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Ruthless Djokovic, Sharapova lift Melbourne Park

Jan 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ruthless Djokovic, Sharapova lift Melbourne Park

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova scorched into the third round of the Australian Open with displays of ruthless dominance on Wednesday to bring some much-needed...

Sarwan happy to be back in West Indies team for upcoming tour

Jan 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan happy to be back in West Indies team for upcoming tour

Castries, St Lucia – Ramnaresh Sarwan is eagerly looking forward to his return to the West Indies for the upcoming limited-overs tour of Australia. The experienced middle-order batsman was...

Bravo brothers make life easy for leaders T&T

Jan 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bravo brothers make life easy for leaders T&T

Gros Islet, St Lucia – Trinidad and Tobago have now won four out of their five games in the Caribbean T20 and are at the top of the table. Their latest win came against Windward Islands in...

AAG releases qualifying standards for CARIFTA Games

Jan 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG releases qualifying standards for CARIFTA Games

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) yesterday released its qualifying standards for athletes hoping to make the national team for the 2013 junior CARIFTA Games that will be held...

GFF Super League to re-commence Feb. 3

Jan 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Super League to re-commence Feb. 3

The battle lines will be drawn again from February 3 next when the Guyana Football Federation Super League recommences with first round action. The league had taken a break to...

Despite rain Daniels late burst puts Demerara on back foot, GT&T Berbice restricts E’bo

Jan 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Despite rain Daniels late burst puts Demerara on back foot, GT&T Berbice restricts E’bo

GCB Senior 4-day Inter County tourney Rd 2… Pacer Seon Daniels grabbed 2 late wickets as Demerara ended day 2 of the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board Senior 4-day Inter County...

GCA Marketing Manager Khan passes on

Jan 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA Marketing Manager Khan passes on

Marketing Manager of the Georgetown Cricket Association Afzal Khan died last Saturday at the Mercy Hospital after suffering from a heart attack. Khan, who was 71, also served a Marketing Manager of...

Murder/suicide rocks New Amsterdam

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Murder/suicide rocks New Amsterdam

…as fisherman hacks reputed wife to death An Angoy’s Avenue fisherman is currently in police custody after he hacked his reputed wife to death early yesterday morning. Undertakers...

Gov’t now mulls appeal against Chang’s ruling

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t now mulls appeal against Chang’s ruling

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, yesterday said that Government welcomes the announcement that Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, will file an appeal against the ruling...

Independent investigation needed for single sourcing contracts – AFC urges

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Independent investigation needed for single sourcing contracts – AFC urges

Failure on the part of Government to appoint a Procurement Commission, several years after the enactment of legislation for the introduction of such a body, has had dire consequences. And according...

Six death row inmates’ sentence commuted to life

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Six death row inmates’ sentence commuted to life

By Rabindra Rooplall Six Death Row inmates yesterday had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. The prisoners were taken off Death Row after a ruling was made by Chief Justice Ian Chang. The...

Dem boys seh…Thief man does defend he mattee

Jan 17, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Thief man does defend he mattee

Anybody who defend thiefing got to be a thief. That is why in certain place when people ketch and beat thief man all dem who run and holler pun people not to beat dem got to be thieves too....

Opposition, Government to meet again for budget consultations

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition, Government to meet again for budget consultations

While Finance Minister Ashni Singh says, that the 2013 budget is a work in progress, the Parliamentary Opposition is awaiting word on the next three-way consultation talks. A Partnership for...

Man chops wife, sister-in-law

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man chops wife, sister-in-law

– claims they were in compromising position Police in Berbice have detained a man who brutally hacked his wife and her sister after he allegedly found them in a compromising position on Tuesday...

Lotto Fund case dismissed on procedural point – AFC Executive

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lotto Fund case dismissed on procedural point – AFC Executive

…Attorney General’s claims inaccurate The Lotto Fund case which was filed in the High Court by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU’)s Desmond Trotman, was dismissed on a...

Population growth is generally highest in the poorest countries – report

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Population growth is generally highest in the poorest countries – report

– Governments’ lack resources for services, infrastructure, jobs growth Last year, the world’s population surpassed seven billion and it is projected to reach nine billion by 2050,...

THE PPP HAS TO RETRACE ITS STEPS

Jan 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PPP HAS TO RETRACE ITS STEPS

Any analysis of the fears engraved within the psyche of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is always going to be flawed if it ignores the important question of class domination. Such flawed...

Stelling needed at Corriverton

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stelling needed at Corriverton

Residents of Orealla, Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) are complaining that the launch that transports produce and lumber from Orealla to coastal Corriverton is forced to moor...

Ugly situation averted

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ugly situation averted

..timely intervention by high ranking officials credited An emergency meeting on Tuesday in the boardroom of the Regional Democratic Council averted an ugly situation in New Amsterdam....

Local Gov’t Ministry hosts workshop to target overpayments to contractors

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Local Gov’t Ministry hosts workshop to target overpayments to contractors

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development yesterday hosted a workshop for the Regional Engineers Department and Works Committee, in an effort to target issues surrounding overpayments...

Guyanese gunned down in Trinidad

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese gunned down in Trinidad

Tyron Achia of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara was gunned down in Trinidad, Tuesday night while entering his apartment. Relatives said the 28-year-old Guyanese who worked at a supermarket in...

GPL system shuts down again

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL system shuts down again

For the second time within the last two weeks, the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) suffered a shutdown of its Demerara network. The power company said that the outages experienced Tuesday...

PSC meets main Opposition party

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PSC meets main Opposition party

Members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) met yesterday with representatives of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, Hadfield Street,...

247 blackouts in Berbice last year

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 247 blackouts in Berbice last year

– 63 per cent rise in blackouts in 2011 By Leon Suseran Berbice recorded 247 blackouts last year, the most ever for the past three years and a 63 per cent rise from the 2011 total. In 2011,...

US Army General meets President Ramotar, local officials

Jan 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US Army General meets President Ramotar, local officials

As part of the continuing State Partnership Programme (SPP) between the Florida National Guard and Guyana, Major General Emmett R. Titshaw, the Adjutant General of Florida, is visiting...

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Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more