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Man shot in face while fighting off bandit

Aug 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot in face while fighting off bandit

A 30-year-old handyman was shot in the face at around 20.15 hrs yesterday while fighting with a robber who had attacked him in ‘C’ Field, Sophia. Anderson Garrett, of Spurwing Drive, South...

Emancipation festivities create vivid imagery

Aug 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Emancipation festivities create vivid imagery

By Kiana Wilburg The African heritage and the significant contributions made to Guyana’s cultural fabric was honoured and remembered in grand style yesterday at the National Park. Guyanese from all...

Army Lieutenant to be disciplined for shooting recruit

Aug 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Army Lieutenant to be disciplined for shooting recruit

A Board of Inquiry has recommended that disciplinary action be taken against army Lieutenant Othneil Hope for his accidental shooting of recruit Vernon Harding at Base Tacama, Berbice, last...

Bus driver’s alleged killer still at large

Aug 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver’s alleged killer still at large

– despite promises to turn self in The man who allegedly stabbed minibus driver Gavin Fiffee to death on Thursday remained at large yesterday, despite reassurances from some family members that...

Tender Board ignores Public Works pricing recommendation

Aug 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tender Board ignores Public Works pricing recommendation

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board continues to ignore recommendations to award public works contracts to the bidder whose bid is 15 percent above or below the engineer’s...

Finance Ministry continues to discriminate in ads placement

Aug 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Ministry continues to discriminate in ads placement

Kaieteur, Stabroek News sidelined, Guyana Times favoured Government is continuing its practice of denying advertisements to private, independent media houses, opting instead for a Government-friendly...

Dem boys seh…De Creatah might spare, but not Uncle Sam

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Creatah might spare, but not Uncle Sam

Greed is a thing that can kill people. In Guyana dem does call it laang guts. Greedy people eat, dem belly full but dem eye nah full. Dem does eat. Tek Kwame. He got one li’l boy. He nah satisfy...

Book Review…Fate and free will collide in Haitian drama

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…Fate and free will collide in Haitian drama

Book: Akin To No One by Nicole Titus Reviewer: Dr. Glenville Ashby ‘Akin To No One’ is an existential masterpiece. It is vintage story telling that moves, provokes, and instructs. Haitian...

Regional U-19 three-day cricket …Guyana are Champions!!

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-19 three-day cricket …Guyana are Champions!!

Set 193 to avoid an innings defeat T&T stumbled to an embarrassing innings and 41-run loss as host Guyana claimed Championship honours first the first time in seven years when the last day of...

Usain Bolt helps Jamaica reach Glasgow 2014 4x100m relay final

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Usain Bolt helps Jamaica reach Glasgow 2014 4x100m relay final

BBC Sport – Superstar sprinter Usain Bolt anchored the Jamaican 100m relay squad into today’s final despite a scare and insisted again that he was delighted to be in Glasgow. Bolt has been...

IGG Swimming Day 1…van Lange and Simmons cop Ind. Gold

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on IGG Swimming Day 1…van Lange and Simmons cop Ind. Gold

– Guyana trail Suriname and French Guiana overall; As anticipated it was always going to be an uphill task for Guyana swimming against old rivals Suriname and French Guiana; that is how the...

All set for Kennard Memorial Post emancipation Horse race meet tomorrow…

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for Kennard Memorial Post emancipation Horse race meet tomorrow…

Trophy Stall on board, Score’s Even poised to return in ongoing duel with Treacle All systems are in place for the Annual Kennard Memorial Turf Club Post Emancipation meet tomorrow at their track...

Guyana Amazon Warriors and Jamaica Tallawahs ready for tense encounter

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Amazon Warriors and Jamaica Tallawahs ready for tense encounter

CPL – Two of last season’s finalists will square off in a crucial encounter today in the Limacol Caribbean Premier League that could decide the fate of where both teams stand heading into St....

Teams urged to build closer relations as 2014 Inter Guiana Games commences

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams urged to build closer relations as 2014 Inter Guiana Games commences

Amidst the sonorous beats of the Guyana Police Force drums, the three contingents from French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana paraded before a high level delegation led by Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds,...

Regional U-19 Three-Day Cricket …Barbados beat Leewards to end on a high

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-19 Three-Day Cricket …Barbados beat Leewards to end on a high

Barbados, who last won a Regional under-19 three-day title two years ago in Jamaica, ended this year’s tournament with a consolation eight-wicket win at Enmore yesterday against the Leewards, who...

Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Competition…Keen competition among top teams as event nears conclusion

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Competition…Keen competition among top teams as event nears conclusion

With competition so desperately close, four teams emerged tied on points for the lead at the end of the pool round in the junior division of the Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Competition. ...

GCB President Drubahadur welcomes victorious National U-15 team

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB President Drubahadur welcomes victorious National U-15 team

President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Drubahadur was on hand to welcome the victorious national U-15 team in the wee hours of yesterday morning at the Cheddi Jagan International airport. The...

Regional U-19 Three-Day tournament…Windwards and Jamaica play to a draw

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-19 Three-Day tournament…Windwards and Jamaica play to a draw

Windward Islands and Jamaica played to a draw when their third and final round game of the Regional U-19 3-Day tournament ended yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium. Leading by 20, Jamaica were...

Surinamese beat Everest at Football

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Surinamese beat Everest at Football

As the Everest Cricket Club centenary year activities continued, Everest hosted a football team Weg Nast Zee from Suriname last Saturday. The team consisted of a number of businessmen who sought to...

Vieira thanks sponsors and fans for their support

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vieira thanks sponsors and fans for their support

Astride a 2007 Yamaha R6 Road Bike that was hastily modified to race, reigning Guyana and Caribbean Superbike champion Stephen Vieira showed that he has lost none of his skills when he raced to first...

Guyana beat French Guiana in IGG basketball showdown

Aug 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana beat French Guiana in IGG basketball showdown

– hunts first male title in seven years By Edison Jefford Guyana withstood severe pressure from French Guiana last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to bounce away with an impressive win...

GPHC gets US$38,000 dialysis machine

Aug 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC gets US$38,000 dialysis machine

A dialysis machine valued US$38,000 was, on Thursday donated to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in the name of late Krishna Samaroo of De Kinderen Canal No.1 Polder, West Bank...

Four days later…Shot passenger remains a patient at GPHC

Aug 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Four days later…Shot passenger remains a patient at GPHC

Bernadette Campbell, one of the two passengers who were shot by a lone gunman on Tuesday night, remains in a critical condition in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s High...

Guyanese man, daughter locked in Canadian deportation battle

Aug 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man, daughter locked in Canadian deportation battle

Canada (Thestar.com) – A Canadian aboriginal girl is being forced to leave her Ajax home for an uncertain life in Guyana with her Guyana-born father, her sole custodian, who faces...

“Turtle’ sprints away as family sets trap for bird thieves

Aug 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Turtle’ sprints away as family sets trap for bird thieves

Three men, who decided to use the opportunity of the absence of a family to steal their birds, got it all wrong last Saturday. One of the intruders was caught red-handed while his accomplices...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more