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Two discharged in murder PI.

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Two discharged in murder PI.

– Evidence does not show that two defendants were involved in the death The two persons who were accused of killing Albouystown resident, Wendell Tappin, yesterday walked out of the...

$130M Parfait Harmonie roads filled with potholes

Mar 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $130M Parfait Harmonie roads filled with potholes

Three months later… – Monies withheld from contractor, rains blamed Three months after being “completed”, a number of side streets in Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, which were...

Major fraud uncovered at Finance Ministry

Mar 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Major fraud uncovered at Finance Ministry

Auditor General Deodat Sharma has been called upon to investigate “significant financial irregularities” in the Accountant General Department within the Ministry of Finance. Finance Minister Dr...

Dumbbells brought to court, still to be admitted into evidence

Mar 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dumbbells brought to court, still to be admitted into evidence

“You are lying within your evidence to this court!” exclaimed senior counsel Bernard De Santos as he was cross-examining Brian Samaroo during the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of...

Dem boys seh…Rob-Bert gone fuh buy more wool

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rob-Bert gone fuh buy more wool

Rob-Bert and Liar-Nel get suh shame that dem decide that instead of hiding dem face dem decide to pull wool over people eye. Dem pull suh much wool over people eye that dem run out and had to use...

Sluice at Grove/Diamond to be expanded

Mar 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sluice at Grove/Diamond to be expanded

…as several bids for NDIA projects opened The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday opened a number of bids to be undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture’s...

Miner sustained 12 stab wounds

Mar 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miner sustained 12 stab wounds

Port Kaituma murder… – ‘Friend’ remains in police custody A post mortem performed on the remains of 40-year-old Andy Whyte of Port Kaituma has revealed that he died as a result of...

Stellings not safe for passengers to utilise

Mar 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Stellings not safe for passengers to utilise

With the rainy season upon us, boat operators have ensured that their mode of transportation is secure and safe for passengers who ply the various routes. However; persons travelling from Georgetown...

Man charged for allegedly chopping off father’s fingers

Mar 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged for allegedly chopping off father’s fingers

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs yesterday secured bail for 21-year-old Rocky Charles, who is accused of chopping off three of his father’s fingers. Charles 21, of Acquero Village, North West...

Fallen GPL wire kills cattle at Enterprise

Mar 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fallen GPL wire kills cattle at Enterprise

– residents express fear for children It could have been children who went to retrieve their ball, but thanks to their diligent observations, they managed to avoid coming into contact with a...

Child’s coffin with bones dumped in Charlestown

Mar 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Child’s coffin with bones dumped in Charlestown

Residents of Howes Street, Charlestown, continue to be shocked by the actions of a well known drug addict, who is in the habit of removing skeletal remains from Le Repentir Cemetery. His latest act...

Albouystown house collapses

Mar 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown house collapses

What started as a regular day for Savitri Ramdeen, yesterday, ended as one of the most frustrating and saddening days of her life, as the home she has known for the past forty-years, literally...

YBG announces initial programme

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG announces initial programme

Following an impressive launch in January where Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) received the full support of Government, the organisation is preparing to role out its first programme with the YBG...

Goodluck wins GNRA first round recorded shoot

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goodluck wins GNRA first round recorded shoot

Top Guyana and Caribbean rifleman Ransford Goodluck won Sunday’s Recorded Shoot to start the Guyana National rifle Association (GNRA) 2011 season on a winning note at the Timehri Rifle Ranges....

Greaves will be hard pressed to retain title

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves will be hard pressed to retain title

The pace is definitely on the up in the cycling arena and Sunday’s 55-mile road-race in the Ancient County of Berbice, the first of three to celebrate the life of the late President Cheddi Jagan is...

GASP AGM set for this weekend

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASP AGM set for this weekend

After several aborted attempts, the executives of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) have finally decided to hold their Annual General Meeting (AGM) this Sunday March 6 at the...

Roger Harper returned at GCA President

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Roger Harper returned at GCA President

In landslide victory over Mentore By Sean Devers Former West Indies Vice-Captain and Coach Roger Harper was returned as Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) President for another year in a landslide...

Six U-15 players receives $$$ in Education materials and Cricket gear

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Six U-15 players receives $$$ in Education materials and Cricket gear

Six promising Under-15 cricketers from the Ancient County of Berbice on Saturday last were presented with cricket gear and educational material worth $200,000 from the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports...

Guyana’s Warren McKay fittest of all

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Warren McKay fittest of all

Guyanese Warren McKay of Team Trek narrowly edged Rafmon Mecalfab’s Marloe Rodman to finish on top of the Open Standings of the Trinidad & Tobago Cycling Federation’s five-part Keep Fit...

Berbice Schools Volleyball tourney hailed a success

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Schools Volleyball tourney hailed a success

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) successfully completed their first programme with the playing off of the male and female Mashramani Inter School competitions which were contested on Friday...

The ERC takes on Anthony Vieira

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ERC takes on Anthony Vieira

Dear Editor The Ethnic Relations Commission has noted the reappearance of Mr. Anthony Vieira in the letter column of the Kaieteur News (16 February 2011). It seems that he has emerged with his...

Frank Tucker returns to helm of Weightlifting Association

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Frank Tucker returns to helm of Weightlifting Association

Frank Tucker was re-elected to the helm of the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) when that body held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Bank of Guyana, Avenue of the Republic and...

Endgame Libya

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Endgame Libya

One tip-off that the curtain might be about to fall on the Gaddafi regime in Libya was the departure of the eccentric dictator’s “voluptuous blonde” Ukrainian nurse (identified by WikiLeaks) to...

Tony Vieira wants Bishop Edghill to resign

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tony Vieira wants Bishop Edghill to resign

Dear Editor, I refer to the drivel written (Kaieteur News, 26th February, 2011) by Azeem Khan and frankly he completely misses the point I am making. I will not answer him directly, but I will make...

Two exciting matches as Mayor’s Cup Football Tournament kicks off this Friday

Mar 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two exciting matches as Mayor’s Cup Football Tournament kicks off this Friday

All systems are in place and come this Friday March 4 the annual Mayor’s Cup Football Tournament will kick off and with two matches scheduled for the Georgetown Football Club Ground starting from...

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Strong teams announced ahead of 2024 GCB Senior Men’s Super50 Inter-county tournament

The quandary of the Guyanese electorate

Peeping tom… Kaieteur News – The discovery of oil was supposed to be Guyana’s golden goose, a promise of prosperity... more