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CN Sharma detained over rape allegations by girl, 13

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on CN Sharma detained over rape allegations by girl, 13

…collapses, hospitalised after taken to Brickdam Lockups Proprietor of the CNS TV Channel 6, Chandra Narine Sharma, was last evening questioned by Police ranks at Eve Leary after he was invited...

Hand-in-Hand posts US$3M to back Synergy Holdings – Finance Minister

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand posts US$3M to back Synergy Holdings – Finance Minister

… company not building Hydro Electric Project Hand in Hand Group of Companies is the company which backed Synergy Holdings Inc. with the US$3M mobilization and security bonds which was a...

Minister Fox’s son charged with causing her death

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Minister Fox’s son charged with causing her death

– granted $300,000 bail Almost four months after her sudden demise, Junior Minister of Education, Dr. Desrey Fox’s son, Terrence Fox, has been charged with causing her death. Terrence Fox...

Cop struck down at roadblock

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Cop struck down at roadblock

– Driver arrested A young driver ended up in the Brickdam Lockups last night after he drove his car in a reckless manner and struck down a policeman who was manning a roadblock on Mandela...

Feds here to conduct interviews

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Feds here to conduct interviews

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) – FBI agents are in the South American country of Guyana seeking evidence in the case against four men accused of plotting to blow up New York’s John F. Kennedy...

National Museum displays ‘Velha Goa’

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on National Museum displays ‘Velha Goa’

The High Commission of India in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, and the Guyana National Museum held an exhibition titled ‘Velha Goa’ at the National Museum on...

Govt worried over City Hall’s readiness

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Govt worried over City Hall’s readiness

Several areas of the city and on the East Coast Demerara were under water yesterday as government started to redeploy equipment to work with local Neighborhood Democratic Councils. Yesterday,...

Third Digicel robbery suspect held

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Third Digicel robbery suspect held

A third person who was fingered in Wednesday’s Digicel Cell Smart Vreed-en-Hoop branch robbery has been arrested. This newspaper was told that around 05:30 hours yesterday, police, acting on...

UGSS locks out students, Vice Chancellor

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on UGSS locks out students, Vice Chancellor

…forces meeting with administration Early yesterday morning the University of Guyana’s main gate and the Admissions Division were padlocked by members of the University’s Students’ Society....

Former army officer says cruise ship job offer is authentic

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Former army officer says cruise ship job offer is authentic

A former Guyana Defence Force officer accused of perpetrating a scam has come forward to clear the air on the Carnival Cruise Lines job offers. Yesterday, the officer said that back in 1998 another...

Netherlands endows National Archives with digitised maps

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Netherlands endows National Archives with digitised maps

– represents bigger collaborative effort About five percent of the collections at the National Archives of Guyana date back to the 18th century, which is regarded as the Dutch colonial period....

Husband, wife among three remanded

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Husband, wife among three remanded

Three persons, including a husband and wife, who were captured at Baracara up the Canje River on Monday during the police continuous anti-crime operations, were on Wednesday remanded to prison by...

Aubrey Cummings passes on

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Aubrey Cummings passes on

“Not only a musician of a generation, he is a cultural hero”- Vibert Cambridge The Guyanese entertainment industry is in mourning for the late musician, Aubrey Cummings. Reports are that the...

Local domino team triumphs at 16th Biennial International tourney

Apr 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local domino team triumphs at 16th Biennial International tourney

Urged on by a large group of vociferous supporters, local domino players amassed 93 games to cart off the honours when the final Test match of the 16th Biennial International Dominoes tournament...

‘De’ Ambassadors award ‘Grass Track’ top performers

Apr 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘De’ Ambassadors award ‘Grass Track’ top performers

‘De’ Ambassadors awarded the outstanding riders from its Goed Fortuin ‘Grass Track’ race meeting Tuesday night at Club Diamond on Hadfield Street where junior sensation, Junior DaSilva was...

Scrap iron thieves arrested after destroying river defence structures

Apr 16, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Scrap iron thieves arrested after destroying river defence structures

The police have arrested several persons, who raided Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, earlier this week stealing sections of metal punts used as river defence structures. Regional and agricultural...

Female hockey players’ progress pleases Coach

Apr 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Female hockey players’ progress pleases Coach

Over $6million needed to compete at CAC C/ships National Women’s Hockey Coach Philip Fernandes speaking with Kaieteur Sport following a training session at the GCC ground recently said that he is...

Linden Town Week Super-Eight starts tonight

Apr 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Town Week Super-Eight starts tonight

-Kings play Jets in feature game The Linden Town Week Super-Eight Basketball Championships will start tonight at the Mackenzie Sports Club court with Victory Valley Royals taking on Block 22 Flames...

Harris says North is not struggling

Apr 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Harris says North is not struggling

By Edison Jefford “Too many cooks spoil the broth,” the old maxim says, but sometimes one head can wear many caps to either detriment or achievement, which is still to be proven in the Mackeson...

IN SEARCH OF THE END OF El Niño

Apr 16, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IN SEARCH OF THE END OF El Niño

Kaieteur News deserves an award of some sorts for its fantastic investigative journalism over the years but more especially over the past six months. If Guyana were a larger nation, Adam Harris and...

Matches continue on Sunday at 3 venues

Apr 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Matches continue on Sunday at 3 venues

Competition in the annual Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation of Guyana 15 overs Inter-Jamaat softball round-robin cricket competition will continue on Sunday at the MYO, National Park and...

Local professional boxers convene to discuss future of the sport

Apr 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local professional boxers convene to discuss future of the sport

Head of Ringside Promotions, Herman Harris has organized a meeting with several senior professional boxers, scheduled for the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue this afternoon starting at 17:30hrs....

SARWAN UNBEATEN CENTURY SEES OFF IRELAND

Apr 16, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on SARWAN UNBEATEN CENTURY SEES OFF IRELAND

West Indies win by 6 wkts on D/L system A century from Ramnaresh Sarwan helped West Indies overcome a spirited Ireland in a rain-affected encounter in Jamaica, as they eased to their target with six...

Cultural assimilation to wholesale Western thinking damaging local way of life

Apr 16, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cultural assimilation to wholesale Western thinking damaging local way of life

Dear Editor, The developing world is aware of the history of its domination by Western imperialists, and the negative heritage of that domination and underdevelopment. Drawing on Magdoff and...

Rid the streets of stray animals

Apr 16, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rid the streets of stray animals

Dear Editor, There is a deadly social problem that is plaguing our society in all parts of Guyana and that is the problem of stray cattle on our roadways. I think the authorities responsible for this...

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A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more