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After leaving city bank… Businessman robbed, shot dead

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on After leaving city bank… Businessman robbed, shot dead

– Suspect detained, motorcycle seized By Latoya Giles and Krycel Williams Gunmen shot a 40-year-old businessman dead around 11:00 hrs yesterday in Crown Dam, Industry, East Coast Demerara...

Aircraft bird strike: Illegal poultry waste dumping grounds burned, covered

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Aircraft bird strike: Illegal poultry waste dumping grounds burned, covered

…residents heard ‘huge’ explosions By Leonard Gildarie One day after a bird strike forced a Caribbean Airlines flight to land 10 minutes after takeoff, authorities are moving to reduce the...

AFC makes campaign pitch to private sector… Amaila Falls hydro to be re-examined

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC makes campaign pitch to private sector… Amaila Falls hydro to be re-examined

– President to become ‘figurehead’ By Leonard Gildarie The strengthening of the country’s Integrity Commission to tackle corruption among government official is one of the main...

Dem boys seh… Special awards fuh some people

Apr 28, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Special awards fuh some people

National awards coming back and nuff people expecting something. Some of dem claim how dem wuk hard and dem never get nutten because other people always pushing demself in front and getting some big...

West Dem. Police Commander defends actions during mini riot

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on West Dem. Police Commander defends actions during mini riot

Commander of the Police, West Demerara Division, Assistant Commissioner Balram Persaud says that he will continue to fulfill his mandate to ensure that the rights of citizens are protected. The...

National Awards to be resuscitated

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on National Awards to be resuscitated

After a lull of almost a decade, the National Awards of Guyana are slated to be restarted this year, reliable sources have told Kaieteur News. The awards are expected to be announced on May 25 by...

GPOC to close three Essequibo Coast post offices

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPOC to close three Essequibo Coast post offices

The Guyana Post Office Corporation is gearing to close three post offices on the Essequibo Coast in the foreseeable future. And this decision sparked a protest yesterday. Area manager of the local...

Managing public money is ‘a work in progress’

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Managing public money is ‘a work in progress’

– Finance Minister Government’s management of public money is a work in progress, Dr Ashni Singh, the Minister of Finance, admitted yesterday as he urged private companies to get their books...

Cane Grove residents want rice mill shut down

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cane Grove residents want rice mill shut down

The residents of Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara want the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to shut down a rice factory in the village which they say has been causing them to suffer for the past...

Youth footballers tutored as celebratory activities wind down

Apr 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Youth footballers tutored as celebratory activities wind down

As activities to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Pele FC continue at the Georgetown Football Club Ground Bourda, more than sixty (60) Under-15 footballers, under the tutelage of fifteen (15)...

MSC Court rehabilitation pushes Royals Final Four back

Apr 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on MSC Court rehabilitation pushes Royals Final Four back

KWAKWANI EXPELLED FROM 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP By Edison Jefford The Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Basketball Court Rehabilitation Project, which commenced last week after months of impediments, has forced...

Victim’s relatives claim army backtracked on promise to take body to Venezuela

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Victim’s relatives claim army backtracked on promise to take body to Venezuela

Relatives of the Venezuelan national who was killed at the border last week are upset that the Guyana Defence Force has backtracked on its promise to take the victim’s remains back to his homeland...

Lawyers absent, PI re-scheduled

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyers absent, PI re-scheduled

Yesterday as the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of 16-year-old Queen’s College student, Neesa Lalita Gopaul, was called again at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, none of the lawyers...

Knock-out round kicked off on Tuesday night; 8 teams survive

Apr 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Knock-out round kicked off on Tuesday night; 8 teams survive

Only the best will be able to survive with the start of the knock-out stage in the Banks DIH Guinness Greatest of the Streets Football competition taking place in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden....

Linden Town Week sees community at the crossroads

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Town Week sees community at the crossroads

A massive crowd on Sunday evening converged at the Linden/Georgetown bus park to be a part of the official opening of the Linden Town Week celebrations. Among the special invitees were Prime Minister...

West Dem. Police Commander defends actions during mini riot

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on West Dem. Police Commander defends actions during mini riot

Commander of the Police, West Demerara Division, Assistant Commissioner Balram Persaud says that he will continue to fulfill his mandate to ensure that the rights of citizens are protected. The...

Defence Force beat Milerock joins Alpha in finals; Tempete FC needles Caledonia AIA

Apr 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Defence Force beat Milerock joins Alpha in finals; Tempete FC needles Caledonia AIA

A double header at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Trinidad & Tobago on April 22 saw Defence Force FC pass Milerock of Guyana in impressive fashion while the other home team, Caledonia AIA lost a...

No Slingerz car for winning ticket holder

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No Slingerz car for winning ticket holder

…Patron accuses entertainer of fraud Slingerz Entertainment came in for heavy criticism after hosting its 10th anniversary bash at the National Stadium, Easter Monday night. One of the patrons is...

Infrastructural assets on the increase – Ram

Apr 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Infrastructural assets on the increase – Ram

President of the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) Christopher Ram speaking at the presentation ceremony at the Pegasus Hotel to award winners of the MACORP Open Championships disclosed that the sport...

Visiting American teen becomes hit and run victim

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Visiting American teen becomes hit and run victim

The Easter holidays have come and gone and everything has gone back to normalcy in Guyana. Many families were seen celebrating the joyous occasion with little children flying their kites high in the...

Fire Service to receive tailored training to upgrade services

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Service to receive tailored training to upgrade services

– Auxiliary firefighting under consideration The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) is pursuing more local and overseas training for its ranks in an effort to boost its capacity and general...

Chanderpaul responds to reported allegations of indiscipline

Apr 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul responds to reported allegations of indiscipline

Guyana and West Indies middle order batsman, Shivnarine Chanderpaul has responded to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) reported allegations of indiscipline that was disclosed as a reason for him...

UG students donate over 800 books to orphanages

Apr 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG students donate over 800 books to orphanages

A group of University of Guyana (UG) students on Tuesday embarked on a one-day book drive to promote literacy at several orphanages, mainly those within the city. The project titled “Educating...

Upsetters are BVA Beach Classic KO Champions

Apr 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Upsetters are BVA Beach Classic KO Champions

14 teams participate; hundreds flock #63 Beach The youthful and energetic duo of Ian Bagot and Luen David, competing under the name ‘Upsetters’, created several upsets on Easter Monday at the #...

GT&T sponsors Medal Play Golf tournament

Apr 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GT&T sponsors Medal Play Golf tournament

Local Telecommunications Giant Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company will sponsor this weekend’s Medal Play Golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club. Newly-elected Captain Brian Glasford...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more