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Slain bandit may have led ‘Fine Man’ to Christmas Falls

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 22

Cranston Gill, one of the gunmen killed on the Cromarty foreshore last Friday, ceased working at Christmas Falls early in 2005, three years before the police raided the location in pursuit of the now...

67-year-old gas station proprietor strangled

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 5

– gold jewellery, documents found intact The body of gas station owner Brandis Roberts, with hands bound behind his back, was found at around 07:30 hrs yesterday in his home at Lot 600 Parika...

Disability law to be introduced next month

Dec 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Disability law to be introduced next month

– Health Minister Following repeated calls by persons with disabilities for legislation to be enacted to defend their rights, Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has announced that the disability...

Bullet proof vests not suited for local crime fight – experts

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 9

Force will take care of slain cop expenses plus give one million When Constable Oslen Glasgow donned his bullet proof vest to go and confront criminals on the Cromarty Foreshore last Friday, he must...

Motorcyclist dies trying to avoid stray dogs

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 2

Forty-nine-year-old Gerald Lindore, of Lot 49 Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, became the country’s latest road fatality yesterday morning. The accident occurred at around 01:10 hrs in Carmichael Street,...

Bedridden journalist still haunted by colleague’s death

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 7

By Michael Jordan The pain in her legs and hips is excruciating; but, for- Guyana Times reporter Ravina Gildharie, the nightmares and the memories are much worse. A heavy object dropped on the floor...

Female confidence trickster exposed

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 19

…preys on kindness of others Tres Geness is currently counting her losses and praying to God that the police can apprehend a woman she says is calling herself Sharon Mohamed, who has been preying...

Divorce rates continue to rise

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 2

…represents highest number of Legal Aid cases Most persons seeking legal aid services are those that want to terminate their marriages. Statistics from the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic (GLAC) Georgetown...

48th Session of Caribbean Meteorological Council opens today

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 1

Guyana, through the Ministry of Agriculture’s Hydrometeorological Service, will today open the 48th Session of the Caribbean Meteorological Council of Ministers and related meetings at the...

Construction permit for Marriott Hotel hinges on EIA review

Dec 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Construction permit for Marriott Hotel hinges on EIA review

…board review 12 days and counting, no pronouncement as yet The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study, which must be conducted before Adam Development/Urbahn Associates (ADUA) could commence...

All three defending champs retain titles

Dec 01, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on All three defending champs retain titles

– Brown, Fernandes, Young voted MVPsBy Rawle Welch It happened for the first time in the history of the tournament; all three defending champions successfully retained their respective titles...

Kennard Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Meet to be a grand affair

Dec 01, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Kennard Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Meet to be a grand affair

Fans are already looking ahead to what is expected to be a grand affair when the Kennard Memorial Turf Club stages their end of year horse race meeting scheduled at the club’s racetrack, Bush Lot...

E’bo lose twice to set up Demerara/Berbice final under lights on Friday

Dec 01, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on E’bo lose twice to set up Demerara/Berbice final under lights on Friday

Traditional local cricket whipping boys Essequibo lost both of their matches on Sunday in the Pepsi/Carib 20/20 Inter County cricket competition at the Blairmont ground in West Bank Berbice to set up...

Platinum Gulley Side Warriors are I Movement/BFA Super 8 champions

Dec 01, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Platinum Gulley Side Warriors are I Movement/BFA Super 8 champions

Platinum Gulley Side Warriors won the I Movement Promotions/Bartica Football Association Super 8 championship after capturing the final 2-1 in a close battle against Mighty Rulers at the Bartica...

Favourite leads Festival City to exciting win over Broad Street

Dec 01, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Favourite leads Festival City to exciting win over Broad Street

By Franklin Wilson Daniel Favourite came to the aid of Festival City twice to lift them to a come from behind win over Broad Street in the feature match on day five of the Guinness ‘Greatest of De...

Floodlights capture thrilling encounter against Sleepin International Hotel

Dec 01, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights capture thrilling encounter against Sleepin International Hotel

Last Friday night at the Everest Cricket ground produced a thrilling softball cricket match between a very young and athletic Sleepin team, who were eventually out classed by the experience of the...

‘Grow More’ campaign ensures sufficient food supply for Christmas

Dec 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ‘Grow More’ campaign ensures sufficient food supply for Christmas

The vigorous implementation of initiatives such as the ‘Grow More’ campaign, along with the extensive support to farmers and other producers of food have seen an upward progression of food...

World AIDS Day observance

Dec 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on World AIDS Day observance

…NAC calls for leadership at all levels to tackle the virus In observance of World AIDS Day (WAD) today, the National AIDS Committee (NAC) is calling on Guyanese to reflect on those who live with...

Why has my salary been withheld by the education authorities of Region Six?

Dec 01, 2008 knews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, I have worked the entire month of November 2008 and could not access my salary from the bank, because it is put on hold by the regional authorities of Region Six. Salaries were available...

NA Rotary Club hosts medical outreach

Dec 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on NA Rotary Club hosts medical outreach

PLEGT ANKER, EAST BERBICE – Some 200 residents from communities between Kortberaadt and Mara, East Bank Berbice, have benefited from medical outreach programmes recently. The medical team...

Football in Guyana has more problems than solutions

Dec 01, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Football in Guyana has more problems than solutions

DEAR EDITOR, The current situation of football in Guyana has more problems than solutions. The private sector, the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) have all contributed...

NA Town Day better than others past – organizer

Dec 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on NA Town Day better than others past – organizer

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The activities to observe the New Amsterdam Town Week ended yesterday. Mayor of New Amsterdam, Claude Henry, described the turnout at both the opening ceremony on...

Give local farmers the first option

Dec 01, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Give local farmers the first option

Charity begins at home. There are a great many Guyanese at home searching for investable proposals. They deserve first call on investments. Guyana has taken its agricultural investment program to...

Appalled at the state of poverty in Guyana

Dec 01, 2008 knews Letters 2

DEAR EDITOR, I was recently in Guyana, and was appalled at the state of poverty that Guyana has descended into. We have no reason to be in this state, given the resources we have — human and...

Minibus commuters need help

Dec 01, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Minibus commuters need help

DEAR EDITOR, Every day, commuters have been relating their concerns about the unscrupulous minibus operators, and no action has been taken. We on the West Coast of Demerara are forced to pay the...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more