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Another security guard murdered

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Another security guard murdered

By Brushell Blackman The body of Ivan Phillips, 54 years of D’Urban Street, Lodge, was found lying in a pool of blood at the Le Premier Academy on North Road and Alexander Street, where he worked...

Death toll climbs to six

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Death toll climbs to six

Bus was speeding and rammed truck from the back De Hoop smash-up… By Clifford Stanley, Latoya Giles and Brushell Blackman The death toll in Saturday’s smash-up at Mahaica on the East Coast of...

Police say truck driver was drunk

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police say truck driver was drunk

The Commissioner of Police wishes to express great concern over the recent fatal accident at De Hoop, Mahaica, ECD, which claimed the lives of six persons. In a press release issued yesterday, the...

PNCR ready to pay taxes

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR ready to pay taxes

– but raises concerns about discriminatory treatment An investigation to determine if any discriminatory treatment is being meted out to the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) as it...

Dem boys seh…Is eye pass pun eye pass

Nov 23, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is eye pass pun eye pass

Eye pass is something that only Guyanese people understand. When Guyanese tell some foreigner bout eye pass de foreigner does ask wha it mean. When dem boys was young dem use to hear young people seh...

Bandits identified as Gizmos and Gadgets robbers

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits identified as Gizmos and Gadgets robbers

High speed chase… The four men who were arrested after a high speed chase by police on Friday, have been positively identified as the men who committed the recent Gizmos and Gadget robbery....

Five detained in Deeds Registry fraud probe

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Five detained in Deeds Registry fraud probe

Five persons were arrested on Friday last in connection with a massive fraud that was uncovered by the Auditor General at the Deeds Registry. This newspaper has been reliably informed that the...

Infrastructure, not crime deterring investors

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Infrastructure, not crime deterring investors

– Donald Ramotar General Secretary to the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Donald Ramotar, has described the Alliance For Change’s (AFC) negative position on investors coming into Guyana...

Princess Hotel entertainment centre to employ 250 persons

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Princess Hotel entertainment centre to employ 250 persons

There have been attempts at Turkish belly dancing at some dance shows in Guyana, namely those produced by the Apsara group; but never before the allure and seduction of what transpired at the...

UG senior lecturer granted British Chevening Fellowship Award

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on UG senior lecturer granted British Chevening Fellowship Award

Director of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Guyana, Dr. Paulette Bynoe, has been granted a British Chevening Fellowship to pursue a developmental course on the Economics...

Ramsammy blasts some NGOs for taking home ‘huge salaries’

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Ramsammy blasts some NGOs for taking home ‘huge salaries’

– collect large sums of cash, but do little charitable work for HIV/AIDS By Fareeza Haniff A number of Non -Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Guyana have come under fire from Minister of...

Tony Simon pedals to 10th Diamond Mineral Water 50-mile win

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Tony Simon pedals to 10th Diamond Mineral Water 50-mile win

Reece, Blackman & Bentley capture junior, veteran & upright categories Tony Simon ended the 2009 cycling season with victory in the 10th Diamond Mineral Water 50-mile road race held on the...

Williams (57 & 4-21) spurs MSC to victory

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Williams (57 & 4-21) spurs MSC to victory

Browne’s ton seals Police’s win National Under-15 Skipper Shaquille Williams hit an unbeaten 57 before returning to take 4-21 to spur Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) to a comprehensive 46-run win...

FIFA RAP MA Referees Course ends on high

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on FIFA RAP MA Referees Course ends on high

Instructors course on today, Assessors on Tuesday & Wednesday By Franklin Wilson The first phase of a FIFA three-phase Referees Course, the first of its kind to be held in the world, concluded...

K&S makes known its Zero Tolerance of Violence Policy for 20th Anniversary Tourney

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on K&S makes known its Zero Tolerance of Violence Policy for 20th Anniversary Tourney

The Kashif and Shanghai Organization has issued its Policy on the issue of violence at football games noting that the organization is compelled to make it known that there would be a zero tolerance...

A constructive critique with some valid points

Nov 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A constructive critique with some valid points

Dear Editor, I write to applaud Freddie Kissoon for writing a very good column (Act I, Scene II, Enter Norway, Kaieteur News, November 20) in which he did not malign anyone’s character or attack...

Over the last two decades the private security industry has acquired a character of its own

Nov 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Over the last two decades the private security industry has acquired a character of its own

Dear Editor, The benefits to be derived from the enactment of private security legislation are multiple, while the factors which have led to the need for control of the industry are legitimate and...

Contracts signed for construction work

Nov 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Contracts signed for construction work

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Some $35 million is being expended in Region Six on the construction of streets and bridges for different localities in East Berbice/Corentyne. During the last two...

Breeze Shopping Spree offers early Christmas

Nov 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Breeze Shopping Spree offers early Christmas

It was an early Christmas for Sheila Smith of 28 Kersaint La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, who won $134,000 at the Breeze Shopping Spree at N&S Mattai’s Water Street. Other winners were...

The paradox of the Norway-Guyana MoU on reducing emissions of forest carbon

Nov 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The paradox of the Norway-Guyana MoU on reducing emissions of forest carbon

Dear Editor, The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Norway and Guyana “regarding Cooperation on Issues related to the Fight against Climate Change, the Protection of Biodiversity and the...

Scrabble players to contest Eid-Ul-Adha tournament

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Scrabble players to contest Eid-Ul-Adha tournament

Members of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) will be in action this Friday November 27 when the GASP stages the Eid-Ul-Adha Open tournament. The venue is yet to be decided but GASP...

Construction of Pensioners’ Association building started

Nov 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Construction of Pensioners’ Association building started

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Government Pensioners’ Association Berbice Branch would soon have a building to call their own after numerous setbacks. The site for the structure is located east of...

‘Mad Dogs’ and dumpsites

Nov 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Mad Dogs’ and dumpsites

Dear Editor, Why would any sane person want to name a dumpsite, The Mandela Dumpsite? Worse still, why place a dumpsite in such an urban area as South Georgetown. Both actions are downright...

When spinning becomes comical

Nov 23, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When spinning becomes comical

Over and over I made the point that if someone chooses to be a public relations protector for the Government, that person is going to endure impossible situations. Spinning for the Guyana Government...

Tourney open as Mayor’s birthday football continues Wednesday

Nov 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Tourney open as Mayor’s birthday football continues Wednesday

Football buffs continue to be entertained with the quality of matches witnessed as the tournament organized to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mayor Hamilton Green continues at the Tucville...

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Traditional media is still king

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Election campaigns are a battle for attention, persuasion, and votes. In this digital age,... more