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Prisoners threaten Magistrate, court halted

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners threaten Magistrate, court halted

Pandemonium broke out in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court one, when suspects including those charged with the Bartica Massacre violently protested the conditions under which they are being held....

Confusion surrounds cause of Mahaica smash-up

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Confusion surrounds cause of Mahaica smash-up

One-year-old Jonathan Bourne, a survivor of the Mahaica smash up, still remains in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital. A CT scan shows that the toddler sustained massive head...

City Council to renege on decision reached with GPL

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on City Council to renege on decision reached with GPL

Following a meeting between the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) and the Georgetown City Council at the weekend, a mutual decision was made between the two entities to exchange cheques with a view...

JAGUAR KILLS MINER

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on JAGUAR KILLS MINER

A Jaguar struck with deadly effect, killing a 43-year-old miner of Aishalton early yesterday morning. Kurt Rodrigues died on his way to the Aishalton Hospital after he was mauled by the dangerous...

High speed suspects charged and remanded to prison

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on High speed suspects charged and remanded to prison

The three suspects who were involved in a high speed chase on Friday were yesterday placed before the courts. The men, Marvin Williams, Dexter Conway and Rawlin Kennedy, all pleaded not guilty to the...

Dem boys seh… Henry find oil at Convention Centre

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Henry find oil at Convention Centre

People who don’t smoke and who always complaining bout people smoking now smoking. Dem even smoking more than people who does smoke four pack cigarettes a day. Dem boys seh that dem see so much...

Rose Hall sugar workers strike again

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall sugar workers strike again

…after GuySuCo withdraws day pay Yet another strike has crippled the sugar industry, as almost 3,000 workers from the Rose Hall estate withdrew their labour. The workers resorted to strike...

Bauxite strike continues at Aroaima

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bauxite strike continues at Aroaima

The Guyana bauxite mining operations of Russian aluminium giant, ‘Rusal’, have come to a halt after workers downed tools to protest a new wages agreement. Workers at the Aroaima Bauxite Site,...

Citizens need to help promote road safety – Traffic Chief

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens need to help promote road safety – Traffic Chief

Saturday’s accident has taken the road fatality figure to a total of 104 compared to 101 for the same period last year. Traffic Chief Neil Semple said that this latest accident has created a...

Govt. failed farmers in MMA-ADA

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. failed farmers in MMA-ADA

…repossession of land will be resisted-PNCR The government’s recent penchant for seizing land appears to have shifted to Berbice, according to People’s National Congress Reform...

Police take Gymkhana to Essequibo

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police take Gymkhana to Essequibo

Essequibians, both young and old were in for a treat on Sunday when the Guyana Police Force returned with another of their Gymkhanas. The event took place at the Anna Regina community centre...

Stalls demolished, hire cars displaced

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Stalls demolished, hire cars displaced

– as road works start at Diamond intersection Several stalls located at the New Diamond Housing Scheme’s junction have been dismantled as construction to widen the East Bank Demerara...

Disability Bill closer to fruition

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Disability Bill closer to fruition

The much anticipated Persons with Disability Bill was read in Parliament last week, lending to the assumption that it’s passage and subsequent implementation may soon become a reality. Health...

Public Servants pay hike still to be finalised

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Public Servants pay hike still to be finalised

Despite President Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent assurance to public servants that their salaries will be increased, the details are yet to be finalised. According to a source close to the Finance...

Man fined, sentenced and remanded for shooting friend

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man fined, sentenced and remanded for shooting friend

A man who shot his friend in his head was fined $75,000 and jailed for three years each on the possession of firearm and possession of ammunition. He was also remanded for shooting his friend in the...

NCERD Library – a wealth of educational information

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on NCERD Library – a wealth of educational information

It has been in existence for almost two decades but to some it remains non-existent. However, those who have sought with diligence to utilise its service can testify to the fact that the National...

Inner Wheel Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Nov 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Inner Wheel Celebrates 25th Anniversary

The Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown would be celebrating it’s 25th anniversary of it’s chapter today. The club, which is affiliated to the International Inner Wheel, has its genesis as far back as...

Ground breaking ceremony launches 9th European Development Fund

Nov 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ground breaking ceremony launches 9th European Development Fund

…reconstruction, rehabilitation and maintenance of sea defences continues Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, and European Union Ambassador, Geert Heikens, yesterday ‘broke ground’ at the...

Local laboratories working toward ISO accreditation

Nov 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Local laboratories working toward ISO accreditation

Laboratories across Guyana are a step closer to delivering foolproof results, thanks to the efforts of a local entity and a regional organisation. The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) in...

Johnson, Jacobs excluded from Guyana 21-man training squad

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson, Jacobs excluded from Guyana 21-man training squad

Shortened 1st Class season planned for next year By Sean Devers The national senior selection panel headed by Chairman Claude Raphael yesterday named a 21-man training squad as Guyana’s...

Mon Repos win Boys title

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mon Repos win Boys title

Mon Repos registered a convincing 31 runs victory over Leonora to cart off the Seerja Construction Company Inter-Primary Schools Windball Cricket title which ended yesterday, at the Carifesta Sports...

RHTY&SC junior teams honour 8 outstanding Corentyne head teachers

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC junior teams honour 8 outstanding Corentyne head teachers

Eight outstanding head teachers from schools on the Corentyne Coast were recognized for their outstanding contributions on Thursday last by the Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell...

Several First Class pacers failed to win a senior cap for Guyana

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Several First Class pacers failed to win a senior cap for Guyana

Guyana’s Inter County Final was once classified as first class matches the status started in 1972 and was relinquished in 1990, but before Guyana’s Premiere County Championship list its first...

Rusal rides with Kashif & Shanghai for 4th year

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Rusal rides with Kashif & Shanghai for 4th year

Bauxite Company Rusal has for the 4th successive year supported the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation ensuring the year end football extravaganza succeeds. Finance Director Ramdeo Kumar in handing...

Designers House awarded Food & Drinks Concessionary Rights for K&S

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Designers House awarded Food & Drinks Concessionary Rights for K&S

The Kashif and Shanghai Organisation in an effort to continue raising the bar, has awarded a one year contract to Designers House, who will be in charge of the Food, Drinks, Arts and Craft...

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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