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Millions budgeted for Sheriff Street upgrade, West Coast Demerara highway

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Millions budgeted for Sheriff Street upgrade, West Coast Demerara highway

Several critical transportation projects on the coastland, including repairs to the Soesdyke/Linden Highway and the Essequibo public road are scheduled for this year. Under the Ministry...

Thousands flock Number 63 Beach on Easter Monday

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Thousands flock Number 63 Beach on Easter Monday

Thousands flocked the Number 63 Beach on the Corentyne for the usual Easter Monday gathering. Kites of various descriptions and sizes accompanied by the resplendent colours of the holiday,...

Thief escapes, leaves tooth and three photographs behind

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Thief escapes, leaves tooth and three photographs behind

A prisoner who was enjoying his freedom having fled from justice for the past three months by evading the police was re-captured by ranks on the Essequibo Coast, early Monday morning. Ovid...

Running Guyana will cost $5B more this year

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Running Guyana will cost $5B more this year

It will cost Government $5B more this year to run the country with labour costs taking a significant chunk. Last year, Government spent $118M to repair roads, pay public servants, run...

Ruimveldt Police ignore rampant ‘Bike Gangs’ robberies

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ruimveldt Police ignore rampant ‘Bike Gangs’ robberies

… although incidents occur three minutes away In spite of the fact that the Ruimveldt Police Station is approximately less than three minutes away from Middle Road and Fourth Street,...

Dem boys seh…Is not easy to feed Donald and Irfaat and Brazzy

Apr 02, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is not easy to feed Donald and Irfaat and Brazzy

De budget seh that it gun cost de government $5 billion more to run de country this year. That could mean that de country either get more people or that dem paying out more money to workers...

WICB Regional 4 day tourney…Guyana are 4 wickets away from victory, CCC needs 126

Apr 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB Regional 4 day tourney…Guyana are 4 wickets away from victory, CCC needs 126

By Zaheer Mohamed Guyana and the Combined Campuses and Colleges were locked in a keen battle at the close of play on the third day yesterday in the sixth round of the West Indies Cricket Board...

Jumbo Jet flies away with champion stable accolade

Apr 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jumbo Jet flies away with champion stable accolade

Summer Classic is top horse on show as Score’s Even win feature at Guyana Cup Fever. By Samuel Whyte It was a day filled with action, the upsets came, the crowd was there in its large number...

Today’s world has become intolerant of pretenders

Apr 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Today’s world has become intolerant of pretenders

By Rawle Welch The two individuals who seem to think that whenever they speak everyone should shut up and listen simply because they feel that they are the sole authority and owners of...

Four top teams, two electrifying encounters as the Mayor’s Cup enters semifinal stage

Apr 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four top teams, two electrifying encounters as the Mayor’s Cup enters semifinal stage

Several weeks of exciting football will continue to climb to a delectable climax when Alpha United oppose Den Amstel shortly before Slingerz FC throws down the gauntlet against the...

Good Success beat GYO to take Aslam 40 over title

Apr 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Good Success beat GYO to take Aslam 40 over title

Good Success SC of Wakenaam defeated Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) of Georgetown by 6 wickets in a feature 40-over cricket match played recently at the Wakenaam Community Centre...

CARIFTA make changes in line with IAAF, CAC standards

Apr 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on CARIFTA make changes in line with IAAF, CAC standards

CARIFTA Games stakeholders yesterday announced changes to the annual meet, set to come into effect by the next edition scheduled for the French island of Martinique. The number of...

Website for Supreme Court to be launched

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Website for Supreme Court to be launched

With a view to improving the public’s access to case information, the Supreme Court will be launching a website during the second half of this year as part of the $2.1 billion Justice Sector...

Debate issues, not personalities

Apr 02, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Debate issues, not personalities

The budget debates begin today. The nation would be regaled by the positives and the negatives, depending on who is making the presentation. What is known is that the vast majority of...

ARTICLE 182 IS INNOCUOUS

Apr 02, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ARTICLE 182 IS INNOCUOUS

The Kaieteur News gave me a shock on Sunday recently. It reported that a sixty –five year old man had marched seventeen miles bearing a cross and a placard to protest Article 282 of the...

Two months after Mazaruni boat tragedy…Police still to lay charges despite recommendations from MARAD

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two months after Mazaruni boat tragedy…Police still to lay charges despite recommendations from MARAD

It has been over two months since 11 people perished in a two-boat collision at Mazaruni, but police are still to lay charges against four individuals whose negligence a Maritime...

Wakenaam residents experience transportation woes

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Wakenaam residents experience transportation woes

The residents of Wakenaam, particularly the business community, are disappointed with what is believed to be a new policy by the Transport and Harbours Department. Their plight lies with the...

Community policewoman brutalized

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Community policewoman brutalized

Weeks after she was brutalized, Yutive MacCloud, is still looking for her colleagues at Mahdia to take action. Mac Cloud, a 42-year-old neighbourhood policewoman, is alleging that some three...

Guyanese cop two honors in one week

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese cop two honors in one week

By Lin-Jay Harry-Voglezon (American International News Correspondent) Guyanese Sandra Chapman, Deputy Borough President of Brooklyn, NY; and Dr. Monique Davidson-Tucker, shared their Sunday evening,...

Writers reiterate calls for clarity on Caribbean Press

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Writers reiterate calls for clarity on Caribbean Press

…say it functions with state money Local poets, novelists and other writers have reiterated calls for information on the Caribbean Press to be divulged. They say that the institute is driven with...

CJIA US$150M expansion…AFC to question Govt on final costs during budget debates

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA US$150M expansion…AFC to question Govt on final costs during budget debates

The expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is likely to take centre stage during the debates on this year’s National Budget set to begin today. According to Leader of the...

Police play pivotal role in justice system – Attorney General says

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police play pivotal role in justice system – Attorney General says

Discrepancies of how the police force handles its investigation were highlighted by the Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Ali-Hack. These discrepancies are indeed of great concern, said...

Not enough being done to curb gender- based violence – First Lady

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Not enough being done to curb gender- based violence – First Lady

First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar has stated that the law enforcement officials are not doing enough to curb gender-based violence. She said, recently, that even though there are the relevant...

Woman alleges she was raped by associate

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman alleges she was raped by associate

While a young lady in her twenties has proceeded to lodge a complaint about being raped by a male who is known to her and to members of her family, police are saying that they are pursuing...

Police and Buxton continue to heal old wounds

Apr 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police and Buxton continue to heal old wounds

– youth club successfully launched The administration of the Police ‘C’ Division (East Coast Demerara) has kept its promise to the village of Buxton to engage the youths of that...