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Ganja-smoking soldiers accused of robbing mining camps

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ganja-smoking soldiers accused of robbing mining camps

– local miner vows to file complaint with Chief of Staff Brazilians working in Guyana’s interior have long been the shakedown target of some unscrupulous local law enforcement...

Execution in hotel yard…Cops seek to enhance video of killer’s face

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Execution in hotel yard…Cops seek to enhance video of killer’s face

Police are trying to get a closer look at the gunman who stalked, chased and then killed Intaz Roopnarine last Thursday. A senior official told Kaieteur News yesterday that police have sought...

Farmer crushed by tractor

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer crushed by tractor

A 58-year-old farmer was crushed to death at around 07:30 hrs yesterday after falling from a tractor that was travelling near Friendship, on the East Bank Demerara, Public Road. The...

‘Murder for hire’ case collapses…Husband accused of paying man to kill wife freed

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Murder for hire’ case collapses…Husband accused of paying man to kill wife freed

– court orders new P.I for alleged hit-man By Michael Jordan The case against a Canada-based Guyanese accused of hiring a hit man to kill his reputed wife has collapsed, with...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo and Bar Bee scared

Jan 28, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo and Bar Bee scared

Ever since de Waterfalls paper begin fuh talk bout corruption Jagdeo and Bar Bee start fuh get frighten. Dem try all kind of things fuh shut up de paper because dem believe that once dem get de...

Rohee to extend security plan to private sector and diplomatic community

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee to extend security plan to private sector and diplomatic community

By Zena Henry Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has indicated his intention to meet with members of the private sector and the diplomatic community to discuss in detail, plans...

GCB holds election amidst legal cloud

Jan 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB holds election amidst legal cloud

Attorney General cites disrespect of laws by some persons The Guyana Cricket Board yesterday held its elections at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Pavilion, Bourda, which was observed by the West...

Drubahadur elected President of GCB

Jan 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Drubahadur elected President of GCB

By Zaheer Mohamed Drubahadur was elected president of the Guyana Cricket Board when the body held its Biannual General Meeting and elections yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda. The...

Guyana Prize Committee hosts workshops for writers

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Prize Committee hosts workshops for writers

– seeks entries for 2012 awards The Guyana Prize Committee and the University of Guyana are continuing a series of workshops aimed at helping aspiring local writers to improve...

Bauxite sector makes ambitious projections for 2013

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bauxite sector makes ambitious projections for 2013

– amid calls to ensure communities benefit A review of the bauxite sector, to chart the course for continuous expansion saw the two bauxite companies, Bosai and Rusal outlining...

Enterprising and Independent Women: Cosmetologist Fnita Small is one shrewd businesswoman

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Enterprising and Independent Women: Cosmetologist Fnita Small is one shrewd businesswoman

Even as a young girl, Fnita Small loved to style her own hair and that of her friends. Then she used to do it for free- it was just a hobby. But it didn’t take Fnita long to decide that that was...

Merundoi takes war on gender based violence to schools

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Merundoi takes war on gender based violence to schools

The Ministry of Human Services and Merundoi Incorporated have taken the fight against gender based violence to several city schools in an attempt to ‘nip the problem in the bud’....

CELAC-EU summit addresses new strategic partnership

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CELAC-EU summit addresses new strategic partnership

Heads of Government in Latin America and the Caribbean met behind closed doors in Santiago, Chile a few hours after host President Sebastián Piñera Echenique called for a new strategic partnership...

Graduate school managers urged to put training into practice

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Graduate school managers urged to put training into practice

Fifty- eight teachers in the Berbice area, last Friday, graduated through the National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD’s) sixth Education Management Course...

Police ranks flee bee invasion at Golden Grove

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police ranks flee bee invasion at Golden Grove

Ranks at the Golden Grove Police Station were forced to spend the entire Saturday night in the station compound after the building was overtaken by a large swarm of bees. Kaieteur News understands...

Families of missing seniors seek end to mystery

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Families of missing seniors seek end to mystery

Almost three months after her mother mysteriously vanished from the Barnwell North Mocha East Bank Demerara area, Claudette Pancham said that relatives have not given up hope. On...

Agricola man stabbed while visiting girlfriend

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola man stabbed while visiting girlfriend

A 39-year-old man who went to visit his ex-girlfriend in Agricola, East Back Demerara (EBD) was stabbed three times by one of the girl’s male relatives. Haslyn Richards of Lot 302 West Ruimveldt is...

CeCe Winans calls forth unity for a better Guyana

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CeCe Winans calls forth unity for a better Guyana

By Abena Rockcliffe Characterized by upliftment, joy and unity, the ‘Fulfillment Concert’, was defined a success by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Inspire Inc., Yog Mahadeo....

Five years later…Are the Lusignan massacre survivors moving on?

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Five years later…Are the Lusignan massacre survivors moving on?

By Rehana Ashley Ahamad Year after year, articles are featured in the media to highlight the extent of which the Lusignan Massacre survivors are recovering. This year, I took up the...

Murder of male sex worker…Colleagues continue ‘business’ in the face of danger

Jan 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of male sex worker…Colleagues continue ‘business’ in the face of danger

It has been several weeks since the mutilated body of male sex worker was found in St Philip’s Green, and now police appear to have reached a dead end in their investigators....

SMELLING A RAT

Jan 28, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on SMELLING A RAT

If you “smell a rat” it may not be a real rodent but merely that you suspect something is wrong. Sometimes it can be a combination of the two, both literal and figurative, as in a recent...

GFF Super League set to restart on Sunday

Jan 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Super League set to restart on Sunday

Buxton & Blairmont to host matches Following an extended break, attention will return to the exciting Guyana Football Federation sponsored National Super League which features ten of the best...

Industry residents are at environmental risk

Jan 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Industry residents are at environmental risk

Dear Editor, I’m a resident of Industry Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, residing on the western side of the Ogle Community Centre Ground. There has been frequent burning of dried grass which...

Adam right about the values of village life

Jan 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Adam right about the values of village life

Dear Editor, “It takes a village to raise a child” is an old African proverb with some people also attributing it to Greek origin. It was made popular by Hillary Clinton during her campaign for...

Dealing with Rape

Jan 28, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Dealing with Rape

In India, PM Manmohan Singh had established a panel under Justice JS Verma to consider possible amendments of the criminal law in response to public anger after the rape and subsequent death of the...

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Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more