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Bare Roots residents, police clash after teenager shot

May 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Bare Roots residents, police clash after teenager shot

A Bare Roots teenager was last evening shot in controversial circumstances, with police and villagers subsequently clashing. Police officials later claimed that 19-year-old Yonick Willis called...

Ex-cop shot by police after threatening woman with toy gun

May 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Ex-cop shot by police after threatening woman with toy gun

An ex-policeman is presently in a stable condition at the Georgetown Hospital, after he was shot in the thigh by the police on Wednesday night, after allegedly threatening a woman with a toy gun....

Guyanese woman knifed to death by son in New York

May 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman knifed to death by son in New York

(New York Daily News) An emotionally disturbed man was arrested Thursday for stabbing his mother to death in their Brooklyn apartment. Ingham Scarder, 27, was taken into custody when police arrived...

Dem boys seh…Is de name behind de name

May 06, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is de name behind de name

West Indies give Pakistan its worst licking in seven years. When dem Pakistanis come dem lose de T20 then dem walk all over West Indies. De second to last match de rain come and West Indies win by...

Capacity crowd watch Windies secure 10-wkt win in 5th ODI

May 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Capacity crowd watch Windies secure 10-wkt win in 5th ODI

Simmons leads fight with classy unbeaten 77 By Sean Devers at Providence A raucous capacity crowd of well over 15,000 not only turned up yesterday but despite all the recent negatives in West Indies...

IMC Chairman charged for alleged assault on female

May 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on IMC Chairman charged for alleged assault on female

The Chairman of the Rose Hall Town Interim Management Committee (IMC) Bishwanauth Somrah has been arrested and charged after it was alleged that he assaulted a female resident. Somrah, of Rose Hall...

A dream fulfilled for youngster in Guyana at 5th Digicel ODI

May 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on A dream fulfilled for youngster in Guyana at 5th Digicel ODI

– Providence Stadium, Guyana: Xaviee Smith can check one item off his bucket list after yesterday as one of his many cricketing dreams was fulfilled at Guyana National Stadium in Providence....

Body found in cemetery identified

May 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Body found in cemetery identified

The body found in a bushy pathway in Le Repentir Cemetery on Wednesday has been positively identified as 40-year-old Quacy Eldon Wolseley called ‘Harry’ of Spurwing Drive, South Ruimveldt Park....

Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Federation championships set for May 15 at Thirst Park

May 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Federation championships set for May 15 at Thirst Park

The Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Federation will stage its Annual Karate championships on Sunday May 15 at the Banks DIH Sports Club at Thirst Park starting at 10:00 hours. Chief Instructor of the...

HBF donate to three organisations

May 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on HBF donate to three organisations

– confirms basketball development The United States-based, Haynes Basketball Foundation (HBF) yesterday donated different paraphernalia to three separate organisations to continue its goodwill...

$57M well commissioned at Parfait Harmonie

May 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on $57M well commissioned at Parfait Harmonie

Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, on Wednesday, last, commissioned a $57M water well at Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara. The well was built by Trinidad-based Water and Oil Well Services...

There is a shared responsibility for what has taken place in this country

May 06, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a shared responsibility for what has taken place in this country

Dear Editor, All of us create mental constructs to help to make our existence bearable. These are however usually empirically and logically flawed because they are motivated by a desire not for truth...

Time trials and road race set for today

May 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Time trials and road race set for today

Guyana’s riders continues to persevere despite challenges at the Pan American Track & Field Cycling championships which are being held in Medellin, Columbia. The Guyanese finally received their...

Group preaches May 21 doomsday to Berbicians

May 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Group preaches May 21 doomsday to Berbicians

– predicts worldwide earthquakes and hell on earth to follow It was quite a scene on Tuesday along Main Street in New Amsterdam as a message that Judgment Day will be on May 21, was being...

Victoria man hangs self

May 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Victoria man hangs self

A 21-year-old man from Victoria, East Coast Demerara, succeeded in his second attempt to end his own life when he hanged himself under his cousin’s unfinished house at the back of the village. The...

Whatever happened to the days when words like shame and honour meant something?

May 06, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Whatever happened to the days when words like shame and honour meant something?

Dear Editor, I remember with some nostalgia the days when words like shame and honour meant something. Children were taught to conduct themselves in a manner that would not bring shame or disgrace...

‘Bee’ Careful!!!

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GuySuCo should seek advice from Dr. Yesu Persaud

May 06, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo should seek advice from Dr. Yesu Persaud

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to comment on GuySuCo’s comment on Dr Yesu Persaud’s remark: “Poor management and unnecessary political interference continue to plague Guyana’s struggling sugar...

Man attacks cops, shot in leg

May 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Man attacks cops, shot in leg

The police are currently conducting investigations into a shooting incident at ‘B’ Field Sophia, during which Colin Shaw, 42, was shot in the left leg on Wednesday night. According to a police...

History has already started judging President Jagdeo harshly

May 06, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on History has already started judging President Jagdeo harshly

Dear Editor, I must say, with all respect due to Mr. Harry Gill, (“I have been judging the President a bit too harshly,” Kaieteur News, May 2), with whom I shared via published letters a low...

Cattle owners reimbursed for wrongfully impounded animals

May 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Cattle owners reimbursed for wrongfully impounded animals

The Ministry of Home Affairs has reimbursed a few cattle owners whose animals were wrongly impounded by the ministry’s team of stray catchers. Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee confirmed that the...

We are all tools in this dirty game of politics

May 06, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are all tools in this dirty game of politics

Dear Editor, It seems as though this regime can do and say whatever it likes and everything is just pushed under the carpet or passed off as nothing happened, no matter how serious it is, especially...

LABA/ GBOC hold basketball clinics for referees, table officials and coaches

May 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA/ GBOC hold basketball clinics for referees, table officials and coaches

The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA), in an attempt to bring its affiliates up to date with the latest international basketball rule changes, as mandated by the International Basketball...

Amrit Etwaroo earns All-NEAC/NCAA honours at 2011 Men’s Golf Championships

May 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amrit Etwaroo earns All-NEAC/NCAA honours at 2011 Men’s Golf Championships

The Sunny Cobleskill men’s golf team fired a two-day team total of 659 to place fourth at the 2011 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC)/NCAA Men’s Golf Championships under very windy...

Rice near to achieving first crop target

May 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Rice near to achieving first crop target

The rice industry is close to achieving its target of 280,000 tons set for the first crop this year despite La Nina conditions which have been affecting farming communities, Minister of Agriculture,...