February 5, 2015 - Page 2 of 2

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

GCUC OGM set for February 15 at GNIC

Feb 05, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCUC OGM set for February 15 at GNIC

The Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) of the Guyana Cricket Umpires Council (GCUC) will be held on February 15 at GNIC Sports Club at 10:00 hrs. Among the items on the agenda are Financial Statement,...

Preparations continue for Jumbo Jet Sprint Classic horserace meet

Feb 05, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations continue for Jumbo Jet Sprint Classic horserace meet

Preparations are continuing for the much anticipated Jumbo Jet Sprint Classic, one day Pre Mashramani horserace meet in collaboration with the Rising Sun Turf Club set for Sunday 22nd February at the...

Mahaica land dispute murder… Dead man’s father remains in a coma

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica land dispute murder… Dead man’s father remains in a coma

A Mahaica rice farmer remains in a coma at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, one day after his son was bludgeoned to death during a bitter land dispute at Handsome Tree, Mahaica Creek....

G.S.S.F. pays courtesy call on MCY&S after First Annual General Meeting

Feb 05, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on G.S.S.F. pays courtesy call on MCY&S after First Annual General Meeting

Board members of the Guyana Sport Shooting Federation paid a courtesy call on the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and presented documents which were adopted at the 2015 AGM of the G.S.S.F. held...

Children’s Mashramani Competition continue with more spectacular performances

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Children’s Mashramani Competition continue with more spectacular performances

The amazingly crafted performances continued yesterday at the National Cultural Centre. There were even more spectacular displays as the Georgetown Regional Children’s School Competition entered...

Miner freed of Mahaica farmer’s murder

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Miner freed of Mahaica farmer’s murder

Almost five years after he was indicted for murder, Orin David, called ‘Plait Hair’ or ‘Malik’ was yesterday freed after a mixed 12-member jury found him not guilty of the offence. David, who...

Family seeks assistance to continue search for missing ASL crew

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Family seeks assistance to continue search for missing ASL crew

The family members of the Air Services Limited (ASL) crew that went missing over an interior jungle Region in late December are determined to keep up the search for their relatives. The pilot’s...

GPSU approved as observers for May 11 polls

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU approved as observers for May 11 polls

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has been approved as a Local Observer Group for the upcoming elections, the body announced Tuesday. According to the union, as a stakeholder in the Guyanese...

Marriott hires 239 staffers; 228 are Guyanese

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott hires 239 staffers; 228 are Guyanese

…admits recruiting 30 staffers from other hotels Chairman of Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI), Winston Brassington, has denied that a significant number of foreigners are being recruited for the running...

Touring the market place!

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Touring the market place!

A transformed Bartica Community Market was the location recently identified as a tour destination for a group of children from the Precious Gems Nursery School. The young minds, numbering just over...

Night Guard charged with burglary

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Night Guard charged with burglary

Wendell Humphrey, a 32-year-old night guard appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday last, to answer charges of burglary. Police are...

Construction worker charged with break and entering

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Construction worker charged with break and entering

Leroy Seaforth appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Monday last, to answer a charge of break and entering. Police Prosecutor Inspector Michael Grant, alleged that the accused,...

Man charged for trafficking two grams of cocaine

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged for trafficking two grams of cocaine

A 41-year-old man yesterday appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer a drug trafficking charge. Daro Peters, on February 2, last, reportedly had in...

300 middle income house lots allocated in Zeeburg/De Willem

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 300 middle income house lots allocated in Zeeburg/De Willem

More than 100,000 persons have benefited from the housing drive of Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) in Region Three. According to CH&PA, in its latest drive, more than 1000...

Police being investigated for Nabaclis man shooting

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police being investigated for Nabaclis man shooting

The Guyana Police Force has launched an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara resident, Sherwin Jack, last week Wednesday. Jack, 37,...

Berbice criminal assizes open

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice criminal assizes open

– 31 murder cases listed The police contingent led by Assistant Superintendent Ronald Ali and Inspector Michael Newland and with support from Sergeant Randy Hamilton led a 25-man contingent...

Banks DIH Berbice sales increase by 2.4 per cent

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH Berbice sales increase by 2.4 per cent

Banks DIH Berbice, surpassed sales by $54M, an increase for 2.4 per cent, and growing from 1,591,000 units to 1,601,000 units. This was revealed on Sunday by Banks DIH Berbice Operations Manager,...

Teen gets four years jail for beating, robbing woman

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Teen gets four years jail for beating, robbing woman

Kelvin Bates, 18, a cane cutter of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice was sentenced to four years in jail, yesterday, by Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh when he appeared before him at the Albion...

Take a stand before drunken drivers decimate the land

Feb 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Take a stand before drunken drivers decimate the land

DEAR EDITOR, Again the killing fields of Guyana are in the news, with the recent road deaths due to speeding and not heeding, coupled with drinking and not thinking. In my less lucid moments I have...

We must all strive to resist the temptation of domination

Feb 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must all strive to resist the temptation of domination

DEAR EDITOR, Let me from the outset state, frank, open and honest discussion on race is different from race being a criterion to be presidential candidate. Every citizen under the Guyana...

UG needs a structured and holistic approach to prevent further damage

Feb 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG needs a structured and holistic approach to prevent further damage

DEAR EDITOR, No one can dispute or has ever disputed the comment in the Editorial of Sunday, SN February 1, titled UG, that one core problem at the university is the government’s attitude that a...

Publishing is no longer confined to any fixed location

Feb 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Publishing is no longer confined to any fixed location

DEAR EDITOR, In his reply to my letter, Ruel Johnson says there are no publishers in Guyana. This is untrue. Publishing, like so many other businesses and services, is no longer confined to any fixed...

Guyanese should elect a President who can inspire the nation

Feb 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese should elect a President who can inspire the nation

DEAR EDITOR, On May 11, Guyanese will be voting to elect a new government. It is the fifth election under the PPP and the tenth since Independence. It is clear that the President buckled under the...

Freddie kissoon column – A minority PPP government in 2015 will increase the PPP’s inflexibility

Feb 05, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie kissoon column – A minority PPP government in 2015 will increase the PPP’s inflexibility

Outgoing British High Commissioner, Andrew Ayre, made the point that a minority government has to work with a majority parliament. He went on to explain why and though avoided blunt language, implied...

Bandits snatch $ 4.5 million from businesswoman

Feb 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits snatch $ 4.5 million from businesswoman

Police have launched an investigation into a robbery which reportedly occurred about 14: 00 hours in the vicinity of German’s Restaurant, New Market Street, Georgetown yesterday. According to...