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Brazilian miner killed in Mabura road accident

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian miner killed in Mabura road accident

An accident on Friday night left one man dead and five others injured. The vehicle in which they were travelling turned turtle, after the driver lost control while negotiating a bend on the Mabura...

Miners vow to still shut down Bartica tomorrow

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Miners vow to still shut down Bartica tomorrow

Despite govt. visit… – opposition parties not welcomed By Leonard Gildarie Barticians have vowed to continue their plans to shut that community down tomorrow, over a number of mining...

Corentyne watchman shot dead on farm

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne watchman shot dead on farm

ALBION, CORENTYNE – Just after 22:00 hours on Friday, ranks in Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force received a tip off of a shooting incident at a livestock farm at Number Four Dam,...

Dem Boys seh… Robert should learn from Panday

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dem Boys seh… Robert should learn from Panday

Some people does do funny things and put other people in trouble. Last week somebody decide to pay fuh a whole page advertisement claiming how some PNC people want dump Corbin. De same people claim...

A tough, but accommodating legal luminary

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on A tough, but accommodating legal luminary

Cecil Claude Kennard, O.R., is a ‘Special Person’ “I always feel that one should give back to society and not keep all their knowledge to themselves.” By Rawle Welch Despite handing...

Family offers $1M reward for lead on unsolved murders

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Family offers $1M reward for lead on unsolved murders

Relatives have put up a $1M reward for information that would lead to the solving of the murders of 18-year-old Trevor Julius Fung, slain in 2004, and his 78-year-old grandmother Rajkumarie Mahadeo,...

Guyana Red Cross nets $7.2M for Haiti

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Red Cross nets $7.2M for Haiti

The Guyana Red Cross has raised an estimated $7.2 million to help Haitians following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake of January 12. The Red Cross says that the needs in Haiti are proving to be immense,...

A welcoming salute

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on A welcoming salute

President Bharrat Jagdeo is heading the Guyana delegation to the youth forum in Suriname and to the meeting of Caricom Heads’ first assembly in the wake of the earthquake that struck Haiti. Here he...

Bandits attack Kingston businessman in broad daylight

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits attack Kingston businessman in broad daylight

Armed bandits attacked a popular city businessman yesterday afternoon at his Duke Street, Kingston home. According to reports, the owner of Muneshwer’s Limited was held up at gunpoint by two...

Optometrist joins AFC

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Optometrist joins AFC

Prominent optometrist, Dr. Johan Alistair Da Silva, of Modern Optical Service of Middle Street Georgetown, has officially joined the Alliance For Change. “It is about time that I take this step...

Denise Grant—an attorney at the top

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Denise Grant—an attorney at the top

By Marcia Reid Wordard Daughter of Guyana’s former ambassador to the United States, the late Dr Cedric Grant, Denise M. Grant, is right at home — and work — in world affairs....

Murder weapon recovered from outhouse

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Murder weapon recovered from outhouse

… Little Abary murder Police have recovered three cutlasses from an outhouse, including the suspected murder weapon that was used in the brutal murder of 33-year-old Maxwell Watson at Little...

Separate man from guns – says Caricom Sec. General

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Separate man from guns – says Caricom Sec. General

CARICOM Secretary General, Edwin Carrington, has pointed to the need for Caribbean countries to frame legislations that facilitate hassle free movement within the Community for its youths....

On behalf of the Ministry of Health World Leprosy Day Message by Dr. Leslie Ramsammy

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on On behalf of the Ministry of Health World Leprosy Day Message by Dr. Leslie Ramsammy

Fellow citizens, today we observe the 57th World Leprosy Day. On this occasion, I would like to extend greetings to all those affected by leprosy and express profound thanks to all those individuals...

Leprosy still attracts stigma and discrimination – Dr Holly Alexander

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Leprosy still attracts stigma and discrimination – Dr Holly Alexander

By Sharmain Cornette Under the theme ‘Fighting a Just Cause’ World Leprosy Day is being observed internationally today with a view of reducing stigma and discrimination directed to persons that...

‘The Dream’ is real – Akeem Kanhai is a talented young player

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘The Dream’ is real – Akeem Kanhai is a talented young player

By Edison Jefford He perfected the Fosbury Flob at the National Schools’ Championships at the Providence National Stadium in 2007, which consequentially got him a gold medal, then he switched...

13-year-old math prodigy excels at computer science

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 13-year-old math prodigy excels at computer science

…teaches grown ups As a 13-year-old, Lithonia resident, Stephen Stafford II, can usually be found sitting in front of the television playing video games or playing his drum set. But Stafford is no...

Fight over toilet paper erupts at GPHC

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fight over toilet paper erupts at GPHC

On January 9, last, a staffer from the Public Safety Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital was assaulted by another. To date, while the matter has been reported to management nothing has come...

First round action in Stag Beer / EBFA draws to a close

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on First round action in Stag Beer / EBFA draws to a close

Double header on today at Grove ground As first round action in the Stag Beer sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) division-one league draws to a close, the battle for a place in the...

Women’s National Hockey squad prepares for CAC Games

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Women’s National Hockey squad prepares for CAC Games

– Two T&T trips earmarked as part of preparations The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has short-listed its top female players to commence training for the upcoming Central American &...

GWI Sewerage Pump offers value for money – Sanitation Manager

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GWI Sewerage Pump offers value for money – Sanitation Manager

With an overall investment of more than $170Million to greatly enhance the Georgetown Sewerage system, the GWI sanitation Manager, Rensfore Joseph, is assuring residents of Charlestown and adjoining...

Court of Appeal allows Magistrate’s appeal against GBTI

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Court of Appeal allows Magistrate’s appeal against GBTI

The Court of Appeal, by a majority decision, allowed an appeal by Desiree Alleyne, a Magistrate sitting in the Jamaican Magistracy, against a decision of former High Court Judge, Justice B.S. Roy,...

Guyana played with pride and dignity at its last Central American Championship in 1975

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana played with pride and dignity at its last Central American Championship in 1975

Dear Editor, The last time a male National Basketball team participated at the Central American tournament was 1975 in the Dominican Republic. The national team led by Mike Brusche competed against...

The Mighty Rebel is back

Jan 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on The Mighty Rebel is back

‘All ah we know the man’ (By Mondale Smith) Geoffrey Phillips, aka ‘the Mighty Rebel’ had stayed out of the National Calypso competition last year for what he dubbed “my own reasons” but...

Elcock stables the Best for 2009

Jan 31, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Elcock stables the Best for 2009

The Message is champion horse It was a double win for horseracing magnate Mr. Colin Elcock of the Delmur Trading Company stable of Don Robin Farm No19 East Coast Berbice. The entity was adjudged the...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more