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Foreign aircraft disappears over Mazaruni

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 4

British helicopters have been dispatched to the Mazaruni after a foreign aircraft disappeared in that area yesterday. Reports reaching Kaieteur News last evening stated that the aircraft, which was...

Jagdeo promises to release torture report

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 3

‘…men were questioned aggressively, not systematically tortured’ The report into allegations of torture by ranks of the Joint Services will be released but without the names of the...

CRIMINALS AGED 11-15 ON THE INCREASE

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 5

The age of criminals appears to be getting lower and lower, to the extent that some residents of the Charlestown area are alarmed that some of them are as young as 11 years old. It is not that they...

Soca pioneer Byron Lee passes on

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 9

– said the Guyana show must go on Bandleader of the world renowned ‘Byron Lee & the Dragonaires’, Byron Aloysius St. Elmo Lee, died at the age of 73 on Thursday night, after...

President Jagdeo urges Diaspora to vote for Obama

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 5

While it is not customary for Heads of State to comment on elections and the results in other countries, President Bharrat Jagdeo moved away from that tradition yesterday by publicly stating that he...

George Barclay’s stolen car recovered minus battery

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on George Barclay’s stolen car recovered minus battery

Veteran journalist George Barclay was smiling again yesterday after learning that police had recovered his red Toyota Corolla, which thieves had made off with on Friday. Kaieteur News understands...

Pensioner perishes in fire

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 5

– neighbours rescue children Fire struck with devastating consequences yesterday claiming the life of an 85-year-old man at Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. The blaze of unknown origin,...

Another road accident

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 1

A collision involving a minibus and a motor car sent six persons to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday. The occupants of the minibus all suffered minor injuries, but the...

A Star on the horizon

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on A Star on the horizon

By Rawle Welch This year’s schools athletic season has been a real revelation, one that has witnessed the emergence of a cadre of young stars all of who s eems set to illuminate the local and...

Bakewell Buxton stun Army

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell Buxton stun Army

GFC beat Flamingo, Conquerors survive Rosignol attact By Franklin Wilson The third day of action of the Second Namilco Football Festival produced the first major upset of the championship when East...

Jealous ex-boyfriend stabs female security guard at worksite

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 5

A female security guard was left in a critical condition after she was viciously stabbed by a jealous, knife-wielding boyfriend who invaded her worksite shortly after midnight yesterday. Patricia...

Mitchell cops 81st consecutive local Race Walk title

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Mitchell cops 81st consecutive local Race Walk title

National Race Walk champion Rudolph Mitchell continued his winning streak when he copped his 81st local consecutive title in the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club’s Gavin Kennard Memorial Race Walk in...

David De Caires: an appreciation

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 2

At this stage in Guyana’s evolution as a nation, one just wishes most sincerely that the death of David De Caires was a bad dream we had the night before when we heard the news. Very few committed...

Grant makes it two in a row

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Grant makes it two in a row

Rudy Grant made it two in a row when he followed up his Men’s Over-35 Singles win by capturing the O-45 division last Friday night by beating Stephen David Longe in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 as play...

The report fails to conclude that there was torture

Nov 02, 2008 knews Peeping Tom 1

Guyana is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on torture. It is also a signatory to other conventions, and it has entrenched in its constitution clauses that outlaw such activities as...

Ramsammy lauds corporate entities for assisting in blood donation

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Ramsammy lauds corporate entities for assisting in blood donation

Following the crisis that Guyana had experienced with the shortage of blood, Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has revealed that Guyana is no longer in the crisis situation that it had experienced...

Sheik Mohammed’s contribution recognised

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Sheik Mohammed’s contribution recognised

Former national player Sheik Mohammed was honoured by the Floodlight teams last Sunday for his outstanding contribution to cricket as a player for Enmore Cricket Club, East Coast, GCC and Guyana....

‘Treveni Experience’— a collection to die for

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ‘Treveni Experience’— a collection to die for

By Alex Wayne In the fashion world, one is accustomed to gasps and loud exclamations at elite runway fashion shows. However, jaws practically dropped open and breaths were held in abeyance recently...

Caribbean governments must provide incentives for Pan-Caribbean companies – Jagdeo

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Caribbean governments must provide incentives for Pan-Caribbean companies – Jagdeo

Regional integration demands regional companies – B/dos PM Barbadian Prime Minister David Thompson said the Caribbean should be seeing increased production and exports, given the potential in...

Massa on pole as Hamilton falters

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Massa on pole as Hamilton falters

Felipe Massa gained a crucial advantage over world title rival Lewis Hamilton as he took pole position for Sunday’s title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver set a benchmark of one...

Leadership is about being principled and doing the right things

Nov 02, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Leadership is about being principled and doing the right things

By Sheila Holder In my last article in this column I made the point that, unlike many persons in the top echelons of the PPP/C and to a lesser extent in the PNCR, none in the AFC leadership or,...

RHT Pepsi U-19 beat Change Your Life Christian Church in 40-over affair

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on RHT Pepsi U-19 beat Change Your Life Christian Church in 40-over affair

The Rose Hall Town Pepsi under-19 team defeated Change Your Life Christian Church (CYLCC) of Williamsburg in a 40-over match on Tuesday last to win the RHT/Williamsburg Friendship Trophy. The match...

Minors arrested over “sparkles”

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Minors arrested over “sparkles”

Richard Jacobs, a concerned father of Sixth Avenue, Bartica, is complaining about the treatment that his children received at the hands of a senior police rank at the Bartica Police Station....

Wintz lead from the front with Man-of-the-Match performance

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Wintz lead from the front with Man-of-the-Match performance

As Young Warriors snatch Neal & Massy title under lights By Sean Devers Despite torrential morning rain, Young Warriors beat DCC by four wickets just before mid-night on Friday in the first ever...

Accolade Music Awards looms…

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 1

Artistes gear for cultural explosion Accolade –the Music Awards of Guyana — is just about a month away from its expected massive explosion at the National Cultural Centre. Its music, gala...

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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