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Jagdeo’s trips in past 2½ years nearing $1B – AFC

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s trips in past 2½ years nearing $1B – AFC

…opposition to raise issue in Parliament Mere hours after President Bharrat Jagdeo set out for Russia, Alliance For Change leader Raphael Trotman is questioning the cost/benefit ratio for the Head...

KNews pressman dies in accident

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on KNews pressman dies in accident

The Kaieteur News fraternity was in mourning last night after their senior pressman Ashim Rafeek died at around 20:00 hrs in a collision with a car at Crane, on the West Coast Demerara public road....

Residents fearful as jaguar attacks Moco Moco sheep

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Residents fearful as jaguar attacks Moco Moco sheep

Residents of Moco-Moco, Region Nine, are living in fear of a large cat believed to be a jaguar which is wreaking havoc with their livestock. The residents believe that the cat will soon attack humans...

Uncle, two nephews charged

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Uncle, two nephews charged

Little Abary murder… Three men were yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Omeanna Hamilton when they appeared before her at the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court to answer a charge for the...

Another human skeleton found

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Another human skeleton found

Guyana’s DNA shortcomings will certainly be amplified with the discovery of yet another human skeleton, this time on the West Bank of Demerara. The skeletal remains of a male were found in an...

UK quartet jailed for ‘coke’ from Guyana

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on UK quartet jailed for ‘coke’ from Guyana

– drug hidden in ‘Chinese Sauce’ tins Surrey, England – An Esher businessman has been jailed for his part in a drug smuggling operation that involved importing cocaine from...

Monday is Budget Day

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Monday is Budget Day

The 2010 National Budget will be presented to the National Assembly on Monday, February 8 under the theme: “Consolidate, transform, sustain”. This announcement was made yesterday by Minister of...

Dem boys seh…De man in de bush run Robert

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De man in de bush run Robert

De government quiet. Is a long time since a group of people outside of Georgetown decide to challenge dem. And is bush people but as dem boys seh, people who live in de bush stupid. Well Robert and...

Nurse migration study unveiled

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Nurse migration study unveiled

– Reveals money is not the only pull factor By Sharmain Cornette Money is not necessarily the primary factor that has been forcing the migration of nurses to developed countries. This assertion...

The cops have left and thieves have returned

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on The cops have left and thieves have returned

Over the years, around the Christmas season, makeshift Police Outposts manned by armed officers have been strategically placed around Georgetown as the lawmen attempt to curtail the volume of...

LCDS consultations were not genuine – AFC

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on LCDS consultations were not genuine – AFC

– party urges Govt. to return to table for miners’ talks By Leonard Gildarie One day after thousands of Barticians took to the streets over new mining proposals, the Alliance For Change (AFC)...

DDL sends $8M worth of bottled water to Haiti

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on DDL sends $8M worth of bottled water to Haiti

– More than 4,000 families to benefit Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), one of Guyana’s leading beverage companies, has joined the efforts to insure that the people in Haiti get clean...

Toolsie, DTL complain of uncontrolled mining

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Toolsie, DTL complain of uncontrolled mining

As miners protest over government’s attempt to streamline the mining and forestry industries, there are indications that the administration’s proposal for a six-month notification, before any...

UNFCCC receives list of government climate pledges

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on UNFCCC receives list of government climate pledges

Following the conclusion of the climate change talks in Copenhagen, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has received submissions of national pledges to cut and limit...

PAC mandates Finance Ministry to submit list of outstanding advances

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PAC mandates Finance Ministry to submit list of outstanding advances

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday last mandated the Ministry of Finance to present to it by February 15, a breakdown of how many officials, and belonging to which ministry, still have to...

Grenadian officials still to release Island Princess

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Grenadian officials still to release Island Princess

The owner of the ill-fated Island Princess will have to wait just a little longer before his vessel is returned to him. Errol Prince said that he learnt the disappointing news yesterday from his...

MMC guard still in custody for fatal shooting of alleged thief

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on MMC guard still in custody for fatal shooting of alleged thief

An MMC security guard remained in custody yesterday as police continued investigations into Sunday’s fatal shooting of alleged battery thief Kwesi D’Andrade. D’Andrade, of “C’ Field,...

Thieves cart off Money Gram safe with $3.3M

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves cart off Money Gram safe with $3.3M

Thieves broke into the Money Gram office at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, and reportedly stole a safe containing $3.3M. The discovery was made at around 08:45 hours yesterday and the...

Is this homelessness or slackness?

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Is this homelessness or slackness?

This man was spotted sleeping with this child on the pavement at the corner of Oronoque and Robb Streets around midday yesterday. He claimed that he is a security guard at nights and has nowhere to...

Police vehicle crashes into minibus at Uitvlugt

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police vehicle crashes into minibus at Uitvlugt

– five injured Five persons were yesterday rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital following an accident on the Uitvlugt Public Road, West Coast Demerara. Reports are that a police pick up...

Nurse Practitioners’ Bill likely by 2011

Feb 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Nurse Practitioners’ Bill likely by 2011

– Health Minister By Sharmain Cornette A new Nurse Practitioners’ Bill is likely to be in place by next year which is intended to ensure that continued nursing education becomes compulsory rather...

President of GFF optimistic of chances

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on President of GFF optimistic of chances

President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Colin Klass is optimistic that Guyanese women footballers would do well in the upcoming qualifiers for the Women’s World Cup football tournament,...

Bladen Hall captures School Windball Cricket Competition

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bladen Hall captures School Windball Cricket Competition

2010 season opens later this month Bladen Hall Multilateral defeated Central High by 16 runs to capture the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport 18th Annual Christmas Term Female Windball...

Another torrid time on the road

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Another torrid time on the road

Guyana cricketers continue to struggle overseas By Sean Devers in Barbados The struggles of the Guyana team on their overseas assignments over the past few years continued this year leaving them out...

Rookie Ironmen gearing up for GAPF Novices on February 18

Feb 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rookie Ironmen gearing up for GAPF Novices on February 18

Colin ‘Mr. Clean’ Chesney to attempt squatting 800lbs The 2010 Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) Novice Championships which is set for February 18 at a venue to be announced is...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

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