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Executed granny’s alleged killer charged with murder

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Executed granny’s alleged killer charged with murder

A Charlestown resident who police identified as the hitman who killed 72-year-old Clementine Parris in her Robb Street home last June appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday...

Stall demolition exercise underway at Parika

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Stall demolition exercise underway at Parika

– Speedboats also to be relocated Stalls encroaching on government reserves around the Parika Stelling, East Bank Essequibo, were demolished yesterday with preparations being put in place...

Gaumattie Singh says she is being threatened for endorsing PPP/C

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gaumattie Singh says she is being threatened for endorsing PPP/C

– AFC distances itself Former executive and founding member of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Gaumattie Singh says that following her public announcement endorsing the People’s...

Fire damages Lethem hospital dispensary

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire damages Lethem hospital dispensary

Thanks to the quick action by members of the community with assistance from the Guyana Defence Force Rupununi contingent, a major disaster was averted as fire damaged a section of the Lethem Hospital...

Father charged for third child’s death

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Father charged for third child’s death

– to undergo psychiatric evaluation John Blanchard, the father accused of killing his three children, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court...

NCN to give political parties more airtime

Nov 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on NCN to give political parties more airtime

Opposition political parties contesting this month end’s General and Regional Elections will finally have their request granted for more airtime on the state-owned radio and television stations,...

Journalists and News

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Journalists and News

A basic, but fundamental rule in journalism is that journalists are not supposed to become part of a story. They are to report the news and not to make it. On its face, this stricture might seem...

THE CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE

High winds last weekend brought down a tree which fell on a house and in the process killed a young child. This was a very sad incident which follows too closely on the heels of another...

Dancing with the “Stars”

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dancing with the “Stars”

In its last Sunday editorial, the Stabroek News looked at the deluge of cross-over candidates in this election season and opined that it is left to be seen after the results are known what they would...

Dem boys seh….Trick or treat? Bar Rat get trick

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Trick or treat? Bar Rat get trick

Halloween come and gone but some people still shame. Bar Rat and he friends travel to New York because dem want to enjoy de American holiday. From de time dem come off de plane dem...

Bangladesh face tough task after Bravo’s 195

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bangladesh face tough task after Bravo’s 195

Dhaka (AFP): Bangladesh face a tough battle to save the series-deciding second and final Test against the West Indies despite opener Tamim Iqbal’s bold 82 not out on Tuesday. The hosts,...

Spot-fixing: Butt and Asif found guilty

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Spot-fixing: Butt and Asif found guilty

London (AFP): Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif were found guilty on Tuesday of involvement in a “spot-fixing” betting scam during a match against...

GT&T/Seaboard Marine CMR C/ships …Dixie Lee sponsors Griffith, Neblett

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T/Seaboard Marine CMR C/ships …Dixie Lee sponsors Griffith, Neblett

Super Bikes racer in the ‘B’ Class, Carey Griffith and ‘A’ Class racer, Joel Neblett were both the recipients of sponsorship packages from Canadian Fast Food franchise, Dixie...

Another twin-tower to descend on November 11

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Another twin-tower to descend on November 11

To be direct, it was a decade ago (September 11, 2001) when terrorists had unleashed their attacks on the World Trade Center (Twin Tower) in New York City which caused a lot of...

Kayo’s Football Academy holds successful Outreach in West Demerara

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kayo’s Football Academy holds successful Outreach in West Demerara

Under brilliant sunshine on Saturday last, at the Den Amstel Community Centre Ground, Philanthropist, International footballer and Founder of Kayo’s Football Academy, Kayode McKinnon...

Intense battle looms as top two word formers battle for national crown

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Intense battle looms as top two word formers battle for national crown

By Michael Benjamin An astounding stock of unorthodox vocabulary coupled with shrewd brainpower segregated national scrabble champion, Abigail McDonald and Leon Belony from a competent...

Universal DVD Club Berbice T/20 Cricket…RHTGG & Y/ Warriors through to Semis

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Universal DVD Club Berbice T/20 Cricket…RHTGG & Y/ Warriors through to Semis

Batson (66), Rikhi (34 and 55 N.O) & Ivan (4-6 & 4-16) shine After the final preliminary round of the inaugural Universal DVD Club First Division Twenty/20 Cricket Competition in...

118 Karate students graded at the YMCA

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 118 Karate students graded at the YMCA

Shihan Frank Woon-A-Tai MS, 9th Degree Black Belt and founder of the IKD, promoted 2 students, petite Leah Shariff and Mikhail Broomes to Nidan (2nd degree black belt) during the recent...

NBS Second Division Cricket…Homraj slams 104 for No. 70 Young Star, Shabir Khan takes 6-10 for No. 70 MYO

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS Second Division Cricket…Homraj slams 104 for No. 70 Young Star, Shabir Khan takes 6-10 for No. 70 MYO

Seventeen- year old Akshay Homraj became the second centurion of this year’s New Building Society (NBS) Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice when he slammed an...

Alexis Williams retains championships at UG sports

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alexis Williams retains championships at UG sports

The first time Inter-Guiana Games athlete, Alexis Williams, did just what she stated to Kaieteur Sport before her races at the Guyana Defence Force Ground last Friday. “I have to...

Profiles of U-20 Lady Jaguar’s players for CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Caribbean Qualifiers

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Profiles of U-20 Lady Jaguar’s players for CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Caribbean Qualifiers

Today will mark the first match for the under 20 Lady Jaguars team in the CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Caribbean Qualifying Championship against their opponents (Anguilla, Dominican Republic...

Kenyan’s edge Forde at UWI Half Marathon

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kenyan’s edge Forde at UWI Half Marathon

Consistent Guyanese distance runner, Cleveland Forde, continued to prove that he is the current man to beat among Caribbean athletes when he finished third, behind two Kenyans, at the...

Guyana’s Duguid appointed on ICC TV Umpires panel

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Duguid appointed on ICC TV Umpires panel

Malcolm removed after ‘poor’ report Guyanese Nigel Duguid continue to rapidly climb the International Cricket Umpiring ladder due to consistent performances since standing in...

Brazilian crowned king of Rising Sun Rodeo

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brazilian crowned king of Rising Sun Rodeo

By Samuel Whyte Despite the inclement weather which brought heavy rains in the West Berbice area and some flooding to the Rising Sun Rodeo arena the Rising Sun Rodeo was still...

GTC/PM win Dilip Budhram Memorial Volleyball trophy

Nov 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTC/PM win Dilip Budhram Memorial Volleyball trophy

Sunday, despite overcast weather conditions with persistent drizzle, the GTC/PM Volleyball team played brilliantly to remain undefeated in a round robin competition organized by the...

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EBDCA/D&R Construction 40-Over Cricket Competition continues

Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more