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Young mother electrocuted while connecting fridge

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 11

A young mother of two, of the West Coast Berbice village of Bush Lot, was electrocuted while plugging back the power to her refrigerator yesterday afternoon. Juliet Mohabir, 25, was pronounced dead...

Woman held trying to post cocaine via UPS

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 6

Drug agents from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday arrested a woman when she attempted to post a packet containing cocaine by way of the United Parcel Service (UPS). The parcel...

Bread prices to be reduced within a week – bakers

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 1

Bakers in Guyana have said that the consuming public would not immediately feel the price reduction in flour. The price of bread and other bread-related products will remain unchanged until the...

Bakery complains about quality of flour from NAMILCO

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bakery complains about quality of flour from NAMILCO

…milling company refutes claims Some bakers have complained that they are receiving from the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) flour which they say is not of ‘high quality.’ During a...

Guyanese man gunned down in Trinidad

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 4

A Guyanese national employed with a construction company in Cocorite has become this country’s 484th murder victim. Terrance Caesar, 22, of Alexis Street, Morvant, was shot dead at around 9:30 p.m....

Confusion surrounds Chicoramas/GUYOIL conflict

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 2

Private gas station owner Christopher Satyanand and the Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL) were at odds after Satyanand lowered the price for fuel at his service station, Chicoramas Service Centre, in Non...

US medical mission makes final stop at Port Kaituma

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 1

The US humanitarian medical mission to Guyana, on Monday last, set up camp at its final stop to dispense medical services. Yesterday, commander of the mission, Commodore Frank Ponds, US Charge...

Guyana scores big at international travel forum

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana scores big at international travel forum

With global trends indicating that the tourism sector will continue to hold its own, and with long-haul travel destinations like Guyana as an emerging sector, Tourism Minister Manniram Prashad and...

Two new vaccines to be introduced in January

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 1

Guyana has begun a heightened immunization exercise which by the first quarter of next year will see infants throughout the country being vaccinated for the first time against Pneumococcal and...

Commuters ‘not benefiting’ from bus fare reductions

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 2

Although the Guyana Public Transportation Association (GPTA) and Commerce Minister Manniram Prashad are claiming that the minibus fares have been reduced, minibus operators are still charging the...

Burglars hit cell phone shop for $6.5M

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 3

Despite the heightened security presence in Georgetown, burglars still managed to make off with approximately $6.5 million worth of goods yesterday morning from TECHMEDIA.COM, a popular cell phone...

Scotiabank rewards 10 lucky customers

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Scotiabank rewards 10 lucky customers

Scotiabank yesterday brought down the curtains on its back to school promotion which saw five laptop computers and five amounts of US$2,000 being presented to ten lucky customers. The promotion ran...

Human resource capacity building critical to surviving EPA – COHSOD

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Human resource capacity building critical to surviving EPA – COHSOD

The wider development implications of the recently signed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) reside in the provisions for technological cooperation, technology and intellectual property. As such,...

POLICY MAKING IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE

Nov 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on POLICY MAKING IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE

“Peeping Tom,” came a shrill but recognizable voice, “money sharing out like Christmas.” “What! Courts has another promotion?” I queried. “No, Peeper not Courts! Jagdeo sharing out...

Avery Gomes, Guyana Times, a telephone call, and…

Nov 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 5

I am writing this piece directly after speaking to a very important UWI professor who is in Guyana to take a look at the state of UG (obviously, I cannot tell readers what I told him, but readers of...

National Schools’ Championships officially opens

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on National Schools’ Championships officially opens

Linden sets new standard with gala ceremony By Edison Jefford Song, poetry and dance welcomed a capacity crowd to the Mackenzie Sports Club Tuesday night to witness the gala opening of the 2008...

T&T outclass CCC by 85 runs to seal semi-final spot

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on T&T outclass CCC by 85 runs to seal semi-final spot

Man-of-the-match Pollard smashes 30 ball 54, snares 2-34 By Franklin Wilson Eight-time champions Trinidad and Tobago, aiming to secure a ninth championship strengthened their claim with an emphatic...

Aracari Resort opens Chinese cuisine restaurant

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Aracari Resort opens Chinese cuisine restaurant

Yesterday evening, with a gala affair, the management of the Aracari Resort at Versailles, West Bank Demerara, officially opened a superlative dining restaurant, ‘Macaw,’ to the general public....

U.S. Ambassador pays courtesy call on GECOM Chairman

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on U.S. Ambassador pays courtesy call on GECOM Chairman

United States Ambassador to Guyana, John Melvin Jones, paid a courtesy call on Tuesday last to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve Surujbally. During the visit, the...

Good Success defeat Noitgedacht by 140 runs, Jaguars game rained out

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Good Success defeat Noitgedacht by 140 runs, Jaguars game rained out

Good Success defeated Noitgedacht by 140 runs as the Busta 40 overs Cricket Competition continued in Wakenaam last Sunday. Played at Noitgedacht, Good Success took first strike and made 224 all out...

Mabaruma Inter-Block football kicks off

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Mabaruma Inter-Block football kicks off

Play in the Mabaruma Inter-Block football tournament got underway yesterday with a victory for Mabaruma Compound over Mabaruma Settlement. Midfielder Troy Willis fired home the winner in the 20th...

System malfunction grounds NY-bound flight

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on System malfunction grounds NY-bound flight

….three aborted take-off attempts prove too many A system malfunction on a Caribbean Airlines flight bound for New York via Piarco Airport yesterday, resulted in the aircraft being grounded at the...

Leewards crush Windwards by 70 runs

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Leewards crush Windwards by 70 runs

– Advance to President’s Cup semis behind top team T&T By Sean Devers Leeward Islands took a bonus point in their 70-run victory against Windwards Islands at Uitvlugt yesterday in their...

Guyana defeat Canada by 7 wickets

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana defeat Canada by 7 wickets

-Out of semi-finals Guyana produced a late flourish against minnows Canada, but it came a little too late as they failed to qualify for the semi-finals despite their 7-wicket win yesterday, at the...

Banks DIH/Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Guinness football competition

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH/Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Guinness football competition

Excitement high as ‘Greatest of de Street’ football gets underway By Michael Benjamin Holmes Street, Tiger Bay was transformed into a hive of colourful activity when he inaugural ‘Guinness...

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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