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Patient Care Assistants graduate

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Patient Care Assistants graduate

…Abiola Semple is top student Some 40 young men and women were yesterday rewarded for their hard work over the past six months at the eighth graduation ceremony for the Georgetown Public...

Ramdin happy to be Vice Captain

Dec 06, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Ramdin happy to be Vice Captain

Denesh Ramdin said he is delighted to be named Vice Captain of the West Indies and aims do his utmost to ensure the Windies conquer New Zealand in the upcoming series. Ramdin was appointed for the...

All systems are in place for Port Mourant horserace meet tomorrow

Dec 06, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on All systems are in place for Port Mourant horserace meet tomorrow

The Port Mourant turf Club will be the place to be tomorrow when the club runs off its grand one day horse race meet, at their Port Mourant Corentyne, Berbice racetrack. Six races are listed for the...

MSC says facility second to National Stadium

Dec 06, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on MSC says facility second to National Stadium

– takes umbrage over negative reports By Edison Jefford The management of the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) took offence to reports that seem to suggest that the club was not willing to corporate...

Digicel wants SMS interconnection by Christmas

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Digicel wants SMS interconnection by Christmas

…GT&T to respond on Tuesday Digicel Guyana yesterday called on the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) to open up text messaging between Digicel and GT&T networks in time for...

Will we be able to impress Warner?

Dec 06, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Will we be able to impress Warner?

By Rawle Welch FIFA Vice-President and President of CONCACAF Austin ‘Jack’ Warner has started his fact finding and listening mission as part of a 40-nation Member Association Tour (MAT) where he...

More potential leaders graduate from special police course

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on More potential leaders graduate from special police course

Of the 23 junior officers who graduated from the Junior Officers’ Course yesterday, 18 were ranks from 15 different branches of the Joint Services, including the City Constabulary, the Guyana Fire...

Albion puts Berbice title on the line against RHTWSB

Dec 06, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Albion puts Berbice title on the line against RHTWSB

Defending Berbice champions Albion will put their county title on the line when they battle Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar in the Berbice zone final of the national Gafoor’s 20/20 first division...

Guyana Government collects outstanding balance from WICB

Dec 06, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Government collects outstanding balance from WICB

Dr Anthony says hosting the World Cup enhanced Guyana’s image Guyana’s Sports Minister Dr Frank Anthony yesterday collected a cheque for US$750,000 from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) as...

Cuba waits for change under Obama

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Cuba waits for change under Obama

As leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba prepare to meet on Monday, both parties are hoping that the presidency of Barack Obama will bring change in the relations between Cuba and the...

King opts out of T&T tour due to personal commitments

Dec 06, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on King opts out of T&T tour due to personal commitments

Orin Bailey takes over as national U-17 Coach By Sean Devers The national under-17 cricket team is scheduled to depart Guyana on Tuesday morning for the West Indies under-17 tournament in Trinidad as...

Psychiatrist deems hospital fire accused “unfit” to stand trial

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Psychiatrist deems hospital fire accused “unfit” to stand trial

Senior Consultant, Clinical and Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Frank Beckles, has issued a medical certificate stating that Leonard Nelson, who was recently incarcerated for burning down the Psychiatric...

Little progress made to respect rights of disabled

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Little progress made to respect rights of disabled

– Cecil Morris “It might be a harsh judgement to say that Guyana has not made progress when it comes to disabled persons. There has been progress but we have not made the progress that we had...

Supt. testifies to finding murder weapon

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Supt. testifies to finding murder weapon

A new witness took the stand yesterday as the trial of Delon ‘Fatboy’ Reynolds, who is accused of murdering self-confessed death squad informant George Bacchus, continued in the Supreme Court...

An early case of ‘hubris’?

Dec 06, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on An early case of ‘hubris’?

Dear Editor, President-elect Barack Obama was asked how he expected to promote change by appointing so many old Clinton hands. The President-elect said the change will come from him. In discussing...

A clean environment is everyone’s responsibility

Dec 06, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on A clean environment is everyone’s responsibility

Dear Editor, I was surprised to see some quality roads in Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara . The roads have always been like a massive sweet water type fish farm, with potholes so large that...

“Yes we can”

Dec 06, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear editor, These three words “yes we can” that were chosen by Barack Obama as his refrain, his rallying cry to the American people during his presidential campaign, gained rapid and worldwide...

Cell phone radiation and brain tumors

Dec 06, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, In today’s issue of the Guyana Chronicle (GC:2008-12-04), Dr Howard Fisher, “a natural physician” representing the Canadian company BioPro Technology, was reported to have held...

Missing computer may hold clues to Fiesal Ali murder

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Missing computer may hold clues to Fiesal Ali murder

-victim’s skull was fractured, knife punctured heart A missing computer belonging to former NFA executive Fiesal Ferose Ali may hold clues to why he was stabbed and battered to death in his...

Designer sunglasses and Yves Saint Laurent cologne

Dec 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 9

I read in the newspaper that a businessman bought a property in a high priced area (downtown Georgetown) and has established a retail trade in designer sunglasses. This announcement really caught my...

Pomeroon woman in lamp explosion succumbs

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Pomeroon woman in lamp explosion succumbs

After being hospitalised with severe burns about her body for almost two weeks, 38-year-old Bridget France, of Marlboro, Lower Pomeroon, succumbed to her injuries on Thursday. Reports are that she...

Constitutionally, President Jagdeo may yet be CARICOM’s most magnanimous and benevolent autocrat

Dec 06, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent decision to rely on the words ‘concerned in’ of Article 188 of the Constitution and grant a ‘free pardon’ to treason accused, Mr. Phillip...

WHO IS THE BEST?

Dec 06, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

How do we know that Forbes Burnham surrounded himself with the best? Just how does one determine that those who Burnham chose to be ministers of his government were the best available? How can we be...

IS OUR DRAINGE SYSTEM IMPROVING?

Dec 06, 2008 knews Editorial 1

It is impressive, quite impressive, that despite the much acclaimed Doppler radar not yet in operation, the local meteorological department, based on oceanic and atmospheric conditions, can forewarn...

$Victims sustain fractures, blindness after separate attacks$

Victims sustain fractures, blindness after separate attacks

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Victims sustain fractures, blindness after separate attacks

Michael Browne, of 128 Carmichael Street, South Cummingsburg, was yesterday granted $75,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Vernon...