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2 caught in high drama M’cony kidnapping

Sep 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 2 caught in high drama M’cony kidnapping

– police rescue victims, hunt three more suspects By Dale Andrews and Leonard Gildharie An early morning drama near the Abary River, West Berbice yesterday ended with the spectacular rescue of...

Attacker in failed rape bid throws victim off Demerara Harbour Bridge

Sep 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Attacker in failed rape bid throws victim off Demerara Harbour Bridge

A woman who could not swim managed to save herself last night after she was thrown off the Demerara Harbour Bridge by a suspected robber/rapist. Her attacker was still at large up to press time last...

Ogle Airport receives International Certification

Sep 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ogle Airport receives International Certification

…as Jagdeo urges greater collaboration with Private Sector By Gary Eleazar Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ogle Airport Michael Correia yesterday officially received from Minister of...

Victim was stabbed at least 20 times – PM reveals

Sep 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Victim was stabbed at least 20 times – PM reveals

A post mortem performed on the remains of 44-year-old Motilall Singh has revealed that the US-based Guyanese died as a result of shock and haemorrhage due to multiple stab wounds. According to a...

Griffith, English, Whyte-Nedd and the march of elected dictatorship

Sep 10, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Griffith, English, Whyte-Nedd and the march of elected dictatorship

Guyana is indeed an enduring tragedy of the 20th century. You picked up your news papers in 1950, and there was no good news about the future of British Guiana. Twenty years later, your newspapers...

A FREE PRESS IS THE HALLMARK OF A FREE AND OPEN SOCIETY

Sep 10, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A FREE PRESS IS THE HALLMARK OF A FREE AND OPEN SOCIETY

Most often when a broadside is fired against the media, it is accompanied by a passionate defence of the very freedom that is being assailed. This reminds me very much of a situation in which a man...

US-sponsored Bel Air Nursery School commissioned

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For the first time in 27 years, the Bel Air Nursery school is housed in its own building, a development which was made possible through Operation New Horizons, a US Southern Command-sponsored...

Brazil, Cuba send new ambassadors

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The Guyana government yesterday accredited two new ambassadors from countries which are among its most important allies in development – Brazil and Cuba. The new Brazilian ambassador, Luiz Gilberto...

Blind man struck by minibus

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– sustains broken legs Fifty-nine year-old Mocha Arcadia resident Overton Douglas is hospitalised with both his legs broken, and suffering from head and other injuries, after being hit by a...

Pele, Flamingo, Conquerors, Brazilians into next round

Sep 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Pele, Flamingo, Conquerors, Brazilians into next round

Pele wacked Golden Stars 10-0, Flamingo eased past Uitvlugt 4-1, Fruta Conquerors brushed aside Timehri Panthers 8-0 and the Brazilians schooled Thomas United 6-2 when the 6th Annual...

35 referees participate in GFRC/GFF Annual Fitness Test

Sep 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on 35 referees participate in GFRC/GFF Annual Fitness Test

FIFA Instructor Merere Gonzales attend The Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) in association with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on Saturday last conducted its Annual Fitness Test at the...

FIFA Referee Roy Mc Arthur retires from International duties

Sep 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on FIFA Referee Roy Mc Arthur retires from International duties

FIFA Referee Roy McArthur has announced his retirement from officiating in International matches. McArthur, who has been on the FIFA Panel since 2002 said he will continue to carry the whistle in...

Jamzone 2009 pageant winners collect prizes

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School of Nations opens new location

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Following months of renovation to the former Woodbine Hotel complex in New Market Street, School of Nations opened its new location on Monday. The new building offers more than twice the space of the...

Police hunt for wounded pirate

Sep 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police hunt for wounded pirate

ALBION, CORENTYNE – Detectives in Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force are on the hunt for a suspected pirate who was reportedly shot during an incident just off the Albion Foreshore....

Berbice cricket is going places

Sep 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice cricket is going places

Dear Sir, The article in the Sports section on 8th September, 2009 under the caption “Officials disappointed after national players desert clubs for private tourney” ends with the following...

Representing your country is important…

Sep 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Representing your country is important…

– Cadogan instils in IGG basketball squad By Edison Jefford Robert ‘Bobby’ Cadogan wants the 15-member national junior basketball squad to know that representing their country is an...

Boodram 94 in vain as Pomeroon, North E’bo and Leguan chalk up victories

Sep 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Boodram 94 in vain as Pomeroon, North E’bo and Leguan chalk up victories

Former national U-19 batsman Mahendra Boodram hit an attractive 94 but his team Central Essequibo still went down to Pomeroon by 3 wickets as play in the Essequibo leg of the Neal and Massy 1st...

Narine 86, Manichand 72, Federicks 59 highlight third round

Sep 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Narine 86, Manichand 72, Federicks 59 highlight third round

Pomeroon and South Essequibo recorded victories as the Busta Essequibo 50 overs Cricket Festival continued last Sunday with two matches in Zone A. At Lima, Pomeroon defeated North Essequibo by 93...

Alleged drinks case thief shot

Sep 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Alleged drinks case thief shot

A man who claims he is innocent of any crime is now nursing a gunshot wound to his right leg as a patient in the Georgetown Hospital. However, residents in the immediate environs of Charlotte Street...

No water, no electricity – NDC Chairman

Sep 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on No water, no electricity – NDC Chairman

For the past four days, residents at Leguan have been without electricity and running water, due to the collapse of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) generator. Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC)...

No 8 Village win Norman Singh Memorial SC softball Cricket

Sep 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on No 8 Village win Norman Singh Memorial SC softball Cricket

No 8 Village softball cricket team of West Coast Berbice are the winners of the inaugural Norman Singh Memorial Sports Complex Inter-Village 10 overs softball cricket competition, which was played...

Court action may be Whyte-Nedd’s only option – GPSU

Sep 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Court action may be Whyte-Nedd’s only option – GPSU

By Sharmain Cornette The absence of the Public Service Appellate Tribunal (PSAT) may leave Acting Chief Education Officer, Ms Geneveive Whyte-Nedd, with the single option of seeking redress in a...

Hampshire defeat Orient by 39 runs

Sep 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Hampshire defeat Orient by 39 runs

Hampshire CC defeated Orient CC by 39 runs as play in the Guyana Beverage Inc. Busta 20/20 cricket competition continued last Sunday at the Bartica Community Centre Ground with one match. Led by Troy...

$20 million budget earmarked for GCB one-year development plan

Sep 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on $20 million budget earmarked for GCB one-year development plan

$3 million Regional 20/20 and Super Concert for Providence on Oct 23 & 24 By Sean Devers President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh yesterday told the media that the governing body...

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The PPP/C also drank the IMF/ World Bank Cool-Aid

Kaieteur News – The curious thing about politicians is how easily they forget their own past while presenting a revisionist... more