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Guyana mulls drastic 20% trawler reduction

Aug 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana mulls drastic 20% trawler reduction

– vessels must have monitoring system by next July By Leonard Gildarie Facing dwindling stocks and a growing need for more protection, a widespread overhaul is coming to Guyana’s fishing...

Authorities issue ultimatum to over 350 ‘offenders’

Aug 20, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Authorities issue ultimatum to over 350 ‘offenders’

Illegal mining in Omai backdam… An estimated 350 persons said to be mining and operating illegally in the Omai backdam have reportedly been ordered from the area. While authorities yesterday said...

Suspected getaway car, driver held after Prairie Hotel robbery

Aug 20, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Suspected getaway car, driver held after Prairie Hotel robbery

Police on the East Bank of Demerara, moving quickly, intercepted a motorcar which they claimed had transported bandits to and from a robbery at the Prairie International Hotel yesterday. The car was...

Guyanese grandad robbed, beaten to death in NY

Aug 20, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese grandad robbed, beaten to death in NY

– taxi driver, accomplice charged (New York Daily News) -What should have been a simple ride home ended in murder when a livery cab driver and his pal beat a passenger to death and dumped him...

Workers vow to have fired colleagues reinstated

Aug 20, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Workers vow to have fired colleagues reinstated

Skeldon workers, on a two-day strike over the firing of four of the colleagues, have agreed to end their action and were expected to return to work last night. According to Chief Executive Officer...

Bandits snatch guns from security guards

Aug 20, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Bandits snatch guns from security guards

– Turn off cameras, sever telephone lines The police are currently investigating an armed robbery, which occurred at the Telcoms Solution at Industrial Site on the East Bank of Demerara...

Fugitive businessman transferred to maximum security prison in Brazil

Aug 20, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Fugitive businessman transferred to maximum security prison in Brazil

Businessman Euclid Da Silva, who was handed over to Brazilian authorities on Tuesday has been transferred to a maximum security prison on the Brazilian border with Colombia. Kaieteur News has learnt...

Courts (Guy) Country Manager to head Regional entity

Aug 20, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Courts (Guy) Country Manager to head Regional entity

Country Manager Courts Guyana Inc. Lester Alvis has been promoted to Managing Director of the OECS region for Courts Caribbean. This will be effective from September 1. The 45-year-old Alvis, who is...

Pollard in T&T’s team for ‘Grudge’ match at providence

Aug 20, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pollard in T&T’s team for ‘Grudge’ match at providence

Tickets go sale from Tuesday By Sean Devers Caribbean 20/20 champions Guyana will conclude their match practice for next month’s Champions League 20/20 cricket tournament in South Africa with...

WICB congratulates T&T women for triumph

Aug 20, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB congratulates T&T women for triumph

President hails 50-over League as superb advertisement St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on yesterday congratulated the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s team for their...

Moses/Ward catchweight fight is headliner; Gilkes to face King in rematch

Aug 20, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Moses/Ward catchweight fight is headliner; Gilkes to face King in rematch

The seventh edition of the monthly ProAm boxing extravaganza is scheduled to get underway on Friday August 27 next and fans visiting the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) for the live action are...

Gaskin leaves for youth athletics programme

Aug 20, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gaskin leaves for youth athletics programme

– Coach to be trained in Argentina Head Coach of the Mercury Fast Lanners Track and Field Club, Christopher Gaskin departed the country yesterday for Argentina where he will complete a Youth...

South Africa

Aug 20, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on South Africa

The euphoria of hosting a successful World Cup also brought international attention to conditions in South Africa, sixteen years after apartheid was abolished and free and fair elections ushered in...

The allegations of the former First Lady against President Jagdeo

Aug 20, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The allegations of the former First Lady against President Jagdeo

Stella Ramsaroop who used to write a frequent column in this paper dropped off the radar a few years ago because of serious illness, as she explained. But Stella is back already. Her Wednesday piece...

US is Guyana’s top import source in past decade

Aug 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on US is Guyana’s top import source in past decade

The United States continues to remain one of Guyana’s most significant trading partners over the past decade according to that country’s Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade...

Having a ‘vested inherent interest’ is not enough Mr. Minister

Aug 20, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Having a ‘vested inherent interest’ is not enough Mr. Minister

Dear Editor, I read with utter disbelieve, the response to questions posed to Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn while speaking to media representatives at the OMAI Linden Wharf,...

THE JOINT OPPOSITION HAS LOST A CRUCIAL STAGE OF THE STRUGGLE

Aug 20, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE JOINT OPPOSITION HAS LOST A CRUCIAL STAGE OF THE STRUGGLE

The joint opposition and other civic forces have been dealt a serious blow by the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the government of Guyana and the United States Agency for International...

Silence is no longer golden

Aug 20, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Silence is no longer golden

Dear Editor, The Swiss Inscription: Sprecfien ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden (Speech is silvern, Silence is golden) has not helped the Guyanese people. Corruption, malfeasance, wrongdoing of every...

Still champ!

Nov 29, 2022

– North Georgetown holds on to ‘Nationals’ swimming c/chip title By Rawle Toney Kaieteur News – The National Aquatic Centre at Lilliendaal was buzzing yesterday, where for the first...