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Parents plead for their safe return

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parents plead for their safe return

‘Abducted’ teens… The parents of 16-year-old Lashawn Mootoo and 14-year-old Marissa Carrington yesterday pleaded for their children’s safe return, after a nine-hour search yielded no...

Cousins, 12, and five, crushed by fuel tanker

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cousins, 12, and five, crushed by fuel tanker

A horrific accident on the One Mile Public Road, Wismar, shortly after noon yesterday, has left two children dead, and an entire family and community in a state of shock. Dead are five-year-old...

Skeldon’s 5.5MW Wartsila plant collapses

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon’s 5.5MW Wartsila plant collapses

– executives silenced with “gag order” – AFC The 5.5MegaWatt (MW) Wartsila plant at GuySuCo’s Skeldon co-generation facility has “collapsed”. So says Khemraj Ramjattan, Alliance...

Dem boys seh…Check fuh you property at de Deeds Registry

Jun 24, 2011 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Check fuh you property at de Deeds Registry

People get dumb. Some can’t talk and who can talk frighten fuh talk, and some can’t even think bout opening dem mouth. Bar-Rat gag Henry de Yellow a long time ago. Now Henry gag he commanders....

Govt. reopens bids for laptop supply

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. reopens bids for laptop supply

One Laptop Per Family project… After a week-long delay to fine-tune details, Government has restarted advertisements for the supply of laptops for its ambitious One Laptop Per Family (OLPF)...

UN Report: Marijuana most popular illicit substance in region

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UN Report: Marijuana most popular illicit substance in region

– strong concerns over increasing abuse of synthetic drugs The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has expressed strong concern about a surge of so-called “synthetic”...

Framework for Int’l Centre for Biodiversity Research assumes form

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Framework for Int’l Centre for Biodiversity Research assumes form

After three days of intense consultations the International Centre for Biodiversity Research and Low Carbon Development is beginning to assume form. Initially, the Centre was part of the University...

Police yet to positively identify victim

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police yet to positively identify victim

Body at Mahdia… Police sources yesterday said that the man who was stabbed in the neck may not be missing South Ruimveldt resident Steve Caesar. The police had reported that they are...

GWI’s $850 “Coastal 2011 Programme” takes shape

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GWI’s $850 “Coastal 2011 Programme” takes shape

– 60,000 customers to benefit from enhanced service Five thousand (5000) residents of Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, will experience improved levels of service from a new well station to...

Neesa Gopaul murder PI continues

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Neesa Gopaul murder PI continues

When the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of 16-year-old Queen’s College student, Neesa Lalita Gopaul, continued yesterday, Ashram Tewari, was called to give evidence in chief yesterday....

UG gets US$10M from World Bank

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG gets US$10M from World Bank

… to help finance Science and Tech project The World Bank yesterday granted approval for a US$10M credit to the University of Guyana which will be paid out over a period of five years. According to...

Frustrated city workers given little encouragement

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Frustrated city workers given little encouragement

…as meeting with Council, Union provides more heartache By George Alleyne Over 250 City Council workers gathered in the meeting room of City Hall yesterday to thrash out issues relating to their...

Guyanese juror faces jail time for attempted bribery

Jun 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese juror faces jail time for attempted bribery

– offered to “fix” verdict Investigators on Long Island said they busted a greedy Guyanese juror trying to bribe the victim’s family, hoping to get a huge chunk of cash to “fix” the...

WICB offers to meet with Gayle to end standoff

Jun 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on WICB offers to meet with Gayle to end standoff

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has written to Chris Gayle, stating it remains available to meet and resolve the latest impasse over his exclusion from the national team. Gayle wasn’t...

Kares Engineering tapeball cricket tourney registration close Sunday

Jun 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Kares Engineering tapeball cricket tourney registration close Sunday

– Over 800 teams registered The forms are in, the grouping stage has begun and all that remains is to … play for the glory. The Kares Ten10 Tapeball Tournament registration deadline is set...

Digicel football rolls on

Jun 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel football rolls on

Guyana Educational Institute, New Campbellville Secondary, Tucville and New Amsterdam Technical Institute were among the latest winners as play in the inaugural Digicel-sponsored Nationwide Schools...

Top chess players in action as Chess Federation stages rapid chess tournament tourney

Jun 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Top chess players in action as Chess Federation stages rapid chess tournament tourney

The cream of the crop will battle for top honours when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) presents a one-day rapid tournament at the KEI-SHAR’S Sports Club, 1 Hadfield St. Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown...

Questions galore in June ProAm Boxing card tonight

Jun 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Questions galore in June ProAm Boxing card tonight

Can Mark Austin Replicate A Revlon Lake Victory? Asks Michael Benjamin Boxing buffs attempts to employ strategies of rationalization have oft time proven discouraging since like cricket boxing...

National coach promises improved fights from amateur boxers in 15th ProAm card

Jun 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on National coach promises improved fights from amateur boxers in 15th ProAm card

When the first bell sounds to signal the start of the amateur segment of the 15th edition of the ProAm boxing cards tonight, boxing fans can be assured of much improved fights, if the prognosis of...

Dellon Harlequin is new Mr. Total Fitness king; Michelle Bowen cops Ms. Best Legs

Jun 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Dellon Harlequin is new Mr. Total Fitness king; Michelle Bowen cops Ms. Best Legs

By Franklin Wilson Dellon Harlequin was declared Mr. Total Fitness Mania on Saturday evening last when Fitness Express/Total Fitness Mania 2 came off at the Diamond Community Centre. Harlequin, who...

Windies slump to defeat with almost 5 sessions to spare

Jun 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Windies slump to defeat with almost 5 sessions to spare

As India win back-to-back Tests in Jamaica By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, Queensway, Western Union and Jamaica Pegasus Despite a couple of cameos from their tail enders West...

Chanderpaul signs for Warwickshire

Jun 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul signs for Warwickshire

Guyanese to depart immediately after India series By Sean Devers in Jamaica Veteran Guyanese left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul will depart the Caribbean immediately after India series next month for...

Audito McCalman is Total Fitness Gym Biggest Loser

Jun 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Audito McCalman is Total Fitness Gym Biggest Loser

Total Fitness Gym for the second successive year in an effort to encourage gym members and members of the public to inculcate fitness and healthy living as a positive habit, successfully staged the...

High Court overturns “excessive” $1.2M bail for money borrower

Jun 24, 2011 knews News Comments Off on High Court overturns “excessive” $1.2M bail for money borrower

A Montrose man, placed on $1.2M bail on a fraud charge, had that slashed to $20,000 after his lawyers turned to the High Court claiming that it was excessive. Attorney-at-law, Euclin Gomes of...

A photographic reason why elected dictatorship in Guyana grew

Jun 24, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A photographic reason why elected dictatorship in Guyana grew

In another forum, I penned an essay as a response to a letter in both independent dailies titled, “People should speak out against the wrong doings they witness…” signed by Mr. Vidyaratha...

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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