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Amaila represents a liability for taxpaying dollars

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila represents a liability for taxpaying dollars

… Govt. admits this by looking to guarantee GPL payments- Ram, Gaskin “The savings that are being touted by the Government and the Private sector Commission are false and...

Children among several injured as drag-racing bus crashes

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News 7

Fifteen passengers, including two children, were injured at around 19:30 hrs yesterday after the driver of a drag-racing minibus crashed on the East Bank Public road near Agricola. Among the injured...

Concern over fate of missing policewoman deepens

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Concern over fate of missing policewoman deepens

– cops question, release boyfriend Concern about the fate of Lance Corporal Patriena Nicholson has deepened, with police questioning the woman’s boyfriend, and relatives, searching hospitals...

Mocha Murder…Who killed Delon Melville?

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News 2

As investigators try to bring together the missing pieces of the gruesome murder of Delon Melville, a close associate believes that the act which was meted out on the dead man was one of a...

Caribbean Airlines Limited to review fare structure

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News 10

– following meeting with Gov’t, Private Sector Government officials recently met with executives from Caribbean Airlines Ltd. to address key issues such as customer service,...

Fernandes, Binnie retain CASA #1 positions

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fernandes, Binnie retain CASA #1 positions

Guyanese Nicolette Fernandes and Jamaican Chris Binnie have retained their number one positions after the completion of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) senior championships on Saturday...

Bolt, Fraser-Pryce take third gold in relay sweep

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bolt, Fraser-Pryce take third gold in relay sweep

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce signed off from the Moscow world championships by claiming their third gold medals with the two 100m and 200m sprint champions...

RBC/Bryden & Fernandes Cycle Meet…Orville Hinds rides brilliantly to win feature 30-lap race

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on RBC/Bryden & Fernandes Cycle Meet…Orville Hinds rides brilliantly to win feature 30-lap race

By Franklin Wilson Marketing Manager of Bryden & Fernandes Mark Kendall and dozens of cycling fans and supporters were treated to the Orville Hinds brand of cycling when the Team United Cycle...

Several players to benefit as Diamond Tennis Club Summer Camp commences

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several players to benefit as Diamond Tennis Club Summer Camp commences

As executives of the lawn tennis fraternity continue to devise initiatives towards the development of the sport, a group of eager persons out of the Diamond EBD community have started sessions and...

Greaves cops top spot in Malta Supreme Cycle Race

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves cops top spot in Malta Supreme Cycle Race

The Second Annual Malta Supreme 11-race cycle programme sponsored by Banks DIH Ltd staged Saturday morning at the Inner Circuit of the National Park resulted in Alonzo Greaves emerging winner in the...

Hafeez knocks Antigua Hawksbills out

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hafeez knocks Antigua Hawksbills out

ESPNcricinfo – The Antigua Hawksbills were fighting to keep themselves alive in the Caribbean Premier League 2013. The Guyana Amazon Warriors needed 16 off the final over, in a chase of 167. On...

Suriname invited to play supporting game at Providence

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suriname invited to play supporting game at Providence

– as Guyana face-off with T&T on Aug 30&31 By Sean Devers Suriname have been invited to participate in the supporting game of the Guyana/ Trinidad and Tobago T20 clash at the Guyana...

$Regional Women’s T\20…Guyana beat Dominica by 8 wkts$

Regional Women’s T\20…Guyana beat Dominica by 8 wkts

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Women’s T\20…Guyana beat Dominica by 8 wkts

Guyana defeated Dominica by eight wickets in the second round of the Regional Women’s T\20 tournament in Grenada yesterday. Dominica were never allowed to score freely after they batted first and...

North R/veldt resident celebrates 100

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on North R/veldt resident celebrates 100

With family and close friends around, Lillian Jackson of Lot 3665 North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, celebrated the remarkable milestone reaching her hundredth birthday. Slightly fatigued by the...

Backer salutes top students but worry about those “slipping through the cracks”

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Backer salutes top students but worry about those “slipping through the cracks”

By Abena Rockcliffe While A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s Debra Backer is impressed by the performance of this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) standout...

What we need are results, not finger pointing and inscrutable statistics

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on What we need are results, not finger pointing and inscrutable statistics

Dear Editor, Recent comments in the media on the Guyana Police Force’s Strategic Management Department leave me wondering if certain destructive agendas are not in play. A reformed police force,...

Guyana Watch ends clinic at Belle West Primary School

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch ends clinic at Belle West Primary School

– team saw 1,995 patients The Guyana Watch Medical team completed its last clinic on Saturday at the Belle West Primary School. The team saw a total of 1,995 patients in less than a...

UG’s “Reading is Fun” programme ends

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UG’s “Reading is Fun” programme ends

A total of 75 children from Sophia were presented with awards and certificates for their participation in the University of Guyana’s ninth edition of the ‘Reading is Fun’ programme....

The public has rejected the Amaila project

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The public has rejected the Amaila project

Dear Editor, On the stage on which the politics of Guyana is being performed, one would expect at any moment to see the appearance of Habeeb Khan or Jerry Lewis to participate in the pantomime. On...

Harsher sentences needed to stop acid attacks

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Harsher sentences needed to stop acid attacks

– legal official The recent spate of persons being attacked with corrosive substances is causing concern for both the police and the judiciary. Although there are severe penalties for...

Greenidge refutes Jagdeo’s claims about cost of Mazaruni project

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Greenidge refutes Jagdeo’s claims about cost of Mazaruni project

The withdrawal of Sithe Global, the major contributor to the controversial Amaila Hydro Project because of the lack of unanimous parliamentary support for it was met with strong criticism by...

Mavado blasts local promoters after no-show at National Stadium

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mavado blasts local promoters after no-show at National Stadium

By Latoya Giles Jamaican Dancehall star David Constantine Brooks, known as ‘Mavado’ yesterday blasted the Slingerz Promotion Group for his non-appearance on Saturday night at the...

Can tracker dogs still play a major role in local crime solving?

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Can tracker dogs still play a major role in local crime solving?

Do you know that the Guyana Police Force once hired out one of its tracker dogs to help capture a dangerous Caribbean criminal? Have you ever heard of the famous dog, Rio that helped to solve...

This is about the number of votes

Aug 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is about the number of votes

Dear Editor, I write to bring to light publicly an issue that has been spiraling out of control which the Tuschen/Uivtlugt Neighbourhood Democratic Council is currently dealing with. I am 65 years...

Mentally ill woman lives in hollow tree

Aug 19, 2013 KNews News 2

– residents call her “dangerous” By Rehana Ashley Ahamad To kids, it might seem like the ultimate “George of the Jungle experience”, but it may very well be that the woman living...

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Guyana boys team selected for 2025 PAHF Jr Challenge

A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more