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AG fails to advise President Jagdeo, creates constitutional crisis

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Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Charles Ramson, apparently failed to properly advise President Bharrat Jagdeo and created a constitutional crisis yesterday. President Jagdeo, before...

GTU freezes National Athletics Championships

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The Guyana Teacher’s Union has stated that all plans for the 50th Annual National Schools Athletic Championship have been put on hold. The union said, yesterday that it is protesting the action...

Coast guard vessel explodes, damage substantial

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A Coast guard vessel ‘Hymarali’ exploded at Ruimveldt, yesterday, totaling the engines and leaving substantial damage estimated at some $10 million. The vessel had been repaired and put back into...

Cobra makes damaging accusations against ‘corrupt’ cops

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– “I talking everything because I punishing in jail” – Cobra Several weeks after he was charged with murder of Plaisance resident, Troy Collymore, Tyrone “Cobra” Rowe, 19, was...

Linden septic tank bandit jailed for 12 years

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… will serve six A 27-year-old man of Blue Berry Hill Squatting Area yesterday pleaded guilty to four offences, two of them indictable. The offences included two counts of robbery under arms,...

Dem boys seh…Is a shiffy shituation

Nov 04, 2010 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is a shiffy shituation

This is a strange place. A man get charge fuh robbery under arms. He go before de magistrate and he admit that he rob one man but that he ain’t rob de woman. First of all, dem boys seh that it goes...

National Diya lighted

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In ushering in Deepavali 2010, “Rashtra Jyoti”, the symbolic lighting of a national diya was done at the Promenade Gardens, Middle Street last evening. The lighting of the diya was sponsored by...

Drunk driving suspected in Lombard Street crash

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Another road accident last evening around 19:30 hours on Lombard Street Georgetown, left a number of people hospitalised. According to eyewitnesses, a speeding car came “dashing” out of Princes...

Flood waters cause driver to miss roadway

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Yesterday morning, around 09:30 hrs this motor car ended up in the drain at Sussex Street, La Penitence. The driver of motorcar PFF 3473 was in a hurry to get to his destination and apparently lost...

185 visitors fly in on first packaged tour to Guyana

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The Ministry of Tourism and the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) yesterday hosted a ‘breakfast welcome’ at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, for what it said was the first organized...

Road closure for Diwali motorcade

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The annual Diwali motorcade will be held this evening forcing a rerouting of vehicular traffic that may be using the route. According to a police release the motorcade will leave the Shri Krishna...

IN WHOSE INTERESTS?

Nov 04, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IN WHOSE INTERESTS?

Ever since it was announced that airstrips were going to be established in Leguan and Wakenaam, there have been questions about whose interests these runways will serve. The people have been told...

Gunplay at the princess’ ball in a failed state

Nov 04, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Gunplay at the princess’ ball in a failed state

Do you know what nouveau riche means? There is some confusion in describing this class of people in society but there is a precise meaning. Let us get rid of the confusion first. Some people will...

Hard work and discipline lands Hugh Ross Masters over-50 crown

Nov 04, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Hard work and discipline lands Hugh Ross Masters over-50 crown

– He is first Caribbean athlete to achieve feat By Franklin Wilson There is an old saying, “Try and try again, and you will succeed at last”, well this is apt in the case of World Renowned...

TD Mark Rodrigues satisfied with performance of ‘Lady Jags’

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Future is bright for Women’s Football By Franklin Wilson in Cancun, Mexico With the compliments of GT&T, Fazia’s Collection, Bakewell and Crown Mining Supplies Technical Director of...

Digicel hands over awards for Schools’ Championships

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Digicel Guyana Inc, who is the major sponsor of the 2010 National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships, yesterday handed over the medals and trophies that will be...

Cousins charged for illegal gun, ammo and narcotics

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Thirty-three-year-old Kurt Mason and 24-year- old Shonette Eastman, a shopkeeper, of 534 Canvas City, Wismar, Linden, yesterday, appeared before Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Georgetown...

Man remanded for $15M raw gold theft

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Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday remanded John Wills who was charged along with Gregory Major for robbery under arms. In court yesterday, only Wills was present to answer to the charge. According to...

Venezuelan, Columbian boxers arrive for Caribbean Fury 2

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– Meet Venezuela to Guyana ambassador Dario Morandy, Venezuela Ambassador to Guyana, welcomed his country’s boxer Breilor Teran, who will clash with Guyanese Leon ‘Hurry-Up’ Moore in the...

Reittie here`for Caribbean Fury 2 battle against Murray

Nov 04, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Reittie here`for Caribbean Fury 2 battle against Murray

Guyanese Mark Murray could have a battle on his hands Saturday night at the Princess Hotel and Casino when he battles Canadian Richard Reittie over six rounds on one of seven fights on the Caribbean...

Patentia market tarmac serving no useful purpose

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The market tarmac located at Patentia village, West Bank Demerara (WBD) was established to facilitate vendors and stallholders since Government felt that the various markets were “overflowing”....

‘Vincey’ feel the heat from ‘Soca Warriors’

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Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Trinidad:- If the first match was a slow tactical battle between Guyana and Haiti, this was a complete contrast with an action packed first half, and 4 goals scored on both...

C.N. Sharma not sure of a fair trial

Nov 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on C.N. Sharma not sure of a fair trial

Owner of CNS Channel 6, Chandra Narine ‘C.N’ Sharma, yesterday attempted to set the records straight regarding his recent overseas visit for medical help. There have been suggestions in the press...

Absorbing duels anticipated in all categories

Nov 04, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Absorbing duels anticipated in all categories

Twenty-five races are carded for this Sunday’s Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship which will be held, at the South Dakota Circuit. According to the Organisers, the main sponsors...

Speeding driver crashes on Canje Bridge

Nov 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding driver crashes on Canje Bridge

On Tuesday afternoon Berbice saw yet another road accident. This time there was no deaths but one young man was hospitalized. Anoop Jagroop, 22, of Canefield, East Canje Berbice was heading east on...