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Voir Dire commences in two High Court murder trials

Jan 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Voir Dire commences in two High Court murder trials

Three murder trials got underway yesterday with two of the cases already attracting a voir dire (a trial within a trial). Three prosecution witnesses gave evidence before Justice Navindra...

Cotton Tree man on trial for murder

Jan 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cotton Tree man on trial for murder

The charge of murder against Nazrudeen Jahoot, called “Buddy”, of Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, began on Tuesday in the Berbice High Court before Justice Brassington Reynolds and...

Family unhappy with police action into suspicious death

Jan 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Family unhappy with police action into suspicious death

The relatives of 21-year-old Anthony Biswah are not happy with the way the police are treating his death. Convinced that the young man was beaten to death, the relatives are accusing the police of...

Avon donates garbage bins to City Hall

Jan 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Avon donates garbage bins to City Hall

– hopes that they are put to good use Avon, via its sole authorized distributor and official consultant-Beauty and Home Systems (Guyana) Incorporated— is yet another entity opting to assist...

Teachers need to be taken seriously in 2013

Jan 10, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Teachers need to be taken seriously in 2013

Dear Editor, I would like to extend on behalf of the executives of the Upper Demerara Branch of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, a happy and productive 2013 to all teachers. Let us in this...

Two major concerns that need to be addressed

Jan 10, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two major concerns that need to be addressed

DEAR EDITOR, There are two major concerns that we the residents of Ann’s Grove-Bee Hive, would like to highlight to the relevant authorities. Firstly, the main access road that leads...

AFC should not support Granger’s call for inquiry from 2004 to 2010

Jan 10, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on AFC should not support Granger’s call for inquiry from 2004 to 2010

DEAR EDITOR, After ‘disappearing’ from the scene for the past few months, David Granger is back with a motion – not with a motion to create an anti-corruption agency or to...

Rohee lacks credibility to institute police reform

Jan 10, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rohee lacks credibility to institute police reform

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Mr Harry Gill’s letter in the Kaieteur News Jan 5, 2013, in which he blames the opposition for holding the security of the nation at ransom. It is the PPP...

Guyana in 2012: The positives

Jan 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana in 2012: The positives

Two organizations enhanced their presence on the social milieu last year and maybe they have led to enhanced expectations that there may be more of a sustained pressure on the Government to be more...

Demerara are GCB 50 over inter county Champs

Jan 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara are GCB 50 over inter county Champs

E’bo beat President XI by 148 runs By Zaheer Mohamed Demerara defeated GT&T Berbice by two wickets to capture the Guyana Cricket Board Senior 50-over Inter County title at the Everest Cricket...

Derbyshire eye up Chanderpaul

Jan 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Derbyshire eye up Chanderpaul

West Indian also among Worcs targets Derbyshire hope to pull off a coup by signing the world No. 2 Test batsman, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, for part of the 2013 season. Regarded as one of the...

GCB CONGRATULATES PERMAUL & TEAM ON HARD FOUGHT VICTORY

Jan 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB CONGRATULATES PERMAUL & TEAM ON HARD FOUGHT VICTORY

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is especially pleased and proud of this hard earned victory that you and the team achieved in our opening game on Monday evening against the CCC team. Congrats!!! We do...

Athletics sustain momentum and growth

Jan 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletics sustain momentum and growth

By Edison Jefford There is absolutely no doubt that local track and field has sustained a busy schedule domestically and internationally last year following the new Athletics Association of...

Pork Knockers Promotions Inc. to host Bob Marley 7-a-side football

Jan 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pork Knockers Promotions Inc. to host Bob Marley 7-a-side football

Football teams on the East Coast of Demerara and fans will commemorate the birth anniversary of Jamaican and World renowned Reggae Icon, Nesta Robert Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981)...

Lumumba challenges FIFA to ensure resolution in Guyana situation

Jan 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lumumba challenges FIFA to ensure resolution in Guyana situation

President of the Alpha Football Club, Odinga Lumumba, has again written to Football Governing Body FIFA, this time pointing out areas in which the FIFA team that is scheduled to visit here this month...

New Era ENT. March Madness Basketball tournament set for March 9

Jan 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Era ENT. March Madness Basketball tournament set for March 9

Eight teams, eight playing dates $200,000 1st prize The term ‘March Madness’ is more commonly affixed to the USA’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Division I Basketball...

Unique Entertainment/Banks Premium Beer Futsal to kick off January 25

Jan 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Unique Entertainment/Banks Premium Beer Futsal to kick off January 25

24 Linden teams to clash for $500,000 first prize Beginning January 25, Futsal heads to the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court as 24 teams are set to battle it out in the inaugural Unique Entertainment...

Powerlifting – Success story continued in 2012

Jan 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powerlifting – Success story continued in 2012

– 90% of 5-year plan; 2008 – 2012, achieved While most of the other sports organizations will be looking at their performance over the past 12 months or so, the Guyana Amateur...

FIFA/CONCACAF joint mission for Guyana this week

Jan 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA/CONCACAF joint mission for Guyana this week

Representatives from the world governing body for football, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association...

Kashif & Shanghai 2012/13 Chico U-13 football restarts Saturday

Jan 09, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kashif & Shanghai 2012/13 Chico U-13 football restarts Saturday

After a break due to the inclement weather and other incidentals the Kashif & Shanghai Chico U-13 Inter Primary School Football Competition is set to resume on Saturday 12th January, 2013 at...

New GPC still to supply drugs four years after collecting money—AG Report

Jan 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New GPC still to supply drugs four years after collecting money—AG Report

— $80M spent since 2008 still to be cleared By Abena Rockcliffe The Ministry of Health (MOH) was in 2010 unable to provide receipts to prove that it collected $30M worth of drugs and medical...

NIS boss quits after clash with Board

Jan 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NIS boss quits after clash with Board

In a signal that all continues not to be well at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), its head, Doreen Nelson, yesterday resigned after reportedly refusing to accept a recommendation from its...

Region 10 Chairman rejects unrest assumption…‘We are fully committed to keeping the peace’

Jan 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 Chairman rejects unrest assumption…‘We are fully committed to keeping the peace’

By Abena Rockcliffe In light of the recent pronouncements made by Presidential Advisor, Gail Teixeira that deemed Region 10’s postponement of a scheduled meeting with the government as a...

Chinese couple in court over assault of girl, 11

Jan 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese couple in court over assault of girl, 11

The Chinese couple accused of assaulting an 11-year-old girl appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, yesterday. Jiang Pen Ren, 42, and her husband, Jun Zhang, 32, faced assault...

Disturbed female teen beats cop in station, causes uproar at court

Jan 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Disturbed female teen beats cop in station, causes uproar at court

A 16-year-old fifth form student of Berbice Educational Institute who disobeyed her parents and then beat a female police corporal in a station, before causing uproar at the New...

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GPF arrests Presidential Guards by 48 runs as cricket action gets underway

Due Process, Not Distraction

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the following release from the Office of the Leader of the Opposition: “MORE PPP DESPARATION:... more