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Overcrowding, trial delays contributed to prison riot

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Overcrowding, trial delays contributed to prison riot

Subsequent to rioting inmates setting fire to the eastern section of the Camp Street, Georgetown Prison Sunday, there is a sense of unease outside the prison walls. The result is that police...

2013 National Senior Chess Qualifiers…Anthony Drayton upsets Wendell Meusa in bid for Taffin Khan’s senior chess title

Nov 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2013 National Senior Chess Qualifiers…Anthony Drayton upsets Wendell Meusa in bid for Taffin Khan’s senior chess title

Six other players qualify Former National Junior Chess Champion Anthony Drayton shrugged aside the loss of his National Junior Chess crown to Haifeng Su last month and registered 6...

Caribbean’s best motor racers headed to Guyana

Nov 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean’s best motor racers headed to Guyana

– Locals determined to protect home court Racers from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, the USA, Canada and Suriname will soon begin to arrive for the final leg of the...

Stella Maris students struck by drunken driver

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stella Maris students struck by drunken driver

-11-year-old hospitalized Public spirited citizens arrested a drunken driver yesterday after he had struck down three Stella Maris pupils in the vicinity of a popular bar in Station Street, Kitty. At...

Killer driver surrenders

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Killer driver surrenders

Almost two weeks after “Delli”, the Dartmouth man who drove his car HB4188 in a dangerous manner and struck down and killed 74-year-old Narine Singh, surrendered to...

Man collapses, dies on public road

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man collapses, dies on public road

The family of a 29-year-old, Shazaad Abdul, is awaiting the result of a Post Mortem Examination to fully ascertain the cause of his demise over the weekend. Adbul was discovered dead on the Adventure...

Ramotar holds talks with Dubai leaders

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar holds talks with Dubai leaders

…makes pitch for oil rich country to develop local seaport His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler...

Shoot out near camp street prison…Wounded suspect says he is not aware of his friends’ movements

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Shoot out near camp street prison…Wounded suspect says he is not aware of his friends’ movements

The wounded suspect in Sunday night’s shootout with police on Bent Street, Georgetown says that he is not aware whether his two friends were involved in any robbery before they collected him at his...

‘Plastic bag’ throwing may have caused Albouystown murder – Police

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Plastic bag’ throwing may have caused Albouystown murder – Police

– suspected killers still on the run Police are yet to apprehend two men wanted in connection with the murder of 24-year-old Lloyd Benjamin. Benjamin, who lived at Lot 113 King...

Distraught brother calls on police to investigate death of burnt sibling

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Distraught brother calls on police to investigate death of burnt sibling

The brother of a 47-year-old miner who was burnt at Mowasie Landing almost four months ago is calling on police investigators to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident since...

Bajan man remanded for robbing Guyanese

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bajan man remanded for robbing Guyanese

Knowledge by some persons in a St. Michael, Barbados, community that a Guyanese businessman, Mahendra Ramautar, kept money and valuables in his home led to him being robbed and to suffer a gunshot...

Banks DIH employee remanded for robbery under arms

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH employee remanded for robbery under arms

Nelson Pratt, 26, of 287 Beverly Close Street, South Ruimveldt, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where he faced an indictable Robbery Under...

The bigger picture paints a million words

Nov 19, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The bigger picture paints a million words

It was former President Bharrat Jagdeo who, last month at a Lusignan rally in celebration of twenty years of power, told the gathering that they must ignore the few potholes and few...

Magistrates’ Court cashier on remand for stealing “child support money”

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrates’ Court cashier on remand for stealing “child support money”

A 23 year-old Georgetown Magistrates’ Court cashier who was on the run for over a year for allegedly stealing from the court’s Maintenance Department; was yesterday remanded by Magistrate...

The anti-money laundering sanctions may begin

Nov 19, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The anti-money laundering sanctions may begin

Yesterday was the deadline for the introduction of the anti-money laundering Bill. The various countries met in the Bahamas yesterday to decide on the way forward for the non-compliant...

Accused in Black Bush Polder murder trial to know fate today

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Accused in Black Bush Polder murder trial to know fate today

The accused in the Black Bush Polder lover murder trial is expected to know his fate today when Justice Dawn Gregory sums up the evidence for the mixed jury sitting in the Berbice High Court....

Old Age Pension Book distribution starts

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Old Age Pension Book distribution starts

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday commenced the distribution exercise of Old Age Pension Books for 2014. Pensioners were reached at centres along East Coast...

Tourism Awareness Month 2013…Restaurant Survey on quality, services, cleanliness being carried out

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tourism Awareness Month 2013…Restaurant Survey on quality, services, cleanliness being carried out

The Guyana Tourism Authority will be observing “Restaurant Week” as part of Celebrating Tourism Awareness Month. It is conducting a Restaurant Survey on the public perception on...

Kuru Kururu Cooperative College stretches its horizons

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kuru Kururu Cooperative College stretches its horizons

While congratulations were in order for this year’s graduating class of the Kuru Kuru Cooperative College (KKCC), there are plans by the Board of Directors to develop the institution’s curricula....

Labourer killed on road while on his way to crusade

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer killed on road while on his way to crusade

As the carnage continues on the roadways in Guyana, another family is left fatherless. On Sunday there was another fatal accident in West Berbice. Anand Singh, a 45-year-old labourer of...

Single mother of six remanded for possession of narcotics

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Single mother of six remanded for possession of narcotics

A single-mother of six who was recently apprehended on her virgin trip to the United States of America (US) for the possession of 2.938kgs of cocaine in her suitcase at the Cheddi...

UG graduates first ‘Masters in Paediatrics’ batch

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UG graduates first ‘Masters in Paediatrics’ batch

History was made at the University of Guyana Saturday evening when the institution for the first time graduated students undertaking the Masters of Medicine in Paediatrics. The inaugural batch...

$34M to share among 2,400 Globe Trust account holders

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $34M to share among 2,400 Globe Trust account holders

The Bank of Guyana (BOG) is giving the approximately 2,400 account holders of the failed Globe Trust and Investments Company Limited a final opportunity to uplift their monies. The uncollected...

Wanted bulletin

Nov 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted bulletin

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit has issued a wanted bulletin for Robin Llewlyn Wills in connection with a drug bust at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday. Wills’s address was...

Linden Town Council is more than capable of producing proper budgets

Nov 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Linden Town Council is more than capable of producing proper budgets

DEAR EDITOR, I have seen that Minister Whittaker was trying to disparage the Linden Town Council for non-submission of budget for 2014. This is unfortunate because despite the quality of personnel...

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