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Cops rescue abducted woman, capture bandits after shootout

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cops rescue abducted woman, capture bandits after shootout

Police anti-crime patrols in the city yesterday thwarted an alleged abduction and later traded bullets with bandits who had earlier committed a robbery. Their actions have come in for high praise. In...

Day Two: No sign of missing plane, crew

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Day Two: No sign of missing plane, crew

Search and rescue teams turned up empty handed yesterday following a 20-mile radius search for the missing Air Services Limited (ASL) aircraft that went down in the Mahdia, Region Eight area, two...

Woman’s body found floating in Sophia ‘Blacka’

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s body found floating in Sophia ‘Blacka’

– angry brothers ‘arrest’ husband The lifeless body of a 35-year-old woman was pulled from the Lama Canal in an area called the “Blacka” at the entrance of ‘B’ Field...

Father and son charged with Tuschen triple murder

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Father and son charged with Tuschen triple murder

Three days after he turned himself in to the police, triple murder suspect, Jerome Franklyn, appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court and was remanded to prison. Franklyn appeared...

Worker ruled dismissed; GAWU seeks legal advice

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Worker ruled dismissed; GAWU seeks legal advice

More than three months after an alleged slapping incident between an estate manager and a worker ended in crippling sugar industry strikes; there seems no clear way forward. This is because Sole...

Despite achieving target, GuySuCo continues to lose on sugar

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Despite achieving target, GuySuCo continues to lose on sugar

– cash shortage as world prices plunge by half There is some good news and then more bad news for the sugar industry this year. The industry has been able to, for the first time in nine...

Brassy was always crookish

Dec 30, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Brassy was always crookish

It ain’t got a day that dem boys ain’t learn something new bout some of de people who mekking decisions fuh dem. And de people who got nuff information is dem old teacher. Dem is de people...

West Indies collapse after big stand

Dec 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies collapse after big stand

ESPNcricinfo – Centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels steered West Indies past the follow-on mark before a familiar collapse revived the possibility, albeit slight, of a South...

The Primacy of Violence

Dec 30, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Primacy of Violence

Our Sunday cartoon captured it in a sense – Guyana as a wrestler bruised and battered by one opponent, the year 2014 personified, heading out of the ring as it has tagged its partner, 2015. While...

Cops release slain remigrant’s girlfriend, grandson

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cops release slain remigrant’s girlfriend, grandson

Police are still searching for suspects and a motive for the murder of 66-year-old remigrant, Kingsley Joseph, whose badly chopped body was found last Saturday in a clump of bushes near his Phase...

Man dies while checking out of city hotel

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies while checking out of city hotel

A 51-year-old Trinidadian man by the name of Randy Maycock, reportedly died while checking out of a city hotel, yesterday morning. Sources have informed Kaieteur News that Maycock came to the country...

T&HD Ferry Services Enhanced from Essequibo River Dredging

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on T&HD Ferry Services Enhanced from Essequibo River Dredging

The Transport & Harbours Department (T&H.D) Ferry Vessels Malali, Kanawan and Sabanto are now able to operate on their normal schedules on the Parika/Wakenaam/Supenaam services after a three...

Alarming rise in road fatalities…APNU calls for stricter enforcement and safer roads

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alarming rise in road fatalities…APNU calls for stricter enforcement and safer roads

The main opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is expressing its condolences to the relatives and friends of all those who died on our country’s roadways over the holiday...

Stalled Cath Lab work could put CHI out of operation

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Stalled Cath Lab work could put CHI out of operation

The continued operation of the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) may very well be in jeopardy if a new Cardiac Catherisation Laboratory (commonly referred to as a Cath Lab) is not completed in the very...

Cuba’s new diplomatic relations augurs well for Guyana – GCSM President

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cuba’s new diplomatic relations augurs well for Guyana – GCSM President

Although a new era of relations between the United States and Cuba came as a surprise to many, President of the Guyana Cuba Solidarity Movement (GCSM) Haleem Khan said he always contemplated that...

Brothers charged with attempted murder

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brothers charged with attempted murder

Two brothers accused of stabbing another man nine days ago thereby causing him to be hospitalized, were recently hauled before the courts on an attempted murder charge. Michael Bishwanauth, 36, and...

UDFA/GT Beer Supa 16 Christmas football finals decided

Dec 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA/GT Beer Supa 16 Christmas football finals decided

Winners Connection down Eagles United 3-1, Hi Stars fly past Topp XX 2-1 This year’s finalists in the 2nd edition of the Upper Demerara Football Association’s GT Beer Supa 16 Knockout football...

PPP lauds Govt $2.1B release to rice millers

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PPP lauds Govt $2.1B release to rice millers

The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday lauded government’s move to advance $2.1 B to millers in order for early payments to be made to cash strapped rice farmers. Last week,...

Health Minister peeved over drug shortage reports in Region Six

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister peeved over drug shortage reports in Region Six

…conflict of interest with hospital pharmacists who own private pharmacies Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, has blasted the healthcare administration in Berbice, blaming what he termed...

FIRMER POLICE ACTION IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO ROAD DEATHS

Dec 30, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FIRMER POLICE ACTION IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO ROAD DEATHS

One of the first observations about British Guiana that was made by renowned novelist V. S. Naipaul was the extent to which Guyanese living in such a large country huddled together on a narrow...

Nandlall’s threats to KNews …PPP defends DPP’s advice not to charge

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall’s threats to KNews …PPP defends DPP’s advice not to charge

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday jumped to the defence of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack saying that she has every right to advise the Guyana Police Force...

Overseas-based couple brings Christmas cheer to underprivileged in Region Ten

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based couple brings Christmas cheer to underprivileged in Region Ten

Underprivileged families in Region Ten were treated to lunch, drinks and gifts last Sunday at Benjamin’s residence in Amelia’s Ward, compliments of overseas-based couple Mr. and Mrs....

Police intensify hunt for gold miner’s petrol wielding killer

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police intensify hunt for gold miner’s petrol wielding killer

Police are currently intensifying the hunt for a man who is allegedly responsible for the death of 41-year-old gold miner, Mikel Huntley, in the Ikawan, Cuyuni River area. Huntley, a father of two,...

Two get 20 years each

Dec 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two get 20 years each

Clevon Romero and his colleague, Edward Castello, both of Lima, Essequibo Coast, were each sentenced to 20 years in jail by Justice Franklin Holder, at the Suddie High Court. Castello and Romero were...

GDF, Alpha to battle for championship honours; Pele, Western go after 3rd prize

Dec 30, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDF, Alpha to battle for championship honours; Pele, Western go after 3rd prize

More than three weeks of fierce rivalry will climax to a delectable conclusion when the Guyana Defence Force throw down the gauntlet against Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United when the two teams clash for...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more