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COP Inter-Division t20 cricket …HQ beat ‘B’ division, ‘E’ get walkover from ‘C’

Apr 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on COP Inter-Division t20 cricket …HQ beat ‘B’ division, ‘E’ get walkover from ‘C’

The Commissioner of Police (COP) Inter Division t20 Cricket Competition, sponsored by C. Persaud Dental Clinic and Laboratory, continued yesterday with ‘E’ division getting a walk-over from...

NGSA gets underway incident free

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NGSA gets underway incident free

Mixed emotions prevailed yesterday as the 2014 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) got underway. Pupils decked in their school uniforms were seen scurrying to the various examination centres across...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy playing stupid again

Apr 17, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy playing stupid again

Every time a big one dead under suspicious circumstances people does always run to see if he got insurance. When dem bad men did kidnap that big businessman and then dem cut off he head, people find...

Demerara Lionesses feed children of Ptolemy Reid Centre

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Lionesses feed children of Ptolemy Reid Centre

The Demerara Lionesses recently provided lunch for the fifty-five students of the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre on Carmichael Street, Georgetown. The venture was part of the Club’s activities...

NAREI reaps first batch of English potatoes

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NAREI reaps first batch of English potatoes

– Making strides in diversification programme The National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) have been successful in producing its first batch of English potatoes, as...

Greenhouse gas emissions on the rise-FAO

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Greenhouse gas emissions on the rise-FAO

Emissions from agriculture, forestry and fisheries have nearly doubled over the past 50 years and could increase an additional 30 per cent by 2050, without greater efforts to reduce them. According...

$22B more approved for spending

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $22B more approved for spending

…Finance Minister amends Budget to give Judiciary lump sum allocation The National Assembly approved several billion dollars for a number of government agencies and Ministries as the Committee of...

Tain Corentyne murder accused guilty, gets 20 years each

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tain Corentyne murder accused guilty, gets 20 years each

The two accused in the Tain Corentyne murder trial have been found guilty of murder and sentenced to 20 years in jail, each. The two accused, Joshua Persaud, called ‘Sunny Boy’ and ‘Bun Boy’,...

Women’s groups stage protest

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s groups stage protest

– Says issues being neglected Members of a number of women’s groups gathered outside Parliament building yesterday, calling on politicians to put more effort into addressing issues affecting...

Day Care baby died of pneumonia

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Day Care baby died of pneumonia

A post mortem examination done yesterday on little Phillip Anthony Pratt, revealed that the infant died of Hemorrhagic Bronchopneumonia. The four month-old was discovered dead at around 09:55hrs on...

Aircraft Owners Association disappointed at budget cuts on Aviation sector

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Aircraft Owners Association disappointed at budget cuts on Aviation sector

The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana say they feel disappointed that the recommendations which were urged by the Aviation Industry for the development of the sector received minimal recognition...

AG appeals High Court ruling against Sooba

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AG appeals High Court ruling against Sooba

…warns City Hall against any move to remove Town Clerk Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday filed legal documents in the Court of Appeal challenging the ruling of Chief Justice (CJ) Ian...

Indiscipline is rampant

Apr 17, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Indiscipline is rampant

The police have long declared zero tolerance against those who seem bent on breaking the traffic laws, but this has not proven a deterrent. Errant motorists continue to exist in large numbers on the...

Local malaria fight gets financial injection from Global Fund

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local malaria fight gets financial injection from Global Fund

Guyana’s malaria fight has been boosted by a US$1.2 million Global Fund grant, which according to the Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Director, Dr. Reyaud Rahman, will be utilized over the...

Granger politicking with security and citizens’ rights- Rohee

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Granger politicking with security and citizens’ rights- Rohee

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) through its General Secretary Clement Rohee has taken offence over recent statements made by Leader of the Opposition David Granger that the country is...

Essequibo Coast mother pursues son’s killer

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo Coast mother pursues son’s killer

Shirley Dyal, a Essequibo mother, who resides in Venezuela is requesting the assistance of the local police to mobiles some form of strategy in apprehending her son’s killer. Dyal’s son,...

Guysuco workers strike after snake bites worker

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guysuco workers strike after snake bites worker

More than 90 workers of the harvesting E Gang of the Guysuco Rose Hall Estate on Wednesday walked off the job to protest the treatment meted out to a colleague who was bitten by a snake whilst...

Charity police find decomposed body

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Charity police find decomposed body

Police attached at the Charity Outpost, were on Wednesday alerted to the discovery of the body of an unidentified man in a cow pasture aback of New Road, Essequibo Coast. The farmer who made the...

Kitty porter remanded for trashing mother, spouse

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty porter remanded for trashing mother, spouse

– Magistrate asks defendant whether he is a kick boxer A 32-year-old porter accused of thrashing his mother, and the mother of his children, was remanded to prison when he appeared before...

WILL THERE BE TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP?

Apr 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WILL THERE BE TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP?

The vast majority of Guyanese do not have access to cable television. Either the service is not available in their area or the cost is beyond their means. As such, the vast majority of Guyanese...

Government has replaced discourse with partisan propaganda – Nagamootoo

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Government has replaced discourse with partisan propaganda – Nagamootoo

Alliance For Change (AFC) Executive Member, Moses Nagamootoo, has announced that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) which has the minority in the National Assembly has unenthusiastically...

Rodney CoI to begin Tuesday

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rodney CoI to begin Tuesday

The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry is still scheduled to begin next Tuesday. Kaieteur News was told that the secretariat was still dispatching letters to potential “witnesses”. Recently the...

Man to face retrial for killing D’Urban Street woman

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man to face retrial for killing D’Urban Street woman

After almost four hours of deliberation, the case against murder accused, Anthony Morrison ended yesterday, in a hung jury verdict. Morrison appeared before Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed...

GPL looking for 10,000 wallaba poles

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL looking for 10,000 wallaba poles

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is inviting bids for the supply of wallaba poles. According to the state-owned company, the posts will be used for extension of its network and...

Albouystown vendor fined, jailed for drug peddling

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown vendor fined, jailed for drug peddling

A city Magistrate yesterday sentenced a 28-year-old Albouystown vendor to three years in jail after he confessed to trafficking drugs “to make ends meet.” Yesterday, Magistrate Ann McLennan told...

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