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Surinamese jailed for cocaine in her vagina

Mar 08, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Surinamese jailed for cocaine in her vagina

After being on remand for almost one year, a Surinamese mother of two decided to plead guilty to a narcotics charge and was jailed for three years. When her matter was called, yesterday, in the...

Ugly incident in Constituency 8 in south G/town

Mar 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ugly incident in Constituency 8 in south G/town

Dear Editor, Please allow me some column space in your letters section to speak about an issue of great importance during these historical local government elections in Guyana. All over this nation...

PPP Parliamentarian is a victim of group think

Mar 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP Parliamentarian is a victim of group think

Dear Editor, After reading a letter penned by Mr Charles Ramson Jr. regarding his reasons for the deaths of the 17 prisoners last week, I wish to state that the learned Member of Parliament is...

Eulogy for a great policeman

Mar 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Eulogy for a great policeman

Dear Editor, I learnt with much grief about the death of Police Sergeant 16934 Leonard La Rose. Both Kaieteur News and Stabroek News March 2, 2016 carried stories about his death. Yes, he was...

Hamilton Green gives his take on Rodney’s politics and death

Mar 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hamilton Green gives his take on Rodney’s politics and death

Dear Editor, I read the gravamen of this purported Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, as contained in this report, it is damming, but a sad and sorry paragraph as quoted: “Mr. Laurie Lewis, then...

An ancient institution that should be done way with

Mar 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on An ancient institution that should be done way with

Dear Editor, There could be no happier observer than this writer at the reported protest by the Guyana Teachers’ Union against the existence of the Teachers’ Service Commission, probably the most...

Pres. Granger seeks long term solution to Prison Service problems

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Granger seeks long term solution to Prison Service problems

– conducts fact-finding mission at Mazaruni Prison The Government of Guyana is exploring its options for medium and long term solutions to the challenges facing the Guyana Prison Service (GPS)....

Two separate hit-and-run among three weekend fatalities

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Two separate hit-and-run among three weekend fatalities

The carnage on the countries roads continued over the weekend with three road fatalities being recorded. Two of the fatalities occurred on the Unity, Mahaica Public road and both cases are being...

Ramotar slams delay in releasing forensic audit findings

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar slams delay in releasing forensic audit findings

– says Govt. has compromised transparency Former President Donald Ramotar is not only lashing out at the Government for moving too slowly with the release of the forensic audit reports, but is...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Sam want see some leaders in jail

Mar 07, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Sam want see some leaders in jail

People does always look fuh somebody to blame whenever something go wrong. Nobody don’t want to accept blame. Dem claim how de jail overcrowded and is dem magistrate to blame. De poor magistrate...

Prison tragedy puts govt. under severe pressure

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prison tragedy puts govt. under severe pressure

– Rohee blames prison authorities By Abena Rockcliffe Where do we go from here? That’s the question that the government is asking itself in the aftermath of the Camp Street Prison Tragedy...

Camp Street prison unrest…Gov’t still to contact relatives of dead prisoners

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Camp Street prison unrest…Gov’t still to contact relatives of dead prisoners

The Government is still to make contact with all the relatives of the prisoners, who perished on Thursday after being trapped in a raging fire in the Capital A Block of the Camp Street Prison....

Army Intelligence rank struck by bus recovering

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Army Intelligence rank struck by bus recovering

Three weeks after Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Army Intelligence rank, Sergeant Selwyn Woodroffe was struck by a speeding minibus, his relatives are breathing a sigh of relief as he is now on the road...

Return of accountability and transparency…Engineers will soon face stiff penalties for slapdash work

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Return of accountability and transparency…Engineers will soon face stiff penalties for slapdash work

– Patterson The new administration will be seeking to create a culture of accountability and transparency when it comes to Guyana’s engineers. According to Minister of Public Infrastructure,...

Elections Petition…GECOM appeals Chang’s ruling

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Elections Petition…GECOM appeals Chang’s ruling

It seems as if this is the season where most rulings handed down by the retired acting Chief Justice, Ian Chang are being appealed. The latest known appellant is Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the...

Raiders rout Warriors; Guardians unravel Nets

Mar 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raiders rout Warriors; Guardians unravel Nets

– Sonics school UG as Mecca III intensifies By Edison Jefford Three more top-ranked teams comfortably advanced to the next round of the National Basketball Championships: The Road to Mecca III,...

South Ruimveldt register first upset in knockout phase

Mar 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Ruimveldt register first upset in knockout phase

Mae’s became the first big casualty in this year’s Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition after suffering defeat in a penalty shootout against South Ruimveldt Secondary on the final day of...

Local Indigenous people celebrate joining Int’l land rights movement

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local Indigenous people celebrate joining Int’l land rights movement

More than 100 Wapichan people from 15 communities of the South Rupununi District of Guyana gathered on the 2nd and 3rd March to celebrate joining a global campaign in support of indigenous peoples...

Young woman with facial deformity feels mistreated by charitable organization

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Young woman with facial deformity feels mistreated by charitable organization

– organization refutes claims, says family was dishonest Twenty year-old Shivanie Naryan continues to live with a congenital facial deformity and she is of the view that she is being treated...

NSC fires off “50 Shades of Games” at GSSF Practical Pistol Match

Mar 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC fires off “50 Shades of Games” at GSSF Practical Pistol Match

As a part of the Guyana’s 50th Independence Activities the Guyana Sport Shooting Federation and the National Sports Commission successfully featured Practical Shooting in the NSC’s 50 Shades of...

Ten months later…Mom praises cops for capturing daughter’s killer

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ten months later…Mom praises cops for capturing daughter’s killer

– “My daughter is going to get justice now” A mother’s faith has been restored in the Guyana Police Force (GPF) following the arrest of the man who brutally murdered her first born...

I stay in my corner and laugh at this sad country

Mar 07, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I stay in my corner and laugh at this sad country

When I read the following words in the Stabroek News, Sunday Editorial, my fear of the decline of this tragic nation just became deeper; “If the community service option were available then the...

Heineken UEFA Champions League Promotion kicks off at Seepaul’s Bar

Mar 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Heineken UEFA Champions League Promotion kicks off at Seepaul’s Bar

Heineken’s Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League (UCL) 2016 Promotion kicked off Saturday night at Seepaul’s Bar in Alexander Street, Kitty, with Robbie Lazaro beating...

LGE debate…Increase in litterbug fine, parking meters, Lotto Funds for M&CC among city contestants’ plans to boost revenue

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on LGE debate…Increase in litterbug fine, parking meters, Lotto Funds for M&CC among city contestants’ plans to boost revenue

By Jarryl Bryan Several novel ideas were touted as the agendae of the six contestants vying for the 15 seats on the Georgetown City Council, during the inaugural debate for candidates in the upcoming...

Region Five official in trouble over house lot sale

Mar 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region Five official in trouble over house lot sale

A Region Five official is in hot water and could face fraud charges over a house lot he attempted to sell in West Berbice last week. The official, an auditor, was held over the weekend by police...

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