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622 cases disposed of at Night Courts

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 622 cases disposed of at Night Courts

– as five Magistrates successfully attack backlog A total 622 cases were heard in the Night Courts from the period October 19, 2016 to February 28, 2017 at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts....

Pradoville 2 probe…SOCU wants to question ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur and former housing official

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville 2 probe…SOCU wants to question ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur and former housing official

By Brushell Blackman The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is trying to locate Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Communications Network (NCN) and...

Venezuelan rice ship sinking offshore Essequibo

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan rice ship sinking offshore Essequibo

The coast guard and other relevant authorities are still investigating the matter of a ship that began sinking a few miles off the Essequibo Coast around Wednesday of last week. The ship is currently...

Sleepin forges ahead with casino plans

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sleepin forges ahead with casino plans

Even without the required licence to operate a casino, Clifton Bacchus, owner of Sleepin International Hotel and Casino has gone ahead to outfit his Church Street, Georgetown operation with the...

Caribbean Airlines cancels NY flights as massive snowstorm barrels in

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines cancels NY flights as massive snowstorm barrels in

A massive snowstorm threatening the US yesterday forced Trinidadian-owned Caribbean Airlines to cancel a number of flights yesterday at the JFK airport, New York. According to the airline, which is...

Police probe $20M-plus rates and tax fraud at Grove/Diamond NDC

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police probe $20M-plus rates and tax fraud at Grove/Diamond NDC

A major fraud at the Grove/Diamond Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) involving rates and taxes has been uncovered and the police have been called in. According to Region Four officials last...

Relatives claim foul-play in carpenter’s death

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives claim foul-play in carpenter’s death

One West Demerara family’s Phagwah celebrations came to an abrupt end after the lifeless body of their loved one was discovered on the Harlem Public Road, West Coast Demerara, during the wee hours...

Cussing is okay in de Education Ministry, ask Roopnaraine

Mar 14, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cussing is okay in de Education Ministry, ask Roopnaraine

Some strange things use to happen when dem boys was growing up. If dem only try to do big man things like whistle or walk wid dem hands in dem pocket was blows. Then times change but some things...

Fmr. Health Minister gets two-month reprieve on sentencing

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fmr. Health Minister gets two-month reprieve on sentencing

Former Health Minister, Dr. Noel Blackman, who was set to be sentenced next Friday, March 24, for running an illegal prescription drugs racket in New York, will get a two-month reprieve. This was...

Jaguars retake lead courtesy Vishaul fifty

Mar 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguars retake lead courtesy Vishaul fifty

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Vishaul Singh struck an unbeaten half-century as reigning champions Guyana Jaguars brushed aside Jamaica Scorpions by seven wickets to regain top spot in the Regional...

Yadram, Balkishun guide Enterprise SC to Tropical Spring U19 crown

Mar 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yadram, Balkishun guide Enterprise SC to Tropical Spring U19 crown

By Zaheer Mohamed A six-wicket haul by Bhaskar Yadram coupled by a fine half century from Pradesh Balkishun guided Enterprise SC to their fifth consecutive East Coast Cricket Committee U19 triumph...

Romello Crawford record breaking ride seals Benjamin Cycle race in close finish

Mar 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Romello Crawford record breaking ride seals Benjamin Cycle race in close finish

By Samuel Whyte Berbice’s own Romello Crawford made good use of home conditions to edge out a very competitive field in a fierce sprint home to take the fourth annual Benjamin Sports Store cycle...

Guyana Karate College conducts Grading Exercise for its students

Mar 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Karate College conducts Grading Exercise for its students

Shuseki Shihan Frank Woon-A-Tai, 9th Degree Black Belt Founder, Chairman and Chief Instructor of the International Karate Daigaku, has recently graded 95 Karatekas of the Guyana Karate College. He...

WE WILL MAKE FOOTBALL NUMBER ONE IN GUYANA -FORDE

Mar 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on WE WILL MAKE FOOTBALL NUMBER ONE IN GUYANA -FORDE

Georgetown: Football will become the most successful and popular sport in Guyana as reform and development programmes bear fruit in coming years, Guyana Football Federation President Wayne Forde...

Adams half century propels Bomb Squad to Canal Number Two SC T20 title

Mar 14, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adams half century propels Bomb Squad to Canal Number Two SC T20 title

By Zaheer Mohamed An attacking half century by all-rounder Ricardo Adams handed Bomb Squad a 59-run victory over Rising Star when the final of the Canal Number Two SC T20 tournament was contested on...

Minister of Finance faces contempt

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minister of Finance faces contempt

Two upset families are in the process of filing contempt charges in the High Court to have the Minister of Finance committed to jail if a sum of $150,000 owed to each family by the Guyana Government...

Remake of ‘Soylent Green’ starring Bharrat Jagdeo

Mar 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Remake of ‘Soylent Green’ starring Bharrat Jagdeo

There is a 1973 science fiction movie named Soylent Green. It was about what pollution did to the world in 2022. The world falls apart with destruction all around. People hunt in the streets for...

Dental Assistant drowns during beach outing

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dental Assistant drowns during beach outing

A day out at the beach ended tragically after a young Dental Assistant lost his life while out with friends at the Alness Beach, Corentyne Berbice, on Sunday. The dead man has been identified as...

Time for the unions to press for negotiations on wage increases

Mar 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Time for the unions to press for negotiations on wage increases

At the same time that the government is complaining about a fiscal crisis, the teachers and public service unions are still unclear as to when wages, salaries and benefits negotiations will...

Guyana among top performers at CCJ’s Inter’l Moot Competition

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana among top performers at CCJ’s Inter’l Moot Competition

Guyanese law students are among the four top teams to perform at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) International Law Moot Competition. The three-member team representing the University of Guyana...

Port Mourant man, two others injured in Borlam Turn accident

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Port Mourant man, two others injured in Borlam Turn accident

The Borlam Turn along the Corentyne Highway has claimed yet another life. Two people were injured following the accident on Sunday night. Dead is Shazam Ishmail, aka “Imran” of Lot 17 Portuguese...

Attorney conducts domestic violence research at G/Town Magistrates’ Courts

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney conducts domestic violence research at G/Town Magistrates’ Courts

It has been established that the vast majority of domestic violence cases involve male perpetrators. Studies show that domestic violence occurs in every culture, country, and age group. It affects...

A former President does not lose immunity if he returns to politics – Nandlall

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on A former President does not lose immunity if he returns to politics – Nandlall

As the debate of presidential immunity continues, the previous administration is sticking by its arguments that nothing in law allows for prosecution if a former leader decides to return to politics....

South African engineers working to bring Skeldon’s boiler up

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on South African engineers working to bring Skeldon’s boiler up

-Harbhajan, Regional Chairman differ on future of estate The Skeldon Sugar Factory has gained much attention after it was reported that the estate will not be grinding for its first crop due to a...

G/Town men claim wrongful beating by Canal No. 1 residents

Mar 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on G/Town men claim wrongful beating by Canal No. 1 residents

-say they were racially targeted On Phagwah Day, Sunday, Dameion Gordon and Vernon Beckles, both residents of Georgetown, journeyed to Canal No. 1 Polder, West Bank Demerara to celebrate the Hindu...

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more