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Johnson, Ferrier in DCC side for WIPA 20/20 series

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson, Ferrier in DCC side for WIPA 20/20 series

Guyana’s top 20/20 side, the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), will leave on Tuesday to participate in the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) Regional 20/20 cricket competition in Trinidad. The...

Man charged with shooting taxi dispatcher

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man charged with shooting taxi dispatcher

Deion Lane, 27, has been charged in connection with the shooting earlier this month in Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, of 17-year-old taxi service dispatcher, Emmett Hinds. Police said that Lane, of...

Naikbarran stars as Demerara crush Essequibo by 155 runs

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Naikbarran stars as Demerara crush Essequibo by 155 runs

By Sean Devers Skipper Rajendra Naikbarran starred with both bat and ball in a Man-of-the-Match performance as Demerara crushed Essequibo by 155 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method in the rain-hit...

PNCR withdraws motion on Community Service Sentencing

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR withdraws motion on Community Service Sentencing

…after government removes time limit The People’s National Congress Reform on Wednesday withdrew its motion that sought to have the legislation catering for and supervising community service as a...

Fresh negotiations for Allen/Eastman clash ongoing

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Fresh negotiations for Allen/Eastman clash ongoing

By Michael Benjamin Boxing buffs may yet get an opportunity to see the super middleweight fight for that title between Howard ‘The Battersea Bomber’ Eastman and Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen as...

Guyana to discuss border surveillance with close neighbours

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana to discuss border surveillance with close neighbours

Guyana is not taking any changes as the Swine Flu virus continues to spread around the world. Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has revealed that Guyana is currently working with the Pan...

Demerara River boat accident victim on the mend

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Demerara River boat accident victim on the mend

The only word that could describe 57-year-old Tulsiram Sukdeo, the victim of the Demerara River boat accident, is “remarkable”. The father of three had his face almost severed during an early...

Precision Woodworking not closed, diversifying – Senior Manager

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Precision Woodworking not closed, diversifying – Senior Manager

A Senior Manager of Precision Woodworking has told this newspaper that contrary to a Stabroek News article the company has not closed down. The manager, who asked to remain anonymous, said that the...

King aims to continue reign

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on King aims to continue reign

Reigning Group 4 champion, Andrew King told Kaieteur Sport during a telephone conversation yesterday that even though the team hasn’t been able to completely resolve all the technical problems on...

THE TRADE UNION MOVMENT IS ON THE DECLINE

May 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE TRADE UNION MOVMENT IS ON THE DECLINE

The PPP did not return May Day to the workers. May Day had long not belonged to workers, but rather to the politicians and their lackeys within the trade union movement. Just after the PPP took...

Plus size women send Linden wild at pageant

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Plus size women send Linden wild at pageant

It was gyrations “fa so”, with splits and body contortions, belly rolls and buttock swivels, movements that sent the massive crowd at the Mackenzie Sports Club into resounding applause over and...

GFC oppose Conquerors, GDF take on Pele

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GFC oppose Conquerors, GDF take on Pele

The battle for early points and goal average is set to intensify this evening at the Tucville ground, day two, of the 2009 Cellink Premier League. Meeting in the feature game from 20:00hrs will be...

Is the government truly concerned about the total well being of workers?

May 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is the government truly concerned about the total well being of workers?

Dear Editor, Another May Day, workers’ holiday, has come and the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) continues to be denied its subvention by the government. This is a college where the ordinary...

M&CC to kick start IT prog with support from Polaris

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on M&CC to kick start IT prog with support from Polaris

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) yesterday inked a Memorandum of Understanding, which now paves the way for the municipal entity to gain Information Technology support from the...

More focus to be directed to workplace health and safety- PS Labour

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on More focus to be directed to workplace health and safety- PS Labour

The concept of Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H) has evolved over the years, expanding from merely maintaining good working standards in factories to addressing the concerns of occupational...

Today we celebrate May Day as a time to organise around issues vital to workers

May 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Today we celebrate May Day as a time to organise around issues vital to workers

Dear Editor, While May 1st is celebrated in many countries in the world as International Workers’ Day dedicated to the historical struggles of labour, few know that the holding began in fight for...

PRESIDENT BHARRAT JAGDEO

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PRESIDENT BHARRAT JAGDEO

It is once again my pleasure to salute workers and their representative unions here in Guyana as they commemorate yet another Workers’ Day, May Day 2009. I wish to reassure them at this time that...

Milerock, Blueberry Hill clash in LTW football final

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Milerock, Blueberry Hill clash in LTW football final

Milerock and Blueberry Hill United will clash in the final of the Linden Town Week football tournament this evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground. In semi-final rivalry on Tuesday night at the...

People’s National Congress Reform

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on People’s National Congress Reform

Labour Day is a special occasion for workers in Guyana and the rest of the world. It is a time when they should be able to celebrate the consolidation of their rights, increased wages and benefits,...

Address these concerns without delay

May 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Address these concerns without delay

Dear Editor, With the collapse of the Manganese Company at Matthew’s Ridge in Region One, the community of Port Kaituma had suffered from lack of employment opportunities, which made the community...

Hijackers now targeting 212 Toyota Carinas

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hijackers now targeting 212 Toyota Carinas

Owners of Toyota Carina 212 motorcars are becoming anxious as hijackers appear to have turned their attention to the popular model of vehicles. This follows another hijacking in the city in which two...

Is criminal justice being compromised by having PPP MPs as special prosecutors?

May 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is criminal justice being compromised by having PPP MPs as special prosecutors?

Dear Editor, Re: “GRA officers, Customs brokers slapped with initial 72 conspiracy, forgery charges,” (Kaieteur News, April 29), brings to a head the long awaited charges that the acting...

GAWA celebrates 69th year with month of activities

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GAWA celebrates 69th year with month of activities

Secretary of the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) Deion Nurse has indicated that his organization will be observing its 69th anniversary with a month of activities that gets underway...

Guyana Public Service Union

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Public Service Union

Year after year, contrary to the norm in any modern democratic state, the reasonable expectations of Guyanese workers for enhancement in working conditions and benefits and the consequent improvement...

Some big man really frighten dead

May 01, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Some big man really frighten dead

Old people always seh that when de poe bore is everything does run out and sometimes de mess it does lef behind does tek years to clean up. Well somebody drive a nail in de poe this week. Bright and...