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PLANE CRASH LANDS AT WAKENAAM

Nov 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PLANE CRASH LANDS AT WAKENAAM

A small 2 seater C-152 aircraft crash landed at Moor Farm, Wakenaam Island shortly after 10:00 hrs today (Wednesday) and this sent residents rushing to the scene. According to one resident he...

Jagdeo calls Mayor Jackass, Mayor calls Jagdeo Gutter Rat

Nov 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo calls Mayor Jackass, Mayor calls Jagdeo Gutter Rat

President Bharrat Jagdeo continued his campaign of abuse and according to New Amsterdam Mayor Claude Henry, the head of state went into the gutter at a PPP meeting in front PPP Freedom...

Do not remove Voters’ List from polling stations! –GECOM

Nov 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Do not remove Voters’ List from polling stations! –GECOM

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) last evening issued an appeal for persons not to remove the Voters’ List from polling stations. The Commission said that as is...

‘Impartial, independent’ Commonwealth Observer Mission arrives

Nov 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Impartial, independent’ Commonwealth Observer Mission arrives

The Commonwealth Observer Group for Monday’s general and regional elections is now in Guyana. It hopes that its presence can add weight toward ensuring that the elections are free and fair....

Robert Persaud knows all of the Marriott investors

Nov 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Robert Persaud knows all of the Marriott investors

…Luncheon says Marriott is racehorse; Princess, Pegasus are cab horses Robert Persaud who was at the time hosting a Peoples Progressive Party Civic Campaign Update told media operatives that...

Mr. Edghill seeks my imprisonment

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mr. Edghill seeks my imprisonment

Juan Edghill has asked the court to commit me to prison for contempt of court. The case comes up on December 5. The writ filed by Mr. Ashton Chase alleges that I wrote about Mr. Edghill in his...

When the other hotels are cab horses

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on When the other hotels are cab horses

There is an old adage that there are often more questions than answers. This is certainly true when one considers the proposed construction of the Marriott hotel on the Atlantic shore. This hotel is...

THE RACE FOR REGION TEN IS ON

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE RACE FOR REGION TEN IS ON

The competition for the two seats in Region Ten looks very exciting at this stage. APNU should easily get one seat but the second seat is up for grabs with the latest poll numbers suggesting that the...

Dem boys seh…Some of de Bees gun commit suicide

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Some of de Bees gun commit suicide

Dem have an advertisement that go, What’s in my cup, stays in my cup. Well dem boys want know when de cup full up wha gun happen to all de Pee Pee Pee. De cup gun run over. But dem boys seh...

Windies make merry with Bravo dream run

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies make merry with Bravo dream run

Mumbai (AFP): Darren Bravo continued his dream run with a third century in four Tests to help the West Indies post a mammoth 575-9 on the second day of the third and final Test against...

Aruwai Plaza sponsors K&S Knockout Football tourney

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Aruwai Plaza sponsors K&S Knockout Football tourney

As the Kashif and Shanghai Knockout Football Tournament draws closer to its opening day (December 10), another mega sponsor, Aruwai Enterprise Inc. has joined in ensuring that the lucrative...

Mayor Green birthday football fiesta …Battle heats up for Body Max, Eddie Grant cash prizes today at GFC

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green birthday football fiesta …Battle heats up for Body Max, Eddie Grant cash prizes today at GFC

Play in the 77th Birthday Inter Ward, Street and Village Knockout 16-team football fiesta for Mayor Hamilton Green continues this evening at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda...

D’Andrade wins Suriname Marathon

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade wins Suriname Marathon

Seasoned distance runner, Lionel D’Andrade won the Suriname Marathon Saturday evening in a gruelling race that had ruled him out of the South American 10km Road Race the following day in...

Overseas based Guyanese cyclist assists National female Cycling champion

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Overseas based Guyanese cyclist assists National female Cycling champion

National female cycling and National school champion Marica Dick, a member of the Flying Aces cycling club, was on Monday the recipient of a number of much needed cycling equipment compliments...

Officials urged to “smoothen out issues”

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Officials urged to “smoothen out issues”

-Districts collect School C/ships prizes By Edison Jefford Digicel’s Sponsorship Manager, Gavin Hope yesterday urged those officials responsible for the organising of the National...

Profiles of Lady Jaguars U-17 Team

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Profiles of Lady Jaguars U-17 Team

Guyana’s National U-17 female team, Lady Jaguars will be representing Guyana at Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup Qualifying Final Stage in Kingston, Jamaica from November 29-...

Pegasus Open Tennis Championships…Squires gets sweet revenge, dethrones Miller

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pegasus Open Tennis Championships…Squires gets sweet revenge, dethrones Miller

Last year, it was Jeremy Miller who upset the odds when he beat the then dominant Phillip Squires in straight sets to claim his first Pegasus Open title. One year later, four times...

GCC under-21 ladies to defend title in Trinidad

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC under-21 ladies to defend title in Trinidad

After making their impressive debut back in 2008 by winning the Magnolia’s Indoor Hockey Championship on their first ever overseas tour, the Georgetown Cricket Club under-21 girls...

Carib/Pepsi Big Smash t20 cricket…Semis switched to Saturday at Bourda

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carib/Pepsi Big Smash t20 cricket…Semis switched to Saturday at Bourda

The semi-finals of the Carib/Pepsi Big Smash t20 cricket competition organized by the Guyana Cricket Board will be now played at Bourda on Saturday due to the unavailability of the...

MCY&S 7:15 Inter Block promises exciting finale

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCY&S 7:15 Inter Block promises exciting finale

After a period of three weeks and involving a total of 60 teams drawn from West Berbice, East Coast, Georgetown, East Bank, Linden and West Demerara which resulted in a similar amount...

Belony excels as GASP takes scrabble to rural communities

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Belony excels as GASP takes scrabble to rural communities

Leon Belony shook off the disappointment of losing a closely contested battle against National Scrabble champion, Abigail McDonald at the just concluded National Open Scrabble...

Letter to the Sports Editor…GCB’s Pepsi/Carib T/20 misrepresentations and cover up

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…GCB’s Pepsi/Carib T/20 misrepresentations and cover up

Dear Editor, It is regretful the GCB Tournament Director now attempts to cover serious malpractices by offering misrepresentations and contradictions. The Tournament Director, Mr....

That CJIA expansion project

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on That CJIA expansion project

Dear Editor, The recent disclosure by the Jamaican Observer newspaper regarding the proposed new airport terminal construction and runway extension at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport...

The banks should tread carefully

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The banks should tread carefully

Dear Editor, I read recently about a bank in Guyana having “more money in its reserves than it knows what to do with”. For the moment, perhaps, but I wish I could be as confident and...

Out-of-pocket allowances and the President

Nov 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Out-of-pocket allowances and the President

Dear Editor, Is there any truth to an alleged US$5000 ($1M) out-of-pocket allowance per overseas trip for President Jagdeo? Arif Bulkan in his article titled “The Jagdeo Presidency: A dozen...

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Williams and Wharton register hat-tricks as Round 2 of Republic Bank U18 League heats up

Jagdeo should withdraw his comments

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo found himself at the center of a controversy regarding... more