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Suspect held in Courtney Crum-Ewing assassination

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect held in Courtney Crum-Ewing assassination

– Crime Chief describes arrest as ‘significant development’ Four months after he was assassinated with a bull-horn in his hands, police appear to be close to solving the murder of political...

Alexei Ramotar sent on leave – Harmon

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Alexei Ramotar sent on leave – Harmon

To facilitate an investigation into the financial arrangements of the E-Governance Project, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday instructed that the head of the initiative, Alexei Ramotar, be...

Permanent Secretary of Health Ministry sent on leave

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Permanent Secretary of Health Ministry sent on leave

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Leslie Cadogan, has been sent on leave as a major shakeup continues there. According to senior Government officials, the letter was delivered Thursday...

Elite Berbice Anti-Smuggling Squad disbanded for non-performance

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Elite Berbice Anti-Smuggling Squad disbanded for non-performance

Almost 15 years after it was established to stem the illegal cross border trade in Guyana’s eastern county, Government has announced the dismantling of its elite Berbice Anti-Smuggling Squad...

Four cops detained as gun goes missing from station

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Four cops detained as gun goes missing from station

Four police constables were under close arrest yesterday as officials seek to recover a .38 service revolver that vanished from the Suddie Police Station. A source said that the firearm was stolen...

Cops, bandits exchange gunfire following Supermarket robbery

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops, bandits exchange gunfire following Supermarket robbery

– four held Police, working round the clock, yesterday apprehended four suspects in connection with Thursday’s robbery at the M. Ali and Sons Supermarket at Main and Pope Street in New...

MERCOSUR to host August meeting on Venezuela border claims

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on MERCOSUR to host August meeting on Venezuela border claims

– Maduro said President Granger not ruling Guyana Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, announced that a regional bloc has agreed for a special meeting in August to discuss his country’s...

Maduro zigging and Jagdeo zagging

Jul 18, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Maduro zigging and Jagdeo zagging

De other day when dem boys open de papers dem see a story in de Waterfalls paper that mek dem shake dem head. De story was that de administration send de Number Two man at de Guyana Revenue Authority...

GPL launches customer services survey

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPL launches customer services survey

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says that it is moving to improve its service with the launching of a customer care survey. The idea is to see more measures taken to improve the customer...

Engine Failure caused Mazaruni TGA plane crash – report

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Engine Failure caused Mazaruni TGA plane crash – report

A determination has been made into Mazaruni Trans Guyana Airways plane crash, a tragedy which claimed the lives of Canadian Pilot Blake Slater, and Guyanese loader, Dwayne Jacobs, back in January...

Former police constable freed of firearm charge

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former police constable freed of firearm charge

A former Police Constable, Michael Pollydore, father of three, was set free after he was found not guilty of the charges which stated that he had in his possession an unlicenced firearm and...

Minister Lawrence visits flood-affected areas

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Lawrence visits flood-affected areas

During Wednesday and Thursday Guyana was affected by a record- breaking amount of rainfall that sent people seeking shelter at temporary locations because of the magnitude of the damage done to...

New Hyundai dealership set for August opening

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New Hyundai dealership set for August opening

A new auto dealership is set to launch shortly in Guyana and with it the citizenry is expected to not only have more valuable options but competitive ones. The dealership is being launched by Ideal...

Georgetown, East Demerara are Guyana’s rape centres

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown, East Demerara are Guyana’s rape centres

…as rape climbs by 74 percent As the latest round of police statistics show a whopping increase in the number of reported rapes, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has opined that the police force’s...

Trade between EU, Caribbean below expected level – says EU Trade Commissioner

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Trade between EU, Caribbean below expected level – says EU Trade Commissioner

“The truth is that we have not seen the big increases in trade between our regions that we hoped for. In some cases, trade is even lower now than it was five years ago and we must acknowledge this...

Hefty bail granted to alleged motorcycle thief

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hefty bail granted to alleged motorcycle thief

Twenty- two year old Orlando Brewster, who was accused of stealing a motor cycle from Mark Goring, was yesterday released on $200,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the...

Burglars step up campaign in Essequibo

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Burglars step up campaign in Essequibo

Over the past week burglars have been breaking into residents’ homes on the Essequibo Coast. In one case at Lima, Essequibo Coast, the home of a vendor who currently resides overseas was broken...

Man found guilty of drug possession

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man found guilty of drug possession

Lukinvich Theobald was yesterday found guilty of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, after a hearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, when he appeared before Magistrate...

Hero CPL t20 cricket… Narine’s magical spell and Ramdin shine under lights

Jul 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL t20 cricket… Narine’s magical spell and Ramdin shine under lights

Warriors get hard fought 3-wicket win over Zouks By Sean Devers The fans braved the rain and turned in the thousands for the first Hero CPL match in Guyana on Wednesday night and left disappointed...

Ticket holders for Wednesday’s rained out CPL match can obtain refunds

Jul 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ticket holders for Wednesday’s rained out CPL match can obtain refunds

The management of the Guyana Amazon Warriors Franchise has announced that ticket holders for Wednesday’s rained out game between Amazon Warriors and the Appleton Estate Jamaica Tallawahs, who were...

Coast Guard win first Inter-Unit Athletic Championship

Jul 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coast Guard win first Inter-Unit Athletic Championship

– dethrones Base Camp Ayanganna By Edison Jefford The Coast Guard won their first Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter-Unit Athletic Championship yesterday when they emphatically dethroned two-time...

2nd annual Grenville Felix Memorial 60-mile cycle race set for July 26th in Berbice

Jul 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2nd annual Grenville Felix Memorial 60-mile cycle race set for July 26th in Berbice

Cycling returns to Berbice as the Fyling Ace Cycle Club is keeping riders busy as they organise the second annual Grenville Felix Memorial Cycle road race which is billed for Sunday July 26th in...

Golden Grove/Haslington market will be upgraded

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Golden Grove/Haslington market will be upgraded

Minister Dawn Hastings-Williams, who has responsibility for Regional Development, within the Ministry of Communities, recently held consultations with officials from Region Four, Golden...

Russian Ambassador calls on House Speaker

Jul 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Russian Ambassador calls on House Speaker

Russian Ambassador to Guyana, Nikolay Smirnov, called on the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland, yesterday in the Speaker’s Chamber of the Public Building, Brickdam. During the...

On this day, the police murdered three unarmed protestors

Jul 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on On this day, the police murdered three unarmed protestors

Today marks the third death anniversary of three unarmed demonstrators in Linden. The subsequent outrage caused the PPP Government to hold a judicial inquiry with the State bringing two judges from...

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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