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NIS staring at massive $1.4B shortfall this year

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NIS staring at massive $1.4B shortfall this year

– 27,000 employers registered but only 6,100 are paying The troubled state-owned multi-billion pension fund is staring at a massive $1.4B shortfall this year. A dwindling...

Women’s butchered bodies found in coconut grove

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s butchered bodies found in coconut grove

– suspect ingests poison The butchered bodies of two women who disappeared on Saturday were found at around 07:00 hrs yesterday in a coconut grove at Adventure, Black Bush...

Brothers stabbed to death, cousin detained

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Brothers stabbed to death, cousin detained

The tranquility of the Industrial Area community at Linden was shattered early yesterday morning with the brutal murder of two brothers by a close relative. Twenty seven- year- old...

Inmate found hanging in NA Prison cell

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Inmate found hanging in NA Prison cell

New Amsterdam Police are investigating the death of convicted prisoner Melvin Smartt who was found hanging in his cell at approximately 07:20h on Sunday 30th September 2012. Preliminary...

Fire destroys upper flat of West Demerara house

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys upper flat of West Demerara house

Grief enveloped a West Coast family last evening after a fire of unknown origin destroyed their home and business place. The lower flat of the Lot 28 Good Intent Road, two storied building,...

At last!

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on At last!

Motorists in the Lethem area are breathing a sigh of relief as work has finally commenced to repair the stretch of road from the international crossing at the Guyana/Brazil border. The road which was...

Guyana Diaspora Project launched in New York

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Diaspora Project launched in New York

– warm reception for President Ramotar belies diaspora’s cynicism By Lin-Jay Harry-Voglezon Brooklyn, NY: President Donald Ramotar might have been surprised, like many, at the...

Police prosecutors should be phased out in narcotics cases

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police prosecutors should be phased out in narcotics cases

Modernization of the DPP’s Chambers… Retired Judge Claudette Singh has disclosed that the implementation of the “action plan”, which was aimed at modernizing the Chambers of the Director of...

Clinical India demolish Pakistan in Colombo

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clinical India demolish Pakistan in Colombo

BBC Sport – India reignited their World Twenty20 campaign with a comprehensive eight-wicket Super Eights victory over their bitter rivals Pakistan in Colombo. Thrashed by Australia on Friday...

Gail Rebeiro is Region Nine Queen

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gail Rebeiro is Region Nine Queen

Nineteen-year-old Gail Rebeiro (third from left) of St. Ignatius, Central Rupununi was crowned Region Nine’s Amerindian Heritage Month Queen last Saturday night at the annual pageant...

FLOWER POWER

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on FLOWER POWER

In the corridors of power Where the talks are in full swing If you can’t say it with flowers Then don’t say anything Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine For the many of us...

Danram, Forrester star as DCC, GCC march into final

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Danram, Forrester star as DCC, GCC march into final

NBS\GCA second division 40 over competition Demerara Cricket Club and Georgetown Cricket Club have cemented their places in the final of the New Building Society\ Georgetown Cricket Association...

Teen killed in La Grange crash

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teen killed in La Grange crash

An 18-year-old Public Works Ministry employee was killed at around 02:00 hrs yesterday after a car he was travelling in crashed into a bridge on the La Grange Public Road, West Bank...

Sophia youth disappears

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia youth disappears

…Father fears worst By Rehanna Ramsay An eleven year boy who is the habit of absconding for days at a time, has been missing from his Lot 1295 Section “B” Turkeyen, East...

$GDF\GYO Heroes Cup match abandoned due to rain$

GDF\GYO Heroes Cup match abandoned due to rain

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDF\GYO Heroes Cup match abandoned due to rain

Rain had the final say in the Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket, Heroes Cup\Georgetown Cricket Association first division 2 day match between Guyana Defence Force and Gandhi Youth Organization at...

FREAK STORM

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on FREAK STORM

Richard Lorentino (third from left) and his family stand on the rubble of what was once their home, which was destroyed by a freak storm that struck Central Rupununi early Saturday morning.At least...

Windies women hammer South Africa; advance to semi-finals

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies women hammer South Africa; advance to semi-finals

New Zealand also through Galle, Sri Lanka – West Indies Women totally outplayed South Africa Women yesterday to qualify for the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World T20 tournament. In one of the...

Why after so many years, is the Municipality still grappling with this solid waste problem?

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why after so many years, is the Municipality still grappling with this solid waste problem?

Dear Sir, Solid Waste Management remains the single most worrying challenge for the city. It is not confined to the limits of Georgetown; it is nationwide. Even in the hinterlands and the far flung...

Reading Centre in B’ce a wonderful idea

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reading Centre in B’ce a wonderful idea

Dear Editor, I read recently about the launching of the Writing Centre in Berbice and thought it a wonderful idea. Mention was made of Harvard and Brown Universities in the USA having writing...

Win, then hope for the best for West Indies and New Zealand

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Win, then hope for the best for West Indies and New Zealand

NZ vs WI, Super Eights, World Twenty20, Pallekele Cricinfo – New Zealand players may have had a gastro problem or three, but surely they and West Indies have received the best of Sri Lankan...

Lone survivor of Charlestown tragedy on life support

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lone survivor of Charlestown tragedy on life support

..neighbours count losses The only survivor in last Saturday’s fire that claimed the lives of four persons, including three children is currently on life support. Twenty-year-old...

Fighting Paedophilia

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Fighting Paedophilia

Last week, “Child Protection Week” was observed with a flurry of activities by the Human Services and Social Security Ministry under the theme “Adults – take action against child abuse –...

This is no way to run a Police Force

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is no way to run a Police Force

Dear Editor, I have been a constant critic and an ardent advocate for radical Police reform in Guyana. The testimony of Senior police officials (to the Linden Commission of Inquiry) this past week...

How heartless could these people be?

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on How heartless could these people be?

Dear Editor, How heartless could the Guyana Police Force be when they call out their ranks to work and then leave them to make their way home at odd hours of the night/morning. This disgusting trend...

Some steps to commence building operation

Oct 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some steps to commence building operation

Dear Sir, Within recent times, the Public Relations Section of the Mayor and City Council has been receiving numerous calls from citizens with questions about building operations in the Georgetown. ...

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Thomas’ hat-trick inspires D.C Caesar Fox 10-5 victory, as Annai Sec’ hammer Dolphin

A question of timing and priorities

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The advent of significant oil discoveries has catapulted Guyana into the global spotlight.... more