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Christmas Falls shootout…Slain gunman still unidentified

Jun 09, 2008 knews News 3

– man detained in Kwakwani – Joint Services on trail of fleeing gang The body of a gunman, who was shot dead during a shootout with members of the Joint Services last Friday at Christmas...

‘Shortman’ sees flashes of Bartica as police invade home

Jun 09, 2008 knews News 6

An Eccles, East Bank Demerara businessman and his entire household got the scare of their lives when more than a dozen heavily armed men, who were later identified as Police officers, invaded their...

President Jagdeo, British PM meet this week

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– to discuss financial institutions, governance, and coherence within the UN President Bharrat Jagdeo and other Commonwealth leaders are to meet this week with British Prime Minister Gordon...

Sexual misconduct in schools…Guilty teachers should be made examples of

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– Minister Fox In recent times, there has been an increasing number of reports of sexual misconduct in schools, where teachers are either having affairs with, or are sexually assaulting their...

Businessman overpowers gunman, foils robbery attempt

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BELVEDERE, CORENTYNE – A Berbice businessman overpowered an armed bandit and in the process stripped him of his weapon. At just about 21:00 hours on Saturday, Nazir Khan, of 593 Fourth Street,...

Corentyne club spreads charity

Jun 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Corentyne club spreads charity

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club last week handed over close to $1 million worth of items to a number of organizations. The gesture was made possible by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...

PNC shows benevolent side

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NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Representatives of the People’s National Congress in Region Six showed their party’s benevolent side last week when they handed over a quantity of reading material...

Police seize more ganja

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FORT WELLINGTON, WEST COAST BERBICE – A West Ruimveldt woman is to be placed before a Berbice Court this week after she was reportedly nabbed with a quantity of what is suspected to be cannabis...

CARICOM collaboration crucial to implementing large-scale projects

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– Da Silva There needs to be greater collaboration between sister countries of the Caribbean Community as it relates to the implementation of large-scale agricultural projects. This is...

Second Hampton Court accident victim succumbs

Jun 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Second Hampton Court accident victim succumbs

Forty-four-year-old Narine Persaud who was involved in an accident at Hampton Court on the Essequibo Coast on Saturday last has succumbed to his injuries. Reports are that Persaud died sometime...

GPSU observes 85th anniversary…Yarde calls on members to learn from past experiences

Jun 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GPSU observes 85th anniversary…Yarde calls on members to learn from past experiences

Under the theme “Proud of our performance, modernising to improve service to members,” the Guyana Public Service Union yesterday observed its 85th anniversary with a call from its president,...

BFA Under-15 League – New Amsterdam United, Paradise Invaders play to exciting 4-4 draw

Jun 09, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on BFA Under-15 League – New Amsterdam United, Paradise Invaders play to exciting 4-4 draw

The Berbice Football Association U-15 League competition continued on Saturday at the Scotts Church ground with only one of the four scheduled games played. Embarrassingly four of the teams slated to...

NA Multilateral claim Amerally, Amaco Sawmills Inter-Schools U-15 football

Jun 09, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on NA Multilateral claim Amerally, Amaco Sawmills Inter-Schools U-15 football

New Amsterdam Multilateral School played unbeaten to win the inaugural Amerally Sawmills Inter Secondary school U-15 football competition, which was held last Tuesday for schools in the New...

Adelphi family robbed at gunpoint

Jun 09, 2008 knews News 1

Gunmen made off with more than $500,000 in cash and jewellery after robbing an East Canje family early yesterday morning. Police reports indicate that 37-year-old Ganesh Premchand, an operator at the...

Wiltshire to represent GOA at Sports Development Conference in Scotland

Jun 09, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire to represent GOA at Sports Development Conference in Scotland

AAG pulls out of Pune C/wealth Youth games in India By Sean Devers Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) President K Juman Yassin told the media on Saturday that former national Squash champion and GOA...

‘Watz Hott Guyana’ provides heartwarming memories

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By Alex Wayne A mammoth crowd went home thoroughly satisfied – save for a few glitches in the Dancehall Queen segment – when Dynamix Productions and Kross Kolor Studio hosted the 2008...

Barakat presents cricket gear to Nat’l Under-19 hopeful Shivpersaud

Jun 09, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Barakat presents cricket gear to Nat’l Under-19 hopeful Shivpersaud

Demerara under-19 batsman Ballinder Shivpersaud was presented with a set of cricket gear from businessman Feroze Barakat as a reward for making the National under-19 twenty-man training squad which...

Private sector must take up the mantle

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– AIF task force chairman The private sector must be willing to recognize the potential and invest in agricultural projects, as well as take up the mantle since a lot of money is to be made in the...

Mohamed’s half century highlights DDL Softball cricket

Jun 09, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed’s half century highlights DDL Softball cricket

Wazeer Mohamed hit an unbeaten half century as his team All Star defeated Sarah by 85 runs in the DDL 15-over round robin softball cricket competition at Sewram’s tarmac in Belle Plaine Wakenaam....

Burnett preparations going well for Olympics

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Marian Burnett preparations for the Olympic Games have been going well. The Guyanese track star, who has taken series of preparation runs to the European circuit ran to her third silver medal on the...

Berbice school teacher is lone Guyanese success at Umpires Exam

Jun 09, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice school teacher is lone Guyanese success at Umpires Exam

Well known Berbice headmaster Augustus Outar is the lone Guyanese to have successfully completed this years West Indies Cricket Umpires exam (WICUA) and has now joined the ranks of a fully qualified...

Banks DIH Sevens Rugby Tournament: Pepsi Hornets claim both titles

Jun 09, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH Sevens Rugby Tournament: Pepsi Hornets claim both titles

By Rawle Welch A blunder by the experienced Walter George was what caused Yamaha Caribs (Men) the Banks DIH Sevens One-day Rugby title which was played yesterday at the National Park. George, who had...

Tony Deyal – OH MY DOORLING

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Port of Spain has always been a hot town Like a pepper in a pot of rice and peas Waiting to burst and scatter, a trap For the unwary… The new Hyatt Hotel in Trinidad is in the old Port of Spain,...

Freddie Kissoon – Is Mr. Jagdeo controversial or dictatorial?

Jun 09, 2008 knews Freddie Kissoon 6

It was Ras Tom Dalgetty who argued publicly in the letter columns of the newspapers that looking at what we have for a government, it was better if the WPA had tried to work out a compromise with...

Peeping Tom – COMMENDATIONS ARE IN ORDER

Jun 09, 2008 knews Peeping Tom 1

The Peeper is no expert but the Peeper knows now for sure that had the government procured the sort of choppers that Captain Gerry Gouveia had been advising all along, Fineman and his gang would have...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more