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Haiti estimates 140,000 dead, violence breaks out

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Haiti estimates 140,000 dead, violence breaks out

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian authorities said yesterday they believe 140,000 people died in the earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation and that three-quarters of the capital,...

Guyana’s response to Haiti passes $1B mark

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s response to Haiti passes $1B mark

(By Mondale Smith) The world is shaken. It has moved into reaching out to Haiti during it current disaster that has left between 45,000 to 50,000 dead and Guyana is not excluded. In addition to...

Alleged fuel smuggler sues Berbice Magistrate for $10M

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged fuel smuggler sues Berbice Magistrate for $10M

– says he was asked for bribe, falsely detained A Berbice man has sued Magistrate Chandra Sohan for $10M and is also accusing him of soliciting bribes to dismiss a criminal case. The matter was...

Waterloo Street fire arsonist jailed

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Waterloo Street fire arsonist jailed

The woman responsible for the fire on Waterloo Street on Tuesday night was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison after she pleaded guilty before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to...

Dem boys seh…Many a tear has to fall

Jan 16, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Many a tear has to fall

Haiti full of contradictions. Imagine free people living in dem house get trap and some of dem dead. People who been in jail manage to get out and is back to a life of crime again. De house fall down...

Elderly man’s body fished out of Sussex Street canal

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly man’s body fished out of Sussex Street canal

– relatives suspect hit and run accident Early yesterday morning, the body of a man was pulled from the Sussex Street canal with what appeared to be bruises as he was clinging to his bicycle....

Husband, wife allege beating at hand of Regional Vice Chairman

Jan 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Husband, wife allege beating at hand of Regional Vice Chairman

Amit Poonwah, 20, of Bath, Mahaicony and his reputed wife, Tanisha Mangal, are alleging that they experienced a sound thrashing at the hands of the Region Five Vice Chairman, his wife and daughter....

Muslim lecturer spreads the word in Guyana

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Muslim lecturer spreads the word in Guyana

Trinidad Muslim missionary, Mustapha Kemal Hydal, as a part of his organisation’s attempts to spread peace worldwide, is conducting Islamic lectures in various areas in Guyana. Moulvana Hydal, who...

Linden students urged to spread the message of water conservation

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Linden students urged to spread the message of water conservation

Students of the Wisburg Secondary School in Linden have been urged to help spread the message of water conservation. Guyana Water Incorporated, GWI, the nation’s supplier of water and sanitation...

Rohee is heading Guyana, Robert Persaud is his deputy

Jan 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Rohee is heading Guyana, Robert Persaud is his deputy

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, was sworn in yesterday to perform the duties of President of the Republic of Guyana while Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud is performing the duties of...

Guyanese Amerindian wins Caribbean ‘Nobel’

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese Amerindian wins Caribbean ‘Nobel’

Sydney Allicock, a visionary Amerindian leader, is among three of the Caribbean’s most talented and distinguished people selected to receive the Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence...

Young Guyanese entrepreneur catering for nutritional needs of athletes

Jan 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Young Guyanese entrepreneur catering for nutritional needs of athletes

Professional Bodybuilder Hugh Ross backs initiative By Franklin Wilson A young and courageous Guyanese Businessman has taken on the challenge of providing for the holistic needs of bodybuilders,...

Minister of Tourism commissions facilities at No. 63 Beach

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Minister of Tourism commissions facilities at No. 63 Beach

Manniram Prashad, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce has commissioned new and refurbished facilities at No. 63 Beach, Corentyne. Prashad said that these facilities will add to the visitor’s...

SIMMONS TON SPURS T&T TO 306-7 AGAINST GUYANA IN ANTIGUA

Jan 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on SIMMONS TON SPURS T&T TO 306-7 AGAINST GUYANA IN ANTIGUA

On 1st day of historic Day/Night regional cricket match By Sean Devers in Antigua In association with Leisure Inn, Carib Beer, Tower Hotel & Raphael’s Reality West Indies player Lendl...

Race on for the top spot

Jan 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Race on for the top spot

World rated Squash player Nicolette Fernandes, distance athlete Alika Morgan, boxer Shondell Alfred, cricketer Shamaine Campbell and golfer Christine Sukhram should dominate the voting among the...

Shot Plaisance Resident died at GPHC

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Shot Plaisance Resident died at GPHC

Rafael Jordan, 21, of Prince William Street, Plaisance, was pronounced dead yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). According to reports, Jordan allegedly robbed a 17-year...

Amir and Sheik Khan turn in credible performances as tourney continues

Jan 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Amir and Sheik Khan turn in credible performances as tourney continues

Amir Khan and Sheik Khan both registered centuries in a productive partnership to lead Shattaville to a decisive victory over Surprise Warriors when play in the Carib beer National Softball Cricket...

Husband remanded for wife’s murder

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Husband remanded for wife’s murder

-Wife died by drowning Twenty-eight-year-old Ramesh Moniram, called ‘Bobby’, was yesterday remanded for murdering his 25 year-old wife Sunita August. Moniram, the accused, made his appearance at...

RUSAL working with experienced advice – Corbin

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on RUSAL working with experienced advice – Corbin

RUSAL is working on expert advice on how to break the law, said Leader of People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, when he addressed media operatives at the party’s weekly press briefing...

Fudadin hits half century as Tiger’s XI beat All Star XI by 11 runs

Jan 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Fudadin hits half century as Tiger’s XI beat All Star XI by 11 runs

Guyana vice-captain Assad Fudadin hit a fine half century as Tiger’s XI defeated All Star XI of Wakenaam by 11 runs in a feature twenty/20 cricket match played on Sunday last at the Wakenaam...

R.K Security guards turn out at lawyers’ office

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on R.K Security guards turn out at lawyers’ office

Yesterday at the office of Bernard De Santos, many security guards who previously worked with R.K Security, along with Richard Kanhai, were present to hear what their representing counsel had to say,...

Floodlights X1 advance as Masters’ Cup, female softball cricket commences

Jan 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights X1 advance as Masters’ Cup, female softball cricket commences

An unbeaten ton by Derek Ramotar of Floodlights XI helped his team to a 43 runs victory over Enterprise CC when play in the Georgetown zone of the Masters Cup and Females Softball Cricket got...

LBI accident file with DPP

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on LBI accident file with DPP

A file concerning the accident in which 18-year-old Lakram Delima was injured, has been prepared and would be presented to the Director of Public Prosecutions once the officer in charge of the...

Several action packed encounters envisaged in Carib Beer Softball Cricket

Jan 16, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Several action packed encounters envisaged in Carib Beer Softball Cricket

Cricket buffs can expect several exciting matches when the National Softball Cricket Tournament continues today and tomorrow at venues countrywide. The tournament is sponsored by Ansa McAl under the...

I will probe contentious housing allocations

Jan 16, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on I will probe contentious housing allocations

Auditor General (ag), Deodat Sharma, yesterday confirmed that the brouhaha surrounding the most recent allocations to the Housing Ministry have caught his interest and he will be undertaking a probe...