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Burglars cart off US$4,000 meant for charity

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Burglars cart off US$4,000 meant for charity

– Overseas-based Guyanese peeved with police inefficiencies After giving similar statements three days in a row to ranks of Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station, Bibi Lanzaro, an overseas-based...

Berbice healthcare workers lauded at annual award ceremony

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice healthcare workers lauded at annual award ceremony

By Leon Suseran Last year, more than 92,707 persons were seen at the out- patient and Accident and Emergency (A&E) Clinics at the New Amsterdam Hospital. There were 4,855 admissions; 194 persons...

‘Maintain our access road’ – St Cuthbert’s Mission residents

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Maintain our access road’ – St Cuthbert’s Mission residents

Residents of St. Cuthbert’s Mission, a location in the upper reaches of the Mahaica River, are appealing to Central Government to carry out a regular maintenance programme on the 12-mile fair...

Two hospitalized after minibus, truck collision

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two hospitalized after minibus, truck collision

Several persons had to be rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex yesterday morning after the minibus in which they were travelling collided with a lumber truck in the vicinity of Loo Creek . According...

Omai acquires stake in Eagle Mountain mining property

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Omai acquires stake in Eagle Mountain mining property

Eagle Mountain Gold Corporation disclosed today that Omai Gold Mines Limited, a 95 per cent owned subsidiary of IAMGOLD Corp., has acquired 3,236,246 shares of the company, increasing its total...

CMO spearheading detailed probe into woman’s death at Berbice Hospital

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CMO spearheading detailed probe into woman’s death at Berbice Hospital

Spearheaded by Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shamdeo Persaud, a detailed investigation into the death of 47-year-old, Tirtawattie Shoandeo, during a blackout in the operating theatre at the New Amsterdam...

Brazilian businesswoman found dead in Bartica house – husband held

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian businesswoman found dead in Bartica house – husband held

Police are questioning a Brazilian man about the suspected murder of his 35-year-old wife, whose decomposing body was found in a house in Second Avenue, Bartica, on Sunday night. Elisangela Da ...

Narco user jailed for one year

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Narco user jailed for one year

Shermin Miller was last Friday arraigned on a charge of smoking marijuana. For that offence, he was placed before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Miller told the court that he was indeed in...

Legal arguments continue in Rohee ‘gag order’

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Legal arguments continue in Rohee ‘gag order’

Arguments will continue next week between lawyers for the opposition and the government when the Rohee ‘gag order’ court battle continues before Chief Justice Ian Chang. At yesterday’s hearing...

Presidents are not above the law

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Presidents are not above the law

Dear Editor, According to Guyana’s fraudulent constitution, the President cannot be taken to court and his actions cannot be inquired into. That is malarkey and a foolish, narrow interpretation of...

Brazilian remanded for passport fraud

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian remanded for passport fraud

A Brazilian miner was yesterday charged with fraud and conspiracy. Solimar De Costa, 51, whose local address is listed as 57 Robb Street, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Alan Wilson at the...

Government engineers could repay for lapses

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Government engineers could repay for lapses

Government employees found guilty of approving incomplete and poor standard contracts could very well end up paying. That is, if Members of Parliament (MPs) had their way. The State’s Auditor...

Windies Girls trounce Kiwis by 48 runs

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies Girls trounce Kiwis by 48 runs

MUMBAI, India – A crucial ninth wicket stand between Shanel Daley and Anisa Mohammed upstaged performances from Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin as West Indies women defeated New Zealand...

Julian Cadogan spells way to top prize as GASP Beginners tournament concludes

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Julian Cadogan spells way to top prize as GASP Beginners tournament concludes

When the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) staged its Beginners tournament last year, Julian Cadogan had emerged victorious after amassing three points and a positive spread of 498. The...

Headquarters take male and female titles

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Headquarters take male and female titles

By Zaheer Mohamed Headquarters won the male and female titles when the Commissioner of Police (ag), Leroy Brumell inter division Ten\10 softball cricket competition concluded last Sunday evening at...

Guyana hunting outright win as Jamaica beat Barbados

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana hunting outright win as Jamaica beat Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Summarised close scores on the third day of the first round of matches in the Regional Four-Day Championship on Monday show Guyana in the hunt for an outright victory in...

WICB sends condolences to family of Prof. Aubrey Bishop

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB sends condolences to family of Prof. Aubrey Bishop

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – President of the West Indies Cricket Board Dr. Julian Hunte sent condolences, on behalf of the Board, to the wife and family of Professor Aubrey Bishop who passed last week....

World Champs Windies looking to put on T20 show at Gabba

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Champs Windies looking to put on T20 show at Gabba

Brisbane, Australia – World T20 Champions West Indies will look to put on a show when they face Australia in a one-off Twenty20 International tomorrow night. The Windies have found the going tough...

U.S. Embassy and Marian Academy build recycling shed

Feb 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Embassy and Marian Academy build recycling shed

The United States of America Embassy in Georgetown joined forces with students, staff, and parents from the Marian Academy to build a recycling shed at the school. A press statement from the embassy...

Haslington ready to host quarterfinals tomorrow night

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Haslington ready to host quarterfinals tomorrow night

Quarter-final places have been decided following the completion of the round robin phase of the East Coast segment of the Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Competition which ended on...

FROM SURPRISE TO SHOCK

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FROM SURPRISE TO SHOCK

The pace at which the Marriott Hotel project is proceeding is amazing. Never before in the history of Guyana has construction taken place at such an astonishing speed. Three floors of the structure...

Resounding victories order of the day

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Resounding victories order of the day

It was a day of resounding victories as Carmel, New Campbellville and Richard Ishmael all inflicted some crushing blows on their respective opponents in the Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition...

Positive result touted as AAG goes to Court today

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Positive result touted as AAG goes to Court today

A positive result for both sides is being touted today when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) appears in Court to respond to an injunction that former President, Colin Boyce filed on February...

Four exciting teams; two mouthwatering encounters when action continues

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four exciting teams; two mouthwatering encounters when action continues

By Michael Benjamin When the action in the Fruta Conquerors/Namilco One Love Football Classic tournament continues at the Tucville Ground tomorrow afternoon, four teams worth their salt will be...

How foolish can people get?

Feb 12, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on How foolish can people get?

The halcyon days of local engineering seem to have passed. There was a time when Guyanese could have fashioned almost anything. They were the people who used their ingenuity to keep the sugar...