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Five Grove buildings go up in flames

Mar 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Five Grove buildings go up in flames

More than 20 homeless A mid-afternoon fire at Grove, East Bank Demerara, yesterday, left millions of dollars in losses and more than 20 persons homeless. Reports are that the fire started at a...

Kwame Mc Coy assaults Benschop outside house

Mar 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Kwame Mc Coy assaults Benschop outside house

– windows of vehicle smashed, items stolen Political activist Mark Benschop was assaulted and his vehicle badly vandalised around 10:00 hrs yesterday following an ugly confrontation with...

Unassuming FIFA official Lawrence Griffith is a Special Person’

Mar 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Unassuming FIFA official Lawrence Griffith is a Special Person’

“I was asked very early to perform various administrative duties even without the requisite qualifications, but I guess it was my willingness to assist in any area that needed someone that made me...

Dem boys seh…Kwame on top at last

Mar 06, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Kwame on top at last

Is only when people got things fuh hide that dem does duck and when dem get ketch dem does react violently. Kwame is a poor boy who use to wuk fuh de city council and beg fuh a raise to buy food. Now...

Former magistrate shoots football player

Mar 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Former magistrate shoots football player

– says he does not know of an “incident”, but accident Former Magistrate and Attorney at law, Gordon Gilhuys, was detained at the Brickdam Police Station where he remained up to press time...

Bandit killed in failed robbery

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit killed in failed robbery

Eborn Ennis, 27, of Sophia was stabbed in the chest and succumbed after a failed attempt to rob Tony Yong, in the vicinity of Demico House Sophia bus park yesterday. Ennis was taken to the Georgetown...

Bids out for mass procurement of laptops

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bids out for mass procurement of laptops

…OP not bound to accept any bid Office of the President has advertised for bids to supply netbooks under the One Laptop Per Family Project (OLPF), but has stated that is not bound to accept the...

Illegalities at Camp Street jail involving the “untouchables”

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Illegalities at Camp Street jail involving the “untouchables”

The security threat at the Camp Street penitentiary is still a factor that needs to be looked into even though the relevant prison authority is claiming that everything is “all well and good”....

Govt. undertakings in response to 2006 AG report futile

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. undertakings in response to 2006 AG report futile

…discrepancies continue The Ministry of Finance recently made available in the National Assembly the Treasury Memorandum in response to the 2006 Auditor General’s report. The promises then by the...

Guyana- Suriname backtrack operations continue daily

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana- Suriname backtrack operations continue daily

… life jackets not used on journey The Guyana-Suriname “backtrack” [illegal migration] operations have been in existence for a number of years at the Springlands, Corriverton and Nickerie...

Health sector aggressively working to achieve MDG Eight

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Health sector aggressively working to achieve MDG Eight

The local health sector is working towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Eight which speaks to the provision of medicines and the fair access to technology. The MDG, as a result,...

Construction of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church underway

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Construction of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church underway

….officials urge public to beware of confidence tricksters Following the turning of the sod for the rebuilding of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church on February 18, construction of the building...

Two police ranks hospitalised after crash

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two police ranks hospitalised after crash

Speeding was blamed for Wednesday’s accident, which has left two police rank hospitalised. The two ranks’ names were given as Balroop and Ramdass, called Doorga, both of Supenaam. According to...

UG Tain campus commissions student affairs office

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG Tain campus commissions student affairs office

The University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) recently launched its on-campus Students Society that would seek to deliver services directly to students in Berbice. Since its establishment in Berbice...

South Tuschen Community Policing Group members harass family

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on South Tuschen Community Policing Group members harass family

Seelall Babulall, of Lot 355 Tuschen North, is afraid of physical and psychological harm at the hands of ‘officers’ of the South Tuschen Community Policing Group (CPG) The man said that his...

Thompson is new GCF President; Gemma Williams is Secretary

Mar 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thompson is new GCF President; Gemma Williams is Secretary

By Franklin Wilson Like the Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Federation (TTCF), which is led by Rowena Williams (elected last November), the cycling fraternity ion Guyana has decided that it was time for...

17 benefit from heart surgery in India

Mar 06, 2011 knews News Comments Off on 17 benefit from heart surgery in India

Seventeen Guyanese, including a four-month-old, were among a group of patients who recently underwent successful cardiac operations in India. The operations were conducted at the Max Hospital in...

Fearful senior citizen seeks police involvement

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fearful senior citizen seeks police involvement

After years of torment by her daughter, Carmen Palmer, 78, of Joseph Pollydore Street Lodge, is calling on the police force and other relevant authorities to assist her with numerous reports that...

Mr. Universe Over-50 champ Hugh Ross pays courtesy call on Commodore Best

Mar 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mr. Universe Over-50 champ Hugh Ross pays courtesy call on Commodore Best

The Guyana Defence Force officially welcomed one of its own when the Mr. Universe Over-50 Champion, Hugh Ross, paid a courtesy call on the Chief-of-Staff, Commodore Gary Best on Friday. The COS noted...

Mr. Universe Over-50 champ Hugh Ross pays courtesy call on Commodore Best

Mar 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mr. Universe Over-50 champ Hugh Ross pays courtesy call on Commodore Best

Two scorching matches on tonight as action in the Mayor’s cup football continues

Mar 06, 2011 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Two scorching matches on tonight as action in the Mayor’s cup football continues

Monedderlust FC and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will battle for supremacy when action in the Mayor’s Cup football competition continues with two thrilling matches at the Georgetown Football...

How do I bring my fiancé(e) to the United States?

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on How do I bring my fiancé(e) to the United States?

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram, [email protected] If your fiancé(e) is not a citizen of the United States and you plan to get married in the United States, then you must file a petition with U.S....

Carib Flood Light knock-out T20 bowls off at BCCG

Mar 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carib Flood Light knock-out T20 bowls off at BCCG

History was created yesterday at the Bartica Community Centre Ground when the first ever flood light cricket competition to be played in the community, bowled off. The Carib Twenty20 knock-out...

Guyana attracts investors interested in luxury eco-lodges

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana attracts investors interested in luxury eco-lodges

Investors seeking eco-tourism opportunities were in Guyana on a two-day visit recently where they met with the Tourism Minister Manniram Prashad. The visiting team included Partnership Coordinator of...

David Granger debunks accusation about rigging election in 1973

Mar 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on David Granger debunks accusation about rigging election in 1973

Responding to questions from some sections of the media about his involvement in the rigging of the 1973 elections, PNCR Presidential Candidate, David Granger, said that he has never shot any human...

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CWI inducts first West Indies Men’s Academy Cohort to be based in Antigua & Barbuda full-time

TOTALTEC to open hospitality complex in Houston

Kaieteur News – TOTALTEC Inc., a provider of services to the energy and construction sectors here on Monday announced... more