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Gayle, Deonarine fire against Zimbabwe as Windies end 14-match winless streak

Mar 07, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gayle, Deonarine fire against Zimbabwe as Windies end 14-match winless streak

By Sean Devers West Indies beat Zimbabwe by four wickets yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium to end a 14-match winless streak and the smiles on the faces of the home fans were back with the...

$$ paid for work never started

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $$ paid for work never started

More frauds at Region Four RDC… – Region 4 Chairman Almost half a million dollars was paid to clean the septic tank and weed the Diamond Regional Hospital early last year but officials there...

Cops take $4000 bribe plus demanded cellphone from unlicensed driver

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cops take $4000 bribe plus demanded cellphone from unlicensed driver

Two more police ranks are facing criminal charges after demanding money from a motorist who happened to be the relative of a senior police officer. The ranks took away $4,000 and a cellular phone...

‘Lady Jags’ on crest of qualifying for next stage

Mar 07, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Lady Jags’ on crest of qualifying for next stage

On the crest of qualifying for the next stage of the CFU World Cup qualifying preliminary phase, Guyana’s ‘Lady Jaguars’ head into today’s encounter against St. Vincent &...

A lifelong love affair with radio

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on A lifelong love affair with radio

Noel Adams is a ‘Special Person’ “I gave my life to radio and entertainment, and since retirement, I have still tried to focus on entertainment activities…I would love to see radio...

Government urges corporate community to invest in sports

Mar 07, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Government urges corporate community to invest in sports

Government urged the corporate community to invest in local sport Friday night when the National Sport Commission (NSC) hosted its prize giving ceremony for the national sport awardees at the...

Dem boys seh….Dem mouth get quiet

Mar 07, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Dem mouth get quiet

When dem arrest de REO people expect fuh hear all de dirty story—how who thief and who encourage who, and who tek bribe. Dem boys sit back but all of a sudden is like people get frighten. Dem boys...

City Hall targets Norton Street scrap metal dealer

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall targets Norton Street scrap metal dealer

Little tolerance will be shown to scrap metal dealers who have been obstructing the city’s parapets and drainage systems. This disclosure was made recently by Deputy City Engineer, Lloyd Alleyne,...

Palms deficiencies being addressed

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Palms deficiencies being addressed

– Manickchand As part of efforts to improve on the services offered at the Palms Geriatric facility, the administrators of the facility and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security,...

Lethem Traffic Police mobile after decades

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem Traffic Police mobile after decades

At long last the Traffic Department at the Lethem Police Station has acquired a motorcycle. And as if to prove that they deserved it, in less than a half day they had instituted 10 charges for...

Ex-convict chops wife after release from jail

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-convict chops wife after release from jail

A man who spent six months in prison for assaulting his wife of 23 years, is on the run again. This time he severely chopped the woman about her body on Friday morning as she walked to work. The...

Man appeals for $1.7M donation for heart surgery

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man appeals for $1.7M donation for heart surgery

Ronald Bobb, 74, of 53 Stone Avenue, Blygezight Gardens, Georgetown, is appealing to the public for donations to assist him with the cost of his heart surgery in the sum of $1.7M. He only has...

Plans in train for 2010 Bartica Regatta

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Plans in train for 2010 Bartica Regatta

Nine delegates to contest crown (By Mondale Smith) Calling all tourists, domestic and international, mark your calendars as plans have commenced to make Bartica Regatta 2010 even bigger. Regional...

Schoolgirl’s fingers severed by classroom door

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolgirl’s fingers severed by classroom door

An eight-year old girl was forced to travel to neighbouring Brazil to save two of her fingers which were almost severed by a closing door at her school in the Rupununi on Friday. Mickaila Malcolm was...

Necrophiliac strikes in Berbice

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Necrophiliac strikes in Berbice

Sumintra Shaw Narayan, 75, died on Phagwah Day, hours after she was admitted to hospital with a heart condition. She was buried at the cemetery at Reliance, East Canje, Berbice near to the Reliance...

HIV counselling and testing activities grow by over 21,000 last year

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on HIV counselling and testing activities grow by over 21,000 last year

The local fight against the dreaded HIV/AIDS virus has not been a simple task but with the commitment on the part of local health workers, the Government of Guyana and support and funding from the...

UNDP funds study on Guyana’s social climate

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on UNDP funds study on Guyana’s social climate

… findings reveal need for greater police/community communication Stakeholders yesterday met and validated the findings of the Enhanced Public Trust, Security and Inclusion (EPTSI) project baseline...

Home Affairs Ministry concerned about domestic violence

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Home Affairs Ministry concerned about domestic violence

Violence against women and children is a universal phenomenon that persists in all countries of the world. The perpetrators of that violence are often well known to their victims. Domestic violence,...

International Women’s day to be greeted by PROMISES AND MORE PROMISES… says GHRA

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on International Women’s day to be greeted by PROMISES AND MORE PROMISES… says GHRA

International Women’s Day 2010 will no doubt produce from official sources, local and abroad, a predictable list of gains made by women. A cursory reading of the statement for International...

Guyanese fraudster nabbed in Brooklyn

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese fraudster nabbed in Brooklyn

A Guyanese man who was wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in connection with a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud has been nabbed. Ishwardat ‘Danny’ Raghunath was taken into...

Guyana joins UK, Ethiopia and Norway to raise US$100 billion in climate finance

Mar 07, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Guyana joins UK, Ethiopia and Norway to raise US$100 billion in climate finance

– UN Secretary General Announces Members of Climate Finance Advisory Group At the request of Ban ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary General, President Bharrat Jagdeo will join his British,...

Bajans to rear Black Belly sheep in Guyana

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bajans to rear Black Belly sheep in Guyana

Guyana’s participation at last weekend’s Agro-Fest exhibition in Barbados is expected to result in more Barbadian investors coming to Guyana to engage in livestock rearing and other projects in...

Murders, gun crimes dropped in 2009

Mar 07, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Murders, gun crimes dropped in 2009

Rohee says reductions the most favourable in Caribbean A review of murders committed in five countries in the Caribbean for the year 2009 reveals that Guyana recorded the highest reduction in...

Berbice clubs receive $1.8M equipment boost

Mar 07, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Berbice clubs receive $1.8M equipment boost

The Corriverton Development Association (CDA) recently collected over $1.8M in sports and other key pieces of equipment from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. According to a the CDA,...

GPSU pays tribute on International women’s day

Mar 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU pays tribute on International women’s day

The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women’s and society’s thoughts about women’s equality and emancipation on International Women’s Day...

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Rana five-for and enterprising batting put Bangladesh in the driver’s seat

Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more