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President’s/Jefford Track & Field Classic…Burnett, Forde, Fortune show superior class

May 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on President’s/Jefford Track & Field Classic…Burnett, Forde, Fortune show superior class

– Police SC crowned overall champions She was off the athletic scene for a little while due to the birth of her son, but US-based Guyanese track star Marian Burnett urged on by adoring fans...

Morgan completes Telesur 10K sweep

May 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Morgan completes Telesur 10K sweep

Distance star Alika Morgan completed a sweep at the Telesur 10K Road Races after cruising to victory in a time of 40 minutes 33 seconds to claim the second leg that was staged in Nickerie,...

Inter Ministry/Corporation 7-A-side football competition kicks off this afternoon

May 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter Ministry/Corporation 7-A-side football competition kicks off this afternoon

Football fans are in for a treat when the curtains go up on the Inter Ministry/Corporation 7-A-side football competition this afternoon at the Banks DIH Thirst Park Ground starting at...

Suspension of Municipal Officers sparks confrontation between Town Council, Local Govt. Ministry

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Suspension of Municipal Officers sparks confrontation between Town Council, Local Govt. Ministry

…Deputy Mayor blasts Minister for presiding over injustice The New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council is up in arms over what it called the high handed and callous behaviour of the...

Mining crackdown…Private bodies move to help Brazilians avoid expulsion

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mining crackdown…Private bodies move to help Brazilians avoid expulsion

Thousands of Brazilians are reportedly facing expulsion, but only a few have started to trickle in to apply for legal papers. According to the non-profit Brazil/Guyana Development Institute,...

Ramnarine’s transfer politically motivated – retired officer

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramnarine’s transfer politically motivated – retired officer

– embattled Assistant Commissioner maintains he did the right thing The recent move to strip Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine of his Commander posting was too harsh and an...

Govt to ask Appeal Court to review Chief Justice ruling

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt to ask Appeal Court to review Chief Justice ruling

By Gary Eleazar The Government’s Legal Advisor and Guyana’s Attorney General, Anil Nandlall disagrees with the recent ruling by Chief Justice Ian Chang on the composition of the...

Vigil held for murdered schoolboy

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Vigil held for murdered schoolboy

There wasn’t a dry eye last night as family, friends and teachers of the late Shane George, held a vigil at the Morgan Learning Centre. President of the Guyana Teacher’s...

Boxing champ gets five years for chopping wife, mother-in-law

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Boxing champ gets five years for chopping wife, mother-in-law

Former bantamweight and Caribbean Boxing Federation champion, Dexter Marques, will be spending the next 59 months behind bars for wounding two females last year. The sentence was handed...

More midwives get enhanced neo-natal training at GPHC

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on More midwives get enhanced neo-natal training at GPHC

As staff members at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) continue to benefit from extensive training, nine more midwives attached to the hospital’s Maternity Unit completed a...

Art icon Philip Moore to be buried in Berbice

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Art icon Philip Moore to be buried in Berbice

– AFC says Seven Ponds burial would have been fitting Art icon Philip Moore, who is celebrated for his incredible sculptures, will be buried today, even as there are...

NDIA boss incurs ire of West Watooka residents

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NDIA boss incurs ire of West Watooka residents

Irate residents of West Watooka, Linden, waited in vain for more than four hours yesterday for Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, Lionel Wordsworth, ...

Shot gold miner remains in critical condition

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Shot gold miner remains in critical condition

The 46-year-old man who was found in his bathroom with two gunshot wounds to his abdomen is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Intensive Care unit (ICU)....

Fire destroys Pomeroon house, homeowner suspected of arson

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Pomeroon house, homeowner suspected of arson

Both the police and senior fire officers who were part of the investigation of the fire at Grant Buxton, Lower Pomeroon, yesterday, have concluded that the fire that destroyed a...

At 104, Ina Holder eats anything and is on no medication

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on At 104, Ina Holder eats anything and is on no medication

At 104 years old, Ina Holder, can still recognise a good-looking man when she sees one. She gave this indication when she saw Neil Marks, and he blushed profusely. When a full-page photo of...

Another teen goes missing

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Another teen goes missing

Sixteen-year-old Cynthia Beria, who left her Leonora Pasture, West Coast Demerara, home to attend school, on May 14, has not returned home. The teen is a student of the Leonora...

Cemetery Road Bridge reconstructed for $4.1M

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cemetery Road Bridge reconstructed for $4.1M

– Residents claim the materials used are of ‘poor quality’ Residents of North East La Penitence, Georgetown, are claiming that the Cemetery Road Bridge, which is being constructed at...

Nursing tutors balk at influx of late additions

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Nursing tutors balk at influx of late additions

Despite a public outcry by tutors of the Georgetown School of Nursing to stop the ad hoc admission of students, the Health Ministry, yesterday, admitted 65 students to the already...

Farmer remanded for security guard murder

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer remanded for security guard murder

Setal Samaroo, 38, of Lot 279 Number Two Village, Canje Berbice was arraigned before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, for the murder...

Murder accused fight in prison van, remanded for miner’s death

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused fight in prison van, remanded for miner’s death

Three men were remanded to jail for murder, yesterday, after they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton. They were not required to plead to the indictable charge. Fizal Moore...

Colin Jones’s relatives refute Prison Chief’s comments

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Colin Jones’s relatives refute Prison Chief’s comments

Relatives of murder accused, Colin Jones, have said that they are not pleased with the statements made by Director of Prison Dale Erskine about a recent incident at the prison. Jones’s...

Kitty Police Station in need of upgrade

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty Police Station in need of upgrade

The state of the Kitty Police Station has many wondering if the millions of dollars being plugged into the modernization of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) are not properly utilized. From all...

Security camera leads suspect to jail

May 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Security camera leads suspect to jail

The importance of a surveillance camera was forcibly demonstrated recently, when a known felon was caught on tape trying to break into a businessman’s home. The resulting effect is...

Brassington buys 50,000 shares for NICIL, and 2.25 million shares in brother’s name

May 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington buys 50,000 shares for NICIL, and 2.25 million shares in brother’s name

NICIL take over of GNCB Trust Executive Director of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington, just one day after challenging the...

AG challenges Opposition to move to courts on NICIL

May 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AG challenges Opposition to move to courts on NICIL

By Gary Eleazar “If the Opposition Politicians believe that NICIL is operating illegally or unconstitutionally then why haven’t they challenged it in the Courts?…Why haven’t...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more