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Post Mistress sacked for ‘borrowing’ post office money

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Post Mistress sacked for ‘borrowing’ post office money

The Guyana Post Office Corporation has reversed a systematic culture, where it previously allowed senior postal staff to borrow monies with the intention of replacing that borrowed cash. In the...

Lindo Creek widow seeks closure

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lindo Creek widow seeks closure

Three years after husband’s murder… Three years after Clifton Wong and seven other miners were slaughtered at Lindo Creek, Mrs. Collette Wong is still awaiting information about her husband...

Fire ravages Canje house while victims attend church

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire ravages Canje house while victims attend church

By Leon Suseran Five persons were left homeless after a mid-morning fire destroyed their two- storey home at Lot 66 King Street, Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice. The victims were attending a...

Some Cuban doctors exploiting patients

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Some Cuban doctors exploiting patients

– Ramsammy urges victims to file complaints with Health Ministry By Keeran Singh Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has confirmed that he has received complaints of physicians and other public...

Parents of slain bank employee slam police, Govt. officials

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parents of slain bank employee slam police, Govt. officials

Fate of Sheema Mangar’s samples still a mystery… While the identity of her killer remains a mystery, an even greater shroud of mystery seems to hang over the fate of forensic samples for...

Diamond sugar workers receive severance pay

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond sugar workers receive severance pay

– urged to continue services at LBI Estate Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday tried to woo sugar workers from the Diamond Estate back to the job even as some 341 workers finally...

Dem boys seh…Irfaat now playing wid de PM siren

Jun 20, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Irfaat now playing wid de PM siren

Acting is wha some people does do fuh mek money suh when Bar-Rat tell Irfaat that he gun act as PM de man get excited. Right away he tell he friends that he gun mek more money. Wha people didn’t...

Cop injured as revelers attack police unit

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cop injured as revelers attack police unit

– disc jockey, residents detained A policeman was injured when a group of revelers from the village of Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara attacked ranks who were responding to reports of...

Indian Researcher completes the tale of Indentured Labour

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Indian Researcher completes the tale of Indentured Labour

– donates collection to UG library Researchers into the early days of the indentured labour system have long used texts written by local and regional authors but last Monday that field of...

Windies begin first ever weekday Test in Jamaica today

Jun 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies begin first ever weekday Test in Jamaica today

Depleted India still hold the edge By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, Queensway, Western Union & Jamaica Pegasus Since their first Test against India in 1948, West Indies have...

Guyanese cardiologist cops prestigious European award

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese cardiologist cops prestigious European award

By Oscar Ramjeet A well known Guyanese cardiologist has copped the Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) Award for top worldwide cardiologists. Dr. Hughley Hanoman is the first Guyanese...

Lambert, George, Stanley declared champs

Jun 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lambert, George, Stanley declared champs

Elton Lambert, Godfrey George and Berbician Gregory Stanley were declared the A, B and C Class champions when the dust settled in the Guyana Draughts Association (GDA) National Open Championship...

Carib All-Stars inflict 7-1 drubbing on Under -21

Jun 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carib All-Stars inflict 7-1 drubbing on Under -21

A helmet-trick (4) of goals by striker Azad DeAbreu led all scorers as the Carib All-Stars steamrolled the under-21’s 7-1 as play in the John Fernandes Insurance Services (JFIS) Ltd Second Division...

Cops probe headless body report at Cuyuni

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cops probe headless body report at Cuyuni

Police in the hinterland area are following up a report about a headless body being found somewhere in the Cuyuni River area, Region Seven. Reports reaching this newspaper have indicated that the...

Body at Kingston identified as economist/ photographer

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Body at Kingston identified as economist/ photographer

The partly decomposed body that was found at a Kingston wharf, on Saturday has been identified as former economist and photographer Mohamed Fazal Shaw, 51, of Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara....

Déjà Vu arises at Independence TT Championships

Jun 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Déjà Vu arises at Independence TT Championships

– Johnson emphatically turns table on Kyle Edghill By Edison Jefford An audience of table tennis luminaries were quite sure that they had seen Elishaba Johnson and Kyle Edghill faceoff in a...

Scores turn out at ‘walk against crime and violence’

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Scores turn out at ‘walk against crime and violence’

Over 100 persons from the Joint Services turned out yesterday to participate in a fitness walk in support of stamping out crime and violence. Law enforcement officers from the Guyana Police Force,...

Edwards eye comeback at venue where he made auspicious debut

Jun 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edwards eye comeback at venue where he made auspicious debut

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, Queensway, Western Union & Jamaica Pegasus Barbadian pacer Fidel Edwards has not played a Test match since May 2009 and although he has been...

Mark Austin, Ray Sandiford heighten preparations for 16th edition of ProAm card

Jun 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mark Austin, Ray Sandiford heighten preparations for 16th edition of ProAm card

For most people, Sunday is a day of reverence; when they either go to church or opt to stay home and enjoy peace and tranquility. While many conform to this age old tradition, Mark Austin and Ray...

City Hall exploring old burial site

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall exploring old burial site

Le Repentir running out of space? With the recent announcement by Town Clerk Yonette Pluck about Le Repentir Cemetery running out of burial spots, many have expressed concern about where their loved...

DIGICEL gets on board with “Young @ Art” summer programme

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on DIGICEL gets on board with “Young @ Art” summer programme

Communications giant DIGICEL has unveiled plans to launch a summer art programme for kids and has offered a $500,000 donation to the programme. The programme will use a variety of activities designed...

Horseracing goes back to Alness, big money on offer

Jun 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horseracing goes back to Alness, big money on offer

Horseracing is expected to return to the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf club (RCMTC) situated at Alness on the Corentyne Coast. The venue will once again be the centre of attraction when the entity...

Fire destroys house on disputed land

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys house on disputed land

– family suspects arson A ‘D’ Field, Sophia family of six is homeless as fire destroyed their two-storey house at lot 528 yesterday at approximately 10:00am. Shawn Fiffee, head of the...

Headteacher defends sending home 64 students for not having textbook

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Headteacher defends sending home 64 students for not having textbook

“Some parents purchase …BlackBerry cell phones for their children, but they can’t purchase a simple textbook for $1,000…” – Principal The Principal of the New Amsterdam...

Highway accident or murder?

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Highway accident or murder?

By Latoya Giles Almost two weeks after his death, relatives of Antonio De Santos, 24, are convinced that he was the victim of foul play. De Santos, a resident of a small Amerindian settlement, One...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more