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Seawall at #78 Village collapsing

Aug 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Seawall at #78 Village collapsing

The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) yesterday expressed its concern about the severe damage of the seawall structure at Number 78 Village. There has been continued erosion...

Brutalised arson suspect changes story

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Brutalised arson suspect changes story

-family claims he’s being threatened By Andrunie Harris A relative of arson suspect Troy Small has alleged that he has received threats from persons who brutalised the West La Penitence man...

Dr. Luncheon admits grave revelations in Simels trial

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dr. Luncheon admits grave revelations in Simels trial

The revelations that are coming out during the Robert Simels trial are grave but it is not a Guyanese on trial and as such there was no urgent need to assign a consulate staff member or send up...

Stanleytown pump station no rip-off – says Robert Persaud: ‘Value for money will be determined over time’

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Stanleytown pump station no rip-off – says Robert Persaud: ‘Value for money will be determined over time’

The Minister of Agriculture yesterday glossed over criticisms of the construction cost of the Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara pump. He suggested that he was not too bothered about the actual cost it...

Three companies wash hands of Wrestlemania Showdown

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Three companies wash hands of Wrestlemania Showdown

The intrigue and controversy surrounding the staging of the highly-anticipated Guyana Wrestle Mania Showdown deepened even further on Wednesday when three entities offered their comments on whether...

Sophia man injured in freak accident

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sophia man injured in freak accident

A man from South Sophia was yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit after he was involved in a freak accident at his workplace. According to sources from...

Cuban Medical Diplomacy

Aug 07, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Cuban Medical Diplomacy

Twenty-four years ago this week, the first Executive President of Guyana Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham died on the operating table at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The doctors in charge of the...

Victim pardons paralysed prisoner

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Victim pardons paralysed prisoner

As if being incarcerated for a sexual offence was not enough to deal with, 17-year-old Vishaul Ramlall while being transported back to the Camp Street Prison was involved in an accident. A few days...

Fight costs man $85,000 or jail

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fight costs man $85,000 or jail

Twenty-year-old Sweenie ‘Swine’ Evans, of Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara has been given the liberty of paying an $85,000 fine or face two months’ imprisonment. Evans pleaded guilty to two...

Hunt on to expose intellectual authors – Dr Luncheon

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hunt on to expose intellectual authors – Dr Luncheon

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, yesterday told media operatives that the Police were on hunt to expose the intellectual authors behind the fire that destroyed the Ministry of...

Shot rape suspect to face multiple charges

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Shot rape suspect to face multiple charges

Mark Cyrus, who was shot at his home in Amelia’s Ward by Police ranks after a confrontation on Wednesday, is now likely to face other charges for various crimes he allegedly committed at Amelia’s...

Cadogan lands Olympic Solidarity Scholarship

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cadogan lands Olympic Solidarity Scholarship

To attend technical course in Mexico By Edison Jefford National Basketball Coach Robert ‘Bobby’ Cadogan has procured an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship via the International Olympic Committee and...

Finewood book first spot in semis

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Finewood book first spot in semis

Finewood Marketing Inc. are the first team through to the semi-finals while the other quarter-final matches will be played off this weekend in the Guyana Softball and Windball Cricket Association...

Final teachers’ promotion list available

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Final teachers’ promotion list available

…as TSC prepares to augment education system After dealing with more than 60 appeals by teachers, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has finally been able to complete the ultimate Teachers’...

Handicapped man refused bail on break and enter charge

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Handicapped man refused bail on break and enter charge

Leonard Sebochin, of West Coast Berbice, pleaded not guilty after he was read the charge of breaking and entry by Magistrate Priya Beharry. It is alleged that during the night of August 2, the...

Paralympic Steering Committee launched

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Paralympic Steering Committee launched

– C/ships to be held on October 11 The Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport was the venue for the launching of the Steering Committee which was formed to organise the upcoming Paralympic...

Multi million dollar preparations almost complete for Guyana Cup horserace meet

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Multi million dollar preparations almost complete for Guyana Cup horserace meet

Over $6.5M and six scooters on offer With just over a week left to race day, preparations are moving apace for the staging of the Third Annual Guyana Cup horserace meet slated for Sunday August 16 at...

$390.5M in contracts awarded for D&I projects in Canal Polders

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on $390.5M in contracts awarded for D&I projects in Canal Polders

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday granted contracts worth $390.5 million for the construction and rehabilitation of drainage and irrigation structures and farm to market access roads in the Canal...

THE U.S. IS NOT ABOUT TO REPEAT HISTORY

Aug 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE U.S. IS NOT ABOUT TO REPEAT HISTORY

The leader of the opposition has not been given a lifeline by the revelations in the United States court. In fact he has been placed in a most difficult position and could end up being the biggest...

Demerara Mutual Medal Play Golf set for tomorrow

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara Mutual Medal Play Golf set for tomorrow

With the Lusignan Golf course in top shape after recent inclement weather local golfers will square off in the annual Demerara Mutual sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament tomorrow. This weekend’s...

Guyanese people deserve answers

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese people deserve answers

Dear Editor, For Guyanese at home and abroad, the trial in New York has raised all kinds of questions that simply cannot or will not disappear because the Government of Guyana angrily says they...

Monies were increased due to increased scope of works – Agri Ministry

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Monies were increased due to increased scope of works – Agri Ministry

Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), Lionel Wordsworth, has explained that the sum of monies was increased for the sluices in Wakenaam and Leguan because...

GWI’s PRO was sparse with the truth

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on GWI’s PRO was sparse with the truth

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the Thursday (August 6) edition of Kaieteur New, in which the Public Relations Officer denied that I was billed $18, 000 for one month. That is exactly what...

Man, 82, dies after riding into trailer

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man, 82, dies after riding into trailer

Temul Sookhoo, known to all as Massa, celebrated his 82nd birthday on Sunday. He died at the Suddie Hospital hours after he was involved in an accident on Wednesday afternoon. According to reports,...

Football coaches gear up for National League with interactive sessions

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Football coaches gear up for National League with interactive sessions

Coaches from the various sub-associations will today wrap up one week of activities when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) brings the curtains down on an interactive session for coaches under its...