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Man partially loses face in boat collision, critical

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man partially loses face in boat collision, critical

‘Y’all ain’t see we coming…them suck them teeth and speed away’ – Bow man reported A 57-year-old man was up to last night clinging to life after he was maimed in a speedboat collision in...

Maria van Beek quits

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Maria van Beek quits

-fails to pick out suspects during ID parade By Michael Jordan Fearing for her life after narrowly surviving a gunman’s bullet two Thursdays ago, Maria van Beek is stepping down as Commissioner of...

AFC failed to embarrass Govt. – Jagdeo

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on AFC failed to embarrass Govt. – Jagdeo

The Alliance For Change by way of an advertisement in the Trinidad Express attempted to embarrass the Government of Guyana and failed. This is according to Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo, in an...

Fire guts Regent Street Store

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fire guts Regent Street Store

Quick action by members of the Guyana Police Force, yesterday, saved what could have resulted in a multi-million-dollar disaster as a result of a fire that raced through a two-storied building at the...

Wanted man hits car dealership

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Wanted man hits car dealership

…one day after police bulletin published Even though the police have intensified their efforts to capture him with the setting up of a special unit, a known bandit on the East Coast of Demerara...

President optimistic that US will assist in resettling deportees

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on President optimistic that US will assist in resettling deportees

Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo, says that he does not believe that the deportee policy involving criminals from the United States will be changed when the issue is raised at the Caricom (Caribbean...

Police prepare to charge rogue cop for drug smuggling

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police prepare to charge rogue cop for drug smuggling

Three people, one of them a policeman and the other a member of the Special Constabulary, have been removed from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, following the bust of a drug...

AFC says new law flies in face of judicial ruling

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on AFC says new law flies in face of judicial ruling

Alliance For Change Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, argued in vain to stall the Elections Laws (Amendment) Bill that was piloted by Minister of Legal Affairs Charles Ramson. According to Ramjattan, the...

Local Authorities Bill goes to Parliament

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Local Authorities Bill goes to Parliament

The Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment) Bill 2009 has been sent to the National Assembly. The Fiscal Transfer Bill 2009 is to follow shortly. This is according to General Secretary of the...

Hit and run driver denied bail

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hit and run driver denied bail

… had allegedly dumped victim’s body Thirty-two-year-old Leroy Forde, of 67 Victoria Road, Plaisance, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was slapped with four charges ranging from causing...

Suction line failure resulted in Kingston fuel spill – GPL

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Suction line failure resulted in Kingston fuel spill – GPL

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has confirmed that a high pressure suction line failed within the bund wall and this resulted in the discharge of fuel into the banded area in Kingston just over a...

Woman remanded for arson charge

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Jasmattie Ali, who was held on Tuesday last after her home in 19th Street Foulis, East Coast Demerara was destroyed by fire, has been charged with arson. Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus remanded the...

Shot dispatcher stable, but cannot speak

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Shot dispatcher stable, but cannot speak

Seventeen-year-old Emmett Sauers, the taxi service dispatcher who was shot in the neck by bandits, Thursday evening, remains in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Sauers however...

IDB funding helps revamp financial sector

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on IDB funding helps revamp financial sector

The Fiscal and Financial Management Programme, a US$28M investment that was facilitated through a hybrid instrument, speaks to the first of two strategic areas within the Inter-American Development...

Seven small groups get US$59,000 grant from Ambassador’s fund

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Seven small groups get US$59,000 grant from Ambassador’s fund

Seven grants totaling in excess of US$59,000 were awarded to communities across Guyana under the Ambassador’s Self Help Fund. These grants were signed off yesterday by representatives of the...

‘It was a Crime of Passion’ – says man who beat Guyanese girlfriend in public

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘It was a Crime of Passion’ – says man who beat Guyanese girlfriend in public

In what was described as the worst domestic violence case ever brought before her, Senior Magistrate Mrs. Valerie Stephens, remanded Ovel Benjamin Mathew who allegedly beat his girlfriend in public...

GUYANA DOMINATES FIRST DAY

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GUYANA DOMINATES FIRST DAY

By Edison Jefford Shaunna Thornhill, Roxanna Rigby, Dellon DeAbreu and Triston Joseph gave local fans much to scream about at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary yesterday as Guyana completely...

French Guiana down Guyana in male and female football

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on French Guiana down Guyana in male and female football

Males triumph 2-0, Females prevail 7-0 It was double sadness for the host country on day one of the male and female football competition as French Guiana downed the Guyanese teams at the Guyana...

GTM three-day U-19 cricket : Demerara accept bad light offer as opening match ends in exciting draw

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GTM three-day U-19 cricket : Demerara accept bad light offer as opening match ends in exciting draw

By Sean Devers in Anna Regina In association with Arabian Hotel Demerara held on for a draw after losing first innings points to Essequibo on the final day of their three-day under-19 GTM...

GCB dissociates itself from Twenty/20 Festival

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GCB dissociates itself from Twenty/20 Festival

The Guyana Cricket Board has issued a statement distancing itself from the up coming 20/20 festival being organised by DJ Stress. The statement cited the manner in which the organisation of the event...

Bier & Prakash Singh Memorial, Vishnu Softball matches set for Sunday

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Bier & Prakash Singh Memorial, Vishnu Softball matches set for Sunday

Tomorrow at the Crabwood Creek Cricket Ground, three softball cricket matches, regardless of the weather, will played starting at 10:00am. The Corriverton Queens will take on the Crabwood Creek...

Taylor cops MVP award, Campbell gets batting honours in U-19 tournament

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Taylor cops MVP award, Campbell gets batting honours in U-19 tournament

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Jamaica and West Indies batting ace Stephanie Taylor has clutched the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award and Guyana’s Shemaine Campbell emphatically took batting...

Camptown squeeze past Golden Stars, Ann’s Grove stun Buxton United

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Camptown squeeze past Golden Stars, Ann’s Grove stun Buxton United

Defending champions Sunburst Camptown played the game of their lives to beat a tuff and resilient Golden Stars 6-5 on sudden death penalty kicks, coming from behind in the three periods of the game,...

GRFU men’s and women’s season opens tomorrow

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GRFU men’s and women’s season opens tomorrow

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will officially open its men’s and women’s Rugby season with the Banks DIH Sevens Championships tomorrow at the National Park rugby ground. The Opening...

Stiff competition envisaged as lower scrabble players battle for National status

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Stiff competition envisaged as lower scrabble players battle for National status

A keen tussle is anticipated when he Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) stages the prequalification tournament for second tier players at the Chamber of Commerce Building, Waterloo Street,...