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Island Princess repainted

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20,000 gls of fuel found on board Grenada police officials who boarded the Island Princess found the vessel intact and valuable equipment and other items on board. According to reports out of...

Hospital officials deny power outage caused child’s death

Oct 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Hospital officials deny power outage caused child’s death

– say equipment not affected during outage The Administration of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has refuted a Kaieteur News report suggesting that a girl succumbed as a...

GuySuCo withdraws from wages negotiation

Oct 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo withdraws from wages negotiation

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) are at odds once again. The two entities cannot seem to get through peaceful discussions....

Jagdeo says Guyana moving to finalise LCDS

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Government, civil society and donor representatives have met with 16 Amerindian communities to discuss the government’s proposed strategy to keep the forest standing and receive payments from the...

Dem boys seh… De Dick fit Gerry

Oct 14, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… De Dick fit Gerry

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Plank falls on labourer’s head, man hospitalised

Oct 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Plank falls on labourer’s head, man hospitalised

Gavin Liverpool, a 30-year-old resident of 32 Maxwell Alley, Section B Christianburg, Linden, and a worker attached to the Courtney Benn Contracting Services, which is effecting rehabilitation works...

Dismissed Customs officer still awaits compensation

Oct 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Dismissed Customs officer still awaits compensation

After seven years… By Brushell Blackman A former Customs Officer is still awaiting monies owed to him by his former employer. Brent Griffith, 44, of Agricola, East Bank Demerara, was dismissed...

Manhole murder victim identified

Oct 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Manhole murder victim identified

– best friend’s body found in canal five months ago The decomposing body found in a manhole near the Guyana Licence and Revenue on Monday is that of an Alberttown labourer whose best friend...

Seven-member team excel at Int. Pan Caribbean Martial Arts C/ships

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seven-member team excel at Int. Pan Caribbean Martial Arts C/ships

Capture 19 medals, 9 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze By Franklin Wilson Led by consistent high performer, trainer and Coach Troy Bobb, a seven-member Guyanese team did their country proud when they...

You should be there

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on You should be there

Excitement expected in all categoriesBy Rawle Welch The collective pronouncement throughout the years from many motor racing fans is that it is one of the biggest weekends in sport annually in this...

‘Best’ team could tour Australia

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Best’ team could tour Australia

As WIPA, WICB come to agreement By Sean Devers The bitter contractual dispute between WIPA and WICB seems to be finally coming to an end with both parties agreeing on all but two issues. This...

Disciplinary Committee boycotts Bentley meeting

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Disciplinary Committee boycotts Bentley meeting

Cyclist, Lawyer left ‘high and dry’ By Edison Jefford There was streaming light at the end of the dark tunnel that connected Jude Bentley to the continued rift with the Guyana Cycling...

Chanderpaul to play in GCB cricket Festival next weekend

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul to play in GCB cricket Festival next weekend

By Sean Devers The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) confirmed through its television commercials this week that former West Indies Captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul will play in its 20/20 Cricket Festival...

Parliamentary Secretary chides GFF for impartial attitude

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Parliamentary Secretary chides GFF for impartial attitude

By Michael Benjamin Parliamentary Secretary, Steve Ninvalle is up in arms with executive of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), accusing it of impartial and counterproductive behaviour as well...

NA United assured of retaining c/ship with 5-0 whipping of Scottsburg

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on NA United assured of retaining c/ship with 5-0 whipping of Scottsburg

Defending champions New Amsterdam United (NAU) retained the Coca Cola Senior Football Championship in Berbice following a comprehensive 5-0 win over home team Scottsburg United on the weekend....

NIS Tapeball festival set for Sunday

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on NIS Tapeball festival set for Sunday

Denmore Garment Factory donate jerseys The National Insurance Scheme Sports Club will host a four-team Tapeball Cricket competition this Sunday at their Carifesta Avenue Sports Club ground commencing...

Kings tackle Ann’s Grove in tonight’s feature game

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kings tackle Ann’s Grove in tonight’s feature game

The Ansa McAl-sponsored East Coast Demerara Premier League Football Championships continues this evening at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground where a riveting double-header is expected to...

Raul Frank/Andrew Lewis title eliminator suffers further postponement

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raul Frank/Andrew Lewis title eliminator suffers further postponement

The middleweight elimination bout between Raul Frank and Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis, initially scheduled for this month end has suffered a further setback following an injury incurred by Frank during...

Lucky Lindener cops Republic Bank’s Cube

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Lions celebrate “World Sight Day”

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The Lions club of D’urban Park has been commemorating World Sight Day for the past decade and has offered its services to those in need. This year, the eye clinic was hosted at the Guyana Cricket...

Digicel injects $6M into Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha Diwali programmes

Oct 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Digicel injects $6M into Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha Diwali programmes

This year’s national Diwali motorcade which began at several Praants nationwide last week culminates Friday with the largest showcase of floats in the history of the event. As a major corporate...

Albouystown man remanded for armed robbery

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A resident of Albouystown was remanded to prison yesterday on two counts of robbery under arms in the Albouystown area. Tony Ogle, 34, of Albouystown, Georgetown, and a father of two, was refused...

IGG Cycling Team has 90 percent chance

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on IGG Cycling Team has 90 percent chance

Says Coach, William Howard By Edison Jefford William Howard spewed more confidence in the male Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) cyclists than in the females but that was only understandable given the...

City Hall guarantees salaries for rest of 2009

Oct 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on City Hall guarantees salaries for rest of 2009

While ‘on time’ salary payments has been an age old plague for the Georgetown City Council staffers, the Municipality’s Deputy Mayor Robert Williams is assuring that those days are guaranteed...

Sports Ministry/NSC holds another Day of Inter-Action

Oct 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports Ministry/NSC holds another Day of Inter-Action

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport along with the National Sport Commission in collaboration with the Regional Democratic Council of Region #3 successfully hosted a Day of Interaction on Sunday...

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The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment

Peeping Tom… “The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment” Kaieteur News – The cries... more