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Each cost $295,000 = US$1,500

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Each cost $295,000 = US$1,500

Govt. one laptop per family programme… – Minister Jennifer Webster tells Parliament – No procurement bids undertaken The government yesterday said that the cost for one of the...

MPs face-off over contract employees

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on MPs face-off over contract employees

The Budget debates moved to a second stage yesterday in the National Assembly as the House resolved into the Committee of Supplies and scrutinised the allocations, both current and capital,...

Detective gets bail on rape charge

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Detective gets bail on rape charge

Detective Corporal Ricardo Inniss was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, charged with rape. The detective is accused of raping a...

Dem boys seh…Dem family laptop got problems

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem family laptop got problems

De debate in Parliament done. Everybody talk. Some talk nuff and some talk stupidness. One man claim how every man over forty should test fuh prostate. Well dem boys seh that de prostate test is...

Father of two is latest road fatality

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Father of two is latest road fatality

– struck by speeding car Forty-five-year old Alwyn Andrew Hanover, a landscaper from the village of Victoria on the East Coast of Demerara, was yesterday morning added to the country’s list...

No arrests yet as probe continues

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No arrests yet as probe continues

Slain taxi driver… As the police continue their investigations into the brutal murder of taxi driver and Albouystown resident Charles Caesar, they are yet to make any arrests. Caesar, 24, was shot...

Women’s Army Corps celebrates 44th year

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s Army Corps celebrates 44th year

Yesterday the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) observed yet another milestone, this time it was the 44th year of existence of the Women’s Army Corps. The celebration commenced with a thanksgiving...

Single women present more incomplete abortions

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Single women present more incomplete abortions

– Survey According to a research done by officials of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) medical complications resulting from incomplete abortions are most likely to affect...

‘Wild Hog’ writes Chancellor, causes commotion in Magistrate’s Court

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Wild Hog’ writes Chancellor, causes commotion in Magistrate’s Court

Thirty-seven year-old Clarence Williams, called Wild Hog, of Angoy’s Avenue, who is before the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on a number of charges has written to the Chancellor of the...

Beaten schoolboy moved to open ward

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Beaten schoolboy moved to open ward

…alleged assailant released on bail Leon Benjamin, the student of the Hope Secondary School, who was badly beaten by three other youths on Thursday last, was yesterday transferred from the High...

January session of Berbice High Court commences

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on January session of Berbice High Court commences

The ceremonial opening of the January session of the Berbice High Court was held yesterday with the customary pomp and ceremony in front of the renowned edifice on Esplanade Road, New Amsterdam....

DCB problems to be addressed by GCB

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB problems to be addressed by GCB

Minister does not recognise any DCB faction By Sean Devers Chetram Singh’s 19-over tenure as Guyana Cricket Board President has been filled with ups and downs. But now that the West Indies Cricket...

Lennox Allen stops American opponent

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox Allen stops American opponent

Ceon Bristol eyes Gary StClair/Vivian Harris showdown By Michael Benjamin Local boxing sensation and New York State Champion, Lennox ‘2 Sharpe’ Allen has added another notch to his ‘gun belt’...

Farm, MYO, Lusignan & LBI ‘A’ record wins

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Farm, MYO, Lusignan & LBI ‘A’ record wins

When play in the Trophy Stall sponsored Inter-Jamaat 10overs tapeball cricket competition continued at the Muslim Youth Organisation Ground on Sunday last; Farm, MYO, Lusignan and LBI ‘A’ all...

Ruggers pass Beep Test

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ruggers pass Beep Test

– Robinson due today, delayed by bad weather As the national rugby squad currently preparing to participate in the IRB World Seven Series in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on February 12-13 await the...

Mahdia Goodwill football tournament set for this weekend

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mahdia Goodwill football tournament set for this weekend

A Goodwill football tournament will be staged at Mahdia this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which is aimed at resuscitating the sport in that community. Organised by V and M Promotions, the...

Universal DVD on board as official sponsor of RHTY&SC

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Universal DVD on board as official sponsor of RHTY&SC

Universal DVD Club on Friday last became the seventh (7th) official sponsor of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC). The Company which has branches in New Amsterdam and Canje...

Mayor’s Cup football preparation in full swing

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup football preparation in full swing

Appeal made for corporate support Play in the Annual Mayor’s Cup football championship is set to get underway on March 4 and conclude March 27 and preparations are going at a pace. However the...

BHS needle BEI in old students’ football clash

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BHS needle BEI in old students’ football clash

Berbice High School (BHS) old students rolled back the years when the defeated their counterparts of the Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) 1-0 in their 2nd annual goodwill football match played...

Outgoing GCB President Chetram Singh honoured by BCB

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Outgoing GCB President Chetram Singh honoured by BCB

Outgoing President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh MS was honoured on Saturday last by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) as part of its Tribute to Heroes Programme for his outstanding...

Royston Crandon named Senior MVP

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Royston Crandon named Senior MVP

As BCB honours 2010 Inter County players At an appreciation luncheon hosted by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) held last Saturday at the Annex Restaurant in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice to...

Trotman calls for end to confrontational governance

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman calls for end to confrontational governance

– Urges bi-partisan approach in last Parliamentary budget presentation Careful to state gains and shortfalls, Alliance For Change (AFC) Member of Parliament Raphael Trotman decried what he said...

Minibus passenger dies in crash while returning from best friend’s wedding

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus passenger dies in crash while returning from best friend’s wedding

Minutes after leaving his best friend’s wedding on Monday night, 21-year-old Visham Seeram was killed on the spot when the minibus he was travelling in crashed into a utility pole at Pearl, East...

Main highways slated for routine maintenance

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Main highways slated for routine maintenance

Routine maintenance for the country’s main highways is imminent as the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board yesterday opened several bids to this effect. One such project was...

Rohee details plan to fight crime, narco-trafficking

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee details plan to fight crime, narco-trafficking

…says there is no breakdown of law and order The government plans to make more use of the eavesdropping law, increase the number of crime investigators, and beef up the Police narcotics unit in...