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Alpha, Camptown to clash in GFF Super League opening feature

Sep 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha, Camptown to clash in GFF Super League opening feature

Victoria Kings battle Rosignol United in opener The Historic Guyana Football Federation Super League sponsored under FIFA’s Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF project is set to kick off on Sunday at the...

Gunman escapes from police, leaves weapon behind

Sep 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Gunman escapes from police, leaves weapon behind

Ranks of a police mobile patrol discharged several rounds in vain at a gunman who eluded them, leaving his weapon behind, in a mid-morning raid in North Ruimveldt yesterday. The man made good his...

Rose Hall Town Pepsi take Spready’s Bakery U-19 title

Sep 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town Pepsi take Spready’s Bakery U-19 title

Madramootoo slams match winning 61* Playing his final Under-19 game, Berbice all rounder Terrence Madramootoo produced an outstanding batting performance to lead his team, Rose Hall Town Pepsi to a...

Taxi driver charged with causing death

Sep 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Taxi driver charged with causing death

Forty seven-year-old taxi driver Nizam Khan, of lot 62 Soesdyke Public Road, was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on a charge of causing death by dangerous...

Four fifties and 5-wkt haul registered in latest round

Sep 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Four fifties and 5-wkt haul registered in latest round

Four half-centuries and a five-wicket haul highlighted weekend play as the Barakat Brothers 40-over cricket competition continued in West Demerara. Vivian Beckles (72), Dwayne Graham (63), Thakur...

Lower Corentyne advance to final

Sep 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Lower Corentyne advance to final

Lower Corentyne stormed into the finals of the Republic Bank sponsored Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) inter-zone Under-17 tournament after defeating Central/Upper Corentyne on first innings at the...

Education Minister closes Patentia Secondary

Sep 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Education Minister closes Patentia Secondary

– faults Region for not having it prepared for Sept. 1 opening By Sharmain Cornette Senior Education Minister, Shaik Baksh, is seeking an explanation from the Region Three Education Department...

Wakenaam, Central E’bo, Pomeroon record victories

Sep 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Wakenaam, Central E’bo, Pomeroon record victories

Wakenaam, Central Essequibo and Pomeroon recorded victories when the Busta Essequibo 50 overs Cricket Festival continued on Sunday with three matches. In the lone Zone B fixture at the Wakenaam...

New Amsterdam/Canje are inaugural champions

Sep 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on New Amsterdam/Canje are inaugural champions

A brilliant all round performance by Leon Andrews led New Amsterdam/Canje to first innings points and victory over Upper Corentyne and with it, the first ever Poonai’s Pharmacy sponsored Under-13...

Drying floor

Sep 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Drying floor

Fishermen at Abram Zuil on the Essequibo Coast are peeved at two expensive structures that they say have now become white elephants. The drying floor (for shrimp), above, along with a storeroom and...

Bartica beat East Bank E’bo in lone Zone B fixture

Sep 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Bartica beat East Bank E’bo in lone Zone B fixture

Bartica defeated East Bank Essequibo by nine wickets as the Neal and Massy 40 overs nationwide cricket competition continued in Essequibo with one match in zone B. Played at Parika Salem, East Bank...

Duo picked up with ‘cocaine pipes’

Sep 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Duo picked up with ‘cocaine pipes’

A man and a woman yesterday appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, to face the charges of possession of utensils used for the purpose of smoking...

More Customs Officers under investigation – President Jagdeo

Sep 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on More Customs Officers under investigation – President Jagdeo

Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo during last Friday’s Private Sector Commission dinner at the Pegasus Hotel said that the clandestine actions of some individuals within private sector entities often...

BCB names senior 25-man Inter County squad

Sep 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on BCB names senior 25-man Inter County squad

U-13 elite 22-member squad announced Following two trail matches last week in preparation for this year’s Inter Country competitions, the Berbice Cricket Board selection panel has announced a...

State of lawless authority

Sep 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on State of lawless authority

Dear Editor, August 6th 2009 marked the 24th death anniversary of Forbes Burnham. He upheld a prodigy as a visionary leader, lived a controversial life and died in controversial circumstances. His...

An inconsiderate act by the Immigration Department

Sep 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on An inconsiderate act by the Immigration Department

Dear Editor, How inconsiderate for the Immigration Department of the Guyana Police Force to shut their doors for the entire day (last Friday, 28-08-09 ), on a working day to say the least, to have...

Route 47 minibus operators take strike action

Sep 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Route 47 minibus operators take strike action

Yesterday more than 20 route 47 minibus operators took strike action to protest the detention of several of their colleagues by police ranks. However, of more concern to them was the fact that they...

Does McBean’s action warrant a dismissal?

Sep 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Does McBean’s action warrant a dismissal?

Dear Editor, I must extend congratulation for a story so well written. This information must have been given by one of the very few sensible and academically inclined police officers. However, there...

Engineering issues with the Roll-on/Roll-off stelling at Supenaam

Sep 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Engineering issues with the Roll-on/Roll-off stelling at Supenaam

Dear Editor, The Supenaam Stelling had/have an issue with the pontoon that floats the on/off ramp at the mooring end; the pontoon could not float with its bottom horizontal except for a particular...

Runaway teen ‘frees self from house on highway’

Sep 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Runaway teen ‘frees self from house on highway’

A teenager got more than she bargained for after running away from home and is now being monitored at the Georgetown Public Hospital because of her condition. Reports are that the teen who hails from...

The slightly late start may have blurred Mr. John’s sense of appreciation

Sep 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The slightly late start may have blurred Mr. John’s sense of appreciation

Dear Editor, As an invitee to the opening session of the PNCR Congress, I felt affronted when I read the letter written by E. B. John and printed in SN on 30th August, edition, under the caption,...

Church members overstayed their time – Ministry of Home Affairs

Sep 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Church members overstayed their time – Ministry of Home Affairs

The Ministry of Home Affairs said that the 50 Missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints over-stayed their time in Guyana and did not possess valid Work Permits since November...

Two police officers, Khurshid Sattaur and a government that lacks vision

Sep 03, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Two police officers, Khurshid Sattaur and a government that lacks vision

I appealed to Mr. Karan Singh, when he was the “formidable one” at Guyana Water Incorporated not to fire a sewage worker that had chalked up 35 years of service. This man, in a country devoid of...

Time will tell, the brave will survive

Sep 03, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Time will tell, the brave will survive

There is a most amazing development in the local media at this time. There is the adage that a cameraman is the one behind the camera and never before it; that reporters ferret out the news but never...

National Commission for UNESCO re-launched

Sep 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on National Commission for UNESCO re-launched

– Guyana to reap significant benefits By Sharmain Cornette As part of UNESCO’s mission to strengthen the National Commissions in the Caribbean sub-region, a high level group from the entity...