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Valentine’s Day outing ends in tragedy for Linden family

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Valentine’s Day outing ends in tragedy for Linden family

– One dead, four hospitalised What started out as a Valentine’s Day outing for a Linden family ended in tragedy as one woman is now dead and four others including a toddler are hospitalised....

Man stabbed to death on Stabroek Square

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabbed to death on Stabroek Square

– row over stolen cell phone may have triggered killing A stolen cell phone may have been the motive behind the murder on Saturday night of 24- year old Sophia resident, Gregory Stewart, called...

Dem boys seh…..Some people was lonely this Valentine

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…..Some people was lonely this Valentine

Valentine come and gone and some people suddenly know how lonely life can be. Bharrat sit at home and de only flower he get was from Kwame. Dem had some gyal who did want to go and sport wid he...

Schools under siege

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Schools under siege

– violent students with ‘rambo’ knives, ice-picks terrorise teachers Armed with ‘Rambo’ knives, ice-picks and an assortment of sharpened implements, violent students are holding some...

Dr Van-West Charles calls for reform on approving expenditures

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dr Van-West Charles calls for reform on approving expenditures

Former Parliamentarian and Government Minister, Dr. Richard Van West Charles is of the opinion that the manner in which monies are approved for expenditure in the National Assembly has to change. Dr....

City Council willing to handover Kitty Market to developers

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City Council willing to handover Kitty Market to developers

Kitty Market has long been an eyesore and a threat to life and limbs of those who ply their trade as well as passersby to the point that it was deemed derelict by many. Yet it remains untouched. But...

Woman killed by overturned truck near Mahdia

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman killed by overturned truck near Mahdia

An 18-year-old woman perished after she was crushed by an overturned truck on the road to Mahdia on Saturday. Tenisha Jones whose address is listed as Last Entrance, North Ruimveldt reportedly died...

Agri-official slams PNCR rice industry statement

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Agri-official slams PNCR rice industry statement

…says $35M spent in Region Two since advent of El Nino condition A senior official within the Agriculture Ministry, speaking on the condition of anonymity has deemed the comments by People’s...

Several attracted to Health Ministry’s ‘Test of Love’

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Several attracted to Health Ministry’s ‘Test of Love’

By early afternoon on Saturday, more than 131 persons had already been tested for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as part of a testing activity orchestrated by the Ministry of Health, through...

Bandits hit Popeyes $1.2M

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hit Popeyes $1.2M

Two men armed with guns descended on the popular Popeyes Chicken and Seafood outlet on Vlissengen Road around 23:15 hours on Saturday and robbed the entity of $1.2M in cash. According to sources, the...

Man claims injustice was delivered by court

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man claims injustice was delivered by court

Birley Wilson, 50, of lot 34 South Ogle Railway Line, East Coast Demerara, is claiming that an injustice was done to him and his family following the dismissal of a traffic matter at the Sparendaam...

10 through to Mash Calypso finals

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 10 through to Mash Calypso finals

– Teneshia DeFraitas takes second title, wins Aids competition Die hard fans of calypso reveled in five sweet hours of the music as the Semi final of the Calypso Mash Showdown, 2010, jerked and...

MMC vehicle smashes into electrical poll

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on MMC vehicle smashes into electrical poll

An out-of-control vehicle, belonging to the MMC Security Services severed two electricity poles on Water Street Kingston at 00:30 hours yesterday. While the accident resulted in a section of Kingston...

Guyanese in Trinidad jail seeking clemency for 1985 murder

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese in Trinidad jail seeking clemency for 1985 murder

A Guyanese who is serving a life sentence in Trinidad is seeking clemency for his involvement in the murder of a businessman in the Twin-Island Republic 25 years ago. The prisoner, Jainarine Persaud,...

Banks DIH launches rich shimmering quality costumes

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH launches rich shimmering quality costumes

(By Mondale Smith) After being out of the Mashramani Float parade for four years Banks DIH is back in the play with a bang. On Friday evening the company officially launched its rich mostly red and...

Guyana face another defeat despite Bishoo’s second 5-wkt haul

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana face another defeat despite Bishoo’s second 5-wkt haul

By Sean Devers in Berbice “Barbados show Guyana love on Valentines’ day” was how Barbadian journalist Ezra Stuart described the strange decision by Barbados not to enforce the follow-on...

‘Fishy’ Williams tops field as RBC takes top 3 spots

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Fishy’ Williams tops field as RBC takes top 3 spots

By Franklin Wilson Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams rode a smart and well calculated race to emerge as the best from a field of 31 starters in the inaugural Cell Smart/Digicel sponsored HIV/AIDS Awareness...

Greene beaten at AAG Development Meet Two

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greene beaten at AAG Development Meet Two

Fraser, Ageday impressive in sprint events Though it is still early in the 2010 Season and athletes may still be doing strength training it was clear yesterday that the once indomitable national...

Enthralling day envisaged as CCC go after full points against Jamaica

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enthralling day envisaged as CCC go after full points against Jamaica

Kavish Kantasingh of Combined College Campuses (CCC) turned in an impressive spell of spin bowling to restrict Jamaica to a second innings total of 164 and an overall lead of 205, leaving his team...

Ballistic tests being done on gun found in student’s possession

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ballistic tests being done on gun found in student’s possession

Police are in the process of conducting ballistic tests on a weapon that was found on a student of a Secondary School on the East Coast of Demerara over a week ago. The tests are being done even as...

Pompey wins 400m in Boston

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pompey wins 400m in Boston

Sets new 200m indoor PB National 400m record holder Aliann Pompey continued her ascendancy in the world with a blistering 52.40 seconds on Friday at the Boston University Valentine’s Invitational...

NBTS continues appeal for voluntary blood donation

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on NBTS continues appeal for voluntary blood donation

As it continues to struggle to maintain its buffer stock quota, the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is intensifying its efforts to reach an increased amount of donors. As part of this...

Walker wins Elisha Bacchus sponsored Golf tourney

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Walker wins Elisha Bacchus sponsored Golf tourney

William Walker secured his first victory for this season when he emerged winner of the Elisha Bacchus sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club, East Coast Demerara....

West Demerara Hospital theatre to resume surgeries today

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on West Demerara Hospital theatre to resume surgeries today

After being out of order for several months, the theatre at the West Demerara Regional Hospital is finally up and running. In fact, surgeries are slated to commence as soon as today, according to...

Guyana endure mixed fortunes, record draw with France

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana endure mixed fortunes, record draw with France

Guyana distinguished itself at the IRB World Sevens Series tournament in Las Vegas on Saturday by drawing 12 all with France, one of the top 12 core teams in the series as they endured mixed...

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Chase Academy squares off with St Benedict’s College ahead of today’s final

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more