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Patrons wreck audio equipment

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Patrons wreck audio equipment

…as unpaid foreign artistes refuse to perform A belated appearance by international artistes Baby Cham and Anthony B at Saturday’s Mash explosion triggered a violent explosion as angry...

Critical defects at Skeldon Factory almost remedied

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Critical defects at Skeldon Factory almost remedied

– Hanoman With the end of the defects liability drawing closer there has been some progress at the new Skeldon Factory which has had several teething problems. This is according to Chief...

Gov’t looking to place 24-hour security at all schools

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t looking to place 24-hour security at all schools

Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, during the consideration of the estimates of expenditure for 2010 at the National Assembly, announced that government is looking to place 24-hour security at...

$37M water cannon to disperse demonstrators

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $37M water cannon to disperse demonstrators

– Rohee Given the history of Guyana’s post elections street demonstrations and the imminent upcoming General Elections, the Government has moved toward the purchase of a water cannon. When...

Chile quake toll soars above 700

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Chile quake toll soars above 700

Govt. orders curfew to quell looting CONCEPCION, Chile (AP) – Heroism and banditry mingled on Chile’s shattered streets Sunday as rescuers braved aftershocks digging for survivors and the...

Fire damages Little Rock

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fire damages Little Rock

VRYMAN’S ERVEN, NEW AMSTERDAM – Quick action by members of the Guyana Fire Service averted what could have been a major disaster when fire struck at the Little Rock Hotel and Television Station...

Dem boys seh….Mouth open but de story ain’t jump out

Mar 01, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Mouth open but de story ain’t jump out

When people see a reporter name in de papers dem does believe that is a big one; that reporters are next to God in order of importance. Is by accident that dem boys know that reporters ain’t nutten...

Wife of former table tennis champ killed in Suriname road accident

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wife of former table tennis champ killed in Suriname road accident

– daughter critical Former National Table Tennis Champion, Trevor Lowe, is mourning the death of his wife, Pinky, following a tragic vehicular accident in the border town of Nieuw Nickerie in...

Guyanese on murder trial in Tortola

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese on murder trial in Tortola

– fingered by dying Jamaican The trial of Guyanese born Desmond ‘DA’ Alphonso, charged with the murder of Jamaican, Christopher Bailey, has begun at the High Court in Tortola. Alphonso, who...

Gov’t. urges boycott of sub-standard beauty pageants

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t. urges boycott of sub-standard beauty pageants

– non-delivery of prizes winners criticised Government last week called for a boycott of beauty pageants that do not have its blessings. According to Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce,...

GPHC to step up health and safety practices with hydroclave system

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC to step up health and safety practices with hydroclave system

In a matter of weeks, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will launch for the first time a hydroclave biomedical waste system. In fact, the system is already being dubbed the most...

Azam Khan retires as Chief Finance Director from Banks DIH

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Azam Khan retires as Chief Finance Director from Banks DIH

One of the country’s foremost executives, Azam Khan, has retired after serving Bank DIH Limited as its Finance Director for years. Khan, according to notice by the beverage giant, effectively...

Woman claims police harassment after sons arrested again

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman claims police harassment after sons arrested again

A woman from East Ruimveldt is alleging police harassment after ranks arrested her sons early Saturday morning for the second time. Linda Glasgow, the mother of Stacy Bernard, 19, and Judha Ferguson,...

Police still to arrest remaining suspects

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police still to arrest remaining suspects

Mainstay robbery… As police continue investigations into last Monday’s armed robbery at Mainstay Village, Essequibo Coast, they are yet to arrest the remaining four suspects who have been...

We must intensify the battle against poverty – PPP

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on We must intensify the battle against poverty – PPP

The People’s Progressive Party extends best wishes to Guyanese generally and to the Hindu community in particular on the occasion of Phagwah. This colourful holiday celebrates the coming of spring...

We must take steps to end the calamities that now bedevil our country – PNCR

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on We must take steps to end the calamities that now bedevil our country – PNCR

The People’s National Congress Reform expresses Holi wishes to the Hindu Community of Guyana in particular, and Guyanese in general, on the auspicious occasion of the celebration of the Festival of...

Practitioners of bad and evil will be punished – AFC

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Practitioners of bad and evil will be punished – AFC

The story of Prahalaad has to be often repeated so that its moral message and lessons will be inculcated as part of our lives. And on this Phagwah celebration 2010, the AFC hopes that the story is...

Williams blisters field to win NSC Mash 40-miler

Mar 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Williams blisters field to win NSC Mash 40-miler

O’Selmo & Newton win Junior & Senior categories Geron Williams continues to enjoy excellent success in his first full fledged year as a senior cyclist. Yesterday he won his second race...

Alpha & GDF needle Seawall & Liquid Gold

Mar 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha & GDF needle Seawall & Liquid Gold

By Franklin Wilson Defending champions Alpha United and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) both recorded hard fought 1-0 wins over West Demerara’s Seawall FC and Bartica’s Liquid Gold when first...

Smith’s masterful 193 thwarts Guyana’s victory hopes

Mar 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smith’s masterful 193 thwarts Guyana’s victory hopes

W/Wards reach 371-7 in reply to Guyana’s 457 By Sean Devers in Grenada In association with Lifetime Reality On a day in which the West Indies catapulted to a shocking and disgraceful defeat...

Let Phagwah celebrations bring Hindus closer together

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Let Phagwah celebrations bring Hindus closer together

– NJ Arya Samaj Mandir As Hindus around the world observe Phagwah, it is a time for us, as Hindus, to reflect on our great legacy, and teachings from where we have come and the tremendous...

Adams upsets McDonald to cart off Youman Nabi Open scrabble tournament

Mar 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adams upsets McDonald to cart off Youman Nabi Open scrabble tournament

Ewart Adams returned from a lengthy hiatus to defeat a high level team of scrabble players including National Champion, Abigail McDonald and cart off the Youman Nabi Open tournament at the Chamber of...

WI gives sponsors justification to invest elsewhere

Mar 01, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on WI gives sponsors justification to invest elsewhere

By Rawle Welch Following their pathetic performances against Australia Down Under, the beleaguered West Indies (WI) cricket team gave the corporate community ample justification to invest their...

Lindeners take on the lack of lighting on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Lindeners take on the lack of lighting on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway

One of the contentions raised during the recently completed Budget debates was that of the state of the lighting on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway – namely the fact that there was none. Asked if...

Mayor and City Council

Mar 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor and City Council

The Mayor and City Council wishes to take this opportunity to wish all Guyanese joyous Phagwah greetings. During this period, Guyanese, particularly of the Hindu Community, will celebrate this...

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Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy Eagles

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more