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Daniel Lewis is best cricketer; 75 attended

Aug 07, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Daniel Lewis is best cricketer; 75 attended

RHTY&SC 14th annual cricket Academy Thirteen-year-old Daniel Lewis was named Cricketer of the Academy when the curtains came down on the 14th annual Cricket Academy of the Rose Hall Town...

Three killed

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News 1

Another road accident… – several injured as truck topples A husband and his wife of two years were among three persons who were killed in yet another accident, this time at...

Questions raised over lowly 30-days defect liability period

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Questions raised over lowly 30-days defect liability period

Bids for roll-on/roll-off facility at Supenaam, Parika… Multi-million dollar bids to construct roll-on/roll-off facilities at the Supenaam and Parika Stellings, Essequibo, are being...

Aircraft engines being dismantled

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Aircraft engines being dismantled

– Caribbean Airline crash Approximately 300 houses belonging to squatters, especially on the northern section of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) are pending removal in...

Blood Bank out of Blood!

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-Health Minister urges more people to start donating The country’s blood bank has now run out of supplies and the authorities are making a desperate call for the public to donate the life saving...

A humble servant of community and country

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on A humble servant of community and country

…David Subnauth is a ‘Special Person’ By Leon Suseran Pull Quote: “No matter how much you do, you are going to be criticised, and I like my critics. If you criticise me,...

Mother pleads for daughter’s return

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mother pleads for daughter’s return

MISSING… A 15-year old girl, Latemia Castello has disappeared following a fight she had with her brother over a CD player around 16:00 hours on Friday. The Central High School student, who lives at...

Private hospitals low on medication for pregnant women with hypertension

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Private hospitals low on medication for pregnant women with hypertension

Private hospitals have been hit by a shortage of key medication to treat pregnant women who are prone to hypertension and suffer from convulsions that high blood pressure causes. But Minister of...

Students of Carnegie School of Economics Stripped searched for cell phone

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Students of Carnegie School of Economics Stripped searched for cell phone

Students of Carnegie School of Economics were stripped searched by police officers on Tuesday last for a student’s missing Blackberry cell phone. Parents complain that none of them were...

Hole in the heart patient now aspires to be a nurse

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hole in the heart patient now aspires to be a nurse

Eight years after… Not many of you may remember 10-year old Damali John, whose father was desperately pleading with the public for financial support to save the life of his youngest child....

Cane-fields to be converted into roadway

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cane-fields to be converted into roadway

East Bank four-lane… -no more Diamond high bridge Designs for the East Bank Demerara four-lane road continuation from Providence to Diamond/ Grove on the East Bank of Demerara have been...

Reports on two maternal deaths due within seven days- Ramsammy

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Reports on two maternal deaths due within seven days- Ramsammy

Preliminary Reports on the two recent maternal deaths are expected to be completed next week. This was according to Minister of Health Leslie Ramsammy. Jasoda Lloyd, a 26-year-old housewife from...

Businessman vows to prevent closure of sand-loading facility

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman vows to prevent closure of sand-loading facility

… as wharf controversy escalates There are two sand-loading facilities in Guyana, one operated by a well known Pandit at Dora, and the other by a popular naturalized Guyanese businessman at...

Building your home? (How far should you be from the fences?)

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News 1

By Leonard Gildarie The rains did not deter the crowds that came last weekend to the National Stadium for the International Building Expo. According to government, some 50,000 persons visited the...

ECHO on a mission to ban free plastic bags

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ECHO on a mission to ban free plastic bags

The Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) believes that if people are asked to pay for plastic bags there would be a reduction in the excessive use and wanton disposal of the...

New films herald the rebirth of Guyanese cinema

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New films herald the rebirth of Guyanese cinema

Eight new short films produced by locally-based Guyanese filmmakers burst onto the scene in July this year spiking international interest and local hopes that Guyana, once a global contender in film,...

Search warrant describes seized property in Belmonte slaying case

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Search warrant describes seized property in Belmonte slaying case

(Orlando Sentinel) Police seized a hammer and what they say is blood evidence from water drains in the home of Guyanese Natalie Belmonte, whose son, Gerard Belmonte, is charged with her...

GUYANA’S PROGRESS, IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANA’S PROGRESS, IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER

By Ralph Seeram “Boy Guyana looking good. I mean things have really improved. The PPP Government is doing a good job”. “Well,” I replied to my friend on the other end of the phone,...

Ethics probe investigates Rep. Meeks over illegal $40,000 gift

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ethics probe investigates Rep. Meeks over illegal $40,000 gift

New York (NYDailyNews.com) – Congressional investigators say Rep. Gregory Meeks appears to have violated federal law by hiding an illegal $40,000 gift he got from a local businessman....

Immigration TALK: Why Does my Green Card Expire in Two Years?

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration TALK: Why Does my Green Card Expire in Two Years?

In cases where your permanent residence is based on a marriage that was less than two years old on the day you were given permanent residence, then your status is considered conditional. You are...

Burnham’s legacy highlighted at 26th death anniversary commemoration

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Burnham’s legacy highlighted at 26th death anniversary commemoration

Leader, visionary, and innovator were among the many inspirational words used to describe the late Executive President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and Founder Leader of the People’s...

Police accused of assaulting White Castle proprietor, staff

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police accused of assaulting White Castle proprietor, staff

Ranks from the Guyana Police Force’s Tactical Services Unit (TSU) are accused of assaulting the proprietor of the White Castle Fish Shop, Jermaine Langevine and two of his staff members, Friday...

Gates padlocked as controversy erupts over Grove NDC office

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gates padlocked as controversy erupts over Grove NDC office

-PNCR says it’s their campaign office Controversy has erupted between the two major political parties in Guyana over a building that formerly housed the Golden Grove/ Diamond Neighbourhood...

N/A Prison hosts workshop about prison life

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Prison hosts workshop about prison life

Various issues regarding prison life and information about a discourse aimed at disposing certain misconceptions about prisons in Guyana were discussed and put on the table at a workshop held at the...

Seatbelts for all mini bus passengers being contemplated

Aug 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Seatbelts for all mini bus passengers being contemplated

Government is considering amending the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act to make it compulsory for all passengers occupying a minibus to wear seatbelts, says Minister of Home Affairs,...

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$1.5M up for grabs at K&S National Futsal Championship

A broad-based movement for the people’s voice on oil

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The call for a referendum on Guyana’s oil contract is a step in the right direction,... more