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Bandits beat elderly woman with shotgun during midday robbery

Apr 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits beat elderly woman with shotgun during midday robbery

She could have been their mother or grandmother but armed bandits paid no heed to that as they beat and robbed a 72-year old business woman during a brutal robbery at Triumph, East Coast Demerara...

Detained man for ID parade in cop shooting

Apr 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Detained man for ID parade in cop shooting

Police were yesterday still questioning a suspect in connection with Saturday afternoon’s $2M robbery during which police Sergeant Ransford Liverpool was shot. The suspect, who is reportedly from...

Cane Cutter in attempt murder suicide after wife spurned him

Apr 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cane Cutter in attempt murder suicide after wife spurned him

An East Canje man has been hospitalised after he drank poison in an effort to take his own life moments after he had inflicted multiple stab wounds on his former lover when she refused to make up...

Family awaits answers as labourer remains critical in ICU

Apr 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Family awaits answers as labourer remains critical in ICU

Is it accident or robbery? Thirty-two year-old Khemraj Hariprashad is clinging on to life at the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown hospital, the victim of what appears to be a hit and run...

Bartica’s oldest resident is 102 not out

Apr 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica’s oldest resident is 102 not out

She has two children alive, 22 grandchildren, 135 great grandchildren and she is still trying to count her great-great grandchildren at 102 years-old. Leah Allen was born on April 13th 1909 at...

Multiple donations needed to sustain NBTS

Apr 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Multiple donations needed to sustain NBTS

– Health Minister Although there is an increasing number of persons who donate blood, there still remains a dire need for blood donation, according to Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy. As...

Wreath laying ceremony

Apr 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Wreath laying ceremony

Members of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) turned out in numbers at the Parliament Building yesterday to commemorate another period which is identified with the worker’s struggles and...

Over 20 Rupununi villages receive mobile, ICT, agriculture equipment

Apr 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Over 20 Rupununi villages receive mobile, ICT, agriculture equipment

Toshaos in over 20 Amerindian communities in the Rupununi, Region Nine had their long awaited requests for assistance from the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs granted on April 23 corresponding with a...

Thrills and less spills on day one of Bartica Easter Regatta 2K11

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thrills and less spills on day one of Bartica Easter Regatta 2K11

Despite a late start to the days’ activities, the 36th Bartica Easter Regatta got off to an electrifying opening at the Golden Beach Circuit yesterday witnessed by a colourful crowd of over three...

George, clear prospect for Police future in Athletics

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on George, clear prospect for Police future in Athletics

In a meet organised to spot future talent for the Guyana Police Force Track and Field Team, Winston George ensured that he impressed the Top Brass of the institution yesterday at the Police Sports...

ECCB holds practice for U-15s from tomorrow

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECCB holds practice for U-15s from tomorrow

In preparation for the Inter-Association under-15 cricket competition, the East Coast Cricket Board (EECB) will be holding practice sessions from tomorrow to Thursday at the Lusignan Community Centre...

Guyana capture bronze medals in two categories

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana capture bronze medals in two categories

Guyana’s Junior and Cadet Teams competing at Caribbean Table Tennis (TT) Championships in San German, Puerto Rico, secured bronze medals in the Girls’ 15-years-and-under and Boys’...

East leads West with one discipline left to contest

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on East leads West with one discipline left to contest

With just one discipline left to be contested, East on 90 points lead the West on 85 after the completion of four of the five disciplines of the Women on the Move / Mackenzie Sports Club Cavalcade of...

Guyanese-born man one of Suriname’s most wanted

Apr 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese-born man one of Suriname’s most wanted

A Guyana-born man is one of Suriname’s most wanted, media reports have said. According to Superintendent John Jones, an official of the Police Public Relations Department, investigators almost...

Self-stigma….a major challenge in HIV/AIDS fight – Dr Singh

Apr 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Self-stigma….a major challenge in HIV/AIDS fight – Dr Singh

Although the impact of stigma and discrimination still has a dire impact on the fight against HIV/AIDS, the health sector has been able to make inroads among some key populations. However,...

Suriname emerge as overall winner of Qaseeda Competition

Apr 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname emerge as overall winner of Qaseeda Competition

Suriname came out as the winner in the male segment of the eleventh International Qaseeda Competition hosted by the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) and the Anjuman Hifazatul Islam...

Race based politics belongs in the garbage heap of history

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Race based politics belongs in the garbage heap of history

Dear Editor, Many political commentators opined that David Granger the PNCR’s presidential candidate was a political neophyte when he called Mr. Donald Ramotar, congratulated him on his selection...

‘Blackman’ claim by Adam Harris is anancy story

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Blackman’ claim by Adam Harris is anancy story

Dear Editor, Without a doubt, the persons who most influenced my life in politics and journalism from a practical stand-point were Cheddi and Janet Jagan, both deceased presidents of Guyana. Long...

The PPP/C campaign will be no different this time around

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C campaign will be no different this time around

Dear Editor, The date has not been announced for the 2011 General Elections but Guyanese can have no doubt as to the kind of campaign the PPP/C intends to run. If we did not get the message through...

No women, no vote

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on No women, no vote

Dear Editor, An interesting article, but in my opinion the writer seems too impressed with David Granger’s utterances about the inclusion of women in the campaign. For example, other than stating...

THE PRESIDENT IS NO LONGER ABOVE THE LAW

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PRESIDENT IS NO LONGER ABOVE THE LAW

The immunities enjoyed by the President of Guyana under Article 182 of the Constitution of Guyana do not allow the holder of that office to violate the constitution of Guyana. Such violations are...

A JACK OF ALL SHADES

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on A JACK OF ALL SHADES

The visual acuity of Jack Warner, the Minister of Works and Transport (MOWT) in the new Trinidad and Tobago government responsible for air transport, is highly impressive. He does not see...

Sai Baba Passes on

Apr 25, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sai Baba Passes on

An incarnation of the Divine to a wide swath of the millions across the globe that revered him as their spiritual guru, Sathya Sai Baba gave up his human body yesterday, Easter Sunday. It was a...

D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life...

Nov 21, 2024

Kaieteur Sports – The D-Up Basketball Academy is gearing up to wrap its first-of-its-kind, two-month youth basketball camp, which tipped off in September at the Tuschen Primary School (TPS)...

Campbell Eyes Eighth Men’s Physique Title in...

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Alphonso, Fung-a-Fat, Munroe among top performers...

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Guyana’s finest Physiques to battle for Glory...

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CWI names West Indies Test Squad for home series...

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Georgetown romp to 292-run win over Select XI

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more