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Forty-one AK-47 spent shells recovered at scene

Oct 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Forty-one AK-47 spent shells recovered at scene

Ricardo Rodrigues execution… Investigators have so far recovered 41 spent AK-47 shells from the scene of the execution-style killing of Ricardo Rodrigues called ‘Fat Man’...

Prominent lawyer Vic Puran dies in accident

Oct 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Prominent lawyer Vic Puran dies in accident

Prominent Lawyer Vicramadictya ‘Vic’ Puran was found dead in his Toyota Tundra at about 06:45 hours yesterday at Esau and Jacob, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. Puran’s vehicle...

No evidence govt. blacklisting underperforming contractors

Oct 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No evidence govt. blacklisting underperforming contractors

– Nigel Hughes Government has the ultimate responsibility to pursue breaches in public contracts to recover monies. This notion was expressed by Chairman of the Alliance For...

Police warn marauding Agricola mobs: No more restraint!

Oct 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police warn marauding Agricola mobs: No more restraint!

The Guyana Police Force has warned that while its ranks have been showing considerable restraint, the Force cannot and will not allow persons who appear to be using the pretext of...

Dem boys seh…Rodrigues going to Peter wid he lawyer

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rodrigues going to Peter wid he lawyer

Deepest sympathies to the relatives of Ricardo Rodrigues and Vic Puran. Dem was two people who dead sudden and dem death send shock waves throughout de country. Rodrigues death lef nuff people wid...

Mayor Green 78th to be celebrated with 7-a-side tourney

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green 78th to be celebrated with 7-a-side tourney

– Patrick ‘Labba’ Barton donate trophies & playing bibs City Mayor Hamilton Green’s 78th birth anniversary will be celebrated in fine style when 32 teams clash in a specially...

Anthony Grant captures Boys Under-12 category, Shavani Persaud is Girls winner

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anthony Grant captures Boys Under-12 category, Shavani Persaud is Girls winner

– as Nigel’s Junior Tennis Classic continues As play in the Nigel’s Junior Classic continued over the weekend a number of winners were decided. Firstly, Anthony Grant, who did not lose any...

Sterling Products add their corporate muscle

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sterling Products add their corporate muscle

GABBFF Seniors 2012 – ‘Rise of the Machines’ Sterling Products have added some muscles to the efforts of the Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) to strengthen their...

Noble House Sea Foods on board for GCA 2nd Division 2 day tourney

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noble House Sea Foods on board for GCA 2nd Division 2 day tourney

Noble House Sea Foods have once again thrown their support behind the Georgetown Cricket Association by sponsoring their Second Division 2 day competition which is expected to start this weekend. ...

New GPC bids $228M more than other bidder for anti-malaria drugs

Oct 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New GPC bids $228M more than other bidder for anti-malaria drugs

Two bids were opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance, Main Street, for the supply and delivery of anti-malaria drugs. The bids, a little over...

Vic Puran left a secret with me

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Vic Puran left a secret with me

I knew Vic Puran since we were teenagers. For over thirty-five years we remained friends. We became closer when he was to marry into a family in Kitty. I was very close to that family. Our friendship...

The ball is now in the President’s hand

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The ball is now in the President’s hand

There has been a damning field audit report about the activities of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA). That report is now being contested by the Ministry of Agriculture, under...

BCB launches T20 tourney for Upper Corentyne teams

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB launches T20 tourney for Upper Corentyne teams

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) as part of its development plan had promised earlier this year to organise adequate games to keep the five zones active. Tournaments have already stared in the West...

Sacre-Coeur announces large gold production in last quarter

Oct 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Sacre-Coeur announces large gold production in last quarter

Sacre-Coeur Minerals says it produced and sold a total of almost 597 troy ounces for the July-September quarter from its alluvial operations in the Puruni area, Region Seven, for an...

The injustice continues

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on The injustice continues

Dear Sports Editor, The embattled Guyana Cricket Board officials may have thought that the dark days were over when the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that the Court of Appeal of Guyana must hear...

4th Diamond Fire & General Insurance U-19 Inter Zone tourney launched

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 4th Diamond Fire & General Insurance U-19 Inter Zone tourney launched

The Berbice Cricket Board in its ongoing effort to lift the standard of the game on Wednesday last launched another tournament. The Board, which has committed itself to a record, 25 tournaments for...

City’s infrastructural integrity limited

Oct 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on City’s infrastructural integrity limited

…measures in the pipeline to help curb dilemma – Housing Minister The city of Georgetown is outgrowing its existing infrastructure, a state of affairs which was...

Racism is alive and well!

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Racism is alive and well!

Dear Editor, As I pen this letter, feelings of anger, hurt and dismay course through my numb veins, akin to the modus operandi of our mighty Kaieteur Falls. Whilst on medical, psychological or even...

Agricola’s ‘neighbours’ living in fear

Oct 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola’s ‘neighbours’ living in fear

Residents of the East Bank Demerara communities bordering Agricola are living in fear as marauding mobs of youths, under the cover of protest action, continue to threaten the area. The...

There Bisram goes again!

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on There Bisram goes again!

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram, that pollster with roots in the PPP, was at it again, this time explaining away the wrongdoing of his political party and trying unsuccessfully to put the blame on the AFC...

Queen’s College badminton tournament 2012 concludes

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Queen’s College badminton tournament 2012 concludes

The Queen’s College Badminton Tournament concluded on Monday at the school’s badminton courts. Cecil Abrams and Ambika Ramraj were crowned QC Boys and Girls Champion at the Finals. The results of...

Why the silence over David Hinds’s rabid comments?

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why the silence over David Hinds’s rabid comments?

Dear Editor, It is prudent to revisit Mr. David Hinds’s controversial Buxton utterance, in the wake of the recent Agricola protests. Even the casual observer of the goings-on in Guyana cannot help...

K&S supports GBFA

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on K&S supports GBFA

The Kashif &Shanghai Organisation once again demonstrated their support for the development of sports in Guyana after making a significant contribution to the Guyana Beach Football Association...

Corporal punishment in schools – The real picture

Oct 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corporal punishment in schools – The real picture

Dear Sir, The beating of mothers, fathers, children and any other human being is wrong and extremely distasteful. It is reprehensible; degrading to both the person carrying out the act and the...

US$3M revolving fund to aid waste water treatment

Oct 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US$3M revolving fund to aid waste water treatment

With an initial US$3 million revolving fund and a proposed preferential investment rate of 2.5 per cent, plans are being streamlined by the Ministry of Housing and Water, through the...

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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