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Brand-new Essequibo stelling falling apart

Apr 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Brand-new Essequibo stelling falling apart

…supporting pontoon sinks in river A pontoon anchoring the ramp of the multi-million-dollar stelling at Good Hope, Essequibo, sank Monday night forcing yet another delay in the commissioning of the...

Widespread corruption undermines poverty-reduction efforts – states 2010 Economic Freedom Report

Apr 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Widespread corruption undermines poverty-reduction efforts – states 2010 Economic Freedom Report

Guyana’s economic freedom score is 48.4, making its economy the 153rd freest in the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom. The report however stresses that Guyana’s overall score remains the same as...

Dem boys seh…Some people don’t need experience

Apr 29, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Some people don’t need experience

People does do some stupidness and when de ell phone become so common place is more stupidness. In de States de cell phones causing problem. Dem have some real stupid people who driving and texting...

One dead, three injured in Sparendaam crash

Apr 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on One dead, three injured in Sparendaam crash

(By Mondale Smith) An accident on the Rupert Craig Highway in the vicinity of Ben Profitt Drive, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara, early yesterday morning, has claimed the life of one woman and left...

Woeful Windies find another way to lose

Apr 29, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Woeful Windies find another way to lose

Despite good bowling and belligerent 53 from Chanderpaul By Sean Devers at Providence West Indies, aiming to go one spot further than their semi-final placing in the last ICC 20/20 World Cup in...

FIFA Representatives address findings with GFF

Apr 29, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on FIFA Representatives address findings with GFF

By Rawle Welch Despite not finalising their recommendations, FIFA Senior Manager of Member Associations Services Urs Zanitti and Marketing Consultant of Member Associations Professionalism Programme...

Mayor’s Cup quarter-finals continue tomorrow

Apr 29, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup quarter-finals continue tomorrow

Play continues tomorrow at the Georgetown Football Club ground when action in the Annual Mayor’s Cup football championship resumes with quarter-final play starting at 6:00pm with a double...

Lady Jags for one-week camp in Canada ahead of WGC 2nd round

Apr 29, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Lady Jags for one-week camp in Canada ahead of WGC 2nd round

The Guyana Football Federation is leaving no stones unturned as they seek to whip the National female team (Lady Jags) into top shape ahead of Second Round action in the Caribbean Football Union...

ALBOUYSTOWN CARRY GEORGETOWN’S HOPE TONIGHT

Apr 29, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on ALBOUYSTOWN CARRY GEORGETOWN’S HOPE TONIGHT

By Edison Jefford Hundreds of basketball enthusiasts in Georgetown are expected to turn out to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall tonight to support the only City team that has a chance of reaching the...

Horrifying tale of seven-year-old’s abuse revealed in court

Apr 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Horrifying tale of seven-year-old’s abuse revealed in court

Twenty two-year-old Royden Benn called ‘Royden Daniels’ or ‘Dougla man’ of Angoy’s Avenue (Cow Dam) and formerly of Pomeroon was on Wednesday refused bail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo...

Champion of Earth Award puts Guyana in positive spotlight – Jagdeo

Apr 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Champion of Earth Award puts Guyana in positive spotlight – Jagdeo

Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo who is one of the recipients of the Champion of the Earth Award says that the recognition puts Guyana in a positive light and will have good results for the country....

GFF Female Inter Association League to continue on Saturday

Apr 29, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GFF Female Inter Association League to continue on Saturday

Lethem will kick off their quest for top honours in the Guyana Football Federation Female Inter Association League on Saturday when they host the winless East Demerara Football Association ladies....

Hole-in-heart patient remains grateful 15 years later

Apr 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Hole-in-heart patient remains grateful 15 years later

Gopattie Hariprashad remembers being told her son would only live to be perhaps 13. Today, that son, Munilal Hariprashad, celebrates his 22nd birthday, and she has a long list of people and...

Theophilus threatens to make Gilkes see ‘blue’ in pro/Am boxing extravaganza

Apr 29, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Theophilus threatens to make Gilkes see ‘blue’ in pro/Am boxing extravaganza

By Michael Benjamin Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes bared his fangs at Theophilus King and subsequently threatened to out his lights when the fighters scheduled to participate in the Guyana Boxing Board...

‘Peeping’ could land you in jail

Apr 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Peeping’ could land you in jail

– Sexual Offences Act Someone accused and found guilty of secretly observing another person “doing a private act,” could face a fine of $500,000 and up to five years’ imprisonment. This...

Amateur boxers named as Castrol lubricates ProAm boxing card

Apr 29, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxers named as Castrol lubricates ProAm boxing card

The management of Castrol, Waterloo Street, South Cummingsburg had injected a little ‘lubricating oil’ into the Pro/Am boxing card with a substantial monetary donation to the organizers. The gift...

One year later police yet to arrest suspect

Apr 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on One year later police yet to arrest suspect

Come Saturday, it will be one year since 51-year-old Rupert Randolph Gill was stabbed in his neck, in clear daylight. However police are yet to locate his attacker one year later. The man who lived...

Full points for MYO, Providence, LBI ‘A’ & Mon Repos ‘B’

Apr 29, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Full points for MYO, Providence, LBI ‘A’ & Mon Repos ‘B’

The annual Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) of Guyana 15 overs Inter-Jamaat Softball round-robin cricket competition continued last Sunday at the MYO and LBI Grounds. At the MYO...

Afghans warm-up for India with 5-wicket win against Ireland

Apr 29, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Afghans warm-up for India with 5-wicket win against Ireland

By Sean Devers Afghanistan warmed up for their opening match against inaugural ICC 20/20 World Cup winners India on Saturday in St Lucia with a convincing 5-wicket win against fellow ICC qualifiers...

Charlotte Street shooting accused remanded

Apr 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Charlotte Street shooting accused remanded

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Tuesday refused to grant bail to a former employee of Lambert’s Enterprise who was involved in a shooting incident on Saturday afternoon. The man,...

New entertainment facility reshapes Greenheart Street

Apr 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on New entertainment facility reshapes Greenheart Street

Greenheart Street, once famous for the neatly lined range houses stretching from Arvida Road (Republic Avenue) to David Rose Avenue, has slowly been changing over the years. Many persons who once...

A need for more welfare officers and guidance counselors

Apr 29, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on A need for more welfare officers and guidance counselors

Dear Editor, Student violence in schools in Guyana seems to be a growing culture among many disruptive elements today. What is really happening is that some parents of students in certain schools...

Violation of powerless young ladies

Apr 29, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Violation of powerless young ladies

Dear Editor, I write to congratulate Mr. Freddie Kissoon for his piece, “Sexual fascism in Guyana: Maniacs in the corridors of power” (Kaieteur News April 25, 2010). The article exposes a deep,...

Landowner closes 38-year-old thoroughfare

Apr 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Landowner closes 38-year-old thoroughfare

…some D’Urban Backlands residents contemplate legal action A roadway that led from Mandela Avenue into a section of D’Urban Backlands, in the vicinity of the National Cultural Centre has been...

Developing countries not tapping into their creative resources – says CARICOM cultural expert

Apr 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Developing countries not tapping into their creative resources – says CARICOM cultural expert

The lead authority on culture at the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has observed that developing countries including those in the Caribbean, have not maximized the opportunities...

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Sammy to be appointed as West Indies Senior Men’s Head Coach for all formats

The oil industry is a casino of cash, power and corruption

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in her book, Blowout: “The oil and gas industry... more