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Bandits attempt to kidnap baby during $$M robbery

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits attempt to kidnap baby during $$M robbery

– lack of police response criticised Despite the commencement of a well publicized security campaign for the city, the lack of police response to a brazen robbery has left a Campbellville...

Joint Opposition launches dossier seeking int’l inquiry

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Joint Opposition launches dossier seeking int’l inquiry

Extra-judicial killings, torture, corruption… Amidst an audience of political representatives, members of various concern organisations and other notable members of the society, the Joint...

Guyana again attracts dismal corruption rating

Nov 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana again attracts dismal corruption rating

Transparency International in its 2009 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) has again given Guyana a dismal evaluation this time rating Guyana as 126 out of 180 countries surveyed. Among some of the...

Dem boys seh…Everybody want publicity

Nov 18, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Everybody want publicity

Christmas coming and dem boys expect all dem Minister to try hard fuh get publicity. All of dem know that end of year is bonus time and dem believe that if dem mek Bharrat see that dem wukking in de...

UN Association of Guyana gets $23M contract from EU

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on UN Association of Guyana gets $23M contract from EU

Human rights and democracy in Guyana has received a $23M shot in the arm signalling a partnership for peace, reconciliation and development with the hope of being an example for the Caribbean region....

City Hall being powered by generator

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall being powered by generator

– awaits injunction to reverse GPL disconnection move By Sharmain Cornette While the use of a generator has been employed to power the operations at City Hall, the abattoir and a number of...

GWI waiving all reconnection, tampering fees

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GWI waiving all reconnection, tampering fees

– honest ‘illegals’ to benefit The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has promised that all individuals that go forward to the water company to reveal their illegal connections will...

Two miners crushed to death by tree, one injured

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Two miners crushed to death by tree, one injured

Two miners were killed and a third seriously injured at around 11:00 hrs on Monday after a tree came crashing down on them at a camp at Marudi Mountain. Police identified the dead men as Carlos...

National COHSODS to discuss youth report

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on National COHSODS to discuss youth report

With just one month to go before the much anticipated report on the situation of Caribbean youth is submitted to the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, the CARICOM Secretariat has...

CRNM renamed OTN, has new Director General

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on CRNM renamed OTN, has new Director General

Following the decision taken by the Caricom Heads of Government in March 2009 to incorporate the then Caribbean Regional Negotiation Machinery (CRNM) into the Caricom Secretariat, a specialised...

Bishops’ High wins GGMC inaugural Quiz competition

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bishops’ High wins GGMC inaugural Quiz competition

The Bishops’ High School defeated Mackenzie High to win the inaugural Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Science and Technology Quiz Competition. The eight schools which participated in...

Namilco expresses concern about improperly labelled flour bags

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Namilco expresses concern about improperly labelled flour bags

The National Milling Company (Namilco) on Monday expressed concern about bags that are improperly labelled and are said to contain flour. The labelling of the bags, the company indicated via...

Policing groups undertake community enhancement activities

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Policing groups undertake community enhancement activities

Community policing is not only about arresting people, it’s also about making the environment less conducive to criminal activities. This is the theory adopted by the Belfield, Victoria, Nabaclis,...

Miss Guyana makes news splash in Johannesburg

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Miss Guyana makes news splash in Johannesburg

Miss Guyana 2009, Imarah Radix, might not be the tallest local beauty to ever enter the Miss World competition, but from a field of 120 world beauties she has made it through three rounds of the...

China agrees to increase agri help to Guyana

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on China agrees to increase agri help to Guyana

Breakthrough hybrid rice will double local yields – Persaud By Leonard Gildarie A landmark arrangement has been struck with the Chinese government that will see assistance from that country to...

Decomposed body fished out of reservoir

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed body fished out of reservoir

The decomposed body of Ahmad Khan, 52, of 23 Le Ressouvenir Railway Embankment East Coast Demerara, was fished out of an abandoned reservoir in his yard yesterday. Neighbours said that they were...

Diamond residents tamper with service lines, cause drop in pressure

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond residents tamper with service lines, cause drop in pressure

– GWI According to the Chief Executive at Guyana Water Incorporated, Yuri Chandisingh, some residents in the housing scheme of Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara are oblivious to the fact...

Child Care Protection Agency to launch hotline tomorrow

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Child Care Protection Agency to launch hotline tomorrow

The Child Care Protection Agency is advocating that everyone has a responsibility to protect children as they celebrate Child Abuse Prevention Day tomorrow. According to Director of the entity, Ann...

One in police custody, prime suspect still on the run

Nov 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on One in police custody, prime suspect still on the run

Septic tank murder… A close male associate of the woman who is considered to be the prime suspect in last Sunday’s septic tank murder has been arrested. Reports are that the man was arrested on...

Miss Republic on winners’ row, Night Crescendo shines

Nov 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Miss Republic on winners’ row, Night Crescendo shines

World Class storms to two wins, Zenyatta also outstanding Turfites turned out in their thousands to witness a grand day of racing when the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Lions Clubs...

Tickets for ICC World Twenty20 2010 go on sale worldwide

Nov 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Tickets for ICC World Twenty20 2010 go on sale worldwide

Having already been available to supporters in the Caribbean for the past two weeks, tickets for next year’s ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies are now on sale around the world. With an emphasis...

Kumar (13 wickets) spurs No. 70 Young Star to Quarter-finals

Nov 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Kumar (13 wickets) spurs No. 70 Young Star to Quarter-finals

The 2009 Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 two-innings Club Cricket Competition continued recently with Young Star of No. 70 becoming the latest team to reach the quarter-finals of the competition...

Recovery of Bulkan’s body was not as timely as it could have been – Gerry Gouveia

Nov 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Recovery of Bulkan’s body was not as timely as it could have been – Gerry Gouveia

By Dale Andrews Head of Roraima Airways Captain Gerry Gouveia believes that the entire operation to recover the body of Kaieteur Falls suicide victim Aliya Bulkan was not as timely as it could have...

MCYS/NSC Windball Cricket opens

Nov 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on MCYS/NSC Windball Cricket opens

The Ministry of Culture Youth & Sport / National Sports Commission Annual Christmas Term Indoor Windball Cricket Championship got off to a bright start, at the National Gymnasium today with...

Maurice Fagundes out strides seasoned competitors, captures CS&TC 10K race walk

Nov 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Maurice Fagundes out strides seasoned competitors, captures CS&TC 10K race walk

Veteran race walker, Rudolph Mitchell sustained an injury to his foot forcing him out of the walk race organized by the Cavalier’s Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) on Sunday November 15 last. Another...

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Clarendon College too good for Dolphin as Annai Sec’ holds Speyside College to 4-all draw

The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more