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Motorcyclist badly burnt after collision with canter

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist badly burnt after collision with canter

A motorcyclist, Sewdat Arjune, 21, of Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, sustained severe burns yesterday after his bike burst into flames during an accident with a truck. The...

Shopkeeper, 71, shot dead by bandits

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Shopkeeper, 71, shot dead by bandits

A major section of the East Coast Demerara village of Plaisance is mourning the slaying of popular shopkeeper Derrick Cox who was shot dead by bandits on Saturday night. The 71-year-old...

Boat accident victims laid to rest

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Boat accident victims laid to rest

The six victims of last Tuesday’s speedboat accident in the Pomeroon were laid to rest yesterday at La Belle Alliance, Essequibo Coast, with hundreds, including government and...

Speeding motorcyclist killed in Berbice

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding motorcyclist killed in Berbice

A speeding motorcyclist met a gruesome end on Saturday night after he was run over by a mini-bus on Main Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice. Sherdell Tim, 21, of Martin Luther King Scheme,...

DPP seeks more evidence to ascertain which cop shot Dameon Belgrave

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on DPP seeks more evidence to ascertain which cop shot Dameon Belgrave

Two months after tragedy… The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has asked police to consult again with forensic and ballistic experts before a ruling is made in the October...

Dem boys seh…Donald playing Santa

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald playing Santa

Donald playing Santa. And he like de part. In fact dem boys seh that this is de best thing he ever do since de opposition behaving like if dem is de government. He tek money and he buy Christmas gift...

Four schools register wins as Chico Junior U-13 Football championships continue

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four schools register wins as Chico Junior U-13 Football championships continue

Jeremy Garrett netted in the 11th, 16th, 30th and 34th minutes and received support from Ryan Hackett in the 6th, 13th and 29th minutes to inflict a 7-0 drubbing on Tucville Primary School when...

Sachin Tendulkar retires from ODIs

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sachin Tendulkar retires from ODIs

ESPNcricinfo – Sachin Tendulkar has retired from ODI cricket. Tendulkar finishes an illustrious career in the 50-over format, having played 463 ODIs, scored 18,426 runs and made 49 centuries,...

Messi ends 2012 with another goal as Barca march on

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Messi ends 2012 with another goal as Barca march on

MADRID (Reuters) – Unbeaten La Liga leaders Barcelona continued their record-breaking start to the season when Lionel Messi struck his 91st goal of 2012 in a 3-1 win at Real Valladolid on...

Corruption and Power

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Corruption and Power

The Transparency International’s report on the state of corruption in Guyana has raised the usual frenetic howls of denials from officialdom. It is not that corruption does not exist, they concede,...

Chopped wife discharged, attacker still at large

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chopped wife discharged, attacker still at large

Celena Butts, the woman who was chopped on the head and hand by her common-law husband at around 20:00hrs last week Saturday, has been discharged from the High Dependency Unity (HDU) of the...

Govt’s complaints to international bodies biggest irony of the year

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt’s complaints to international bodies biggest irony of the year

– Sharma Solomon Regional Chairman of Linden Sharma Solomon says that the government’s complaints about threats to democracy must be the irony of this century. According to...

Man drowns at highway creek

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man drowns at highway creek

Police are seeking the identity of a man who drowned at around 17:00 hrs yesterday in a creek on the Soesdyke/Linden highway. The victim was pronounced dead on arrival at the Diamond...

Grand Christmas welcome for arrivals at CJIA

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Grand Christmas welcome for arrivals at CJIA

A grand Guyanese Christmas Welcome awaited more than 500 passengers arriving at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), early yesterday morning. With a dancing Santa and the sounds of a one...

Fierce exchanges as Guyana Boxing Association lowers curtains on year’s itinerary

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fierce exchanges as Guyana Boxing Association lowers curtains on year’s itinerary

Local amateur pugilists experienced mixed fortunes when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) closed its yearly activities with a one day U-16 tournament at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Boxing Gym...

Politics should take a back seat during the Yuletide season

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Politics should take a back seat during the Yuletide season

Dear Editor, In Guyana like most other nations, Christmas is in the air. However, life remains a tragedy for the poor and the working class, who have been abandoned by the PPP regime, as they try...

East Canje man charged for harbouring alleged wife-killer

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje man charged for harbouring alleged wife-killer

Kenneth Khanai called “Puri” who was recently charged for having an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, is now being charged for harbouring an alleged wife-killer. He appeared on...

Cricket, football and the Marriott Hotel project

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Cricket, football and the Marriott Hotel project

There is a division in football. There is a division in cricket. There is a division on whether to build the Marriott Hotel. These divisions are multiplying the headaches of the Guyanese people at a...

Woodpecker Products Annual Badminton Junior Christmas singles winners collect prizes

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Products Annual Badminton Junior Christmas singles winners collect prizes

The respective category winners of the Woodpecker Products Annual Badminton Junior Christmas Singles tournament collected their prizes last Friday. The presentation was made to the Under-19 winners,...

British pub experience for Giftland Mall

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on British pub experience for Giftland Mall

Giftland Mall and Britannia Pubs Guyana (BPG) Inc. announced recently the licensing agreement with MCG Investments, located at Turkeyen East Coast, Demerara. Bobby Prashad, who is an...

Over 50 horses entered as entries closed yesterday for PMTC Old Year’s Day meet

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 50 horses entered as entries closed yesterday for PMTC Old Year’s Day meet

Entries were expected to be closed yesterday for the Port Mourant Turf club (PMTC) grand one day horserace meet set for Sunday December 30th at the clubs entity, Port Mourant, Corentyne Berbice. ...

Region 9 receives minibuses and tractor

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Region 9 receives minibuses and tractor

As 2012 draws to a close, the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs is pushing to deliver on promised assistance to Amerindian communities. It is in this regards that subject Minister Pauline...

Over 95 entries for Kennard Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Horserace meet

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 95 entries for Kennard Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Horserace meet

One new race added, prize monies increase By Samuel Whyte With some resolution coming to the horseracing fraternity with things seemingly settling down nicely all attention is now focus on the...

Bin Hammam’s Life Ban by FIFA, a Lesson for Guyana’s Football

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bin Hammam’s Life Ban by FIFA, a Lesson for Guyana’s Football

Dear Sir, While sports are no longer sport, but rather serious business, whereas sponsors and financiers doles out untold sums, in pursuit of enhancing a specific brand of its choice, resulting in...

Family still mourns missing cook from capsized vessel

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Family still mourns missing cook from capsized vessel

Six months has passed since the Miss Elliza capsized with 65-year-old Gerald Fraser aboard, and the man’s death has not come any easier for his family; especially for his common-law wife of...

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Guyana Beverage Inc. on board with Petra to host 8th Annual Girls U11 Football Tournament

Poor Power Planning (PPP)

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Planning has long been the PPP/C government’s pride and joy. The PPP/C touts it at rallies,... more