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Hammer, chisel found in Death Row

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Hammer, chisel found in Death Row

– condemned prisoner accused of planning breakout Hafeez Hoosein, a Death Row inmate in the Camp Street jail, is now in solitary confinement. And his detention in solitary is not in keeping...

Rupununi resident survives 15-minute battle with 150-lb jaguar

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi resident survives 15-minute battle with 150-lb jaguar

A 28-year-old Amerindian fisherman is recovering at the Lethem Hospital after miraculously surviving a 15-minute battle with a ferocious female jaguar. At the end of the battle, the jaguar lay dead...

Conference slated to pursue US$500M a year for Caribbean – Jagdeo

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Conference slated to pursue US$500M a year for Caribbean – Jagdeo

By Gary Eleazar Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo shortly after arriving in the country yesterday told a welcoming party that there is a conference slated for sometime soon where regional representatives...

Plaisance man found dead in trench after beating

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Plaisance man found dead in trench after beating

Police at Sparendaam on the East Coast of Demerara are anxiously awaiting the results of a post mortem examination on the body of Carl Williams, which was pulled from a trench aback of Vryheid’s...

Jagdeo defends Amaila Falls contract

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo defends Amaila Falls contract

…says all Guyana’s electricity supply will be from renewable sources in 3 years Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo says that in three years’ time, Guyana’s entire electricity supply will be from...

Cop among five held with stolen parts

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cop among five held with stolen parts

A policeman is among five men arrested as police investigate an armed robbery which occurred at Edinburgh, West Coast Demerara, on Monday. Police in a statement said that diligent investigative work...

Dem boys seh…How jail man get hammer and chisel?

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…How jail man get hammer and chisel?

Who seh that jail ain’t mek fuh dog? Dem got a dog lock up at Alberttown Police Station for nearly two months. Dem boys seh that de dog serving a sentence fuh being at de wrang place at de wrang...

Another honour for Dr. Yesu Persaud

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Another honour for Dr. Yesu Persaud

– Warwick University renames renowned centre after him Renowned Guyanese entrepreneur, Dr. Yesu Persaud, has received more recognition for his work in the area of business and contributions to...

Guyanese who fathered baby with minor jailed for five years

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese who fathered baby with minor jailed for five years

By Melissa French (Virgin Islands Platinum News) The 31-year-old Guyanese mason who fathered the baby of a minor was sent to prison for five years yesterday morning when he appeared before Justice...

India’s L’il Champs to perform in Guyana

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on India’s L’il Champs to perform in Guyana

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha has roped in India’s L’il Champs to be part of this year’s Indian Arrival celebrations at the National Stadium. The winners of the 2009 ZEE TV Sa Re Ga Ma...

Dysfunctional traffic lights blamed for bus/car collision

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dysfunctional traffic lights blamed for bus/car collision

Dysfunctional traffic lights at the junction of Camp and Church Streets were blamed for an accident that resulted in damage to a minibus and a private car and left one man nursing injury to his hands...

“We will take to the streets”- Carvil Duncan

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on “We will take to the streets”- Carvil Duncan

– Union threatens strike action as city workers’ wages in limbo (By Mondale Smith) As another Labour Day looms uncertainty surrounds an exact April wages and salaries payment date for...

Banks maintains partnership with HRC

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks maintains partnership with HRC

Associates Guinness ‘Reach For Greatness’ with the Classic Beverage Giants Banks DIH Limited, under their Guinness ‘Reach For Greatness’ brand yesterday officially announced that they are...

NZ beat Ireland in warm-up game

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on NZ beat Ireland in warm-up game

West Indies play under lights tonight By Sean Devers New Zealand, who lost to Sri Lanka in the first ever 20/20 International in 2005 and has played more 20/20 International than any other team...

CFU adds round to WGC qualifying

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU adds round to WGC qualifying

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – The Caribbean Football Union added an extra round of qualifying to determine the teams it will send to the Women’s Gold Cup later this year. With CONCACAF expanding...

AAG planning mega U-23 Games

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG planning mega U-23 Games

– event set for next weekend In an effort to fill an obvious gap between juniors and seniors in terms competitions, the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has planned what should be a...

Something is brewing among the Masters

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Something is brewing among the Masters

By Edison Jefford Guyana’s former basketball stars will attempt to show this generation how it’s done when the Georgetown Masters take on the Pioneers Thursday night in the preceding game of an...

Six teams on winners row in last weekend’s action

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Six teams on winners row in last weekend’s action

Rockaway and Trophy Stall played to a tie initially, by Trophy Stall rebounded to win in the super over when action in the Rockaway Auto Sales Softball cricket competition continued last weekend at...

GLTA holds awards ceremony

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GLTA holds awards ceremony

– to advertise soon for applicants for training programme The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) will soon be advertising for applicants to participate in a training programme leading to a...

DJ Stress 20/20 Cricket Festival on July 4

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on DJ Stress 20/20 Cricket Festival on July 4

Four teams to battle for top honours at Providence Four teams will battle for supremacy in the DJ Stress 20-20 Cricket Festival slated for the Guyana National Stadium at Providence on July 4. The...

Amateur boxers named for national duties as GABA prepares for overseas outings

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxers named for national duties as GABA prepares for overseas outings

Several of the country’s top amateur pugilists have been selected to the national team as the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) prepares for several international tournaments. Coach of the...

Battle of wits imminent as scrabble players convene for tournaments

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Battle of wits imminent as scrabble players convene for tournaments

Fresh from a scintillating performance at the just concluded Tri-Nation Scrabble tournament in Trinidad and Tobago where he captured the individual title, former national scrabble champion Fred...

Guyanese continue to impress in T&T

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese continue to impress in T&T

Guyanese cricketers continue to impress in Trinidad’s 2010 domestic season, Elton Baker top-scoring with 79 and taking 5-32 to take the Man-of-the-Match award over the weekend playing for Rousillac...

Female Police cricket team formed in Berbice

Apr 28, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Female Police cricket team formed in Berbice

Recently the Central Police Station in New Amsterdam, Operational Police Youth Club launched their female cricket team at their Recreational Centre, situated in the station’s Compound with a grand...

Berbice group seeks to empower residents

Apr 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice group seeks to empower residents

PORT MOURANT, CORENTYNE – The St. Francis Community Developers at Port Mourant has taken on a new venture dubbed Project RESCUE (Reforming Education, Skills and Capacity for Ultimate...

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