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Haslington man shot in head

Mar 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Haslington man shot in head

– had survived X-mas Eve night shooting Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation were up to late last night battling to save the life of a 29-year-old man from Haslington North,...

Father of 12 shot dead at mining camp

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Father of 12 shot dead at mining camp

Police were yesterday still trying to track down two bandits who shot a Brazilian miner dead at Cuyuni on Wednesday before escaping with a quantity of gold. A police release said that Francisco De...

PPP afraid of results of forensic investigation – PNCR

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on PPP afraid of results of forensic investigation – PNCR

The main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has reiterated its call for a forensic investigation and inquiry into the late Minister Satyadeow ‘Sash’ Sawh’s death. The call...

There is a lack of political will to empower the people – Corbin

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on There is a lack of political will to empower the people – Corbin

The holding of Guyana’s first Local Government Elections (LGE) in 16 years, which was tentatively set for next month, has been thrown into further doubt with a major opposition party saying that it...

Qualfon gears for major expansion

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Qualfon gears for major expansion

– installation of Brazil fibre optic link to start within three months – President Jagdeo The installation of the fibre optic link from Brazil, which will help bring bandwidth costs down...

Dem boys seh…Benjie pay mek he tun white

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Benjie pay mek he tun white

Dem have mad people and dem have really mad people. Some of de really mad people wukking in de Waterfalls paper. A man get pay and de money mek he go in de toilet. He mussy go fuh hide it from dem...

Jagdeo administration accountable to CLICO policy holders – PNCR

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo administration accountable to CLICO policy holders – PNCR

Leader of the Opposition Robert Corbin says that his party will be holding President Bharrat Jagdeo and the People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration accountable for all deposits of policy...

One year for escaping from custody

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on One year for escaping from custody

Forty-one year-old Deo Chung was yesterday sentenced to one year imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to escaping from lawful custody. Chung appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson...

Guyanese author reveals secret life of Cuban terrorist Louis Posada

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese author reveals secret life of Cuban terrorist Louis Posada

New York – A new book, “From Cubana to Santrina throws fresh light on the terrorist activities of Cuban dissident, Louis Posada Carilles, whose impending trial ( May 20) in an El Paso federal...

City residents urged to safeguard themselves as fogging exercise continues

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on City residents urged to safeguard themselves as fogging exercise continues

“We need you to help us help you,” said Chief Environmental Officer, Kenneth Stephens, when he commented on the fogging exercise that is currently ongoing in the city. He was at the time...

GAWU commissions $110M labour college

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GAWU commissions $110M labour college

Nine years after fire destroyed its Regent Street headquarters, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) on Wednesday commissioned a brand new, $110M labour college that will...

J.C. Chandisingh gets help from past students

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on J.C. Chandisingh gets help from past students

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – On Monday last, past students of the J.C. Chandisingh Secondary School, at Rose Hall Town on the Corentyne donated, 75 pairs of desks and benches and five fully...

National flood preparedness plan closer to becoming a reality

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on National flood preparedness plan closer to becoming a reality

Guyana is well on its way to putting in place a National Flood Preparedness and Response Plan, a development which comes on the heels of a two-day intense workshop spearheaded by the Civil Defence...

CCWU accuses Pegasus Hotel of union busting

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on CCWU accuses Pegasus Hotel of union busting

– asks government to intervene The Clerical and Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU) has written government accusing management of the Pegasus Hotel (Guyana) of union busting and attempting to...

20/20 security plans on stream – Top Cop

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on 20/20 security plans on stream – Top Cop

With the 20/20 Cricket World Cup just over a month away, Police Commissioner Henry Greene has assured that preparations by the local law enforcement agencies are on stream. Speaking to reporters last...

What was the real reason Guyana’s female footballers missed the IGG?

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on What was the real reason Guyana’s female footballers missed the IGG?

Dear Editor, Mike Leavitt once said “There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve.” Sir, I would like to respond to two articles which were...

City Hall to review, verify records in quest to uncover millions

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on City Hall to review, verify records in quest to uncover millions

By Sharmain Cornette More than $2.1B in rates and taxes is owed to the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) and according to Deputy Mayor and Chairman of the Finance Committee, Robert...

Western Union renders support as table tennis team leaves for Puerto Rico

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Western Union renders support as table tennis team leaves for Puerto Rico

A team of table tennis players scheduled to participate in the 5th Caribbean Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Utuado Puerto Rico winged out of Guyana this morning for that American territory and...

Sharma bought Prashad Nagar house from Scotiabank

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Sharma bought Prashad Nagar house from Scotiabank

Scotiabank sold the house, at which some person or persons so far unknown hurled a grenade, after a public tender. This information was made public by lawyers for Mahender Sharma, Chief Executive...

South Turkeyen Sports Committee organises Easter Sunday Sports activities

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Turkeyen Sports Committee organises Easter Sunday Sports activities

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee (STSC) in collaboration with the Barnes Foundation and Johnny ‘Overseas’ Barnwell has organised a Pre-Easter Day of Sports for villagers of that community on...

A case for experimenting with inclusive governance in Region Two

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on A case for experimenting with inclusive governance in Region Two

Dear Editor, In July, 2009 I wrote to these columns pondering whether inclusive government in Guyana was on the horizon. Some persons told me I was a dreamer, “never in this lifetime, when hell...

THE VOTE DETERMINED THE OPTIONS

Mar 26, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE VOTE DETERMINED THE OPTIONS

Very few political observers, excluding those in ROAR who had done a survey of voter preferences, could have predicted that the PNC would have done as well as it did in the 1992 elections. Most...

GCB Managers work shop set for Sunday

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Managers work shop set for Sunday

The Guyana Cricket Board’s Cricket Development Committee will be hosting a one day work-shop for Managers and potential Managers on Sunday March 28 from 08:45hrs to 15:00hrs at the Guyana Cricket...

Alfred signs contract for rematch with DeGroot on May 2

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alfred signs contract for rematch with DeGroot on May 2

The highly anticipated return clash between Women’s World International Boxing Association (WIBA) bantamweight champion, Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred and American Gladiator, Corinne ‘Sexy...

Pen pushers of OP are just talkers and not walkers

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pen pushers of OP are just talkers and not walkers

Dear Editor, You know what they say? Any other is definitely ‘Mack’! The spin doctor has given up his neutrality and objectivity to become a cheerleader for the Government. So, they say that...

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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