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Police Superintendent facing dismissal

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police Superintendent facing dismissal

– duty free concession revoked When Superintendent of Police, Simon McBean, proceeded to London, England, to take up a scholarship in 2008, he did so without the permission of the...

Man charged with unlawfully detaining minor

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with unlawfully detaining minor

Twenty-eight-year-old Sherwin Lewis, a resident of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara, was not required to plead when Magistrate Fazil Azeez read him an indictable charge which stated that he...

Teacher drives off with $3.5M Jamzone prize

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher drives off with $3.5M Jamzone prize

With an expressed need for more pomp and ceremony and better stage décor for tourism promotions, the organisers of the Miss Jamzone 2009 pageant lifted the standards while showcasing a commendable...

Bodywork shop owner missing

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bodywork shop owner missing

Relatives are trying to locate the owner of a bodywork shop, who has been missing since last Friday. Joel Sooknarine, 30, of Best Foreshore, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, disappeared shortly...

Region three chairman says bridges repaired with ‘old materials’

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Region three chairman says bridges repaired with ‘old materials’

– Yet attacks KNews report Despite himself admitting bridges were repaired with “old materials”, Region Three chairman, Julius Faerber, is upset at Kaieteur News for reporting...

Fire razes $$M Mon Repos furniture bond

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Fire razes $$M Mon Repos furniture bond

A furniture manufacturer is counting losses close to $40M, after a fire of unknown origin destroyed his bond at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, early yesterday morning. Investigators will now have...

Beware of faulty cell phones – GNBS

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Beware of faulty cell phones – GNBS

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is warning consumers of faulty cellular phones being presented for sale. In a press release, the entity noted that within the last three weeks, there...

New ID card production to begin late October

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on New ID card production to begin late October

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has approved the use of an “Optically Variable Ink (OVI) for the production of National Identification cards, which will commence in late October....

Bus driver charged with causing death, remanded

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver charged with causing death, remanded

Fifty-one year-old Eglon Mc Lennon, a route 45 bus driver, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Mc Lennon, of Golden Grove,...

LIAT to review high airfares

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT to review high airfares

Regional carrier LIAT Airlines is to re-examine the current high airfares charged by the Antigua-based carrier as the Chief Executive Officer, Brian Challenger,...

Agricola Public Rd. claims another life

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola Public Rd. claims another life

…as villager struck by car When 51 year-old Douglas Forrester called ‘Briggie’ left his Public Road, Agricola home on Sunday evening, neither his wife nor his daughters could have imagined...

Missing river heist money… Cops further remanded

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Missing river heist money… Cops further remanded

The three officers allegedly involved in the disappearance of a large quantity of money which they reportedly relieved two persons of at a roadblock, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Fazil Azeez...

H1N1 situation is stable – Min Ramsammy

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on H1N1 situation is stable – Min Ramsammy

The Ministry of Health continues to effectively deal with the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus in Guyana, and according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy no more cases have been confirmed thus far....

GRPA dissatisfied with payment procedures

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GRPA dissatisfied with payment procedures

General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (GRPA) Dharamkumar Seeraj, has said that he is not satisfied with the pace at which payments are being made to rice farmers in Regions 5 and...

Murdered granny died from suffocation – five still in custody

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered granny died from suffocation – five still in custody

An autopsy conducted yesterday on 80-year-old, Kharpattie Shivnauth, called ‘Ma’, revealed that she died from suffocation. Investigators told Kaieteur News that the pathologist found bruises on...

Mosquitoes drowned an old tourist in the “Blacka”

Sep 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mosquitoes drowned an old tourist in the “Blacka”

Last Friday evening, President Jagdeo told the guests at the dinner of the Private Sector Commission that crime reporting on the front page of the newspaper, particularly the Kaieteur News, is...

THIS IS AN ASSAULT ON PRESS FREEDOM

Sep 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THIS IS AN ASSAULT ON PRESS FREEDOM

The continued attacks on this newspaper emanating from officialdom have now reached the point where it constitutes an assault on press freedom. Strangely, those local organisations which are quick to...

GNIC, Everest to link up in final after MSC, DCC go down in semis

Sep 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GNIC, Everest to link up in final after MSC, DCC go down in semis

By Sean Devers Everest and the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) will link up this weekend in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink first-division 2-day cricket final after...

Action packed bouts as FYF stages second Inter-Gym Championships

Sep 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Action packed bouts as FYF stages second Inter-Gym Championships

Laurel Stuart (FYF) put up a masterful performance to defeat Ryan Franker (HE) and was subsequently adjudged best boxer when the second edition of the Inter-gym boxing championships organized by a...

GFF Ten-Team Super League Officially Launched

Sep 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GFF Ten-Team Super League Officially Launched

Support of Government is critical – Harold Taylor The historic Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League, a pilot league funded by FIFA under the Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF project, was...

Cadogan successfully completes PASO course

Sep 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Cadogan successfully completes PASO course

– returns from hectic schedule in Mexico By Edison Jefford National Basketball Coach Robert ‘Bobby’ Cadogan has made his intentions clear to start work at the grassroots level after returning...

Has the next Sachin Tendulkar been discovered in the BVI?

Sep 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Has the next Sachin Tendulkar been discovered in the BVI?

Guyanese brothers take top prizes in Digicel Cricket Clinic Road Town, Tortola: The first Digicel Cricket Coaching Clinic of 2009 may have unearthed a cricketing treasure for the West Indies as seven...

Cadogan successfully completes PASO course

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Has the next Sachin Tendulkar been discovered in the BVI?

Sep 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Has the next Sachin Tendulkar been discovered in the BVI?

Players’ priorities will be monitored says BCB Acting President

Sep 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Players’ priorities will be monitored says BCB Acting President

Board cricket must take precedence over Private competitions It is understood that several players from Corentyne teams Albion and Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club have been selected to play in a...