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Armed student gang from city invades West Demerara school

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Armed student gang from city invades West Demerara school

– 15 arrested Police on the West Coast of Demerara arrested 15 pupils from the Queenstown Secondary School in Georgetown after they invaded Leonora Secondary on the West Coast of Demerara, to...

One dead, three injured

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on One dead, three injured

…as fire-truck slams into car Yesterday yet another horrific accident occurred on the East Bank of Demerara Public Road, and this one claimed the life of 23-year-old Vishram Lall of 217...

$$M in losses as WCD business place gutted

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $$M in losses as WCD business place gutted

– three homeless By Jenelle Carter A mother and her two daughters are now homeless after a fire early yesterday morning completely destroyed their home and a multi-million-dollar business place...

Footballer in custody after $12M heist

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Footballer in custody after $12M heist

– victim recognises voice during robbery Hours after returning from the interior, 27-year-old businessman Codrington John of 119 Sixth Street, Industry, East Coast Demerara, was attacked by...

Dem boys seh…De day dem reject de Ten Commandments

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De day dem reject de Ten Commandments

Was only de other day dem boys been talking bout good behaviour and how people mustn’t lie. Well is lie left, right and centre dem lying. Dem use equipment and deny. Dem boys got de photo and dem...

Powerlifters back following fabulous display at Regional C/ships

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powerlifters back following fabulous display at Regional C/ships

Defied odds to keep ‘Golden Arrowhead’ aloft By Franklin Wilson Unlike a few privileged sports in Guyana today who are supported financially by all, our Powerlifters despite a proven track record...

AIBA ‘foul up’ disappoints female amateur boxers as Turkey trip cancelled

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on AIBA ‘foul up’ disappoints female amateur boxers as Turkey trip cancelled

What can be seen as a major ‘foul up’ by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) has left the two Guyanese female amateur boxers, Carol Ann Bess and Theresa London, extremely upset...

Interesting quarterfinals tonight as best teams battle for championship prize

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Interesting quarterfinals tonight as best teams battle for championship prize

It’s crunch time and the two quarterfinals matches between the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) up against Conqueror’s FC and Western Tigers opposing the Camptown FC are shaping up to be scorching...

Stage set for fascinating day of racing

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stage set for fascinating day of racing

With a recent injection of $40million from the Government which was supported by substantial pledges from GT&T and other corporate entities, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club seems set to...

Harmony and Linden Foundation lead at midway stage

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Harmony and Linden Foundation lead at midway stage

Harmony and Linden Foundation are the leaders in the respective categories in this year’s Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Secondary Schools Football Competition which continued in Linden...

Bartica ‘A’ and South E’bo to clash in final

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News, Sports Comments Off on Bartica ‘A’ and South E’bo to clash in final

Bartica ‘A’ and South Essequibo will clash in what is expected to be an exciting final of the Carib and D&C promotions twenty/20 cricket competition after recording victories in their...

Four for CARIFTA Games debut

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four for CARIFTA Games debut

– AAG makes nominees official Four athletes are down to make their CARIFTA Games debut on a six-man team that was named for the upcoming marquee event this month end in Jamaica. The Athletic...

Guyana TT team outclass Suriname

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana TT team outclass Suriname

– Goodwill tour concludes Guyana dismissed any possible challenge from Suriname in their Goodwill tour that wrapped up yesterday in Paramaribo. Guyana’s junior male team thrashed the...

Junior Elite Training Programme unveiled by BCB

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior Elite Training Programme unveiled by BCB

Thirty-five U-15 players benefit The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday last unveiled its Junior Elite Training Programme for 2011 which saw thirty-five Under-15 cricketers drawn from across the...

McKinnon wins GNRA Smallbore Practical Shoot

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on McKinnon wins GNRA Smallbore Practical Shoot

Smallbore vice captain Ryan McKinnon emerged winner of last Sunday’s three-stage Practical Pistol tournament at the Timehri ranges. McKinnon turned back a strong challenge from Smallbore captain...

Works to Lethem/Linden road attract ‘alarming’ bids

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Works to Lethem/Linden road attract ‘alarming’ bids

…one more than 400 % above engineer’s estimate The bids for the contract for the rehabilitation of three sections of the Linden to Lethem road yesterday were unveiled at the National Procurement...

Cops detain four women from house gunman attacked

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cops detain four women from house gunman attacked

Police yesterday detained four women after raiding the Old England, Wismar house where alleged gunman Orlando Thom launched his attack on Sunday. Kaieteur News understands that the occupants were...

Donor spending for HIV/AIDS sees significant decrease

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Donor spending for HIV/AIDS sees significant decrease

Although the world has changed fundamentally since the historic commitments to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to HIV/AIDS, the recent global economic crisis has resulted in a significant...

THE OBAMA DOCTRINE – Cultural diplomacy and humanization in American foreign policy

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE OBAMA DOCTRINE – Cultural diplomacy and humanization in American foreign policy

Dear Editor: Please allow me to revisit several pieces I wrote on a paradigm shift in American foreign policy from one of imperial conquest to one of humanization, thanks to President Barack Obama....

Minister calls for new panel to examine Town Clerk applications

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Minister calls for new panel to examine Town Clerk applications

The appointment of a new Town Clerk at City Hall will have to be put on hold with the proposal of Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Kellawan Lall, to have a new panel be...

I ‘discovered’ Adam Harris’s column

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on I ‘discovered’ Adam Harris’s column

Mr Editor I have just ‘discovered’ Mr Adam Harris’s column, written in clear, easy style, which lends itself readily to rapid reading. I am not wholly surprised that he is from the...

Operational research to be promoted at 56th CHRC conference

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Operational research to be promoted at 56th CHRC conference

Geared at promoting the use of operational health research which can be used to guide medical practice, the plans for the 56th Caribbean Health Research Council (CHRC) conference slated for April...

Some comments about the education system

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some comments about the education system

Dear Editor, It will be remiss of me not to make comments on article “The Strategic Plan Responsible for Increases in CSEC: English, Mathematics passes – Education Ministry” S.N. Feb 9, 2011. I...

Freddie is overreacting, as usual

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Freddie is overreacting, as usual

On Monday, in a column that was characteristically nasty, Freddie Kissoon demanded an apology from me for missing the overall “nuance” of his now infamous column in which he insisted the...

President Bharrat Jagdeo needs to look in the mirror

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Bharrat Jagdeo needs to look in the mirror

Dear Editor, As a patriotic citizen of Guyana I am very concerned about President Bharrat Jagdeo’s behaviour as he addressed persons perceived to be PPP supporters at the ceremony recently held at...

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Bent Street settle Back Circle 1-0 to lift Hamilton Green’s Inter-Ward Football KO C/ship

If the system is not broken why try to fix it?

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- A few years ago, I was at a private hospital watching the workers “clock-in” to work... more