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MURDERED GRANNY, 80, FOUND NUDE, TIED TO BED

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The nude, bound and gagged body of an 80-year-old woman was found shortly after 19:00 hrs last night in the Lot 66 Independence Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara home in which she had lived...

Taxi driver mudered

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When 72-year-old Mohammed Nazir Khan, a hard-working taxi driver, did not return home as he should have on Thursday evening, his 62 year-old wife, Sursattie understandably became worried, but was...

Bandits flee roadblock, nabbed by villagers

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– bag with $millions recovered A substantial sum of cash, allegedly several millions, was recovered from three suspected bandits following a lively chase and manhunt on the foreshore of Weldaad...

Resuced from burial ground – kinapper captured hours later

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After three weeks of unbearable anxiety and uncertainty about her 4-year-old daughter’s whereabouts, a Leonora, West Coast Demerara mother was yesterday able to breathe a sigh of relief. However,...

‘Concerned citizens’, PNCR picketers clash outside Congress Place

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A group of just over a dozen persons calling themselves ‘concerned citizens’ was yesterday evicted from the roadway just outside the People’s National Congress Reform headquarters at Congress...

GTUC aims to ‘reverse decline into failed state’

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Acting General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Norris Witter yesterday announced the union’s plans to confront the Government of Guyana in a bid to reverse what it calls the...

RUSAL sues union leaders- cites $$M strike losses

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The Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI), the local subsidiary of Russian aluminum giant, United Company RUSAL, has instituted legal action against the leaders of the union representing...

Persaud now wants comprehensive audit of agri projects

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Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud has written Auditor General Deodat Sharma requesting his role in carrying out additional comprehensive audits of ongoing projects. In an August 28 letter to the...

IDB gives US$6,500 to Women Artists’ Association

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The Guyana Women Artists’ Association (GWAA) will receive a grant of $US 6,500 to fund a project entitled ‘Art: Remembering and preserving our Heritage.’ The objective of this project is to...

Shondell Alfred intensifies preparations for world title encounter

Aug 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Shondell Alfred intensifies preparations for world title encounter

By Michael Benjamin The bout is approximately four weeks away but local women’s bantamweight champion, Shondell Alfred, has already commenced sparring sessions as she aspires to be the second...

Cry for Help

Aug 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Cry for Help

Two (2) of Guyana/British Guiana Prominent Sportsmen of the fifties (50’s) and sixties (60’s) are in need of Urgent attention. The name Compton Julian might not ring a bell amongst youngsters of...

Neal & Massy cricket starts today in Demerara

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Participation criteria for Demerara selection says DCB By Sean Devers Due to the playing-off of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) 2-Day First Division semi-finals, the Demerara Cricket...

Rangers Sports Club to clash with Die Hard XI in final

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Rangers SC and Die Hard XI defeated Parika /Hydronie Sports Club and Young Warriors respectively to set up a clash today at the GCC, Bourda from 2:00pm. In the match between Rangers SC and...

Williams shine as Shamrock register record total

Aug 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Williams shine as Shamrock register record total

Shamrock, Ruby United, Windsor Forest and Vergenoegen registered wins in the latest round of action in the Barakat Brothers West Demerara 40-overs cricket while favorites Meten-Meer-Zorg ‘A’ and...

Floodlights XI take on Nand Persaud & Co. Ltd at GCC tonight

Aug 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights XI take on Nand Persaud & Co. Ltd at GCC tonight

Kaieteur Sport inadvertently stated that cricket action was fixed for the GCC ground last evening, however, that match will be contested tonight. Cricket buffs will be treated to a keen tussle when...

GCA’s Cellink Plus cricket semis start today

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Intriguing battles anticipated at Everest & MSC By Sean Devers Intriguing cricket is anticipated today and tomorrow in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink plus 2-day first division...

Guyana, HQ successfully defend titles

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Guyana and Headquarters successfully defended their respective titles yesterday when the Guyana Police Force 55th Annual Track and Field Championships ended at the Police Sport Club ground, Eve Leary...

De Edward, Hopetown clash in final at Blairmont tomorrow

Aug 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on De Edward, Hopetown clash in final at Blairmont tomorrow

Hopetown and De Edward will clash tomorrow at Blairmont in the final of the New Building Society (NBS) challenge second division 40-over Cricket Competition which attracted over one hundred teams...

Guyanese drivers have work cut out

Aug 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese drivers have work cut out

By Rawle Welch in Barbados Compliments of Ansa McAl and Demerara Power Company With less than 48 hours remaining before D-day, Bushy Park resembled race day and there is no doubt that tomorrow’s...

Squash Association applauds team results

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The Guyana Squash Association is of the view that the final results for the overall team championships and the Men, Women and Veterans in the just concluded Caribbean Championships show a reasonable...

Novices battle as GASP wraps up inter-active sessions

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More than seventy-five students who over the past six weeks received expert tutoring from the more seasoned scrabble players would pit their skills against each other when the Guyana Association of...

Stop trivializing the seriousness of democracy, justice and rights

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Stop trivializing the seriousness of democracy, justice and rights

Dear Editor, I respond to Dr. Randy Persaud’s article captioned, “The PNCR Congress and a note to Mr. L Lewis” (GC, August 13, 2009) Attempts to trivialize serious issues of democracy, justice...

NAMILCO introduces health line of products

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National Milling Company (NAMILCO) has introduced three new products as part of its “Maid Marian Range”. These are Whole Wheat Flour, Multigrain Flour and Toasted Wheat Germ. This ‘Health...

Questions about the LCDS

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Questions about the LCDS

Dear Editor, While recently vacationing in Guyana, I was provided with a correspondence issued by the office of the President to the Guyanese populace. This served as my first introduction to the...

Coast Guard rescue five from Essequibo River

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According to press release from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), on Monday last at around 1345 hours, the Coast Guard, rescued 31-year-old Dennis Williams, a chain saw operator and father of three...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more