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Police do not have direct access to CCTV – Crime Chief

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police do not have direct access to CCTV – Crime Chief

The Guyana Police Force may not be as efficient as it ought to be in terms of using the surveillance cameras deployed at strategic points in the city and its environs to aid in the apprehension of...

Even the dead can’t rest in peace

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Even the dead can’t rest in peace

Even in their final resting place the dead are not resting in peace as over a dozen tombs at the St Mary’s Anglican Church, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara were found to be desecrated....

Nine former employees sue GEA for wrongful dismissal

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Nine former employees sue GEA for wrongful dismissal

…picket head office Nine former employees of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) are not taking their recent dismissals lying down. Through Attorney-at-Law Basil Williams, the sacked workers served...

Amaila Falls deadline is artificial – APNU

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Falls deadline is artificial – APNU

‘Brassington wants us to believe the world will end’ Failure to get full financing for the US$840M Amaila Falls hydro project before year-end could see the final costs rising even more....

Dem boys seh…It does pay fuh peep sometimes

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…It does pay fuh peep sometimes

It got to be that Brazzy and he people who fighting to push de Amaila Falls got something to hide. And is a good thing Vincent Alexander ketch Boodoo fiddling wid de elections results. Believe it or...

Guyana team depart for Regional U-19 tourney

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana team depart for Regional U-19 tourney

The Guyana U-19 team departed yesterday for St. Kitts where they will contest the 2013 Regional U-19 Three-day and 50-over tournaments. The 14- man squad is being led by Shawn Perreira and includes...

2013 Digicel Schools Football Championship…AEI superior speed and skill sink St. Ignatius

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2013 Digicel Schools Football Championship…AEI superior speed and skill sink St. Ignatius

By Rawle Welch Displaying superior speed, skills and strength, Region 5 champions Ash Educational Institute (AEI) eased past a game, but clearly outclassed St. Ignatius Secondary as play in the 2013...

$Education, Discipline, Sports must be taken seriously-Kumar at MCY&S\NSC Academy$

Education, Discipline, Sports must be taken seriously-Kumar at MCY&S\NSC Academy

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Education, Discipline, Sports must be taken seriously-Kumar at MCY&S\NSC Academy

The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport (MCY&S)\National Sports Commission (NSC) cricket academy concluded last Friday at Enterprise Community Centre on the East Coast of Demerara with 38 young...

Narine – It was a good day for me

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narine – It was a good day for me

WICB – GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Sunil Narine returned to his best form with a magical spell of off-spin bowling as West Indies rebounded to beat Pakistan in the second One-Day International on...

Digicel U-18 Inter School Football Championships…Santa Rosa Secondary whip Mahdia Secondary to seal quarterfinal berth

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel U-18 Inter School Football Championships…Santa Rosa Secondary whip Mahdia Secondary to seal quarterfinal berth

By Michael Benjamin A clinical display of tactical football saw Santa Rosa Secondary School recovering from a 1-0 deficit to thrash Mahdia Secondary 4-1 and advance to the quarterfinal stage...

Enterprise Busta Sports Club Support Kamesh Yadram

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enterprise Busta Sports Club Support Kamesh Yadram

Members of the Enterprise Busta Sports Club on the East Coast of Demerara recently donated a quantity of cricket gears to national U-19 vice captain Kamesh Yadram. Yadram who received 1...

K&B Mining renews sponsorship for fourth edition

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on K&B Mining renews sponsorship for fourth edition

K&B Mining and Hardware Supplies yesterday renewed its sponsorship of the upcoming Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic IV, which will be held at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve...

BCB/Scotia Bank Cricket Academy bowls off Monday

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Scotia Bank Cricket Academy bowls off Monday

The 6th Annual Berbice Cricket Board (GCB) and Bank of Nova Scotia Cricket Academy would bowl on Monday 22nd July, 2013, at the Area “H” Ground in Rose Hall Town. The academy would...

RHTYSC honours National U-19 pair

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC honours National U-19 pair

A press release from the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club yesterday said the club’s Patron Beverley Harper, President Keith Foster and the Management of the Rose Hall Town Youth...

Letter to the Sports Editor…BCB disappointed with the GCB’s handling of Sylus Tyndall

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…BCB disappointed with the GCB’s handling of Sylus Tyndall

Dear Editor, The President and Executive Members of the Berbice Cricket Board would like to express in the strongest possible way their disgust at the Guyana Cricket Board treatment of...

Tackling the crime situation

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Tackling the crime situation

Five robberies in one day in the city are most unusual. It therefore came as no surprise that the private sector representatives began to cry out for action by the police and the other law...

Zoo overhaul plan unveiled

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Zoo overhaul plan unveiled

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud on Tuesday evening, urged the commitment of more resources towards the development of Guyana’s Zoo and parks around the country as...

Drug mix-up sparks recall of Rugby Enteric Aspirin

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Drug mix-up sparks recall of Rugby Enteric Aspirin

The Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department (GAFFD) have issued statements recalling a batch of ‘Rugby’ brand Enteric coated Aspirin Tables. The recall is due to a mix up with...

Combating city vectors high on Vector Control Services agenda – Director

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Combating city vectors high on Vector Control Services agenda – Director

In what can be described as a move to help restore the capital city to an acceptable state, the Ministry of Health through its Vector Control Services Unit has plans to introduce an intense...

THE MAKING OF A HERO

Jul 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MAKING OF A HERO

I met him one day in London, sitting in a pub sipping a soda. He would have fitted better in a café where the drinks are softer and the conversation quieter, less common and more...

Auto Parts store robbed; two employees attacked

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Auto Parts store robbed; two employees attacked

With the spate of robberies plaguing the business community for the past week, an auto parts store was yesterday robbed by two gunmen who pretended to be potential customers. According to the...

Two-vehicle accident sends both vehicles into trenches

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two-vehicle accident sends both vehicles into trenches

These two vehicles ended up in separate trenches in the vicinity of Warren at No 19 East Coast Berbice, after they were involved in an accident. According to information, at...

Police adjusting strategies to deal with crime increase

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police adjusting strategies to deal with crime increase

– five killed in armed robberies within two weeks The recent spike in violent criminal activity has forced the local police to adjust their strategies in a valiant attempt to curb the...

Bhim urges new apprentices to improve “troubling” sugar industry

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bhim urges new apprentices to improve “troubling” sugar industry

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Paul Bhim, called on apprentices yesterday at the Port Mourant Training School’s 52nd Annual Graduation...

TB/HIV fight faces multiple challenges…Some patients not taking medication, 24 co-infected patients died last year

Jul 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on TB/HIV fight faces multiple challenges…Some patients not taking medication, 24 co-infected patients died last year

By Neil Marks Some patients who test positive for the deadly combination of Tuberculosis and HIV abruptly stop taking the prescribed medication, challenging health care workers to track...

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Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy Eagles

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more