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Every country has corruption, beggars but…

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Every country has corruption, beggars but…

I sit at the People’s Parliament on High Street opposite the National Assembly everyday and what I observe on the streets has stunned me even though I have been a social activist my entire life and...

Top Cop tells Commission…Linden shooting was unjustified

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop tells Commission…Linden shooting was unjustified

By Abena Rockcliffe Acting Police Commissioner, Leroy Brumell, stated yesterday under oath that the shooting of the three Lindeners on July 18, last, was “unjustified”. He told the commission...

Commission hears about Rohee bypassing Top Cop and calling junior ranks

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Commission hears about Rohee bypassing Top Cop and calling junior ranks

By Latoya Giles Acting Police Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell has admitted to the commission that although he would have meetings with the Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, the minister...

Agricola shooting…Alleged shooters missing from desk duties

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola shooting…Alleged shooters missing from desk duties

At least two of the three police officers fingered in the Agricola shooting that left 17-year-old Shaquille Grant dead have allegedly skipped town. The men, according to reports, are reportedly out...

Anna Catherina triple murder…Prime suspect’s bloodstained pants recovered

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Catherina triple murder…Prime suspect’s bloodstained pants recovered

– third man in custody As investigators continue to piece together the details that led to the shocking murders of a popular West Coast Demerara bar owner and her two young sons over the...

Fisherman kills self after forcing baby to drink kerosene

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman kills self after forcing baby to drink kerosene

Up to late last night doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were battling to save the life of a 21-month old boy whose father had forced him to drink a potentially deadly dose of kerosene before...

Dem boys seh…Top Cop saving he soul

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Top Cop saving he soul

Dem long time teacher use to frighten dem pickney by putting de wild cane pun de table. Dem commissioner who hearing de evidence in de Linden shooting decide fuh put two bible pun de witness stand....

APNU lawyers seek adjustment to terms of reference

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on APNU lawyers seek adjustment to terms of reference

As the Commission of Inquiry into the Linden Shooting commenced yesterday, lawyers for A Partnership for National Unity had a few objections about the terms of reference and the lawyers...

The bigger picture

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The bigger picture

Very often people fail to see the bigger picture because they are often consumed with the everyday matters. In Guyana, such has been the drive to improve personal welfare that people sometimes...

The buck begins and stops with Uncle Donald and not with Cabinet

Sep 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The buck begins and stops with Uncle Donald and not with Cabinet

All executive authority resides in one person, the President. Ministers do not have original executive authority. As assistants to the President, they merely carry out responsibilities delegated to...

Pretenders queue up as dead doctor’s next of kin

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pretenders queue up as dead doctor’s next of kin

– American woman claims to be daughter who died two years ago It’s the stuff that drama movies are made of. A very reclusive rich man dies leaving a vast estate. He has no wife and of the...

Stalled Parfaite Harmonie Bridge…Contractor penalized after troubles driving concrete piles

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Stalled Parfaite Harmonie Bridge…Contractor penalized after troubles driving concrete piles

– new access road soon Government says that it has penalized the contractor, Eagle Transportation and General Construction, awarded the $60M La Parfaite Harmonie main access bridge. Works have...

Lawyer suggests that ranks went to Linden to kill protestors

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer suggests that ranks went to Linden to kill protestors

Police carried semi-automatic rifles to Linden – Police Commissioner Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell confirmed that ranks, during the July 18 Linden protest over electricity hikes, took...

Life of EU’s rice fund ends…$247M cheque handed over to Finance Ministry

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Life of EU’s rice fund ends…$247M cheque handed over to Finance Ministry

– more than 100 loans granted More than $247M, proceeds of a revolving rice fund that has ended have been handed over to the government. According to the European Union (EU) yesterday, over 100...

Senior IT official sues GRA for ‘wrongful dismissal’

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Senior IT official sues GRA for ‘wrongful dismissal’

A senior official within the data entry department of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been dismissed and he is suing for over $2M. In a writ filed last week, Francis Simmons of...

ATV duty free letters…Three GRA Enforcement officials interdicted

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ATV duty free letters…Three GRA Enforcement officials interdicted

Three officials of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), who have been fingered in allegations of bribery during the seizures of two All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), have been interdicted...

YCT gets donation from overseas based Guyanese

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on YCT gets donation from overseas based Guyanese

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) has received a donation of a laptop and a desktop computer, a public address system, a printer and other computer accessories from overseas-based...

GuyExpo preparations unfolding

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuyExpo preparations unfolding

With Guyana’s hosting of the highly anticipated Trade Exhibition – GuyExpo – being just mere days away, works are progressing feverishly at the Sophia Exhibition Site. In fact, a visit at the...

Awareness campaign nets increase in child abuse cases

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Awareness campaign nets increase in child abuse cases

– 3,999 incidents recorded last year, By Rabindra Rooplall For last year there were 3,999 incidences of child abuse cases, a noted increase compared to previous years, the Social Services...

Number of child abuse cases unacceptable – Min. Webster

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Number of child abuse cases unacceptable – Min. Webster

There are currently too many children who are vulnerable and at risk, a state of affairs that has been linked to instances of failure on the part of adults. This situation has therefore...

Minister assures Diaspora…Tourism Industry is on the upbeat in Guyana

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Minister assures Diaspora…Tourism Industry is on the upbeat in Guyana

Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Mohamed Irfaan Ali has assured members of the Diaspora that the industry is on the upbeat in Guyana. The Minister was on a whirlwind visit to North America...

Police hunt two teens following stabbing

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police hunt two teens following stabbing

Police are still trying to locate a 17-year-old and his older brother from Mashabo. The younger of the two brothers, it was reported, allegedly inflicted multiple stab wounds with a knife to...

PNCR assists Region Six top student

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR assists Region Six top student

The People’s National Congress/Reform through its leader, Brig. David Arthur Granger, in commemoration of its 55th anniversary has awarded the top student of Region Six, Shaqwane Crawford of Tucber...

Abusive husband sets woman on fire

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Abusive husband sets woman on fire

A 25-year-old housewife was badly burnt on Wednesday night by her reputed husband over a pack of baby milk which he thought was given to her by another man. Latoya Jones of ‘B’ Field...

US Embassy donates generator to Counseling centre

Sep 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy donates generator to Counseling centre

The U.S. Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP) donated a 32-watt generator to the Domestic Violence Counseling Centre (DVCC) in Region Six on August 20, last. This is the latest in a...

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Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more