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Vintage Guyana repeat as champs on ‘Dickie’ Fields 72nd birthday

May 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vintage Guyana repeat as champs on ‘Dickie’ Fields 72nd birthday

It was the perfect birthday present for veteran Guyanese shooter Richard ‘Dickie’ Fields who celebrated his 72nd birthday; Guyana successfully defending the West Indies Fullbore Shooting...

Speeding minibus kills conductor, injures several

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding minibus kills conductor, injures several

By Latoya Giles and Rabindra Rooplall A 30-year-old minibus conductor had his head crushed yesterday morning after the minibus hit a motorcar on the Rupert Craig Highway in the vicinity of...

PNCR joins in condemnation of attack on Kissoon

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR joins in condemnation of attack on Kissoon

“…another example of the extent to which the present Administration would go to stifle the constitutional right of Guyanese to freedom of expression” Africo Selman, of the People’s National...

Boxing officials must jump in with both feet if only for the sustenance of the sport

May 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxing officials must jump in with both feet if only for the sustenance of the sport

Says Michael Benjamin On Tuesday afternoon last, the boxers that were contracted to participate in the fourth edition of the ProAm boxing card that was staged Friday evening, convened at the NCN...

Berbice High School guard bludgeoned

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice High School guard bludgeoned

QUEENSTOWN, NEW AMSTERDAM – Sixty-year old George Campbell drew his last breath en route to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday morning, after he was beaten by a person unknown during what...

Cops detain survivor of highway ‘crash’

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cops detain survivor of highway ‘crash’

– friend gives statement about illegal act prior to tragedy Police have detained the survivor of Wednesday’s Soesdyke/Linden highway crash to get to the bottom of several puzzling aspects...

Roma Manufacturing Factory bond goes up in flames

May 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Roma Manufacturing Factory bond goes up in flames

Around 14:00 hours yesterday, a fire of unknown origin gutted some sections of the Roma Manufacturing Inc. Bond, which is located at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara. The facility produces...

Dem boys seh…Security guard getting scarce

May 29, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Security guard getting scarce

Look out fuh some serious advertising and campaigning fuh security guards. People start resigning from dem guard service like mad and de people who heading de guard service getting worried. Wha cause...

Two jailed in UK for cocaine plot, Guyanese to be sentenced later

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two jailed in UK for cocaine plot, Guyanese to be sentenced later

Two men have been jailed over a plot to smuggle more than £20M worth of cocaine into the UK inside scrap metal from Guyana. Neil Tindling, 35, of Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, admitted...

US nabs Delta passenger with 17 pounds coke stashed in Champion custard powder

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on US nabs Delta passenger with 17 pounds coke stashed in Champion custard powder

A Brooklyn man was arrested at JFK Airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 17 pounds of cocaine into the country. The drug was concealed as baking products from Guyana, US officials said, recently....

Grandmother distressed about missing grandson

May 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Grandmother distressed about missing grandson

A distraught grandmother is seeking the assistance of the law enforcement agencies and citizens in locating her 14-year-old grandson who followed a friend and ran away from home last Monday....

Bahamas Defence Minister highlights regional drug woes

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bahamas Defence Minister highlights regional drug woes

…at Inaugural Caribbean-United States Security Co-operation Dialogue Just this week, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force apprehended a vessel in The Bahamas territorial waters. The vessel had on board...

President Jagdeo’s Award could be used as a point of reference

May 29, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on President Jagdeo’s Award could be used as a point of reference

DEAR EDITOR, The Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) was among the first to congratulate President Bharrat Jagdeo on his achieving the UNEP Award because we believe that it was...

ACDA stands in solidarity with Freddie Kissoon

May 29, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on ACDA stands in solidarity with Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, The African Cultural & Development Association (ACDA) strongly condemns the rampant and growing intolerance in our society most recently exhibited by the attack on journalist Freddie...

Murder accused remanded

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused remanded

A 21-year-old miner from Wakapoa, North West District was yesterday not required to plead to the capital offence of murder when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It was...

Some people are becoming primitive and uncivilised

May 29, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Some people are becoming primitive and uncivilised

Dear Editor, As Guyana celebrates its 44th anniversary as an independent nation, I wonder if we would not have been better off under colonial rule. Forty-four years of independence and nothing to...

Two charged for child’s death in road accident

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two charged for child’s death in road accident

Acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson, refused to grant bail to two men who were involved in an accident on Tuesday night that claimed the life of 11-year-old Austin Lashley. The men, Desmond De...

Boodhoo sees lessons for Guyana in Suriname elections

May 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boodhoo sees lessons for Guyana in Suriname elections

Chief Elections Officer, Gocool Boodhoo, believes Guyana can draw lessons from the conduct of the people in Suriname during elections held in the neighbouring country last Tuesday. “We can...

Can you help Mr. President?

May 29, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Can you help Mr. President?

Dear Editor, I would like to relate something to our President which I think may be of interest to him. Mr President, approximately one month ago I was contacted by Mrs Isaacs, the principal of...

Corbin acted outside the ambit of party constitution-Mason

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Corbin acted outside the ambit of party constitution-Mason

The People’s National Congress membership crisis seems to be deepening following the fracas at the party’s regional conference. National Executive of the Guyana Youth and Student Movement, Wayne...

Nothing can justify throwing faeces at someone

May 29, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Nothing can justify throwing faeces at someone

Dear Editor, I write to condemn in the strongest words possible the attack on my friend and newspaper commentator, Freddie Kissoon. It was an abhorrent and disgusting act that does not belong among...

Den Amstel mother seeks help with domestic violence issues – says system not working for her

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Den Amstel mother seeks help with domestic violence issues – says system not working for her

A Den Amstel woman is appealing to the authorities to tell her where she could go to get justice. Rhonda Layne, in her late 50s, explained that her troubles began about six years ago when her son got...

A collapsing society

May 29, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on A collapsing society

Criminal activities are a part of almost every society. There are always deviants and no matter how hard a country tries to create employment for all, there will be people who will fail to co-operate...

For Amerindians who used shovels to build hinterland roads

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on For Amerindians who used shovels to build hinterland roads

They used shovels and spades and in several Amerindian villages of Region Eight, it was the women and children that did the work. It took six years, but the hard work paid off. Now Region Eight...

PNCR activist gets $50,000 bail for punching woman member

May 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR activist gets $50,000 bail for punching woman member

The man who punched a woman in the face at the General Council of People’s National Congress Sophia, on Sunday was yesterday granted his pre trial liberty when he appeared before Acting Chief...