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Over $1B cocaine bust at Bartica

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Over $1B cocaine bust at Bartica

– several foreigners among Guyanese held Police have detained a Venezuelan and four Guyanese after intercepting a vessel with an estimated 204 kilograms (450 pounds) of cocaine at Batavia, an...

Suriname restates claim to New River Triangle

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Suriname restates claim to New River Triangle

– Bouterse eyeing int’l resolution Suriname is not backing down from its claim on the New River Triangle area, in Berbice, with President Desi Bouterse making it clear that the territory is...

Rains ease, but water still rising at Kwakwani

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Rains ease, but water still rising at Kwakwani

Though residents in Kwakwani are thankful that heavy rainfall has ceased temporarily for the past two days, this does not change the current situation with respect to their immediate surroundings...

Teacher jailed for stealing from school

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Teacher jailed for stealing from school

Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday jailed a male teacher for stealing school property. The Charlestown Secondary School teacher who appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged...

Supplies reaching stricken villages

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Supplies reaching stricken villages

Water levels continued to drop yesterday in flood-stricken Region Nine with vehicles starting to use some of the impassable trails and critical supplies of fuel flown in. According to Permanent...

Man fatally stabbed after row over cell-phone credit

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Man fatally stabbed after row over cell-phone credit

The police up to press time yesterday were on the hunt for a 19-year-old mason who fatally stabbed his friend early yesterday morning. Thirty-four year-old Richard Anthony Skeete called ‘Troy’ of...

Dem boys seh…De police mekking joke wid foreign exchange

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De police mekking joke wid foreign exchange

Bartica sleep early Thursday night. Fuh de fuss time de town shut down. Was like when Fine Man and he crazy band pass through. De police bust a whole heap of cocaine and right away dem people run...

Team knows importance of tomorrow’s game-Henry

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team knows importance of tomorrow’s game-Henry

By Rawle Welch Stating vigorously that every player on the team knows the importance of tomorrow’s game, Head Coach of the national Rugby squad Theodore Henry told Kaieteur Sport that he sees...

Hemraj (115), Byron (108) pulverize East Bank

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hemraj (115*), Byron (108*) pulverize East Bank

By Sean Devers A day after East Coast, led by a pugnacious unbeaten 156 from Brian Sattaur, piled up 275-3 off 48 overs against East Bank at Providence in the Demerara Inter-Association 50-overs...

Six emergency Caterpillar sets arrive

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Six emergency Caterpillar sets arrive

– to be connected within 10 days Six emergency Caterpillar generators which were diverted from earthquake-hit Japan are in Guyana, with the additional power expected to be connected within 10...

Secondary School football starts next week in Berbice

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Secondary School football starts next week in Berbice

Hearts of Oaks Masters Football Club in collaboration with Sherlon Hetemyer and family will run off the Sherlon Hetemyer/Shaun Nurse Inter Secondary Independence Anniversary Football tournament for...

Lamp may have started N/A Fire, says Chief Fire Officer

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Lamp may have started N/A Fire, says Chief Fire Officer

Chief Fire Officer, Marlon Gentle, has said that the victim of Wednesday evening’s fire in Stanleytown, 52-year-old Hazel Johnson, may have been burnt to death while she was asleep on her bed. He...

GT&T FastBall Awareness games set for Sunday

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T FastBall Awareness games set for Sunday

Berbice, Essequibo & East Coast targeted With exactly one week to go before the end of registration for the inaugural GT&T FastBall knock-out football competition, more awareness games are...

Annual Tradewind Tankers V/ball Tournament starts June 18

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual Tradewind Tankers V/ball Tournament starts June 18

The second annual Tradewind Tankers-sponsored Volleyball Tournament organised by Castrol Strikers is set to serve off on June 18, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, starting from 09:00hrs. According...

Fatima House crowned champions

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fatima House crowned champions

Fatima House with a total of 15 points emerged the Champions House of the Marian Academy Primary and Secondary School Inter-House Badminton competition. The champions left in their wake second placed...

Parents seek legal advice

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Parents seek legal advice

By Michael Jordan The parents of 17-year-old maternal patient Joanne Peters are accusing staff at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) of causing her to bleed to death last March. They...

GFF invite 28 for Olympic U-23 trials

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF invite 28 for Olympic U-23 trials

Five overseas based included The Technical Committee of the Guyana Football Federation has named a 28-man squad including seven (7) overseas based who will be vying for places on the final team that...

Linden police score big on marijuana raid

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Linden police score big on marijuana raid

Police in the mining town of Linden have destroyed over 8000 marijuana plants, 15000 seedlings and about 600 kilograms in dried ganja during a successful drug raid on Wednesday. Police in a press...

CARICOM needs to get its act together – Persaud

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on CARICOM needs to get its act together – Persaud

“CARICOM needs to get its act together to manage high food prices and food security,” says Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud. He noted that Guyana has been a firm advocate for food production...

11th P&P Insurance Brooker & CL cycle meet set for tomorrow

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 11th P&P Insurance Brooker & CL cycle meet set for tomorrow

Greaves and De Nobrega to defend open & juvenile titles The inner circuit of the National Park will come alive for another programme organised by National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed tomorrow....

Thanks to some very special police officers

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thanks to some very special police officers

Dear Editor, It was one of those hot sticky June days when you don’t want to leave the shade. I was heading home, driving South on Cummings Street, when a well known animal lover flagged me down....

Why this PPP attack on the US?

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why this PPP attack on the US?

Dear editor, As someone born and raised in Guyana, and now settled in the United States, I take personal offense at Dave Martindale’s use of language calling the United States a “vermin”. See...

Tang stars as Walton Hall beat Charity by 20 runs

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tang stars as Walton Hall beat Charity by 20 runs

Ryan Tang slammed a fine half century to lead Walton Hall to victory over Charity by 20 runs in the New Building Society 40 overs cricket competition which continued recently in North Essequibo with...

Neal and Massy re-capture Inter-Organisation B’ball title

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Neal and Massy re-capture Inter-Organisation B’ball title

League for organisations set to start next month Neal and Massy Group of Companies ensured that obvious preparation and organisation helped them retake the Inter-Organisation Basketball Championship...

Winston Pompey confident as he leaves for fistic duties in Jamaica

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Winston Pompey confident as he leaves for fistic duties in Jamaica

Local middleweight boxing contender, Winston Pompey will leave Guyana next Tuesday for Jamaica to engage in a ten rounds contest against Jamaican, Sakima Mullings, two days after his arrival in the...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more