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8-year-old heart patient benefits from the benevolence of BCB & National cricketers

Feb 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 8-year-old heart patient benefits from the benevolence of BCB & National cricketers

The Berbice Cricket Board and several national cricketers from the Ancient County last weekend contributed $221,440 to eight-year-old Deepa Sahadeo of West Coast, Berbice. Sahadeo is suffering from...

Office of the President lied

Feb 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Office of the President lied

– denies buying twenty Lenovo computers – The three delivery orders received by OP Documents of laptop purchases by the Office of the President show that the Presidential Secretariat lied...

Political clique blocks Cricket Board official from leaving Guyana

Feb 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Political clique blocks Cricket Board official from leaving Guyana

…man compelled to repay UG loan In what appears to be another twist in the ongoing Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) elections saga, former Public Relations Officer of the entity, Rovin Stanley, is...

Unconditional love for humanity makes ‘Sister H’ a ‘Special Person’

Feb 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Unconditional love for humanity makes ‘Sister H’ a ‘Special Person’

“We were on a truck and of course I like to hug, and I don’t care what you look like, I don’t care if you’re red, yellow or blue or green. I come out and give you a hug and tell you that the...

Dem boys seh….Dem OP scamp get ketch

Feb 06, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Dem OP scamp get ketch

Is a shameful thing when you get ketch wid you pants down. Is wuss when you get ketch wid you pants down and other parts up in de air. Gay people know about this. Last week dem boys peep a card and...

Slain taxi driver laid to rest

Feb 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Slain taxi driver laid to rest

– cops baffled by failure to find bullet Slain taxi driver, Charles Caesar, was laid to rest yesterday as detectives continue to search for his killer and investigate what some said are...

University education critical part of development – AFC

Feb 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on University education critical part of development – AFC

“A university is but that cradle out of which we can have the jobs that our action plan talks about, the creative skills of a people that would produce more with higher productivity rates”, said...

HOW MANY GUYANESE IN THE DIASPORA

Feb 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on HOW MANY GUYANESE IN THE DIASPORA

From the Diaspora By Ralph Seeram This past week I received one of my greatest satisfactions since writing these articles. It came by way of an e-mail from a boyhood friend; a very close boyhood...

GT&T loses over $50,000 monthly on each landline

Feb 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T loses over $50,000 monthly on each landline

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) says that it is losing between $50,000 and $80,000 monthly on each landline, even as it continues to take a beating from its international...

16 Guyanese for open heart surgery in India

Feb 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 16 Guyanese for open heart surgery in India

Sixteen patients will be leaving Guyana on Friday for India to undergo open heart surgery through the Three Rivers Kids Foundation. All the patients are suffering from congenital heart disease,...

Dance India Dance’s Nikkitasha Marwaha to visit Guyana

Feb 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dance India Dance’s Nikkitasha Marwaha to visit Guyana

If you’re a fan of Dance India Dance on Zee TV, you would have seen her dance with a pot of rice on her head and then step into a thali (plate) to win the heart of the judges. Nikkitasha Marwaha,...

The seawall murders

Feb 06, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The seawall murders

– is there a link between these two cases? By Michael Jordan Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that these two cases are connected. But some would say that it is stretching coincidence...

Guyana claim 1st innings points

Feb 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana claim 1st innings points

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Jamaica Pegasus & Western Union Useful contributions from Guyana’s lower order helped them to a 33-run first innings lead against defending...

Guyanese found murdered in Barbados

Feb 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese found murdered in Barbados

– Victim had seven gunshot wounds to the head Barbadian police officials are currently investigating the brutal murder of Guyanese promoter and businessman, Aubrey Butin. Kaieteur News...

“West Indies will have to do the impossible to win this tournament!”

Feb 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on “West Indies will have to do the impossible to win this tournament!”

Colin E. H. Croft The last time West Indies won ICC Cricket World Cup, dinosaurs were still alive. I took the last wicket then, back in 1979. Blood, sweat and tears have passed since. I expect...

Vagrants start fire in Croal Street building

Feb 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Vagrants start fire in Croal Street building

Millions of dollars in valuables went up in flames yesterday as a two storey building on 106, Croal Street, Stabroek was gutted. Reports revealed that vagrants were last seen in the yard “burning...

Arrogant farmer’s chemical spray affects Vryman’s Erven family

Feb 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Arrogant farmer’s chemical spray affects Vryman’s Erven family

Kurt Wynter, a resident of 128 Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam, says that the health of his family is in jeopardy because a man who is squatting on Government’s reserve lands next to him...

From Friendship Methodist primary to Adelphi University

Feb 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on From Friendship Methodist primary to Adelphi University

June Marcia Griffith was born to be a star Dear Editor, After dominating the local schools Athletic Championships June Marcia Griffith (Collison) was selected for her first Regional meet the (1973)...

Veterans Beharry and Evans bowl Young Warriors to title

Feb 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Veterans Beharry and Evans bowl Young Warriors to title

Young Warriors Cricket Club of Canje defeated Tamran Root Cricket Club of Hampshire by 31 runs to lift the 2010 New Building Society second-division 40 over title at the Cumberland Cricket Ground...

Police not responsible for detaining juveniles under 14 – Minister Rohee

Feb 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Police not responsible for detaining juveniles under 14 – Minister Rohee

The Guyana Police Force is not the entity that detains children under the age of 14, according to Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee who was at the time being grilled in the National Assembly about...

Berbice Bridge wipes out stelling vendors

Feb 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge wipes out stelling vendors

Some three years after the opening of the Berbice River Bridge, persons who operated businesses and shops along Matthew Allen Road, New Amsterdam and at the Rosignol Stelling roads are feeling the...

GUTTER-LIKE ABUSE OF STATE MEDIA: PNCR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROCESS ALIVE AND WELL”

Feb 06, 2011 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GUTTER-LIKE ABUSE OF STATE MEDIA: PNCR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROCESS ALIVE AND WELL”

The continued abuse of the State Media (NCN Radio and Television and the Guyana Chronicle) by the PPP dictatorship reached gutter-like proportions over this week-end by their deliberate attempt to...

GVF tournament today to commemorate Shuffler’s Birthday

Feb 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GVF tournament today to commemorate Shuffler’s Birthday

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) in commemoration of its President Lenox Shuffler’s 72nd birthday anniversary will be staging a one-day Festival at the National Park, starting from 10:00 hrs....

Linden Hospital staff vows prolonged sit-in

Feb 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Linden Hospital staff vows prolonged sit-in

Staff of the Linden Hospital complex have vowed to continue their sit-in to protest several issues affecting them, especially the decision by the administration to make gratuity payments in March and...

Stag Beer Inter Ward street football set to ignite Linden

Feb 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer Inter Ward street football set to ignite Linden

Event to be launched on Tuesday The Bauxite Mining Town of Linden will come alive when the Stage Beer Inter Ward 7-a-side Street Football competition kicks off on February 14. The competition is...