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‘Cops detain herbalist ‘Sister Lynn’ after woman dies at clinic

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News 28

Popular self-proclaimed herbalist, Lurline Smith, called ‘Sister Lynn’ was in custody last night after a 61-year-old woman collapsed and died while undergoing treatment for tuberculosis at...

EARLY morning fire destroys Subryanville home -Millions lost

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on EARLY morning fire destroys Subryanville home -Millions lost

An early morning fire at lot 253 Fifth Street, Subryanville left two person homeless and millions of dollars in losses, yesterday. According to an eyewitness the fire started around 07:40...

Elderly woman hospitalised after fallen tree splits house in two

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly woman hospitalised after fallen tree splits house in two

An elderly woman was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after she sustained injuries as a result of a freak accident on Sunday night. A tree fell and split her house...

Man caught in bestial act with cow

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News 30

A West Demerara man who claims to be an animal lover is now in police custody for loving the animal too much and in a physical way. The man was caught red handed yesterday having sex with a cow in...

Defectors pose no threat to APNU – Granger

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Defectors pose no threat to APNU – Granger

…as Phillip Bynoe endorses PPP/C at Linden Rally The fact that another former prominent member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has now crossed over and is now in the camp of the...

Dem boys seh…Sister Lyn treating de police fuh free

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Sister Lyn treating de police fuh free

People don’t even believe in doctors these days. Imagine people guh to doctor and when dem can’t get cure dem does go to dem herbalist. Only heavens know wheh dem herbalist get dem...

After a while life stands still: Sam Hinds again

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on After a while life stands still: Sam Hinds again

It was Mr. Jagdeo who, while addressing an audience at the Convention Centre, to celebrate his UN award of Champion of the Earth, carped on the existence of a group of critics that he called old. It...

ADDICTS OF VITRIOL

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

What is your addiction? Most of us are addicted or in some ways attached to something or the other. Not all the additions may be bad. Some persons are addicted to helping other people. Some...

Foods and our a healthy nation

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Foods and our a healthy nation

The health community is keen to tell people that they are what they eat. Literally put, they are saying that if one does not eat well then one would become ill, or obese or simply...

Windies eye one-day sweep in Bangladesh

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies eye one-day sweep in Bangladesh

Chittagong (AFP) – The West Indies are determined to make a clean sweep of the one-day series against Bangladesh with a victory in the third and final match today, skipper Darren Sammy...

Fletcher hits form with confident 70 as Windwards beat Leewards in 2nd practice match

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fletcher hits form with confident 70 as Windwards beat Leewards in 2nd practice match

West Indies player Andre Fletcher hit seven fours and three sixes in 70 before an 82-run last wicket stand between left-arm spinners Garey Mathurin (43) and Denis George (32*) took the...

Warner: Blatter’s ‘gifts’ will turn stomachs

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Warner: Blatter’s ‘gifts’ will turn stomachs

Former FIFA vice-president and current Minister of Works Jack Warner Sunday said the Caribbean is paying the price for standing up to FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Warner made the remarks in a...

Gladiators powers Bartica among last 16 teams

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gladiators powers Bartica among last 16 teams

-Demolition, Panthers reach second round in Berbice The Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament stormed Bartica and Berbice last Sunday as patrons continue to show growing...

Tenelec Inc Berbice Cricket …Deonarine (153 N.O), Foo (103) pulverize Edinburgh

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tenelec Inc Berbice Cricket …Deonarine (153 N.O), Foo (103) pulverize Edinburgh

The 2001 Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over Cricket Competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board, continued last Saturday with three matches that were previously postponed. The in-form former...

Reece, Dick to spearhead Guyanese cycling contingent to Inter Guiana Games

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reece, Dick to spearhead Guyanese cycling contingent to Inter Guiana Games

Two Berbician cyclists, top National Junior champion Neil Reece and female rider Maricia Dick will spearhead the Guyanese Cycling contingent that will leave the shores on Wednesday...

Brilliant Mahadeo leads Rose Hall Team Gizmos & Gadgets to title

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brilliant Mahadeo leads Rose Hall Team Gizmos & Gadgets to title

NA Lions Club 50th Anniversary Fifteen15 comp. Former National and Berbice Under-19 player Khemraj Mahadeo produced a fine all round performance to lead Rose Hall Town Gizmos...

Nobel House Seafood 2nd division cricket…Vantull, Thakurdin spur UG to victory

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nobel House Seafood 2nd division cricket…Vantull, Thakurdin spur UG to victory

– Koulen, Sankar shine for GYO Left-arm spinner Damien Vantull grabbed eight wickets in the match and Godfrey Thakurdin scored a solid 64 to spearhead host UG to an innings...

Lower Corentyne and West Berbice to clash in the final

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lower Corentyne and West Berbice to clash in the final

Republic Bank Under-17 Inter Zone cricket… The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is currently fine tuning preparations for the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-17 Inter...

NBS 2nd division 40 over cricket…Rose Hall Town Bakewell start on winning note

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS 2nd division 40 over cricket…Rose Hall Town Bakewell start on winning note

A patient innings of 53 by national Under-19 player Dominic Rikhi led Rose Hall Town Bakewell to a three wicket win and a positive start to their New Building Society Second Division...

Guyanese athletes arrive in Mexico for XVI Pan American Games

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese athletes arrive in Mexico for XVI Pan American Games

The advance party of the Guyana delegation to the XVI Pan American Games currently being held in Guadalajara, Mexico, touched down in that city on October 12. The initial group...

Mackeson Super League… Goals rain as 2nd round continues

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mackeson Super League… Goals rain as 2nd round continues

BV Triumph United recorded the largest margin of victory when latest play in the 2011 Mackeson Super League organized by the East Demerara Football Association continued this past weekend at...

RCMTC and SF $7M race meet set for Sunday November 6

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on RCMTC and SF $7M race meet set for Sunday November 6

As the horseracing season returns to its peak after a brief lull, a number of the Clubs are upping the ante with a number of top notch meets with big money on offer for the respective...

Tighter laws for animal cruelty

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tighter laws for animal cruelty

DEAR EDITOR, When I stopped to speak to the ‘dog lady’, as Syeada Manbodh is affectionately known, I asked “why are you giving the GSPCA a hard time, the donkey looked okay to...

Guyana is on the ‘up and up’ under this Government

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is on the ‘up and up’ under this Government

Dear Editor, I do believe that Dr. Emmanuel Cummings made some very good points when he asserted that “Afro-Guyanese should vote for PPP”. 1. “The PPP is the only true national...

Remember, we are the ones in the trenches

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remember, we are the ones in the trenches

Dear Editor, Now that a date has finally been set for us to go to the polls there is a sudden upsurge of party defections and declarations of voter apathy. We cannot afford to be...

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Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy Eagles

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more