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Harvest Time Church annual inter-village football underway

May 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Harvest Time Church annual inter-village football underway

Play in the Harvest Time Church annual inter-village football tournament continued with the quarter-finals matches on Friday May 8 at the West Demerara Secondary School ground. In the first match,...

Colorado Springs training stint hangs in the balance

May 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Colorado Springs training stint hangs in the balance

– final decision likely tomorrow An athletics developmental arrangement between the Guyana Olympic Association and a high performance training centre in Colorado Springs now hangs in the balance...

Minorities’ political strategy

May 10, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Minorities’ political strategy

Mr. Ralph Ramkarran, one of the possible PPP Presidential candidates for 2011, offered an interesting riposte to the calls by Mr. Eric Phillips of ACDA for Shared Governance in Guyana. Titled, “You...

Fyrish # 2 win Berbice Zone Inter-Jamaat softball cricket tourney

May 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Fyrish # 2 win Berbice Zone Inter-Jamaat softball cricket tourney

Fyrish # 2 Masjid defeated # 1 Masjid in the final of the Berbice Zone of the Inter- Jamaat Countrywide softball cricket tournament organised by the Guyana Softball League and sponsored by West...

The Swan

May 10, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Swan

Swans, are of the genus Cygnus, and are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form...

GABBFF receives sponsorship from Giftland, Farfan and Mendes

May 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF receives sponsorship from Giftland, Farfan and Mendes

The Guyana Amateur Body Building Federation (GABBFF) will hold its annual Novices and Intermediates Championships on May 17 at the Theatre Guild, and two business entities have thrown their support...

Party could still mount successful challenge to PPP/C

May 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Party could still mount successful challenge to PPP/C

A former People’s National Congress Central Executive Member, Donald Ainsworth, believes that there is enough scope for the party to mount a successful challenge to the ruling People’s...

Caribbean Crisis: No Time to Spare

May 10, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean Crisis: No Time to Spare

By Sir Ronald Sanders The economic crisis in the Caribbean is set to get worse rather than better. Four years ago in a book entitled, ‘Crumbled Small’, I wrote: “Small states of the...

Sitting Magistrates object to Rohee’s comments

May 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sitting Magistrates object to Rohee’s comments

– ‘Give us the resources and the overcrowding problem would be addressed’ they say After Minster of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, slammed the Magistracy and Judiciary for the overcrowding in...

Man slashes paramour’s throat at Ithaca

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man slashes paramour’s throat at Ithaca

…two others in hospital ITHACA, WEST BANK BERBICE- Police in Berbice are on the hunt for a man who allegedly slashed the throats of his lover, her daughter and her niece. Dead is a 31-year old...

National Assembly relieves Maria van Beek of her functions

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on National Assembly relieves Maria van Beek of her functions

…Ramjattan adamant that PPP reneging on previous regulatory position By Gary Eleazar Kaieteur News had previously reported the Maria van Beek quit her office. The brouhaha that followed was...

Supernatural happenings terrorise Regent Street business

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Supernatural happenings terrorise Regent Street business

….Manager to call in exorcists “This place got nuff strange happenings lately,” “I frighten,” and “Is a demon or a Baccoo in there,” concluded staffers of the Cell Works Digicel store...

American woman pleads guilty to heroin possession, another claims insanity

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on American woman pleads guilty to heroin possession, another claims insanity

Sentencing deferred Two United States citizens were remanded to prison, yesterday, on separate charges of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. The two women appeared before...

One remanded for taxi driver’s murder

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on One remanded for taxi driver’s murder

After intense investigations, the police yesterday charged one suspect in connection with the brutal murder of taxi driver, Rawle Henry, 42 of 15, D’Urban Backlands. The suspect who was identified...

GT&T gives cell phones to police

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GT&T gives cell phones to police

The services by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have been further boosted with a donation of 50 cellular phones by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday at the Police...

Lindo Creek massacre – DNA tests still to be done

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Lindo Creek massacre – DNA tests still to be done

It has been one year now since the Lindo Creek massacre, and the police are nowhere close to making any arrests or instituting any charges. Police Commissioner Henry Greene told members of the media...

THE PRESIDENT’S MEETING

May 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PRESIDENT’S MEETING

The recent meeting between the President and a number of persons within the music industry has both positive and negative dimensions, and this column seeks to analyze that meeting and suggest ways...

Has a main Georgetown Street been privatised?

May 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Has a main Georgetown Street been privatised?

My April 15 article was titled, “Sex in the middle of the night on top a water tank.” It was motivated by my rejection of the explanation of a murder accused in Berbice who pleaded guilty to...

East Canje man gets 12 years for raping 63-yr-old villager

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on East Canje man gets 12 years for raping 63-yr-old villager

Justice Diana Insanally jailed Ravidat Jagnit, called Ravi, a 23-year-old labourer of Betsy Ground, East Canje for 12 years on Wednesday after the jury found him guilty of rape. He had raped a...

Wakenaam man held on carnal knowledge allegation

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Wakenaam man held on carnal knowledge allegation

Police at Wakenaam have detained a 19-year-old man from Sans Souci, on an allegation of having carnal knowledge of a girl in his community. Reports are that the incident occurred some time on...

New Vendors’ Mall almost in ‘full swing’ again

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New Vendors’ Mall almost in ‘full swing’ again

Although a date for the formal opening of the New Vendors’ Mall is yet to be announced, most vendors have resumed their operation at the facility. Yesterday several vendors were conducting business...

Lone cutlass bandit robs Western Union outlet at Canje

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Lone cutlass bandit robs Western Union outlet at Canje

SHEET ANCHOR, EAST CANJE – Yesterday a lone bandit allegedly robbed a Western Union outlet at Lot 82, Sheet Anchor in East Canje, making off with $647,704. The attack was carried out on the...

Inter–Ward Basketball Championship opens tonight

May 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Inter–Ward Basketball Championship opens tonight

– Defending champs, North battle in game one By Edison Jefford The hype surrounding the return of the Inter-Ward Basketball Championships will climax tonight when defending champions, North...

Man chopped during cell phone row

May 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man chopped during cell phone row

A man from the Essequibo Coast is currently a patient at the Suddie Hospital after he was chopped in the face during an argument over a cellular phone at Queenstown. Reports are that 35-year-old...

Regal’s XI, Wolf Warriors’ clash in tomorrow’s final

May 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Regal’s XI, Wolf Warriors’ clash in tomorrow’s final

Regal XI and Wolf’s Warriors will clash tomorrow at the Carifesta Sports Complex Ground in the final of the Guyana Softball League (GSL) 87-team Memorex Enterprises country-wide softball...

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The PPPC does not practice political inclusion

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) has mastered the art of political rhetoric.... more