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Alleged abductor remanded

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged abductor remanded

A 24 year-old man has been remanded to prison after being charged with abducting Andre Barnes. The accused, Renaldo Marks, of 29 Louisa Row, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, made his appearance yesterday at...

CANU officers, cop on bail

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on CANU officers, cop on bail

Cocaine in pink suitcase… By Jenelle Carter Some two months after a United States citizen was charged for carrying some 24 kilograms of cocaine into the US which was shipped from Guyana through the...

Kwame McCoy in physical altercation with PNCR Councillor

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Kwame McCoy in physical altercation with PNCR Councillor

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Four was thrown into further turmoil yesterday following allegations and counter allegations of assault involving embattled PPP/C Councillor, Kwame...

Dem boys seh…Dem picking pun Kwame again

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem picking pun Kwame again

Barrels does come two time a year; when is Christmas when up north get cold and now when up north start fuh get warm. Of course de barrel does done pack since November or December but is now it...

Seven homeless after Corentyne blaze

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Seven homeless after Corentyne blaze

CROMARTY, CORENTYNE – Chandrawattie Samsundar believes that a bitter relationship may have led to the fire which left seven persons homeless at Cromarty on Monday night. She was one of the persons...

Drop in H1N1 cases puts hold on Reference lab validation

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Drop in H1N1 cases puts hold on Reference lab validation

– Director By Sharmain Cornette Several millions were expended by Government to procure needful Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing equipment for the National Public Health Reference Laboratory...

Funds needed to commence excavation of canals

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Funds needed to commence excavation of canals

– Deputy City Engineer By Sharmain Cornette Sections of the city’s drainage system are currently undergoing much needed desilting works, a project which is being undertaken through the...

Family Court to meet May deadline

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Family Court to meet May deadline

The construction of the first ever Family Court in Guyana in the compound of the Supreme Court, Georgetown, is well on schedule and is expected to be completed in another nine weeks, to meet the May...

Kingston wharf undergoing repairs

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Kingston wharf undergoing repairs

The wharf facility in Kingston at which government’s ferries to the North West dock, is undergoing a major upgrade as can be evidenced from this recent photo. The facility has been in a state of...

Courts powers GAPF ahead of Caribbean Championships

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts powers GAPF ahead of Caribbean Championships

Hands over cheque for $150,000 By Franklin Wilson With just a matter of days away from the start of the 4th Annual International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), North American Powerlifting...

Morgan aims to repeat as overall Champion

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Morgan aims to repeat as overall Champion

Corentyne-based lifters, confident of doing Guyana proud on debut By Franklin Wilson Reigning Caribbean overall Best Lifter and Champion of the 82.5kg class Randolph Morgan is relishing the...

Ann’s Grove stun BVTU 2-1; Victoria Kings beat Ogle 2-0

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ann’s Grove stun BVTU 2-1; Victoria Kings beat Ogle 2-0

In latest play of the 2009 Carib Beer sponsored East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) division-one league, Ann’s Grove recorded the latest upset with a 2-1 win over BV Triumph United to ease...

Berbice upstage Demerara to take Castrol U-15 cricket title

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice upstage Demerara to take Castrol U-15 cricket title

Berbice remained unperturbed under pressure as defending champions Demerara made a hash of a small victory target in the deciding final round of the Castrol 50-over under-15 Inter-County cricket...

Mohabir slams 130 for Rose Hall Canje

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohabir slams 130 for Rose Hall Canje

Former Berbice Under-17 selectee Vishal Mohabir compiled an aggressive 130 for Rose Hall Canje while Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadget and Police Sports Club gained first innings points when the...

Athletes must have God-given talent

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletes must have God-given talent

– coaching, infrastructure won’t suffice By Edison Jefford Sports Development Director at the University of West Indies’ Mona Campus in Jamaica, Grace Jackson believes that God-given talent...

Charles Roberts elected President of the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Charles Roberts elected President of the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym

Assistant Superintendent of the Mayor and Town Council (M&CC) Constabulary, Charles Roberts was elected President of the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym (PRBG) when that entity held its Annual General...

GT&T 10/10 softball cricket Super Sixteen Stage continues

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T 10/10 softball cricket Super Sixteen Stage continues

A vocal crowd at Everest, which included Guyana’s Sports Minister and GT&T’s and the Guyana Softball League’s top brass were treated to exciting cricket from the eight of the top teams in...

Promoter appeals for corporate assistance for Berbice Pro/Am boxing card

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Promoter appeals for corporate assistance for Berbice Pro/Am boxing card

Less than one week subsequent to the inaugural Pro/Am Boxing card, slated for the Welfare Ground, Canje Berbice, promoter of the event, Orlan Rogers said that despite a favourable response from the...

TT teams preparing tactically – says Johnson

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on TT teams preparing tactically – says Johnson

National Table Tennis Coach, Linden Johnson says that preparation for Caribbean Table Tennis’ Pre-Cadets, Cadets and Junior Championships in Utuado, Puerto Rico is entering the tactical phase as it...

Parika Salem are Ramkissoon twenty/20 champs in East Bank E’bo

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Parika Salem are Ramkissoon twenty/20 champs in East Bank E’bo

Parika Salem defeated Uprising by 122 runs to win the final of the Naresh Ramkissoon twenty/20 cricket competition played on Sunday at Parika on the East Bank of Essequibo. Parika Salem won the toss...

Port Mourant Jaguars capture Rollers Volleyball title

Mar 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant Jaguars capture Rollers Volleyball title

On Sunday last, the Port Mourant Jaguars carted off the Rollers Volleyball Club of New Amsterdam handicap competition. The event was part of efforts to resuscitate competitive volleyball in Berbice....

Govt. mulls construction of new Mahaica market

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mulls construction of new Mahaica market

Government is mulling the construction of a new market at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara. The project will see collaboration between the Ministries of Local Government and Regional Development and...

JPs and the danger of paid recommendations

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on JPs and the danger of paid recommendations

By Rabindra Rooplall Members of the Guyana Association of Justices of the Peace and Commissioner of Oaths to Affidavits say they are ready to work toward the development of society, while at the same...

CARICOM wants early release of $30B climate change fund

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM wants early release of $30B climate change fund

Heads of Governments of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have asked for the World Bank help in the early release of US$30B that was earmarked for developing countries for the fight against climate...

‘Sickly’ man to do two months community service on drugs charge

Mar 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Sickly’ man to do two months community service on drugs charge

Anthony Giddings called ‘Big Head’ of no fixed place of abode was on Monday fined $10,000 and ordered to do two months community service three hours each day at the Central Police Station in New...

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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