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Watch this tape before your vote

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Watch this tape before your vote

A number of persons contacted me after the Christopher Ram interview with Ralph Ramkarran to ask me if I would comment on the show in my column. I guess they knew that Mr. Ramkarran and I had some...

AGEDAY, HORATIO FOR SA U-23 GAMES

Feb 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on AGEDAY, HORATIO FOR SA U-23 GAMES

Two places were available for athletics Junior sprint ace, Chavez Ageday and distance athlete, Dennis Horatio will represent the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) and Guyana, respectively, at the...

Remigrant found murdered in home

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Remigrant found murdered in home

-Two held for questioning A 65-year-old remigrant was yesterday afternoon found murdered in his Peter’s Hall School Street, home East Bank Demerara. The body was discovered by his only son...

Brazilian vehicle bursts into flame after leaving Lethem gas station

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian vehicle bursts into flame after leaving Lethem gas station

A Brazilian businessman was forced to watch his pick-up truck go up in flames shortly after filling his tank with fuel from a Lethem gas station early yesterday morning. Oswald Verias, from Bom Fin...

Parliament proves Ramjattan wrong

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament proves Ramjattan wrong

Speaker produces evidence that records not tampered with Opposition Parliamentarian Khemraj Ramjattan says that he will apologise to Parliament today over comments which appeared in Kaieteur News to...

Man nabbed at CJIA with cocaine in baking powder packets

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man nabbed at CJIA with cocaine in baking powder packets

Jailed for 4 years, fined $8M A Guyanese was nabbed early yesterday morning at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with some 10 kilograms of cocaine concealed in packets labeled baking powder. The...

Youth catches giant anaconda in neighbour’s yard

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Youth catches giant anaconda in neighbour’s yard

Seventeen-year-old Richard Mohan, of 661 Toucan Drive, South Ruimveldt Gardens, after being brave enough to ensnare a gigantic anaconda that could have possibly made a meal of him is now calling a...

Wannabe prisoner gets his wish

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wannabe prisoner gets his wish

A man who was trying to smuggle marijuana into the prison is currently in police custody and charges are likely. Reports are that the man was at the time taking items for a relative who is an inmate...

Two more Guyanese score unbeaten centuries

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two more Guyanese score unbeaten centuries

Eldeca Hector and Clifton David are two special Guyanese. They are the latest in the long list of Guyanese centenarians. Hector achieved the milestone yesterday while David turns 100 today. They both...

Minimal funds expended by City Hall for mash cleanup

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Minimal funds expended by City Hall for mash cleanup

Utilising the services of its own workforce, the Georgetown municipality commenced a massive cleanup campaign yesterday to rid the streets of post-Mashramani litter. And the workers armed with their...

Thieves break into senior citizen’s home, cart off TV

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves break into senior citizen’s home, cart off TV

While senior citizen, Rachael Stanley, enjoyed blissful rest on Tuesday night last, two bandits broke into her house and carted off a television set that was in her living room. The intruders were...

New protocol introduced at NBTS to reduce wastage of blood

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on New protocol introduced at NBTS to reduce wastage of blood

In order to reduce the percentage of blood wasted at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) the Ministry of Health has introduced an innovative protocol which requires vigilance on the part of...

Prime Minister of Kuwait to visit Guyana

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Prime Minister of Kuwait to visit Guyana

– Could sign double taxation agreement The Prime Minister of Kuwait, the world’s fourth-largest oil exporter, plans to visit Guyana this April, as Guyana and Kuwait look to increase trade and...

City Budget to focus on improved service delivery – Deputy Mayor

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City Budget to focus on improved service delivery – Deputy Mayor

By Sharmain Cornette It may not surpass last year’s whopping $2.1B, but according to Deputy Mayor Robert Williams, the Georgetown municipality’s budget for this year will focus primarily on the...

Aurora residents rescue endangered turtle

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora residents rescue endangered turtle

Resident of Aurora Estate was elated upon seeing and rescuing a green back turtle. The turtle which weighed more than 350 pounds was discovered on Monday in a canal than ran alongside Mr. Baba...

Dem boys seh…People mek dem boys lie

Feb 25, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…People mek dem boys lie

Is one thing fuh mek a mistake, is another thing to mek everybody know. Dem had a debate in parliament and Khemraj mek a big mistake. It tun out that he didn’t hear good. De story mek de newspapers...

13-year-old charged with murder

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 13-year-old charged with murder

A 13-year-old female who appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson was not required to plead to the indictable offence of murder. The girl made her court appearance yesterday...

Guyanese recaptured in Trinidad’s forest after fleeing immigration custody

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese recaptured in Trinidad’s forest after fleeing immigration custody

A Guyanese man, who was among six that escaped from an immigration holding facility in Trinidad, was recaptured in a forest, media reports from that country says. Police and Immigration officials up...

Eight sizzling bouts carded for GABA, GBBC inaugural Pro/Am extravaganza

Feb 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Eight sizzling bouts carded for GABA, GBBC inaugural Pro/Am extravaganza

Boxing buffs contemplating on their weekend activities may very well be advised to visit the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall for the inaugural Pro/Am boxing cards organized by the Guyana Boxing Board of...

Three students remanded for having sex with classmate

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Three students remanded for having sex with classmate

Three students from a city school who are accused of having carnal knowledge of a 12-year-old girl were yesterday remanded. They all made a court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa...

Police arrest three for Mainstay robbery

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police arrest three for Mainstay robbery

Investigative ranks attached at the criminal investigative department at the Anna Regina Police Station arrested one of the young men who admitted in his involvement in Monday night’s robbery...

Amputee father of seven needs help

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Amputee father of seven needs help

Kevin Gamell, 41, of North West District, and father of seven had his right leg amputated six days ago at the Georgetown Public Hospital Cooperation (GPHC). He is awaiting blood to have a full...

DC Jammers congratulate GABF Executive

Feb 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on DC Jammers congratulate GABF Executive

– wants to “establish a new relationship” The Maryland-based, Washington DC Jammers Basketball Organisation have dispatched a congratulatory message to the Guyana Amateur Basketball...

Man charged for attempting to commit murder

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged for attempting to commit murder

Colin Sancho, 49, of 69 Golden Grove East Coast Demerara was not required to plead to the indictable offence of attempting to commit murder when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa...

GDF soldiers return from Haiti

Feb 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GDF soldiers return from Haiti

Even as Guyana’s efforts to raise funds and collect relief supplies for earthquake-ravaged Haiti, some Guyanese have offered and done their services on the ground in that country following the...