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Man wanted for rape shot dead by cops

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man wanted for rape shot dead by cops

A Haslington, East Coast Demerara man who was wanted for the rape of a 15-year old girl was yesterday shot dead by police at Kuru Kuru on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway. Police said that a police rank...

Two charged with Patsan driver’s killing

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two charged with Patsan driver’s killing

A gold trader and a car wash attendant, both from East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, were yesterday charged with the murder of a driver/salesman who was shot dead last Thursday outside of Patsan Trading...

Scores disconnected as GPL swoops down on West Dem.

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Scores disconnected as GPL swoops down on West Dem.

With little or no care for the danger of electrocution, electricity theft dominates the cases Guyana Power Light (GPL) encounters, with their Loss Reduction Unit combing villages countrywide and...

Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry…Brother testifies alleged killer linked to ‘House of Israel’ cult

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry…Brother testifies alleged killer linked to ‘House of Israel’ cult

– Claims police turned blind eye to acts of intimidation, beatings By Leonard Gildarie The high-profile inquiry into the June 1980 death of Dr. Walter Rodney switched into high gear...

Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry…PNC Govt. killed Rodney – Karen de Souza

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry…PNC Govt. killed Rodney – Karen de Souza

It was the People’s National Congress (PNC) Government led by Forbes Burnham, that killed Dr. Walter Rodney, says prominent activist, Karen de Souza. De Souza, who said she was associated with the...

GRA must fix deficiencies to deal with corruption – PAC Chairman

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GRA must fix deficiencies to deal with corruption – PAC Chairman

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Carl Greenidge, has expressed that while the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) can be lauded for a number of initiatives it has taken to improve its systems,...

NCN sends home Assistant Television Production Manager

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NCN sends home Assistant Television Production Manager

Popular radio announcer and Assistant Television Production Manager at the National Communications Network (NCN), Isaiah Chapelle, has been interdicted and sent home pending a management evaluation....

Teen says he killed Mabura shopkeeper during struggle

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen says he killed Mabura shopkeeper during struggle

– police source A 19-year-old has reportedly confessed to killing Mabura businessman Colin McLean, who was slain in his home last Sunday. Kaieteur News understands that the teen told...

Notorious wanted bandit ‘Rambo’ nabbed at court

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Notorious wanted bandit ‘Rambo’ nabbed at court

In what could only be described as a barefaced act, alert police yesterday nabbed notorious wanted bandit Tameshwar Khemraj called ‘Rambo’ , as he turned up at the Albion Magistrate court to...

Dem boys seh…Guyana does attract scamps and crooks

Apr 30, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Guyana does attract scamps and crooks

All government like to collect taxes while most business people don’t like to pay. Bobby and Boyah never pay and dem boys peep dem files in de tax man office yesterday. Gerry and Brazzy is two of a...

Council worker jailed for stealing from former Postmaster General

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Council worker jailed for stealing from former Postmaster General

A former city council worker who claimed that he was suddenly gripped by a bout of “sticky hands,” made several stirring apologies before he was sentenced to four months in prison yesterday....

Gunman captured by police after robbery – accomplice escapes with booty

Apr 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gunman captured by police after robbery – accomplice escapes with booty

Quick police response by ranks of a police mobile unit yesterday led to the arrest of a gunman, who along with an accomplice had attacked a 34-year-old city resident to relieve him of the jewellery...

Convicted robber critical after fight at N/A Prison

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted robber critical after fight at N/A Prison

A convicted prisoner is now in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of the New Amsterdam Hospital after he was wounded by another inmate. The injured man, Brian Hescott, 25, of Cummings...

Pepsi Sonics holds Basketball Easter Clinic USA based Coaches onboard

Apr 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pepsi Sonics holds Basketball Easter Clinic USA based Coaches onboard

By Sean Devers The Pepsi Sonics Basketball Club and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport annual Easter Basketball Clinic got on the way on Monday at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall (CASH) under the...

GCA/Brain Street U-15 tourney Persaud century propels GNIC to huge win

Apr 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/Brain Street U-15 tourney Persaud century propels GNIC to huge win

Left handed opener Joshua Persaud stroked a fine century as Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) defeated Transport Sports Club (TSC) by a mammoth 183 runs when the Georgetown Cricket...

Book of Condolence opened for PSC Chairman

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Book of Condolence opened for PSC Chairman

In memory of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman Ronald Webster who passed away on Sunday last, a Book of Condolence was opened and is available for signing at the Commission’s Board Room...

GPHC clears the air on gunshot victim

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC clears the air on gunshot victim

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), in a statement on Monday last sought to clear the air on an article published in the Kaieteur News on Tuesday April 22, 2014 and headlined...

Holder of ticket #1789 wins trip to B/dos Top Gear Festival

Apr 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Holder of ticket #1789 wins trip to B/dos Top Gear Festival

The holder of ticket #1789 will get the opportunity to travel to Barbados to witness the upcoming Top Gear Festival according to a release from the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC)...

Floodlight softball cricket matches set for DCC tonight

Apr 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlight softball cricket matches set for DCC tonight

Tonight at the DCC Ground in Queenstown, several softball cricket matches have been fixed starting at 6:30PM. The teams involved in tonight’s activity will be competing in the Independence Cup...

Letter to the Sports Editor Sunich thanks teams for taking part in Trophy Stall tourney

Apr 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor Sunich thanks teams for taking part in Trophy Stall tourney

Dear Editor, Softball cricket has been on the ascendency for many years now. It has become one of the most popular and exciting spectator sporting events in our country. Numerous and highly...

Seon Bristol throws support behind Atwell as fighter leaves for NY training base

Apr 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seon Bristol throws support behind Atwell as fighter leaves for NY training base

A press briefing was called yesterday at the Millennium Manor Hotel on Hadfield Street by boxer Clive Atwell and members of his team to update the media on preparations for his May 24 fight against...

‘Guyana Festival’ launching slated for Friday

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Guyana Festival’ launching slated for Friday

The highly anticipated ‘Guyana Festival’ will be launched on Friday, May 2, at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) at 17:00h. The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has promised...

Rising Sun Judo Club/Alpha MMA stages second in-club Judo tourney for 2014‏

Apr 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun Judo Club/Alpha MMA stages second in-club Judo tourney for 2014‏

Even the Sunday morning showers on April 27th couldn’t stop what is turning out to be one of the biggest local Judo rivalries from continuing as Raul Lall and Randy Phillips once again made it...

Non Pareil murder/ suicide…Sibling cites rumours of infidelity as possible motive

Apr 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Non Pareil murder/ suicide…Sibling cites rumours of infidelity as possible motive

Rajnarine Ramdin, the brother of the 31-year-old man who murdered his wife before hanging himself last Sunday at Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara, said that his sibling might have committed the act...

Aiki-Jutsu classes commence at GNIC SC

Apr 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Aiki-Jutsu classes commence at GNIC SC

Jaguar School of Combat has commenced its Aiki-Jutsu classes, a combination of Japanese martial arts at the GNIC Sports Club, Woolford Avenue. Chief trainer Lancelot Wilkie a 5th Dan instructor...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more