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Sergeant Sarrabo cops best detective of the year at CID headquarters annual awards ceremony

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sergeant Sarrabo cops best detective of the year at CID headquarters annual awards ceremony

“I consider it an honor to serve and protect the citizens of this country of ours and while awards are wonderful to receive, just knowing that you have helped someone in whatever way is truly...

Landmark Corentyne bridge for $28M rehabilitation

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Landmark Corentyne bridge for $28M rehabilitation

The Number 66 Village steel trusse bridge in Region Six will be undergoing rehabilitation, a process that is estimated to last six months, Government announced yesterday. To ensure traffic flow, the...

A nation of fools brings disrespect unto itself

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A nation of fools brings disrespect unto itself

I don’t attend official state functions and social gatherings. One of the reasons is the kind of people you meet. I avoid these avenues because I have to mix with people whose silence and...

Diamond-Grove Lions Club spreads Christmas cheer

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond-Grove Lions Club spreads Christmas cheer

Christmas is a season for giving. It was with this in mind that the Lions Club of Diamond-Grove on Sunday hosted a ‘Christmas Breakfast’ for the residents and staff members of Gentle Women’s...

Giftland continues tradition of supporting Tiger Bay children

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland continues tradition of supporting Tiger Bay children

Giftland, the leading retail company in Guyana, conducted its Annual Christmas gift giving with the Tiger Bay Community yesterday at Nations University Compound, New Market Street, Georgetown. Joy...

WGEC pushes for separation of non-violent and violent criminals

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on WGEC pushes for separation of non-violent and violent criminals

During a recent Women and Gender Equality Commission press conference, Chairperson of the Committee, Indra Chandarpal, stated that in an attempt to assuage the level of violence in the prison system,...

Crime Chief awarded for outstanding leadership during 2015

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Crime Chief awarded for outstanding leadership during 2015

By Romila Boodram Under his leadership, the public saw perpetrators of some of the most high profile cases in the country, being charged for the crime. We’ve also seen the dismantling of a gang...

Wakenaam now benefit from improved ferry services

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Wakenaam now benefit from improved ferry services

Following a return visit to Wakenaam by Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson, residents of Wakenaam are already benefitting from improved ferry services. Minister...

FFTP donates supplies to Rasville fire victims

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on FFTP donates supplies to Rasville fire victims

In an effort to make their Christmas a little “jolly” for the festive season, Food For The Poor (FFTP) Guyana Inc. yesterday donated supplies to victims of the devastating Rasville, Georgetown...

Police ‘F’ Division Headquarters relocated to Bartica

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police ‘F’ Division Headquarters relocated to Bartica

The Guyana Police Force has relocated the headquarters of its ‘F’ Division (interior locations) from the city to Bartica in keeping with a charge made earlier this year by President David...

Senior citizen accuses airport baggage handlers of stealing

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Senior citizen accuses airport baggage handlers of stealing

A 61-year-old woman is accusing baggage handlers of breaking into her bag and stealing over US$1000 worth in items after she arrived in Guyana on a Caribbean Airlines flight last week. Waunda Doris...

Sportsman takes Christmas cheer to Sophia Care Centre

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sportsman takes Christmas cheer to Sophia Care Centre

Yesterday, national cricketer, Christopher Barnwell, with some assistance from Digicel, hosted a party for the boys and girls at the Sophia Care Centre. The West Indies all-rounder also made a...

AG rewards local top performing Hugh Wooding Law school students

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on AG rewards local top performing Hugh Wooding Law school students

The efforts of local lawyers, who topped their classes as students at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago, were yesterday recognised by Attorney General, Basil Williams. The lawyers...

The contradictions in political life

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The contradictions in political life

It really does not require a rocket scientist to unearth the current motive of the opposition leader. Having been booted out of office in the last election by the APNU+AFC coalition for the poor...

German company to send proposal on “Special” vehicle plates

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on German company to send proposal on “Special” vehicle plates

… Promises to aid Police Force in solving crime To better aid the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in its mission to reduce crime and minimise road fatalities, representatives of German Company called...

UG lecturer, Joycelyn Williams, to chair Gold Board

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG lecturer, Joycelyn Williams, to chair Gold Board

Government has named new Board of Directors for the Guyana Gold Board (GGB). According to a notice published in the Official Gazette of Guyana, Government has appointed Joycelyn Williams as the new...

Rohee criticises Gov’t on Presidential pardons

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee criticises Gov’t on Presidential pardons

–says Cabinet consultations not good enough The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has come down heavily on President David Granger’s decision to pardon 11 women prisoners. One point that the...

Socio-economic constraints cause M&CC to bend the rules for vendors

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Socio-economic constraints cause M&CC to bend the rules for vendors

As long as the rules are being bent, store owners will continue to pay higher sanitation fees than itinerant vendors. This is because of the quantity of products they are selling on the pavements...

Municipal officers receive training

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Municipal officers receive training

To provide support for municipal development with respect to capacity building, a two-day workshop was hosted by the Caribbean Local Economic Development Project (CARILED) at the Herdmanston Lodge,...

Fire rages at Haags Bosch Landfill

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fire rages at Haags Bosch Landfill

– Garbage trucks re-directed to Lusignan dumpsite A large landfill fire is blazing through the Haags Bosch site at Eccles, East Bank Demerara. The cause is a spontaneous combustion on Sunday...

We don’t want to lose our father to bandits

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on We don’t want to lose our father to bandits

– say wounded shopkeeper’s daughters Two daughters of a Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara shopkeeper who is hospitalized with a bullet wound following a botched robbery have vowed that it...

Govt. displaying sloth in making key decisions – independent observers

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. displaying sloth in making key decisions – independent observers

Since coming to office in May, it has been seven months of mixed fortunes for A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) administration. Opinion has generally been divided...

Vendor denies breaking into neighbour’s house, stealing cash

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Vendor denies breaking into neighbour’s house, stealing cash

– released on bail Bail was granted to the tune of $20,000 for a market vendor accused of break and enter and larceny, when he appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the...

Taxi driver fleeced woman of over $2M

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver fleeced woman of over $2M

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan ordered a taxi driver to post bail in the sum of $150,000 after he was accused of swindling a woman of over $2M in articles, when he appeared yesterday in the Georgetown...

Craig men on bail for assaulting each other

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Craig men on bail for assaulting each other

Two residents of Craig were yesterday granted bail for assault, after appearing before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Carlton Henry, 53, a mechanic, who lives...

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When silence speaks louder than words

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The United States has spoken. Reacting to the conviction of Marine Le Pen in a French... more