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Bogus GPL workers captured after botched Eccles robbery

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bogus GPL workers captured after botched Eccles robbery

Two bandits who posed as employees of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. were arrested by police with a .32 snub-nose revolver with three rounds following a botched robbery at Eccles on the East Bank of...

Suspects flown to the city

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Suspects flown to the city

Lethem arms cache… Police at Lethem continue their hunt for a businessman who they believe could provide much needed information about the cache of arms recovered from a...

Wife held for husband’s death

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wife held for husband’s death

By Romila Boodram Police have detained a Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) woman, whose husband was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)...

Linden inquiry…Protesters prevented firefighters from reaching burning buildings

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden inquiry…Protesters prevented firefighters from reaching burning buildings

– rank A senior officer attached to the Mackenzie Police Station yesterday testified that he and other ranks were ‘circled’ by a crowd of angry protesters who threw missiles at them shortly...

Guyanese businessman finally charged

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese businessman finally charged

After one year in jail… After more than a year languishing in an Arab jail, a Guyanese businessman said to be residing in Brazil, has finally appeared in court to face charges....

Cop remanded, arrest warrants issued for colleagues

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cop remanded, arrest warrants issued for colleagues

Agricola shooting… Three police officers have been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Shaquille Grant who was killed on September 11th at Agricola, East Bank Demerara....

Dem boys seh…Shake really like water

Oct 03, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Shake really like water

Dem boys always seh is only forty people running tings in this country…Well is really forty-one when yuh add in Ali Baba De Rat. He does control the whole show from behind the scene. When he seh...

India’s one-run win not big enough to qualify

Oct 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on India’s one-run win not big enough to qualify

South Africa have had a few of their parties cruelly crashed by teams world over, but yesterday they spoiled India’s when it was only a small gathering. Having been knocked out of the World...

Australia qualify despite big defeat

Oct 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Australia qualify despite big defeat

Cricinfo – Pakistan spun a web around Australia’s batsmen and a few hours later could celebrate it being enough to secure qualification for the World Twenty20 semi-finals. Though sobered by...

Man turns over son, 14, to police in Belle West stabbing death

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man turns over son, 14, to police in Belle West stabbing death

One of the teens allegedly involved in Monday night’s murder at Belle West, West Bank Demerara, is currently in police custody assisting with investigations. This publication was told that around...

$315M bid submitted for Mon Repos vet lab

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $315M bid submitted for Mon Repos vet lab

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), under the Ministry of Agriculture for the rehabilitation of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory at Mon...

Gandhi’s peace work recognized at anniversary ceremony

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gandhi’s peace work recognized at anniversary ceremony

The High Commission of India celebrated the 143th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi yesterday at the Promenade Gardens, Middle Street, Georgetown, where floral tributes were offered....

Thieves fail to cut through safe with $5M at Mahaicony Post Office

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves fail to cut through safe with $5M at Mahaicony Post Office

Thieves, using a welding torch, failed in their bid to cut into a solid steel safe containing over $5M at the Mahaicony Post Office yesterday morning. They had already cut a hole into the steel but...

Duo denies robbing GuyExpo patrons

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Duo denies robbing GuyExpo patrons

Two persons were yesterday indicted for crimes committed at the Sophia exhibition site during the recent GuyExpo event. Esan Lawrence is accused of stealing a gold band valued at $90,000 which...

Reducing poverty and hunger

Oct 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reducing poverty and hunger

DEAR EDITOR, A recent study conducted by the United Nations found that there are some 870 million people who could be considered chronically undernourished in the world today, the vast...

The woes of single thoroughfares

Oct 03, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The woes of single thoroughfares

In July the people of Linden exposed the woes of single thoroughfares. They shut down the road that provided access between the hinterland and the city for a month with serious...

Space – a crucial need at the National Art Gallery

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Space – a crucial need at the National Art Gallery

At the junction of Vlissengen Road and Homestretch Avenue sits Castellani House, a sprawling 19th Century building, which has for a number of years housed the National Arts Gallery. The...

GCC Women enjoys success at the Malvern 70th Anniversary 7-a-side

Oct 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC Women enjoys success at the Malvern 70th Anniversary 7-a-side

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) women’s hockey team produced several major upsets on their way to silver medals in the Malvern 70th Anniversary 7-a-side hockey festival in Trinidad over the past...

The upward spiral of land prices in Guyana

Oct 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The upward spiral of land prices in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Constitutionally every Guyanese is entitled to a piece of land. For the past twenty years, Guyana has increased its land distribution to the populace and has been rewarded handsomely for...

Keen battles anticipated as 2nd edition of the Karibee Rice Football competition commences

Oct 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keen battles anticipated as 2nd edition of the Karibee Rice Football competition commences

Eight teams, comprising footballers from Georgetown and Berbice will vie for honours when the 2nd edition of the Karibee Rice Football competition, gets underway this Saturday October 6 at the Scott...

M&CC targets deplorable state of Le Repentir Cemetery

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC targets deplorable state of Le Repentir Cemetery

In recognition of the fact that the Le Repentir Cemetery not only poses a health threat during flooding situations but has the potential to serve as a haven for criminal elements, ...

Police footage of Linden protests viewed by Commission

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police footage of Linden protests viewed by Commission

As the Commission of Inquiry (COI) continued its probe into the Linden events that left three persons dead on July 18th, video footage were yesterday shown. Constable Maxwell Grant, a...

Interest high as a lottery for special mining permit gets underway

Oct 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Interest high as a lottery for special mining permit gets underway

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment through the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) recently concluded a programme to sensitize persons interested to...

Preparing for the dreaded ‘five-year- experience’

Oct 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Preparing for the dreaded ‘five-year- experience’

Dear Editor, The Central Immigration and Passport Office is the country’s lone location for immigration issues, passport- application and related matters. It serves the entire population of Guyana...

The race for the White House is heating up

Oct 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The race for the White House is heating up

DEAR EDITOR, The race for the White House is heating up. From all indications, this is likely to be a tight race, even though opinion polls at this point in time seem to give an edge to incumbent...

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UCCA, RHTYSC NAMILCO to face off tomorrow

A question of timing and priorities

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The advent of significant oil discoveries has catapulted Guyana into the global spotlight.... more