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‘I am ready to go’ – Minister Jeffrey

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 19

“President Jagdeo told me if I cannot support the Government’s position on the EPA, then I should leave the Cabinet,” Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Dr. Henry...

Coast Guard rank,friends arrested with stolen army weapon

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 4

The M35 Browning pistol that was recently stolen from an army vessel has been recovered. Army sources say that the weapon and 12 matching rounds were found yesterday in the possession of a Coast...

Fidelity Polar beer probe…

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 1

Charges recommended for 13 more Customs officers The Director of Public Prosecutions is expected to advise shortly on a report prepared by a Presidential commission that was set up to investigate the...

Attempted N/A jail break…

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 4

Woman charged for taking in hacksaw blade One woman has been remanded to prison after being charged in connection with last Saturday’s attempted jailbreak at the New Amsterdam Prisons. Rookmin...

USS Kearsarge medical team saves Moruca girl

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 4

…helicopter was blessing in disguise – brother This past Tuesday, November 18, pilots from the U.S. Marine Heavy Helicopter (HMH) Squadron 464, currently embarked aboard the USS Kearsarge...

National Week of Testing…

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on National Week of Testing…

11,584 tested, 98 found to be positive More than 10,000 persons were tested for HIV during this week, surpassing the target set by the Ministry of Health and the National AIDS Programme...

City Hall may halt construction of controversial building in Subryanville

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on City Hall may halt construction of controversial building in Subryanville

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green has said that his officers are trying to ascertain whether or not the developer is building the structure in conformity with the plan submitted to the Central Planning...

Access roads to Berbice Bridge far from completion

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 1

The access roads to the Berbice River Bridge will not be fully completed for the opening of the bridge in December. Yesterday, a source close to the project confirmed that while vehicles will be able...

Oil price plummets to below $US50 per barrel…

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Oil price plummets to below $US50 per barrel…

AFC adamant that December electricity rates should reflect this …but PNCR demands immediate reduction Alliance For Change Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, says that in light of the fact that the...

UPS drug bust defendants remanded

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 1

– Jamaican national in lineup Despite relentless arguments by defence lawyers Vic Puran and Glenn Hanoman, Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton remanded two women in connection with the drug...

Police First Aid competition… ‘B’ Division wins Smellie Cup

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police First Aid competition… ‘B’ Division wins Smellie Cup

For the second year in a row, the ‘B’ Division Team has taken home the gold in the Guyana Police Force First Aid Competition for the Smellie Cup; and the captain of that team, Lance...

USS Kearsarge wraps up humanitarian mission

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 1

Some organisations that have benefited from the USS Kearsarge ‘Continuing Promise 2008’ have officially had their projects handed over to them. Yesterday, the Houston Community High...

Another Kearsarge project nears completion

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Another Kearsarge project nears completion

Yesterday, soldiers of the USS Kearsarge engineering team were busy applying the finishing touches to the East Ruimveldt Community Centre. On site, engineers were seen filling potholes at the...

Fruta EBFA under 13 league launched

Nov 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Fruta EBFA under 13 league launched

13 clubs to vie for top spot By Michael Benjamin Following a two year hiatus, and under a newly elected executive committee, football returns to the East Bank Demerara after the timely corporate...

Reports on GOAL Project groundless – Jones

Nov 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Reports on GOAL Project groundless – Jones

By Rawle Welch Barbados Football Association (BFA) President Ronald Jones came out in defence of his beleaguered counterpart Colin Klass, who has been accused by some sections of the society of...

Breeze Dream Shopping Spree draws winners

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Breeze Dream Shopping Spree draws winners

This month’s winners of the ‘Breeze Dream Shopping Spree’ were yesterday drawn, and the six winners are Kamela Luckhoo of 27 Friendship, East Bank Demerara; Chatmatie Muthu of 12 Soesdyke;...

R&F Mining sponsors Motor Bike for 19th K&S MVP

Nov 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on R&F Mining sponsors Motor Bike for 19th K&S MVP

The Most Valuable Player of the 19th Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) knock-out Football Extravaganza will ride away with one brand new JH 125 Motor Bike compliments of R&F Mining Company. At a...

Search team moving towards possible crash site

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Search team moving towards possible crash site

-aerial search resumes Search teams were yesterday cutting trails in Merume, Cuyuni/Mazaruni area, which they hope would lead to the spot where a Beech King air plane disappeared almost three weeks...

Pollard powers T&T into President’s Cup final

Nov 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Pollard powers T&T into President’s Cup final

Defending champs Jamaica go down by three wickets By Sean Devers Twenty-one-year-old West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard was the star under a clear night sky last night as he powered Trinidad and...

Basil Butcher thrills fans at 1st ever RHTY&SC evening of stars function

Nov 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Basil Butcher thrills fans at 1st ever RHTY&SC evening of stars function

Murray inducted as honorary member Former West Indies Test Player and cricketing legends Basil Butcher and Deryck Murray on Saturday Evening rolled back the years for cricket fans both young and old...

GuySuCo/GAWU arbitration ruling due today

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GuySuCo/GAWU arbitration ruling due today

The decision by the arbitration tribunal set up to deal with the GuySuCo/GAWU wage dispute will be announced today at the Bank of Guyana Boardroom. The tribunal was commissioned on August 29 last to...

New Line Cavaliers to take on Canada national team

Nov 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on New Line Cavaliers to take on Canada national team

The New Line Aqua Farm sponsored team New Line Cavalier of West Demerara will do battle with the Canada National Cricket team which has recently participated in the President’s Cup Regional...

RK security guards fired for exposing maltreatment

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 4

Two former security guards are crying foul over their dismissal from the RK Security Services because they sought to expose maltreatment of employees to the local media. According to Lynn Edwards and...

MMA moves to repossess Kissoon land at Abary

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on MMA moves to repossess Kissoon land at Abary

The Mahaica Mahaicony Abary Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA) is rejecting claims by businessman Hemraj Kissoon regarding infrastructural developments at Abary, and is moving to repossess...

$2.5M to be won at Anjue and Hamlet Park horserace Meet tomorrow

Nov 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on $2.5M to be won at Anjue and Hamlet Park horserace Meet tomorrow

Some $2.5M in prize money will be won tomorrow when the Anjue and Hamlet Park Turf Club stage their one-day eight-race horserace programme at their track at Mahaicony on the East Coast, Demerara....

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more