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2014 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition…Sookra (61), Jawahir (53), Sannasi (4-15) see D’Edward through to play-offs

Oct 27, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2014 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition…Sookra (61), Jawahir (53), Sannasi (4-15) see D’Edward through to play-offs

– Fort Nassau also advance D’Edward defeated Ithaca by 190 runs in Zone C (West Bank Berbice) of the 2014 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition to complete a clean...

Sattaur collected full retirement package in 2012

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sattaur collected full retirement package in 2012

– Who authorized his duty free vehicle one year later? Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur, had his retirement package approved and paid to him in...

Urgent strategy needed to avoid Ebola panic – Greenidge

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Urgent strategy needed to avoid Ebola panic – Greenidge

– “irrelevant” visa restrictions far from comforting The panic that erupted last week after a woman was quarantined at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has led...

Dumping of waste oil in Atlantic…AFC wants SCG to be held legally accountable

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dumping of waste oil in Atlantic…AFC wants SCG to be held legally accountable

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling for “appropriate sanctions” to be made against Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) for the dumping of environmentally hazardous waste into the Atlantic...

Elderly Wismar woman’s body found

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly Wismar woman’s body found

– was missing for seven days The seven-day search for elderly Wismar resident Desiree Monica Fraser came to a sad end on Friday, after her body was found at North-East Kara Kara, over...

Shot female minibus passenger dies

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shot female minibus passenger dies

– almost three months after attack Plaisance resident Bernadette Campbell, who was shot in a minibus by a hooded gunman almost three months ago, has succumbed to her injuries. A relative...

Dem boys seh …Anil, he uncle and Sattaur telling jumbie story

Oct 27, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh …Anil, he uncle and Sattaur telling jumbie story

De more people travel is de more dem does see and hear. A lil gyal was flying from New York to Guyana wid she mudda to celebrate Halloween. When she walk into the plane fuh guh to she seat she ask...

East Canje man charged with violating 12 year old

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje man charged with violating 12 year old

Leonard Bristol, 22 of Lot 37 Bristol Street, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice who works as a private /hire car driver, has been charged with sexual assault of a minor. The man, a former soldier is...

Oct 27, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on

BEN BRADLEE IS DEAD. LONG LIVE GLENN LALL When you live to the age of 93 you would have seen a great deal in your lifetime. Ben Bradlee, the former Executive Editor of the Washington Post not only...

Miner severely injured after tree falls on his tent

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miner severely injured after tree falls on his tent

Miner Ralph Stevens is lucky to be alive after a tree fell on his tent during a rainstorm at 14 Miles Issano, last Thursday. Stevens, of Kaburi Village, which is located along the Bartica-Potaro...

Sattaur says he imported ‘a wreck’

Oct 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sattaur says he imported ‘a wreck’

Dear Editor, I welcome this opportunity to clarify the obvious and grave misunderstanding that the owner of the newspaper has over my vehicle. I yield willingly to this opportunity as I feel that...

The recess has ended and our Members of Parliament must get back to work

Oct 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The recess has ended and our Members of Parliament must get back to work

Dear Editor, The authority that the people have given to the parliamentarians embodies their will and determination in pursuit of their goal for an improved quality of life. The back and forth about...

The focus should be governance beyond elections

Oct 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The focus should be governance beyond elections

Dear Editor, One of the fundamental problems to be surmounted in Guyana is our inability to become involved in genuine dialogue and to compromise and find consensus in the interest of the entire body...

More Diwali celebrations in America

Oct 27, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on More Diwali celebrations in America

Dear Editor, While Diwali celebration may be over in Guyana, in the US, the celebrations continues with a Diwali Yatra and cultural variety concert in West Palm Beach by organizers of Guyanese...

We owe it to the victims

Oct 27, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We owe it to the victims

Frequent horrific road deaths repeatedly shock our society into agonized awareness of the deadly effects of combining alcohol with driving; but this has not yet resulted in decisive, effective action...

Weeks after Linden-Lethem crash…Third victim succumbs

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Weeks after Linden-Lethem crash…Third victim succumbs

Six weeks after a speeding pickup suffered a blowout and overturned on the Linden-Lethem roadway, killing two of the five occupants, another person injured in the accident succumbed yesterday...

GPHC concludes International Infection Prevention Week

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC concludes International Infection Prevention Week

In observance of International Infection Prevention Week which commenced on October 19, the Georgetown Public Hospital’s (GPHC) “Infection Prevention and Control Committee” conducted...

Police get more corporate help

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police get more corporate help

The law enforcement efforts of the police on the East Coast of Demerara were made a bit easier on Saturday, thanks to a public spirited Guyanese who has a penchant for proper road safety....

Remigrant hits market with locally – packaged chips

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Remigrant hits market with locally – packaged chips

A remigrant who was finding life tough in another country decided to pioneer a local chip- making cottage industry in the tiny East Canje Berbice village of Number Two and his product has hit...

Seven months later…Shot cop seeks justic

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Seven months later…Shot cop seeks justic

Samuel Elvis, the 24-year-old policeman who was mistakenly shot by his colleague on March 20, last, is still demanding justice from the Guyana Police Force. Elvis, who had his right leg...

Mother of two killed while crossing road

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of two killed while crossing road

– Driver in police custody A 58-year-old woman was killed on Saturday, reportedly after being struck by a car while crossing the East Coast Demerara Public Road near Happy Acres. Joan...

Freeman Street woman shot in stomach

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Freeman Street woman shot in stomach

– residents finger close associate Police are trying to find out how a 25-year-old woman ended up being shot in the stomach at around 23.00 hrs on Friday at her Lot 88 Freeman Street,...

Guyana breaks monthly rice export record – Dr. Leslie Ramsammy

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana breaks monthly rice export record – Dr. Leslie Ramsammy

– lands new rice deals with Caribbean states The rice industry is once again, churning out an outstanding performance as Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy disclosed yesterday...

GRPA links with faith-based groups on reproductive health

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GRPA links with faith-based groups on reproductive health

Despite some concerns from conservative groups, the Guyana Responsible Parent Association (GRPA) is actively engaging faith-based communities on matters surrounding reproductive health and...

Resuscitation of Amaila Falls Project an election gimmick – Harmon

Oct 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Resuscitation of Amaila Falls Project an election gimmick – Harmon

By Latoya Giles While President Donald Ramotar has said that the Amaila Falls Hydro Project can be operational by 2019, Opposition Member for the APNU, Joseph Harmon has dismissed the...