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THE FLOODS IN REGION NINE

Jun 08, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE FLOODS IN REGION NINE

To those on the coastland who have never experienced the rainy season in Region Nine, the overflowing rivers and flooding that is taking place may seem to be a natural disaster. And this year’s...

Two Coast Guardsmen in trio nabbed with AK-47 ammo

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two Coast Guardsmen in trio nabbed with AK-47 ammo

– during police sting operation Two ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard were in custody last night after they, and a civilian, were caught with a quantity of AK-47 ammunition in...

Six-week-old among abandoned children rescued at Timehri

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Six-week-old among abandoned children rescued at Timehri

– police seek mother Police, in collaboration with officials from the Ministry of Human Services Child Protection Agency, are on the hunt for a woman who left her three infant children...

Over 1,600 farms affected, bridges washed away

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Over 1,600 farms affected, bridges washed away

Situation dire in Region 9… -$50M released for relief works By Leonard Gildarie Residents and authorities alike are praying for a cessation of rains in Lethem as flood waters dropped slightly over...

Greene bans Commanders from speaking to media

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Greene bans Commanders from speaking to media

– orders them to shut their mouths with immediate effect Police Commissioner Henry Greene has reversed a decision by his predecessor Winston Felix, banning all his Divisional Commanders from...

Woman throws jewellery to youth who threatens to “shoot up house”

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman throws jewellery to youth who threatens to “shoot up house”

A terrified Soesdyke woman wrapped up all her jewellery and threw it to a man who was threatening to shoot up her house if she did not hand over money that he had earlier demanded. The incident...

GPL investigates suspected electrocution

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPL investigates suspected electrocution

The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) is investigating if a contracted employee was carrying out authorised work when he fell to his death from an electricity pole on Monday afternoon. Edward...

Additional US$40B needed annually to reduce deforestation

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Additional US$40B needed annually to reduce deforestation

– UNEP Report Investing an additional US$40 billion a year in the forestry sector could halve deforestation rates by 2030, increase rates of tree planting by around 140 per cent by 2050, and...

Berbice retain GCB Inter-County two-day U-15 title

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice retain GCB Inter-County two-day U-15 title

By Sean Devers at Providence Berbice continued their supremacy in local cricket by retaining their under-15 two-day Inter County cricket title yesterday at the Providence Stadium when their final...

Team Guyana aiming to win 20th Digicel Caribbean Cup NY

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana aiming to win 20th Digicel Caribbean Cup NY

Lowe, Peters, Jacobs, Joseph & Millington among local players to appear Team Guyana will be aiming to lift the 20th edition of the Digicel Caribbean Cup New York which is currently being played...

Sattaur to Captain Guyana U-15s in T&T

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sattaur to Captain Guyana U-15s in T&T

Nat’l squad to being encampment next week By Sean Devers National under-19 left hander and Demerara under -15 Skipper Brain Sattaur will captain the Guyana under-15 team in this year’s Regional...

Norman Singh Turf Club horserace meet June 19

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Norman Singh Turf Club horserace meet June 19

The Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club will stage its ‘Guyana Cup Fever’ horserace meeting at their No.6 West Coast Berbice racetrack on Sunday June 19. Entries for the event close on June 12 and...

Corporate basketball battle continues tonight

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corporate basketball battle continues tonight

Can GPL electrify CASH to retain title? With three teams already qualified for quarterfinals of the 2011 Inter-Organisation Basketball Championships, five more spots will be up for grabs tonight as...

Lloyd Gibson, Akashani Lall shine as GKF Junior Karate C/ships conclude

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lloyd Gibson, Akashani Lall shine as GKF Junior Karate C/ships conclude

Lloyd Gibson and Akashani Lall both dominated two categories each to distinguished themselves among their colleagues when the Guyana Karate Federation (GKF) staged its National Junior Championship at...

Geddes Grant supports Japan Karate Association/WF US bound squad

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Geddes Grant supports Japan Karate Association/WF US bound squad

Fifteen members of the Japan Karate Association/World Federation Guyana winged out Tuesday to attend the Annual Japan Karate Association Training Camp and Tournament in the United States. Before the...

An unwanted publication

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on An unwanted publication

Yesterday, we inadvertently published a letter under the hand of Mayor Hamilton Green that was published three years ago. The publication dealt with an issue that led to the failed prosecution of...

Rupununi Flooding

Jun 08, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Rupununi Flooding

The entire Rupununi, and Lethem in particular, is in the throes of a massive crisis, literally precipitated by historic levels of rainfall. The Brazilians claim that it has been the heaviest rainfall...

Independence TT tournament launched

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Independence TT tournament launched

The Guyana Table Tennis Association/National Sports Commission annual Independence Table Tennis Tournament was apparently launched sometime last weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall with...

Chief witness completes testimony

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chief witness completes testimony

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason case involving Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol-Ann, and reserve officer Leonard Wharton, continued yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya...

Armed bandits flee with only cell phone in Canje robbery

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandits flee with only cell phone in Canje robbery

Armed bandits inflicted a severe beating on a 51-year-old GuySuCo supervisor during a raid on his home, but they only managed to escape with a cellular phone. Krishendat Narine, called ‘Fella’,...

C/tyne leg to begin today

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on C/tyne leg to begin today

The Corentyne leg of the Youth Basketball Guyana Series is expected to bounce off today with two matches. Seven schools and Educational Institutions, including the University Of Guyana Berbice campus...

Women and Gender Equality Commission to scrutinise political parties’ manifestos

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Women and Gender Equality Commission to scrutinise political parties’ manifestos

Manifestos emanating from political parties contesting the upcoming National Elections would be scrutinised by the Women and Gender Equality Commission to ascertain the policies and programmes they...

Mars and Barker for 9th IPF/NAPF Regional Powerlifting C/ships

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mars and Barker for 9th IPF/NAPF Regional Powerlifting C/ships

Melville omitted due to poor fitness levels The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) in its quest to rotate and continuously expose its lifters to competition at the highest possible levels...

Fracas outside disco leaves one nursing gunshot, stab wound

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fracas outside disco leaves one nursing gunshot, stab wound

– fight started over spilled drink One man is nursing a stab wound to the abdomen and gunshot to the eye, after a heated fracas inside a Sheriff Street night spot. The police in a press release...

England based ‘Golden Jaguars’ gearing up for 4-nation tourney

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on England based ‘Golden Jaguars’ gearing up for 4-nation tourney

– organised by Guyana UK Sports Development Association In its continuing efforts to seek out players who can represent Guyana at the various levels given the new focus of the Guyana Football...

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What Guyanese leaders can learn from Donald Trump

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-There is little dispute that Donald Trump knows how to make an entrance. He does so without... more