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Gunmen riddle car in pre-dawn drama

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen riddle car in pre-dawn drama

Former boxer, friend wounded in execution attempt The deadly sound of high powered rifles awoke residents of North East La Penitence area at around 04:00 hrs yesterday, and when the gunfire ended,...

Five more held

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Five more held

Police have now detained six people, including a woman, as investigations intensified into the murder of 80-year-old Kharpattie Shivnauth, called ‘Ma’, who was found nude, gagged and bound to her...

Health officials close to identifying ‘Mystery illness’

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Health officials close to identifying ‘Mystery illness’

– “definitely not cholera”, says Ramsammy Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has ruled out cholera as the cause for the illness which has claimed the lives of at least six residents of...

President promises broadcast legislation for next year

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on President promises broadcast legislation for next year

…AFC to table their draft in October Dismissing the President’s notion that there will be broadcast legislation by next year, Alliance for Change Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan said that the head of...

Skeldon factory to operate at full capacity in 2011

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon factory to operate at full capacity in 2011

The recently commissioned Skeldon Sugar Factory is currently not operating at its full capacity, given that adequate supply of cane is not available as yet. Some 15,000 hectares of cane will be...

NBTS struggling to meet blood buffer stock

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on NBTS struggling to meet blood buffer stock

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is struggling to meet its usual buffer stock of 170 units of blood per day, as organisations did not commit to hosting any blood drives during the course...

Rehabilitation works completed on 43 schools

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Rehabilitation works completed on 43 schools

– President’s College reopening delayed by one week Public schools countrywide are slated to be reopened tomorrow (September 1) with the exception of President’s College and the Enmore Hope...

Shot newspaper vendor’s family plans legal action

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Shot newspaper vendor’s family plans legal action

News paper vendor Veronica Atherly, who was shot accidentally on Saturday afternoon by a businessman, is at present in a stable condition at the Georgetown Hospital. Yesterday when this newspaper...

Hit and run driver nabbed

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Hit and run driver nabbed

12-year old still critical Police have arrested the driver of a car that struck down 12 year old Vivekanand Rudradeo on the East Coast Demerara Highway early Saturday morning. The police were able to...

Security guard found dead in Vreed-en-Hoop

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard found dead in Vreed-en-Hoop

Sixty-three year old Dhaniram of 25 New Road Vreed-en-Hoop was yesterday found dead in a clump of overgrown grass, hours after his usual early morning drinking spree. According to reports, Dhaniram,...

EXECUTIVE FOOT DRAGGING

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on EXECUTIVE FOOT DRAGGING

Fabrication comes from the verb which is spelt F-A-B-R-I-C-A-T-E and means to invent or makeup for the purposes of deception. At the recent dinner hosted by the Private Sector Commission, the...

Doctor in injured after car plunges into canal

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor in injured after car plunges into canal

A 43-year-old doctor was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation on Saturday after his motor vehicle plunged into a nearby canal at UG access road. The doctor, who was identified as Dr....

Zorg Islamic Academy records 85 percent CSEC passes

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Zorg Islamic Academy records 85 percent CSEC passes

Three hundred and seventy-five students of the Zorg Islamic Academy located at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, attained 85 percent passes in seven subjects at the recently unveiled Caribbean...

Jamzone Summer Break Soca show lives up to the hype

Aug 31, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jamzone Summer Break Soca show lives up to the hype

A soca therapy session administered by ‘Dr. Machel Montano’ and his High Definition band at the stadium on Saturday night, has certainly erased any doubt that he loves Guyana as a performing...

D’Edward are NBS 2nd division cricket champs

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on D’Edward are NBS 2nd division cricket champs

Beat Hopetown in all West Berbice final By Sean Devers at Blairmont Man-of-the-Match Ryan Sutherland hit a responsible 65 to lead D’Edward to a 4-wicket victory against Hopetown at Blairmont...

Vieira, Gayadin impressive for Guyana

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vieira, Gayadin impressive for Guyana

– Mark Maloney steals show in Group 4 By Rawle Welch in Barbados Compliments of Ansa McAl, Demerara Power Company and DeAbreu Creations Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira rebounded from a...

Riddim Squad beat Black Pearl 4-1, Santos win by walkover from Kitty Rangers

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Riddim Squad beat Black Pearl 4-1, Santos win by walkover from Kitty Rangers

Riddim Squad found a good rhythm that was too smooth for Black Pearl as they brushed aside the latter 4-1 when the Western Union division-one league continued yesterday at the Camptown ground. Santos...

Edwards ton highlights 3rd round

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edwards ton highlights 3rd round

Bermine, Young Warriors remain unbeaten An attractive century from Young Warriors’ Waheid Edwards highlighted the third round of the Berbice zone of the National Neal &Massy 40-overs first...

FIVB Instructor for local Volleyball Clinic

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIVB Instructor for local Volleyball Clinic

Starts tomorrow at CASH The Unit of Allied Arts in collaboration with the Guyana Volleyball Federation and the National Sports Commission has organised a Teachers’ Volleyball Clinic for CSEC...

Wins for Pomeroon, Central E’bo, East Bank E’bo, Bartica

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wins for Pomeroon, Central E’bo, East Bank E’bo, Bartica

Pomeroon, Central Essequibo, East Bank Essequibo and Bartica recorded victories as play in the Essequibo Leg of the Neal & Massy Nationwide 40 overs Cricket Competition continued in the...

Pistons fire in controversial Brusche’s C/ship

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pistons fire in controversial Brusche’s C/ship

– disenchanted Pacesetters surrender title By Edison Jefford It was informally established without credible debates Saturday night that a Georgetown team on its way to the Mackenzie Sports Club...

The AFC is in the PPP’s crosshairs

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AFC is in the PPP’s crosshairs

Dear Editor, Based on the recent picketing of AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan’s office and other media stories aimed at discrediting the AFC, it appears that the PPP has placed the AFC in its...

Today’s films provide too much violence and sexual scenes

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Today’s films provide too much violence and sexual scenes

Dear Editor, Someone recently wanted to see a certain cricket match on the television, so they wrote a letter to one of the newspapers. This person, I’m sure, is a lover of cricket, and probably...

‘Put It On’ in all the regions

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Put It On’ in all the regions

Dear Editor, Congratulations to the Ministry of Health with the “Put it On Road Show”. The activity in New Amsterdam was a fascinating one, as I saw Guyanese of all ages were able to have...

Uprising, Alpha, Riddim Squad & Thomas take full points

Aug 31, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Uprising, Alpha, Riddim Squad & Thomas take full points

Defending champions Uprising recorded the largest margin of victory on day one of the 2009 Chubby sponsored Under-13 football competition for teams in the city. Also recording wins were Alpha by way...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more