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Mahdia miners describe six months notice as a death deal

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia miners describe six months notice as a death deal

…want new regulations scrapped By Neil Marks When the elderly Pastor Skeete got up on the stage to sing his primary school song “Gold, gold, gold, Just give me Potaro Gold,” everyone joined in...

Fire destroys Wismar home, family reduced to paupers

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Wismar home, family reduced to paupers

All the worldly possessions of a Block 22 Wismar family went up in flames, yesterday afternoon, after a fire of unknown origin completely obliterated their home, leaving in its wake blackened and...

First former stabbed at Lodge Community High

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on First former stabbed at Lodge Community High

The mother of a first form student of the Lodge Community High School is moving to transfer her son from the institution, citing escalating violence as her main reason. Delores Grant’s son is the...

Striking GTI lecturers, Education Minister strike temporary deal

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Striking GTI lecturers, Education Minister strike temporary deal

…will return to work on Monday The part time staffers at the Government Technical Institute (GTI) will return to work on Monday based on assurances by the Education Minister, Shaik Baksh, that...

Dem boys seh…Overseas voting got to be a joke

Feb 11, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Overseas voting got to be a joke

Ralph want overseas voting come back and Freddie interpret that to mean that de PPP frighten. But is a strange thing. One time de same people didn’t want overseas voting and dem get Uncle Dessy to...

Guyanese nabbed in Trinidad, to repay $2 million in US

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese nabbed in Trinidad, to repay $2 million in US

(AP) -Federal court jurors in Fargo say a man accused of bilking investors from North Dakota and elsewhere should pay back $2 million. Jurors on Tuesday convicted Neville Solomon of Georgetown,...

Tractor crushes man’s skull

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Tractor crushes man’s skull

Sheldon Munroe, a woodcutter lost his life tragically Wednesday evening, after the left wheel of the unlicensed tractor on which he was traveling crushed his skull. He and a cousin, Telroy, were...

GRA uses video cameras to examine commercial goods

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GRA uses video cameras to examine commercial goods

– Businesses resist new measures The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says that it has implemented new measures, effective last Monday, which include examination of commercial goods using live...

Hindus to observe Shiva Raatri

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Hindus to observe Shiva Raatri

Hindus throughout Guyana will today observe Maha Shiva Raatri, one of the most sacred days in the Hindu calendar. Maha Shiva Raatri is the great day consecrated for the worship of the god Shiva and...

DPP’s advice being sought for gun-toting schoolboy

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on DPP’s advice being sought for gun-toting schoolboy

The Guyana Police Force is seeking the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions to determine how to proceed with charges against a teenaged schoolboy who was found in possession of an illegal...

ChildLink sets out to be the voice of children

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ChildLink sets out to be the voice of children

Every Child Guyana, which is an independent entity, launched a new organisation called ChildLink at the National Library, yesterday. The organisation gears for a Guyanese society where every child...

Seizure victim dies in canal

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Seizure victim dies in canal

The lifeless body of a seizure victim, who went on another of many of his fishing expeditions, was discovered floating on Monday in the Johanna Cecilia Tap area. His Uncle Pooran Hieralall spotted...

Hand in Hand 1st on board with GAPLF

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Hand in Hand 1st on board with GAPLF

With just over one month to go before Guyana welcomes the rest of the Caribbean to the 4th Annual Caribbean Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships set for the Princess Hotel, Providence, East...

Runako Morton never graced the ICC U-19 World Cup stage

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Runako Morton never graced the ICC U-19 World Cup stage

Dear Editor, Please allow me to correct a Tony Cozier captioned headline “Gifted adolescents.” The honourable and most reliable cricket correspondent in the Caribbean mentioned that 10 of the 15...

Mr. Devers’ slip is showing

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Mr. Devers’ slip is showing

Dear Editor, Your columnist wrote a very lengthy article on the state of Guyana’s Cricket. He has identified some of the problems but in his effort to support the Malteenoes agenda he has...

Barricade hazardous to emergency cases at Mercy Hospital

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Barricade hazardous to emergency cases at Mercy Hospital

The sewerage construction taking place in Parade and Barrack Streets, Kingston has caused a road closure in the vicinity of St Joseph Mercy Hospital. The authorities have placed barricades at the...

Man freed of narcotics charge

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man freed of narcotics charge

-police witness contradicts colleagues’ evidence Magistrate Fazil Azeez freed Kishore Rambarran on a narcotics charge imposed on him following a Police boat chase in the Demerara River one night...

Guyana cricketers’ performance is no surprise

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana cricketers’ performance is no surprise

Dear Editor, The dismal performance of Guyana’s National Cricket Team in the current Regional Competition should come as no surprise. Coach Seeram talks of “gifted players”, we may have eleven...

National Accounts rebased to 2006 prices

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on National Accounts rebased to 2006 prices

The Bureau of Statistics has released revised Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates, which rebases the National Accounts to 2006 prices. This was announced by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh during...

Govt. seizes control of mismanaged Berbice society

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. seizes control of mismanaged Berbice society

Government has signaled a harsher stance on the operations of co-operatives and following visits last week to Essequibo, has warned the bodies to ensure compliance and submit annual returns early. A...

Insularity has no place in Berbice cricket

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Insularity has no place in Berbice cricket

Dear Editor, The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) would like to express its total disgust at a section of an article written by Sean Devers headlined, “Change of Guard needed in Guyana’s Cricket”....

Wakenaam boosts Haiti fund

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wakenaam boosts Haiti fund

The Guyana/Haiti relief efforts stand at $264M in cash at the banks and more than $59.5M in kind. Yesterday, the Committee received donations from Zakir Khan, Chairman of the Wakenaam Neighbourhood...

Dhaniram (0), Massiah (0), Cush (2) all fail as Ireland crush USA by 78 runs

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Dhaniram (0), Massiah (0), Cush (2) all fail as Ireland crush USA by 78 runs

After the jubilation of their unexpected win over Scotland, USA came crashing back down today as Niall O’Brien’s 84 lifted Ireland to a 202-4 and a 78-run win. Aditya Thyagarajan’s unbeaten 72...

3,750 house lots targeted for distributions this year-Budget

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 3,750 house lots targeted for distributions this year-Budget

A target of 5,500 house lot allocation has been announced for this year with 3,750 land titles to be distributed. This is according to Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, during his presentation of...

GABF Elections set for 1pm Sunday

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GABF Elections set for 1pm Sunday

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Elections of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has been set for 1pm on Sunday following the unavailability of most of the relevant stakeholders in...

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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