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Berbice boxers gear up for 5th annual Inter-Gym tournament

Feb 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice boxers gear up for 5th annual Inter-Gym tournament

Berbicians can expect a night of fistic fury when Orland ‘Pocket Rocket’ Rogers and Jeff Roberts present the 5th edition of the annual Inter-Gym boxing tournament at the Scott School Ground, New...

Laptop project manager barred from interviews

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Laptop project manager barred from interviews

… office shifts from OP The government continues its refusal of a full disclosure on the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Project, for which $1.8 billion in tax payers money will be spent this year,...

GDF Coast Guards committed to stand trial

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GDF Coast Guards committed to stand trial

The three ex-Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsmen charged with the murder of Bartica gold dealer, Dweive Kant Ramdass, were yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court. The trio,...

Guyana issued passports to jailed Indonesian tax official

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana issued passports to jailed Indonesian tax official

Indonesia’s National Police has confirmed that five falsified Guyana passports bearing photos of tax graft convict Gayus H. Tambunan, his wife Milana Anggareni, and their three children, were made...

Commander Vyphuis airdashed to Trinidad hospital

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Commander Vyphuis airdashed to Trinidad hospital

Divisional Commander of the Police ‘A’ Division, George Vyphuis, was air-dashed to Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday for treatment following his collapse last week. Assistant Commissioner Vyphuis...

Three arrested after midday robbery

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three arrested after midday robbery

Three men are in police custody following the brazen robbery at the Beauty and Home System on Camp Street yesterday midday during which Daniel Joseph was robbed of $1.3 M. According to a police press...

Man linked to Hague murder held with pistol at roadblock

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man linked to Hague murder held with pistol at roadblock

…was held with grenade, transported killer, never charged Police on the West Coast of Demerara have arrested a taxi driver, who was found in possession of an illegal .32 automatic pistol on...

Dem boys seh…Computer people forced into hiding

Feb 10, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Computer people forced into hiding

When people spray Baygon roach does run and hide. Dem who get ketch does dead. Well de way de Waterfalls paper expose de computer thing was like Baygon and cockroach. All of a sudden dem reporters...

Scotiabank seize man taken for terrifying ride

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Scotiabank seize man taken for terrifying ride

A 60-year-old repossession officer attached to the Bank of Nova Scotia was last Tuesday taken for a terrifying ride along East Bank Demerara when he tried to repossess a vehicle on behalf of the...

Women’s Gender Equality Commission benefits from UK donation

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s Gender Equality Commission benefits from UK donation

The British High Commission on Tuesday donated two computers and one printer to the Women’s Gender Equality Commission with the aim of further boosting the skills and services offered by the...

M&CC continues campaign against illegal structures

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC continues campaign against illegal structures

As the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) continues its campaign to eradicate illegal structures from the parapets of Government reserve areas, yesterday, a group of M&CC officials led by...

Disregard UK lotto winnings text message – GT&T

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Disregard UK lotto winnings text message – GT&T

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) is warning its mobile phone customers to disregard text messages that speak of lottery winnings overseas. It is all a scam, officials advised...

Joe Singh named as new GGMC’s Chairman

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Joe Singh named as new GGMC’s Chairman

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), Major General (rtd), Joe Singh, has been named to head up the under-fire Guyana Geology and Mines Commission...

Seven homeless after fire guts Sophia home

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Seven homeless after fire guts Sophia home

Seven persons, including a single mother and her three children, are now homeless after a fire destroyed their Sophia, Georgetown home. Seema Singh, a single mother, lived in the house with her three...

Policeman knocks down motorcyclist, victim dies

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman knocks down motorcyclist, victim dies

Doodnauth Persaud, 23, of lot 2 Block 1 Sherry Plot, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, became the latest road fatality after he was hit off his CG motorcycle by a car driven by a policeman on...

Prisoner alleges police brutality at East La Penitence lockups

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner alleges police brutality at East La Penitence lockups

Denise Munroe, of La Grange, West Bank Demerara, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to answer to the charge of damage to...

‘We owe it to ourselves and the fans to do well’ says Fudadin

Feb 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘We owe it to ourselves and the fans to do well’ says Fudadin

By Sean Devers For the first time since 2001, Guyana captured first innings points in a first round Regional game when they gained a 33 run-lead last Saturday against three times defending Champions...

Professor Aubrey Bishop heads GFF 2010 list of honorees

Feb 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Professor Aubrey Bishop heads GFF 2010 list of honorees

Five recognised for exceptional service to football Former President of the Guyana Football Association Professor Aubrey Bishop was one of five (5) persons who were honoured by the Guyana Football...

Committee formed to help restore New Amsterdam Town Hall Tower

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Committee formed to help restore New Amsterdam Town Hall Tower

A multi-based committee has been formed to oversee the restoration of the New Amsterdam Town Council Tower. The committee which is made up of Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association...

GPHC Maternity Ward receives donation from Enterprise Outreach Centre

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC Maternity Ward receives donation from Enterprise Outreach Centre

On Tuesday members of the Outreach Centre located in Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD) along with Elder Angus and his wife, Sister Angus, of the Jesus Christ Church of Latter-Day Saints visited...

Students protest outside NCC

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Students protest outside NCC

Hundreds of students gathered in front of the National Cultural Centre yesterday because they were not allowed to enter the building. NCC hosted the “Children’s Mashramani Competition dance 2 and...

Inaugural Linden Stag Beer 7-A-Side Inter-ward Street Football officially launched

Feb 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Inaugural Linden Stag Beer 7-A-Side Inter-ward Street Football officially launched

– Deadline for registration is today The Young Achievers in collaboration with 20/20 Sports Bar officially launched their Stag beer sponsored 7-a-side inter-ward street football tournament in...

Guyana Venezuela begin talks on new Anti-Drugs Cooperation Agreement

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Venezuela begin talks on new Anti-Drugs Cooperation Agreement

-National Drug Strategy Master Plan successor on the cards-Rohee Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has admitted that the National Drug Strategy Master Plan has not been completed on schedule. The...

Mark Austin out to avenge Pyle’s loss to Antoine this month end

Feb 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Mark Austin out to avenge Pyle’s loss to Antoine this month end

When Miguel Antoine came to Guyana last December to face off with Shawn Pyle in the tenth edition of the ProAm boxing cards he had just surrendered his Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) title by...

Mocha residents concerned at stymied NDIA project

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mocha residents concerned at stymied NDIA project

Residents of Mocha, East Bank Demerara are calling on the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) to complete irrigation works which leads out to the entrance of Mocha and which started in...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more