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Swimming turns deadly

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Swimming turns deadly

– Mother drowns in Lamaha conservancy Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 36 year-old ‘E’ Field Sophia woman whose body was pulled from the Lamaha Canal...

Driver flees

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Driver flees

– as five injured in three-vehicle smash-up A mother and child were among five persons who were injured at around 19: 15 hrs last night during a three-vehicle crash on La Bonne Intention (LBI)...

Bandits beat, rob Sophia family

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits beat, rob Sophia family

Four armed bandits robbed and terrorised a businesswoman and her family at their 496, ‘B’ Field Sophia home on Saturday night. Police are investigating and reports suggest that the bandits were...

Cop dies in crash after swerving from cow

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cop dies in crash after swerving from cow

A 23-year-old police constable was killed at around 03:20hrs yesterday at Line Path, Skeldon, Berbice, after swerving from a cow and crashing his car into a bridge. Police Constable 20963 Michael...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Glenn getting a national award

May 23, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Glenn getting a national award

Nuff people wake up yesterday morning and feel good. Dem was alive and dem believe that dem woulda dead during de night. Bar-Rat invite all dem leaders from de Caribbean to come to Guyana and enjoy...

Have the killing squads returned?

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Have the killing squads returned?

The statistics may not be as alarming as those during the crime wave, but the execution-style killing of four persons within the past three months does raise a disturbing question: Have the killing...

Fire destroys Essequibo home

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Essequibo home

Hardia Singh is uncertain where her family will now live after an early morning fire destroyed their home at Lookabu, East Bank Essequibo yesterday. It is unclear what caused the fire, but the...

Lethem residents worried about dangling power lines

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem residents worried about dangling power lines

Some Lethem residents believe that governing bodies of the region are not taking safety and developmental issues in the communities as seriously as they should. They say that an example of this is...

Govt’s fear tactics, media control will intensify as election date nears

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt’s fear tactics, media control will intensify as election date nears

PNC Party Chairman says… The People’s National Congress Reform on Saturday last held its first General Council meeting for the year 2011 with participants from all ten Regions. The General...

Umar rides luck in unbeaten 97 as Pakistan hunt series leveling victory

May 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Umar rides luck in unbeaten 97 as Pakistan hunt series leveling victory

By Sean Devers In St Kitts In association with Digicel, Leisure Inn & Queensway Younis Khan is the only Pakistani to have scored a Test century in the last year but if Taufeeq Umar fails to join...

‘Golden Jaguars’ roar to come from behind 3-2 win over Barbados

May 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Golden Jaguars’ roar to come from behind 3-2 win over Barbados

Sweep 2 game series; return games on this weekend By Franklin Wilson The fair size crowd on hand at the Guyana National Stadium Providence did not leave disappointed but absorbed some entertaining...

First stage of probe complete

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on First stage of probe complete

RUSAL ‘spade beating’ threats… The special committee that is in Guyana has completed the first stage of its investigations into threats allegedly made by a RUSAL manager against Guyanese...

Overseas teams begin arriving for CFU Club championship

May 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Overseas teams begin arriving for CFU Club championship

Overseas teams began arriving last evening for the Caribbean Football Union Club Champions Cup semis and final starting Wednesday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. Based on an official of...

EPA activities lauded by CARCOM Trade ministers

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on EPA activities lauded by CARCOM Trade ministers

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade Ministers expressed satisfaction with the activities the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit of the CARICOM Secretariat has undertaken in...

Trophy Stall sponsors Darts Tournament

May 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall sponsors Darts Tournament

The Guyana Darts Association will be hosting the Trophy Stall sponsored four (4) member Team League and Open Singles Tournaments at Mark’s Darts Club, Brummel Place Brickdam for affiliated players...

Four leaders absent from CARICOM retreat

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Four leaders absent from CARICOM retreat

– Secretary-General to be appointed by July 2011 For the recent two-day retreat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at Teperu, Mazaruni that commenced Saturday last and ended yesterday,...

Woman remanded over broken bottle stabbing

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman remanded over broken bottle stabbing

A 29-year-old woman who allegedly stabbed a Jewel Coates who allegedly stabbed a man with a broken bottle was remanded on an attempted murder charge after appearing before Chief Magistrate Priya...

Works Ministry to launch complaints hotline, website

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Works Ministry to launch complaints hotline, website

The Work Services Group of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications will be launching its complaints hotline and website by May month-end. This was revealed at the Ministry’s recent...

GIS lauded at Engineering Conference

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GIS lauded at Engineering Conference

The implementation of the Geographic Information System (GIS) at the Ministry of Public Works and Communications was lauded by engineers and experts in the field at the Ministry’s recent...

Plummeting profits for Trinidad Cement Ltd.

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Plummeting profits for Trinidad Cement Ltd.

Over the past few years profits for regional cement producers, Trinidad Cement Ltd, have been on the slide and it was no different for the 2010 financial reporting period where the takings tumbled to...

City Hall encourages hygienic practices among food, meat vendors

May 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall encourages hygienic practices among food, meat vendors

Aiming to ensuring that wholesome meat and foods are made available for public consumption, the Municipal Meat and Food Hygiene Department of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown has been...

CATCH AS CATCH KAHN

May 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on CATCH AS CATCH KAHN

How do you make a hot rabbit stew? First you pull him off a plane, then you put him in handcuffs and frog-march him to court, next you refuse him bail and finally throw him in jail in the notorious...

THE WORLD IS STILL HERE

May 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE WORLD IS STILL HERE

If you are reading this, it means that the world has not ended. A great many people prepared for the worst last Saturday, and many are thousands of dollars short for the effort. One man invested...

Ram’s feeble attempts to denigrate the Enmore Packaging Plant project

May 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ram’s feeble attempts to denigrate the Enmore Packaging Plant project

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese who care deeply for all my fellow brothers and sisters and for their future development it pains me to observe the crass approach adopted by no other than Christopher Ram...

Time to embrace the coalition for change

May 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to embrace the coalition for change

Dear Editor, Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) again demonstrated that it is all about putting Guyana first. Therefore, when the PNCR announced at its General Council Meeting, on May 21, 2011,...

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India produce dominant 60-run win over West Indies to claim 2-1 T20I series victory in Mumbai

A question of timing and priorities

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The advent of significant oil discoveries has catapulted Guyana into the global spotlight.... more