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IS THE ONE LAPTOP PROJECT AT RISK OF DEFAULT?

Jun 05, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IS THE ONE LAPTOP PROJECT AT RISK OF DEFAULT?

In an unprecedented development, the government called a press conference to announce that it was re-tendering for the supply of laptops for the One Laptop Per Family project (OLPF). Never before has...

Congested criminal court completes five of 194 cases

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Congested criminal court completes five of 194 cases

… As April session ends Of the 194 cases that were scheduled to be heard during the recently completed April criminal assizes, only five were completed by High Court judges assigned to preside...

Gov’t announces re-tender for laptop supply

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t announces re-tender for laptop supply

… to review specifications The government yesterday announced that it will re-tender for the supply of laptops under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF), and though it will revise the...

Sharma injunction… Court orders lawyer to file written defence

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sharma injunction… Court orders lawyer to file written defence

Justice James Bovell- Drakes has postponed the beginning of the hearing into the State’s case challenging an ex parte injunction by Chandra Narine Sharma which was filed to prevent the government...

Bandits shoot Berbice remigrant businessman

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits shoot Berbice remigrant businessman

Yet another businessman was shot and robbed as the recent wave of terror continues to sweep the country and keep security officials on their toes. The police are now investigating an armed robbery...

Court Marshal gets to serve writ

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Court Marshal gets to serve writ

Court marshal Kerwyn Murray, was able to serve a writ of the court on National Awardee, Carvil Duncan, yesterday, one day after Duncan allegedly tried to run over the high court marshal, and...

Dem boys seh… De laptop story start again

Jun 04, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… De laptop story start again

Li’l rain fall and de place flood. And as usual, people stewps dem teeth. Some cuss City Hall and some cuss Bar-Rat. None of dem didn’t cuss one another fuh blocking up de drain. Robeson pull on...

AFC still out on container scanner

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC still out on container scanner

The Alliance for Change has adopted a wait and see approach to the recently activated computerized scanning service for metal containers to be shipped out of Guyana. The Guyana Revenue Authority,...

Absence of foreign pathologist forces prosecution to close case

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Absence of foreign pathologist forces prosecution to close case

– Bridgette Gangadin murder PI The prosecution has closed its case in the Preliminary Inquiry into the Dwarka Gangadin murder preliminary inquiry. He is accused of killing his wife Brigette...

School authorities raid Cummings Lodge, Ogle

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on School authorities raid Cummings Lodge, Ogle

– nab 21 truants Some two dozen truants were apprehended in a recent campaign conducted in the Cummings Lodge Squatting area and Ogle, East Coast Demerara. The team headed by Georgetown Schools...

Murdered dectective’s wife re-charged

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered dectective’s wife re-charged

The police have read a new capital offence charge to 58-year-old Desiree Jeffers who was charged with her husband’s murder in January. Yesterday, at the Wales Magistrate’s Court the woman...

GECOM calls for the Media Monitoring Unit to be resuscitated

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM calls for the Media Monitoring Unit to be resuscitated

Dr. Steve Surujbally, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), on Thursday appealed to members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to call for the resuscitation of the Media Monitoring...

Saffon Street to reopen to traffic next week

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Saffon Street to reopen to traffic next week

After being closed for several months to accommodate the widening and reconstruction of the bridge on Saffon Street, Georgetown, the stretch would be opened to traffic mid next week, says Sunil...

BILL COTTON/REFORM… KICKS AND SOME KISSES

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on BILL COTTON/REFORM… KICKS AND SOME KISSES

As the sun sets on his visit, some baubles from Bill. *Big kick to the Guyana Press Corpse. Corpse it is, especially them Sports reporters. They need to open their eyes and ears. Bill has breakfasted...

Lions Club bridge in N/A poses danger to users; club says no funds to repair

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lions Club bridge in N/A poses danger to users; club says no funds to repair

The New Amsterdam Lions Club says that it does not have the necessary funds to repair a dilapidated steel bridge that connects Republic Road to Vryman’s Erven in New Amsterdam. The steel...

Man killed in car accident after visit to wife

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed in car accident after visit to wife

Yet another car driver has been taken into police custody to assist with investigations following another road fatality. Some time after 21:00 hours yesterday, 47-year-old Nutton Mortimer Nedd, of...

Man shot while taking “friend” home

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot while taking “friend” home

– police seek lone gunman The police are currently looking for a lone gunman who walked up to Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara resident, Troy Crandon, and shot him once to the leg....

Rotary Club of G/Town Central’s Raffle results

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rotary Club of G/Town Central’s Raffle results

The holder of ticket #1436 is the winner of first prize of a Net Book in the Annual Fund Raising Raffle organized by the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central. The Raffle was drawn during the Club’s...

Mangrove Reserve opens Visitor Centre

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mangrove Reserve opens Visitor Centre

The former estate house at Cove and John was commissioned on Monday to accommodate the Visitor Centre for the recently established Golden Grove/Belfield Mangrove Reserve on the East Coast. The Centre...

Man held with stolen property

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man held with stolen property

Egland Stephens, 21, an unemployed man of 8 Savannah Park, New Amsterdam, was on Wednesday placed on $40,000 bail by Magistrate Fabio Azore when he appeared before her at the Whim Magistrate’s...

Gerald Gouveia heads Prison Service Sentence Management Board

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gerald Gouveia heads Prison Service Sentence Management Board

The persons who will be manning the Guyana Prison Service’s Sentence Management Board have been announced with the Chairman’s position going to Captain Gerald Gouveia. The first meeting of the...

Thieves smash through concrete wall, rob Grove family

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves smash through concrete wall, rob Grove family

Another daring daylight robbery has left Grace Inniss and her husband in a lot of expenses. Bandits smashed the concrete walls of their home for the fourth time in less than a year. On Thursday they...

GT&T FastBall registration gaining momentum

Jun 04, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GT&T FastBall registration gaining momentum

June 17 is close off date; action to kick off July 2 Established football teams (male & female) in the Ten Regions of Guyana as well as other groups of individuals harbouring the confidence and...

Big names in regional Drag Racing expected for June 26 Meet

Jun 04, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Big names in regional Drag Racing expected for June 26 Meet

Some of the biggest names in regional drag racing will be on show when the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) hosts its ‘Clash of the Supermotos’ International Meeting on...

Wismar roads repaired, deteriorate simultaneously

Jun 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Wismar roads repaired, deteriorate simultaneously

The joy and anticipation of residents of Section B Christianburg turned to dismay after several roadways which were long overdue for rehabilitation were recently completed and almost simultaneously...

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The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day Horse race meet

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