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Criminal, victim killed in shootout

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Criminal, victim killed in shootout

Chateau Margot supermarket robbery yesterday… – Another suspect in police custody, one hospitalized with gunshot wounds, three escape By Jenelle Carter and Latoya Giles A brazen daylight...

Who is authorised to pull the plug?

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Who is authorised to pull the plug?

– Hospital officials seek legal advice By Leonard Gildarie The country’s medical authorities may be finding themselves in a dilemma and entering new territory in the case of PNCR...

Dem boys seh…Prince William gift waiting wid a smile

Nov 17, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Prince William gift waiting wid a smile

Prince William, that is Princess Diana son, announce that he engage and of course nuff leaders done decide that dem would like to be at de wedding. Guyana even decide to select its own gift because...

G/T thieves remanded in N/A

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on G/T thieves remanded in N/A

The two thieves from Georgetown who attempted to rob Kerry Boucher, an employee of the Stretch D Dollar store in New Amsterdam, were on Tuesday remanded by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when they...

EU Medal Play Tournament on today

Nov 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on EU Medal Play Tournament on today

With just days to go before this weekend’s Guyana Open, golfers will be given one more chance to fine tune preparation at the European Union (EU) Medal Play tournament billed for today (Public...

GTTA Inter-Organisation Final set for today

Nov 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA Inter-Organisation Final set for today

– K&S to oppose GFS for coveted GBTI title The Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) and Guyana Fire Service (GFS) table tennis teams will go head to head today in a clash of the titans in the...

Three Guyanese among 5 Cricketers of the year at TTCB’s Awards in T&T

Nov 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three Guyanese among 5 Cricketers of the year at TTCB’s Awards in T&T

Sweet Revenge walked away with a lion’s share of the prizes when the T&T Cricket Board’s North Zone Council hosted its 30th Annual Awards ceremony at the Hasely Crawford Stadium’s VIP...

National YM Sports is on in major way

Nov 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on National YM Sports is on in major way

By Edison Jefford The Assemblies of God National Youth Ministries (YM) Sport Championships has all systems in place to become one of the biggest sport events at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve...

10 minutes to clear Christmas barrels – GRA

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 10 minutes to clear Christmas barrels – GRA

– Customs examinations being relaxed Measures have been put in place that will now allow the clearing of barrels in the Christmas season to take as little as 10 minutes, with Customs...

Delay in identifying PNCR presidential candidate not a waste of time – Corbin

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Delay in identifying PNCR presidential candidate not a waste of time – Corbin

With the General Elections mere months away and the fact that the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is yet to identify a Presidential Candidate, leader Robert Corbin is adamant that the...

NaMilCo semi-final on today

Nov 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on NaMilCo semi-final on today

The second semi-final of the NaMilCo Football Festival between hosts Fruta Conquerors and Santos will be played today from 19:00 hrs, at the Tucville ground. The match which was part of a double...

Fyrish are Berbice Ministry Inter-Block champs

Nov 17, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fyrish are Berbice Ministry Inter-Block champs

When the curtain came down on the 2010 Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Berbice Inter-Block football competition on Sunday, Fyrish were crowned the Ancient County’s champion. At the Scottsburg...

Drowned man’s widow considers future without her ‘life’

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Drowned man’s widow considers future without her ‘life’

Janet Boodhoo, who has now become a widow, is forced to make some mental adjustments. Her husband died by drowning on Saturday. On Monday, she said that her husband was her life; everywhere he went...

Another maternal death rocks GPHC

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Another maternal death rocks GPHC

– Mother of five succumbs after delivering healthy girl By Latoya Giles Yet another maternal death has rocked the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and this time the victim is a...

Guyana Police Force – Serving and protecting for the festive season

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Police Force – Serving and protecting for the festive season

By Michael Benjamin As the Christmas season commences, Guyanese of all walks of life are beginning to gravitate to the capital city in search of the usual bargains that could be had around this time...

Nurses ‘created conditions that led to attack on colleague’

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Nurses ‘created conditions that led to attack on colleague’

– Security staffers suspended Lapses on the part of some colleagues of nurse/midwife Ursula Hutson may have enabled the woman’s ex-boyfriend to sneak into the Georgetown Public Hospital...

Arrest warrant for Benschop withdrawn

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Arrest warrant for Benschop withdrawn

The case against political and social activist Mark Benschop was called again yesterday before Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond, and an arrest warrant which was issued for his arrest was withdrawn, as...

Tractor pins Black Bush Polder resident

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Tractor pins Black Bush Polder resident

…son, 12, witnesses deadly incident A Black Bush Polder resident lost his life yesterday in the back dam when he was pinned in a trench after the tractor he was driving turned turtle. Sarga...

GPL inks deal for additional power

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPL inks deal for additional power

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Incorporated, yesterday, inked a contract with the Wartsila Company that will see 15.68 megawatts being added to the existing 20.7 megawatt plant at Kingston. Chief...

Two dead in mining accident

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two dead in mining accident

Two of the seven miners are now dead after a tree fell on the pit in which they were working at Upper Barama. The dead were listed as 32-year-old Anand Pooran of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara and...

Well-behaved women?

Nov 17, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Well-behaved women?

There is a certain etiquette little girls are taught from young and they take these lessons into adulthood. For example, well-behaved women do what they are told, regardless of what they truly want...

Robeson Benn should resign for his facile excuse – Christopher Ram

Nov 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Robeson Benn should resign for his facile excuse – Christopher Ram

The President should call for the resignation of Public Works’ Minister, Robeson Benn, over his excuse on the Freddie Kissoon trench-clearing exercise last week. This is the opinion of...

I never had an acquaintance much less a close friendship with Bharrat Jagdeo

Nov 17, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I never had an acquaintance much less a close friendship with Bharrat Jagdeo

Mr. Lionel Peters, a former Central Committee member of the PPP has been in the news recently for his breathtaking revelations of the shocking dictatorship Cheddi and Mrs. Jagan ran inside the PPP...

PROVIDING “TOTAL SECURITY” SHOULD NOW BE THE OBJECTIVE OF COMMUNITY POLICING GROUPS

Nov 17, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PROVIDING “TOTAL SECURITY” SHOULD NOW BE THE OBJECTIVE OF COMMUNITY POLICING GROUPS

Yesterday’s tragic incidents at Chateau Margot, on the East Coast of Demerara, have exposed both the value and weaknesses of Community Policing Groups (CPGs) in dealing with this new breed of crime...

The Aid Game

Nov 17, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Aid Game

T&T PM Kamla Persad-Bissesar’s off-the-cuff comment that aid to fellow CARICOM countries in the wake of Hurricane Tomas would be tied to business generated for her country provoked stinging...

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Is the Guyana Government undemocratic?

Kaieteur News – We can begin by arguing that if the Guyana Government is undemocratic then the person(s) or group(s)... more

Suggesting rice and gold sectors are in crisis is a fear-mongering tactic

Kaieteur News – The suggestion that rice and gold are sectors that are in crisis is a fear-mongering tactic. While... more