grand Auto Show today

Today, Berbice will host the much anticipated Auto Show in Berbice. The venue is the Canje Welfare Ground. Plans are running smoothly according to the organising committee of the Berbice Chamber of...

Two detained for teen’s murder

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two detained for teen’s murder

– gunshots fired at prime suspect’s home At least two youths were in custody yesterday as police continue to investigate Thursday night’s stabbing to death of 17-year-old Rayaad Khan....

East Bank student among Guyana’s top performers

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank student among Guyana’s top performers

Twelve-year-old Ricardo Singh, of Providence Primary, East Bank Demerara, is one of the top students at this year’s Grade Six examination, Ricardo gained 536 marks. “I feel excited and I am...

Husband takes stand in wife’s rape trial

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Husband takes stand in wife’s rape trial

The husband of the security guard who was raped at Bare Root, East Coast Demerara, as she walked home from work on the night of June 11, 2009, testified yesterday before Justice Roxanne George and a...

Mazaruni prison inmate protests ill treatment

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mazaruni prison inmate protests ill treatment

As inmates of the Mazaruni Prison cultivate crops as not only a means of “recreation” but in an effort to be fed what they produce, their hard grown crops are being reportedly sold in Bartica as...

ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. Many of you have questions on backlog time and eligibility – we seek...

Women murder accused further remanded

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Women murder accused further remanded

Wife of slain US-based Guyanese Abdool Shakeel Majid and another woman have been further remanded to jail. The women, Hemwattie Abdulla, called Anita Nazeema Khan, 37, and Surojinie Tirmaul,...

Two remanded for gun possession

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two remanded for gun possession

The two hunters, who were caught by police in possession of two unlicenced 12-gauge shotguns in their boat at Orealla stelling on June 20, have been granted bail in the sums of $199,000, each. Dwayne...

Accused committed to High Court in Doobay murder

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Accused committed to High Court in Doobay murder

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the death of Shewraney Doobay, the now dead wife of prominent physician, Dr. Ramsundar Doobay, concluded yesterday with the surviving accused, Shakir Mohamed, of Lot...

Kwame McCoy’s witnesses a no show

Jun 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kwame McCoy’s witnesses a no show

Yesterday’s trial before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, was scheduled for Information Press Liaison to the President Kwame McCoy to present witnesses in the...

Jagdeo and Ramroop will not stop KN from exposing their greed – Glenn Lall

Jun 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo and Ramroop will not stop KN from exposing their greed – Glenn Lall

Guyana Times over a prolonged period, has been leveling scurrilous attacks against Kaieteur News, its publisher, Glenn Lall and its Editor-in-Chief Adam Harris. These attacks began when the newspaper...

Minister confirms NCERD Director’s contract not renewed

Jun 29, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Minister confirms NCERD Director’s contract not renewed

Education Minister Priya Manickchand has sought to clear any misconception which has recently surfaced in the media with regards to the ‘termination’ of the Director of the National Centre for...

Faulty kerosene stove caused inferno – Fire Chief

Jun 29, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Faulty kerosene stove caused inferno – Fire Chief

A faulty kerosene stove has been cited as the cause for Wednesday evening’s fire at Old Road, Soesdyke, which claimed the life of 68 year-old Kunti Singh. This is according to Fire Chief Marlon...

Largest ‘street-ball’ tournament returns

Jun 29, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Largest ‘street-ball’ tournament returns

– $1M up for grabs, winner-takes-all By Edison Jefford In an impressive show of support and endorsement for Guyana’s largest ‘street ball’ tournament, Marketing Director of Ansa McAl...

Christianburg/ Wismar retain Region 10 Zone title

Jun 29, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Christianburg/ Wismar retain Region 10 Zone title

It was a repeat of last year’s final and sadly for New Silver City the result was of the same as they succumbed to Christianburg/Wismar Multilateral 1-0 courtesy of a penalty from Mario Batson in...

NAMILCO Wheat-Up CARICOM Cycle Road Race… Record turnout predicted

Jun 29, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO Wheat-Up CARICOM Cycle Road Race… Record turnout predicted

By Franklin Wilson Cyclists from the ‘Land of Many Waters’ are expected to turn out in record numbers on Monday CARICOM Day, when the National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) under its...

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Pakistan targets West Indies’ vulnerability with spin-heavy squad for Test series

The PNCR and AFC are a blight on democratic politics

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) have forfeited... more