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Pastors’ home razed after 8-yr-old ignites mattress

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Pastors’ home razed after 8-yr-old ignites mattress

Just days after the horrific accident in Amelia’s Ward, Linden, that claimed the life of National Communications Network (NCN) reporter Akila Jacobs, a fire yesterday evening completely destroyed a...

Trinidad imposes licenses requirement for rice imports from Guyana

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Trinidad imposes licenses requirement for rice imports from Guyana

Trinidad has now imposed a licence requirement for rice imports from Guyana, causing great distress to Guyanese exporters. Trinidadian importers must apply to that country’s Ministry of Trade for a...

Cocaine-swallowing U.S. citizen being monitored in hospital

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Drug agents from the Guyana Police Force are anxiously waiting to examine the bodily contents of a female American to confirm that she did ingest cocaine in an attempt to smuggle the drug to her home...

Guyana ranked 88th on press freedom scale

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Guyana has been noted for the first time in the World Press Freedom Index prepared by ‘Reporters Without Borders, ranking 88th because of tensions between President Bharrat Jagdeo and the...

US-based Guyanese arrested in connection with mortgage fraud scheme

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(Alexandria, VA) – Richard A. Forde, age 50, formerly of Great Falls, Virginia, and a Guyanese national was arrested after a federal grand jury indicted him on October 15, last, on charges of...

Canal woman was murdered, autopsy proves death by strangulation

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Canal woman was murdered, autopsy proves death by strangulation

… suspect confesses to robbery Following the robbery of a home in Conservancy Dam at Canal Number Two, and the subsequent death of 68-year-old woman, Budhia, also known as ‘Ronui,’ a post...

President defends hike in excise tax on gasoline, diesel

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on President defends hike in excise tax on gasoline, diesel

…says mechanism is a price stabilizer Taxes are used as a mechanism for stabilising the price of a commodity wherein when the price on the world market for a product such as gasoline and diesel...

38,000 machine readable passports issued to date

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Since the introduction of the machine readable passports back in July last year, the Central Immigration Office has to date issued a total of 38,000 passports, according to Deputy Chief Immigration...

Gunmen rob another East Bank minibus

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Julian Smith was reduced to tears yesterday morning after some gunmen robbed a minibus in which he was a passenger. Speaking outside the Ruimveldt Police Station where he had gone to file a report,...

Deadly media trip …

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Minibus owner, truck driver charged Following investigations into the fatal accident at Amelia’s Ward, Linden last Saturday which claimed the lives of National Communications Network reporter,...

Man fingered in $1/2M cigarettes, drinks theft

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man fingered in $1/2M cigarettes, drinks theft

Kelon Bishop, 19, of 74 Norton Street, Lodge, was yesterday denied bail when he made his court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It is alleged that Bishop on October 7,...

Fort Wellington without potable water

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Residents of Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice have been without water for the past month despite promises of a correction of the system. Yesterday, several residents complained to this newspaper...

Additional cleaning underway at UG

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Additional cleaning underway at UG

Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, has revealed that additional cleaning is currently ongoing at the University of Guyana, following a visit to the facility by the UG administration on Monday....

Woman loses sight because of deteriorating condition – GPHC

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Woman loses sight because of deteriorating condition – GPHC

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has expressed its disappointment at an article which appeared in Sunday’s edition of this newspaper, under the headlines, ‘Woman goes blind after...

North West man found dead on Hogg Island farm

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A man who left his North West District home some two weeks ago to seek employment in the Essequibo River was found dead on a farm in Hogg Island. Reports are that the body of 24-year-old Ivor...

Lifeline Counseling celebrates 12 years of service

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Lifeline Counseling is celebrating 12 years of providing vital care and support to people living with and affected by HIV in Guyana. Yesterday the organisation staged a forum with members of the...

Raffle sheets stolen

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The United Women for Special Children, a non-profit organisation, would be holding a fund-raising raffle on Saturday at the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Bourda. However, some of these raffle...

MSC Carib Sixes to bowl off on Tuesday

Oct 23, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on MSC Carib Sixes to bowl off on Tuesday

Guyana’s top players to vie for $60,000 first prize The second annual Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Sixes cricket competition and third in the last decade, is set for Tuesday (Deepavali Day) from...

Another member of the Vieira clan expected for November 2 Meeting

Oct 23, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Another member of the Vieira clan expected for November 2 Meeting

Campaigning in the same Group 4 category as his brother Mark, Canada-based Paul Vieira speaking with Kaieteur Sport via telephone from his home said that even though he is confident of doing well,...

7th Pan American Junior Squash Championships Lima, Peru

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Guyana experience horrid day Day two of the VII Pan American Junior Squash Championships in Lima, Peru was Guyana’s worst day so far as they lost all the matches they competed in. First it was the...

President’s Cup (2nd round, day two)

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Johnson (88), Pooran (79) miss tons for S/Cats, Barrington (79*), Clements (63*) respond for Tigers By Sean Devers Leon Johnson and Hoomchand Pooran missed centuries for the Clive Lloyd Super Cats on...

Fruta Conquerors Club House taking shape

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Lights enhanced at Tucville ground, 20 added By Franklin Wilson Believe it or not, in such modern times, not many clubs in the football arena can boast of having their own club house and that’s the...

RHTY&SC supports BCB and Leslie Amsterdam Memorial tournament

Oct 23, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC supports BCB and Leslie Amsterdam Memorial tournament

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) have once again contributed to the development of cricket in the Ancient County of Berbice with contributions to the Berbice Cricket Board and...

Supligen All–star Weekend looms as teams intensify practice

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Georgetown and Linden’s All–star junior and senior teams intensified practice sessions yesterday ahead of this weekend’s Supligen All–star Basketball Weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sports...

Guyana Badminton Association Junior Singles C/ships

Oct 23, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Badminton Association Junior Singles C/ships

Several players advance as tourney nears climax The Guyana Badminton Association Under-15 & 17 Junior Singles Tournament continued last Tuesday at the Queens College Badminton Courts where...

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Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy Eagles

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more