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Govt. tables Parliamentary requests for… US$85 million

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. tables Parliamentary requests for… US$85 million

-wants back monies for OP, NCN, GINA, GPL Government has gone back to Parliament to ask for billions that the Opposition had slashed from the National Budget earlier this year. An additional amount,...

Gangs attack vehicles at Rockstone

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gangs attack vehicles at Rockstone

– Joint Services arrest three Joint Services ranks rushed to Rockstone, Upper Demerara, at around 18:00 hrs yesterday after armed men, apparently taking advantage of the unrest at Linden,...

Pandit’s body cremated by mistake

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pandit’s body cremated by mistake

-relatives begged for Pandit’s ghee to do second cremation They were about the same age, their names were almost similar, See Persaud and Harry Narine Persaud, and they bore an uncanny resemblance,...

Parliament to review Jagdeo’s benefits package

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament to review Jagdeo’s benefits package

The pension, gratuity and other benefits afforded to former Presidents and several other office holders are now subjected to the review of a special Select Parliamentary Committee. This is as a...

Linden protestors…Shooters identified – Crime Chief

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden protestors…Shooters identified – Crime Chief

-but AFC still wants viewing by UK ballistics expert “We know who was armed with shotguns and we have statements from those who discharged rounds…” -Crime Chief Seelall Persaud By Michael...

Roach leads WI demolition of Black Caps

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Roach leads WI demolition of Black Caps

Kingston, Jamaica – Kemar Roach underlined his role of strike bowler for West Indies with another telling bowling performance, helping to demolish New Zealand’s fragile batting in the second...

Legend Phelps wins his 20th Olympic medal and 1st individual title of London Games

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Legend Phelps wins his 20th Olympic medal and 1st individual title of London Games

Michael Phelps proved his greatness by winning a 20th Olympic medal with gold in the 200m individual medley last night. Phelps beat his great rival Ryan Lochte in an exciting final. Earlier Lochte...

St. Lucia charges Guyanese for practicing illegal medicine

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on St. Lucia charges Guyanese for practicing illegal medicine

A Guyanese, Howard Earl, has been charged for allegedly practicing medicine in St. Lucia without a proper licence and not being a registered medical practitioner, according to the...

Dem boys seh …Wheh dead deh, confusion deh

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh …Wheh dead deh, confusion deh

Dem boys always know dat faces and names of people can sometimes be confusing to the human brains and eyes. In odder words, looks can be deceiving. Case in point. One family went to a funeral...

Berbice grandmother, 64, freed of husband’s death

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice grandmother, 64, freed of husband’s death

A grandmother who was on trial in the Berbice High Court for killing of her husband of 40 years on Thursday walked out a free woman. Thakurmani, 64, of Bennett Dam, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice was...

We support the call for an impartial, independently constituted Commission of Inquiry

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We support the call for an impartial, independently constituted Commission of Inquiry

Dear Editor, The Canada Guyana Forum (CGF) vigorously condemns the reported use by the Guyana Police of excessive force in dealing with the July 18 assembly of citizens in Linden who were...

Dumped lover fined $30,000 for torching ex-lover’s fence

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dumped lover fined $30,000 for torching ex-lover’s fence

An irate woman who was dumped by her former lover will have to pay a $30,000 fine or face one month in jail after being sentenced by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday for torching his fence...

For a New Trade Policy

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on For a New Trade Policy

What exactly are the elements of our trade policy? This is a question that should be occupying our policymakers from both sides of the political divide, rather their interminable wrangling....

GCA to host spinners and fast bowlers clinics

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA to host spinners and fast bowlers clinics

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) will be holding coaching clinics for fast and spin bowlers today and tomorrow at the Muslim Youth Organisation Ground, Woolford Avenue. Today’s fast bowling...

Clive Nurse, Zamilla Ally sworn in as Temporary Magistrates

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Clive Nurse, Zamilla Ally sworn in as Temporary Magistrates

Two new temporary magistrates were yesterday sworn-in to serve Guyana’s judicial system following a process of selection by the Judicial Services Commission. Zamilla Ally and Clive Nurse were...

Health Ministry insists its malaria drugs are safe

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry insists its malaria drugs are safe

– says that counterfeit medicines a major problem The Ministry of Health has denied that a recent US report about the quality of malaria drugs yesterday saying it does not represent medicines...

Serena sends Wozniacki packing to set-up semi-final showdown with Azarenka

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Serena sends Wozniacki packing to set-up semi-final showdown with Azarenka

Serena Williams will face world No 1 Victoria Azarenka in the Olympic Games semi-finals after the Wimbledon champion destroyed Caroline Wozniacki’s hopes on Court One. Williams had not lost a set...

GUYANA AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Guyana’s quest for Olympic glory continues this week. Fingers are being crossed and hands clasped in prayer hoping that somehow Guyana’s athletes will be able to salvage some consolation by...

Mon Repos man charged with death of lover

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mon Repos man charged with death of lover

A Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara resident, Inshan Ali, was yesterday remanded to jail after making his first appearance before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court. Ali is...

Corentyne farmers bemoan plantain disease attack on crops

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne farmers bemoan plantain disease attack on crops

Several farmers engaged in plantain farming in the Upper Corentyne area say that their crops are under threat from ‘plantain disease’ or Black Sigatoka. Ramnarace Narine, a plantain farmer for...

Linden unrest…Fire at LineMine building was deliberate – senior official

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden unrest…Fire at LineMine building was deliberate – senior official

As investigations continues into the situation at Linden, a senior official has revealed that preliminary finding into the fire suggest that it was more than likely deliberately set to the LinMine...

Ince believes Regional monarchs could reign even longer

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ince believes Regional monarchs could reign even longer

By Rawle Welch National Coach of 12-time Junior Caribbean Overall Squash Champions Guyana Carl Ince speaking with this newspaper shortly after the conclusion of a celebratory ceremony hosted at...

SYG to stage 5-a-side KO football

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on SYG to stage 5-a-side KO football

Sophighters Youth Group of North Sophia will be staging a fundraising 5-a-side knockout football competition and Fish Fry on Sunday at the North Sophia Entrance, Pike Street. Activities will get...

MCYS/Giftland Officemax render support as Caribbean Scrabble C/ships loom

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCYS/Giftland Officemax render support as Caribbean Scrabble C/ships loom

As the nation’s top scrabble players continue to sharpen their skills in preparation for the Caribbean Championships slated to get underway at the Bank of Guyana Sports Club between August 23- 26,...

In the interest of a restoration of normalcy

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on In the interest of a restoration of normalcy

Dear Editor, I don’t know who is advising President Ramotar on the matter of the Linden-based protests, but I am pretty sure that he is not being well served. Adam Harris’ commentary of July 29...

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Traditional media is still king

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Election campaigns are a battle for attention, persuasion, and votes. In this digital age,... more