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Building destroyed by fire gets interim insurance settlement

Dec 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Building destroyed by fire gets interim insurance settlement

A few months ago, a fire of destructive proportions razed two buildings situated at Camp and Robb Streets, Georgetown. Millions of dollars in stock went up in flames at those buildings. The City Mall...

Man falsely accuses police of raping him—court told

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man falsely accuses police of raping him—court told

– released on $10,000 bail The 28-year-old man, who had accused a Police Constable attached to the Timehri Police Station of raping him, was yesterday brought before a City Magistrate, after...

No bail for carpenter accused of burglarizing Action Tyre Outlet

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on No bail for carpenter accused of burglarizing Action Tyre Outlet

A 55-year-old carpenter will be spending Christmas behind bars after he was remanded to prison by the Chief Magistrate on two charges of break and enter and larceny, and a charge of escaping from...

Beware of the bag bay at National Hardware

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Beware of the bag bay at National Hardware

Dear Editor, This is a serious matter. In June 2015, I gave my bag to the bay keeper at the National Hardware Store on Water Street, Georgetown. When I collected the bag and went home two skirts were...

Thoughts on the marijuana debate

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thoughts on the marijuana debate

Dear Editor, Rooplall Dudhnauth’s missive published in SN 12.12.15 captioned “Marijuana should not be legalized”, apart from being riddled with distortions, half-truths, and inaccuracies and...

Serious allegations against Leguan police station

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Serious allegations against Leguan police station

Dear Editor, It seems to me that the majority of the Leguan Police Force are campaigning for the PPP in the upcoming local government election. They appear to be very closely involved with the PPP...

Vreed-en-Hoop police station encouraging lawlessness

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vreed-en-Hoop police station encouraging lawlessness

Dear Editor, We the residents living in Vreed en Hoop would like to know who issues license to sell alcohol beverage and what are the conditions for approval. There is a residential property at lot...

I wrote a book on the white-skin obsession

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I wrote a book on the white-skin obsession

Dear Editor, This is something touched on from time to time by columnist Freddie Kissoon. I was tempted to put in my two cents in response but thought Freddie had said it all already. On reading...

Discrimination of pensioners by Republic Bank

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Discrimination of pensioners by Republic Bank

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to you with mixed emotions that is about a situation about which I am angry, embarrassed and disgusted. I am specifically talking here about how the Republic...

Are we going to wait until this man kills this woman?

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are we going to wait until this man kills this woman?

Dear Editor, There was an incident which occurred on two different occasions, in which a wife (a resident from Pomona Housing Scheme) was physically and verbally abused by her husband. On the 6th...

Who is advising President Granger on his prison pardons?

Dec 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is advising President Granger on his prison pardons?

Dear Editor, Similar to my views on the President’s declared intention to yearly pardon young nonviolent criminals, I support his decision to pardon 11 nonviolent female offenders. I am even more...

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...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The APNU and the AFC deserve each other. They deserve to be shackled together in a coalition... more