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Finance draws first blood in GT&T inter division cricket

Oct 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Finance draws first blood in GT&T inter division cricket

Finance division made light work of their Berbice counterparts trashing them by 10 wickets when play in the GT&T inter division 20 overs softball cricket competition continued recently in Berbice...

Woman remanded for attempted murder

Oct 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Woman remanded for attempted murder

A woman who was not required to plead was remanded to prison for attempted murder. Kim Ifill, 48, of 17 Patentia Housing Scheme, was refused bail by Magistrate Nigel Hawk on the indictable charge of...

Infants left abandoned at GPHC

Oct 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Infants left abandoned at GPHC

Two infants were left abandoned at the Georgetown Public Hospital this past week. According to hospital sources, the mother is from a popular East Coast Village. The source further explained that the...

Wakenaam are GTU District 16 Inter Branch athletics champs

Oct 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Wakenaam are GTU District 16 Inter Branch athletics champs

Wakenaam defeated Leguan by 99 points to win the Guyana Teachers union, Ministry of Education District 16 Inter Branch Athletics Championship held recently at the Wakenaam Community Centre Ground....

Rugby Union briefs Corporate Community, Media

Oct 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Rugby Union briefs Corporate Community, Media

By Rawle Welch Known for prudent handling of its financial affairs, the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) updated members of the corporate community and the media about the status quo of both the...

Cemetery state is a health hazard

Oct 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cemetery state is a health hazard

“We are lucky that we have not had a medical outbreak here,” said Dr Bizuayehu Jeffrey when she offered her medical opinion on the current state of the Le Repentir Cemetery. As Medical Officer of...

National captain takes ruling football body to task

Oct 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on National captain takes ruling football body to task

Insurance, pay among the issues The proposed tour of a national football team to Suriname to engage footballers from the host country sometime next week, has hit a snag with appointed Captain, Howard...

Thieves hit Mahaica gas station

Oct 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Thieves hit Mahaica gas station

H. Nauth and Sons Service station, at 45-47, Unity/ Mahaica was broken into and robbed of about $500,000 despite a security guard being on duty. According to the guard’s story, about 5:30hrs...

Affiance No.1 beat Queenstown by 4 wkts in final

Oct 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Affiance No.1 beat Queenstown by 4 wkts in final

Affiance No1. SC defeated Queenstown SC by four wickets to win the final of the Headly Block Making, Talesh Furniture Store and Jai Jai trucking service twenty/20 cricket competition played on...

Pensioner flees home after burglar’s brutal attack

Oct 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Pensioner flees home after burglar’s brutal attack

A terrified pensioner has moved out of her home after she was beaten, bound and threatened with rape by one of two men who invaded her Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara home early yesterday...

A few points to help reduce malaria

Oct 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A few points to help reduce malaria

Dear Editor, I would like to suggest a few points, which I know with all certainty, will reduce the expected 10,000 malaria affected cases. On the preventative side, spraying camps will control both...

Invariably, price is not the only criterion for winning a bid

Oct 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Invariably, price is not the only criterion for winning a bid

Dear Editor, Recently, there were several publications in the local newspapers about the public procurement process and how contracts are awarded. Judging from these publications it appears that some...

Climate change negotiators recruited to fight for REDD

Oct 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Climate change negotiators recruited to fight for REDD

by Neil Marks in Argentina Representatives of 160 countries meeting in Buenos Aires for the World Forestry Congress have called on negotiators of a new global climate change deal to include a...

This poor display of protocol is hardly helpful

Oct 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on This poor display of protocol is hardly helpful

Dear Editor, I have just returned from a quite impressive ceremony at the Promenade Gardens to mark the 64th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN). Presentations were made by the UN...

Fallen tree kills teen

Oct 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fallen tree kills teen

Family members who had gone to the Georgetown Public Hospital when they found out that young Randy Pearson, 19, of Lake Mainstay Essequibo had succumbed yesterday, ended up wailing in despair....

Thank you for a peaceful Diwali

Oct 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Thank you for a peaceful Diwali

Dear Editor, On behalf of my family members and my fellow residents in Alexander Village, I would like to extend a hearty thank you to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for their professionally...

GPL employees gone amuck

Oct 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPL employees gone amuck

A Guyana Power and Light (GPL) employee appeared to have taken the company’s regulations into his own hands, and decided to disconnect an Albouystown resident without any due explanation. According...

GuySuCo’s response to $200M lawsuit

Oct 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo’s response to $200M lawsuit

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation is currently engaged in defending its right to the trade mark “Demerara Gold” both in the United States of America and Canada, against claims made by...

Man attacked by homosexual

Oct 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man attacked by homosexual

David Fredericks, 18, of Norton Street, Lodge, was struck on his head, Tuesday, with a piece of wood and was treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital and sent home. However, he returned yesterday to...

Let’s have a variety of radio stations in Guyana

Oct 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s have a variety of radio stations in Guyana

Dear Editor, With a land-breaking decision recently on the radio monopoly in Guyana still fresh in everyone’s minds, it might still be a while before private radio stations come on the scene in...

Digicel girls send dem man to Food for de Poor

Oct 24, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Digicel girls send dem man to Food for de Poor

Cricket is in de air and dem boys love a good cricket match. When de match done dem does talk about de sound of ball on willow and who stop which boundary and things like that. Last night was a...

Magistrate asks drug accused -”You here again for marijuana charge?”

Oct 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Magistrate asks drug accused -”You here again for marijuana charge?”

A miner in the Mahdia area who pleaded not guilty to drug possession was remanded yesterday, after admitting in a caution statement that the cocaine and marijuana found on a bus in the Aurora area...

The authority to open fire contemplate scenarios of imminent danger, snap judgment and reaction

Oct 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The authority to open fire contemplate scenarios of imminent danger, snap judgment and reaction

Dear Editor, I had promised that my last letter would represent my final contribution to the argument on whether Law Enforcement are trained to shoot in a manner that is lethal, or to shoot in a...

Parliament erred in passing the Fugitive Offenders (Amendment) Bill

Oct 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Parliament erred in passing the Fugitive Offenders (Amendment) Bill

Dear Editor, Please permit me to go on public record to state that Parliament erred in passing the Fugitive Offenders (Amendment) Bill on Friday 22nd October, 2009. Parliament cannot pass a law to...

Republic Bank employees and the truth

Oct 24, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Republic Bank employees and the truth

On reading page nine of this newspaper of Thursday, October 2, I immediately called Mark Benschop, asked him to contact the General Secretary of the TUC, Norris Witter, prepare some pamphlets and let...

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Desecration, Disrespectful, and Disgraceful

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The solemnity of Babu Jaan, a site meant to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Cheddi... more