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2011 elections

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 2011 elections

Many are lining up for the top post As the selection process for finding presidential candidates for the three main political parties, calls continue for there to be new faces to lead their...

Corentyne Smash Up – 12 DEAD

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne Smash Up – 12 DEAD

– 5 injured Twelve people, including a two-month-old baby, died yesterday afternoon in one of the worst accidents the Corentyne Highway has ever seen. According to reports, shortly before...

Homeowner kills gunman

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Homeowner kills gunman

– businessman wounded A Stabroek Market businessman shot a bandit dead shortly after 21:00 hrs last night but was himself wounded during a confrontation with the robber and two other armed men...

Queen’s College head, deputy among five to be disciplined

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Queen’s College head, deputy among five to be disciplined

… Neesa Gopaul saga The head teacher, the deputy and three other members of Queen’s College staff have been recommended for disciplinary action for their poor involvement in protecting Neesa...

Dem boys seh… Who seh blackout done?

Oct 30, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Who seh blackout done?

Last year, when de government and GPL commission de Kingston Power plant dem boast how dem got surplus capacity and that blackout gun be a thing of de past. Dem boys put dem knee pun de ground and...

Worst road accidents in recent memory

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Worst road accidents in recent memory

While Friday’s fatal crash at Number 19 Village, Corentyne appears to be the worst in recent memory, there have also been other accidents within the past three years that have resulted in...

Barama sacks four workers

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Barama sacks four workers

– asked to reverse decision by government By Leonard Gildarie Following a boiler shutdown that forced the closure of its plywood factory earlier this month, Barama Company Limited (BCL) has...

City sewerage for US$9.5M revamp

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City sewerage for US$9.5M revamp

Guyana Water Inc (GWI) will provide improved sewage service to 52,000 people in Georgetown and help with a US$9.5 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). According to the...

Neesa Gopaul issue … PNCR members not satisfied with results of probe

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Neesa Gopaul issue … PNCR members not satisfied with results of probe

… says sacked members are just scapegoats A day after the Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand, unveiled a host of changes at the Childcare and Protection Agency in...

Parents say seven-year-old child ‘murdered’ at GPHC

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Parents say seven-year-old child ‘murdered’ at GPHC

… child was admitted after fall A Georgetown mother last evening charged that her seven-year-old boy was “murdered” by staff at the Georgetown Hospital after he was admitted to the institution...

Another infant needs urgent heart surgery

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Another infant needs urgent heart surgery

Ten-month-old Amayah Lopes of Lot 209 Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway was diagnosed with a heart problem which can be detrimental in the long run. Sheneise Lopes, mother of the ailing child, is...

Explosion leaves three DOCOL employees hospitalised

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Explosion leaves three DOCOL employees hospitalised

Three employees of Demerara Oxygen Company Limited (DOCOL) were injured in a freak accident at Company’s operations site at Eccles, East Bank Demerara. The injured were taken to a private...

Chief Hydromet Officer honoured for being youngest head ever

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Hydromet Officer honoured for being youngest head ever

… Agri Month celebrations Chief Hydromet Officer of the country’s Hydrometeorological Services, Bkaleka Seulall, was yesterday honoured for being the youngest head ever of that government...

Mexico out play Guyana’s ‘Lady Jags’ 7-2

Oct 30, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Mexico out play Guyana’s ‘Lady Jags’ 7-2

Guyana were outplayed in their opening game of the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament by Mexico 7-2 at the Estadio Beto Avila Stadium in Cancun, Mexico. The young and...

Vaqueros arrive for Rising Sun Rodeo tomorrow

Oct 30, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Vaqueros arrive for Rising Sun Rodeo tomorrow

D-Day is tomorrow for action in the Rising Sun Rodeo at their Arima Park, West Coast Berbice Turf Club. And several of the Vaqueros from Brazil and Lethem arrived in the city on Thursday and are...

Police still in contention with win over Dragons

Oct 30, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Police still in contention with win over Dragons

– GCC score exciting win over Old Fort A resurgent Police hockey team pulled off a surprise victory over defending second division champs Western Dragons when play in the GT&T National...

IPA supports Caribbean Fury 2

Oct 30, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on IPA supports Caribbean Fury 2

International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) has thrown its support behind the second edition of the Caribbean Fury, which is set for next Saturday at the Princess Hotel, Guyana. Finance Director of...

Sarwan to lead Demerara in GCB 4-day competition

Oct 30, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan to lead Demerara in GCB 4-day competition

Gets another chance to prove match readiness By Sean Devers Chairman of the West Indies selectors Clyde Butts will have another opportunity to see Guyana Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan in action when the...

Ambassador status conferred on Darren Sammy

Oct 30, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Ambassador status conferred on Darren Sammy

New West Indies captain will now be referred to as Ambassador Darren Sammy in his native St. Lucia. The Honour was conferred on the West Indies all-rounder by St. Lucian Prime Minister Stephenson...

Police order inquest into toddler’s death

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police order inquest into toddler’s death

The owner of the car in which two-year-old Radain Wilson’s body was found has been released from police custody. This newspaper was told that the woman, Ms. Mayfield Fraser, called Teacher Mae, ...

DCMCO S/ball cricket set for today & tomorrow at DCC

Oct 30, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on DCMCO S/ball cricket set for today & tomorrow at DCC

The District of Columbia Metro Organisation (DCMCO) 15-over round-hand knockout countrywide Softball cricket Tournament organised by the Guyana Softball League in collaboration with the Ministry of...

Seventh Day Adventist prepares for Annual Conference

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Seventh Day Adventist prepares for Annual Conference

The Guyana Conference of Seventh Day Adventist Church Annual Youth Congress is being held in Berbice this year. The theme for the activity this year is ‘Here we stand’. The Congress, which will...

South American 10k in Suriname today

Oct 30, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on South American 10k in Suriname today

– Morgan’s participation in doubt A three-man national team departed Thursday morning for the second leg of the three-stage South American (SA) 10km Road Race Classic in Suriname minus Alika...

Dominican Republic resident trapped in Guyana

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dominican Republic resident trapped in Guyana

Andrew Brian Caesar, a 38-year-old Guyanese by birth, is currently living a nightmare trying to get back his passport. His passport was lost during a home invasion in the Dominican Republic where he...

Charlestown students claim food poisoning, blame Take-away lunch

Oct 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Charlestown students claim food poisoning, blame Take-away lunch

There were many angry students of the Charlestown Government Secondary School who voiced their disapproval ,in the school’s compound, as a result of the “spoiled” food they were given in...

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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