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Miracle rescues 10 days after earthquake

Jan 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Miracle rescues 10 days after earthquake

– Woman, 84, man, 22, pulled out alive A 84-year-old Haitian woman was pulled from the rubble 10 days after Haiti’s killer earthquake, but a doctor treating her said she is in bad condition...

Fire guts Good Intent home, two homeless

Jan 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Fire guts Good Intent home, two homeless

– Fire started in parked car under house A couple who was holidaying in the United States returned last evening to the news that their recently built home was destroyed by fire. Reports are...

Diamond dealer robbed at gunpoint by three

Jan 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Diamond dealer robbed at gunpoint by three

Police are currently trying to track down a car which was used during a midmorning robbery on a local diamond dealer. Reports are that the businessman, Regan Pollard, of 195-196 Kaieteur Road, Bel...

Cops appeal for help to locate ‘Jerry’ and ‘Mark’

Jan 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Cops appeal for help to locate ‘Jerry’ and ‘Mark’

The police are seeking help from the public to locate two men in connection with the murder of 22-year-old, Luciana Bhagwandin, the trainee teacher who was slain and dumped at Harlem, West Coast...

Health sector best option for Caricom assistance to Haiti – SG

Jan 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Health sector best option for Caricom assistance to Haiti – SG

The danger posed by injuries and the anticipated outbreak of disease in Haiti and the Community’s capacity to respond informed the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) decision to focus mainly on...

Dem boys seh…Hospital or funeral home?

Jan 23, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Hospital or funeral home?

People don’t like criticism. Some of dem, when they get criticise, does lash back. Dem boys seh that a man was in a bed wid another man in hospital. He was really sick and he fall off de bed and...

US says initial kinks in Haiti aid debacle corrected

Jan 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on US says initial kinks in Haiti aid debacle corrected

“What I can say is that it is an international effort and there may have been problems in the past before systems were established and all of the countries that wanted to provide aid have been...

Woman discharged from hospital one day after shooting

Jan 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Woman discharged from hospital one day after shooting

– angers relatives Relatives of Urlene Morgan, 20, the market vendor who was accidentally shot by an off duty police officer on Thursday, are baffled about the decision by the Georgetown Public...

Grenadian authorities finally release Island Princess

Jan 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Grenadian authorities finally release Island Princess

-three months after abandoned vessel found Grenadian authorities have finally released the ill-fated vessel, the Island Princess, to its Guyanese owner, some three months after its crewmen were...

Elegance Jewellery & Pawnshop reward customers

Jan 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Elegance Jewellery & Pawnshop reward customers

Following a two-month long Christmas promotion, Elegant Jewellery and Pawnshop has rewarded the winners. The offer was available to the customers of the establishment who spent $1,000 and more. They...

US Embassy provides update on role in Haiti

Jan 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on US Embassy provides update on role in Haiti

US embassy official, Carol Horning, yesterday, told local media operatives that the United States of America is committed to staying the course in the recovery efforts in Haiti following the...

CARICOM moving to finalise health response for Haiti

Jan 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on CARICOM moving to finalise health response for Haiti

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday said that it was moving to finalise the concept, logistics and security needs of its health response to the people of Haiti in the wake of the January 12...

Hinds unbeaten 71 spurs Jamaica to 239-6

Jan 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Hinds unbeaten 71 spurs Jamaica to 239-6

As Bess impresses with 4-65 By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Carib Beer, Leisure Inn & Brydens & Fernandes Champions Jamaica, were 239-6 against Guyana yesterday on the opening...

SPORTS FRATERNITY PLUNGED INTO MOURNING

Jan 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on SPORTS FRATERNITY PLUNGED INTO MOURNING

– national junior athlete, Rigby passes on By Edison Jefford The sports fraternity, and more specifically the disciplines of athletics and volleyball, was plunged into mourning Thursday night...

Hockey players take to football today

Jan 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Hockey players take to football today

Members of the hockey fraternity will today be engaged in a football competition at the Fruta Conquerors ground in Tucville. In the scheduled double-header starting from 17:00 hrs, Western Dragons...

Int’l development agencies to establish dialogue with Guyanese

Jan 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l development agencies to establish dialogue with Guyanese

The International Development Agencies (IDA’s) in Guyana have embarked on a new initiative, which entails a closer working relationship with the Guyanese people. The International Development...

BUXTON UNITED BOOSTS BLOOD BANK STOCK

Jan 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on BUXTON UNITED BOOSTS BLOOD BANK STOCK

By Franklin Wilson Current East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) division-one champions Buxton United have maintained their promise of boosting the stocks at the Blood Bank for the second...

Teams intensifying preparations ahead of Tuesday’s showdown

Jan 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Teams intensifying preparations ahead of Tuesday’s showdown

The hype surrounding the clash between Customer Services and Telephone House to celebrate the Guyana Telecommunication & Telegraph Company’s 19th Anniversary intensified yesterday with both...

Taxi driver charged with passport scam

Jan 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver charged with passport scam

A former immigration officer, now taxi driver, Dewayne Hunte, 27, of 56 Patentia Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara, was yesterday granted $60,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson...

Action continues countrywide in Carib Beer Softball Tournament

Jan 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Action continues countrywide in Carib Beer Softball Tournament

Cricket buffs are encouraged to support the various matches in the Carib Beer National Softball Tournament when the action continues tomorrow at venues countrywide. The tournament is organized by...

Police Complaints Authority records 364 official complaints for 2009

Jan 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police Complaints Authority records 364 official complaints for 2009

-100 reports still outstanding The Police Complaints Authority is currently trying to close off investigations into the numerous reports it received in 2009. There are still some 100 reports...

Young first offenders relocated to Lusignan Prison

Jan 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Young first offenders relocated to Lusignan Prison

– courthouse will be set up at same location The Ministry of Home Affairs had transferred young first offenders to the Lusignan Prison in an effort to separate them from hard core inmates. A...

Peter Lewis/ACS U-23 finalists to be decided tomorrow

Jan 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Peter Lewis/ACS U-23 finalists to be decided tomorrow

RHT Gizmos & Gadgets face Bermine; Albion take on Young Warriors Two exciting and close matches are expected when the semi-finals of the Peter Lewis/Associated Construction Services Under-23...

Post Office trains and rehires 80

Jan 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Post Office trains and rehires 80

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) yesterday said it has trained and rehired 80 persons as part of its reform and regularisation plan. The Corporation sees this as a huge success with just a...

GABA VP delivers on promise, renovation works start at Harpy Eagles Gym

Jan 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GABA VP delivers on promise, renovation works start at Harpy Eagles Gym

Vice President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), Maurice Rajkumar has demonstrated that he is a man of both words and action when he delivered on an earlier promise made to the coach...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more