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Sale of Buddy’s International Hotel…

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Sale of Buddy’s International Hotel…

St Maarten reporter admits error in sale price Yesterday, Head of Go-Invest, Geoffrey Da Silva, requested the assistance of the Guyana Press Association (GPA) to determine the identity of Judy...

Wife killer confesses, gets 15 years jail

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Wife killer confesses, gets 15 years jail

The 32-year-old man accused of stabbing to death the mother of his child was yesterday sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment after he accepted responsibility for the crime. Junior Barton, of 364 Kuru...

Customers complain as…

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Customers complain as…

GWI accused of flouting PUC rates decision Attempts by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to regularise its system of payment for water has resulted in several customers crying foul and even seeking...

Guyana, India ink US$50m development deal

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, India ink US$50m development deal

The Guyana and India Governments yesterday signed a US$50 million deal through a joint communiqué aimed at upgrading several sectors with emphasis on agriculture. Minister of Foreign Trade and...

Chauffeur’s arrest sparks rumour of Corbin’s detention

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Chauffeur’s arrest sparks rumour of Corbin’s detention

… PNCR leader says scenario may have been orchestrated to cause confusion Mark McKenzie, Robert Corbin’s chauffeur, was yesterday arrested, detained for about 90 minutes at the Brickdam...

Health Ministry spearheads three-pronged anti-drug campaign

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry spearheads three-pronged anti-drug campaign

The Ministry of Health, as part of the Drug Demand Reduction Programme, yesterday launched its Workplace Anti-drug Sensitisation Programme as well as a Television Programme “Changing Course” and...

Fredericks (63) again among the runs in final Guyana U-19 cricket trial

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fredericks (63) again among the runs in final Guyana U-19 cricket trial

By Sean Devers Skipper Royan Fredericks followed up his 88 in the last trial match with a confident 63 on the rain affected opening day of the third and final three-day Guyana

Trio lands in court for stealing cell phone

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Trio lands in court for stealing cell phone

Three men yesterday appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle to answer charges of larceny from the person. The three men, Bernard Sam, Kevin Floyd and Pascal Smith, are accused of...

Crime reports hurt local tourism —THAG

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Crime reports hurt local tourism —THAG

The incidents of violent crimes in Guyana continue to seriously affect the tourism industry because the country is plagued internationally with an over-inflated negative perception of crime spiraling...

The present registration system is tailor made for corruption

May 15, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on The present registration system is tailor made for corruption

Dear Editor, The blow-up over the possible misappropriation of funds is an indication of the backwardness, as well as corruption and deceit in the electoral process. To illustrate the backwardness of...

Neal and Massy 2008 40-over cricket competition (Berbice zone)

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Neal and Massy 2008 40-over cricket competition (Berbice zone)

Rain affects play but several teams record victories When the Berbice leg of this years Neal and Massy national inter club 40-over cricket competition got underway over the weekend in the Ancient...

Man remanded for breaking out of police station…twice

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for breaking out of police station…twice

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded a man to prison after he reportedly broke out of the Kitty Police Station on two occasions. The accused, 18-year-old Bernard Sam, was...

Outdoor ring set up at National Gymnasium

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Outdoor ring set up at National Gymnasium

-officials, boxers pleased with support Needing all the support it can get, amateur boxing in Guyana got just that when the entity received permission to construct an outdoor ring, at the National...

Godfrey ‘Half Man’ Eleazor Football competition

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Godfrey ‘Half Man’ Eleazor Football competition

Hearts of Oak masters trounce Cougars Hearts of Oak Masters’ Football Club of New Amsterdam trashed Cougars FC 4-0 when the Godfrey ‘Half Man’ Eleazor memorial four-team knockout competition...

New bus parks being prepared but…

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on New bus parks being prepared but…

Some bus operators refuse to comply, plan protest today Following the ripples through the Stabroek Market area by the demonstration staged by route 40 and route 48 minibuses to protest their anger at...

CARICOM leaders for EU-LAC summit

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM leaders for EU-LAC summit

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas. will be among four CARICOM Heads attending the two-day Fifth European Union-Latin American and Caribbean...

Digicel/Carib Sweet 16 KO Championship Quarter-finals kick off tonight – Kings face Tigers, Camptown test BV

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel/Carib Sweet 16 KO Championship Quarter-finals kick off tonight – Kings face Tigers, Camptown test BV

By Franklin Wilson The battle for places in the final four of the Digicel/Carib Sweet 16 knockout football championship is set to unfold tonight at the Plaisance Community Centre ground following the...

We need a govt. that can deliver for us

May 15, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need a govt. that can deliver for us

Dear Editor, The President and his cohorts in an effort to whip up political sympathy claimed that the PNCR should not protest against the PPP government because the problems of food shortage and...

GPL to host training programmes

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on GPL to host training programmes

Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) will be embarking on some new training programmes to provide its expanded customer base with electricity service and training. These training programmes will be...

Independence Chess tournament starts Sunday

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Independence Chess tournament starts Sunday

Oasis Chess Club Movie Night on tomorrow The Guyana Chess Federation will be hosting an eight round chess tournament beginning Sunday and conclude on Monday May 26. Three rounds will be played on...

A task for everyone

May 15, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on A task for everyone

Dear Editor, According to President Bharrat Jagdeo, Monday May 12, 2008, Kaieteur News “PNCR (is) blind to reality, only knows the language of the streets”. The President further stated, “I am...

St Joseph High triumphs in GBTI competition

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on St Joseph High triumphs in GBTI competition

The first round of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Inter-secondary school impromptu speaking competition concluded last Tuesday with St Joseph High School defeating Marian Academy. The...

Greene to contest biggest race of his career

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greene to contest biggest race of his career

–faces Bolt, Capel in 100m at Hampton He would always blather about someday competing on the big stage among some of the greatest names in modern day track and field and as destiny would have its...

CONCACAF U 20 Qualifying, Caribbean Zone

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF U 20 Qualifying, Caribbean Zone

Guyana lose to St. Vincent 1-2, Grenada plunder BVI 18-0 Guyana went under to St. Vincent & The Grenadines 1-2 in their opening group ‘D’ game of the CONCACAF under-20 championship Caribbean...

Govt. is making timely interventions

May 15, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. is making timely interventions

Dear Editor, What a vast difference in our capacity to respond and deaI with economic turbulences and sharply rising prices of basic food and other items at the present time as compared to the period...