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Cricket Returns to Mining Town tomorrow

May 05, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket Returns to Mining Town tomorrow

Cricket lovers in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden should be in for a treat when the Upper Demerara Cricket Association (UDCA) in association with Sherwin ‘Kingfisher’ Graham brings off a one...

Somerset decides against Gayle legal action

May 05, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Somerset decides against Gayle legal action

Somerset will not be taking legal action against Chris Gayle for breach of contract. Gayle had signed to play for Somerset in this season’s FLt20 competition but, after resolving his...

Universal DVD/Universal Solutions 40 overs female tourney launched

May 05, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Universal DVD/Universal Solutions 40 overs female tourney launched

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) as part of its continued efforts towards the development of Female cricket recently launched the Universal DVD 40 overs tournament sponsored by Universal...

Businessman in custody after brother’s mysterious shooting

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman in custody after brother’s mysterious shooting

A businessman operating at Cove and John, East Coast Demerara, is currently in police custody assisting with investigations after the mysterious shooting of his 52-year-old brother who...

Government slashes excise tax on gasolene

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Government slashes excise tax on gasolene

–expects to stabilize minibus fares Government yesterday announced a reduction in the excise tax on gasoline, even as Route 40 minibus operators insist on a hike in their...

Flash flood hits Alexander Village and environs

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Flash flood hits Alexander Village and environs

Residents of First Street, Alexander Village, and its environs endured a wet afternoon yesterday when water flowing through a malfunctioned koker poured into their village and flooded it. The...

AIDS committee raises concerns about Guyana’s 2012 AIDS Response Report

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AIDS committee raises concerns about Guyana’s 2012 AIDS Response Report

There has been evidence of the lack of due process with respect to the compilation and analysis of Guyana’s 2012 Country AIDS Response Progress Report. At least this is according to...

Cops seek identity of slain driver’s passengers

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek identity of slain driver’s passengers

– victim was strangled Police yesterday questioned several people in the neighbouring communities of Diamond and Grove, East Bank Demerara for information about the last movements of...

Passengers steal cop’s gun at knifepoint

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Passengers steal cop’s gun at knifepoint

A young police constable will think twice before picking up passengers. He was held up at knifepoint and robbed of his firearm at around 21:15 hrs on Thursday. A police release stated that the rank...

Bandits hit Muneshwar’s in mid afternoon robbery

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hit Muneshwar’s in mid afternoon robbery

The proprietor of Muneshwar’s Hardware Store located at Lot E Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, is counting his losses after two unmasked men made off with an undisclosed amount of cash...

East Street killing…Police seek motive for miner’s murder

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on East Street killing…Police seek motive for miner’s murder

Investigators are still trying to ascertain a motive behind the murder of gold miner, Bryan Dickson, 43. Dickson was found murdered in his apartment shortly after lunch on Thursday...

Berbice man on trial for abduction

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice man on trial for abduction

The abduction trial of a Berbice man began on Friday in the Berbice High Court, before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a mixed jury. However after the jury was sworn in, the matter was...

Food and Drug Department, GRA to access imports at Ports of Entry

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drug Department, GRA to access imports at Ports of Entry

– articles must arrive in Guyana with 75% of stated shelf-life Government Analyst/Food and Drug Department (GA/FDD) says that it has made an agreement of cooperation...

$16M allocated in 2012 budget for Museum Development

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $16M allocated in 2012 budget for Museum Development

Government, under the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports in the 2012 Capital Estimates of the National Budget has allocated $16M for Museum Development. According to the description...

AFC disappointed in opposition leader choice in GECOM’s nomination

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC disappointed in opposition leader choice in GECOM’s nomination

– Says representative from AFC should have been chosen The Alliance For Change (AFC) is congratulating Ms. Sandra Jones on her appointment as a Guyana Elections...

Abuse of regional machinery leads to excessive fuel consumption

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Abuse of regional machinery leads to excessive fuel consumption

… “Region using too much fuel to do too little work–Chairman Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, recently revealed that fuel is being stolen in the region. He is...

Region Eight authorities outraged as water lines vandalised again

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Region Eight authorities outraged as water lines vandalised again

Authorities of Mahdia and Campbell Town, Region Eight, have expressed outrage as vandals severely damaged water lines, just a few weeks after a government team visited that mining area to hear...

Continuous monitoring of waterways imperative – UG lecturer

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Continuous monitoring of waterways imperative – UG lecturer

In recognition of the fact that toxic anions in surface water could prove detrimental to human livelihood, a research project was spearheaded, recently, by local University of Guyana lecturer,...

Critical oil & gas training to begin Monday

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Critical oil & gas training to begin Monday

As exploration continues for oil and gas offshore Guyana, Government has announced moves to train persons in the field. The first course is set to begin Monday, the Ministry of Natural...

Wakenaam airstrip not a white elephant – Robeson Benn

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wakenaam airstrip not a white elephant – Robeson Benn

Sixteen months after the completion of Wakenaam Airstrip, flights to the area have not commenced. In fact, the only plane that landed on the airstrip was the test flight. Transport Minister,...

UG set to introduce Masters in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG set to introduce Masters in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Aimed at helping the local health sector to realise the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which speaks to the reduction of infant mortality and maternal deaths, the University of...

101-year-old Mother Martha enjoys reading the papers and doing puzzles

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 101-year-old Mother Martha enjoys reading the papers and doing puzzles

By Leon Suseran Martha Bunwarie had turned 100 when she was last featured. She achieved another milestone recently, turning 101 years old but is just as agile, healthy and is...

GPHC honours midwife on International Day of Midwives

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC honours midwife on International Day of Midwives

International Day of Midwives is being celebrated today, under the theme: ‘The World needs Midwives now more than ever’. To mark the occasion, today, the Georgetown Public Hospital...

ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. Many of you have questions on backlog time and...

Arrival Day Messages 2012

May 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Arrival Day Messages 2012

GAWU May in Guyana accommodates observances to commemorate the coming, the bringing, the arrival of immigrants to and in (British) Guyana in the nineteenth century. Prior to and after the full...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more