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Pompey must not become an unsung hero

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pompey must not become an unsung hero

By Edison Jefford Guyana sent arguably one of its largest teams to the Commonwealth Games that wrapped up in India last Thursday, and of the contingent only one medal was won, a silver, compliment of...

Policeman remains in hospital one month after accident with Minister Lall

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman remains in hospital one month after accident with Minister Lall

Lying in a bed at the Georgetown Public Hospital for over a month now, is 59-year-old John July, whose injury came as a result of him being knocked down by Local Government Minister, Kellawan Lall....

Caribbean Fury 2 to be aired by ESPN

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Fury 2 to be aired by ESPN

The Caribbean Fury Boxing Series has now attracted the attention of leading Sports Broadcast Network ESPN Caribbean. Caribbean Fury 2 is expected to be the biggest boxing and entertainment event in...

Court regular caught with cannabis

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Court regular caught with cannabis

An Angoy’s Avenue man who was caught with marijuana and told the court that he uses the drug for his sickness, after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana was remanded to prison. Mohamed...

Kwakwani Secondary to host counter-trafficking awareness programme

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Kwakwani Secondary to host counter-trafficking awareness programme

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is expanding its awareness programme targeting counter-trafficking in persons...

Lampkin, Anderson in winners’ row

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lampkin, Anderson in winners’ row

Nigel Lampkin and Esan Anderson were the respective winners in the ‘B’ and ‘C’ class categories in the Oasis Water Inc Draughts Tournament which was played on Saturday at the Guyana Legion...

Guyanese abroad forced to travel home for new passport

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese abroad forced to travel home for new passport

Guyanese residing in St Kitts and Nevis are being forced to return home before they can be issued with a machine readable passport. They have since sought to petition the Guyanese authorities to...

Pollydore rides away with A. Ally and sons’ 25th Anniversary race

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pollydore rides away with A. Ally and sons’ 25th Anniversary race

Overseas based Guyanese and National Cycling Champion Godfrey Pollydore flew into the country only a few days ago, don his cycling gear and rode to victory in the A. Ally and sons sponsored 25th...

What else is Govt. telling GECOM to do?

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on What else is Govt. telling GECOM to do?

Dear Editor, Ever since the 1997 elections that ended with the president-to-be Janet Jagan throwing a legal court document over her shoulder, and the haste with which the then GECOM Chairman and...

Darren Sammy’s appointment represents a break with the market-oriented leadership

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Darren Sammy’s appointment represents a break with the market-oriented leadership

Dear Editor, When I said a year ago that Darren Sammy should lead the West Indies cricket team, I based my conclusion primarily on the need to entrust the leadership of the region’s most important...

The destruction of public property

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The destruction of public property

Dear Editor, We often hear about vandals destroying schools, health clinics and other public buildings, but it is amazing to witness a man and his two sons willfully removing structures that were...

Mother claims son was murdered

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mother claims son was murdered

Four persons are in custody, including two policemen, as investigation continues into the shooting death of a 20 -year old Neighbourhood policeman, Nityanand Baginauth of 35 Scotsburg. The young man...

Unknown gunman shoots Vreed-en-Hoop man

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Unknown gunman shoots Vreed-en-Hoop man

Police on the West Coast of Demerara are investigating an incident during which a man was shot in the groin by an unknown gunman. Reports are that 29-year-old Rovin Maniram was shot around 02:30...

Port Kaituma robbery suspects appear in court

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma robbery suspects appear in court

The three suspects who were caught after robbing a Port Kaituma businesswoman on Friday were yesterday slapped one robbery, one wounding charge and two charges of possession of illegal firearm and...

GMR&SC stages motorcade

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC stages motorcade

-International Race Meet promotion to continue In its effort to whip up support for the November 7 Caribbean Motor Racing Championship, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) staged a...

Questions for the Ministry of Labour and Go-Invest on closure of Barama’s plywood plant

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questions for the Ministry of Labour and Go-Invest on closure of Barama’s plywood plant

Dear Editor, The Table at the end of this letter shows that Barama Company Ltd. has been running its plywood plant at lower and lower levels from its installed mill capacity of 108,000 m3 of plywood...

The death trap

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The death trap

There is no end to the indiscipline that is claiming so many lives on the streets. A simple observation would reveal that most of these deaths occur at weekends. It is the same with the most violent...

It’s about time this vexing situation in Annandale ends

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s about time this vexing situation in Annandale ends

Dear Editor, Annandale, especially Annandale North is a place in rapid decline. I yet again repeat what the last two letters highlighted. What is quite bothersome is that the street of Ramsingh is...

Progressively developing the health sector

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Progressively developing the health sector

Dear Editor, I would like to highlight some other important improvement that the Government has made in the health sector. I also congratulate the current administration for the emphasis placed on...

THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO

In this week’s column we examine whether the decision of Venezuela to go “nuclear” will trigger a conflict that will pull Guyana along. This past week, it was announced that the Venezuelan...

Guyana Fire Service prevails in 3-team domino tourney

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Fire Service prevails in 3-team domino tourney

Rawle Barrow won 16 games, with support from Von Venture, who amassed 15 games, and Tricia Leander and Alison Peterson (14 games apiece) to register 78 games and spearhead the Guyana Fire Service...

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Guyana recorded over 10 000 dengue cases in 2024

Kaieteur News- Guyana recorded just over 10,000 dengue cases in 2024, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony revealed during an... more