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DeSinco boss critical, firemen injured after collision

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on DeSinco boss critical, firemen injured after collision

Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) were up to late last night working feverishly to save the life of prominent businessman Frank De Abreu, Managing Director of...

Alleged mastermind in mining camp robberies murdered

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged mastermind in mining camp robberies murdered

– killer on the run Deon Monderson, the alleged mastermind behind a spate of robberies at Piari Landing, Puruni last year, was slain early yesterday morning in East Ruimveldt...

Dem boys seh…Domestic violence really rampant

Oct 22, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Domestic violence really rampant

People thiefing water and Irfaat seh that he gun jail who he ketch. Well dem boys seh that people thiefing everything and every day. A man decide to thief a thing wid another man. De problem he had...

Berbicians now enjoying Indian Bollywood Expo

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbicians now enjoying Indian Bollywood Expo

The Indian Bollywood Expo is now in Berbice. A simple launching ceremony was done on Friday in New Amsterdam. Mr. Saveen, of India, who is in charge of the event, stated that exclusive...

Action galore as GABA takes amateur boxing to Berbice

Oct 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Action galore as GABA takes amateur boxing to Berbice

No one expected a Sugar Ray Leonard/Thomas Hearns kind of performance but young amateur boxers turned in several action packed encounters that rivaled that bout and entertained the medium sized crowd...

Police in Berbice making desperate efforts to improve image

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police in Berbice making desperate efforts to improve image

Police Stations in the West Berbice, Number Three Sub-division of ‘B’ Division have gone through a lot of transformation with a number of new initiatives in an effort to improve the Force’s...

Taxi Driver shot and robbed in front his home

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi Driver shot and robbed in front his home

Police have launched an investigation into the shooting of a taxi driver identified as Junior Edward Freeman. The 24-year-old Middle Road La Penitence resident sustained a single...

Parents afraid to send children to school

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Parents afraid to send children to school

Chaos at L’ Aventure Secondary School… Parents are now afraid to send their children to the L’Aventure Secondary School, Canal Number One, following the violent attack...

Most victims of TIP unwilling to testify against perpetrators

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Most victims of TIP unwilling to testify against perpetrators

The unwillingness of some victims of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) to testify against their perpetrators continues to be a challenge to the Ministerial Task Force on TIP. According to...

Davis flexes to Mr. Guyana title; Alisha Fortune is still queen as GDF Gym dominate

Oct 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Davis flexes to Mr. Guyana title; Alisha Fortune is still queen as GDF Gym dominate

GABBFF Seniors 2012 – ‘Rise of the Machines’ By Franklin Wilson With a sense that the sport of bodybuilding is constantly regaining the respect and love it has enjoyed in Guyana, athletes...

“It’s our freedom of expression”- People’s Parliament

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on “It’s our freedom of expression”- People’s Parliament

Those venting their concerns and making requests of the country’s political leaders via the People’s Parliament, are describing their actions as their right to freedom of expression and their...

Barnwell guides DCC to victory, GCC beat GNIC by 7wkts

Oct 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell guides DCC to victory, GCC beat GNIC by 7wkts

Queensway \GCA 50 over Cup – semi finals By Zaheer Mohamed Georgetown Cricket Club and Demerara Cricket Club are set to renew their rivalry when they clash in the final of the Georgetown...

Feminism and Violence against Women

Oct 22, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Feminism and Violence against Women

A four-decade research effort, published as “The Civic Origins of Progressive Policy Change: Combating Violence against Women in a Global Perspective, 1975-2005,” by the prestigious American...

Opposition members were present at the Cubana Monument unveiling

Oct 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Opposition members were present at the Cubana Monument unveiling

Dear Sir, Over time, I have read some interesting letters published by your paper and written by retired military officer, CS Vaughn. MSM. The latest, published on 20 October 2012, characterised the...

Guyana Region Three Chamber of Commerce and Industry resuscitated

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Region Three Chamber of Commerce and Industry resuscitated

– new executives elected After being dormant for about five years, the West Demerara/East Bank Essequibo Chamber of Commerce has been resuscitated under a new name and its newly...

Conditions of Mahdia Primary nightmarish- Regional Chairman

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Conditions of Mahdia Primary nightmarish- Regional Chairman

Forde withstands Trinidadians to win SA 10k race

Oct 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forde withstands Trinidadians to win SA 10k race

– Nero shows class among women By Edison Jefford Notwithstanding a lower abdomen and thigh injury, local distance running ace, Cleveland Forde held the IAAF South American (SA) 10km Road Race...

I condemn this dishonest attack on Chris Brown

Oct 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on I condemn this dishonest attack on Chris Brown

Dear Editor, I write this letter to urge all young people, young music lovers and fans of R&B artiste Chris Brown to condemn this nasty, dishonest and deceptive campaign being waged by a few...

Searches called off for missing fishermen in Suriname

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Searches called off for missing fishermen in Suriname

The search for four fishermen who went missing in separate alleged pirate attacks have been called off and local rescue workers have returned to Guyana. The missing men have not been...

The Muslim community has no intention of allowing these matters to be swept under the carpet

Oct 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Muslim community has no intention of allowing these matters to be swept under the carpet

Dear Editor, It is agreed, and a generally accepted universal principle, that charitable funds which originate with the public, public institutions or government must be publicly and totally...

Guyanese urged to visit health centres first before flocking hospitals

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese urged to visit health centres first before flocking hospitals

By Leon Suseran Guyanese are being urged to utilize the services of the primary health care facilities popularly referred to as ‘Health Centres’, before turning up at the Public...

Bartica residents upset over dumping of fecal matter along Potaro Road

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica residents upset over dumping of fecal matter along Potaro Road

The Bartica Development Action Group (BDAG) is calling on the Ministries of Health and Local Government for their intervention into a matter which is now posing a serious health hazard...

This entertainer is far from done with his probation period

Oct 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This entertainer is far from done with his probation period

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter by Mr. Vidyaratha Kissoon published in Kaieteur News on October 20, 2012 captioned “Promoting Tourism by bringing Chris Brown to Guyana…it’s getting...

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

Oct 22, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

What do Chicken Little and James Bond have in common? Chicken Little was in a movie about the sky falling and James Bond is the star in a movie called “Skyfall”. Interestingly, just as...

Leopold Street man stabbed to death

Oct 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Leopold Street man stabbed to death

A 32-year old miner was stabbed to death early yesterday morning following an altercation with another man. Dead is Shane Anthony Booker of Lot 67 Leopold and Cross Streets, Georgetown....

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