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‘Hitman’ remanded for block maker’s murder

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Hitman’ remanded for block maker’s murder

…says to sister “Tell mommy I love she” Standing in the docks with tears in his eyes, alleged hitman, Oswald Junior Yaw, listened in silence as Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan remanded him for...

Bodies of two Brazilians found in Cuyuni swamp

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bodies of two Brazilians found in Cuyuni swamp

Police may have a brutal double murder on their hands after finding the bodies of two Brazilians at Aramau Backdam, Cuyuni River. The decomposed bodies of Brazilian nationals Jose Carlos Barbosa...

Bheri Ramsaran cuts lonely figure in court

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bheri Ramsaran cuts lonely figure in court

moving to High Court to dismiss ‘slap and strip’ case Former Minister of Health in the PPP administration, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, who is before the court on a charge of using insulting...

Berbice Water Taxi service a success after first day

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Water Taxi service a success after first day

…bus drivers feel the squeeze The Government provided ‘smooth’ rides yesterday and after years of neglect the New Amsterdam Stelling saw a ‘burst of life’ again. At...

Diamond hospital is turning out to be a disaster – Public Health Minister

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond hospital is turning out to be a disaster – Public Health Minister

By Romila Boodram It was commissioned eight years ago with the sole purpose of rendering medical care to the residents on the East Bank Demerara (EBD). Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton,...

Commonwealth team arrives to fine-tune Guyana’s oil and gas policy

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth team arrives to fine-tune Guyana’s oil and gas policy

– to advise on establishment of Sovereign Wealth Fund Economic Advisors at the Oceans and Natural Resources Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Daniel Wilde and Dr. Ekpen...

Berry Berry singing Mr Lonely

Sep 22, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Berry Berry singing Mr Lonely

Dem got a beautiful song wha Akon sing. It go like this, “Lonely, I am Mr Lonely, I have nobody to call my own.” When you got power you got friends. De waterfalls boss man did tell Jagdeo that a...

Jagdeo’s criminal charge called again in Magistrate’s court

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s criminal charge called again in Magistrate’s court

… Attorneys point to High Court challenge The criminal charge filed against former President Bharrat Jagdeo was set to continue in the Whim Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Carlyn Artiga,...

Rohee questions source of ‘relic’ guns turned in through amnesty programme

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee questions source of ‘relic’ guns turned in through amnesty programme

– “bandits don’t use those things these days” By Abena Rockcliffe “Where are all these guns coming from?” That question was asked yesterday by former Minister of...

Public Service Commission of Inquiry Hearings (COI) to commence today

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Public Service Commission of Inquiry Hearings (COI) to commence today

The Commissioners on the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the Public Service sector will begin their hearings today. According to information released by the Government information Agency, (GINA) the...

Death of four-year-old at GPHC… Mother still awaits justice almost two years later

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Death of four-year-old at GPHC… Mother still awaits justice almost two years later

“How much more pain do I need to feel? How many more years do I need to cry? How much longer must I stand on the picket line and protest?” These were the searching questions asked by Nathalie...

Bartica, Leguan, Parika stellings to be rehabilitated

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica, Leguan, Parika stellings to be rehabilitated

Stellings across the country are slated to undergo rehabilitation works within the coming months. Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) officials are already holding consultations and bids...

Gun amnesty compliers before court for illegal ammo possession

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gun amnesty compliers before court for illegal ammo possession

They were taking advantage of the gun amnesty recently implemented by the Ministry of Public Security. Last Thursday, Alex Croal ,46, of Lot 604 Wismar Linden and Eustace Wilson,50, of One Mile,...

GPHC produces 40 more paediatric nurses

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC produces 40 more paediatric nurses

More than 40 nurses from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) recently graduated, after successfully completing a Paediatric Nurses Development Course. The course was made possible...

Berbicians remanded for $$M theft at Avinash

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbicians remanded for $$M theft at Avinash

Three men, who allegedly swindled their employer, Michael Panday, proprietor of Avinash Complex of over $20M in cloth, vinyl and other items were yesterday remanded to prison after they appeared in...

Kwakwani resident tops GSA Certificate Programme

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kwakwani resident tops GSA Certificate Programme

Region Ten once again is in the limelight in academics. Corwyn Bruce, 20, of Kwakwani Water Front Road graduated, recently, with a distinction in the Certificate in Agriculture at the Guyana School...

Irene ‘Nen Nen’ Osborne is 103

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Irene ‘Nen Nen’ Osborne is 103

Yesterday marked the 103rd birth anniversary of Margaret Irene Osborne. She is affectionately called Nen Nen. She was born to John and Rebecca Babb on September 21, 1912 in the village of Hague, West...

Rupununi NGO wins coveted UN Equator Prize

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi NGO wins coveted UN Equator Prize

The South Central People’s Development Association of Rupununi has become one of 20 organisations to capture the United Nations Development Fund’s Equator Prize for the year 2015. This is...

Visually impaired UG student gets computer

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Visually impaired UG student gets computer

President David Granger yesterday handed over laptop complete with a printer, headphones, a DVD writer and a flash drive to Ceion Rollox an 18-year old, visually impaired first year student of the...

Annual Heritage Games… Central Rupununi, Region four retain male and female football titles

Sep 22, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual Heritage Games… Central Rupununi, Region four retain male and female football titles

By Zaheer Mohamed Central Rupununi of Region nine defeated Port Kaituma of Region one 4-1 to retain the male football crown, while defending champions Region four overcame Region seven on penalties...

Jack Warner extradition proceedings approved

Sep 22, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jack Warner extradition proceedings approved

BBC Sport – US extradition proceedings against Jack Warner, a former vice-president of football’s world governing body Fifa, are to go ahead after being approved by Trinidad’s attorney...

12-year old Laksmana Ramroop wins Demerara Life Golf Tournament

Sep 22, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 12-year old Laksmana Ramroop wins Demerara Life Golf Tournament

Golfing in fine style, youthful Laksmana Ramroop excelled to carry away the Best Net prize in the annual Demerara Life Golf Tournament on Saturday last. Golfing under fine weather conditions and with...

Suriname concerned about possible health risks of Guyana’s paddy seeds

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname concerned about possible health risks of Guyana’s paddy seeds

The Government of Suriname and rice farmers are at odds over the importation of paddy seeds from Guyana. According to Soeresh Algoe, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, the...

GTT’s new Smart Talk Bundles offer big savings

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GTT’s new Smart Talk Bundles offer big savings

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph company (GTT)’s pre-paid mobile customers will now be able to do more talking and texting with the new “Smart Talk Bundles”. This is one of the many offers to...

Mother of five amplifies need for awareness

Sep 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of five amplifies need for awareness

– in wake of “worrying” spate of maternal deaths “Worrying,” is the description offered by Mia Ritchie of the recent spate of reported maternal deaths. The woman who is a mother of five...

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Shabazz’s termination remains just the tip of the iceberg

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