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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...

Floodlights A&B teams off to Florida

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights A&B teams off to Florida

The Guyana Floodlights Cricket Association (GFCA) A&B teams left these shores Tuesday to compete in the 2010 annual Florida Cup 25-over softball cricket tournament starting Friday at the Fort...

Stats bureau to undertake census this year

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Stats bureau to undertake census this year

…budget makes $30M allocation Eight years after the last census in Guyana the Bureau of Statistics will this year undertake a nationwide census and a perusal of the expenditure of the 2010 budget...

No end in sight for Globe Trust

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on No end in sight for Globe Trust

…two directors facing court actions dead As time runs out, liquidators of Globe Trust and Investments Company Limited (GTICL) says that the possibilities of all the depositors being paid remains...

Six Guyanese among 7 detained following Lara’s burglary

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Six Guyanese among 7 detained following Lara’s burglary

Six Guyanese and a Jamaican have been arrested by police in connection with a multi-million dollar theft at the Trinidad home of former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara. The police said that...

Another t20 added to Windies vs. Proteas Digicel Series

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Another t20 added to Windies vs. Proteas Digicel Series

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) have announced a change to the itinerary for the Digicel Series 2010, to be played in the West Indies from May 19 to June 30. The...

Vehicle taxes record whopping 25% revenue increase

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Vehicle taxes record whopping 25% revenue increase

Excise taxes on vehicles brought into the country saw a whopping increase in revenue in this department by 25 per cent to government coffers last year. The $7.3B in excise taxes was not only as a...

Attorney seeks permanent stay of charges against Buxton murder accused

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney seeks permanent stay of charges against Buxton murder accused

Attorney-at-law Basil Williams has filed a motion in the High Court seeking a permanent stay of the murder charge instituted against his client Trion Sumner. Sumner, who along with Squince McLennon,...

Jeremy Cornelius commences race walk season on high note

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Jeremy Cornelius commences race walk season on high note

Jeremy Cornelius sent out an ominous warning to the nation’s top race walkers when he out-walked a competitive field to capture the inaugural event of the 2010 race walk season, Sunday February 7...

OOPS! We made a blunder

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on OOPS! We made a blunder

Yesterday’s issue of this newspaper carried an article headlined ‘Rising from the ashes; is the Peter Abdool initiative workable?’ During the debate, the author of the article inadvertently...

REO wins court battle against Region Four Chairman

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on REO wins court battle against Region Four Chairman

– Corlette to pay $25,000 cost With all the controversy surrounding him, Regional Executive Officer of the Regional Democratic Council Region Four, Shafdar Alli, won a small battle against...

Buxton Cricket club on the move

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Buxton Cricket club on the move

Harper to conduct coaching session, GCB donates ‘nets’ By Sean Devers The Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Cricket Club on the East Coast of Demerara continues to progress despite a few hiccups and...

Govt. continues to use contract employees

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. continues to use contract employees

…are paid bulk of wages and salaries The opposition parties have long chided the administration for its use of contracted employees at the various Ministries the Office of the President and the...

Kennard’s Memorial CC hammer No. 71 by 79 runs to lift 1st title

Feb 11, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Kennard’s Memorial CC hammer No. 71 by 79 runs to lift 1st title

A dazzling performance by talented all rounder Rajendra Latcha spearheaded Kennard’s Memorial Cricket Club to championship honours against No 71, in the Demerara Bank/Berbice Cricket Board 40 overs...

New equipment earmarked for GPHC, funding released

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on New equipment earmarked for GPHC, funding released

With a quantity of new equipment earmarked for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), the delivery of health care is poised to be improved significantly even as services are enhanced. And...

$5M goldmining reclamation deal inked

Feb 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $5M goldmining reclamation deal inked

… mined out areas can cost up $1M per hectare to fix-GGDMA A mined out area outside of Mahdia has been earmarked to become a model reclamation site following a deal between the Guyana Gold and...

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…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Imagine an official who believes he’s the last bastion of sanity in a world of incompetence.... more