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Double-murder rocks New Amsterdam

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Women’s bloodied bodies found in kitchen, under tree Two female residents of Smythfield in New Amsterdam were brutally killed early yesterday morning. Detectives of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana...

Govt. has aptitude for dealing with unholy alliances

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Govt. has aptitude for dealing with unholy alliances

– AFC The Government of Guyana seems to have an aptitude for dealing with the unholy. This is according to Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan, speaking of the recent indictment of...

Essequibo man killed in accident

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Essequibo man killed in accident

Irate residents attack driver Returning home from a Valentine’s Day wedding, 21-year-old Community Policing Officer Navindra Seeram, of Middlesex, Essequibo, was struck down by a speeding taxi, HB...

Mother hacked to death by paramour

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mother hacked to death by paramour

A Port Kaituma resident has gone into hiding after hacking his reputed wife to death and severely wounding his 16-year-old daughter. Reports are that the incident occurred at some time after 5:00...

‘De Professor’ is Calypso Monarch 2k9

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– dethrones Young Bill Rogers From the time he left the stage at Thirst Park on Saturday night, after a sterling opening performance, it was a foregone conclusion that Region Ten’s Lester...

Judge hears defence arguments in jury’s absence

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La Jalousie murder trial… The trial into the murder of Mahadeo Singh, called Shanta Ram, continued yesterday with defence counsel Bernard DeSantos making legal arguments in the absence of the jury....

Restaurant customer shot in head during robbery

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Restaurant customer shot in head during robbery

Bandits shot a 30-year-old Sophia resident in the head during a brazen, pre-dawn robbery at a Sheriff Street restaurant yesterday. According to a police report, 30-year-old Terrence Plummer was shot,...

8-year-old needs help to remove object behind her brain

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 8-year-old needs help to remove object behind her brain

From all appearances, eight-year-old Amelia Etwaroo, a grade three student of the Grove Primary School, is a healthy, fun-loving child. But what many people may not know is that her health is...

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Congratulations are extended to newly weds, Vashti and Vino Persaud who tied the knot yesterday according to Hindu rites at Anand Persaud’s residence at Lot 14 Public Road Peter’s Hall,...

Mc Kay beats Holder for top spot at 18th R&R International 40-miler

Feb 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mc Kay beats Holder for top spot at 18th R&R International 40-miler

By Franklin Wilson Following a history making protest on Saturday at the National Park, cycling returned to a state of normalcy yesterday when the 18th annual R&R International 40-mile road race...

Fruta Conquerors needle Santos, Marian Academy take 3rd

Feb 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Fruta Conquerors needle Santos, Marian Academy take 3rd

By Franklin Wilson Fruta Conquerors continued their fine run at the junior level when their under-11 team defeated Santos by the lone goal of their encounter to win the inaugural Williams Cup...

Greene beaten at AAG Development Meet

Feb 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Greene beaten at AAG Development Meet

– Running Brave ‘Super Twins’ impresses By Edison Jefford It was fiery, it was quick and discernible. The open male 60 metres marked the highlight of the Athletics Association of Guyana...

Christian (113), Dowlin (71*) lead Guyana fight-back

Feb 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Christian (113), Dowlin (71*) lead Guyana fight-back

By Sean Devers In what was easily his best ever innings, Derwin Christian yesterday became the first Guyanese wicketkeeper to score a first-class century since Milton Pydanna scored an unbeaten 117...

Edwards adamant he never spoke with Bentley

Feb 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Edwards adamant he never spoke with Bentley

GCF to meet on Thursday President of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Hector Edwards is refuting claims that he had a verbal conversation with Jude Bentley on Saturday at the National Park....

Scrabble players test new game format tonight

Feb 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Scrabble players test new game format tonight

The country’s top scrabble players will be in action tonight when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) stages ‘Word Smith,’ which will also witness an entirely new format to the...

Turnout impresses GTTA General Secretary

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By Edison Jefford General Secretary of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Godfrey Munroe, in an optimistic overtone, stated that the many new faces in the sport augur well for the future...

Nat’l schools’ b/ball enters final eight

Feb 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Nat’l schools’ b/ball enters final eight

– draw still to be determined The National Sports Commission (NSC) schools’ basketball competition has entered the final eight stages with one game remaining between Central High School and...

Unidentified man fished out of canal at Bee Hive

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Alcohol cited as contributing factor An unidentified young man was fished out of a canal at Bee Hive, on the East Coast of Demerara, last evening. The man, suspected to be in his early twenties, was...

Air traffic controllers’ overreach

Feb 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Air traffic controllers’ overreach

Dear Editor, We, the members of the Guyana Association of Air Traffic Control Officers (GAATCO), avail ourselves of the opportunity to extend to His Excellency, President Jagdeo, our best wishes for...

The Josh Ramsammy I remember

Feb 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The Josh Ramsammy I remember

Dear Editor, I remember the arresting sight of this tall, slim, bearded man coming into class to teach us high school Biology in a khaki bush jacket. Later, when I learned that he had gone to...

More money allocated for Bridge Access Road

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PALMYRA, BERBICE — A further $880 million was allocated for the Access Road to the Berbice River Bridge in this year’s National Budget. This, according to Region Six Chairman Zulfikar...

Josh Ramsammy: The great sacrifice for a nation

Feb 16, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Josh Ramsammy: The great sacrifice for a nation

It was at the last night of the wake that I heard that Prime Minister Sam Hinds was one of the persons paying tribute to Josh Ramsammy on the day of the funeral. At the wake, I spent a long time...

MOUTH TAR AND GUITAR

Feb 16, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on MOUTH TAR AND GUITAR

‘Mouth tar and guitar are too different tars.’ This was old people’s way of saying that there is a difference between talking and doing; or, as we would say, ‘between talking...

A. Ally and Sons’ presentation of prizes

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NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE — The Christmas Bonanza winners of the A. Ally and Sons business establishment were presented with their shopping vouchers on Saturday. The 16 lucky persons won a total...

The opposition needs to evolve

Feb 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The opposition needs to evolve

Dear Editor, Again, I find the lack of sophisticated thinking on the part of the political opposition in Guyana amazing and somewhat depressing. Here we have a person who claims to have been a...

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