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Missing plane has tracking device

Nov 04, 2008 knews News 8

The United States-registered plane which disappeared last Saturday between Issano and Imbaimadai was equipped with a tracking device to enable it to be traced if it crashed. But there was still no...

Study shows 76% GPHC doctors stressed out

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Study shows 76% GPHC doctors stressed out

Most doctors at the country’s main hospital, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), are either moderately or severely stressed, due to large patient volume, inadequate equipment, and...

Torture report reveals physical abuse, ill treatment

Nov 04, 2008 knews News 3

Twenty-two Guyana Defence Force ranks and one policeman testified before a three-man team that was set up to investigate allegations of torture in the army. The team was set up to investigate torture...

Minister Rohee clears way for Dataram’s extradition hearing

Nov 04, 2008 knews News 2

…Lawyers now say wrong man in custody Embattled businessman Barry Dataram yesterday made yet another court appearance, this time before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton. Yesterday’s hearing...

Financial crisis…

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Financial crisis…

‘We have no intention of laying off employees – Clifford Reis Chairman of Banks DIH Ltd, Clifford Reis, has said that his company has no intention of laying off any of its employees, despite the...

Financial crisis could lead to more state regulations

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Financial crisis could lead to more state regulations

– Donald Ramotar The financial crisis that rocked the world in recent times has been blamed on the widespread unregulated private sector in the U.S., particularly after 2000, according to...

Another fire rocks East Coast Demerara

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Another fire rocks East Coast Demerara

-five homeless Fire struck again on the East Coast of Demerara yesterday, this time destroying a two-bedroom wooden house at 576 Phase One, Good Hope, leaving a young couple and their...

Police continue hunt for Non Pareil arson suspect

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police continue hunt for Non Pareil arson suspect

Police on the East Coast of Demerara say that they are closing in on a man who allegedly set fire to his house after he reportedly failed in his attempt to kill his family. The man’s house,...

Mid-morning fire guts house at Linden

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Mid-morning fire guts house at Linden

A Linden couple and their three children are in an unenviable state of need, after a mid-morning fire yesterday destroyed their home, leaving them with just the clothes on their backs. Elvis Daw and...

Residents save Annandale shop from fiery destruction

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Residents save Annandale shop from fiery destruction

Quick action by residents of Annandale saved a roadside business from certain destruction yesterday, as fires continue to wreak havoc on the East Coast of Demerara. However, the shop owner suffered...

Guyana’s nursing school may gain international accreditation

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s nursing school may gain international accreditation

Efforts are in the pipelines to have local nursing schools, primarily the Georgetown School of Nursing, brought on par with other nursing schools in the Caribbean, a process which is expected to...

Lights needed at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Lights needed at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling

Speedboat operators plying the Demerara River crossing have noted the need for some lighting to be installed at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling. In a recent interview, they have said that it has become...

City Hall concerned over GLU strike call

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on City Hall concerned over GLU strike call

“We have made it clear: no work, no pay!” said City Mayor Hamilton Green during a press briefing in his office yesterday, when he faced the media. He said that the Guyana Labour Union,...

Digicel donates computers to Prison Service

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In support of the Rotary Club of Demerara’s literacy and numeracy programme for prisoners, Digicel yesterday donated five computer systems to the Guyana Prison Service. Each of the five prisons...

Can an Obama victory change voting patterns in Guyana?

Nov 04, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 7

We are not going to know the elections results in the U.S. presidential race until the early hours of Wednesday morning. Late into this evening, some trends will emerge based on the returns of some...

Backing the right man for the wrong reasons

Nov 04, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Backing the right man for the wrong reasons

Within Freedom House there is great excitement. It is said that now that our Great Leader, Bharrat, has endorsed Barack, there is no way that Barack can lose today’s election in the United...

Bodybuilding Federation,Banks DIH acknowledge Sylvan Gardner’s achievement

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Bodybuilding Federation,Banks DIH acknowledge Sylvan Gardner’s achievement

By Michael Benjamin Sylvan Gardner recently returned to Guyana after a highly successful sojourn in the United States of America where he won the Musclemania Superbody title in the lightweight and...

CHENAPOU RED HEAT WIN MINISTRY INTER-BLOCK AT PARAMAKATOI

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on CHENAPOU RED HEAT WIN MINISTRY INTER-BLOCK AT PARAMAKATOI

Efforts being made to help area with coaching Chenapou Red Heat needled Paramakatoi 1-0 in the male match of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Inter-Block football competition played at...

NAMILCO Football Festival

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO Football Festival

Western Tigers and Fruta Conquerors advance to semis By Franklin Wilson BK International Western Tigers defeated long time rivals Pele 2-0 and host team Fruta Conquerors hammered GFC 3-0 to advance...

Banks DIH / Kick International Masters Tournament

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH / Kick International Masters Tournament

Notredame needle GT All Stars to retain No. 1 status By Franklin Wilson Defending champions Notredame of Barbados proved that they are still the best of the lot when they successfully defended their...

Boy, 18, stabbed to death

Nov 04, 2008 knews News 1

-15-year-old detained Police have detained a 15-year-old boy for the murder of 18-year-old Keron Caldeira, who was stabbed to death at Line Path, Skeldon at around 22:40 hrs on Sunday night. A police...

Chattergoon leads from the front as Albion take 2007 Tenelec Berbice cricket title

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Chattergoon leads from the front as Albion take 2007 Tenelec Berbice cricket title

By Sean Devers Less than a week before he departs with the West Indies team for a three-match one-day series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi which starts on November 12, Skipper Sewnarine Chattergoon...

Vigorous campaign against Domestic Violence continues

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Vigorous campaign against Domestic Violence continues

– Basketball players’ latest beneficiaries The recent upsurge of front page displays of women being violently abused by their spouses and other close associates have prompted instant reaction...

Quarrel ends in cutlass attack

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Quarrel ends in cutlass attack

A heated fracas between two friends ended up with one sustaining multiple chops about his body. The injured man was identified as Neil Williams of Timehri; he sustained chops to his hands and head....

Demerara Hand-in-Hand 50-overs 2nd division cricket

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Demerara Hand-in-Hand 50-overs 2nd division cricket

TSC to face Lusignan in semis after taking City title By Sean Devers Nineteen-year-old Travis Blyden produced a useful all-round performance at Bourda on Sunday to spur Transport Sports Club (TSC) to...

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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