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Cricketer, 21, drowns after game

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cricketer, 21, drowns after game

It was supposed to be a fun-filled day but it ended tragically with the death of 21-year old Richard Ramnarine of 89 Gopie Street, Buxton, East Coast Demerara. The young man drowned in the Laluni...

Woman burnt to death

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman burnt to death

– reputed husband missing Up to press time yesterday police were trying to locate Godfrey Stewart to assist them with their investigations after the burnt remains of his reputed wife was pulled...

Uncleared $172M advances for officials worrying

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Uncleared $172M advances for officials worrying

– AFC Leader of the Alliance for Change, Raphael Trotman, is of the opinion that the loophole that exists in the Ministry of Finance as it relates to officials being given Conference Advances...

Solo U.S. ocean rower reaches land after months at sea

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Solo U.S. ocean rower reaches land after months at sea

Sets World Record as Youngest Person to Row Ocean Solo Georgetown, Guyana—March 14, 2010—American endurance athlete, Katie Spotz, 22, has reached land after 70 days and about 6 hours on the...

Prisoners escape

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners escape

Police are trying to locate two prisoners who escaped yesterday afternoon from the Lusignan Prisons after they were allegedly left unattended by Prison Officers. The inmates were reportedly outside...

Dem boys seh….Kwame and all dem gyal happy

Mar 15, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Kwame and all dem gyal happy

A woman do wha nuff man can’t do and dem boys seh that she do wha she do because she want run away from some man. She get in a paddle boat and paddle all de way from Africa to Guyana. Now why...

Gunmen shoot up Norton Street home

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen shoot up Norton Street home

Gunmen in two cars, one blue, the other white fired shots at a home at 71 Norton Street, Lodge about 1:00hrs yesterday. No one was injured. The house is owned by Roseann Garraway and is occupied by...

GECOM on track for mid April Local Govt. Elections

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM on track for mid April Local Govt. Elections

…as opposition reiterate need for reforms The Guyana Elections Commissions is on track for the holding of the long awaited Local Government Elections in mid-April of this year. This is according to...

Kidnap plot suspect to be charged

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Kidnap plot suspect to be charged

Andre Barnes kidnapping… The Lousia Row man who was nabbed in a North Ruimveldt house with kidnap victim Andre Barnes is likely to appear in court this week. Police said that the man, identified as...

Rosignol Murder trial begins

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rosignol Murder trial begins

– voir dire to be held today The trial of Rosignol resident, Justin Bailey, called ‘Jessy’ ,35, for the 18 October 2006 murder of his sweetheart cousin, Hilda Nicholson, called ‘Hilda...

Road accidents cause most disabilities in Guyana

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Road accidents cause most disabilities in Guyana

Health report finds… Road accidents feature among the top 10 leading causes of death and account for the most disabilities in Guyana. This was revealed in the recently unveiled Ministry of...

Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown turns 25

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown turns 25

On Saturday evening last, the Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown celebrated a quarter century of friendship and service to communities. At a Dinner and Dance held at the Red Cross Headquarters in...

Health training attracts $50M increase this year

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health training attracts $50M increase this year

– Dr Ramsaran Training of health professionals within the public health sector has attracted an approximate $50M increase this year which should contribute to the efforts of the Ministry of Health...

Power outages render Mahaicony residents waterless

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Power outages render Mahaicony residents waterless

Residents of Glazier Lust, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, are frustrated at the partial electricity they have been receiving for the past two weeks. They say that this is affecting their water...

More stringent monitoring of imported goods needed

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on More stringent monitoring of imported goods needed

– GCCI president Although Guyana is in need of foreign investment, there exists the possibility that consumers may suffer ill consequences as a result of less than adequate regulations and...

Man hospitalised after alleged police brutality

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man hospitalised after alleged police brutality

A 39 year old man from Amelia’s Ward is currently in a semi conscious state at the Georgetown Hospital, after being allegedly beaten by ranks from the McKenzie Police Station. Shawn Griffith, of...

Khan captures Torginol Paints Golf tourney

Mar 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan captures Torginol Paints Golf tourney

Club Captain Jerome Khan bounced back from a lean period to triumph in the Torginol Paints Medal Play Golf Tourney sponsored by Continental Group of Companies on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf...

Region Six 2010 Budget to benefit agri sector

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six 2010 Budget to benefit agri sector

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – A large portion of the 2010 Budgetary allocation for East Berbice/Corentyne goes toward improving the drainage and irrigation system in that geographic location....

Liquid Gold hammer Topp XX, Buxton stun Camptown, Alpha edge Kings

Mar 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Liquid Gold hammer Topp XX, Buxton stun Camptown, Alpha edge Kings

By Franklin Wilson The second day of action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League competition sponsored by FIFA under the Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF Project saw a number...

New beginning for Corentyne family

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on New beginning for Corentyne family

BABU JOHN, PORT MOURANT – Latchman Mohabir was dealt two life-changing blows within an eight year span. One of his legs was amputated and he is blind. Because of these setbacks, 48-year old Mohabir...

Entries for Port Mourant Turf Club Meet close March 27

Mar 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries for Port Mourant Turf Club Meet close March 27

Entries will be closed on March 27 for the much anticipated Port Mourant Turf Club Grand annual one day Easter Sunday race meet slated for Sunday April 4 at the Club’s track at Port Mourant,...

No new leads in Crabwood Creek murders

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on No new leads in Crabwood Creek murders

CRABWOOD CREEK, CORENTYNE – Detectives in Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force have made no headway in solving the murders of two women from the Crabwood Creek area. So far, the police...

Further investigation ordered

Mar 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Further investigation ordered

– suspects released on bail as police lament lack of forensic capabilities The police have been ordered by the Director of Public Prosecutions to conduct further investigations into the death...

The PPP presidential candidate selection process does not involve the mass of supporters

Mar 15, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP presidential candidate selection process does not involve the mass of supporters

Dear Editor, The recent press reports on Mr. Moses Nagamootoo, is indicative of the horse race which is developing in the top echelons of the ruling party, the PPP; a horse race which is bound to...

Being loud has become the new trend

Mar 15, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Being loud has become the new trend

Dear Editor, Many persons today are not contented with the lives which they live or their present home circumstances. Hence, they seek to channel those frustrations into making other people’s lives...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more