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Victim of boat mishap upset about owner’s attitude

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Victim of boat mishap upset about owner’s attitude

Chandrika Persaud, a passenger aboard a speedboat which sank in the Essequibo River on Sunday, last, is now calling on relevant authorities to intervene into the matter. Kaieteur News understands...

ECHO arranges recycling programme for primary schools

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ECHO arranges recycling programme for primary schools

The Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO) is finalising arrangements to begin a recycling programme called “Changing the look of the school environment; improving its health” at 40...

Minister Rohee lashes out at Granger

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Rohee lashes out at Granger

Guyana’s road fatalities in sync with middle income countries Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, in a press statement yesterday, has denounced Presidential Candidate for the APNU, David...

Woman charged with causing death

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman charged with causing death

Kuntudai Singh, who was charged with dangerous driving causing death, was yesterday sent on her own recognizance. She denied the allegation brought against her. When Singh made her appearance before...

28 watts “Green PC” to be featured at expo

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 28 watts “Green PC” to be featured at expo

– Starr Computers to giveaway one laptop daily Under the theme “Bridging the Gap, Transforming Guyana” the second building expo which is set to expose a rapidly growing demand for...

10-yr-old fighting for life

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 10-yr-old fighting for life

Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital are trying to save the life of a 10-year-old girl from Middlesex Village, Essequibo Coast. According to reports, the ten year old, sustained severe head...

Decomposed Body found at Conservancy

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed Body found at Conservancy

The police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara resident, Ramkissoon Persaud, whose decomposing body was fished out of a conservancy...

Man gets five years for selling drugs to undercover cop

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets five years for selling drugs to undercover cop

Horace Stevens was on Monday, last, jailed for five years after he pleaded guilty to possession of Narcotics, while his common law wife, Netta Rogers, who was charged with the same offence was...

Uitvlugt resident remanded over firearm and ammo charges

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Uitvlugt resident remanded over firearm and ammo charges

The Uitvlugt resident, who allegedly had in his possession an unlicenced firearm and ammunition, was yesterday remanded to prison until August 28. He denied the allegations. When Linden Polis...

Well- known Catholic nun loses battle with cancer

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News 1

Former head of the St Ann’s Girls’ Orphanage and popular Catholic nun, Sr Beatrice Fernandes, OSU, died on Monday at the St Joseph’s Mercy Hospital in Georgetown. She was 72 and had been...

54-year-old child rape suspect for court today

Jul 28, 2011 knews News Comments Off on 54-year-old child rape suspect for court today

A 54-year-old Enmore man is expected to appear before an East Coast Demerara Magistrate to answer to a rape charge, stemming from his alleged sexual intercourse with his 12-year-old mentally...

Khemraj Ramjattan wants President Jagdeo for five days

Jul 28, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Khemraj Ramjattan wants President Jagdeo for five days

In what has turned out to be a huge surprise in terms of timing, the libel suit President Jagdeo filed against me, the publisher and editor of this paper, has begun in less than a year after papers...

TRANSPARENCY KNOCKED OUT BY BUREAUCRATIC INERTIA

Jul 28, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TRANSPARENCY KNOCKED OUT BY BUREAUCRATIC INERTIA

It is time Guyana calls off the deal it has with Norway. Guyana’s has earned the funds that are now locked down in the World Bank’s bureaucracy and therefore is not begging Norway or the Bank for...

Guyana set 153 to win after 22-wickets tumble on day two

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana set 153 to win after 22-wickets tumble on day two

By Sean Devers On a slow turner at Everest, the spinners captured 19 of the 22 wickets to tumble yesterday on an action-packed second day of the third round Regional under-19 three-day cricket...

Train makes a stop at GFC tomorrow

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Train makes a stop at GFC tomorrow

Four more teams will ease into the round-of-16 of the GT&T FastBall knock-out football tournament when round-of-32 play continues at the GFC Ground, Bourda, tomorrow evening. Region 9 Zone...

Cosmopolitan Trading, Ray’s One Stop Shop supports GMR&SC

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Cosmopolitan Trading, Ray’s One Stop Shop supports GMR&SC

Two more entities added their name to the list of sponsors for this Sunday’s Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Race Meet which is scheduled to be staged, at the South Dakota...

Courts supports occasion as Police Athletics championships loom

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Courts supports occasion as Police Athletics championships loom

The Guyana Police Sports Complex would come alive on July 31 when athletes from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) engage each other in the annual Police Athletic Championships. Even as the various...

Guyana Boxing Board of Control/CABOFE hosts referee/judges’ seminar

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Boxing Board of Control/CABOFE hosts referee/judges’ seminar

Local referees and judges would have an opportunity to broaden their knowledge and sharpen their skills when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) in collaboration with the World Boxing Council...

WICB sends condolences on Umpire Clyde Duncan’s passing

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on WICB sends condolences on Umpire Clyde Duncan’s passing

Gros Islet, St Lucia – President of the West Indies Cricket Board Dr Julian Hunte sent condolences to the family of Umpire Clyde Duncan who passed away in Trinidad while receiving medical...

McRae promises to redeem himself by stopping DeClou in Fight Night affair

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on McRae promises to redeem himself by stopping DeClou in Fight Night affair

Joel ‘Mr. Majestic McRae is brimming with confidence and he has spared no effort to let his nemesis, Edmond DeClou know that he is aiming for a knockout when the two pugilists face off for a...

Pee Wee cricket final set for today

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After two postponements due to rain the long-awaited Tropical Mist Pee Wee cricket final between Demerara Cricket Club (GCC) and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) will be played today at Thirst Park...

National middle order batsman Jonathan Foo among runs

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on National middle order batsman Jonathan Foo among runs

Team Destruction led by an outstanding bowling performance from Bisram Ramrattan, who took 6-2 off 1.4 overs, defeated Foundation Youth by 8 wickets as play in the Kares Engineering Construction...

Guyanese swimmers learning from Shanghai experience

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese swimmers learning from Shanghai experience

Guyana three-member swim team attending the 14th FINA World Championships taking place in Shanghai (July 16 – 31) has been gaining valuable experience competing against the best in the world....

Preparations complete for Port Mourant Emancipation Horserace meet

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Preparations complete for Port Mourant Emancipation Horserace meet

The horseracing band wagon makes its next stop on Sunday July 31 at the Port Mourant Turf Club and preparation is almost complete for the Club’s Grand annual One day Pre Emancipation Horserace...

Stakeholders commemorate 1 year before 2012 Olympics

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Stakeholders commemorate 1 year before 2012 Olympics

Stakeholders including the British High Commission, Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) through the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, met yesterday at the...

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