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Contractor executed in cemetery

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor executed in cemetery

…car ditched in Sophia, nothing stolen By Leonard Gildarie A Friendship businessman was found dead yesterday morning in mysterious circumstances in the Le Repentir Cemetery with four suspected...

Nanda Gopaul compensates injured woman, promises husband new car

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Nanda Gopaul compensates injured woman, promises husband new car

Carifesta Avenue crash… Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary (PS) Office of the President, Dr. Nanda Gopaul, has compensated the couple that owns the car he rammed into Friday...

Jagdeo’s Babu John tirade a bit harsh

Mar 13, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s Babu John tirade a bit harsh

…but Freedom House maintains that PNC has blood on their hands – Ramotar Whilst conceding that President Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent attack on the Peoples National Congress Reform and that...

Retired teacher Pearl James is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Retired teacher Pearl James is a ‘Special Person’

… Driven by a passion for reading “I tell them (parents) that reading is the foundation for all the subjects that they want their children to work hard on. I tell them that if you can read,...

Dem boys seh…Carifesta Avenue is de new car park

Mar 13, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Carifesta Avenue is de new car park

Nuff people decide that dem gun drive and park pun Carifesta Avenue when de night come. And all of dem betting that before three months pass dem gun get a new car plus compensation. Dem know that de...

Bush Lot Corentyne family reports bandit attack, end up in police custody

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bush Lot Corentyne family reports bandit attack, end up in police custody

Bandits reportedly broke into a Bush Lot, Corentyne home, terrorised the occupants and carted off a large quantity of cash, jewelry and cellular phones on Friday evening. The couple, Yasmin and...

Aspiring biologist crowned Miss Guyana India Worldwide

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Aspiring biologist crowned Miss Guyana India Worldwide

… bomb scare fails to stop pageant Aspiring biologist and prolific dancer, Roshini Boodhoo, narrowly eased ahead in the competition from fiercely talented Shivanie Latchman to win the title of Miss...

Latchmin Gopal cops Best Teacher Award

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Latchmin Gopal cops Best Teacher Award

Her commitment to educating the nation’s children saw Ms Latchmin Gopal of the Leonora Primary School, West Coast Demerara, being duly recognised with the Best Teacher of Region Three Award for...

Used tyres will not be banned

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Used tyres will not be banned

– Minister Prashad Consequent to an announcement by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) of a proposal to ban the importation of used tyres into Guyana, Minister of Tourism, Industry...

Disability Act empowers physically challenged

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Disability Act empowers physically challenged

By Rabindra Rooplall “An employer shall not deny a person with a disability, on the basis of the disability, access to opportunities for employment including open employment.” This is according...

PNC/R vows to challenge Prescription and Limitation bill

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PNC/R vows to challenge Prescription and Limitation bill

On Thursday, despite objections by all Opposition members of Parliament, the PPP passed the Title to Land (Prescription and Limitation) (Amendment) Bill 2011. According to PNC/R Member of Parliament...

UNASUR now a legal entity with Constitutive Treaty in force

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UNASUR now a legal entity with Constitutive Treaty in force

…Foreign Affairs Ministers agree on Secretary General Foreign Ministers of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) on Friday last met in Quito, Ecuador to celebrate the entry into force of the...

Lindon Wilburg to head Smith Memorial Church Men’s Guild

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lindon Wilburg to head Smith Memorial Church Men’s Guild

Lindon Wilburg was recently elected (unopposed) as President of the Smith Memorial Church Men’s Guild when that body held its elections. Floyd Scott will serve as Vice President. Performing the...

From the Diaspora…IS THE PPP WORRIED ABOUT LOSING THE ELECTIONS

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…IS THE PPP WORRIED ABOUT LOSING THE ELECTIONS

By Ralph Seeram A few articles ago I wrote about the possibility of the PPP losing the next elections. A key argument in that piece was the fact that there is going to be a new generation of voters...

OP says consultant threatens blackmail on Laptop project

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on OP says consultant threatens blackmail on Laptop project

A former senior manager on the government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) is threatening to release “information” on the project unless he receives his severance pay, the Office of the President...

Police nab “wanted man” Sherwin Barrow

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab “wanted man” Sherwin Barrow

After months of eluding police, wanted man Sherwin Barrow has been captured. This newspaper was told that some time after noon on Friday, acting on information police swooped down on a house in North...

Immigration TALK: Why is a Medical Exam required for a Green Card?

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News 2

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram When a foreign national is trying to immigrate to the United States or adjust his status in the United States, a medical examination is required. Many foreign nationals...

Newly resurfaced track will perk up performances- Boodhoo

Mar 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Newly resurfaced track will perk up performances- Boodhoo

President of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club Raj Boodhoo speaking with Kaieteur Sport yesterday expressed confidence that the repaving work currently being done at the South Dakota Circuit...

Baby death at N/A Hospital sparks rage

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Baby death at N/A Hospital sparks rage

An Adelphi, East Canje woman is claiming that her newborn baby boy died as a result of negligence of doctors and nurses at the New Amsterdam Hospital. Darshanie Budhoo says that she wants to air her...

OP stockpiling ammunitions

Mar 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on OP stockpiling ammunitions

The Office of the President appears to be stockpiling ammunitions as is evidenced in a recent request by its Permanent Secretary Nanda Gopaul to the Chairman of the National Procurement and Tender...

Battle of the Williams in YBG Challenge

Mar 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Battle of the Williams in YBG Challenge

– Saints remain unbeaten in U-16 Contest It was a titanic individual battle of the Williams yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on the second day of the Youth Basketball Guyana...

Milerock face Intermoengatope tonight at MSC

Mar 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milerock face Intermoengatope tonight at MSC

By Franklin Wilson Weeks of hard training will be tested this evening when Runner-up side in the GFF Super League, Milerock, makes their debut appearance in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club...

Woakes’ hat-trick rocks woeful Guyana as hosts fall for 2nd lowest total in 66 years

Mar 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woakes’ hat-trick rocks woeful Guyana as hosts fall for 2nd lowest total in 66 years

By Sean Devers at Providence Twenty-two year old England Lions fast bowler Chris Woakes capitalized on ideal overcast conditions for seam bowling at the Providence Stadium to register a hat-trick as...

ESSEQUIBO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IS TEN

Mar 13, 2011 knews News Comments Off on ESSEQUIBO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IS TEN

A decade ago, the Essequibo Technical Institute, at Anna Regina, was established from a project by the Guyana Government, through the Ministry of Education. Work on the facility began in June, 2000....

“ICC CWC 2011 – Cricket’s Glorious Consistent Inconsistencies”

Mar 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on “ICC CWC 2011 – Cricket’s Glorious Consistent Inconsistencies”

By Colin E. H. Croft “To see is to believe!” Yet, many of us do not believe what we have been seeing from those images in Japan, after its 8.9 earthquake, and the resulting tsunami. It is...

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The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day Horse race meet

Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more