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Breaking News ….Jagdeo denies one-year suspension for Sharma TV…as mystery document surfaces (story to follow)

Sep 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News ….Jagdeo denies one-year suspension for Sharma TV…as mystery document surfaces (story to follow)

$350M sluice, pump house for Black Bush Polder

Sep 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $350M sluice, pump house for Black Bush Polder

-Agri Ministry inks $567M contracts Contracts to the value of $568M for the agriculture sector were yesterday inked with flood-prone farming area at Yakusari, Black Bush Polder, Berbice geared...

Fifty-year-old raped by 27-year-old associate

Sep 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fifty-year-old raped by 27-year-old associate

…police still to take action A 50-year-old woman of Better Hope South, East Coast Demerara, was attacked and raped on April 19, last, on the Seawalls by her “regular”...

PPP says economy grew 15-times since it took office

Sep 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PPP says economy grew 15-times since it took office

The incumbent People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has used its Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud, to defend its economic policy. Reacting to statements made by Carl Greenidge, who was Finance...

Reports: Venezuela angered by Guyana’s move to enlarge continental shelf

Sep 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Reports: Venezuela angered by Guyana’s move to enlarge continental shelf

A move by Guyana to United Nations to extend its continental shelf by 150 miles has angered neighbouring Venezuela with that government yesterday signaling its intentions to take actions to protect...

Dem boys seh…De race is fuh who can thief

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De race is fuh who can thief

People know that dem deh between de devil and de deep blue sea. Dem boys point out that de PPP always talking bout de PNC and 28 years. Now dem PNC people talking bout de PPP and dem 19 years....

Tunisian street vendor, Libyan lawyer, Jamaica’s Golding and Guyana

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Tunisian street vendor, Libyan lawyer, Jamaica’s Golding and Guyana

The Tunisian rebellion occurred because of mistreatment of a tomato seller by the city police. So fed up was the vendor of his harassment that he set himself alight. His death angered a nation which...

Life is sweet in Guyana, Too Sweet!

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 6

Who says there are no jobs available locally. This past Sunday’s newspapers indicate that it is not the availability of jobs that may be the problem but the availability of sufficiently...

When evil prevails people die

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on When evil prevails people die

There are many intemperate people in the world. They seem unable to tolerate the slightest criticism and react with unprecedented violence. The sex of the victim is of little consequence; both...

Ituni Warriors and Regal Masters XI crowned countrywide Regal Stationery champions

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ituni Warriors and Regal Masters XI crowned countrywide Regal Stationery champions

Ituni Warriors and Regal Masters XI turned in special performances to upstage Mahaica Princesses and Rangers Masters XI respectively and were duly crowned countrywide champions when the Female...

GFP Inter-division t20 cricket…Benn lead HQ straight to repeat title

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFP Inter-division t20 cricket…Benn lead HQ straight to repeat title

By Sean Devers Guyana Police Force (GPF) Headquarters’ (HQ) top gun Trevor Been was yesterday armed with plenty heavy artillery and completely blew away the meek resistance of Essequibo’s G...

Kuru Kuru Warriors beat Diamond 5-4; Grove Hi Tec win via walk over

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kuru Kuru Warriors beat Diamond 5-4; Grove Hi Tec win via walk over

EBFA Coca Cola Premier League opens at Diamond Ground in style The inaugural Banks DIH Coca Cola Premier League organised by the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) kicked off on...

IGG-select athletes unimpressive at Gymkhana

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on IGG-select athletes unimpressive at Gymkhana

– Boyce mulling encampment, calls performances “below par” By Edison Jefford President of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce expressed his...

Coaches awaiting official confirmation after completing Level Two Tennis Course

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coaches awaiting official confirmation after completing Level Two Tennis Course

Ten perspective coaching aspirants are awaiting their final results that would set them apart as level one coaches following two weeks of intense activity that introduced them to the...

PORT MOURANT JAGUARS WIN BVA TOURNAMENT

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on PORT MOURANT JAGUARS WIN BVA TOURNAMENT

Sunday, September 25, in the sweltering heat on the hard-court of GTM, New Amsterdam, the youthful and energetic Port Mourant Jaguar Volleyball team played superbly to remain unbeaten...

Fruta Conquerors edge Santos 2-1 to win Milo-U-23 Tourney

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fruta Conquerors edge Santos 2-1 to win Milo-U-23 Tourney

– Schultz voted tournament’s MVP By Rawle Welch Just as anticipated, the clash in the final of the Milo Under-23 Football Competition produced a pulsating contest that...

BCB congratulates Berbice Cellink Senior team

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB congratulates Berbice Cellink Senior team

The cupboards and the office are fast running out of space for trophies and medallions but the sweet feeling of victory over a long standing arch rival is always one to cherish while...

Delbert Hicks leads defending champs Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets to final

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Delbert Hicks leads defending champs Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets to final

Busta Champion of Champions Cricket… Former national wicket-keeper/batsman Delbert Hicks chalked up a robust unbeaten 85 off 62 balls to lead Rose Hall Town Gizmos &...

Majestic takes top honours at Ryan Crawford horserace meet

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Majestic takes top honours at Ryan Crawford horserace meet

Majestic of the Nankoo Sheriff Racing stables of West Coast Berbice and ridden by Jamaican jockey Brian Blake turned in a magical performance down the homestretch as it came back with a...

Port Mourant Karibee Rice defeat Edinburgh to reach final

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant Karibee Rice defeat Edinburgh to reach final

Busta Champion of Champions… A level headed innings of 70 not out by former Berbice wicket-keeper Shastri Persaud led his new club Port Mourant Karibee Rice to a...

You cannot paint a horse and call it a zebra

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on You cannot paint a horse and call it a zebra

DEAR EDITOR, You cannot paint a horse and call it a zebra, and neither can Donald Romotar divorce himself from the current PPP regime, its atrocities, its neglect, its corruption, its...

Dealing with the traffic situation in every way

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dealing with the traffic situation in every way

DEAR EDITOR, The Hon. Minister of Home Affairs is meeting with various personnel involved in “traffic” and it is a commendable effort to regulate and regularize all aspects of the...

Indiscriminate garbage dumping is sickening

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Indiscriminate garbage dumping is sickening

DEAR EDITOR, I bring a rather troubling issue to light and hope the relevant authorities can do something about the matter. I am living in Better Hope South, East Coast Demerara, for a...

Is this govt. really claiming that Guyana is not a narco-state?

Sep 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this govt. really claiming that Guyana is not a narco-state?

Dear Editor, US President, Barack Obama did not name Guyana on a list of countries considered major producers or transit routes for illegal drugs and the PPP went berserk, jumping and...

Gold miner may lose eye after brutal chopping

Sep 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miner may lose eye after brutal chopping

A young gold miner may lose his sight after being brutally chopped on Monday night during a bizarre confrontation with a group of men near Grant Sand Road, Soesdyke. Warren Johnson, 24, alleged that...