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Former Chancellor Aubrey Bishop dies at 81

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former Chancellor Aubrey Bishop dies at 81

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary Aubrey Fitz Ronald Bishop O.R., C.C.H., B.Sc, L.L.M. died last night at 19:00hrs in hospital, where he had been a patient for the past three weeks. He was 81. Born...

Teen driver slapped with four more charges

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teen driver slapped with four more charges

A Fifth Form student of School of the Nation’s was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $750,000 on five charges including two counts of causing death by dangerous driving. The defendant, Gidram...

Speeding main cause of road fatalities

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding main cause of road fatalities

The police say that speeding was the cause of all seven road deaths recorded in January. Police figures revealed that the month recorded one less fatality than the corresponding period last year. In...

Australia seal series after Watson century

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Australia seal series after Watson century

A Shane Watson century, an Australian victory. In the minds of the coach Mickey Arthur and the captain Michael Clarke, such a scenario should occur far more often, and Watson could scarcely have made...

East Coast ‘Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Tournament launched

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast ‘Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Tournament launched

– First round of matches slated for tomorrow in Buxton Residents of the East Coast of Demerara will for the first time have the opportunity to experience the exhilarating format of Futsal when...

GFF Electoral C’ttee meets

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Electoral C’ttee meets

Juman Yassin & Emily Dodson elected Chair and Deputy In accordance with the terms of the agreement brokered by the FIFA/CONCACAF delegation which visited Guyana in early January 2013, members of...

Bobby Noel General Store hands over Best Defensive player prize

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bobby Noel General Store hands over Best Defensive player prize

Bobby Noel General Store yesterday became the first Linden base business to support this year’s New Era Entertainment, Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA), Cell Smart Super 8 tournament...

Outages expected as GPL gears to convert city to 60 Hz

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Outages expected as GPL gears to convert city to 60 Hz

The state-owned power company is getting ready to convert Georgetown to 60 Hz frequency and there may be instances of outages. According to the company yesterday, the conversion exercise is scheduled...

Govt. to decide on dissolving City Hall at next court hearing

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to decide on dissolving City Hall at next court hearing

In the case of the Georgetown City Council versus the Government, the state is expected to say at the next hearing in the High Court whether it is moving to replace City Hall with a government...

Health Minister disturbed by management of Berbice system

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister disturbed by management of Berbice system

By Leon Suseran Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, has stated that there are management problems that are plaguing the Berbice health system, causing the government’s resources into the health...

Footballer battles for life after slamming into pedestrians

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Footballer battles for life after slamming into pedestrians

– One discharged, another in ICU Two persons are battling for their lives at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after an accident around...

Rose Hall Town Pepsi edge determined D’Edward by one wicket to win Title

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town Pepsi edge determined D’Edward by one wicket to win Title

Pre-tournament favourite, Rose Hall Town Pepsi held their nerves in a tense atmosphere to defeat a determined D’Edward Cricket Club by one wicket to clinch the 2012 BCB/Neal & Massy...

In physics and dialectics, there is the concept of balance

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on In physics and dialectics, there is the concept of balance

Nigel Hughes, as chairman of the proceedings of a meeting at the Bethel Congregational Church in Beterverwagting hosted by the 1823 Coalition for Parade Ground, made the point that when African...

Bush Lot West Coast Berbice man faces murder retrial

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bush Lot West Coast Berbice man faces murder retrial

The retrial of murder accused, Ramesh Sahadeo, called “Bado”, of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice, who is accused of murdering 17-year-old Darshanan Ramanan, called “Tato”, of the Bush Lot...

K&S supports organizer of Mayor’s Cup football tourney

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on K&S supports organizer of Mayor’s Cup football tourney

Former national coach, Lennox Arthur has only just hosted an Inter-Ward knockout soccer tournament in commemoration of Mayor Hamilton Green’s 78th birth anniversary. Fans are still reveling in the...

Foo’s 71 propel Albion Community Centre into the Play-offs

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foo’s 71 propel Albion Community Centre into the Play-offs

A brilliant knock of 71 from Guyana T/20 batsman Jonathan Foo led Albion Community Centre to victory over Port Mourant Karibee Rice in their final Zone C preliminary match of the 2012 Carib Beer...

Women Miners’ President claims fabricated article threatens her life

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Women Miners’ President claims fabricated article threatens her life

President of the Women Miners’ Organisation, Simona Broomes, wants to clear the air on reports published in a daily newspaper claiming that she had information pertaining to gold smuggling. She...

Mc Almond, Bacon guide FAPC into HQ final, to clash with Immigration2

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mc Almond, Bacon guide FAPC into HQ final, to clash with Immigration2

Felix Austin Police College defeated Immigration1 by 4 wickets in the lone semifinal of the Guyana Police Force Head Quarters 10\10 softball cricket competition yesterday at the Police Sports Club...

“Old Beef” Inter-Secondary School Memorial tournament

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Old Beef” Inter-Secondary School Memorial tournament

New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMS) defied the odds to come out victors when the latest edition of the Hilbert “Old Beef” Humphrey Inter Secondary Schools U-16 Memorial Football...

R&R 11-race cycling on this Saturday

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on R&R 11-race cycling on this Saturday

– 40 mile road race set for Feb. 24 The cycling season will continue this Saturday with the 22nd annual R&R International sponsored 11-race Meet at the inner circuit of the National Park....

Mings Products & Service and Universal DVD assist Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mings Products & Service and Universal DVD assist Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club

The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club preparation for the busy 2013 Berbice Cricket Board season received a major boost on Monday when it received cricket balls from Mings Products and Services...

Rising Sun, Banks DIH Mashramani Horserace meet set for Sunday February 24

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun, Banks DIH Mashramani Horserace meet set for Sunday February 24

The 2013 Horseracing season will continue on at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park, West Coast Berbice when that entity in collaboration with Beverage Giants Banks DIH Limited stages its...

Disgraceful – Dru Bahadur embarrasses Guyana Cricket

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Disgraceful – Dru Bahadur embarrasses Guyana Cricket

Dear Editor, We the stakeholders of Guyana cricket were informed by some of our national cricketers that an extremely ugly incident involving the President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Dru...

More pretenders, than serious contenders for GFF Presidential hopefuls

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on More pretenders, than serious contenders for GFF Presidential hopefuls

Dear Sir, Reference is herby made to the above caption as it related to an article by Iva Wharton published in S.N. 02.02.13 captioned “Harmon, Lovell, Matthias, Gilhuys, Lumumba in the running for...

The Attorney General is proposing the emasculation of the President’s constitutional powers of assent to Bills

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Attorney General is proposing the emasculation of the President’s constitutional powers of assent to Bills

Dear Editor, Anil Nandlall’s letter titled “Inaccurate utterances and a superficial acquaintance with the law” (KN, February 5, 2013) highlighted a practice that is undemocratic, despotic,...

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The PPP has started the intimidation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In politics, as in life, what goes around comes around. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic... more