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Winston Murray succumbs

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Winston Murray succumbs

…his death a “big loss” to the country – Jagdeo Shadow Minister of Finance, Mr. Winston Murray, who collapsed two Thursdays ago and suffered brain hemorrhage, succumbed at the Georgetown...

NAACIE joins countrywide sugar strike

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on NAACIE joins countrywide sugar strike

– says GuySuCo’s actions tantamount to breach of law In a day that was marred by strikes and protests, sugar workers, represented by the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and...

Alliance for Change protests spiraling maternal deaths

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Alliance for Change protests spiraling maternal deaths

By Amar Panday The Alliance for Change yesterday staged a protest outside the Georgetown Public Hospital against what it termed the burgeoning incidence of maternal deaths at the GPHC and other...

GPL workers on countrywide strike for more money

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPL workers on countrywide strike for more money

– say company made $2B profit in 2009 Hundreds of workers of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) went on a countrywide strike as wage talks fell through. The hardest hit departments were...

Severed RUSAL workers protest outside Labour Ministry

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Severed RUSAL workers protest outside Labour Ministry

– Accuses Govt. officials of racism The Ministry of Labour yesterday morning attracted some of the sacked Rusal workers, their friends and union leaders, each with placards in hands held high,...

Linden headmaster defy TSC ruling on automatic promotion

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Linden headmaster defy TSC ruling on automatic promotion

… secondary school children read at Day Care Centre level Lindeners early yesterday morning came out in their numbers to show solidarity with headmaster of the Wismar Multilateral School, Cleveland...

Rohee says security plan in place to assure “safe” UNASUR meeting

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee says security plan in place to assure “safe” UNASUR meeting

… Guyana to give Lula highest national award Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, yesterday assured that a security plan drafted for Guyana’s hosting of the UNASUR meeting, which gets underway...

Dem boys seh… God rest Winston Murray’s soul

Nov 23, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… God rest Winston Murray’s soul

Winston Murray dead. De news spread slow. Then it pick up speed. People start fuh talk and some cry. But dem boys know that dem had some people who just want something to talk about; something that...

Bandits cart off millions from Grove hardware store

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits cart off millions from Grove hardware store

… Business couple robbed for fourth time Using a rope to gain access to the roof, then breaking several louver panes, three armed bandits robbed and terrorised a Grove East Bank Demerara...

Accused hammer murderer makes court appearance

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Accused hammer murderer makes court appearance

Adrian McKenzie appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry, yesterday, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, charged with murdering his mother, 62-year-old Ethel Andries. It is alleged...

Berbice Maths, English teachers targeted for performance upgrade

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Maths, English teachers targeted for performance upgrade

In a move to correct the poor performance in CXC Mathematics and English, the National Centre for Research Development (NCERD) hosted a workshop, recently, for CXC English and Mathematics teachers in...

Lucky Dollar promotion makes 20 happy

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Lucky Dollar promotion makes 20 happy

Last Saturday, 20 winners in the Lucky Dollar Early Bird Savings Promotion representing the third and fourth batch of “Lucky” winners received “fabulous” grocery hampers to the approximate...

Fire destroys Eccles house

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Eccles house

Fire gutted the upper flat of a two-storey house at lot 129 BB, First Street, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, yesterday morning. The fire service responded quickly and managed to contain the blaze to the...

Rains hit Essequibo vendors, farmers hard

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rains hit Essequibo vendors, farmers hard

Persistent heavy rainfall over the weekend, along the Essequibo Coast, was responsible for flooding in several locations, including the Anna Regina Municipal market, which continues to be flooded,...

Meadow Bank residents deluged

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Meadow Bank residents deluged

– appeals for intervention from authorities Some five months after they got relief from the floodwaters that inundated their community, residents of the small fishing town of Alexander Village...

Frustrated printer wants answers from government

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Frustrated printer wants answers from government

… ‘Illegal’ construction at Roraima Inn A Bel Air Park businessman is examining his options after several complaints were made to authorities over what he described as illegal construction...

Man electrocuted in Sophia

Nov 23, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man electrocuted in Sophia

An illegal electricity connection has caused another death and this time the victim has been identified as 40-year-old Sophia resident, Leslie Clarkson, called “Metro”. Clarkson’s body was...

Two cops arrested for demanding money

Nov 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Two cops arrested for demanding money

Two policemen are under close arrest at the Turkeyen Police station since Saturday after an allegation was made that they demanded money by menace from a businessman. According to reports, the two...

Relatives of missing Timehri woman seek greater police action

Nov 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Relatives of missing Timehri woman seek greater police action

Relatives of the Timehri woman who went missing on Diwali eve are calling on the Police to be more aggressive. They said that they have not heard anything of the investigations into the woman’s...

Church’s Chicken lends corporate support to Kashif and Shanghai tourney

Nov 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Church’s Chicken lends corporate support to Kashif and Shanghai tourney

The popular Church’s Chicken Fast food restaurant has continued its support of the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament. Yesterday at their Camp and Middle Street location, Dawn Braithwaite,...

Persaud and Sukhram retain Guyana Open Golf titles

Nov 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Persaud and Sukhram retain Guyana Open Golf titles

Avinash Persaud and Christine Sukhram retained the men’s and ladies crowns at the R1 Vodka sponsored two-day Guyana Open Golf championships played at Lusignan golf Club. Persaud playing off a 2...

Local bodybuilders turn in credible performance in Barbados

Nov 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Local bodybuilders turn in credible performance in Barbados

Professional bodybuilder, Sylvan Gardner has turned in yet another credible performance following his participation at Darcy Beckles Bodybuilding Invitational Classic and Figure Girls competition at...

GABA institutes life ban on absconding Commonwealth Games boxers

Nov 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GABA institutes life ban on absconding Commonwealth Games boxers

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) has instituted life bans on the three boxers who absconded in the United States while on their way home from the Commonwealth Games held in India. This...

ProAm boxing card pushed back to facilitate Latin American Summit

Nov 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on ProAm boxing card pushed back to facilitate Latin American Summit

CABOFE championships to highlight event Boxers preparing for combat in the tenth edition of the monthly ProAm boxing card were forced to adjust their respective programmes after the organizers were...

The Message wins again by a whisker from Night Crescendo

Nov 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on The Message wins again by a whisker from Night Crescendo

Samuel Whyte It was an exhilarating and pulsating day of horseracing for the thousands that turned up at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club one day season ending meet as the Message eked out a...

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A call for more cultural centres

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Burnham’s decision to divert the Indian Immigration Fund towards constructing the National... more