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Seven in custody as…Police recover millions in cash and gold after staged robbery

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Seven in custody as…Police recover millions in cash and gold after staged robbery

Police have rounded up at least seven persons who were involved in a staged robbery, in which millions of dollars in cash and raw gold were stolen from a local gold buyer. The police have also...

Ramroop admits to having items recorded as already delivered to GPHC

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ramroop admits to having items recorded as already delivered to GPHC

Bharrat Jagdeo’s best friend Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’Ramroop, who owns New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC), has lashed out at the Auditor General of Guyana over the discrepancies...

Thousands thrilled as Leguan Night ends on high note

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Thousands thrilled as Leguan Night ends on high note

By Rehana Ashley Ahamad High compliments are in order for the committee members responsible for pulling off a splendid inaugural Leguan Night staged last Saturday at the Community Centre Ground. As...

Domestic violence fugitives have families living in fear

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Domestic violence fugitives have families living in fear

Hacked on both legs over five months ago, Carlotta Stephens is now a bed-bound invalid in her room; still unable to walk and living in dread that the man who tried to kill her may return to...

Barber killed in hit-and-run accident, driver leaves number plate behind

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Barber killed in hit-and-run accident, driver leaves number plate behind

Even as the police are trying to implement more stringent laws for road users, a barber has become the latest road fatality following a hit and run accident on the Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast...

Probe launched into non-completion of hospital in Region Six

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Probe launched into non-completion of hospital in Region Six

— supervising consultant over-valued completed work — project behind schedule by 16 months — contractor liable for liquated damages Despite moves by the Ministry of Health to expend more than...

Dem boys seh…Rohee sickness is not natural

Nov 11, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rohee sickness is not natural

Rohee lef de Slave House good, good, good and go home. Normally he does stop fuh tek a drink all about de place like a typical rumee. Dem boys stay suh too. Dem does tek dem li’l quarter at all dem...

14th DMW 55-Mile Cycle Road Race…Warren McKay topples filed; Hamza Eastman takes junior title

Nov 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 14th DMW 55-Mile Cycle Road Race…Warren McKay topples filed; Hamza Eastman takes junior title

Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay toppled an experienced field on the West Demerara yesterday to come out victor of the senior category when the 14th annual Diamond Mineral Water 55-Mile Cycle Road Race was...

Trophy Stall are Guyana Softball Cup3 champs

Nov 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall are Guyana Softball Cup3 champs

NY Better Hope take Masters title By Zaheer Mohamed Trophy Stall won the Guyana Softball Cup3 by defeating Wolf’s Warriors by 9 wickets in the final last evening at the Georgetown Cricket Club...

NATI win Wilbur Hope Memorial schools football competition

Nov 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on NATI win Wilbur Hope Memorial schools football competition

New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) used their height and size advantage to get the better of Berbice High School as the secured a 2-0 win in the final to emerge winners of the second Wilbur...

Fitness Express power-up GAPF Senior C/ship set for Sunday

Nov 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Express power-up GAPF Senior C/ship set for Sunday

– registration closes on Thursday Continuing to live true to its mandate of tangibly partnering with national associations for the real development of sports in Guyana, Owner/Manager of Fitness...

Demerara Trials slated for November 12 and 13

Nov 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara Trials slated for November 12 and 13

Bacchus, Griffith omitted The Demerara Cricket Board will be hosting a 2-Day Trial match on November 12 and 13 at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda to select their team for the upcoming...

Xtreme Sports to afford orphans the opportunity to witness CMRC

Nov 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Xtreme Sports to afford orphans the opportunity to witness CMRC

Over 15 orphans from the St. John’s Boys Orphanage of Plaisance and two chaperones will be afforded the opportunity to witness the best drivers in the Caribbean thanks to the compassion of Xtreme...

Contractor in court for failing to supply millions in Education Ministry equipment

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor in court for failing to supply millions in Education Ministry equipment

Failure to supply millions of dollars worth of equipment for Technical/Vocational Projects to the Ministry of Education has landed a contractor in court. In 2008, the Ministry entered into a contract...

Deadly Canje River dispute…Survivor remains hospitalised as cops hunt for killer

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Deadly Canje River dispute…Survivor remains hospitalised as cops hunt for killer

Police were yesterday still hunting for a farm employee who shot 53-year-old Titus Sutton dead and wounded his colleague on Friday at Barakara, some 60 miles up the Canje River. It is...

Mabaruma power woes raised in Parliament

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mabaruma power woes raised in Parliament

Persistent power outages at Mabaruma and its surrounding communities have given cause for the matter to be raised even at the highest level of decision making in the country. The question was put to...

Cocaine in sweets…CMO expresses concern about children exposed to narcotics

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine in sweets…CMO expresses concern about children exposed to narcotics

Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud has expressed concern about the recent findings of cocaine laced sweets which were accessed by small children in the...

Parliamentary Committee wants to increase Members of ERC

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Parliamentary Committee wants to increase Members of ERC

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Appoints, Dr. George Norton has tabled a motion in the National Assembly that, if passed by the House, will see an increase in the number of members...

Region Ten Tourism Development Association celebrates tenth anniversary

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Region Ten Tourism Development Association celebrates tenth anniversary

The Region Ten Tourism Development Association (RTTDA) this year celebrates its tenth anniversary. With November being Tourism Month, executives of the organization took time out to talk a little on...

SEND THE MONEY EARLY!

Nov 11, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SEND THE MONEY EARLY!

The word “bonus” is one all workers look forward to at Christmas. It is that time of the year when employers show their gratitude to their workers by giving them an extra payout. Many workers in...

Enterprising and Independent Woman…Cosmetologist Setra O’Selmo attends to clients from a wheelchair

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Enterprising and Independent Woman…Cosmetologist Setra O’Selmo attends to clients from a wheelchair

By Enid Joaquin Ovia Setra O’Selmo has the most beautiful and infectious smile- so whenever you encounter this vibrant young woman it’s impossible not to smile right back. Setra is a...

N/A Multilateral takes home National LCDS quiz competition trophy

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Multilateral takes home National LCDS quiz competition trophy

The New Amsterdam Multilateral School has won the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) trophy in the National Quiz Competition held recently in Georgetown. Each of the four winners, Eion...

Freddie Kissoon disagrees with Mr. Sanders’ depiction

Nov 11, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon disagrees with Mr. Sanders’ depiction

Dear Editor, I took issue with some of Mr. Ron Sanders columns in February and May in the election year of 2011. It is unnecessary to reproduce those sections of Mr. Sanders’ thoughts that in my...

Are Guyanese losing their cultural identity?

Nov 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Are Guyanese losing their cultural identity?

– “We mimic men of the New World…” V.S Naipaul By Kiana Wilburg With its wonderful blend of six races, Guyana has a rich history and a culture that is still virtually untapped...

Incompetence following Sheik Baksh wherever he goes

Nov 11, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Incompetence following Sheik Baksh wherever he goes

Dear Editor, It seems that everywhere Sheik Baksh goes he is followed by incompetence. He was at the Ministry of Housing, presiding over an entity that was in the news everyday for all the wrong...

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