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Region Seven DEO pleads ‘not guilty’ to sexual assault charge

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Region Seven DEO pleads ‘not guilty’ to sexual assault charge

…granted $50,000 bail Region Seven District Education Officer (DEO), Akbar Chindu, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Dellon Bess at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge...

Region Two rice farmers continue protest to highlight critical concerns

Mar 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two rice farmers continue protest to highlight critical concerns

Having lost almost six acres of cultivated rice, Mohamed Jameal Sattaur, is worried about the future of his livelihood. The resident of Anna Regina New Housing Scheme, Region Two, has been in the...

Mandir construction requires financial boost

Mar 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mandir construction requires financial boost

The Sri Surya Narayan Mandir, located at Lot 4607 Westminster, La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, is in the process of being constructed. However, the management is appealing for assistance...

Man appears in court for unlawful assault

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man appears in court for unlawful assault

A city magistrate denied a man his pre-trial liberty after he was arraigned for unlawful assault. Randolph Sanasie, who resides at Lot 1 Independence Street, La Grange, denied that on March 1, at ...

Convicted coke swallower nabbed again

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Convicted coke swallower nabbed again

A convicted cocaine swallower allegedly decided to try a new way of transporting the drug but failed, when he was busted with the illegal drug strapped to his thighs. Yesterday, Terry De Freitas was...

No bail for father of five found with cocaine

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on No bail for father of five found with cocaine

A businessman and father of five made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday, charged with the possession of a narcotic. Thirty-six year-old, Lance Walters of 84 Fifth Avenue...

Couple charged with trafficking drugs

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Couple charged with trafficking drugs

Yesterday Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) alleged that Ron Reid and Shaneeza Bacchus had 70 grams of cocaine in their possession for the purpose of trafficking. The duo appeared yesterday at the...

Pandit accused of embezzling money granted bail

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pandit accused of embezzling money granted bail

A religious leader found himself before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after he was charged with fraudulently converting a large sum of money. Pandit Krishnanlall Persaud pleaded not guilty...

Phagwah Messages

Mar 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Phagwah Messages

People’s Progressive Party The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) extends Phagwah greetings to all Hindus on the occasion of Phagwah which is celebrated on March 7. Phagwah is a festival which...

Couple charged with trafficking drugs

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Couple charged with trafficking drugs

Holi-a reflection of harmony in Guyana

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Holi-a reflection of harmony in Guyana

Dear Editor, Holi/Phagwah is a Hindu Festival, which is celebrated at the end of the winter season, on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalgun (February/March) thatusually falls in the...

The hand that holds the key to unlock the door to a new Guyana

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The hand that holds the key to unlock the door to a new Guyana

Dear Editor, Peeping Tom’s “A case of survival,” (KN, March 5), which analyzes implications of the AFC’s decision to break its 2005 promise of never allying with the PPP or PNC to doing just...

Investments became much more viable under the PPP

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Investments became much more viable under the PPP

Dear Editor Over the past years, we have seen an influx of high profile investors, coming to Guyana, and along with local investors, make significant investments in our country. This is...

I SUPPORT THE GNYC “VOTE LIKE A BOSS CAMPAIGN”

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I SUPPORT THE GNYC “VOTE LIKE A BOSS CAMPAIGN”

Dear Editor I write to express my support for the “Vote Like A Boss” campaign. I believe that this kind of initiative is needed to help propel young people to the upcoming polls and encourage...

Can any charge be laid on those who consistently lied to the nation?

Mar 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can any charge be laid on those who consistently lied to the nation?

Dear Editor, The maxim “it never rains but pours” truly fits squarely at the feet of this government. As one follows the events of the day, the only question that comes to mind is “What else...

Breaking News…Neesa Gopaul murder trial… Mother jailed 106 years, lover gets 96 years

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News…Neesa Gopaul murder trial… Mother jailed 106 years, lover gets 96 years

A High Court judge, in one of the country’s biggest murder trials, yesterday sentenced a mother and her former lover to more than 200 years in jail. They were found guilty of killing 16 year-old...

Govt. finally breaks silence on Marriott…Tax dollars fund entire project – Luncheon admits

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. finally breaks silence on Marriott…Tax dollars fund entire project – Luncheon admits

Just weeks before the 197-room, US$58M Marriott Hotel is set to open its doors in Kingston, Georgetown, Government in explosive disclosures yesterday admitted that all of the monies it spent so far...

Opposition launches Election campaign…May 11 will be ‘Deliverance Day’

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition launches Election campaign…May 11 will be ‘Deliverance Day’

– “Our children, like little Red Riding Hood, are given a modern-day glimpse of the big bad wolves with new, brighter, but bigger teeth to laugh at our people’s pains and miseries.” By...

Gunmen caught after robbery

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen caught after robbery

Two of three bandits who robbed a Stabroek Market vegetable vendor at his Mahaica, East Coast Demerara home were last evening hospitalized after swift response by police officers quashed their escape...

More abuse of power…Police delete photos of ranks beating suspect

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on More abuse of power…Police delete photos of ranks beating suspect

The advancement of technology is creating havoc for some police ranks who seem bent on violating the rights of citizens who capture their wrongdoings on camera. Just one day after former Commissioner...

Neesa Gopaul murder trial …Only a heartless mother could watch somebody else kill her child –Prosecutor

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Neesa Gopaul murder trial …Only a heartless mother could watch somebody else kill her child –Prosecutor

The murder trial of Bibi Shareema Gopaul and her former lover Jarvis Barry Small should end today. After hours of testimonies and a month long trial, Justice Navindra Singh will sum up the evidence...

Man forced to delete YouTube video…Alleges further police intimidation

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man forced to delete YouTube video…Alleges further police intimidation

Francis Bailey, the young man who is behind the posting of a video highlighting two youths rolling what appears to be a marijuana joint on a police vehicle, is convinced that the police are trying to...

Health Ministry HPV programme halted

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry HPV programme halted

– official claims programme will revive “soon” Although it was only recently rated as a success by Minister of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran, information reaching this publication is that the...

Minister Ramsammy unlikely to continue – Luncheon

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Ramsammy unlikely to continue – Luncheon

Two months before early general elections to choose a new government, the incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) may well have to do without one of its most seasoned campaigners…Dr....

Another shot: ExxonMobil starts oil exploration today

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Another shot: ExxonMobil starts oil exploration today

Despite objections from neighbouring Venezuela, US-based oil company, ExxonMobil, is all set to start oil exploration offshore Guyana, today. It expects to spend up to US$200M during the search....

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Berbice ease past Demerara in low-scoring match

The geography of pettiness

Kaieteur News – You have to admire the commitment. Not to international diplomacy, mind you, but to the art of the... more