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GT&T contributes $43 Billion to national treasury since 2000

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T contributes $43 Billion to national treasury since 2000

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has invested US$300M in Guyana since the beginning of operations. At present, the company is worth over $5B with 250,000 mobile subscribers and...

Ministry’s fire suspect… BRUTALISED

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry’s fire suspect… BRUTALISED

Visibly battered, shaking uncontrollably and unable to walk, Troy Small called ‘Cats’ was finally released from the Alberttown Police Station and was immediately rushed to the Georgetown Public...

Olympic-size pool to cost $316M

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Olympic-size pool to cost $316M

By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s first Olympic-size swimming pool is set to be completed by the first quarter of next year according to Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony. The...

Killer confesses to butchering lover’s mom

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Killer confesses to butchering lover’s mom

– leads cops to murder weapon By Michael Jordan Detectives listened yesterday as a 22-year-old bus conductor calmly related how he vented his fury at being spurned by butchering his...

Over 300 tombs desecrated in Le Repentir

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Over 300 tombs desecrated in Le Repentir

Even in their final resting place the dead are not resting in peace. Drug addicts continue to wreak havoc, damaging more than 300 tombs in the Le Repentir Cemetery in search of steel. At first the...

US$26M Hope Beach wind farm no longer feasible

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on US$26M Hope Beach wind farm no longer feasible

Hydropower plant will be aggressively pursued – Jagdeo By Gary Eleazar Guyana simply does not have favourable wind flow to justify the setting up of the intended wind farm at Hope Beach, East...

Correction

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Correction

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) does not engage in fortnightly billing as was incorrectly stated in an article published in the Wednesday’s edition of this newspaper. Rather, the entity bills...

Police should not remove hire cars from Govt. reserve at UG road – Minister Benn

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police should not remove hire cars from Govt. reserve at UG road – Minister Benn

The public interest will override private agendas as the police are acting out of their jurisdiction to remove hire cars from the Government reserve at the University of Guyana access Road, Turkeyen....

Former student forges exams certificate

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Former student forges exams certificate

Ganesh Singh, a former Richard Ishmael Secondary student who is now 21, went to great lengths to get accepted into the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). He allegedly committed forgery. The lot 613 Diamond...

Men remanded for stealing water tank

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Men remanded for stealing water tank

Leroy Pitt and Andrew James were both remanded on Wednesday when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson, to answer larceny charges. Between July 18 and July 19 both men stole...

Reifer (57) gives Bajans 46-run 1st innings lead against Guyana

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Reifer (57) gives Bajans 46-run 1st innings lead against Guyana

Griffith hits attractive 53 to pass 300 runs By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, TCL, Western Union, GSL, Pepsi, Smalta & Demerara Power Company Guyana were 95-4 in their...

I repeat, the President is not above the law

Jul 23, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on I repeat, the President is not above the law

I find it amazing that someone who admits that he has not read the post-2000 revisions that were made to the Constitution of Guyana, could have claimed, with some degree of alacrity and assertiveness...

Jamaica defy odds to cart off Challenge Cup and League titles

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica defy odds to cart off Challenge Cup and League titles

By Michael Benjamin After four days of pulsating cricket where fortunes swayed from one team to the next, Jamaica rose from their dismal second round, bottom of the table standing, to claim both the...

Rahaman hungry for success

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Rahaman hungry for success

By Rawle Welch After a disappointing conclusion to the race season last year, Group 2B driver Kemal Rahaman told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that he is eagerly looking forward to this Sunday’s Guyana...

BCB / Poonai Drugs Store launch U-13 Inter Zone tournament

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on BCB / Poonai Drugs Store launch U-13 Inter Zone tournament

Four Zones to battle for bragging rights The development of junior cricketers in Berbice has gone a step higher with the launching of the first ever Under-13 Inter Zone Cricket tournament by the...

Rudolph Mitchell aims for century mark as top race walkers gear up for action

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Rudolph Mitchell aims for century mark as top race walkers gear up for action

The nation’s top race walkers will once again compete for honours, when the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) stages another event, dubbed ‘the Soesdyke/Coverden Race Walk,’ scheduled for...

Mohan, Younge are new FIBA referees

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mohan, Younge are new FIBA referees

To develop clinic for local officials The Haynes Basketball Foundation confirmed yesterday that former national point guard, Lugard Mohan and former player Aubrey Younge are International Basketball...

Scotia Bank Berbice Cricket Academy to start Monday

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank Berbice Cricket Academy to start Monday

– 44 Under-15 & 19 players to attend The historic Scotia Bank Berbice Cricket Academy, hosted by the Berbice Cricket Board bowls off on Monday at the Port Mourant cricket ground from...

It was just an illusion

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on It was just an illusion

By Rawle Welch After a somewhat promising start to the year, where it appeared as though some sports administrators were showing vital signs of regaining consciousness and their respective...

John S.E. Hernandez Memorial Volleyball tourney to be staged Sunday

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on John S.E. Hernandez Memorial Volleyball tourney to be staged Sunday

The third annual John S.E. Hernandez Memorial Volleyball tournament is expected to get underway on Sunday at 10:00 hrs, on the Volleyball Court at the National Park. This tournament is sponsored by...

Monedderlust sweep Under-11 & 13 titles

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Monedderlust sweep Under-11 & 13 titles

– NAU 2nd, Rosignol 3rd Monedderlust FC, based on the West Coast of Berbice, showed their class at the junior level, when they captured both the Under-11 and 13 titles in the Berbice Football...

Taylor bangs in five as Rosignol thrash Strike Force 10-0

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Taylor bangs in five as Rosignol thrash Strike Force 10-0

When play in the Banks DIH Coca Cola Senior League continued in the Ancient County last Sunday, Rosignol’s Cornel Taylor found the back of the nets on five occasions to lead his team to a 10-0...

Rosignol United emerge top team in BFA/Coca Cola U-15 competition

Jul 23, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Rosignol United emerge top team in BFA/Coca Cola U-15 competition

In a very competitive Under-15 tournament, Rosignol United tallied 10 points from four matches to emerge as the top team, in the Berbice Football Association Coca Cola sponsored Youth Development...

Jamzone Summer Break Weekend launched

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jamzone Summer Break Weekend launched

As has become a tourism/leisure tradition on the local shores, the stage is once again set for entertainment seekers to enjoy the Jamzone Summer Break. Three nights of music and a day of beach games...

Trial of ‘cop killer’ commences in Berbice

Jul 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Trial of ‘cop killer’ commences in Berbice

The trial of Dorsette Mc Cammon, who is indicted for the murder of policeman, Micah Cort, finally commenced at the Berbice Assizes on Monday. The start of the trial was delayed on Thursday last, when...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more