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West Ruimveldt residents worried about rotting tree

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on West Ruimveldt residents worried about rotting tree

Residents of West Ruimveldt Front Road are appealing for the intervention of the City Council to prevent potential damage to their homes. According to one resident, Dianne Tappin, the appeal is...

AML battle…Guyana not yet out of the woods – Attorney General

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on AML battle…Guyana not yet out of the woods – Attorney General

With talks of Guyana being on a grey list, due, in the past, to the lack of legislation in place to combat aspects of money laundering, the state is now is a better position since the coalition...

Berbice police solve another high profile crime

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice police solve another high profile crime

…neighbour to be charged for businessman’s murder After conducting diligent investigation detectives in Berbice have nabbed Kelvin Seegobin as a prime suspect for the murder of Corentyne...

Lack of alternative route undermining East Bank highway works – Contractor

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lack of alternative route undermining East Bank highway works – Contractor

Since 1961 a prolongation survey was conducted for the Mandela Avenue Road. This survey clearly outlined how the road could have stretched to Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara where the road turns south...

Boy, 13, missing from Sophia

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 13, missing from Sophia

Relatives are trying to locate 13-year-old Kyle Ettienne, who disappeared from his home at Lot 79 Sam Hinds Drive, ‘B’ Field Sophia on Monday. His mother said that Kyle, who attends the Sophia...

Corentyne man found currency making machine

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man found currency making machine

Police on the Corentyne are almost certain that they have found the source of a counterfeit currency racket, after they busted a 28-year-old excavator operator yesterday. Niran Khan, of lot 97 Number...

President Granger keen on strengthened international cooperation for security

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger keen on strengthened international cooperation for security

– as British Naval Vessel docks in Guyana President David Granger, who yesterday toured the British Naval Vessel, the HMS Mersey, which arrived at Port Georgetown on March 29, last, said...

RODNEY KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE KILLED

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RODNEY KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE KILLED

Dr. Walter Rodney knew at the end of 1979 that the Burnham regime was going to kill him. Six months prior to his death, Rodney had begun to put his affairs in order. Dr. Walter Rodney was the...

MACORP signs $$M equipment deal with Aurora Gold Mine

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on MACORP signs $$M equipment deal with Aurora Gold Mine

In what is being deemed a laudable business deal, the Machinery Corporation of Guyana (MACORP) has signed an equipment deal with Aurora Gold Mine (AGM). AGM is a subsidiary of Guyana Goldfields Inc....

‘Brother Hamza’ missing

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Brother Hamza’ missing

Relatives of the Sanmoogan family are pleading with the public to assist them in finding their loved one, Gregory Sanmoogan. He is a father of 11 and the husband of Hassena Muhammad. The tailor was...

Guyanese wife crowned Mrs New York

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese wife crowned Mrs New York

New York (iriejamradio.com) -A Guyanese wife and mother has been crowned Mrs. New York International. Guyanese-born Bronx resident, Faudia Silletta, was recently Crowned Mrs. New York international...

Region Six now fogging five days per week

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six now fogging five days per week

– Continues to monitor Zika and other vector borne diseases Fogging had to be intensified in Region Six. Recently, residents of New Amsterdam and surrounding communities were affected by swarms...

Bandits strike in Laing Avenue

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits strike in Laing Avenue

With police patrols in the city distracted by the fatal shooting in Albouystown, two armed bandits took advantage to terrorize a Laing Avenue household on Tuesday night. The men held a gun to the...

Known law breaker shot after injuring two police officers

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Known law breaker shot after injuring two police officers

Malcolm Henry who is well known to the authorities and is before the court on a number of charges has been shot and injured by the police. This was after a confrontation with the police during which...

Soesdyke shooting…Police preparing to send file to DPP

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke shooting…Police preparing to send file to DPP

The police are in the process of preparing a file to send to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice after a Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD) farmer was hit multiple...

Mechanic denies involvement in hit and run road death

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mechanic denies involvement in hit and run road death

Delon Duncan, the suspect in the hit and run accident that claimed the life of teen biker Travis Bollers, last November, yesterday denied being involved in the accident. His denial came despite a...

Clothes vendor remanded for possession of cocaine

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Clothes vendor remanded for possession of cocaine

A Kitty resident was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for possession of 25.5 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. It is alleged that...

Food for the Poor secures freedom for four Nonviolent Prisoners

Mar 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Food for the Poor secures freedom for four Nonviolent Prisoners

Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated (FFP) has secured the release of four nonviolent offenders in time to spend the Easter Holy Week with their families and friends. These prisoners were...

Man in court twice in 4 months for rape

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man in court twice in 4 months for rape

A 24-year-old man appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse on Tuesday at the Linden Magistrate’s Court charged with raping a minor. Michael Franklin, of 223 Block 22, is accused of rape of a minor on...

Man remanded for snatching gold chains

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man remanded for snatching gold chains

…attorney tells court that the virtual complainant should show proof that he can afford a gold chain. A vendor was yesterday remanded to prison on an armed robbery charge, when he appeared in the...

Man found not guilty of Sisters Village killing

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man found not guilty of Sisters Village killing

Shameer Mohamed was yesterday freed of a manslaughter charge at the Georgetown High Court, by Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and a mixed 12-member jury. Mohamed was accused of unlawfully killing...

A great school celebrates a 100 hundred years of birth

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A great school celebrates a 100 hundred years of birth

Dear Editor, It is heartening to note that a large number of former students of Berbice High School (BHS)have banned themselves together to provide much needed facilities for their alma matar as the...

Power should be with the City Council only

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Power should be with the City Council only

Dear Editor, I welcome Mr. Lowe’s contribution to the discourse on the Local Government system. These engagements are important as they often can lead to evolving approaches and laws that advance...

The people of Bath Settlement are changing

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The people of Bath Settlement are changing

Dear Editor, During last week, Region 5 was blessed to have the Hon. Prime Minister and 1st Vice President visited on three different occasions, the first being on Thursday 24 March. On this day...

Eric Phillips says this lady is racist

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Eric Phillips says this lady is racist

Dear Editor, Gail Teixiera wants the Government to remove me a Chair of the Guyana Reparations Committee because I revealed an inconvenient truth about three Amerindian Nations who have already...

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