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Murdered taxi driver’s killer will be brought to justice – Commander assures

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered taxi driver’s killer will be brought to justice – Commander assures

…as ‘Cops and Faith’ reaches out to victim’s relatives Commander of the Police West Demerara Division, Senior Superintendent Stephen Mansell, has assured the relatives of murdered taxi driver...

Region Two farmers to benefit from $$M projects

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two farmers to benefit from $$M projects

The Ministry of Agriculture has invited tenders for rehabilitating drainage pumps in Essequibo, maintenance works on the main drains in Region Three and repairs on machinery on East Coast Demerara...

EAT AND DRINK ALL YOU CAN!

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, PPP Column Comments Off on EAT AND DRINK ALL YOU CAN!

It used to be said that “membership has its privileges”. Then it became “friends with benefits”. Now it is membership with uncapped benefits and benefits without caps. This column deals with...

Guyanese sues Delta after wrongfully busted for coke

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese sues Delta after wrongfully busted for coke

-Suitcase had been breached here in 2010 (NY Post) A former Yankee Stadium security guard, who was wrongfully busted for cocaine possession at Kennedy Airport in 2010 is suing Delta Airlines,...

Guyanese pays US$40,000 fine on drug conviction

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese pays US$40,000 fine on drug conviction

Bridgetown, Barbados – Guyanese, Lyndon Aubrey Kennedy, who admitted to having illegal drugs in his possession in Barbados, showed himself to be a man with deep pockets, as he immediately paid...

GPHC records significant decrease in neonatal deaths

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC records significant decrease in neonatal deaths

– Mortality rate drops from 35% to 7% There has been a significant decrease in the deaths for babies born at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) directly, as a result of the...

Region Ten gets bitumen plant

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region Ten gets bitumen plant

For the first time Region Ten has its own bitumen plant, thus making life easier for residents to have better roads. Regional Chairman Renis Morian, during a visit to the plant in Wisroc on Tuesday,...

City Detective, IT Specialist battle for 2015 ‘Best Cop’

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on City Detective, IT Specialist battle for 2015 ‘Best Cop’

As the year comes to an end, a fierce but friendly battle is playing out in the Guyana Police Force for this year’s Best Cop award. The accolade is the most coveted award in the Force. Over the...

Works underway to fix sabotaged E’bo pumps – PM Nagamootoo

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Works underway to fix sabotaged E’bo pumps – PM Nagamootoo

Government says that it has ordered the repairs of several pumps on the rice-growing Essequibo Coast which are believed to have been sabotaged. The pumps are being repaired by the Regional...

Drunken stunt rider crashes into church fence…loses part of leg one day before birthday

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken stunt rider crashes into church fence…loses part of leg one day before birthday

A 24-year-old man who was said to be the head of a “Wheelie” stunt crew, tried once too often to show off his skills, and is now without a part of his left leg, which had to be amputated, after...

Parents complain of school’s penny-bank payout delay

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Parents complain of school’s penny-bank payout delay

Parents of former St. Gabriel’s Primary School students visited Kaieteur News yesterday to express their frustration over the school’s delay to commence their penny-bank payout. The penny-bank...

Canadian-based Guyanese gets four years for drug trafficking

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Canadian-based Guyanese gets four years for drug trafficking

Almost nine months after he was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, trying to smuggle close to 10 kilos of cocaine out of Guyana, Canadian citizen Arthur Manget was found...

Chief Justice retires; will Chief Mike retire too?

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Chief Justice retires; will Chief Mike retire too?

Space will not permit a discussion of Chief Mike, so I will confine this commentary to Chief Justice, Ian Chang. He goes on retirement leave next Tuesday. Will he occupy a spot on South Road or Croal...

UG meeting to hear concerns about protracted ‘washroom’ woes

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG meeting to hear concerns about protracted ‘washroom’ woes

Adequate access to potable water coupled with a daunting sewage issue at the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen campus, is being viewed as a possible health threat, and the Students’ Society is not...

Bel Air housewife accused of fleecing millions from friend

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bel Air housewife accused of fleecing millions from friend

– released on $200,000 bail A 28-year-old housewife accused of swindling more than $7M from her friend, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, yesterday, to answer 17 fraud-related...

Constitutional reform is necessary

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Constitutional reform is necessary

Long before the election was held in May, the coalition had complained bitterly about the Constitution and vowed to reform it when elected to office. Now that it is elected, it has the opportunity to...

West R/veldt man remanded for shooting at cops

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on West R/veldt man remanded for shooting at cops

A well-known West Ruimveldt footballer was yesterday remanded to prison after being accused of shooting at two police officers. Holder Pedro a/k Solo, 41, of Lot 61 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, is...

2010 carjacking murder…Accused denies killing taxi driver

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 2010 carjacking murder…Accused denies killing taxi driver

Murder accused, Balram Singh has denied any involvement in the death of taxi driver, Bhomeshar Sukdeo. Sukdeo was reportedly kidnapped and robbed of his vehicle before he was murdered. His charred...

Woman sells boyfriend’s chain after he refuses to give her money

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Woman sells boyfriend’s chain after he refuses to give her money

—court hears A typist accused of selling her boyfriend’s gold chain because he had refused to give her money, was yesterday released on bail, after a charge of simple larceny was read to her by...

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…The Banking System

Dec 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…The Banking System

By Sase Singh In the Statistical Abstract for September 2015, published by the Bank of Guyana, it was reported that net domestic credit from the banking system increased by nine percent to $169,150...

Meadowbrook man accused of stealing CG bike granted bail

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Meadowbrook man accused of stealing CG bike granted bail

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan granted a Meadowbrook Gardens resident bail to the tune of $150,000 when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate Courts, accused of stealing a CG motorcycle. It is...

Lincoln Lewis surprised at what Donald Ramotar has done

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lincoln Lewis surprised at what Donald Ramotar has done

Dear Editor, It is clear that politics has become a gravy train. The public mantra about service to the people no longer matters. The act by Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar to take the people of...

Police Force refusing to pay newspaper vendor $56, 460

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police Force refusing to pay newspaper vendor $56, 460

Dear Editor, I am a newspaper vendor. I have being supplying the Guyana Police Force “G” Division with newspapers over a period of many years. The Divisional Commander’s Office, The Police...

About 112, 500 Guyanese presently suffer from mental disorders

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on About 112, 500 Guyanese presently suffer from mental disorders

Dear Editor, It is human nature that makes assumptions about tragedies like on June 5th 2015, ranks of the Cane Grove Police Station responded to reports that Junior Gulliver, 30, of Strathavon, East...

Some recipients are ungrateful to Habitat for Humanity

Dec 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some recipients are ungrateful to Habitat for Humanity

Dear Editor, Habitat for Humanity Guyana is doing an astronomical job to bring families out and away from poverty housing and place them in better conditions thus promoting the creation of...