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Brazilians nabbed after attempting to rob Chinese store

Feb 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilians nabbed after attempting to rob Chinese store

Three Brazilian men allegedly trying to commit a robbery at a Lethem haberdashery store were last evening nabbed by police ranks at the Guyana-Brazil border, moments after they fled from the...

2012 gold trader’s murder…Accused deemed mentally unfit to stand trial

Feb 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 2012 gold trader’s murder…Accused deemed mentally unfit to stand trial

A city magistrate yesterday deemed that murder accused Joshua Payne is presently unfit to stand trial over accusations of a stabbing to death of a gold trader which occurred in the vicinity of...

Anti- money laundering discussions…Stakeholders will attend only when necessary – APNU

Feb 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti- money laundering discussions…Stakeholders will attend only when necessary – APNU

“If they come to every meeting it would be like treating us like little boys” – Basil Williams The Shadow Minister of Legal Affairs of the political faction, A Partnership for National Unity...

Guyana’s foreign policy is in a mess – Aubrey Norton

Feb 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s foreign policy is in a mess – Aubrey Norton

“You gain the impression that it is a disorganized set of people whose only interest is what they can benefit personally, but not what the society can benefit. And so it is evident that in the area...

What is my own is mine!

Feb 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What is my own is mine!

Old people say never to let other people’s property “fatten your eye”. But that warning has more often than not been ignored. There are individuals who like to “eyeball” what others have in...

PI date set for Carol Ann Lynch

Feb 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PI date set for Carol Ann Lynch

– Prosecution to produce 16 witnesses The date for the Preliminary Inquiry into the death of former Swiss House Cambio Manager, Farouk Razac, was on Wednesday set when his wife Carol Ann...

Looking down at Guyana from way above the skies

Feb 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Looking down at Guyana from way above the skies

When angry Guyanese engage me about the PPP’s horrific performance, I would say to them that no one can understand what the PPP has done with more than two decades of power. On this page, I have...

Contractor on bail for stabbing man for $100

Feb 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor on bail for stabbing man for $100

A contractor was yesterday brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to be indicted on an unlawful wounding charge after he allegedly stabbed another man for $100. Yesterday, Kent Beckles...

GDF recruitment attracts over 800

Feb 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GDF recruitment attracts over 800

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF)’s first recruitment cycle for 2014, has been met by a significant response from all across the country. One hundred persons submitted applications to be trained as...

Kitty man gets 12 months for burglary

Feb 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty man gets 12 months for burglary

A Barr Street Kitty resident was yesterday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by Magistrate Fabayo Azore after she found him guilty of burgling the house of another Kitty resident. Yesterday, the...

Diamond resident charged for vehicle fraud

Feb 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond resident charged for vehicle fraud

Bail was yesterday set to the tune of $350,000 for a 34-year-old Diamond, East Bank Demerara resident who was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for an alleged vehicle fraud. It was the...

Murder accused to know whether fit to stand retrial

Feb 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused to know whether fit to stand retrial

Murder accused Charles Albert called Charles Greaves, 52, of Lot 56 Princetown, Corriverton, Corentyne, Berbice ,will know today if he is fit to stand trial at this time in the Berbice High Court....

Eccles biker’s killing…More witnesses testify as PI continues

Feb 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Eccles biker’s killing…More witnesses testify as PI continues

Police investigators associated with the probe into the death of biker, Kirk Davis, were yesterday called to testify on behalf of the prosecution as the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into his death...

An opportunity for us to examine how our national assembly operates

Feb 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on An opportunity for us to examine how our national assembly operates

Dear Editor The Preamble of a constitution frames its spirit and intent, one of which for us is to “Forge a system of governance that promotes concerted effort and board-based participation in...

Adam right on crime; politicians must jointly address problem

Feb 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Adam right on crime; politicians must jointly address problem

Dear Editor, People relate to Adam Harris’s frustration over the spike in crime – murders, robberies. No one can really feel safe from criminal elements in the society, particularly business...

President must give reason for witholding assent; court decides constitutionality

Feb 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on President must give reason for witholding assent; court decides constitutionality

Dear Editor, Upon reading Guyana’s constitution at the National Assembly’s library, Mr Brynmor Pollard, SC has shared an opinion on the fourth local government bill, which President Donald...

Guyana SWAT: A proud moment for Guyana

Feb 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana SWAT: A proud moment for Guyana

Dear Editor, Witnessing the launch of GUYANA’S SWAT TEAM earlier today is truly a moving and powerful moment for the peoples of our beautiful and promising Guyana. Personally, I am exhilarated,...

Best wishes to the Chinese community on the occasion of the Chinese New Year

Feb 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Best wishes to the Chinese community on the occasion of the Chinese New Year

Dear Editor, I wish to extend best wishes to the Chinese community in Guyana on the occasion of the Chinese New Year which is celebrated in mainland China and the entire Chinese diaspora under the...

No reference made to any comparable constitutional scenario

Feb 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on No reference made to any comparable constitutional scenario

Dear Editor, A history-making judicial coup, a pyrrhic political achievement, a devastating embarassment to decision-making of any kind in this country, but most immediately to that of the standard...

Government inciting physical violence against opposition – Harmon

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Government inciting physical violence against opposition – Harmon

A misuse of state funds to launch an attack on its own citizens by inciting violence, were the words used to describe the fact that Office of the President, has been funding full page advertisements...

Female soldier charged with Agricola housewife’s murder

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Female soldier charged with Agricola housewife’s murder

A female rank of the Guyana Defence Force was brought before the courts charged with killing a 55-year-old woman whose body was reportedly found in her backyard. Abiola Jacobs, 22, was...

Man uplifts dead man’s salary at Uitvlugt Estate

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man uplifts dead man’s salary at Uitvlugt Estate

…two sacked, workers down tools Just over 100 workers attached to the Uitvlugt Sugar Estate, West Coast Demerara, yesterday downed tools in protest of the dismissal of two of their colleagues. The...

Handcuffed prisoners beat cop in police station

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Handcuffed prisoners beat cop in police station

Three prisoners went berserk yesterday, battering a Police Detective Constable even as they were being led into the Cove and John Police Station lock-ups following their second appearance before...

Suriname committed to “quiet diplomacy” over New River Triangle

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname committed to “quiet diplomacy” over New River Triangle

Suriname has restated its commitment to “quiet diplomacy” with Guyana over the disputed New River Triangle area. According to President Desi Bouterse, in a report yesterday in Suriname’s online...

Bound, dehydrated 2-year old rescued from North R/veldt house

Feb 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bound, dehydrated 2-year old rescued from North R/veldt house

Ranks from the East La Penitence Police station on Tuesday night rescued a two-year-old abandoned child from a North Ruimveldt house, earning high praises from head of the Child Care and Protection...

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