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West Berbice manslaughter trial… Opening arguments set for tomorrow

May 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice manslaughter trial… Opening arguments set for tomorrow

The manslaughter trial of 64-year-old Thakurmani, the West Berbice woman who is accused of killing her husband, which was set to begin yesterday morning before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and...

Fourteen injured in Coverden minibus crash

May 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fourteen injured in Coverden minibus crash

— culprit was trying to overtake two vehicles A 74-year-old man and a 16-year-old schoolgirl were among 14 people injured around 16:30 hrs yesterday near Coverden, East Bank...

Stepfather gets nine months for assaulting child over stew fish

May 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Stepfather gets nine months for assaulting child over stew fish

“If you tek de goat ya have to tek de kiddy.”That was the advice given to a stepfather who whipped his stepson with a length of wire after the child ate the last piece of stew fish....

Rusal threatens legal action against Kwakwani loggers

May 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rusal threatens legal action against Kwakwani loggers

Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (Rusal) has threatened legal action over the unloading of logs at its Kwakwani waterfront facility. According to the company, over the weekend, it...

GuySuCo records lowest sugar production in 20 years

May 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo records lowest sugar production in 20 years

More than one-third of the sugar cane harvested by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), between 2005 (when Guyana experienced a devastating flood) and 2009 were deemed to be uneconomical. “We...

$30M missing pontoon found ‘stashed’ up Mahaica Creek

May 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $30M missing pontoon found ‘stashed’ up Mahaica Creek

– Three bridge staff still in custody Searchers yesterday found a multi-million-dollar pontoon stashed miles up the Mahaica Creek, days after it was mysteriously removed...

Begin the beguine. Why not? This is Guyana

May 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Begin the beguine. Why not? This is Guyana

Ms. Gail Teixeira said that she has written to APNU and the AFC on the resumption of tripartite talks. So, soon the Government and opposition are going to waltz once more. The dance and...

THOSE SMILING PETROL ATTENDANTS

May 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THOSE SMILING PETROL ATTENDANTS

If you have been to the petrol stations over the past three weeks you would have noticed a change in attitude by the attendants. Many of them are smiling and are more friendly and...

The schools and corporal punishment

May 29, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The schools and corporal punishment

The issue of corporal punishment in schools will be ongoing for some time. There will always be those who are opposed and those who hold the view that corporal punishment is one way of keeping...

Dem boys seh…NICIL sell a Harbour Bridge pontoon

May 29, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…NICIL sell a Harbour Bridge pontoon

Is either Henry de Yellow ain’t got luck or he does drop to sleep at de wheel. Last week he driving as usual when he knock a jackass cart and a Harbour Bridge vehicle. He damage all...

England apply finishing touches to series win over West Indies

May 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on England apply finishing touches to series win over West Indies

Samuels hung around for a fifty, but the 108-run target posed no threat to England AFP – England beat West Indies by nine wickets to win the second Test with more than a day to spare...

Brydens Indoor Hockey Classic…Pepsi Hikers edge GCC in thriller

May 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brydens Indoor Hockey Classic…Pepsi Hikers edge GCC in thriller

– Flora GCC Tigers, GCC also win Pepsi Hikers men produced when it mattered most, stunning the previously unbeaten GCC 2-1 in the final of the Solo Men’s First Division Competition of...

Team Guyana sends ominous warning to C/bean counterparts

May 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana sends ominous warning to C/bean counterparts

Team Guyana also known as Back Circle sent an ominous warning to the teams participating in the inaugural Guinness Street Football Challenge Tournament after inflicting a crushing 5-0...

Arjune wins Demerara Mutual Golf Tournament

May 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Arjune wins Demerara Mutual Golf Tournament

Premium putting paid dividends for Munaf Arjune who claimed the Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Golf Tournament on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club. Arjune played a near perfect round...

Ulric Pollydore Youth cycle race programme set for June 2 in the National Park

May 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ulric Pollydore Youth cycle race programme set for June 2 in the National Park

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed MS has organized a Youth Cycle Programme for Saturday June 2 at the National Park Circuit commencing at 09:00hrs. The programme is in memory of the late...

Albouystown/Charlestown face Lodge/Meadowbrook in mammoth showdown tonight

May 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albouystown/Charlestown face Lodge/Meadowbrook in mammoth showdown tonight

By Edison Jefford The National Community Basketball League (NCBL) intensifies tonight when the action shifts to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with two unbeaten seasoned campaigners at the...

Rollers win BVA Independence one day competition

May 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rollers win BVA Independence one day competition

Rollers Volleyball Club of New Amsterdam played unbeaten on Sunday May 27 to win the Berbice Volleyball Association’s Independence Trophy in a one day competition which attracted five teams in...

Kennard Memorial Turf Club Pre-Independence race meet rescheduled to June 10

May 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kennard Memorial Turf Club Pre-Independence race meet rescheduled to June 10

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) Pre-Independence horse race meeting initially scheduled to be staged at the entity’s Bush Lot Farm Corentyne facility on Sunday May 20, has now...

Berbice schools excel as Inter Primary School Windball Competition concludes

May 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice schools excel as Inter Primary School Windball Competition concludes

Edinburgh Primary School of East Bank Berbice and No48 Primary of Corentyne were crowned champions in their respective categories when the action in the East Berbice leg of the Inter...

My position is in sync with international prerequisites for good governance and social justice

May 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on My position is in sync with international prerequisites for good governance and social justice

DEAR EDITOR, Response is made to Ravi Dev’s Sunday articles of 13/5/2012 and 20/5/2012. If Dev thinks a “purveyor of hate” is one who detests and publicly crusades against the transgression of...

Build bridges, not fences and walls.

May 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Build bridges, not fences and walls.

DEAR EDITOR, I have read Mr Emile Mervin’s very insightful letter “Will the PPP blow the opportunity…” (KN, May 27). When I regularly travelled abroad, in countries which...

In order for us to succeed, we need to pay the price of success

May 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on In order for us to succeed, we need to pay the price of success

DEAR EDITOR, The 46th Anniversary of Guyana’s Independence was recently celebrated, and as the country continues to offer its obligatory respects, some stock taking is in order to...

Indian coffee company will not set up main processing plant here

May 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Indian coffee company will not set up main processing plant here

…Logs will continue to go out The Indian coffee company which was given a forestry concession to mainly carry out value added activities has said that its main plant will in fact be in India and...

CJIA suspends security passes for several baggage handlers

May 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA suspends security passes for several baggage handlers

– as drug seizures spike Authorities, in a major strike to fight the drug trade, recently cancelled the security passes for several baggage handlers operating at the Cheddi Jagan International...

GuySuCo produces 69 per cent of first crop target

May 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo produces 69 per cent of first crop target

…clash with union over incentive pay The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is reporting a dismal first crop marred again by strikes, low turnout of harvesters and higher than normal...