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Girl, 3 clings to life after puma attack

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 3 clings to life after puma attack

A three-year-old child from Isseneru, Region Seven is now in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being mauled by a large feline creature suspected...

Works Ministry demolishes BM Soat properties

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Works Ministry demolishes BM Soat properties

…company to sue for damage to property The stand-off between BM Soat Auto Sales and the Ministry of Public Works ended with the auto dealer who had invested more than $8M in property on...

Cops arrest BM Soat workers

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops arrest BM Soat workers

The standoff between BM Soat and the Ministry of Works escalated last night with police detaining several of the auto dealer’s workers who had re-erected a section of a fence that was demolished...

Teenager shot dead by ex-lover on Boxing Day

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teenager shot dead by ex-lover on Boxing Day

A 17-year-old girl was shot dead around 02:00hrs on Thursday at Moraikobai Village, Mahaicony, by her ex-lover, when she asked him to leave her home and never to contact her again. The dead girl has...

Child Care Agency rescues three toddlers

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Child Care Agency rescues three toddlers

…three-yr-old found wandering in rum shop Days before Christmas, the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) were forced to intervene in two situations to ensure that three children,...

Guyana’s accountability framework remains a disaster- Greenidge

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s accountability framework remains a disaster- Greenidge

Despite efforts this year by the government through the Ministry of Finance to enhance the ability of several agencies to be more accountable and transparent, thereby boasting and...

Unlicensed driver charged for Chief Librarian’s death

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Unlicensed driver charged for Chief Librarian’s death

Three days after the fatal accident which resulted in the death of Chief Librarian, Gillian Thompson, a 24-year-old unlicensed driver, Odida Underwood, was brought before the court...

Dem boys seh…Bee Jay got experience wid husband

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bee Jay got experience wid husband

Christmas come and Christmas gone. Dem boys visit nuff place. Dem spend hours at de Tower Boxing Day; dem been to Gravity; dem been to Palm Court; dem pass by Seeta plus Geeta; dem ain’t see...

Derick Richmond wins national middleweight title and enhances reputation

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Derick Richmond wins national middleweight title and enhances reputation

Sends James Walcott to the ‘Sack’ By Michael Benjamin The recent devastating knockout victories over Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) middleweight champion, Edmond DeClou and upcoming...

Marcel Crawford, Berbice lawyer, horse racing enthusiast, dies

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Marcel Crawford, Berbice lawyer, horse racing enthusiast, dies

Senior Counsel, veteran horse racing enthusiast, community leader, former national cycling champion and sports enthusiast Marcel Crawford has died. The country is now poorer with the sudden...

Bowling gives us the edge – Dwayne Bravo

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bowling gives us the edge – Dwayne Bravo

ESPNcricinfo – Dwayne Bravo, West Indies’ ODI captain, believes his bowling attack will give his team the definitive edge in the five-match ODI series against New Zealand. Following a...

Steyn six brings South Africa roaring back

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Steyn six brings South Africa roaring back

ESPNcricinfo – The second day began with grey skies and a persistent rain that wiped out the morning session but when play began, more than three hours behind the scheduled start, it was...

Weightlifting continues to persevere despite though challenges

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Weightlifting continues to persevere despite though challenges

– focus on youth will continue in 2014 By Franklin Wilson For any sport to be viable, a necessary ingredient has to be athletes and in the weightlifting fraternity it is a well...

Letter to the Sports Editor…WHAT WE NEED IN BASKETBALL

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…WHAT WE NEED IN BASKETBALL

Dear Editor, I am penning this letter to the basketball fraternity, in fact to everyone who is genuinely concerned about the state of the game in Guyana. I am not throwing any stones, since I...

Cricket Review: Controversy continued to mar Guyana’s cricket in 2013

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket Review: Controversy continued to mar Guyana’s cricket in 2013

Guyana failed to win any title at any level Compiled by Sean Devers The year 2013 began with the unresolved dispute among cricket Board executives which continued from early January 2011 when...

St. Therese’s Win Heart of Oak Masters Inter Primary School Christmas Football

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on St. Therese’s Win Heart of Oak Masters Inter Primary School Christmas Football

Hearts of Oak Masters Football Organization continues to play its part in the development of Football in the New Amsterdam/Canje area, Berbice and Guyana in general with the staging of another...

Horserace meet rescheduled to 19th January 2014

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horserace meet rescheduled to 19th January 2014

The inclement weather that pervaded the country on Boxing caused the postponement of a number of activities. One such affected was the big Boxing Day horserace meet organised by the Kennard...

Chico/Kashif & Shanghai Secondary Schools Football Tournament…

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chico/Kashif & Shanghai Secondary Schools Football Tournament…

Ash Education maul President’s College; Ann’s Grove outlasts Bladen Hall Multi One day before Ash Education faced off with President’s College (PC) in the Chico/Kashif &...

Ogle woman dies after brutal beating

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ogle woman dies after brutal beating

– cops to seek murder charge against spouse Police are to seek murder charges against an Ogle, East Coast Demerara man in connection with the beating to death of his 34-year-old...

Two regional hospitals not providing optimal paediatric care – Study reveals

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two regional hospitals not providing optimal paediatric care – Study reveals

Guyana is one of the few countries in South America that has already achieved the Millennium Development Goal Four (MDG4) which speaks to the reduction of childhood mortality by two thirds by 2015....

Blackouts cripple Essequibo Coast

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Blackouts cripple Essequibo Coast

To curb Essequibo electricity woes, the facility that is installed and is supposed to power the Region with effective electricity, at Anna Regina Power Plant needs to be equipped with a...

Kirpalani’s clerk, aunt charged in $17M robbery

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kirpalani’s clerk, aunt charged in $17M robbery

Bail for store clerk of Kirpalani , Rajiv Rajesh Singh, was yesterday set at $500,000 when he and his alleged ‘accomplices’ appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry for...

The decadent Brassington “Clause”

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The decadent Brassington “Clause”

Winston Brassington, head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has by his very actions, skillfully crafted his own clause: “The Brassington Clause.” Under every...

Canadian company to resubmit proposal to Ministry

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian company to resubmit proposal to Ministry

President of the Panther Recycling Company, Michael Mosgrove, has announced that he would be resubmitting his recycling proposal to the Ministry of Local Government. Late last month,...

Jamaican Trade Unionist, PPP supporter passes on

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican Trade Unionist, PPP supporter passes on

As families and friends come together to celebrate this joyful season, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) bids farewell to one of its strongest supporters, Mr. Richard Hart, who passed away at...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more