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Magistrate sends Kissoon, Benschop on $1 bail each

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Magistrate sends Kissoon, Benschop on $1 bail each

Social Activist Mark Benschop and Kaieteur News Columnist Freddie Kissoon were released on $1 bail each yesterday, when they appeared before Magistrate Chandra Sohan, at the Georgetown...

Victim was Parika taxi driver

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Victim was Parika taxi driver

The badly battered body that was found on the Dora Trail on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway last Wednesday afternoon has been identified as 48-year-old taxi driver Leyton Garraway. Making the...

GPSU issues ultimatum to Govt. for wage negotiations

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GPSU issues ultimatum to Govt. for wage negotiations

…asks if its members are Public Servants or Public Slaves By Leonard Gildarie The country’s main bargaining union for public servants has not ruled out strike action, yesterday giving government...

Bartica cop collapses and dies

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Bartica cop collapses and dies

Police are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination to ascertain how one of their own met his death early yesterday morning at the Bartica Hospital. Thirty-eight year-old Lance Corporal...

Bandits ensure bleak Xmas for fisherman and his family

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Bandits ensure bleak Xmas for fisherman and his family

For years, Nandalall Persaud called Sailor toiled on his fishing boat without much success. But over the last two weeks, he and his crew struck it big and they were all preparing to enjoy the festive...

Opposition insists poor planning is responsible

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Opposition insists poor planning is responsible

There was a fair degree of banter in the National Assembly yesterday as the Opposition grilled the various Ministers as it relates to their requests totaling almost $7B The supplementary requests...

Blood shortage at Linden Hospital Complex necessitated transfer – CEO

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Blood shortage at Linden Hospital Complex necessitated transfer – CEO

By Michael Jordan A shortage of blood at the Linden Hospital Complex was one of the factors that caused two doctors to transfer maternity patient, Inga Nieuenkirk, to the Georgetown Public Hospital...

Dem boys seh…Nah all hunger strike doan gat food

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nah all hunger strike doan gat food

When people want to mek a point in a protest dem does do something really powerful. Some like Kwayana went on hunger strike. But dem boys remember that he wasn’t de first. Dem old PPP people who de...

B and Lower Class event promises to be a scorcher at Kennard Boxing Day meet

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on B and Lower Class event promises to be a scorcher at Kennard Boxing Day meet

Today is the eve of Christmas and already Turfites are gearing up for the excitement in store when the grand Boxing Day horse race meet organized by the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) gets...

Netrockers spring big upset over Milerock in K&S tourney

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Netrockers spring big upset over Milerock in K&S tourney

It was the battle of the Linden clubs at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground last evening in the opening encounter as play in the Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament continued and underdogs...

‘Winning back support of entire cricket fraternity is a major concern’

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Winning back support of entire cricket fraternity is a major concern’

Says GCB Presidential Candidate Ramsay Ali After 19 years at the helm of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and after enduring Guyana’s most controversial year in cricket this year, Chetram Singh says...

Track and Field had perfect momentum in 2010

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Track and Field had perfect momentum in 2010

-Pompey, synthetic facility among major highlights By Edison Jefford Local track and field gained excellent support and momentum this year, which among the superb performance of the Athletics...

Albert Baldeo leads fight for resources and political representation

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Albert Baldeo leads fight for resources and political representation

District Leader and Community Advocate Albert Baldeo, John Albert of Taking Our Seat.Org, Prita Singh of the Rajkumari Cultural Center, Frank Singh of the Inter Community Civic, and Vishnu Mahadeo of...

Speedboat Association calls on sawmills to indulge in safer practices

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Speedboat Association calls on sawmills to indulge in safer practices

Members of the Bartica Speedboat Association are calling on sawmill operators to be more responsible when using the river. President of the body, Clarence Belle, in an interview said that the recent...

Leslie Sobers appointed a magistrate

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Leslie Sobers appointed a magistrate

Attorney at Law Leslie Sobers took the oath of office as magistrate before Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Wednesday, last. His career saw him joining the Ministry of Information as Information...

Sale of land touted as GuySuco’s lifeline

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Sale of land touted as GuySuco’s lifeline

By Gary Eleazar Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday informed the National Assembly that the Government will continue to assist the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and stressed that...

Police arrest fellow disciplined service members

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police arrest fellow disciplined service members

The Central Police station in Cobourg Street New Amsterdam was in uproar on Monday when the cops arrested their fellow disciplined service organizations after some initial intense battles. The...

They wanted me to spend Christmas in jail

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on They wanted me to spend Christmas in jail

I would like to thank all of our lawyers, especially Nigel Hughes, who put his brilliance to work the very minute he walked into the Brickdam lock up and heard that for a very simple traffic offence,...

Wharves have enough officers to clear barrels, boxes – GRA

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wharves have enough officers to clear barrels, boxes – GRA

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it has deployed enough Customs Officers to man the city wharves during the build-up for the Christmas season. The agency, gave this reassurance yesterday in...

Drunken taxi driver nabbed by police fined $7,500

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken taxi driver nabbed by police fined $7,500

Komalnauth Jagdeo, 32, a taxi driver of Edinburgh, East Bank Berbice, who was so drunk that the police had to relieve him of the vehicle he was driving and take it to the station, was yesterday fined...

5% IS NOT REALLY 5%

Dec 24, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on 5% IS NOT REALLY 5%

The ruling administration is stuck on 5% wage increases. For years now, this has been the figure imposed on public servants in the form of annual wage increases. Year after year, the government...

GPF adopts Seawall Bandstand

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GPF adopts Seawall Bandstand

With the aim to restore a prominent site and to build bridges with the public, the Guyana Police Force, yesterday, adopted the Georgetown Seawall bandstand. The bandstand was used by Colonial Police...

‘Bling’, two others plead guilty to drug possession

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Bling’, two others plead guilty to drug possession

Three men who were nabbed recently on different occasions with drugs and charged, were each fined $10,000 with an alternative of six months imprisonment. In addition, they will have to do six...

Guyana tests readiness to combat Foot and Mouth disease

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana tests readiness to combat Foot and Mouth disease

After more than a decade, Guyana has once again tested its readiness to combat any possible outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). This activity was conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture’s...

Mental preparation is crucial for Guyana’s success in Antigua First...

Jan 18, 2021

By Sean Devers Kaieteur News- A full strength Guyana Jaguars team will aim to lift their ninth Regional 50-over title when this year’s Regional Super50 bowls off on February 4 in Antigua where...