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Passengers ride for free as govt. moves to break minibus strike

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Passengers ride for free as govt. moves to break minibus strike

In a move that many described as breaking the back of a minibus strike, some passengers commuting the Lodge/South route travelled for free last night after Works Minister Robeson Benn provided...

Route 41 minibuses protest over limited parking area

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Route 41 minibuses protest over limited parking area

Minibus operators plying the Lodge, Guyhoc and Ruimveldt routes yesterday staged a protest to alert the relevant authorities to look into the limited parking at the Stabroek Market area. The minibus...

La Penitence stallholders to be removed by Saturday

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on La Penitence stallholders to be removed by Saturday

Scores of stalls lining the public road outside the La Penitence Market are to be removed Saturday as Government announced plans to widen the road further to ease the traffic congestion on the East...

Displacement continues for Stabroek Market Vendors

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Displacement continues for Stabroek Market Vendors

Yesterday afternoon all the vendors who operated across the road from the Stabroek Market at the side of Demico House, were ordered by the police to immediately vacate the premises. In the wake of...

Female cop held with corruption money

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Female cop held with corruption money

– was previously fingered in finance office theft She was transferred to the East Coast of Demerara after she was fingered in one of the most embarrassing financial frauds in the Guyana Police...

GRA vehicle wrecks Lethem taxi

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GRA vehicle wrecks Lethem taxi

Some three weeks ago Desmond Adams was operating his taxi in Lethem when his car was involved in a collision with a vehicle owned by the Guyana Revenue Authority. Adams told this newspaper that he...

Dem boys seh… Cowshit gun wine pun something pointed

Jan 13, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Cowshit gun wine pun something pointed

Some people does play God when dem ain’t even Virgin Mary. Cowshit is one of dem. He people crash up a man taxi at Lethem and dem promise fuh repair de man car. Using some of de VAT money he would...

Berbice students get financial assistance for CSEC

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice students get financial assistance for CSEC

Students in Berbice who are on the verge of writing their CSEC examination in May/June 2011 were recently the recipient of financial assistance, compliments of an overseas-based group. The group,...

Police arrest, release visiting Venezuelan singers

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police arrest, release visiting Venezuelan singers

The “New Revelations Vocal Group” a missionary singing group out of Venezuela, who were on a concert tour to Guyana certainly had some new “revelations” on Tuesday morning, after they...

PUC sanctions new interconnection rate for GT&T, Digicel

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PUC sanctions new interconnection rate for GT&T, Digicel

A sanctioned agreement by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) between Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Ltd (GT&T) and Digicel came to an end today. The PUC yesterday said that after...

Arson suspected as fire strikes at Kingston building

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Arson suspected as fire strikes at Kingston building

Swift action by residents of Barrack Street, Kingston, yesterday saved what could have been millions of dollars in losses by another conflagration. Reports are that some time around 6:00 hours...

Police recruits begin training workshops at UG Tain Campus

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police recruits begin training workshops at UG Tain Campus

Once again the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) has teamed up with the Felix Austin Police College on the Corentyne to train a batch of 28 police recruits during three days of workshops and...

Legless, armless child resists challenges

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Legless, armless child resists challenges

By Yannason Duncan Life for five-year-old, Edon Williams, who was born without both arms and legs and suffers from a rare disease called, bilateral transverse Terminal Hemimelia, could be considered...

Dr. Blackman birthday 7-a-side football tournament to conclude Saturday

Jan 13, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Dr. Blackman birthday 7-a-side football tournament to conclude Saturday

After delays due to the inclement weather the finals of the Dr. Noel Blackman birthday 7-a-side football tournament will be staged on Saturday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground, Bourda....

Guyana snatch sensational last ball win against Somerset

Jan 13, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana snatch sensational last ball win against Somerset

– After another poor batting performance By Sean Devers in Antigua In association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Leisure Inn, GSL, Queensway & Dave’s West Indian Imports (NY) Four Somerset...

Edghill challenges for ‘Junior Sportswoman’

Jan 13, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Edghill challenges for ‘Junior Sportswoman’

– Straker, Stephenson stand in her path By Edison Jefford Guyana’s foremost junior table tennis player, Chelsea Edghill, will present a strong challenge for the ‘Junior Sportswoman...

Beaten teacher still unconscious

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Beaten teacher still unconscious

Nursery school teacher, Shaundell Warwick, who was badly beaten with a cutlass by her reputed husband, Rudolph London, is still a patient of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public...

Mother angry at sons’ arrest, accuses police for unfair treatment

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mother angry at sons’ arrest, accuses police for unfair treatment

– but neighbours say children are out of control A very distraught mother visited Kaieteur News yesterday to air her concerns about the actions of the Guyana Police Force, more specifically,...

Miner accused of infringing on Lumumba lands granted court orders

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miner accused of infringing on Lumumba lands granted court orders

A Bartica miner accused of illegally infringing on lands being held by Presidential Advisor, Odinga Lumumba, has been granted court orders against the Guyana Geology and Mines Commissions (GGMC),...

IDB to help Guyana’s readiness to access forest carbon money

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on IDB to help Guyana’s readiness to access forest carbon money

The World Bank has approved Guyana’s request for the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) to perform the services as delivery partner for Guyana’s participation in the Forest Carbon Partnership...

Jeffrey has C/bean title in his sights – Sport in transition

Jan 13, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Jeffrey has C/bean title in his sights – Sport in transition

By Rawle Welch Local motor racing champion Kevin Jeffrey speaking with Kaieteur Sport shortly after a workout in the gym on Tuesday afternoon at the Guyana Motor Racing Club disclosed that...

Observances, agenda should be facilitated by Govt. not controlled – GTUC

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Observances, agenda should be facilitated by Govt. not controlled – GTUC

By Jenelle Carter The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) General Secretary Lincoln Lewis and a representative from the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA), Dr. David Hinds, on...

Open Doubles Badminton tournament to be staged January 29

Jan 13, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Open Doubles Badminton tournament to be staged January 29

The Guyana Badminton Association will be holding an Open Doubles tournament for pairs on Saturday, January 29 at the Queens College Badminton Courts. The action starts at 1:00PM. Entries should reach...

Better audits, more information in 2010 – Auditor General

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Better audits, more information in 2010 – Auditor General

The folks at the Audit Office of Guyana are always on the lookout for more ways to better serve the people in their roles as ‘guardians of their tax dollars’ and it appears that they have found...

Another white elephant sits at Parfaite Harmonie Housing Scheme

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another white elephant sits at Parfaite Harmonie Housing Scheme

Situated in Westminster, Parfaite Harmonie Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara, is another ‘white elephant’ that the Government of Guyana in collaboration with the European Union had pledged...