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Cabinet top brass wants Brassington prosecuted

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet top brass wants Brassington prosecuted

– But says “Minister Jordan should have instituted sanctions by now.” If you do the crime, you do the time, and the top brass of Cabinet is in favour of Government pursuing a case for...

Coalition Govt. condoning pattern of illegality

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition Govt. condoning pattern of illegality

– Financial Analyst It appears that former Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh who was found by the courts to have illegally spent $4.5B from the Treasury, may escape any sanction from the...

Brassington puts Guyana in begging position to collect outstanding US$5M for GTT shares

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington puts Guyana in begging position to collect outstanding US$5M for GTT shares

By Abena Rockcliffe Financial analysts are questioning why the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) consented to an agreement that forces Guyana to petition a United Kingdom...

Father burnt while trying to rescue kids from Lusignan blaze

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Father burnt while trying to rescue kids from Lusignan blaze

A Lusignan family of nine had their Christmas plans shattered by a devastating fire that destroyed their two-flat wooden house around midnight Saturday. The fire which started just before midnight,...

Man shot by bandit trying to steal car

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot by bandit trying to steal car

A 50-year-old shopkeeper was left in a critical condition at around 01.00 hrs yesterday, after being shot outside his Melanie, East Coast Demerara business place, allegedly by a bandit who was trying...

Dem boys seh…Brassington singing ‘What a friend we have in Jordan’

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brassington singing ‘What a friend we have in Jordan’

If a man go to de gate and he see a sign ‘Beware of de dog. It bites’; de man gun stand up at de gate and call or he gun pick up a stick to protect himself. Uncle Sam tell Soulja Bai people that...

Shot bus driver who saved passengers from robbery attack dies

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shot bus driver who saved passengers from robbery attack dies

By Mondale Smith ‘An unsung hero’ because of his nature, Jermaine Allister Burrowes when confronted with a gun, not only lost his kidney, but has paid the ultimate price days after he saved...

Store owners peeved at high fees to vend on pavements

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Store owners peeved at high fees to vend on pavements

– say ‘illegal’ vendors paying a pittance Several store owners on Regent Street are complaining of paying heavy sanitation fees to vend on the pavements for the Christmas season, while...

TH&D Ferry Service to Wakenaam set to improve

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on TH&D Ferry Service to Wakenaam set to improve

Residents of Wakenaam are set to benefit from improved ferry services. According to a spokesperson for Transport and Habours Department, (TH&D) improvement in ferry service for Wakenaam started...

Railway service could be subject to feasibility study in 2016 – Ferguson

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Railway service could be subject to feasibility study in 2016 – Ferguson

Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson is not discounting the possibility of Government reintroducing railway service, something that more and more commuters are...

Tips for a safe, festive Christmas

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tips for a safe, festive Christmas

By: Romila Boodram It may be the most wonderful time of the year, but it’s also the time for increased crime, fires, and accidents outside and within the home. Kaieteur News spoke to police, fire...

Knife-wielding man stabs cousin in Tiger Bay feud

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Knife-wielding man stabs cousin in Tiger Bay feud

A Tiger Bay family feud spanning two decades has landed a father of five in hospital with a stab wound to the heart and his assailant, who is his cousin, in police custody. Stabbed with a ‘Rambo...

Caimans, ‘camoudies’ take up residence in North Ruimveldt squatting area

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Caimans, ‘camoudies’ take up residence in North Ruimveldt squatting area

Some residents of a North Ruimveldt squatting community say that they are living in fear of potentially dangerous ‘neighbours’—- a ‘family’ of anacondas that has taken up residence in a...

Plum Plum of the Shariff stable takes feature in memory of late owner

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Plum Plum of the Shariff stable takes feature in memory of late owner

The eagerly awaited Guyana Cup re-match one day horserace meet organized by the Jumbo Jet racing stable in collaboration with the Port Mourant Turf Club came off with a bang despite the inclement...

CGI 50-Over Local Franchise League…Seon Hetmyer and Royston Crandon lead L/Corentyne NA/Canje to inaugural title

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CGI 50-Over Local Franchise League…Seon Hetmyer and Royston Crandon lead L/Corentyne NA/Canje to inaugural title

By Sean Devers A masterful unbeaten century from an exhausted Seon Hetmyer who shared in a 131 sixth-wicket stand with Man-of-the-Match Royston Crandon (75) staged an excellent fight-back to power...

GFA / Banks Beer KO Cup…NA United, Rosignol United advance to next round

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA / Banks Beer KO Cup…NA United, Rosignol United advance to next round

It was the Jamal Butts and company show as New Amsterdam United made an emphatic statement to all and sundry that their campaign for top honours in this year’s Georgetown Football Association (GFA)...

Mahadeo Shivraj’s Protection Game coming soon

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mahadeo Shivraj’s Protection Game coming soon

How far will a father go to protect his son? Veteran actor and director, Mahadeo Shivraj has just completed filming what is expected to be another thrilling production. “Protection Game” he...

Do magistrates face periodic assessment?

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Do magistrates face periodic assessment?

It made conversation all around Georgetown. A young man who preyed on women, and viciously robbed them, was involved in another attack when a descent in nihilism occurred. The woman resisted. He...

Woodpecker Products Christmas Badminton tournament winners receive prizes

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Products Christmas Badminton tournament winners receive prizes

The Guyana Badminton Association Presentation for the Annual Woodpecker Products Christmas Singles was held at the Guyana Olympic House on Saturday evening last. The GBA is extremely happy that Ms....

Malta Supreme Christmas Basketball…GABF President Nigel Hinds supports with cash donation

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malta Supreme Christmas Basketball…GABF President Nigel Hinds supports with cash donation

President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Nigel Hinds on Saturday night witnessed the penultimate night of the preliminary round play of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association...

WICB Vice-President lauds Guyana’s success in 2015

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB Vice-President lauds Guyana’s success in 2015

By Sean Devers Vice President of the West Indies Cricket Board WICB Dominican Emmanuel Nathan has congratulated the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on the solid performances of the Guyana Teams at all...

Rising Sun Horserace meet set for Sunday 3rd January

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun Horserace meet set for Sunday 3rd January

The Rising Sun Turf Club, in collaboration with the Inshan Bacchus Trucking Service, Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Banks DIH Limited will begin the 2016 racing programme with the staging of the signature...

TRUMPED UP LEGAL LETTERS

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on TRUMPED UP LEGAL LETTERS

If you use the terms “reverse back”, “over-exaggerate”, “dilapidated ruins”, “new innovation” and even “foolish virgins” you need to know these are tautologies, essentially...

Fielding woes afflict West Indies in draw

Dec 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fielding woes afflict West Indies in draw

ESPNcricinfo – After their heavy loss in the first Test in Hobart, West Indies needed to go back to basics in their two-day match against a second-string Victoria XI this weekend. So a rookie...

At the age of 71…Veteran agriculturalist willing to pass on expertise

Dec 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on At the age of 71…Veteran agriculturalist willing to pass on expertise

At the age of 71, agriculturalist Neil Persaud still yearns to pass on his vast knowledge to his country. Persaud, known as ‘Mannie’ says he is versed in practically all aspects of agriculture...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When the Cold War ended, western liberalism declared its victory over communism. It immediately... more