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Atkinson Brothers 5-a-side football to start December 20

Dec 05, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Atkinson Brothers 5-a-side football to start December 20

The Atkinson Brothers 5-a-side football tournament is expected to commence on December 20 at Kumaka Recreation ground, Region One. The competition which will see male and female teams playing in...

Girl disappears from Timehri home

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Girl disappears from Timehri home

A single mother is asking the public to help her find her 15-year-old daughter who disappeared from their Timehri home on Wednesday. Kimberly Agand, of Lot 78 Lion’s Road Timehri, vanished from her...

Man drowns in puddle

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man drowns in puddle

An autopsy performed on the body of twenty six year old Glendon Rigby, at the Fort Wellington mortuary yesterday, revealed that he died from drowning. According to reports, Rigby, of Number...

U.S. ready to continue partnership with Guyana to combat climate change

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. ready to continue partnership with Guyana to combat climate change

The United States stands ready to continue to work in partnership with Guyana both at COP-21 in Paris and beyond, in order to advance our shared goals in combating climate change and in mitigating...

Minister Norton commits to continued collaboration with Baby Heart Foundation

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Norton commits to continued collaboration with Baby Heart Foundation

—as third round of paediatric surgeries concludes “It has already been done,” said Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, when asked if he would be advocating for specific funding to be...

The Auditor General is free to audit City Hall books – Deputy Mayor

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Auditor General is free to audit City Hall books – Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has come out swinging against ‘corruption at City Hall’ statements from former Attorney General Anil Nandlall in defence of the Municipality. She said his...

Indigenous People’s Affairs Ministry to resuscitate Moruca Credit and Development Trust

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous People’s Affairs Ministry to resuscitate Moruca Credit and Development Trust

With the aim of boosting and promoting entrepreneurship, economic development and self-sustainability in the Moruca Sub-District of Region One, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs (MIPA), will...

Oral sex accusation versus a hitman’s confession

Dec 05, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Oral sex accusation versus a hitman’s confession

How do the police operate in circumstances where John says Mary called him a thief and Mary says he is lying? I am inquisitive, because I read in the Kaieteur News where a City Constabulary rank was...

Region Three students benefit from gender-based violence seminar

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region Three students benefit from gender-based violence seminar

‘Knowledge is power’ was the notion that was emphasised when the Guidance and Counselling Unit of the Region Three Department of Education, convened a gender-based violence seminar recently. Held...

Education Minister commissions new Nursery School in Sophia

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister commissions new Nursery School in Sophia

Minster of Education Rupert Roopnaraine on Wednesday commissioned the Cummings Park Nursery School for residents of E’ Field, Sophia, whose children were not having access to nearby schooling. The...

Sexual harassment in City constabulary will not be condoned –says Town Clerk

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sexual harassment in City constabulary will not be condoned –says Town Clerk

As City Hall advocates zero tolerance for all forms of violence against women senior officers have been warned that “any Rank in the City Constabulary who seeks to sexually harass another would be...

Celebrating the misfortune of others

Dec 05, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Celebrating the misfortune of others

It is a tragic situation in Guyana. We celebrate the misfortune of others simply because we perceive them to have served the former government. During this week two senior persons, one an editor and...

Networking forum targets aspiring and struggling women entrepreneurs

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Networking forum targets aspiring and struggling women entrepreneurs

Through strategic collaboration between Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) and CUSO International, a total of 60 women were recently able to benefit from a networking event. The forum, which was held at...

Guyanese-born computer technician guilty in BVI sex charges

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese-born computer technician guilty in BVI sex charges

BVI (bvinews.com) – Guyana native Oliver Lewis was found guilty in the Magistrate’s Court, Thursday afternoon, on four counts of gross indecency with a minor, stemming from an incident in...

Taxi driver murder… Ranks visited location where victim’s body was dumped – Police witness

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver murder… Ranks visited location where victim’s body was dumped – Police witness

Police Detective Jermaine Landry told the court, yesterday, that accused murderer, Balram Singh, took investigators to the spots, where the body of slain taxi driver, Bhomeshwar Sukdeo, was dumped....

More than a year later…Relatives of murdered housewife accuse police of poor investigation

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on More than a year later…Relatives of murdered housewife accuse police of poor investigation

More than a year has passed since 31-year-old Candy Rawlins was brutally murdered by her husband and the investigation into her death appears to have ground to a halt with no effort being made to...

Minister Norton refutes Demerara Tobacco allegations

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Norton refutes Demerara Tobacco allegations

-says raised taxation for tobacco will not increase illicit trade. Public Health Minister George Norton yesterday refuted a claim by Demerara Tobacco Limited that they were excluded from the...

Minister lauds “One Health” approach

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Minister lauds “One Health” approach

Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings, on Tuesday lauded the approach of the One Health leadership series, which is designed to enable and empower professionals from the...

One man protestor returns to Venezuelan Embassy

Dec 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on One man protestor returns to Venezuelan Embassy

Against the backdrop of Venezuelan claims to Essequibo, one man yesterday decided to continue his protest in front of the Venezuelan Embassy, despite rain and a purported death threat. Dennis Atwell,...

A POSTAL LONGEVITY

Dec 05, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A POSTAL LONGEVITY

For decades, Guyana’s postal service has been only providing two main services to the nation—the mailing and delivery of letters and parcels and the granting of birth certificates. The premises...

Hung jury for accused wife killer

Dec 05, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Hung jury for accused wife killer

Murder accused, Anthony Morrison is set to face another trial in the High Court, for the murder of his common law wife, Donna Thomas. He was on trial before Justice Priya Beharry and a mixed jury at...

Trio fined, ordered to perform community service

Dec 05, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Trio fined, ordered to perform community service

Three persons were brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Thursday and ordered to pay fines and perform community service after they were charged with being in possession of narcotics. The...

Accident driver charged with causing death

Dec 05, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Accident driver charged with causing death

…granted $600,000 bail The driver who crashed into a differently able man on Thursday last, dismembering his body in the process, has been charged with the man’s death. Driver Davendra Singh, 27,...

High praise for the new Government

Dec 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on High praise for the new Government

Dear Editor, Permit me space in your letter column to ventilate my views on a couple of things. It is said that the longest journey begins with the first step. It is also said that words and thought...

Controversy rages at Isseneru

Dec 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Controversy rages at Isseneru

Dear Editor, The Isseneru Village Council refutes the allegation, in yesterday’s Kaiteur news carried under the caption ”Isseneru dredge…Situation escalates; gunmen storm dredge” These...