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David Granger is PNCR Presidential candidate

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on David Granger is PNCR Presidential candidate

It was a very close race but after three counts it was Brigadier David Granger who was declared the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) presidential candidate after the conclusion of a special...

Front Page Comment…Avarice, Greed and Fraud

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Front Page Comment…Avarice, Greed and Fraud

As Dr Cheddi Jagan eased into office by 1993, he declared that the new PPP regime was going to be different; none of that high-handed, top-down, opaque governance that characterised his predecessor....

‘Untouchable’ businessman takes over Happy Acres playfield

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Untouchable’ businessman takes over Happy Acres playfield

A popular local businessman was given an ultimatum by the Better Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council to produce a copy of his transport for a plot of land in Happy Acres East Coast Demerara, which...

Sacked OP employee says intimidation will not silence her

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sacked OP employee says intimidation will not silence her

“I think that by doing that to my family is their way of getting me to shut up, but that is not going to happen.” Marcelle Joseph, the former employee of the Office of the President who was...

19-year old girl kills lesbian lover, in custody

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on 19-year old girl kills lesbian lover, in custody

A 25-year-old woman was stabbed to death early yesterday by her 19-year-old female lover outside the popular “Red Dragon” night spot. Dead is Sonobia James, also called Stacy James, of Lot 46- 46...

Dem boys seh…Kwame get a cutback from dem protester

Feb 27, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Kwame get a cutback from dem protester

De race over. Everybody know who gun lead de PNC into de elections. But is de final count that mek people wonder whether people ain’t set up some people. Dem boys seh that when Faith walk in dem...

The man who changed the way our roads were built

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on The man who changed the way our roads were built

Philip Allsopp is a ‘Special Person’ “It (a stint with the US Dept. of Public Works) was excellent training and I managed to see firsthand in five states, the way the Americans built...

CHPA tightlipped on Brickdam project cost

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CHPA tightlipped on Brickdam project cost

“At this time it is intricate for me to give you the total cost because it is a continuous project,” responded Rawle Edinboro, Chief Development Planner of the Ministry of Housing and Central...

Mason dies minutes after drinking ‘rum’

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mason dies minutes after drinking ‘rum’

Sherlock Jones left his home at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, early yesterday morning and reported for work at Middle Road La Penitence, Georgetown, not knowing that it would have been the last...

Ministry to offer non-graduate programme for Special Education

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry to offer non-graduate programme for Special Education

In order to fulfil the specification of its governing strategic plan, the Ministry of Education has plans to offer a non-graduate programme which will see teachers being trained to adequately deliver...

Anna Regina student cops Anne Blue Award

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Regina student cops Anne Blue Award

Dedication to schoolwork, complemented by her involvement in co-curricular activities, did not only ensure Erica Singh an impressive scholastic achievement, but it also helped her to attain the...

Social services leave sick woman on condemned mortuary floor

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Social services leave sick woman on condemned mortuary floor

A 39- year-old destitute woman who gave her name as ‘Drupattie Singh’ is apparently dying at Rose Hall Town, on the Corentyne. Residents say that they have exhausted every possible avenue seeking...

Man charged with raping 12-year-old stepdaughter

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with raping 12-year-old stepdaughter

A Guyana-born man is currently a guest of the state in New York awaiting trial on a charge of raping a minor. The 46-year-old man, Jagmohan Singh, has been charged for allegedly raping his...

East Canje Lions Club continue to contribute in Berbice

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje Lions Club continue to contribute in Berbice

The East Canje Lions Club, in an effort to instill the values of proper hygiene on the younger generation, conducted counselling sessions and gifted 52 youngsters with hygiene kits. The hygiene kits...

Violent woman on $350,000 bail

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Violent woman on $350,000 bail

Samantha Roberts, 30, of Mora Point, Bartica and a mother of six, appeared in the Bartica Magistrate ‘s Court on Friday to face the charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on 29-year-old Colleen...

Schoolboys on bail with indecently assaulting 18-yr-old

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Schoolboys on bail with indecently assaulting 18-yr-old

Two 15-year-old schoolboys of the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School and of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, were on Friday placed on $30,000 bail each by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo. They had appeared...

Guyana in charge in their own backyard

Feb 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana in charge in their own backyard

Bajans 88-5 replying to homesters 330 By Sean Devers at Providence Back in familiar home conditions of the Providence Stadium, Guyana produced their best batting performance this season as Vishaul...

No projects submitted yet for Norway funds

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No projects submitted yet for Norway funds

…three months after Jagdeo’s outburst about World Bank delay The Guyana Government has not submitted a single project for funding to the Steering Committee which has to approve the projects and...

GUYANA HAS HIGH GRADE CRUDE OIL

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on GUYANA HAS HIGH GRADE CRUDE OIL

From Ralph Seeram As I am writing this article the world price of oil has jumped to US$100per barrel, the highest price in two years. Oil has increased by 14 percent in the past week. No doubt this...

Region Three Eco Club targets schools

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Region Three Eco Club targets schools

Region Three Eco Coordinator, Marcel Lieaping, yesterday told Kaieteur News that there is a group of youngsters from her Eco-club who are engaged in fund raising activities to achieve sufficient...

Teen identified as Linden businessman’s killer

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Teen identified as Linden businessman’s killer

An 18-year-old on several armed robbery charges and who was once charged with murder has been positively identified as the gunman who killed Linden businessman Albert ‘Bolo’ Joseph last month....

Battered body found in bush corner

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Battered body found in bush corner

By Rabindra Rooplall The battered body of Rishi Persaud, 36, called “Web or Spider” of Lot 12 Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, (EBD) was found in the bush corner of Esau Street, Land of...

Amaila Falls Road 15 per cent complete

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Amaila Falls Road 15 per cent complete

…contractor will be penalized if necessary – Dr Luncheon “The government couldn’t help but be concerned about the delays,” as these relate to the construction of the Amaila Falls Road...

Buck-Hill accident truck not missing

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Buck-Hill accident truck not missing

Thursday’s accident in Buck Hall that subsequently caused the death of Chitram Sooknarine, of Anna Regina, New Housing Scheme and others being hospitalised, was not a case of hit and run.. The...

GPHC staffer hurt in Camp Street accident

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on GPHC staffer hurt in Camp Street accident

Nigel Glen, 26, of One-Mile, Linden, is currently obtaining medical treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being involved in a motor-vehicular accident at Camp Street...

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Alarm in West Indies over radical two-division plan for Test cricket

The Horse Racing Authority Bill will solve nothing!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Horse Racing Authority Bill of 2024, though ostensibly aimed at regulating horse racing... more