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Gold Board sacks Bartica manager

Mar 06, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Gold Board sacks Bartica manager

– Pays top dollars for low grade gold A manager of the Guyana Gold Board has been sacked and a probe launched following the sale of a substantial quantity of gold said to be tainted with...

Relatives in shock over businesswoman’s murder

Mar 06, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Relatives in shock over businesswoman’s murder

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The relatives of 47-year old Usawattie Persaud of 21 Main and St. Magdalene Streets, in New Amsterdam, are still trying to come to grips with the news of her death. At the...

Cops to check computer for clues

Mar 06, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Cops to check computer for clues

Police are hoping that a laptop computer that was retrieved from the Bel Air apartment of Cuban physiotherapist Guillermo Valintin Martinez Stable will reveal why he apparently killed his friend,...

Rohee announces readiness to lead Guyana

Mar 06, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Rohee announces readiness to lead Guyana

‘Goat ain’t bite meh’ Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, yesterday declared his willingness to run as the PPP’s presidential candidate at the 2011 general elections, widening the race...

Rohee dubs US drugs report on Guyana a ‘falsification’

Mar 06, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Rohee dubs US drugs report on Guyana a ‘falsification’

In the face of another damning report by the United States on the Guyana’s Government’s efforts to fight the drug trade, Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, yesterday said Guyana is doing as...

Canadian’s killers still on the run

Mar 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian’s killers still on the run

-victim’s sons use Internet to express grief As the men who killed their father remain on the run, the sons of slain Canadian, Rawle Alexander Harding, are turning to the internet to express their...

Canadian’s killers still on the run

Mar 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian’s killers still on the run

Suriname breaks major car smuggling ring

Mar 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname breaks major car smuggling ring

Suriname authorities have announced that they have broken a major gang which rented cars from that country and then smuggle them to Guyana for resale. Not only did the men repaint the vehicles but...

Man, 81 burnt to death in home

Mar 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 81 burnt to death in home

-son sustains burns trying to save dad Despite valiant efforts by his son, a Stewartville, West Coast Demerara pensioner perished just before 15:00 hrs yesterday in a mystery fire that destroyed the...

Setting up an intelligence unit with more complex crime in mind

Mar 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Setting up an intelligence unit with more complex crime in mind

Dear Editor, The Intelligence Unit (IU) is to be viewed as comprising public specialists who furnish support to both police management and operations. Today, in most instances, the IU emphasizes the...

Ministerial ignorance inexcusable; Auditor General’s unacceptable

Mar 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Ministerial ignorance inexcusable; Auditor General’s unacceptable

Dear Editor, Minister of Local Government Mr. Kellawan Lall boasts in a letter (Minister of Local Government called in Auditor General S/N March 3, 2010) that the investigation currently being...

A call on GWI to show compassion

Mar 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on A call on GWI to show compassion

Dear Editor, Water is an essential commodity, which should be provided to every Guyanese household. How can any individual cease or refuse to provide such an important service? Recently the people of...

The NY Phagwah Parade has come a long way

Mar 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The NY Phagwah Parade has come a long way

Dear Editor, The colorful NY Phagwah Parade is tomorrow. Started by Guyanese, it has been the fulcrum of the Phagwah celebration since 1990. It brings tens of thousands of celebrants together and...

Murder accused challenges order rescinding his bail

Mar 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused challenges order rescinding his bail

Attorney-at-Law Basil Williams has on behalf of murder accused, Trion Sumner, filed an affidavit in support of a notice of a motion challenging the authority of Justice Diane Insanally to stay the...

Your clear intention is to bring disrepute to our institution for no justifiable reason

Mar 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Your clear intention is to bring disrepute to our institution for no justifiable reason

Dear Editor, In an article captioned “Dem boys Seh…Is nuff shake up and big trouble” in your edition of February 24, 2010, your writer stated: “News does travel far and fast and dem boys...

Auditor General Report for House by month end

Mar 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General Report for House by month end

…2009 edition to be completed by September-Sharma The long awaited 2008 Auditor General Report is slated to be presented to the Speaker of the National Assembly by month-end. This is according to...

Whither the remedial literacy programme?

Mar 06, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Whither the remedial literacy programme?

It has been two years now that the Education Ministry has been talking about reversing the country’s declining literacy level. It has also been two years since monies have been voted for literacy...

Konschens in Koncert tour receives mixed support

Mar 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Konschens in Koncert tour receives mixed support

If one assesses the Mash KIK Tour it would best be dubbed a well planned and organized event which probably came from the proven event management abilities of the Wildfire productions group. They...

Con artist jailed for forging President’s signature

Mar 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Con artist jailed for forging President’s signature

A man who forged President Bharrat Jagdeo’s signature on a letter stating that he, the criminal, had been pardoned was yesterday jailed for six years, when he appeared before Acting Chief...

HIV/AIDS awareness and improved Customer Care to bolster City Hall’s operation

Mar 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on HIV/AIDS awareness and improved Customer Care to bolster City Hall’s operation

The relationship between customer care and HIV/AIDS awareness was amplified yesterday when a Customer Care Training programme got underway at the National Library Conference Centre for frontline...

West Indies must dominate the rest of this series

Mar 06, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on West Indies must dominate the rest of this series

Darren Bravo is needed By Sean Devers After a dismal tour of Australia, the West Indies, number 8 in the bottom half of the ODI rankings, were hoping to use this ODI series against Zimbabwe, 2 places...

Region Ten residents being encouraged to invest in cottage industries

Mar 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Region Ten residents being encouraged to invest in cottage industries

Residents of Linden and other communities across Region Ten are being encouraged to invest in cottage industries. The source of funding—$100 million – is a new loan scheme investment by the...

‘Lady Jags’ tame Suriname 2-0, aim to win group outright

Mar 06, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘Lady Jags’ tame Suriname 2-0, aim to win group outright

By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s flagship Female national team watched by His Excellency President Bharrat Jagdeo, Patron of Women’s Football Dr. Jennifer Westford and President of the Guyana...

Car burst into flames near Camp St jail

Mar 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Car burst into flames near Camp St jail

…prompts reporter’s arrest Just after noon yesterday, a car that was parked on D’Urban Street between John and Lime Streets burst into flames. Reports are that a passerby noticed smoke...

Miriam McKenzie on MAAC First Team

Mar 06, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Miriam McKenzie on MAAC First Team

United States-based female national basketball player, Miriam McKenzie was among six players named to the Women’s Basketball Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) First Team for the new...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more