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Botched gun purchase led to Norton Street shooting

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Botched gun purchase led to Norton Street shooting

Police have detained a Rural Constable as investigations into the shooting of two men took a dramatic angle. The Rural Constable, who was in the vehicle with the two victims, has given investigators...

Two held, arrest warrant issued for ex-cop Sean Belfield

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two held, arrest warrant issued for ex-cop Sean Belfield

Two months after the bullet-riddled bodies of Romeo and Clint De Agrella were found at the Iron Punt, North West District foreshore, police have detained two men and are looking for a former...

PTA halts classes at East La Penitence Primary

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PTA halts classes at East La Penitence Primary

– demands removal of children of abusive parent Parents of children attending the East La Penitence Primary School yesterday halted activities at the institution by locking the gates to press...

$Cricket bat blow fractures PC first former’s skull$

Cricket bat blow fractures PC first former’s skull

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cricket bat blow fractures PC first former’s skull

A first form student of President’s College sustained a fractured skull after another student struck him on the head with a cricket bat on Wednesday. Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital...

WHO declares Swine Flu Pandemic

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on WHO declares Swine Flu Pandemic

… Guyana has no strong evidence of the virus – Dr. Ramsammy The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an H1N1 virus (Swine Flu) pandemic – the first global flu epidemic in 41 years, as...

Chief Justice grants order to sell Clico assets

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Chief Justice grants order to sell Clico assets

In a move that appears to be a mini liquidation of Clico, Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday granted an order to the current Judicial Manager to sell the company’s assets to cover legal costs. As...

Ministry debates paying PC teachers involved in sit-in

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ministry debates paying PC teachers involved in sit-in

– Minister Baksh Minister of Education Shaik Baksh, on Wednesday last, described the industrial action engaged by staffers of President’s College as precipitous. He said that the Ministry was not...

Legal Affairs Minister paves way for Lay Magistrates’ Court

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Legal Affairs Minister paves way for Lay Magistrates’ Court

Minister of Legal Affairs, Attorney General Charles Ramson, yesterday tabled in the National Assembly, the Summary Jurisdiction (Lay Magistrates) Bill paving the way for the establishment of such a...

Special Kaieteur Falls package launched

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Special Kaieteur Falls package launched

Guyanese will once again be able to visit the majestic Kaieteur Falls at a significantly reduced cost through a partnership venture forged some years ago by Rainforest Tours and Air Services Limited,...

GWI demands grease traps /interceptors installation

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GWI demands grease traps /interceptors installation

Had efforts been engaged earlier to ensure that certain entities are making use of grease traps or interceptors, the Georgetown Sewerage System could have been in a better state today. This...

Team checking new clues on missing US aircraft

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Team checking new clues on missing US aircraft

The six-month search for a missing US plane and its three-man crew is likely to focus on a new area southeast of Imbaimadai. An official from Prometheus Resources Guyana Inc. said yesterday, that...

Hikers, Old Fort set up intriguing clash

Jun 12, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Hikers, Old Fort set up intriguing clash

Old Fort enter today’s second round clash against Hikers in this year’s Farfan & Mendes First Division Men’s Hockey Competition, with the full knowledge that they must win to...

Alika Morgan added to C’bean Games contingent

Jun 12, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Alika Morgan added to C’bean Games contingent

– had qualified for half marathon Alika Morgan was yesterday added to the national contingent for next month’s Caribbean Games when the Athletics Association of Guyana discovered that she had...

Minibus conductor in court on abduction charge

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Minibus conductor in court on abduction charge

Ryan Christopher, 25, the conductor who operates a minibus along the Parika/Georgetown route and who was also wanted in connection with the abduction of a 15-year-old female student, of Jacklow,...

Amerindian Affairs Ministry insists on hinterland consultations

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Amerindian Affairs Ministry insists on hinterland consultations

“It is our duty as a government to provide the Amerindian population with enough information with enough capacity to understand what the strategy holds for us as a nation and also the benefits that...

Yellow Mines to play Floodlight XI in Softball encounter tonight

Jun 12, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Yellow Mines to play Floodlight XI in Softball encounter tonight

This evening Yellow Mines Hydraulic of Lot 10A Bagotstown, EBD will field a squad in a feature 25 overs Softball cricket match against the Floodlight XI at the GCC Ground Bourda starting 6:30pm. The...

Office of the President accuses Kaieteur News of misquote

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Office of the President accuses Kaieteur News of misquote

The Kaieteur News report yesterday headed “Low Carbon development Strategy – No `special’ consultations for Amerindians” is off target, according to Office of the President. It said that Dr....

Peter could be the next Mayor of Georgetown

Jun 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peter could be the next Mayor of Georgetown

It was natural for Peter to have found his way into the Alliance For Change (AFC). It was also inevitable that Guyana’s foremost political jumping jack would eventually find a place in a party with...

Wilson impressed with enthusiasm of participants

Jun 12, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Wilson impressed with enthusiasm of participants

The cricket umpires and scorers seminar, which began at the DCC pavilion on June 2, entered its second week and facilitator for the scoring lectures Linden Wilson said he was impressed with the level...

War of words as Marques and Moore prepare for fistic encounter

Jun 12, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on War of words as Marques and Moore prepare for fistic encounter

By Michael Benjamin Boxers are generally regarded as braggarts and oft times, despite vicious pre-fight verbal exchanges, many fights fizz out to dull encounters, forcing boxing buffs to treat any...

Browne, Vantull are top performers, as MSC lead points table

Jun 12, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Browne, Vantull are top performers, as MSC lead points table

By Sean Devers Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) ended the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink Plus two-day first division cricket competition with 111 points, while Police opening batsman Rawle...

Voodoo doctors needed to provide accountability during the PNC regime

Jun 12, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Voodoo doctors needed to provide accountability during the PNC regime

Dear Editor, It would need a posse of voodoo doctors to provide accountability for the country’s revenues and expenditures during the PNC regime. When the PNC/UF coalition government assumed office...

Mohan, Younge for FIBA Referees’ Course

Jun 12, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mohan, Younge for FIBA Referees’ Course

Leave for Colorado next week Lugard Mohan and Aubrey Younge will attempt to increase the number of internationally accredited referees’ in Guyana, when the duo participate in a Referees’ Course...

Rehab Centre focuses on diabetes

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Rehab Centre focuses on diabetes

The Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre has taken the initiative to sensitize their diabetic patients; especially those who underwent amputation, on the precautions that they need to take in order to...

Oliver Hinckson trial: Magistrate to rule next Tuesday

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Oliver Hinckson trial: Magistrate to rule next Tuesday

-Special Prosecutor fails to show up with witnesses Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson has set June 16 to rule on no-case submissions by attorney at law Nigel Hughes on behalf of former army...

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Gimme de ting wah the doctor order me!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The government’s decision to go ahead with the universal healthcare voucher scheme is... more