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Cycling situation amicably resolved

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cycling situation amicably resolved

The Guyana Cycling Federation met with its president, Ms. Cheryl Thompson on Thursday, November 3 at the Guyana Olympic Association to address certain actions by the president which...

Lester ‘Puppy’ Peters Memorial U-15 Football resumes today

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lester ‘Puppy’ Peters Memorial U-15 Football resumes today

Play in the Lester ‘Puppy’ Peters Memorial Under-15 Football Competition organised by Fruta Conquerors FC continues today with four matches at the Tucville ground. Starting at 09:00...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Congratulations are in order for Umpire Duguid

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Congratulations are in order for Umpire Duguid

Dear Editor, The President and Members of the East Coast Cricket Umpires Association wish to offer congratulations to our fellow Brother Umpire and friend, Nigel Duguid on...

Couple dies in motorcycle crash

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Couple dies in motorcycle crash

A 24-year-old man and his 23-year-old girlfriend perished shortly after 20:00 hrs last night after their motorcycle slammed into a utility pole near Houston, on the East Bank of Demerara. The couple...

Illegal garbage dumping in Le Repentir…Trucks were contracted ‘to fill hole in cemetery’

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal garbage dumping in Le Repentir…Trucks were contracted ‘to fill hole in cemetery’

-City Hall report Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green says that the Town Clerk and City Engineer have both apologized for an incident in which trucks contracted by City Hall have been...

Donald Ramotar agrees to Presidential Debates

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Donald Ramotar agrees to Presidential Debates

For two decades now there has been no debate among Presidential Candidates and after being blamed for dodging invitations on numerous occasions the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C)...

Man crushed by John Fernandes Ltd. truck dies

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man crushed by John Fernandes Ltd. truck dies

-cops seek youth who was attacking victim The man who was run over on Thursday night by a John Fernandes Limited truck has succumbed from his injuries and police are probing reports...

Rains disrupt cane harvesting

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rains disrupt cane harvesting

– GAWU urge private sector to match public servants’ pay raise Rains for the past two weeks have disrupted cane harvesting with the total year’s production almost 80,000 tonnes still...

Illness plus fish, bird deaths spark concern in Upper Mazaruni

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Illness plus fish, bird deaths spark concern in Upper Mazaruni

– Specialist team heads to area A specialist medical team is heading into the Upper Mazaruni today after a number of residents of a remote Amerindian community began turning up at...

No World Bank public awareness funds for Amerindians

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No World Bank public awareness funds for Amerindians

– Toshaos Council now waiting on IDB The World Bank has said that it is no longer providing the National Toshaos Council (NTC) with the funds to educate Amerindians about...

Where are the stray catchers? Negative reports affecting Ministry initiative

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Where are the stray catchers? Negative reports affecting Ministry initiative

Recent embarrassing exposures appear to have put a temporary halt to the Ministry of Home Affairs’ stray catching programme. Incidence of animals dying while in the custody of the...

Property re-evaluation slothful

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Property re-evaluation slothful

The Mayor and City Council’s re-evaluation of properties around Georgetown is not moving as quickly as expected, even with personnel carrying out exercises almost daily....

Businessman claims being bullied by Toolsie Persaud in land dispute

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman claims being bullied by Toolsie Persaud in land dispute

Months after a judgment was handed down against Toolsie Persaud Limited for a plot of 6.3 acres land at Block “U” Eccles-Ramsburg Village, East Bank Demerara, one of the present...

Five more Guyanese nabbed in Bajan drug bust

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Five more Guyanese nabbed in Bajan drug bust

…authorities seize drugs and boats Barbadian authorities on Thursday arrested five Guyanese and seized drugs and two vessels during a sea and land operation. According to a report in the Barbados...

Republic Bank Group reports TT$1.1B profit

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank Group reports TT$1.1B profit

-taps Guyana, TT for seeing more growth Republic Bank Group has reported a TT$1.1B profit with projections expecting 2012 to see only Guyana and Trinidad likely to achieve better growth rates....

AFC calls on GECOM to pronounce on party’s Code of Conduct

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC calls on GECOM to pronounce on party’s Code of Conduct

– Notes stakeholders should freely exercise right to vote without fear or intimidation The Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling on Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to...

Guyana hands over UNASUR’s Chairmanship to Paraguay

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana hands over UNASUR’s Chairmanship to Paraguay

Guyana has formally handed over the Pro Tempore Chairmanship of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to the Republic of Paraguay. During a forum last Saturday at the Fifth...

Training crucial to professional midwifery services

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Training crucial to professional midwifery services

Strengthened midwifery services will only be derived through training which is key and critical to personal development and innovation. Even though, they are linked to infrastructural...

Old students give back to Queen’s College

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Old students give back to Queen’s College

Some overseas-based Guyanese and former students of Queen’s College yesterday donated items worth US$30,000 to the school. This will benefit the school library and in turn assist present and...

Food for the Poor creates new Amerindian village

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Food for the Poor creates new Amerindian village

Fifty families residing in the Amerindian community of Tapakuma, on the Essequibo Coast, are the beneficiaries of another 50 homes donated by Food For the Poor. The village adopted the name...

‘Hot-iron Mom’ released on $30,000 bail

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Hot-iron Mom’ released on $30,000 bail

The Sophia woman who allegedly burnt the penis and buttocks of her six year-old son was yesterday placed on $30,000 bail after she made an initial court appearance at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s...

GTI attracts scores at Open Day event

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GTI attracts scores at Open Day event

Government Technical Institute (GTI) which provides an atmosphere that encourages learning, and promotes the personal development of each student through the medium of applied...

20 Guyanese graduate with UWI’s Master of Science

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 20 Guyanese graduate with UWI’s Master of Science

Some 20 Guyanese who read for a Master of Science Degree in Global Studies at the University of West Indies (UWI) are set to be honoured during a special ceremony next week. According to a release...

Assault, damage to property forces reputed husband to post bail $50,000

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Assault, damage to property forces reputed husband to post bail $50,000

Cortney Wilson was yesterday asked to post bail in the sum of $50,000 after it was alleged that he assaulted his reputed wife causing her actual bodily harm and destroying her property....

Four remanded following 41.856 kg cocaine possession

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Four remanded following 41.856 kg cocaine possession

Salim Bacchus, of Line Path, Skeldon, Corentyne, Berbice; Narayan Jaibandhan, of Lot 11 Gordon Street Kitty; Gary Belgrave, of , Section C Turkeyen, East Coast Demeara, and Leo...

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…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more