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Are Chinese convicts working on Marriott? …Brassington offers “no comment”

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Are Chinese convicts working on Marriott? …Brassington offers “no comment”

With the government sealing its lips and banning the Chinese construction company from speaking, uncertainty over the Marriott Hotel project has now shifted to the identity of the workers. Reports...

Brassington blank on Guyana Stores subsidiaries

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington blank on Guyana Stores subsidiaries

… saw no need to correct investor information The court received a string of “I don’t know” from Winston Brassington when he was questioned yesterday about the subsidiaries of Guyana...

Trial for EZjet’s boss delayed to April at lawyer’s request

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Trial for EZjet’s boss delayed to April at lawyer’s request

Embattled EZjet airline executive, Sonny Ramdeo, will now face an April trial after his new lawyer said that he is unable to proceed because of another case. Ramdeo, whose airline fell into financial...

EBD four-lane expansion … Contractor seeks new deadline

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on EBD four-lane expansion … Contractor seeks new deadline

Expansion of the East Bank Demerara Public Road from Providence to Diamond will not be completed this year. Instead, the multi-million-dollar project may conclude in the first quarter of 2014, says...

Guyana, CDB sign US$40M loan agreement

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, CDB sign US$40M loan agreement

Guyana signed two agreements with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), yesterday, totaling US$40.3M, one of which is for the seventh cycle of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) or BNTF-7, and the...

Dem boys seh … Buy rope fuh Brazzy

Feb 26, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … Buy rope fuh Brazzy

Brazzy is a troubled man. Dem boys watch he face de other day and de man look like if he realize that he sell he soul and that he can’t see St Peter face at de Pearly Gates. Of course that is why...

“Li’l Mark” murder accused set free

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Li’l Mark” murder accused set free

The heavens smiled on Dexter Marshall yesterday when a unanimous verdict of not guilty was returned by a 12-member mixed jury who heard the murder case of Mark Caesar, called ‘Lil Mark’. Marshall...

Guyanese shot, killed in Queens fire

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese shot, killed in Queens fire

A 43-year-old man was found bound in his bed and shot once in the head after firefighters extinguished a fire early Sunday in a Queens apartment building, a law-enforcement official said. More than...

Couple uplifts car with fake authorization

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Couple uplifts car with fake authorization

The Police are hunting for a couple who allegedly forged the signature of a young woman and collected a car from a city wharf. The woman had imported the car from Japan with the help of one of the...

Man disowns then owns ganja

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man disowns then owns ganja

…to do community service Quincy King, a 21-year-old mason from Alberttown was yesterday sentenced to community service for three days along with a $5000 fine after he confessed to having two grams...

Police acted with dispatch on report of sodomy – statement

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police acted with dispatch on report of sodomy – statement

The Guyana Police Force commenting to an article published in the Kaieteur News on Saturday February 23, 2013, under the caption “Canadian citizen says Army Major sodomized her, police slow to...

Doobay Renal Centre still awaits MoU with Govt. to reduce dialysis cost

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Doobay Renal Centre still awaits MoU with Govt. to reduce dialysis cost

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is yet to be signed in order for renal failure patients to continue to benefit from the reduced cost of dialysis offered at the Doobay Renal Centre Inc. This is...

Sacked City Hall employee takes employer to court

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sacked City Hall employee takes employer to court

A man who was employed with the Mayor and City Council for the last 13 years is taking the municipality to court after he claimed that he was wrongfully dismissed. According to Troy Isaacs, he was...

US-based Guyanese charged with assaulting stepdaughter

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese charged with assaulting stepdaughter

A US-based Guyanese was yesterday placed before the court charged with unlawful assault. Ashton Arthur, 59, a security officer of 1403-211Street Queens, New York appeared before Magistrate Allan...

Chief Co-operative officer to face PSC before weekend

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Co-operative officer to face PSC before weekend

Following the perusal of a report sent to the Public Service Commission (PSC), Chief Cooperative Development Officer, Kareem Abdul-Jabar, is expected to face the three-man Commission before the week...

Illegal dredges must be removed from Region Nine

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal dredges must be removed from Region Nine

– GGMC officers probed for collusion Authorities conducted a number of raids in the Marudi Mountain area, Region Nine, recently and have ordered a number of illegal dredges to remove....

Sarwan says well-made ton was the perfect tonic

Feb 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan says well-made ton was the perfect tonic

St George’s, Grenada – Fresh from his magnificent, match-winning century on Sunday, Ramnaresh Sarwan is looking for more “significant contributions” as he continues his return to the game at...

‘The Sniper’ assassinates ‘The Assassin;’ Dharry edges ‘Cutting Hedge’

Feb 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘The Sniper’ assassinates ‘The Assassin;’ Dharry edges ‘Cutting Hedge’

By Michael Benjamin He was at his ferocious best, yet Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry had to dig deep for every minute of ten rounds in order to defeat Jamaican, Rudolph ‘Cutting Edge’ Hedge when...

Man needs financial support to remove life threatening tumour

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man needs financial support to remove life threatening tumour

Strapped for cash and overwhelmed by her son’s failing health, 56-year-old Gloria Chase, a resident of Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, Georgetown, is seeking the help of members of the public...

No porters on the night shift at Diamond Hospital

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No porters on the night shift at Diamond Hospital

“…relatives of the patients or public spirited citizens assist” – CEO There are currently two porters manning all the daily activities and emergency cases at the East Bank Demerara...

Strong Suriname contingent for Int’l Drag Meet

Feb 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Strong Suriname contingent for Int’l Drag Meet

Since its revival, the competition between Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago in Drag Racing has generated renewed interest in the particular segment of the sport and come Sunday, March 3 when...

GRA extends service hours to alleviate congestion

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GRA extends service hours to alleviate congestion

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says that several of its services will now be accessible during the lunch period. This feature began yesterday and seeks to alleviate unnecessary congestion at the...

Stalled court case forces victim to cite mischief in anticrime system

Feb 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stalled court case forces victim to cite mischief in anticrime system

Almost four years after someone close to her allegedly stole a range of expensive and sentimental jewellery from her home, Shalieza Razac, is still fighting for a fair outcome in a lengthy and...

Alpha United are new champs; Conquerors arrest GDF for 3rd

Feb 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha United are new champs; Conquerors arrest GDF for 3rd

By Franklin Wilson Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United have added another champion trophy and cheque to their wide array of accolades when they disposed of Santos FC 3-1 in the final of the NAMILCO One...

Corporate Supply adds to MVP prize

Feb 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corporate Supply adds to MVP prize

IN ADDITION to having a Motorcycle, the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of this year’s New Era Entertainment Super-8 basketball tournament will also be outfitted with a pair of high end basketball...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

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