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Murder accused escapes from Camp Street jail

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused escapes from Camp Street jail

– warder under close arrest Prison officials assisted by their counterparts in the Joint Services have launched a manhunt for a murder accused who escaped from the Camp Street prison under...

Govt. did not advertise for drugs – Ramsammy admits

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. did not advertise for drugs – Ramsammy admits

IPA claim of dishonesty… …says only pre-qualified companies were invited to bid Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy, yesterday, at a press briefing to refute claims by Chief Executive Officer of...

Float parade is on today – Culture Minister

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Float parade is on today – Culture Minister

By Latoya Giles “Tomorrow (today) is a national holiday…its Republic Day” said Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony emphasised at a press briefing yesterday afternoon,...

Shieldstown resident stabbed to death

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Shieldstown resident stabbed to death

– Suspect in custody Police have arrested one man in connection with the stabbing to death of 33-year-old canecutter Bharrat Tahpaul called ‘Sunil’, of 192 Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice....

Dem boys seh…Nutten can stop Mash, and de rain run

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nutten can stop Mash, and de rain run

Guyanese like a holiday and dem like a freeness. Li’l rain fall and Bharrat panic and decide to call off de float parade. He forget that Mash is something that don’t ever move. Is a Cuffy thing....

Health Ministry, GWI issue safety tips in wake of heavy rainfall

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry, GWI issue safety tips in wake of heavy rainfall

Sections of the country were overwhelmed with water on Monday resulting from intense rainfall which brought with it memories of the 2005 flood. In light of flooding concerns, the Ministry of Health...

Excessive rains will compromise city’s drainage system

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Excessive rains will compromise city’s drainage system

– City Mayor The drainage system of Georgetown is designed to take off 1.5 to two inches of rainfall over a 24-hour period. However, the system was noticeably compromised over a 24-hour period of...

Moses ready to perform miracles on impending ProAm boxing card

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Moses ready to perform miracles on impending ProAm boxing card

Mandessa Moses was tested to the hilt when she underwent training sessions yesterday afternoon at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Boxing Gym (ALBG), in preparation for her catchweight bout against...

R&R Mash cycle race programme set for this weekend

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on R&R Mash cycle race programme set for this weekend

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed MS has organized the 20th Annual Mashramani Cycle Programme on Saturday, February 26 and Sunday February 27, which is sponsored by R&R International Limited...

Top horses on show as Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club host race meet

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top horses on show as Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club host race meet

The nation’s top horses would be complimented by two recent imported animals to add to the excitement when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility presents a grand one day horse...

ITTF Level I Coaches’ Course Ends

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on ITTF Level I Coaches’ Course Ends

– Paralympics Session on today After four days of intense instruction, practical and theoretical work, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Level I Coaches’ Course wrapped up...

Cheryl Thompson returned as CCC President

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cheryl Thompson returned as CCC President

Gemma Williams retains Secretarial post Cheryl Thompson was returned as President of the Continental Cycle Club (CCC) when their Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday February 12, at their...

Keen action expected in Republic Anniversary rapid chess tournament

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keen action expected in Republic Anniversary rapid chess tournament

Local chess players would be called to duty when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) in collaboration with DDL, under its TOPCO Juices brand, stages a one-day Republic Anniversary Rapid Chess...

BVA programme continues today with exhibition games

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BVA programme continues today with exhibition games

By Samuel Whyte Despite the inclement weather the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) in the quest to spread the game in Berbice is set to participate in two different exhibition activities on...

Endurance Race to start off GMR&SC 2011 Programme

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Endurance Race to start off GMR&SC 2011 Programme

Having had to cancel the season opening Drag Race Meet which was scheduled to be staged on February 20 due to the deaths of two members of the racing fraternity, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports...

Rockies host reception for hinterland athletes

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rockies host reception for hinterland athletes

– NACAC team invited, but did not show up Popular Brazilian Sports Bar, Rockies, hosted a reception Monday night at its 21 Light Street location for the hinterland-based athletes that recently...

50 year-old US citizen nabbed with coke at CJIA

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 50 year-old US citizen nabbed with coke at CJIA

Yet another US citizen has been nabbed by Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks, trying to smuggle cocaine out of Guyana via the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. According to reports,...

Veteran journalist Sharief Khan passes on

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Veteran journalist Sharief Khan passes on

The media fraternity has once again been plunged into mourning with the sudden passing of another of its stalwarts, Sharief Khan, a few months shy of achieving the age of 60. Khan collapsed and died...

Prison officials ‘concerned’ about discovery of .32 round

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Prison officials ‘concerned’ about discovery of .32 round

– Erskine reassures staff on alert Director of Prisons Dale Erskine said yesterday that the discovery of a .32 round in the prison was cause for concern, but reassured that staffers at the Camp...

PNCR Presidential hopeful promises youth engagement programmes

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR Presidential hopeful promises youth engagement programmes

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Presidential hopeful Dr. Faith Harding has announced a plan to have youths purposefully engaged in Guyana’s development. The strategy to achieve this was...

Billion-dollar fund launched for Haiti’s reconstruction

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Billion-dollar fund launched for Haiti’s reconstruction

Head of the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA), Clinton Williams, last weekend returned from the second CARICOM Private Sector-led forum in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The forum was...

Ithaca wife killer gets 30 years

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ithaca wife killer gets 30 years

Thirty-two year old Gladstone Williamson, charged with killing 31-year-old plantain chip vendor Gertrude Edwards, was yesterday sentenced to a total of 30 years in jail by Justice Franklyn Holder,...

Tell a lie often enough and you can believe it

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tell a lie often enough and you can believe it

Dear Editor: Every so often, there are moments that define a generation. For Guyana, the YEAR 1953 was one such moment with Jagan and Burnham winning 18 of the 24 seats in the National Assembly....

Water receding but several communities still inundated – Officials

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Water receding but several communities still inundated – Officials

– rains reach record levels in February Authorities have repeated warnings of more showers for today’s Mashramani celebrations even as rainfall surpassed record levels for this month. While...

1763: Lest we forget

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on 1763: Lest we forget

Dear Editor, By the time you read this letter today, February 23, a major slave rebellion, exactly 248 years ago, is just stirring or is gathering unstoppable momentum. On this morning in 1763, the...

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The clock and the cloud

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Time, as the ancients knew, is a trickster. It slips through the fingers of kings and commoners... more