October 2009 - Page 9 of 59

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

PNCR remembers senior citizens

Oct 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR remembers senior citizens

The People’s National Congress Reform Human Services and Welfare Department in collaboration with its women’s arm, the National Congress of Women (NCW), hosted its annual breakfast for...

Riddim Squad are Western Union division one champs

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Riddim Squad are Western Union division one champs

Santos secure runners-up spot as both teams gain Premiere League status Riddim Squad, are the inaugural Western Union Division One football champions in the city and they have achieved the feat with...

GCC ‘A’ prevail in sudden death extra-time

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GCC ‘A’ prevail in sudden death extra-time

Dragons, GCC Tigers, Hikers juniors also win In what could accurately be described as a fitting way to end a high class tournament, eventual winners GCC ‘A’ and Hikers ‘A’...

Seebarran tired of being bridesmaid

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Seebarran tired of being bridesmaid

– Aiming for top podium spot Tired of playing bridesmaid, Group 3 competitor Kamal Seebarran in an interview with Kaieteur Sport disclosed that he is aiming to go one step better this time...

SA 10k has outgrown mediocrity

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on SA 10k has outgrown mediocrity

Event lacks serious planning By Edison Jefford The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) South America (SA) 10km Road Race has certainly outgrown the management mediocrity that...

Great Diamond Martial Arts Association hosts successful grading exercise

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Great Diamond Martial Arts Association hosts successful grading exercise

After a compelling display of classical moves that showcased defensive and offensive skills, twenty one karatekas ranging from ages 6-15, were promoted to various levels when the Great Diamond...

Anthony Harry walks away with top prize in CS&TC Soesdyke event

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Anthony Harry walks away with top prize in CS&TC Soesdyke event

After a prolonged absence from the sport, Anthony Harry made a resounding return, chalking up the New Building Society (NBS) sponsored 10K junior walk race around Soesdyke and was duly rewarded with...

Alpha United certain of final four spot in GFF Super League

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha United certain of final four spot in GFF Super League

Buxton, Milerock, GDF post wins, Liquid Gold & Sunburst Camptown draw 4-4 By Franklin Wilson Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United is the only team certain to date of being in the final four of the...

Wendell Muesa prevails in Rapid Chess Tourney

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Wendell Muesa prevails in Rapid Chess Tourney

Even as he engages the country’s best chess players in the current national championships at the Ocean Spray Hotel, Stanley Place Kitty, Wendell Meusa sent out some ominous signals when he...

Mohammed wrecks South Africa as Windies ladies win 20/20 series

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mohammed wrecks South Africa as Windies ladies win 20/20 series

A career-best 5-10 by the T&T off-spinner Anisa Mohammed helped West Indies women take the Twenty20 series in amazing fashion in Cape Town yesterday. South Africa did well to restrict the...

Reds Perriera feels Gayle’s time has passed

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Reds Perriera feels Gayle’s time has passed

Broadcaster looking to Bravo or Ganga to lead regional side to Australia By Sean Devers International cricket commentator Joseph ‘Red’ Perriera feels the Regional One-Day competition which starts...

Woman was ill for a prolonged period

Oct 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Woman was ill for a prolonged period

The relatives of Mark Mathias, 35, are refuting claims in a newspaper report, yesterday, that the now dead woman, Dianne Skeete or Dianne Mathias, was constantly abused by her husband and that the...

Creary, Braithwaite again among the runs

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Creary, Braithwaite again among the runs

Campbell, Griffith, Carriah, Dowrich also impress By Sean Devers Andrew Creary and Kraigg Braithwaite were again among the runs as the 2nd practice match for the TCL Group West Indies under-19 team...

Man stabbed during verbal dispute

Oct 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man stabbed during verbal dispute

Bhopaul Singh, 49, of De Hoop, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Sunday with a stab wound he received at a shop. According to his son, Indar, “My...

NBTS appeals for blood

Oct 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NBTS appeals for blood

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) has once again upped its appeal to organisations, more specifically the private sector to play their role in society in holding a blood drive. At this...

Man chops 15-year-old

Oct 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man chops 15-year-old

A 15-year-old boy was severely chopped by his sister’s ex-boyfriend, yesterday afternoon. Dexter Forde, of 35 West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital with...

‘Golden Jaguars’ off to Suriname for 4-nation Independence tourney

Oct 27, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘Golden Jaguars’ off to Suriname for 4-nation Independence tourney

Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ the flagship senior national football team have arrived in Suriname to do battle against the hosts, French Guiana and the Netherlands Antilles in the Suriname...

Help the youths of Bachelor’s Adventure

Oct 27, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Help the youths of Bachelor’s Adventure

Dear Editor, The community of Bachelor’s Adventure has grown over the years, now subdivided into Paradise Dazzel Housing Scheme, New Non Pariel, Melanie Damishana, Hymax Housing Scheme and Bare...

Another thief nabbed at Stabroek Market

Oct 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Another thief nabbed at Stabroek Market

A man is currently in police custody after he tried to escape from a police patrol moments after snatching a man’s gold band. Reports are that some time around 9:40 hours yesterday the man snatched...

My daughter came to Guyana and learned a new word

Oct 27, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on My daughter came to Guyana and learned a new word

Dear Editor, I have a five-year-old girl who was born in the Kalahari Desert (home of the bush men). One would probably ask, why go to such a place to live but the fact of the matter is it is much...

Break and enter convict to spend Christmas in jail

Oct 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Break and enter convict to spend Christmas in jail

A labourer known as ‘Buck’ was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday after he was convicted of breaking and entering a business place and stealing items worth $1.1 million. John Vieira, 33,...

Taxi driver remanded for unlawful confinement

Oct 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Taxi driver remanded for unlawful confinement

A man known to be a taxi driver was remanded to prison yesterday after he allegedly unlawfully confined a girl. Orin Mathews, 29, of North Sophia, was refused bail yesterday when he appeared before...

Georgetown/Stabroek Lions Club concludes 7th anniversary celebrations

Oct 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Georgetown/Stabroek Lions Club concludes 7th anniversary celebrations

The Lions Club of Georgetown/Stabroek concluded its 7th anniversary celebrations with a special dinner at the New Thriving Restaurant on Saturday night. The celebrations began at the start of the...

What exactly is the combined opposition hoping for?

Oct 27, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on What exactly is the combined opposition hoping for?

Dear Editor, Notwithstanding the fact that that hundreds of innocent men women and children were brutally murdered, raped and set alight, we are now once again hearing from the opposition parties...

No immediate plans for businesses along Berbice Bridge approaches – Benn

Oct 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on No immediate plans for businesses along Berbice Bridge approaches – Benn

There are no immediate plans by Government to allow permanent businesses to operate along the access roads to the new Berbice River Bridge. However, there are mobile vendors. Works Minister Robeson...

PREV 7 8910 11 NEXT LAST

“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more