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Bail for vendor on larceny charge

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bail for vendor on larceny charge

Twenty-one year-old Trevor Wayne of Melanie Public Road faced Magistrate Sueanna Lovell on Monday, last, charged with larceny. Wayne allegedly stole a gold band valued at $500,000 from Sheneeza...

Better roads inspire protection for children

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Better roads inspire protection for children

Dear Editor, I want to take this opportunity to commend whoever is responsible, whether it is the Central Government or the NDC, for the upgrading of our roads in the village of Enmore,...

Withdrawal from community affairs

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Withdrawal from community affairs

Dear Editor, Since 2010 I have been very vocal in publicly highlighting the plight of the Paradise Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society by offering constructive suggestions through letters, and...

An abomination for an Auditor General report

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An abomination for an Auditor General report

Dear Editor, The report of the Auditor General on the public accounts of Guyana was tabled in the National Assembly on Monday. In a country with weak accounting and accountability, an Access...

There’s a lot for the Linden Commissioners to assimilate

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on There’s a lot for the Linden Commissioners to assimilate

Dear Editor, It is most embarrassing for the leaders of APNU when one of their serving lawmakers in the National Assembly, Desmond Trotman, would boldly state before the Linden Commission of...

Rose and Singh wrong to justify disorder at Agricola

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rose and Singh wrong to justify disorder at Agricola

Dear Editor, This is in response to Messrs Asquith Rose and Harish Sasenarine Singh’s missive “Bisram’s condemnation of the opposition for the Agricola unrest is irresponsible” (KN Oct...

Kudos for the fire service driver

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kudos for the fire service driver

Dear Editor, I read in dismay your article about the near fatal incident which occurred at Lamaha and Irving Streets, involving a well known businessman and a Guyana Fire Service Water Tender....

Moses Nagamootoo confronts Manzoor Nadir

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Moses Nagamootoo confronts Manzoor Nadir

Dear Editor, I write to reject the outright concoction and malicious lies peddled by Manzoor Nadir that I was paid $10 million, maybe $20 million in fees from the Chinese company that...

Thrilling bouts climax GABA/DDL Junior’s Boxing Competition

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thrilling bouts climax GABA/DDL Junior’s Boxing Competition

Cuban coach, Francisco Roden, impressed By Michael Benjamin An appreciable crowd was highly entertained when activities on the final night of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA)/Demerara...

“Sickened” UCI strips Armstrong of Tour wins

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Sickened” UCI strips Armstrong of Tour wins

(Reuters) – Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life on Monday after the International Cycling Union (UCI) ratified the United States Anti-Doping...

California Strike strikes gold at Norman Singh horserace meet

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on California Strike strikes gold at Norman Singh horserace meet

By Samuel Whyte California Strike owned by Mohammed ‘Nanko’ Shariff of the Shariff Racing stable, struck its opponents hard as it raced away to strike gold and take the feature C class...

New Mr. Guyana Devon Davis proud of achievement

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Mr. Guyana Devon Davis proud of achievement

From the start of the year he said that wining the ultimate bodybuilding show in Guyana was his aim and indeed he has achieved. That apart, new Mr. Guyana Devon Davis of the Guyana Defence...

Anthony Drayton rebounds from loss to Haifeng Su to claim Junior Chess Championship

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anthony Drayton rebounds from loss to Haifeng Su to claim Junior Chess Championship

Anthony Drayton scored six points, half a point more than Haifeng Su, to dethrone the latter player and claim the spoils when the final day of play of the 2012 National Junior Chess Championship...

KARIBEE Rice KO Football Final…BK Int. Western Tigers lift trophy with 2-1 win over Rosignol United

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on KARIBEE Rice KO Football Final…BK Int. Western Tigers lift trophy with 2-1 win over Rosignol United

BK International Western Tigers are the new KARIBEE Rice knock-out football champions following a hard fought 2-1 over Berbice’ Rosignol United on Sunday evening at the Georgetown...

Pegasus Open Tennis starts Nov.2

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pegasus Open Tennis starts Nov.2

Most of the country’s best tennis players will have another opportunity to rival each other for supremacy when the annual Pegasus Open begins on November 2, at the Hotel’s Hardcourts....

Golden Jaguars looking to rebound in Caribbean Cup against Curacao

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars looking to rebound in Caribbean Cup against Curacao

– lost opener to SSVG 1-2; St. Lucia beat Curacao 5-1 Following their disappointing 2-1 loss to St. Vincent & the Grenadines in their opening Group 2 match on Sunday at the...

Digicel Schools’ Table Tennis Championships …Marian Academy, Bishop’s High win titles

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools’ Table Tennis Championships …Marian Academy, Bishop’s High win titles

Marian Academy’s team, Priscilla Greaves and Kristie Lopes secured the Under-13 team title at Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Digicel-sponsored National Schools’ Championships when the...

Thriller in store as ‘Big Truck’ collides with Shawn Corbin in ‘Redemption’ affair

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thriller in store as ‘Big Truck’ collides with Shawn Corbin in ‘Redemption’ affair

The last time Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite appeared in the local ring against Barbadian, Shawn Cox, boxing buffs trooped to the venue in anticipation of a slugfest. Instead, the...

3rd Class, MYO, Everest chalk wins, GCC and DCC match drawn

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Class, MYO, Everest chalk wins, GCC and DCC match drawn

GCA\Noble House Sea Foods 2 day 2nd Division tourney… By Zaheer Mohamed 3rd Class, Muslim Youth Organization and Everest CC recorded victories while GCC and DCC played to a draw...

National Assembly resumes sittings…Opposition drowns out Rohee

Oct 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on National Assembly resumes sittings…Opposition drowns out Rohee

Chants of “Rohee must go” by the opposition-led National Assembly last evening drowned out Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, from getting involved in the business of the House, when...

Police $90M elections fund…Excess funds only repaid after public exposure

Oct 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police $90M elections fund…Excess funds only repaid after public exposure

While the Auditor General has cleared the Guyana Police Force of the alleged malpractice with regard to the spending of $90M allocated for the 2011 elections duties, there still remains a grey area...

BK International spends $3M on equipment – Walter Willis

Oct 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on BK International spends $3M on equipment – Walter Willis

BK International was contracted to work on the Haags Bosch landfill on a build and operate basis. The company signed a contract in 2010 in accordance with a design provided by...

Hinterland school feeding programme…Little evidence that $43M in snacks delivered-Auditor General report

Oct 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hinterland school feeding programme…Little evidence that $43M in snacks delivered-Auditor General report

Questions have been raised whether some $43M in snacks for children in the hinterland schools were actually delivered. The questions were raised in the 2011 Report of the Auditor General which was...

Speaker rules against unrest of Agricola unrest

Oct 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker rules against unrest of Agricola unrest

– Opposition denies it plotted Oct. 11 unrest The government was yesterday denied a request to have the National Assembly suspend its usual business to discuss the recent Agricola unrest as a...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald get big birthday sport

Oct 23, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald get big birthday sport

Everything does come to light. Dem boys seh suh de other day. Now a man claim how he buy $3 million worth of equipment fuh wuk pun de landfill site. Everybody was happy because dem sure de...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more