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Missing GEA employee …Detained man claims he was instructed to hide victim’s vehicle

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Missing GEA employee …Detained man claims he was instructed to hide victim’s vehicle

– Admits to selling LeVoy Talji cellphone Police have detained a 32-year-old Soesdyke man who appears to have information about the fate of Guyana Energy Agency employee LeVoy...

Junior champ Anthony Drayton dominates seniors in Topco Rapid Chess tourney

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior champ Anthony Drayton dominates seniors in Topco Rapid Chess tourney

National Junior Chess Champion, Anthony Drayton, has performed credibly in tournaments organized in his category over the past year. The prolific chess player continued his good showing when...

Football development set to continue

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Football development set to continue

– associations to be more involved; youth and female to take centre stage After a very fruitful 2012 despite the many challenges, football development in Guyana is set to continue...

Malta Supreme Championship final on tomorrow between Jets and Royals at MSC

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malta Supreme Championship final on tomorrow between Jets and Royals at MSC

Jets replace Kings at top of rankings, regardless of the outcome Regardless of the outcome tomorrow’s (Saturday) Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s 2012 Malta Supreme Christmas Magnificent...

Builders Lumber Yard sponsors D’Andrade for Suriname 10k

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Builders Lumber Yard sponsors D’Andrade for Suriname 10k

Builders Lumber Yard, which has outlets on Bent and Lombard Streets yesterday renewed their sponsorship commitment to Lionel D’Andrade, who will start his season at the Suriname 10km Road Race,...

Barnwell wants to be a Guyana champion – again

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell wants to be a Guyana champion – again

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – As vice captain and main allrounder, Christopher Barnwell sees himself as having a major role to play in Guyana’s line-up for the Caribbean T20 2013. He can bat...

GCB 50-over Senior Inter County tourney to start tomorrow

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB 50-over Senior Inter County tourney to start tomorrow

The Guyana Cricket Board senior Inter-County 50-over competition commences tomorrow, Saturday 6th of January, 2013 with Essequibo facing Demerara at Everest and Berbice playing the...

LABA hands down suspensions and fines to players

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA hands down suspensions and fines to players

Roberts banned for six months, fined $15,000 for throwing ball at referee The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) belatedly handed out gifts after the Christmas holidays, but never-the-less...

Mayor Green 7-a-side Inter Ward Football finals set for January 24

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green 7-a-side Inter Ward Football finals set for January 24

Mayor Hamilton Green 78th Birth Anniversary 7-a-side Inter Ward knock out Football finals will be contested on January 24 at Den Amstel on the West Coast of Demerara starting from 18:00 hrs....

GSDF/GFF U21 Female tourney…Scotiabank/Pepsi All Stars are inaugural champs

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSDF/GFF U21 Female tourney…Scotiabank/Pepsi All Stars are inaugural champs

The Scotiabank/Pepsi All Star team displayed outstanding skills to win the inaugural Guyana Sports Development Foundation / Guyana Football Federation Under-21 female football tournament which...

Flying Ace suspends indiscipline cyclist

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Ace suspends indiscipline cyclist

The Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) of Berbice has taken the tough decision to ban one of its cyclists for acts of indiscipline. The cyclist being punished is Brian Harris who has been suspended...

Specialist are Barnwell and Joseph Dominoes champs

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Specialist are Barnwell and Joseph Dominoes champs

Specialist marked 80 games to win final of the Charlyn Barnwell and Faye Joseph Dominoes competition which was contested on Wednesday evening at Transport Sports Club. Transport placed second...

Former EZjet boss extradited to Florida, remains in jail

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former EZjet boss extradited to Florida, remains in jail

Former boss of the collapsed charter airline, EZjet, Sonny Austin Ramdeo spent a mere nine minutes in a Florida court shortly after his extradition from New York on an indictment of wire...

Parliament proposes more judges for Guyana

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament proposes more judges for Guyana

– error in sexual offences legislation fixed Government will move to introduce amendments to the laws shortly that will see an increase in the number of judges in the High Court. The...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo hug up nuff criminals

Jan 04, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo hug up nuff criminals

When de Feds hold on pun Stanford de man had he own money fuh pay a lawyer. This was a man who promote heself as a rich man and he live de life. When dem same Feds hold Bernie Madoff, de man had...

Demolition crew leaves Victoria family under the stars

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Demolition crew leaves Victoria family under the stars

The Christie family had not yet completed celebrating the festive season when a demolition crew, acting with a court order, abruptly disrupted their livelihood yesterday afternoon by...

Guyana-born man still in immigration limbo

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-born man still in immigration limbo

US/Canada – A Hamilton man stuck in immigration limbo spent the holidays at the Buffalo men’s shelter where he has been living since being released from custody in June. Richard Austin spent...

Amended legislation needful to improve public health services – CMO

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amended legislation needful to improve public health services – CMO

The Ministry of Health will this year be seeking to have outdated legislation amended in Parliament with a view of better dealing with matters of a public health nature. At least this is according to...

Govt. seeks additional $2.4B for housing projects, drainage

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. seeks additional $2.4B for housing projects, drainage

Minister of Finance, Dr. Àshni Singh yesterday asked the National Assembly for an additional $2.4B. In the first financial paper, government is asking for a supplementary capital provision for $2B...

House votes for end to Cuban embargo

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on House votes for end to Cuban embargo

By Abena Rockcliffe Guyana yesterday stepped up the pressure for the United States to remove what it described as the “unjust” economic and financial embargo against Cuba. That blockade was...

Pomeroon River tragedy…Police, DPP will decide whether Reg. Chairman, captain are charged – Minister Benn

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon River tragedy…Police, DPP will decide whether Reg. Chairman, captain are charged – Minister Benn

Did a senior regional official and others fail to render assistance to victims of the tragic boat accident on the Pomeroon River back in December that left six persons dead? The subject of the...

Guyana’s coconut in vast demand

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s coconut in vast demand

– Agri Ministry promises to make industry a priority There is now great demand for coconut locally, regionally, and internationally. This is according to Minister of Agriculture, Dr....

Ministry’s strategic plan to help refine health care delivery

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry’s strategic plan to help refine health care delivery

Aided by its Strategic Plan which is being dubbed ‘Health Vision 20/20’, the Ministry of Health is poised to renew its delivery of health care premised on the two main pillars of primary health...

Sculptor Ivor Thom completes 1823 monument

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sculptor Ivor Thom completes 1823 monument

Guyanese sculptor Ivor Thom has completed work on the 1823 rebellion monument. During a media briefing yesterday, Thom revealed that he has finished the bronze structure, even as works are...

APNU calls for review of school feeding programmes

Jan 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU calls for review of school feeding programmes

– MP claims students “prostituting themselves” for food By Abena Rockcliffe While government has indicated that it has invested a whopping $1.2B in school feeding programmes, an...

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

The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more