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Child among four executed

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Child among four executed

Four persons were gunned down in an execution-style drive-by shooting that rocked the lower East Coast Demerara community of Cummingslodge last evening at about 19:30hrs. Among the dead is a...

Wood shredder victim earned $18,000 a month

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wood shredder victim earned $18,000 a month

– Father questions safety measures at Barama The father of the 19-year-old labourer whose mangled remains were found in a wood shredder on Thursday, is questioning whether lax safety measures...

Price tag moves from $316 to $455 million

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Price tag moves from $316 to $455 million

Olympic-size pre-fab pool at Pattense… When will it finish? Over two years after the initial construction started and a number of missed deadlines, the long-awaited Olympic-size swimming pool...

Police yet to link ‘Cobra’ to crimes

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police yet to link ‘Cobra’ to crimes

Two days after wanted man Tyrone Kacey Rowe called ‘Cobra’ surrendered to the police, officials are yet to say whether they have sufficient evidence to lay any charges against him. Rowe, who...

Abuse of Lotto funds, NICIL revenues also addressed

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Abuse of Lotto funds, NICIL revenues also addressed

… AFC complaints to US State Dept. Apart from the issues surrounding Makeshwar Fip Motilall and Synergy Holdings Inc that were raised by Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan with...

GRA employee charged for causing death

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GRA employee charged for causing death

– placed on $200,000 bail Thirty-four year-old Ann Abigail Arthur, of South Ruimveldt Park, was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail for causing death by dangerous driving when she made her first...

Alleged gold thief beaten to death at Mazaruni mining camp

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged gold thief beaten to death at Mazaruni mining camp

Police are questioning several persons at Tamakay, Middle Mazaruni, in connection with the death of a 30-year-old man who was chopped and beaten to death while allegedly stealing gold from a mining...

Colloquium in US today on Guyana’s future

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Colloquium in US today on Guyana’s future

A Colloquium will be held in the United States by some prominent Guyanese as well as members of the Diaspora to have a constructive dialogue to decipher a way forward locally. The meeting will...

General Marine Masters Cup and Female Softball cricket begins September 12

Sep 04, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on General Marine Masters Cup and Female Softball cricket begins September 12

The Guyana Floodlights Cricket Association (GFCA) is now embarking on the third such tournament which starts next Sunday September 12 at various venues throughout the country. This third tournament...

Dependable Spares outfits DCC

Sep 04, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Dependable Spares outfits DCC

Dependable Spares of Eccles, East Bank Demerara is maintaining their relationship with the Queenstown based Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) which began last year. Yesterday, Manager of the entity Joshua...

Guyana’s Rugby team must bring ‘A’ game to Delhi – Whipple

Sep 04, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Rugby team must bring ‘A’ game to Delhi – Whipple

Technical Director, Joe Whipple speaking recently, said that Guyana needs “to bring our A game” to the forthcoming Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens Tournament to be competitive with the other...

Overseas-based Guyanese contribute more $$

Sep 04, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese contribute more $$

As Guyana CLT20 team get ready for South Africa By Sean Devers The Guyana Champions League Twenty/20 cricket team getting ready for their toughest assignment yet from next Sunday in South Africa next...

ProAm television programme to be aired on HBTV 9 this weekend

Sep 04, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on ProAm television programme to be aired on HBTV 9 this weekend

President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Peter Abdool is pleased with the impact that the ProAm boxing cards have made since it’s inauguration on February 28 last. Towards this end,...

GNIC workers down tools for brief period

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GNIC workers down tools for brief period

– call for more pay, better working conditions More than 50 workers of the Guyana National Industrial Corporation Inc. (GNIC), Lombard Street, yesterday downed tools, calling for higher pay and...

Region to benefit from IICA Director General’s visit

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Region to benefit from IICA Director General’s visit

The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Dr. Víctor Villalobos, will pay an official visit to Guyana from September 6 -9. This is his first...

Roy Beepat versus “Fip” Motilall: Time to rumble

Sep 04, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Roy Beepat versus “Fip” Motilall: Time to rumble

Just when you thought it was safe to travel on the East Bank highway, another product will fill up the stadium. It is not football, cricket or a musical concert, it is a boxing match set up by no...

Govt. subsidising entertainment while CLICO victims wait – Corbin

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. subsidising entertainment while CLICO victims wait – Corbin

“While the administration continues to squander the people’s resources for politically sponsored activities, and provide tax exemptions to foreign artistes, the victims of the CLICO debacle are...

Countrywide fixtures released as Super Sixes cricket tournament gets underway

Sep 04, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Countrywide fixtures released as Super Sixes cricket tournament gets underway

Merely hours after the launching of the Super Sixes cricket tournament, the organizers have released the fixtures with the first set of matches scheduled to get underway on Sunday September 5....

GLU officially calls off strike action

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GLU officially calls off strike action

M&CC pays wages and salaries Strike action proposed by the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) is officially off as the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown was yesterday able to fulfil a promise to pay...

‘We are supporting you every minute’ DCB tells Guyana Amazon Conquerors

Sep 04, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘We are supporting you every minute’ DCB tells Guyana Amazon Conquerors

Demerara Cricket Board President Bissoon Singh said in a press release yesterday that the DCB were supporting the Guyana Amazon Conquerors T/20 cricket team which will represent the entire Caribbean...

Aspiring writers given tips to improve skills

Sep 04, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Aspiring writers given tips to improve skills

Education Month officially begins on Monday September 6 and ends on October 6 and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in partnership with the Caribbean Press, facilitated a one-day creative...

THE BICYCLE TALES

Sep 04, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE BICYCLE TALES

This time I was in one of the yellow cabs proceeding eastwards along Church Street. At the junction of Camp Street, the driver braked and rolled to a stop as the traffic signal was red. It was a long...

Cougars swamp Strike Force 9-0; Pistons edge Mahaica Determinators 2-1

Sep 04, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Cougars swamp Strike Force 9-0; Pistons edge Mahaica Determinators 2-1

When rivalry in the 3rd Annual Cheddi Jagan KO memorial football competition continued last weekend in Berbice, a total of 12 goals were recorded in the two matches contested at Burnham Park, New...

The AFC is the only political force with credibility to engage in constitutional transformation

Sep 04, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The AFC is the only political force with credibility to engage in constitutional transformation

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the independent press captioned, “The traditional PPP historiography is fundamentally flawed”, by Dr Jeffrey on August 28, 2010, in response to a letter penned...

Roy Beepat versus “Fip” Motilall: Time to rumble

Sep 04, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Roy Beepat versus “Fip” Motilall: Time to rumble

Just when you thought it was safe to travel on the East Bank highway, another product will fill up the stadium. It is not football, cricket or a musical concert, it is a boxing match set up by no...