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Rented cars, vehicles with false plates being used in robberies, execution-style killings

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rented cars, vehicles with false plates being used in robberies, execution-style killings

– Crime Chief Blanhum Police have “overwhelming evidence” that vehicles from some car rentals and vehicles bearing false number plates have become the preferred mode of transportation...

$900M bank scam…Detained gold dealer’s employee held in morning raid

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $900M bank scam…Detained gold dealer’s employee held in morning raid

Police yesterday took into custody a senior employee of detained Bartica gold dealer Saddiqi ‘Bobby’ Rasul, who allegedly collected over $900M at the Bartica branch of the Guyana Bank for Trade...

Lover of alleged killer says…“I could have been dead just like his wife”

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lover of alleged killer says…“I could have been dead just like his wife”

– says farmer told her to wear murdered spouse’s clothes The horror has begun to register for 21-year-old Oma Devi Nathoo that she had lived for almost four months with a wife-killer,...

Fire destroys Middle Road house

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Middle Road house

A mid-morning fire has destroyed a house at Lot 182 Middle Road, East La Penitence Georgetown shortly after noon yesterday. The old wooden structure was once the home of Colin Clarke and wife. Clarke...

Tax-free salaries, waivers for select few needs to end – Goolsarran

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tax-free salaries, waivers for select few needs to end – Goolsarran

Since the coalition administration assumed office, it has implemented a number of tax measures, all with the aim of making the system more equitable while catching those who refuse to pay their fair...

Boy, 10, drowns in Coldingen canal

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 10, drowns in Coldingen canal

Little ten year old Terry Jaikaran of Lot 22 Track ‘Z’ Coldingen, East Coast Demerara, drowned yesterday when he and another eight year old boy decided to have a swim in a canal not far from...

Scrap metal dealers ‘plundered’ Linden of several famous artifacts

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Scrap metal dealers ‘plundered’ Linden of several famous artifacts

– famous ‘walking dragline,’ Mackenzie railway sold off By Enid Joaquin “What happened here is a real travesty, because certain items that tied into the history of the town, should not...

Mother of DJ killed in accident wants case reopened

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of DJ killed in accident wants case reopened

The mother of Wavel Sabsook, the disc jockey (DJ), who was killed when the car he was travelling in crashed and burst into flames at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, is pleading with the Director of...

Education Ministry, NGOs roll out new programme to tackle risky sexual behaviour in schools

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry, NGOs roll out new programme to tackle risky sexual behaviour in schools

Recognizing the need for a comprehensive reform of the sex education curriculum in schools, the Ministry of Education, backed by several non-governmental organizations has embarked on an initiative...

Powreade 50-mile cycle race…Jamal John and Junior Niles continue winning blitz; Keon Thomas repeats

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powreade 50-mile cycle race…Jamal John and Junior Niles continue winning blitz; Keon Thomas repeats

By Franklin Wilson In yet another display of discipline and class, Team Coco’s (TC) Jamal John overcame wind pain to record another victory, this time in the 7th annual Powerade sponsored 50-mile...

GNIC lift Noble House Seafoods 2-day title

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GNIC lift Noble House Seafoods 2-day title

MOM Rafael Singh bags 13-87 in losing cause for TSC By Sean Devers The fifth annual Noble House Seafoods two-day second division cricket final ended in a draw yesterday at Bourda but by virtue of...

Paramakatoi’s Project For Achieving Financial Independence – Pt 4

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Paramakatoi’s Project For Achieving Financial Independence – Pt 4

Under the supervision of the Institute of Applied Science and Technlogy (IAST), a virgin mountaintop on the road from Paramakatoi to Kato has been transformed into a modern, branded food processing...

Windies return to old habits to suffer series loss

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies return to old habits to suffer series loss

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC — Saturday’s convincing victory proved only a false dawn as West Indies quickly returned to their unpleasant old habits, plunging to a seven-wicket defeat to...

Stag Elite League Season 2…Fruta Conquerors hammer Victoria Kings

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Elite League Season 2…Fruta Conquerors hammer Victoria Kings

By Franklin Wilson A sustained offensive onslaught by the home team Fruta Conquerors saw them hammering East Demerara’s Victoria Kings 5-1 when play in the Stag Elite League, Season 2 Round 2...

Highway residents get potable water for first time in 45 years

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Highway residents get potable water for first time in 45 years

– two wells installed at Silver Hill and Waiakabra By Enid Joaquin After almost 50 years without potable water, residents on the Linden Soesdyke Highway were ecstatic last Wednesday,...

Milo 18 and under Schools Football Competition…Chase Academy stay on course in defence of title

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo 18 and under Schools Football Competition…Chase Academy stay on course in defence of title

– Masters Academy also join last four Chase Academy remained on course in defence of their title by beating Pure Masters 7-0 to make the semi-finals of this year’s Milo 18 and under Schools...

GOLDEN JAGUARS VISIT GFF-SCOTIABANK ACADEMY TRAINING CENTRES

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOLDEN JAGUARS VISIT GFF-SCOTIABANK ACADEMY TRAINING CENTRES

Georgetown: Top football stars from the Golden Jaguars took part in coaching up and coming talent at GFF-Scotiabank Academy Training Centres this weekend, as part of efforts to help young players...

Corriverton aiming to be independent of central govt. funding

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Corriverton aiming to be independent of central govt. funding

The township of Corriverton in East Berbice, Corentyne, is aiming to become a municipality which does not have to depend solely on funding from Central Government. This is expected to be achieved by...

Ex Speed boat racer donates Boat to Bartica Regatta

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ex Speed boat racer donates Boat to Bartica Regatta

Pat Holder says thanks for being able to race there for 55 years By Sean Devers At 83, veteran Motor Bike and Boat racer is still pregnant with unbridled passion for the two sports he loves and was...

Carib Beer GCA t20 division one cricket…GDF shoot down GYO as Ramdeen takes hat-trick

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carib Beer GCA t20 division one cricket…GDF shoot down GYO as Ramdeen takes hat-trick

Jacobs gives MSC exciting last over win over Everest By Sean Devers Host Malteenoes squeezed past Everest by five wickets in a last over drama, while the Army ambushed GYO by 69 runs at DCC in latest...

Convicted child-rapist Alvin Rudder beaten by fellow inmates

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted child-rapist Alvin Rudder beaten by fellow inmates

– placed in isolation for safety It’s been just three days into his 10-year jail term, but prison officials have already had to isolate convicted child-rapist Alvin Rudder from other irate...

Arrow Point Resort sponsors 8th Prize in GCB 75th Anniversary Raffle

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Arrow Point Resort sponsors 8th Prize in GCB 75th Anniversary Raffle

The Guyana Cricket Board recently announced the launching of its grand fund raising 75th Anniversary Raffle in aid of youth and female cricket development and Arrow Point Resort has handed over their...

Father Andrew Morrison…The Jesuit priest who pioneered investigative journalism in Guyana

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Father Andrew Morrison…The Jesuit priest who pioneered investigative journalism in Guyana

By Freddie Kissoon I got a telephone call from Michael Jordan, one of the senior editors at this newspaper. He said: “Freddie, how many of our journalists at Kaieteur News know about Father...

Providence win Supligen /Bel Air Lions Domino Tournament

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Providence win Supligen /Bel Air Lions Domino Tournament

Providence with 76 games came home ahead of Mix up on 64 and All Seasons in the cellar on 60 to emerge winners of the recently staged Bel Air Lions / Supligen Domino Competition. Played at the Lions...

West Indies, Pakistan arrive today for Guyana leg of tour

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies, Pakistan arrive today for Guyana leg of tour

As West Indies and Pakistan concluded their T20 series yesterday, the Caribbean tour by Pakistan now turns to the three (3) One Day Internationals slated for Guyana, at the National Stadium,...

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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