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Doctor admits to mistakes during Medical Council meeting

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor admits to mistakes during Medical Council meeting

Tortured teen investigation… By Michael Jordan Police Physician, Dr. Mahendra Chand, admitted to several professional lapses during his examination of the teenage boy who was tortured by...

Supermarket owner beaten and robbed

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Supermarket owner beaten and robbed

– getaway car found at Enmore Armed bandits struck at Mahaica last night but thanks to quick action by the police, they did not get too far. Their car was nabbed at a home in Enmore with its...

Battery thief shot dead

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Battery thief shot dead

An unidentified man of mixed ethnicity was shot and killed by ranks of the MMC Security Service around 03:30 hours yesterday at Eping Avenue, Bel Air Park. The man was shot when he attempted to...

Bajan busted with 10 kilos at Timehri

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bajan busted with 10 kilos at Timehri

An undercover operation that was intelligence-driven has led to the arrest of a Barbadian man with 10 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri at around 14:00 hrs...

Local beauty wins 2010 Junior Calypso Monarch

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Local beauty wins 2010 Junior Calypso Monarch

From a line up of 13 contestants, 18-year-old Kuru Kururu resident, Tennisia DeFreitas, of the Kross Kolor Records Studios copped the Junior Calypso monarchy on Saturday at the National Cultural...

Shot former Prison Officer still awaits compensation

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Shot former Prison Officer still awaits compensation

The date was September 26, 2002. Lloyd Bruce, a former Prison Officer, happened to be visiting the Guyana Prison Service Sports Club located across the road from the Camp Street jail. At the time he...

Cove and John Ashram launches Zara Learning Centre

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cove and John Ashram launches Zara Learning Centre

The Cove and John Ashram on the East Coast Demerara officially launched its 7,000 square-foot Zara Learning Centre last Saturday which includes a state of the art Public Library, a computer Graphic...

Public health facilities continue to struggle with patient/staff relation

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Public health facilities continue to struggle with patient/staff relation

The Public Health Sector continues to struggle with the issue of patient/health care provider relations, a situation which according to Health Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, is not unique to Guyana....

Gun toting bandits rob man of over $100.000

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gun toting bandits rob man of over $100.000

The Police at the East La Penitence Police Station have launched an investigation into a daring robbery less than two hundred meters from their office that left the victim with losses totaling over...

Austin grabs career-best 7-42 for CCC as Guyana crash to defeat

Feb 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Austin grabs career-best 7-42 for CCC as Guyana crash to defeat

By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Carib Beer, Leisure Inn & Car Rental & Caribbean Airlines A career best 7-42 from Trinidad-born Barbadian Test off-spinner Ryan Austin and...

GFF President urges players to inculcate sound planning ethics towards success

Feb 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF President urges players to inculcate sound planning ethics towards success

Amidst a pleasant atmosphere of cordiality and mutual respect, local footballers and other affiliates of the fraternity were honoured for their sterling contributions to the sport over the past year...

Adonis pleased with progress of national team

Feb 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adonis pleased with progress of national team

National Coach Laurie Adonis in an invited comment with Kaieteur Sport following a practice session with the national rugby squad disclosed that the players are right where he would like them to be...

Former National Junior Champ Taffin Khan upstages competitive field

Feb 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former National Junior Champ Taffin Khan upstages competitive field

Former National Junior Chess Champion, Taffin Khan turned in a classical display of chess to upstage a competitive field that included Senior National Champion, Wendell Meusa and President of the...

New Line Cavaliers continue unbeaten streak

Feb 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Line Cavaliers continue unbeaten streak

New Line Cavaliers (NLC) continued their unbeaten streak in the Demerara zone of the National 3-day first division cricket competition by hammering Police by 8 wickets in their latest match Saturday...

Forgotten Youth Foundation Boxing Gym prevails in inaugural Pro/Am boxing card

Feb 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forgotten Youth Foundation Boxing Gym prevails in inaugural Pro/Am boxing card

Boxers from the Forgotten Youth Foundation Boxing Gym (FYF) carted off the honours when the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), in collaboration with the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC)...

Maternal deaths reduced by more than half – Health Minister

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Maternal deaths reduced by more than half – Health Minister

As at the end of 2009, the rate of maternal deaths in Guyana has been reduced to 9.8 per 10,000 deliveries. This development has been regarded by Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, as an excellent...

Ejaz picks three for Windies stardom

Feb 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ejaz picks three for Windies stardom

– Guyanese Griffith among them Coach of the Pakistan cricket team and former Test cricketer Ejaz Ahmed has picked three players from the current West Indies Under-19 team in New Zealand, to...

Pensioners’ Association building hit by thieves

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioners’ Association building hit by thieves

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Chairman of the Government Pensioners’ Association Berbice Branch, Clement Johnson, has condemned the recent theft at the pensioners’ building. He said a series of...

Please give Seon Springer a fighting chance

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Please give Seon Springer a fighting chance

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – On Friday, the New Jersey Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission was added to the list of donors to afford 24-year old heart patient Seon Springer a fighting chance. The group...

Police to seek DPP advice

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police to seek DPP advice

ALBION, CORENTYNE – Police are to seek advice from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on the way forward in the shooting death on Friday of chicken farm watchman Dhanpaul. The two...

Vanilla looks set to retain her crown

Feb 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Vanilla looks set to retain her crown

Lindeners were treated to pure unadulterated ‘Stress Relief’ at the 7th annual Carib Soca Monarch Semi- Finals Competition, which was held on Saturday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground....

What’s the fuss about Iran?

Feb 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s the fuss about Iran?

Dear Editor, A number of people have been criticising President Jagdeo’s trip to Iran. Frankly, I am not sure what the fuss is all about. I am especially bothered by the fact that some of those who...

Do not rule out anything

Feb 01, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Do not rule out anything

It was in the making all along. The signs were there that a future deal was in the making between the PPP and the PNCR. What was surprising was the suddenness with which things have happened, so much...

GHK Lall should be bold and take the high ground

Feb 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on GHK Lall should be bold and take the high ground

Dear Editor, I take the liberty of offering a note of advice to one of SN’s frequent contributors to the letter pages who signs his/her name as GHK Lall. In the use of language, the directness of...

Exit poll vindicates NACTA in T&T

Feb 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exit poll vindicates NACTA in T&T

Dear Editor, I am responding to a few letters on the NACTA polls on the UNC elections. Sabrina Jagmohan is right that there were discrepancies (Kaieteur News, January 31) in the pre-election and exit...

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$1.5M up for grabs at K&S National Futsal Championship

A broad-based movement for the people’s voice on oil

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The call for a referendum on Guyana’s oil contract is a step in the right direction,... more