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Sunday outing turns deadly for West Coast family…

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Sunday outing turns deadly for West Coast family…

Accident leaves two dead, one injured By Latoya Giles Two children were killed on the spot at around 14:00 hrs yesterday, after being struck by a speeding car near Tuschen Market Road, East Bank...

Man, wife perish in Friendship crash

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man, wife perish in Friendship crash

A Barara Timber Company employee and his wife perished shortly after 19:30 hrs, when a pickup slammed headlong into their motorcycle near Friendship, East Bank Demerara. Albert Pearson, 59, and his...

Sisters jump through window to evade intruder in bedroom

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Sisters jump through window to evade intruder in bedroom

– backs fractured By Mondale Smith In a bid to escape a ‘big built’ man standing at their bedroom door, two sisters jumped 12 feet through a bedroom window and fractured their spines in...

Limited electricity supply stifling business in Mabaruma

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Limited electricity supply stifling business in Mabaruma

By Gary Eleazar Despite the many hiccups with electricity supply on Guyana’s coast where there are numerous complaints, Coastlanders are in a better position than those in the Mabaruma Sub-region...

Local Commercial Banks prospering despite global financial crisis

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Local Commercial Banks prospering despite global financial crisis

– Finance Minister Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh is of the opinion that despite all of the measures that the government has put in place to ensure macro-economic stability, the financial...

Residents praised for saving Melanie Damishana house

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Residents praised for saving Melanie Damishana house

The occupants of a Melanie Damishana residence on the East Coast of Demerara are grateful for the assistance of their neighours in saving their Lot 183 house from complete destruction by fire late...

$63M Hindu School commissioned

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on $63M Hindu School commissioned

The education sector on the West Coast of Demerara progressed further yesterday when a spanking-new secondary school was commissioned at Corneila Ida, West Coast Demerara. The Saraswati Vidya...

Woman in Regent Street crash still unidentified

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Woman in Regent Street crash still unidentified

Police are still trying to identify the female pillion rider who was involved in an accident in the vicinity of Regent and Wellington Streets on Friday night. The woman, who is of East Indian...

Small businesses not benefiting from Small Business Act

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Small businesses not benefiting from Small Business Act

– Dookoo Local small businesses may not be benefiting from all of the incentives that are available through the Small Business Act, which was passed in Parliament in 2004. This is according to...

New doctors will reduce hospital waiting period

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on New doctors will reduce hospital waiting period

– Dr Ramsammy The delivery of health care offered by the public health sector is poised to be significantly improved with the addition of 65 new doctors who recently completed their medical...

24 NCSU recommendations implemented by GRA

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on 24 NCSU recommendations implemented by GRA

With the aim of improving the operations of the Customs and Trade Administration, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has implemented some 24 measures that were recommended by the National...

Van Lange storms to gold, Roberts, Gaskin & 15-17 boys relay team take silver

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Van Lange storms to gold, Roberts, Gaskin & 15-17 boys relay team take silver

By Franklin Wilson in Barbados Guyana pulled the lid on their campaign at the 15th Goodwill Swim Meet in Barbados in stylish fashion with the 15-17 boys relay team winning the silver medal in the...

Cooper leads T&T to 3-wkt win against Guyana

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cooper leads T&T to 3-wkt win against Guyana

By Sean Devers and Michael Benjamin Another large and raucous crowd turned up yesterday to watch the Regional Women’s 50 overs cricket competition but most of the fans left the Police ground...

Brusches’ Basketball Classic begins this weekend

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brusches’ Basketball Classic begins this weekend

Second annual event launched yesterday By Edison Jefford The much-anticipated second annual Brusches’ Basketball Classic was launched yesterday at the Linden Economic Advancement Programme building...

Int’l Bodybuilding star Hugh Ross congratulates Powerlifters

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Int’l Bodybuilding star Hugh Ross congratulates Powerlifters

Not surprised they excelled Former Guyana and USA Powerlifting Champion and Guyana’s first Professional Bodybuilder Hugh Ross has congratulated Powerlifters Randolph Morgan, Mervin ‘Spongy’...

Mining companies support 14th South Crescent Games

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mining companies support 14th South Crescent Games

Two Mining companies of the Deep South Rupununi have come forward to offer support for the Wapisiana Villagers of Region 9 as they get ready for the staging of the 14th South Crescent Games. The...

Residents meet with Housing Ministry official

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Residents meet with Housing Ministry official

The Ministry of Housing is attempting to resolve a dispute between a group of squatters and Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL) over land in Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara. Kaieteur News understands...

Arya Samaj assists impoverished family

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Arya Samaj assists impoverished family

RELIANCE, EAST CANJE – Within 10 days, 76-year old Gladys Madramootoo of Lot 26 Reliance Settlement in East Canje will have a brand new home, compliments of the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir...

Belvedere industrial site almost complete

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Belvedere industrial site almost complete

BELVEDERE VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – Work on the industrial site at Belvedere Village on the Corentyne is almost complete. This is according to Region Six Chairman, Zulfikar Mustapha. The Regional...

Seven-year old places second in spelling bee finals

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Seven-year old places second in spelling bee finals

Seven year old Scott Figuerado yesterday placed second in the finals of the senior category of the Yarrowkabra Community Policing Group’s (Youth Arm) Spelling ‘B’ competition. At yesterday’s...

Mr. Yassin advances no contention that the learned Magistrate was influenced by any improper motives

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Yassin advances no contention that the learned Magistrate was influenced by any improper motives

Dear Editor, I respond to a letter published in SN, 9th August, 2009, purportedly authored by Mr. K. A. Juman Yassin under the caption, “Magistrate Yohannseh Cave acted well within his powers...

Not an industrial site

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not an industrial site

Dear Editor, The blocking of one of the main streets in Enterprise, on the East Coast Demerara appears to be permanent. Permit me to ask the question: why do vehicles and pedestrians have to suffer...

Practice and custom become law

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Practice and custom become law

Dear Editor, I note the response of Mr. Anil Nandlall, attorney-at-law and a PPP Member of Parliament, to my criticism of the PPP of Magistrate Cave in rejecting the alleged confession statement of...

Extra-judicial killings did not just happen

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Extra-judicial killings did not just happen

Dear Editor, Undoubtedly, the People’s Progressive Party will go down in the annals of history as the Government in Guyana which presided over the disappearance and extra-judicial killings of many...

COUP MAKERS BEWARE!

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on COUP MAKERS BEWARE!

A stunning rebuke has been given to intended coup makers within the Region. The outgoing President of UNASUR- Union of South American Nations- Michele Bachelet has sounded an ominous warning to those...

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The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more