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More ammo found, Warrant Officer under close arrest

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on More ammo found, Warrant Officer under close arrest

Missing grenades… Army Officials recovered a quantity of AK-47 ammunition yesterday morning at the back of the Non Commissioning Office, at Base Tacama in the Berbice River....

PPP/C confident of landslide election victory

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C confident of landslide election victory

Confident not only in a victory at the polls come November 28, the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) yesterday took their Election Campaign to the East Coast of Demerara where...

Miss World 2011 starts without Miss Guyana

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miss World 2011 starts without Miss Guyana

– Arti Cameron could go to 2012 pageant instead The Miss World pageant is underway in London, but Guyana’s participation looks doubtful. Organisers said that Guyana’s...

Herbalists are not medical experts

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Herbalists are not medical experts

– Minister Ramsammy Although it has been established that herbalists are not permitted to diagnose or treat medical ailments, Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has...

Miner feared dead as boat capsizes in water fall

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miner feared dead as boat capsizes in water fall

An excavator operator, formerly from Bartica and the Essequibo Coast, is feared dead after being involved in a boat accident on Saturday night, in Bartica. According to information,...

Dem boys seh…Woman story sweet, but Shaik own more sweet

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Woman story sweet, but Shaik own more sweet

Guyana people like a scandal. A woman get tie up wid a scandal and de story mek de newspapers. If nobody ain’t read nutten dem read that story. Is a story and a half. A man playing wid somebody...

Policemen recovering after vehicular accident

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Policemen recovering after vehicular accident

The police are investigating a vehicular accident, which left two of its own nursing wounds in the Male Surgical Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Last Wednesday evening,...

Lindener drowns in Demerara River

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lindener drowns in Demerara River

The body of 30-year old Lindener, Safraz Khan, was pulled from the Demerara River yesterday afternoon minutes after he had plunged in to take a swim with friends. Khan was pronounced dead on arrival...

Cluster development to increase competitiveness in Caribbean

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cluster development to increase competitiveness in Caribbean

With the exclusion of Haiti, the Caribbean’s local markets are small and therefore dependent on overseas markets for growth. Many Caribbean economies continue to be dominated by one or two...

Family fears worst as girl remains missing

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News 7

After searching for close to a month, Nadia Satroham is still to be found. The family of the young woman is still to be comforted with information of the woman’s whereabouts after she went missing...

DDL gearing for tomorrow’s marketplace with the best distillery in the hemisphere

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on DDL gearing for tomorrow’s marketplace with the best distillery in the hemisphere

The management of the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has outlined plans to position the company to meet the demands of tomorrow’s market. The plan was highlighted when the company hosted its...

New Amsterdam Residents accuse Regional Chairman, GPL of discrimination

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Residents accuse Regional Chairman, GPL of discrimination

Some residents of New Amsterdam, Berbice are accusing the Regional Chairman of Region Six and the Regional Manager of The Guyana Power and Light operation in Berbice of practicing racism and showing...

Police say there is no excuse for arbitrary detention beyond 72 hours

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police say there is no excuse for arbitrary detention beyond 72 hours

There is no excuse for holding prisoners beyond the stipulated time frame without recourse to the High Court. This is according to the Guyana Police Force in response to an article published by this...

Guyana beat Barbados by 55 runs to top zone ‘A’

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana beat Barbados by 55 runs to top zone ‘A’

By Sean Devers in Berbice On a day blessed with glorious sunshine, a large crowd at Blairmont saw Guyana beat Barbados by 55 runs yesterday in their final preliminary round Regional Super50 cricket...

Guyana recapture IGG Track and Field title

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Sports 1

– also win Cycling Championships By Edison Jefford in Suriname Guyana’s junior national track and field team recaptured the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) title they lost to Suriname in French...

Haniff, Sukhram win titles

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Haniff, Sukhram win titles

Guyana born Papo Haniff, who admitted that it took quite a few pleas from close friends to convince him to play in this year’s RI Vodka Guyana Open Golf Tournament vindicated his decision by...

Royals and Jets open with wins to advance to next round

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Royals and Jets open with wins to advance to next round

Pacesetters, Maccabbees, Ravens, NA Warriors battle at Burnham Court today The effects of the year long basketball off season in Linden was evident as organized club basketball returned to the...

Chand/Lopes edge Miller/Glasgow in tense match

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chand/Lopes edge Miller/Glasgow in tense match

Ramrattan/Gentle roll on The Trophy Stall Doubles Tennis tournament started off with an action packed day of games played at the Non Pariel and Pegasus Tennis Courts. Highlight of the day was a very...

Two draws highlight latest play at Diamond Ground

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two draws highlight latest play at Diamond Ground

When play in the Banks DIH Coca Cola sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Premier League competition continued yesterday at the Diamond Community Centre Ground, both games ended in 1-1...

Donald celebrates 61st birthday

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Donald celebrates 61st birthday

QC head elated with students’ outstanding performances

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on QC head elated with students’ outstanding performances

“I am elated as my students are,” said Principal of Queen’s College, Ms. Nadia Hollingsworth, as she reflected on the performance of students of her school at the recent...

UG MBBS curriculum to be reviewed with CDC Grant

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG MBBS curriculum to be reviewed with CDC Grant

As the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Health Sciences continues to increase its offerings, including programmes that could cater to a wider cross section of health professionals,...

Lack of pavements contribute to pedestrian road deaths

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lack of pavements contribute to pedestrian road deaths

– Transportation Engineer Every life is valuable and to ensure the reduction of road fatalities there is the need for education, enforcement and engineering. These three main...

Taxpayers’ money is being squandered by present govt.

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Taxpayers’ money is being squandered by present govt.

– PPP defector Former People’s Progressive Party stalwart, Rajendra Nauth Bissessar who crossed over to the Alliance for Change (AFC) has said that tax payers monies...

Local authorities still investigating

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Local authorities still investigating

Jamaican Drug bust… Just over a week after Jamaican Authorities discovered cocaine stashed in a sealed container onboard the MV Vega Azurit, a vessel which left Guyana, local...