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‘Chicken’ stabbed to death at Patentia

Mar 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Chicken’ stabbed to death at Patentia

– suspect held Two families are giving different versions of how a 25-year-old man ended up dead from stab wounds at around 19.30hrs Wednesday at Patentia, West Coast Demerara. Dellon...

A small mind thinks about small things

Mar 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A small mind thinks about small things

Once civilization lives on, the search for the correct moral values will forever defy humans. Pope John Paul was adamant that there is a cluster of core values that are absolute. No doubt the...

Education gaining keen attention of Caricom Heads

Mar 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Education gaining keen attention of Caricom Heads

Education has been gaining immense attention in the Region, so much so that the Heads of Government have been examining the issue of education and have even proposed to address the quality of...

Arson suspected in former nightclub fire

Mar 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Arson suspected in former nightclub fire

– Source says origin was not electrical As investigations continue into the mysterious fire which gutted a portion of a building formerly known as the Sheriff Night Club on Wednesday, fire...

TB clinic opens at West Demerara Hospital

Mar 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on TB clinic opens at West Demerara Hospital

Residents of Region Three can now access Tuberculosis treatment without having to travel to Georgetown. A Chest Clinic and a refurbished Step-Down Care Facility was commissioned at the West Demerara...

No immediate plans to intercede with banks, provide financial support for farmers – Trotman

Mar 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No immediate plans to intercede with banks, provide financial support for farmers – Trotman

– drought to last until May, extensive relief efforts planned By Jarryl Bryan The Government has laid out its plan for bringing relief to those most affected by the El Niño weather conditions....

End the double standards! Stop the crime!

Mar 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on End the double standards! Stop the crime!

A poor fast food delivery man was set upon by a bandit and shot. He is now nursing injuries in the hospital. Another working class individual was not that lucky. A mini bus driver was shot by one of...

Store owner shoots thief in buttocks

Mar 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Store owner shoots thief in buttocks

A thief is hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after being shot in the buttocks by a store owner during a botched robbery around 21:30 hrs Wednesday. Police have identified the...

No room for complacency

Mar 25, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on No room for complacency

If anyone is reading the signs correctly, the government has resigned itself to the fact that it did not do as well as it would have wanted in the Neighborhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) but it...

C’tyne man badly chopped by intruders

Mar 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne man badly chopped by intruders

– one in custody A 27-year-old Corentyne resident was yesterday morning attacked and badly injured after armed bandits broke and entered the home which he shares with his wife and children at...

LGE 2016 turnout lower than 1994

Mar 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on LGE 2016 turnout lower than 1994

After being denied for more than two decades, the return of the Local Government Elections (LGE) was met with a low voter turnout – lower than the last LGEs held in 1994. The 2016 LGE attracted...

Riverview resident remanded for O’Riley’s murder

Mar 25, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Riverview resident remanded for O’Riley’s murder

The gunman who is alleged to have fatally shot O’Riley Small was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with his murder. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown...

Government satisfied with outcome of LGE – Minister Trotman

Mar 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Government satisfied with outcome of LGE – Minister Trotman

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says that Government is “quite satisfied” with the outcome of the recently held Local Government Elections. “We believe that the elections and...

Man jailed for cocaine he “picked up from the streets”

Mar 25, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man jailed for cocaine he “picked up from the streets”

City Magistrate Faith McGusty sent a man to prison for three years yesterday, after he pleaded guilty to a narcotics charge before her in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Roy Singh (no address...

Vincent Alexander again accused of cruelty

Mar 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vincent Alexander again accused of cruelty

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to Mr. Vincent Alexander’s letter in the caption “FOUR VICE CHANCELLORS RULED ON THE MATTER” of your issue Wednesday 23,2016. I am one of the three students...

Presidential park or presidential monument?

Mar 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Presidential park or presidential monument?

Dear Editor, The media report that the Georgetown Mayor and City Council plans to create a Presidential Park on the Merriman’s Mall is a beautiful concept, given that it is reported the intent is...

Land of many waters but no water at Guysuco

Mar 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Land of many waters but no water at Guysuco

Dear Editor, We wish to refer to the letter by Mr. Ganga Persaud that was published in the Stabroek News on March 19, 2016 and titled “GuySuCo has more water than it needs on the West Coast but is...

Plea to Kaieteur News to help Guyana

Mar 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plea to Kaieteur News to help Guyana

Dear Editor, I believe Kaieteur News to be a forceful politically non-aligned paper. Given that perspective, I shall like to see your paper do the following: 1. From different sources that I’ve...

BREAKING NEWS!!! Murder suspect executed, dumped in cemetery

Mar 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS!!! Murder suspect executed, dumped in cemetery

The bullet-riddled body of a man who was wanted for murder and convicted on charges of shooting at a cop, was found in the Le Repentir Cemetery at around 06.00 hrs today. Police identified the victim...

Central Housing held prime Providence lands 3 years for BK Int’l

Mar 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Central Housing held prime Providence lands 3 years for BK Int’l

Construction giant, BK International Inc., which purchased 100 acres of prime lands aback of the National Stadium in Providence, East Bank Demerara, was allowed to breach several parts of its...

Former Sheriff Restaurant and Bar razed by fire

Mar 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former Sheriff Restaurant and Bar razed by fire

Persons residing along Sheriff Street were interrupted from their Holi celebrations after the once popular, Sheriff Restaurant and Bar, went up in flames around 15:00 hours yesterday. Devo Pooran,...

Sharma as PPP candidate was “wholly inappropriate”

Mar 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sharma as PPP candidate was “wholly inappropriate”

– Finds Corporate Governance to be weak at various levels Forensic auditors have flagged various irregularities at the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) during its investigations, some of which point...

Forensic Audit finds… Polygraph testing by GEA was illegal

Mar 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic Audit finds… Polygraph testing by GEA was illegal

– Over 20 persons sacked for failing, while others were kept – calls made for former employees to be compensated By Kiana Wilburg In the absence of laws for guiding polygraph testing in...

Dem boys seh… Jail sentence stiff and people begging Soulja Bai

Mar 24, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Jail sentence stiff and people begging Soulja Bai

Some judge sharing out jail sentence like when a shopkeeper sharing out candy. All who use to get five and six year, getting 25 and 30. Dem judge seh that de long sentence is to give de criminals...

India edge past Bangladesh in thriller

Mar 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on India edge past Bangladesh in thriller

BBC Sport – India revived their World Twenty20 hopes with a thrilling one-run victory over Bangladesh in Bangalore. Needing 11 from the final over and two from three balls, the Tigers lost...

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