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AGLS partners AGRA to enhance village of Ann’s Grove

Aug 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on AGLS partners AGRA to enhance village of Ann’s Grove

Complete phase one of street lighting project The Ann’s Grove Line Stars United Football Club is going beyond the field of play to ensure that the community enjoys the basic amenities they need to...

Marginalisation of identity

Aug 02, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Marginalisation of identity

Last year I wrote a series of articles on the charges of marginalisation emanating from the African Guyanese community. In the wake of the commemoration of Emancipation Day, I repeat this piece. We...

FREDDIE HAPPY!

Aug 02, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FREDDIE HAPPY!

Freddie Kissoon must be smiling. The revelations that have emerged within the Courts of the United States must have pleased him. It will add ammunition to his personal crusade to deem the Jagdeo...

Lowe wins 50m Backstroke Heat in last event for Guyana

Aug 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lowe wins 50m Backstroke Heat in last event for Guyana

On Day 7, the penultimate day of the 2009 FINA World Championships, yesterday, Team Guyana participated in their last three events and turned in creditable performances. The highlight of the day was...

The Bush Dog

Aug 02, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Bush Dog

The Bush Dog is a canid found in Central and South America, including Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru (West of the Andes), Ecuador, Suriname, French Guiana, Paraguay, northeast Argentina...

We have to be wise and prioritise

Aug 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on We have to be wise and prioritise

By Rawle Welch At the time of writing some 39 records have been broken at this year’s FINA World Championships which enters its final day today in Rome, Italy. The frequency in which the previous...

Griffith, Sookdeo, Joseph & Daniels shine as Guyana hammer Windwards

Aug 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Griffith, Sookdeo, Joseph & Daniels shine as Guyana hammer Windwards

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, TCL, Western Union, Pepsi, Smalta,Demerara Power Company & Michelle Playter’s Modeling Agency A 109-run opening stand between Trevon...

Handling of Honduras crisis flawed from the start

Aug 02, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Handling of Honduras crisis flawed from the start

By Sir Ronald Sanders Call it Latin American “hot blood” or “Commonwealth cool”, but there is definitely a marked difference between how the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the...

Emancipation – so much seems to have gone wrong

Aug 01, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Emancipation – so much seems to have gone wrong

Today is a significant day in the lives of a significant number of Caribbean people, the descendants of a people whose ancestors came to this part of the world as slaves. These were the people who...

Govt. denies buying spy equipment

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. denies buying spy equipment

The Government of Guyana issued a statement, yesterday, rejecting the claim that it bought the spy equipment that was discovered in the possession of Roger Khan and his associates. The following is...

Three friends die in Providence crash

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Three friends die in Providence crash

Three friends died early yesterday morning after their car crashed into a lamp-post near Providence, East Bank Demerara. They were in a car that one of them had taken without permission while his...

Selwyn Vaughn fled forgery, fraud charges

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Selwyn Vaughn fled forgery, fraud charges

Selwyn Vaughn, the star witness in the trial involving Roger Khan’s former defence attorney, Robert Simels, is wanted in Guyana on several charges of forgery and fraud. Case dockets obtained by...

We still have the ‘spy computer’ – Top Cop

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on We still have the ‘spy computer’ – Top Cop

Police Commissioner, Henry Greene, is adamant that the Police Force is in possession of the infamous ‘spy computer’ seized in 2002. This is according to Greene, who in an invited comment...

Dr. Ramsammy dares manufacturer to prove he bought spy computer

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Ramsammy dares manufacturer to prove he bought spy computer

By Fareeza Haniff Since the commencement of the Robert Simels trial (former lawyer for Shaeed Roger Khan), Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy’s name has been mentioned by the star witness,...

Poole sent on self bail for cell phone in lock ups

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Poole sent on self bail for cell phone in lock ups

Archie Poole, 60, yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates Court to answer a charge for allegedly having a prohibited item while being a prisoner. It was alleged that Poole, on July 26, last,...

Herdmanston House, Empowerment Office sold

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Herdmanston House, Empowerment Office sold

After some time on the market, Empowerment Building, which is located next to the Duke Lodge has been sold to Tony Reid for $63M. This newspaper understands that the bid was the highest offer....

ACDA promises bigger Emancipation Day celebrations today

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on ACDA promises bigger Emancipation Day celebrations today

(By Mondale Smith) Today all roads lead to the National Park, as Guyanese join their afro-centric brothers and sisters to celebrate Emancipation day 2009 and the African Cultural Development...

PAHO aims to improve technical support

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO aims to improve technical support

In order to plot the way forward for its 2010-2011 biennial work programme, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) yesterday held a consultation with various stakeholders. And this has been the...

Wakenaam Night promises packed programme

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Wakenaam Night promises packed programme

The island of Wakenaam in the Essequibo River will come alive this evening as the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce hosts the second annual Wakenaam Night. The activity is meant to encourage...

St John’s Ambulance Brigade gets projector

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on St John’s Ambulance Brigade gets projector

Vibert Parvatan, Chairman of the St. John’s Association of Guyana, was presented with an Epson Digital LCD Projector by Raymond Hall (his nephew) who now resides in the USA. The equipment is valued...

Man steals turtle wax to get food

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man steals turtle wax to get food

In an act of desperation, Salim Khan on Thursday begged acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson, for a lesser punishment for his crime. The defendant appeared before the Acting Chief Magistrate on...

Courts Guyana Inc. stages Emancipation dress competition

Aug 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Courts Guyana Inc. stages Emancipation dress competition

As Emancipation celebrations sweep the nation, Courts Guyana Inc. joined in the festivities by hosting its fifth annual Emancipation Dress Competition. The competition, held at the Main Street,...

Hit and run accident victim calling on driver to turn self in

Aug 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hit and run accident victim calling on driver to turn self in

A 28-year-old electrician from Berbice is pleading with the man who almost cost him his life, to turn himself over to the authorities. On Monday last, Subash Mohan, of Number 77 Village, Corentyne,...

Motherless children receive donation

Aug 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Motherless children receive donation

The four children whose mother died in road accident on the Providence East Bank Demerara Public Road last month, have received a significant donation from Indira Sookdeo who resides in Canada. The...

Professor Bourne appointed UG Chancellor

Aug 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Professor Bourne appointed UG Chancellor

Professor Compton Bourne, O.E, President of the Caribbean Development Bank, has been appointed the eighth Chancellor of the University of Guyana. Professor Bourne’s appointment was unanimously...

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