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Berbice Cricket Board in confusion

Jul 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board in confusion

Dear editor, I refer to KAIETEUR NEWS article of 27th July 2011 captioned “ BCB SLAMS GUYANA CHRONICLE FOR MISCHIEVIOUS ARTICLE”. I, Carol Nurse, am the Assistant Secretary of the Berbice Cricket...

To GRIF and not to GIVE

Jul 29, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on To GRIF and not to GIVE

President Jagdeo came out swinging once again against the World Bank. This time he focused on the employees of the institution that jet into poor countries like Guyana, put up at the best hotels...

Ministry of Sport Mourns Passing of Clyde Duncan

Jul 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Sport Mourns Passing of Clyde Duncan

“The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is genuinely saddened by the unexpected passing of Guyana and West Indies Cricket Umpire Clyde Rory Duncan,” they said in a release. Umpire Duncan, 57,...

Mercury Rising: The High Court in Guyana

Jul 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mercury Rising: The High Court in Guyana

I normally submit my column very early in the morning. For this column, it was sent after 15:00 hours because some exigencies got in the way yesterday. But it turned out to be a blessing in disguise....

Leave President Jagdeo alone

Jul 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leave President Jagdeo alone

Dear Editor We have witnessed several outbursts from President Jagdeo whom many feel is not befitting of a leader of any country. Still, I feel that we should empathize with him or at least show some...

Presidential Guard called in on Kaieteur News reporter

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential Guard called in on Kaieteur News reporter

– GPA calls action outlandish and despicable The Office of the President summoned a member of the Presidential Guard into a press briefing yesterday in which Kaieteur New reporter Neil Marks...

Land dispute leaves one dead, one critical

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Land dispute leaves one dead, one critical

A dispute over a plot of rice land in the Corentyne backlands has left one man dead and his brother critical with gunshot wounds to the chest. Shawn Fraser’s bullet riddled body was recovered...

Baksh refuses to list 38 contracts to Digital Technology

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Baksh refuses to list 38 contracts to Digital Technology

… ‘Barber shop’ computer contract scandal Education Minister Shaik Baksh has refused to list the 38 contracts handed to Digital Technology, after it was found that his own admission...

Man, 54 caught with pants down with girl, 9

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 54 caught with pants down with girl, 9

Police at Enmore yesterday arrested a 54-year-old man who was caught red handed having sex with a mentally challenged nine-year- old girl. The man was caught literally with his pants down when police...

Ahmad facing a maximum of 20 years

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ahmad facing a maximum of 20 years

Guyanese/New York-based businessman Edul Ahmad could get up to 20 years in prison if convicted of mortgage fraud in the United States of America. This is according to Robert Nardoza of the New York...

OP expresses concern over arrests of Presidential Guards

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on OP expresses concern over arrests of Presidential Guards

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon has confirmed that the Office of the President is very interested in the circumstances that led to the arrest of nine members of the...

Fire strikes at Mackenzie Market

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire strikes at Mackenzie Market

Millions of dollars went up in flames, as Willo’s grocery, a grocery stall owned by Lennox Wilson in the Mackenzie Market, was completely gutted. Lennox Wilson said that he had left his business...

Dem boys seh… Dem boys call out de security

Jul 28, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Dem boys call out de security

When a man protest too much dem people does seh that he guilty. If he keep he mouth shut dem does also seh that he guilty. Shaik decide that he gun protest suh he go to all dem press conference since...

Special team appointed to diffuse situation

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Special team appointed to diffuse situation

… Impasse at West Bank cane farmers co-op A bitter feud between members and executives of a West Bank Demerara cane farmers cooperative has spilled over and caused the Agriculture Ministry,...

Increased road accidents in rural areas unusual – Road Safety Council

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Increased road accidents in rural areas unusual – Road Safety Council

The Guyana National Road Safety Council is appealing to all road users, including pedestrians, motor vehicle drivers, and cyclists to be more responsible in their daily activities on the roadways,...

Over 350 more graduate with skills for life training

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Over 350 more graduate with skills for life training

Equipping school dropouts and single parents with skills for life through various training programmes has been ongoing for several years. More than 350 youths and single parents graduated from two...

Demolition sparks charges of discrimination

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Demolition sparks charges of discrimination

They say God works in mysterious ways … well apparently so does the Ministry of Public Works too, said Denise Hilliman, the owner of a house and business place that were demolished Tuesday by the...

National Qira’a Competition a success

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on National Qira’a Competition a success

Minarets, domed ceilings, large cool, tiled halls of marble and stone and … peace: those were my first impressions as I sat and listened to Qari Syed Sadaqat Ali perform on Saturday night. I am not...

Local company unveils prefab homes

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News 2

A local timber and roof shingle-making company has announced plans to introduce pre-fabricated homes to the Guyanese market with a complete structure ready in as little as 18 days. The product is...

Fluctuation noted in recipients of old age pension – Statistics

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fluctuation noted in recipients of old age pension – Statistics

For last year, statistics indicate that there was a fluctuation in the recipients of old age pension. As at December 2010, there were 42,536 pensioners. For the same period in 2009, there were...

AFC/PPP clash over association with Ahmad

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC/PPP clash over association with Ahmad

The PPP’s attack on the online news service, Demerara Waves, for a story it carried entitled “PPP associate ensnared in New York straw mortgage deals; being electronically monitored” has to be...

State media in many countries are independent

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on State media in many countries are independent

…VOA only broadcasts outside US – says Prof Lublin in Berbice American University Professor David Lublin told participants at a lecture hosted by the Upper Corentyne Chambers of Commerce and...

Young victims of the Homestretch accident on the mend

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Young victims of the Homestretch accident on the mend

Ten-year-old Shawn Archibald is now in a delusional state at the Pediatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) This is as a result of the serious head injuries he sustained when...

Mother of Homestretch victim steps up anti-road carnage campaign

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of Homestretch victim steps up anti-road carnage campaign

– distributes hundreds of fliers to commuters Two days after burying her son, Doris Anita Shelto, was back on the streets to make her voice heard against reckless drivers. Ms. Shelto’s son,...

Con woman prowls on Essequibo

Jul 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Con woman prowls on Essequibo

Essequibians are appealing to their fellows to be vigilant and not to fall prey to the wiles of a woman who is purporting to be a spiritualist. According to reports emanating from the region, several...