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Three charges for student

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three charges for student

The 18-year-old computer student who admitted to staging her own abduction and demanded a $300,000 ransom for her release, has been slapped with three charges, and appeared yesterday before Chief...

Laptop re-tender notice accidentally ended up on website

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Laptop re-tender notice accidentally ended up on website

– Minister Nadir The new draft for the re-tendering process for the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project is scheduled to be finalised by the end of this week, according to Minister of Labour,...

Deported businessman arrives from BVI

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Deported businessman arrives from BVI

British Virgin Islands (BVI) businessman Desmond ‘DA’ Alphonso was yesterday deported to his homeland Guyana after he was stripped of residency status from the island. Alphonso had lived in...

Oversight almost negates contractor’s bid

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Oversight almost negates contractor’s bid

An oversight yesterday by officials at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) could have seen a contractor bidding for a contract denied the opportunity to have his tender...

Dem boys seh…Nuff women cussing de DNA

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nuff women cussing de DNA

De American embassy bruck up nuff family. Men mind children and play wid dem; some men walk out wid dem children just fuh mek de wife get some rest suh de child can sleep. In de end some men sit down...

Three escapees may still be in Guyana

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three escapees may still be in Guyana

N/A Prison breakout… – Joint Services source Members of the Joint Services are continuing their sustained work with the aim of recapturing three inmates who escaped from the New Amsterdam...

Region Three Primary Schools compete in ECHO competition

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Region Three Primary Schools compete in ECHO competition

Recently the Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) concluded its “Improved School Yard Competition” at primary schools within Region Three as part of its objective in promoting an...

Laxman’s 85 lead Indian revival, Windies 30-3 replying to India’s 201

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Laxman’s 85 lead Indian revival, Windies 30-3 replying to India’s 201

By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, Carib Beer & Queensway VVS Laxman, a 36-year-old veteran of 122 Tests and 16 centuries, yesterday spearheaded an Indian revival after West...

Christianburg/Wismar Secondary advance to quarter-finals

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Christianburg/Wismar Secondary advance to quarter-finals

By Rawle Welch Despite the soggy conditions that prevailed at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, the two combatants Christianburg / Wismar Secondary School and New Silver City treated a fair-sized...

MHS, LTI to battle for VV Royals title today

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on MHS, LTI to battle for VV Royals title today

– classic clash in the making with old rivals Mackenzie High School (MHS) and Linden’s Technical Institute (LTI) will renew an old rivalry today when the two schools clash in the Victory...

GYO to host trial matches to select 1st division team

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GYO to host trial matches to select 1st division team

The Gandhi Youth Organization, which has been making waves in the cricket circle with their recent encouraging accomplishments, will be hosting a series of two-day matches to select their First...

Tobacco Company not invited to consultation on draft legislation – Ramsammy

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Tobacco Company not invited to consultation on draft legislation – Ramsammy

Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has declared that neither the Tobacco Company nor anyone involved in the tobacco business is invited to the consultation on the draft Tobacco Legislation this...

Pan Am box off team trimmed due to lack of funding

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan Am box off team trimmed due to lack of funding

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association team to the Pan Am qualifying box off scheduled for Panama has been trimmed to just three from the original eight persons due to lack of funding. GABA President...

BCB identifies and honours Father of the Year

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB identifies and honours Father of the Year

Avenamen Permaul, a 45-year-old Father of Belvedere, Corentyne and father of four, was on Sunday last honoured by the Special Events Committee (SEC) of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) under the...

Baby placed into foster care

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Baby placed into foster care

– mother reportedly in interior searching for child’s father A six-week-old baby girl who was left abandoned, along with her six-year-old brother and three-year-old sister, by their mother in...

Berbice commuters protest pontoon replacement

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice commuters protest pontoon replacement

By Leon Suseran Commuters, including workers and students who daily travel between Rosignol and New Amsterdam, yesterday morning gathered at Rosignol in large numbers and protested replacement of the...

Caribbean Regional Civil Society Consultation commences

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Regional Civil Society Consultation commences

In a world of six billion people the odds of many going unheard by the few that govern are high. There are those however who feel that this is unacceptable and so they work to ensure that it...

Georgetown players rewarded for winning GFF Inter-Association title

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown players rewarded for winning GFF Inter-Association title

Winners of the Guyana Football Federation Inter-Association Tournament, Georgetown recently rewarded its outstanding performers and coaches during a simple ceremony which was conducted at the Sleep...

Berbice Cricket Board pulls out of GCB elections

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board pulls out of GCB elections

The Berbice Cricket Board has indicated to the Guyana Cricket Board that it will take no part in the Guyana Cricket Board elections unless a few of the serious prevailing issues are dealt with in a...

Gold production on target

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gold production on target

Despite being adversely affected by heavy rainfall, gold production for the year is on target, this week surpassing 150,000 ounces and closing in on the half year target of 160,000 ounces. Executive...

Photographer granted bail on death by dangerous driving, DUI charges

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News 1

The driver who reportedly lost control of his vehicle on Sheriff Street and careened off the thoroughfare towards a pedestrian, killing him on the spot on Sunday, last, appeared yesterday before...

Callous, uncaring attitude among civil servants in treatment of assets – PAC

Jun 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Callous, uncaring attitude among civil servants in treatment of assets – PAC

The parliamentary group looking at Government’s spending, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has discovered a callous and uncaring attitude among some civil servants in their treatment of assets...

GOA host successful BMX Meet for World Olympic Day 2K11

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA host successful BMX Meet for World Olympic Day 2K11

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) through the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held a number of events in observance of World Olympic Day 2011. National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed organised...

The three Ps: Plantains, pineapples and poverty

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The three Ps: Plantains, pineapples and poverty

Since my marriage more than thirty-two years ago, I have done all the shopping. This structure has come about because I got more time from my working arrangement. No one in this entire country can...

A criticism of the Home Affairs Minister

Jun 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A criticism of the Home Affairs Minister

Dear Editor: The other day, I placed a call to the Ministry of Home Affairs. I just wanted to ask the Minister one question: What was his strategy to re-capture the highly skilled criminals that...

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