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48 NOC inmates appear in court

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 48 NOC inmates appear in court

– Eight charged with arson Forty-eight (48) inmates of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at Ondeerneeming, Essequibo Coast, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Charity...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo gardener learn nuff things

Aug 28, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo gardener learn nuff things

When people like go in other people house like if they own it dem does got fuh tek wha they get. A man go inside a family house wid a chopper. De owner chop he and he fight back but the owner was too...

Sophia woman found dead in home

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia woman found dead in home

– boyfriend detained Police have detained a man after his 23-year-old girlfriend was found dead on Sunday afternoon in her apartment. Relatives discovered the body of Shoala...

Rohee should be sent on leave to facilitate Linden unrest probe – Solomon, Roopnaraine

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee should be sent on leave to facilitate Linden unrest probe – Solomon, Roopnaraine

As steps are being put in place to organize the recently agreed upon Commission of Inquiry to probe the month-long unrest that gripped the mining town of Linden, Chairman of Region 10, Sharma Solomon...

Delay in UG opening comes under fire

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Delay in UG opening comes under fire

The University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) has expressed alarm over the decision by the campus’ administration to delay the re-opening of the University of Guyana (UG) for the 2012/2013...

Pregnant woman’s death…PM reveals cause as cardiovascular malfunction

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant woman’s death…PM reveals cause as cardiovascular malfunction

As the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) continues its investigations into the death of 22-year-old Shebeki ‘Tiffany’ Enniss, a post mortem examination has revealed that the woman...

West Berbice fatal accident victim identified

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice fatal accident victim identified

The man who was struck down on the No. 12 West Berbice Public Road at around 20:30 hrs on Sunday has been identified as Ganesh Persaud, 45 ,of No. 10 Village, West Coast Berbice. Persaud, who...

UCCCI lambastes GPL over continuous blackouts

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UCCCI lambastes GPL over continuous blackouts

The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) has expressed great dissatisfaction with the most recent and ongoing spate of blackouts in their district. In a strongly worded statement...

Man dies in Coverden fatal accident

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies in Coverden fatal accident

– Driver in custody The driver of a motor car, PLL2675, was up to press time last evening in police custody assisting with investigations after a fatal accident that occurred at about...

No bail for teen who gave court wrong addresses

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No bail for teen who gave court wrong addresses

Leslie Watson, an 18-year-old porter was yesterday remanded to prison after he provided the court with conflicting information as it relates to his address. Watson is accused of stealing a component...

Nine injured as pick-up topples

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Nine injured as pick-up topples

Nine persons were all rushed to the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital in the wee hours of yesterday, following an accident on the Mahaica Public Road, East Coast of Demerara. According to reports, Julian...

Another E.C.D. hit-and-run…Pensioner fatally struck

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Another E.C.D. hit-and-run…Pensioner fatally struck

The police are on the lookout for a silver grey Toyota AT 212 motor car, which was involved in another hit-and-run accident on the East Coast of Demerara (E.C.D.), this time resulting in the...

‘Dagalulu’ charged with Corriverton joiner’s murder

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Dagalulu’ charged with Corriverton joiner’s murder

– Another suspect being sought Robert Rawlins called ‘Dagalulu’, 35, a labourer of No. 79 Village, Corriverton, Berbice, was yesterday charged with the murder of Kumar Singh, a...

Vendor remanded on cocaine charge

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor remanded on cocaine charge

A 45-year-old vendor and mother of two was denied bail yesterday after the prosecution submitted facts to convince the court that the woman ought not to be granted pre-trial liberty. Michelle Walters...

Proactive approach can help reduce maternal and child mortality – CMO

Aug 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Proactive approach can help reduce maternal and child mortality – CMO

“Being proactive could save the life of a mother and her unborn child.” This assertion was made by Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shamdeo Persaud, during an interview with this publication. Dr Persaud...

Non-appointment of Ombudsman a mockery of the constitution

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Non-appointment of Ombudsman a mockery of the constitution

– AFC Annually, a budgetary allocation is made for the Office of the Ombudsman but its substantive office remains empty. Months into his presidency, Donald Ramotar has not...

Moleson Creek residents say they have been forgotten

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Moleson Creek residents say they have been forgotten

By Samuel Whyte Moleson Creek residents believe that they have been abandoned by those who were put in positions to help alleviate the hardships they have been forced to endure over the past...

Eleven NOC escapees to be charged

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Eleven NOC escapees to be charged

Eleven juveniles who broke out of the New Opportunity Corps last Wednesday are scheduled to appear in the Charity Magistrate’s Court today on charges of escaping from the Onderneeming facility. A...

Market vendor killed in M’cony hit and run accident

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Market vendor killed in M’cony hit and run accident

Police at Mahaica on the East Coast of Demerara have detained a truck driver after fragments of an exterior light that was recovered from the scene of a fatal hit and run accident...

Homeowner sends burglar to hospital

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Homeowner sends burglar to hospital

A teenage burglar received a sound thrashing from an Enmore, East Coast Demerara resident, after he was caught red handed in a home in the village. According to information, at around...

Inter- Guiana Festival deemed “successful”

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Inter- Guiana Festival deemed “successful”

As Guyana closed the curtains on what was considered “a successful staging of the second annual Inter -Guiana festival yesterday, Lance Canterbury an organizer of the event stated...

Workers duped, threatened with death for leaving logging camp

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Workers duped, threatened with death for leaving logging camp

Four men who had sought employment with a logging concern are claiming that they were tricked and almost used as slaves when they ventured into the interior to work. The men Nick...

Workers’ interest dear to Gov’t – President tells GAWU’s 20th Congress

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Workers’ interest dear to Gov’t – President tells GAWU’s 20th Congress

The Twentieth Delegates’ Congress of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU), opened on Saturday at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, amidst praises for...

NUTS IN A NAME?

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on NUTS IN A NAME?

“The fault is not in our stars but in ourselves.” This is what Cassius of the “lean and hungry look”, a gentleman that Julius Caesar said “thinks too much”, said to his...

Kidney transplant patient eager to get back to work

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kidney transplant patient eager to get back to work

After securing the assistance from the public to pay for a $3M kidney transplant, 31-year-old Kampta Shivsankar of lot 674 Best Village, West Coast Demerara, is currently on the road to...

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Berbice ease past Demerara in low-scoring match

The geography of pettiness

Kaieteur News – You have to admire the commitment. Not to international diplomacy, mind you, but to the art of the... more