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Child dies after frenzied attempt to ‘beat out spirits’

Mar 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Child dies after frenzied attempt to ‘beat out spirits’

“Me live forty years and me nah know bout jumbie; me mek four pickney, me nah know bout jumbie; me husband dead and he nah come fuh visit me,” – Grandmother The mysterious death of a...

CEO still being paid $1.5M monthly

Mar 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on CEO still being paid $1.5M monthly

Failed insurance company CLICO… Following a move to the court by the then Commissioner of Insurance Maria van Beek to liquidate the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana, the then Chief...

Woman’s brutal murder rocks Lethem

Mar 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s brutal murder rocks Lethem

– Suspect believed to be Brazilian The brutal murder of a 27-year-old woman early yesterday morning has plunged the border community of Lethem into shock. Donna Williams was pronounced dead on...

18,000 for Nat’l Grade Six Assessment today

Mar 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 18,000 for Nat’l Grade Six Assessment today

“Be focused, concentrate on the subject being written and put in your best efforts so that you can get the best.” This is Education Minister Shaik Baksh’s advice to the approximately 18,000...

Two senior officials suspended

Mar 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two senior officials suspended

Two senior officials of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) were yesterday suspended for allegedly deviating from procurement procedures, as investigations into purchasing practices continue at...

Coal burner’s body found at Madewini

Mar 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Coal burner’s body found at Madewini

– Wife among four in custody Police have launched an investigation into the discovery of the body of 58-year-old Lambert Patrick Clarke, which was found along the Emerald Tower trail with a...

Dem boys seh…Buxton is not de old Buxton

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Buxton is not de old Buxton

People forget that times does change; that after one time is another. Imagine some people go and rob a place at Mon Repos. Dem decide to get away but de man de rob decide to drive behind dem. Well...

Diamond Estate workers protest for severance pay

Mar 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond Estate workers protest for severance pay

Several workers from the Diamond Sugar Estate picketed yesterday in front of the field office to press the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to pay them a severance package, rather than have them...

Freddie Kissoon apologies to Priya Manickchand

Mar 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon apologies to Priya Manickchand

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Priya Manickchand has blasted columnist and University of Guyana lecturer Frederick Kissoon who in an article (March 29), written by him, erroneously...

Dave Martins to launch new album tomorrow

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Legendary Guyanese composer and performer Dave Martins has produced a new album of original music, recorded principally in Guyana, and featuring nine local musicians. It is his first new album...

Alpha whip GDF 3-1, advance to Round-two as group winner

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha whip GDF 3-1, advance to Round-two as group winner

By Franklin Wilson Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United whipped the Guyana Defence Force 3-1 to top Group D of the Caribbean Football Union Champions League Qualifying competition at the GCC Ground Bourda...

Buxtonians help nab bandits after Digicel Outlet robbery

Mar 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Buxtonians help nab bandits after Digicel Outlet robbery

Residents of Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara yesterday proved that they should not be painted with one brush, after they helped to chase down and capture two bandits who had entered their...

Suriname thinks Guyana underestimated them

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suriname thinks Guyana underestimated them

As stronghold on IGG Athletics released By Edison Jefford Suriname thinks Guyana underestimated them in the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) Athletics Championships and as such their stronghold on that...

West Indies matches in Guyana sold out

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies matches in Guyana sold out

Tickets still available for May 4 The 2010 T/20 Cricket World Cup begins in Guyana April 30 with the Opening celebrations and a double-header which involves the West Indies playing Ireland from...

Sattaur 50 spurs Guyana to 2nd consecutive win

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sattaur 50 spurs Guyana to 2nd consecutive win

Jamaica loose by four wickets Brian Sattaur, showed why he is regarded as one of the best batsmen at this level in the region with a high-class 50 as Guyana beat Jamaica by 4 wickets in Trinidad...

Dr. Anthony presented with ICC bat as 30 remain for World 20/20 C/ship

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dr. Anthony presented with ICC bat as 30 remain for World 20/20 C/ship

ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 Tournament Director, Mr. Robert Bryan paid a courtesy call on Guyana’s Minister of Youth, Sports & Culture, Dr. Frank Anthony, yesterday at his office and...

Dexter Solomon to Captain Demerara U-19 team

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dexter Solomon to Captain Demerara U-19 team

National under-17 Skipper Dexter Solomon has predictably been appointed Captain of the Demerara under-19 cricket team to participate in the GTM Inter-County competition which is scheduled to commence...

Hectic activities for young cricketers as GCA unveils itinerary

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hectic activities for young cricketers as GCA unveils itinerary

President of the Georgetown Cricket Association, Roger Harper recently unveiled the itinerary of his organisation for the fiscal year, while urging the players to gear up for a year of hectic...

Nigel’s Supermarket contributes to GTTA

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nigel’s Supermarket contributes to GTTA

Nigel’s Supermarket’s Manager Julian Johnson (2nd left) hands over a cheque to National table Tennis Coach Linden Johnson in the presence of national under-18 players Angela Rampersaud (left) and...

VESS win Inter School First Form football competition in Berbice

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on VESS win Inter School First Form football competition in Berbice

After two days of keen and intense rivalry, the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School (VESS) came out victors when they eked out a hard fought win on penalty kicks to defeat Berbice High School (BHS) in...

Scotia Bank Medal Golf tourney fixed for Saturday at LGC

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank Medal Golf tourney fixed for Saturday at LGC

The Annual Scotia Bank Medal Play Golf tournament is billed for Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC), East Coast Demerara. Ronald Bulkan, Secretary of the LGC disclosed that the cream of the...

Hikers Junior Hockey team depart for Trinidad

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hikers Junior Hockey team depart for Trinidad

A depleted Hikers Hockey Club junior team departed on Tuesday morning for Trinidad and Tobago to compete in that country’s annual Easter Junior tournament for schools and clubs within the Caribbean...

Fudadin takes Hutton Griffith trophy

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fudadin takes Hutton Griffith trophy

National cricketer Assad Fudadin was recently voted Cricketer of the Year by the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club at their annual award ceremony held last Sunday at the JC Chandisingh Secondary...

DF&GIC U-19 Inter Zone Cricket in Berbice starts today

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on DF&GIC U-19 Inter Zone Cricket in Berbice starts today

The Second Annual Diamond Fire & General Insurance Company sponsored Under-19 Inter Zone tournament organised by the Berbice Cricket Board is set to bowl off today and continue tomorrow. The...

Goodluck is top marksman at latest GNRA Recorded Shoot

Mar 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goodluck is top marksman at latest GNRA Recorded Shoot

Leading Rifle Shooter Ransford Goodluck bounced back into winner’s row when he secured victory in last Sunday’s Guyana National Rifle Association Recorded Shoot at the Timehri Rifle Ranges as...

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Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more