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Brother, sister drown in Parika canal

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Brother, sister drown in Parika canal

A nine-year-old girl and her five-year-old brother drowned in a canal at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo, after sneaking out of their home on Saturday while their mother was tending to another...

One N/A prison escapee recaptured

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on One N/A prison escapee recaptured

– three others now armed and dangerous Sustained work by the Joint services is finally paying dividends with the capture yesterday of Vijay Seenarine, one of the New Amsterdam Prison escapees....

Deported Guyanese refuses to board flight

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Deported Guyanese refuses to board flight

Guyanese businessman Desmond Alphonso is not prepared to leave the British Virgin Islands without a fight to have certain demands met. Under a deportation order last Friday, Alphonso was set to leave...

Pedestrian killed by drunk driver

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pedestrian killed by drunk driver

A 35-year-old pedestrian was killed on the spot at around 04:30 hrs yesterday in Sheriff Street after being struck down by a driver who police said was under the influence of alcohol. Dead is...

Driver dies after car plunges into canal

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Driver dies after car plunges into canal

An East Coast Demerara family is now mourning the loss of the patriarch of the household, who died under questionable circumstances. Dead is James Fitzgerald Phill, 61 a Transport Officer attached to...

Lumber truck crash leaves three dead

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lumber truck crash leaves three dead

– several others injured A father and son were among three people killed at around 17:30 hrs yesterday after a truck laden with lumber and other materials overturned at Matthew’s Ridge in the...

Dem boys seh…Dr Leslie got to ban liquor

Jun 27, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dr Leslie got to ban liquor

Was sheer accident over de weekend. Car crash by Banks DIH, photographer kill man pun Sheriff Street, man drive overboard and dead. Dem boys want fuh know if is some demolition Derby wid car playing....

Jagdeo’s criticism of GAWU president ‘harebrained’

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s criticism of GAWU president ‘harebrained’

– AFC The Alliance for Change has charged that President Jagdeo’s remarks towards President of the Guyana and General Workers Union, Komal Chand, at the Enmore Martyrs memorial ceremony were...

GPHC installs system to process biomedical waste

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC installs system to process biomedical waste

The long-awaited Hydroclave system at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) which is said to bring international-quality processing of biomedical waste at the GPHC and other health...

Drag racers impress at International Meet

Jun 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Drag racers impress at International Meet

Local and overseas drag racers set the South Dakota Circuit alight yesterday as they thundered their machines down the track in the quest for supremacy in the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club...

US Matoury crowned Inter Guiana’s Club Champions

Jun 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on US Matoury crowned Inter Guiana’s Club Champions

Alpha United lose final game 3-1 to Gelder de Kourou Despite losing their final game to Suriname’s Inter Moengotapoe 1-0, top French Guiana Club side US Matoury was crowned champions of the 4th...

Teen placed in lockups for over 18 hours

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen placed in lockups for over 18 hours

– denied food, water, phone call A mother is furious at police ranks who allegedly detained her 18 year old son for over 18 hours without food or water, and not allowing him to make a phone...

GASA hosts Olympic Day Activity at Colgrain Pool

Jun 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA hosts Olympic Day Activity at Colgrain Pool

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) on Saturday observed Olympic Day with an activity aimed at educating students about the Olympic Movement in general and swimming in particular. The...

Local lotto winners still publicity-shy

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Local lotto winners still publicity-shy

– security fears remain If you won the lottery would you want your details in the news? Within the past three years, only one lottery winner in Guyana did not have any qualms of being...

Guyana Olympic Association Olympic Day Junior Badminton tourney staged

Jun 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Olympic Association Olympic Day Junior Badminton tourney staged

The Guyana Olympic Association Olympic Day Junior Badminton Tournament was played off at the Queens College Badminton Courts on Saturday last with several young players displayed their abilities led...

Ramsammy refutes UN report on Guyana’s maternal deaths

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ramsammy refutes UN report on Guyana’s maternal deaths

– says information outdated Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has debunked statements emanating from a recent UN report claiming that Guyana has made insufficient progress towards...

Overseas-based Guyanese support Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club

Jun 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese support Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club

The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club continues to enjoy the confidence of overseas-based Guyanese in New York, USA. Secretary/CEO of the Club Hilbert Foster who was recently in the United...

Berbice selects squad as U-19 Inter-county cricket championships get underway

Jun 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice selects squad as U-19 Inter-county cricket championships get underway

Cricketers from the ancient county of Berbice will don whites from this morning when officials in that county stage the one day U-19 Inter-county cricket tournament at the National Stadium,...

Accounting for AIDS: A look at the HIV/AIDS Programmes in Guyana

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Accounting for AIDS: A look at the HIV/AIDS Programmes in Guyana

Every year billions of budget and donor dollars are set aside for HIV/AIDS programmes. But who tracks how these dollars are spent and the value that is gained in return? This was one of the issues...

Man dies after being set alight by reputed wife

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies after being set alight by reputed wife

– suspect on the run By Latoya Giles Police in the hinterland area are hunting for a 40 year old woman who allegedly set her reputed husband alight after dousing him with gasoline last Friday....

Protected areas law coming

Jun 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Protected areas law coming

– violators may face jail time Guyana may soon have demarcated areas that are protected by law, with violators being subject to fines that can go as high as $2M followed-up by a maximum five...

EVERYONE IS AFFECTED BY THESE REPORTS

Jun 27, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on EVERYONE IS AFFECTED BY THESE REPORTS

The law needs to take a serious position as regards kidnapping and abduction. Over the past week we have had a few cases whereby individuals claimed that they were abducted. It is being reported that...

THE NEEM OF THE GAME

Jun 27, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THE NEEM OF THE GAME

I remember when I first heard the term “forefathers” used. I was at elementary school in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, preparing for what was then the College Exhibition (later Common Entrance)...

We came to Guyana to save lives…not exploit patients

Jun 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We came to Guyana to save lives…not exploit patients

Dear Editor, We, the members of the Cuban Medical Brigade who work in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, in the Diamond Hospital, in the Health Centres of Georgetown, in The West Demerara...

No major government corruption case has even gone to trial

Jun 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on No major government corruption case has even gone to trial

Dear Editor, PPP presidential candidate, Mr. Donald Ramotar, in his latest comment on corruption, said that if persons are found guilty of corruption, the law should be allowed to take its course...