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Aircraft turns back minutes after takeoff

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Aircraft turns back minutes after takeoff

…as bird sucked into engine By Leonard Gildarie A Caribbean Airlines flight was forced to turn back yesterday after a bird was sucked into one of its engines, causing significant damage. Kaieteur...

Jagdeo’s Babu John statements dangerous

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s Babu John statements dangerous

– ERC The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has admonished President Bharrat Jagdeo for statements made to PPP supporters at Babu John, Port Mourtant on March 13, describing his remarks as a...

Junkie who stole cop’s vehicle gets four years

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Junkie who stole cop’s vehicle gets four years

Andrew Taylor, who was accused of leading police ranks on a high speed chase around the city after stealing a motor car belonging to a policeman, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the...

US-based couple robbed one hour after arrival in G/T

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on US-based couple robbed one hour after arrival in G/T

These days, returning to Guyana for a well earned holiday could turn out to be quite an unsettling experience, as many overseas-based Guyanese are finding out. The nightmare stems from the brazen...

Building reignites, firefighters summoned

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Building reignites, firefighters summoned

Fire mysteriously reignited yesterday at the three-storey wooden structure at 48 Barrack and High Streets, Kingston, that was gutted on Easter Monday. Fire fighters were summoned to the scene and...

Comprehensive benefit package for teachers

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Comprehensive benefit package for teachers

– Union hails as”giant leap forward” Teachers are set to receive a comprehensive benefit package, including a 5% increase in salaries retroactive to the start of this year, in a five-year...

Cops, civilians blame each other

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cops, civilians blame each other

Civilians and police ranks yesterday continued to blame each other for the Easter Monday mini-riot at Windsor Forest, which left several civilians wounded and three ranks injured. Police officials...

Dem boys seh…Beres gone and Kwame finish

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Beres gone and Kwame finish

Easter come and gone. Now is time fuh other celebrations like May Day. People gun march through de streets and dance and when dem done dem gun get some drink and cake. Some gun get food. Dem boys seh...

No confidence motion fails to remove City Mayor

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No confidence motion fails to remove City Mayor

After more than three hours of intense debating during the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown’s statutory meeting, a no-confidence motion against City Mayor Hamilton Green failed to have the...

Orlando Thom charged with robbery, abduction and threatening language

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Orlando Thom charged with robbery, abduction and threatening language

Former national swimmer, Orlando Thom, who recently surrendered to law enforcement officials after being in hiding for quite some time, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to...

National Women’s squad commences preparation for PAHF Challenge

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Women’s squad commences preparation for PAHF Challenge

The Guyana Hockey Board has shortlisted 22 top female players to commence training for the upcoming Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge scheduled for July 31 – August 7 in Rio de...

Kurt knocks out Fraser to prove he is the ‘Bess’

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kurt knocks out Fraser to prove he is the ‘Bess’

– wins local cruiserweight title By Michael Benjamin Kurt Bess gave new meaning to his surname when in a clinical display of power punching he demolished Barbados based Guyanese Cleveland...

Fraser is MVP; Benn named Best Goalie; Andrews is Highest Goal Scorer

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fraser is MVP; Benn named Best Goalie; Andrews is Highest Goal Scorer

Inaugural Len’s Craft Optical / Sunburst Orange Juice Under-15 champions Pele also walked away with the three individual awards when the presentation ceremony took place at the Georgetown Football...

Floodlights donate $130,000 to Guywid

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights donate $130,000 to Guywid

Guyana Woman in Development was the latest beneficiary of $130,000 cash donation from the Floodlight softball team of Georgetown. Last Sunday at Cumberland Cricket Ground, Canje, one softball match...

Table Tennis activated in Plaisance

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Table Tennis activated in Plaisance

The Plaisance/Sparendaam/Goedverwagting Community Development Association and the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) concluded a four-day training programme for school children and other...

Goodluck on song ahead of regional c/ship as shooters face cash crunch

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goodluck on song ahead of regional c/ship as shooters face cash crunch

Ransford Goodluck won the final warm up shoot ahead of Guyana’s participation in the West Indies Fullbore championship which will fire off next week in Antigua/Barbuda. Goodluck, who is the...

Pele Alumni donate gear & boots to local chapter

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele Alumni donate gear & boots to local chapter

As celebrations for the 40th Anniversary of the Pele Football Club continues, a donation of three sets of uniforms and 20 pairs of football boots was made to the club last evening at the Georgetown...

Macorp winners receive prizes

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Macorp winners receive prizes

Amateur boxers produce fireworks on Pro Am card

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxers produce fireworks on Pro Am card

Several late changes in the amateur segment of the 14th edition of the ProAm boxing cards failed to cast a damper on the quality of the bouts and the performances of the boxers have further...

NY All-Star Celebrity battle GT All Stars at Campton ground tonight

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on NY All-Star Celebrity battle GT All Stars at Campton ground tonight

Football fans could be in for a treat this evening when the first annual fund raising Camptown Football Classic kicks off with the first of three games from 18:00hrs. Put together by former Campton...

Businessman stopped, robbed by fake cops

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman stopped, robbed by fake cops

His recent experience with persons whom he thought were policemen has caused him to come out and warn others. On Sunday last, West Demerara businessman Rajesh Singh said he was driving along the East...

Enterprise man drowns at Itaballi

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Enterprise man drowns at Itaballi

An Easter weekend outing for a group of friends ended tragically after a young man from ‘C’ Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, drowned. This newspaper was told that 23-year-old Kurt Thornhill’s...

Granger was too junior in 1973

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger was too junior in 1973

Dear Mr. Editor I wish to respond to the remarks of Mark Archer in his letter to Kaieteur News, dated April 19, 2011- “Those who served in the GDF should stand up and set the record straight”....

Motie creates history to spur Albion to final

Apr 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Motie creates history to spur Albion to final

By Sean Devers A devastating spell from Guyana Under-15 left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie led Albion to victory over Tucber Park in their replayed Berbice Cricket Board Tenelec Inc 50-over Under-15...

Goldsmith goes missing

Apr 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Goldsmith goes missing

Relatives of an East Coast Demerara goldsmith who several weeks ago was lured to Ann’s Grove to buy gold but was robbed instead, are now anxious about his wellbeing. On March 8, last, Mahendra...

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National B/Ball team departs for Suriname today

Poverty does not come with a lifetime warranty

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When the national discussion segues to poverty reduction, it resurrects the age-old debate... more