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Ex-boxer gunned down on Festival City bridge

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-boxer gunned down on Festival City bridge

Former light-welterweight boxer Linden ‘Buckman’ Mortley was gunned down at around 19:45 hrs last night on a bridge connecting Festival City to Lamaha Springs. Mortley, said to be in his forties,...

Special Committee to visit Guyana for investigation

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RUSAL ‘spade beating’ threats… A special committee comprising of senior managers of International Alumina Division is expected to arrive in Guyana this week to investigate recent reports...

Attorney apologises for TV comments about Donald Ramotar

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney apologises for TV comments about Donald Ramotar

Presidential Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), Donald Ramotar has threatened Berbice lawyer, Charrandass Persaud with a lawsuit, for saying that Ramotar did not attend the...

Chainsaw operator suffers broken arm after encounter with

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chainsaw operator suffers broken arm after encounter with

– N/A police A chainsaw operator in New Amsterdam is accusing some police ranks of the Central Police Station of breaking his left arm. According to Leroy Bender, 21, at about 7:30pm last...

Slapped woman douses reputed husband with hot oil

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Slapped woman douses reputed husband with hot oil

Lucentia Sinclair, 26, and her lover Daniel Singh, 31, of Penitentiary Walk New Amsterdam ended up in court after she threw a frying pan of hot oil on him after he had allegedly slapped her after a...

Dem boys seh…West Indies win a test match

May 16, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…West Indies win a test match

People smiling. Dem happy. De impossible happen. Is not that de government giving away money. De West Indies win a Test match against a team that used to hammer dem. When de match start people get...

PNCR says it will not allow PPP to destroy freedom of expression

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR says it will not allow PPP to destroy freedom of expression

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has vowed not to allow the government to trample upon the constitutional rights of Guyanese to freedom of expression, particularly in this election...

Relatives want answers in West Bank hit-and-run fatal accident

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives want answers in West Bank hit-and-run fatal accident

Relatives of a West Bank Demerara man are calling on the police in the district to conduct a thorough investigation into his death. On May 8 last, 56 year-old Solomon Kristraj Somwaru was pronounced...

Badly chopped driver’s assailants still walking free

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Badly chopped driver’s assailants still walking free

A family of Lot 236, Nigg Squatting Area on the Corentyne is calling for justice from the police since it has been nearly two months since a family member of theirs was badly chopped on his head and...

One injured as Dodge Ram collides with truck

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on One injured as Dodge Ram collides with truck

The driver of a Dodge Ram PKK 5546 was injured on Saturday after slamming into a truck at Canje, Berbice. Police identified the victim as Ishwar Singh, 25, of Lot 10 School Street Cumberland, East...

Windies win first Test match in 17 tries as Sammy leads from the front with 5-29

May 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies win first Test match in 17 tries as Sammy leads from the front with 5-29

By Sean Devers at Providence When Man-of-the-Match Darren Sammy scattered the stumps of Saeed Ajmal at 1:28PM yesterday at Providence to claim his fourth five-wicket haul and first as West Indies...

Pollydore wins final stage; Pol takes overall title in record time

May 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pollydore wins final stage; Pol takes overall title in record time

By Franklin Wilson Celebrations for Guyana 45th Independence Anniversary got off to a cracking start with the completion of the 29th Annual Three-Stage cycle road race which has been deemed a...

Evergreen Adventures to launch new familiarisation tour

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Evergreen Adventures to launch new familiarisation tour

– locals to benefit from reduced prices Evergreen Adventures is promising adventure-loving Guyanese the opportunity to visit local historical sites and attractive locations by offering a packed...

87 Buxton/Friendship youths complete skills training

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 87 Buxton/Friendship youths complete skills training

– under Citizen Security Programme action component Under the Ministry of Home Affairs Citizen Security Programme (CSP), youth life skills/vocational training programme that is funded by the...

Local athletes impress at IAAF World Athletics Day Meet

May 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local athletes impress at IAAF World Athletics Day Meet

Local athletes had a chance to continue to gauge their training and preparation yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, when the Athletics Association of Guyana joined the world in their...

IDB joins the Decade of Action for Road Safety

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on IDB joins the Decade of Action for Road Safety

– seeks to help save 350,000 lives The Inter-American Development Bank recently participated in launching the first Decade of Action for Road Safety that the World Health Organisation is...

Young Achievers claim No.1 ranking in Demerara

May 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Young Achievers claim No.1 ranking in Demerara

Young Achievers confirmed their status as the No.1 team in Demerara when they defeated Castrol Strikers in straights sets 25-21, 25-22, 25-20 in the second game of the best of three series to...

Speeding police vehicle crashes

May 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding police vehicle crashes

A speeding police vehicle collided with a Rav4, PKK 9340 at the junction of Middleton Street and Campbell Avenue, Campbellville last evening. None of the ranks were injured. According to...

E’bo Cricket Board re-commits support to Ali

May 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on E’bo Cricket Board re-commits support to Ali

President of the Essequibo Cricket (ECB) Board Sheik Ahmed said yesterday that his board has not changed their position in support of Ramsay Ali as Guyana Cricket Board President at the upcoming...

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This house, located at Wapping Lane in New Amsterdam, came crashing down shortly after 3pm on Saturday. Luckily, the occupants, including several children, had abandoned the structure a few days ago...

Republic Bank U-17 Inter Zone cricket tourney unveiled

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Champions crowned in Gokarn Ramdhani Memorial Badminton Tournament

Jagdeo’s never-ending quest for the next big flop

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- It must be exhausting to live inside Bharrat Jagdeo’s head. The man wakes up every morning... more