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Small battle won against tobacco use

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Small battle won against tobacco use

– New Standard for Tobacco approved After months of consultations and intense campaigning strategies, the Ministry of Health could gear for a small but satisfying victory as it relates to the...

Whatz Hott Guyana 2K9 promises electric excitement

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Whatz Hott Guyana 2K9 promises electric excitement

The entertainment sirens are blaring, signaling the coming of the 6th Annual Whatz Hott Guyana Show to be staged at Thirst Park. However, word is out that this time around a segment of the show will...

Mon Repos farmer reaps 16 pound soursop

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Mon Repos farmer reaps 16 pound soursop

For years, 68-year old farmer, Mohabir Ramsahoi, was being hit by thieves who stole his crops without allowing them to grow to their full potential. Now that the thieves have been neutralised,...

Scotiabank assists Brickdam Secondary

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Scotiabank assists Brickdam Secondary

Staff members of the Brickdam Secondary School were more than elated when they recently received a boost from Scotiabank in Georgetown. On Friday officials of the bank presented five ceiling fans and...

Blood donation initiative to be introduced in schools next month

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Blood donation initiative to be introduced in schools next month

If you give once, you will be inclined to give again, said Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, recently as he appealed to persons to donate blood to boost the buffer stock at the National Blood...

Finally, it’s being done!

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Finally, it’s being done!

After months of complaining by motorists, the Ministry of Works finally took the time to repair this bridge on the Plaisance Railway Embankment. Workers are in the process of replacing one of the...

Guyana’s vaccination programme to be further boosted by year end

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s vaccination programme to be further boosted by year end

By the end of this year, Guyana is expected to gain a place among the top-ranking countries of the world as it relates to its vaccination capabilities. To aid this auspicious move, the Ministry of...

Eight-year-old excels at Yarrwokabra spelling bee contest

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Eight-year-old excels at Yarrwokabra spelling bee contest

An eight year-old boy was the surprise star when a Spelling Bee competition, organised by the Yarrowkabra Community Policing Group Youth Arm, commenced yesterday. When the first round of the contest...

Nassy double pilots Uprising to championship against Flamingo 2-1

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nassy double pilots Uprising to championship against Flamingo 2-1

Conquerors bang Pele 6-2 for third By Franklin Wilson It was 30 minutes of pulsating and riveting action which at times had fans at the edges of their seats at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall but it...

Robin Persaud edges Ramchurejee to take race

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Robin Persaud edges Ramchurejee to take race

– Benjamin & Wilson retain titles In excellent weather, seasoned campaigner Robin Persaud pulled out all the stops to win the 5th annual Regan Rodrigues Memorial 50-mile cycle road race...

Karatekas thrill audience with classy displays

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Karatekas thrill audience with classy displays

A small but appreciative crowd witnessed a spectacular display of Martial Arts demonstrations from some of the country’s finest Martial Arts practitioners when the Martial Arts Master’s...

Guyana go down to Barbados despite Adams’ (4-15) miserly spell

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana go down to Barbados despite Adams’ (4-15) miserly spell

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, TCL, Western Union, Pepsi, Smalta, Demerara Power Company & Michelle Playter’s Modeling Agency Barbados defeated Guyana by 3 wickets...

East Coast Domino Club hosts triangular tourney

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast Domino Club hosts triangular tourney

The In Time Domino Club will be hosting its 8th Annual Triangular Dominoes Tournament at its Club House, President’s College Road, Golden Grove ECD, from August 8 – 21t next. Several clubs...

Scottsburg United, Albion Community Centre through to Quarter-finals

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scottsburg United, Albion Community Centre through to Quarter-finals

Scottsburg United and Albion Community Centre both won their latest preliminary matches to become the latest teams to reach the quarter-finals of the 2009 Spready’s Bakery Under-19, 50-Over Cricket...

Junior Windballers break encampment today

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior Windballers break encampment today

– In need of financial support The twenty-seven junior windball players short-listed to prepare for the 3rd Annual Goodwill Twenty20 International Schoolgirls Tournament slated for August 14-21...

Once we owe we must pay – Dr Surujbally

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Once we owe we must pay – Dr Surujbally

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr Steve Surujbally, said that while the matter is sub-judice and he would not comment, once the entity owes any rent, then it must be paid....

Guyana cannot benefit from the LCDS in its current form

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana cannot benefit from the LCDS in its current form

Dear Editor, In July 2006, at a stakeholders’ meeting at the Hotel Tower on the Hydro Power Project, President Jagdeo said he was very excited that Guyana was going to have a hydropower facility by...

Stabbed wife still critical

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Stabbed wife still critical

After being stabbed multiple times by her estranged husband, 39-year-old Sumintra Rampersaud still remains in a critical condition in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital....

The messengers are being made the issue rather than the message

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The messengers are being made the issue rather than the message

Dear Editor, After spending two days (so far) listening to witness testimony under direct and cross examination in the trial of Robert Simels, and following the subsequent fall out in Guyana via the...

JCI Guyana members undergo training in Suriname

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on JCI Guyana members undergo training in Suriname

Junior Chamber International Guyana (JCI) recently participated in an exchange visit with their JCI Suriname chapter in Paramaribo, Suriname, at which seven of its members successfully participated...

Arrest the decay of G/town

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Arrest the decay of G/town

Dear Editor, I have been following the Local Government Elections episode and am disappointed to learn that such elections would not be held this year. It’s unbelievable that that group of...

MINISTER RAMSAMMY SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on MINISTER RAMSAMMY SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF

I am hopeful that before this column is read that the Government of Guyana would have already initiated the action that is recommended within. Further evidence has been led in the Courts of the...

The President now has enough information to launch a probe

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President now has enough information to launch a probe

Dear Editor, When political activist and talk show host, Ronald Waddell, was gunned down execution style in front of his home in January, 2006, most observers concluded it was politically motivated,...

Rose Hall Town gears up for Town Week 2009

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall Town gears up for Town Week 2009

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – The Rose Hall Town Week is scheduled for September 20th to 27th. The week of activities would feature a Spelling Bee Competition for primary schools within the catchment...

Burrowes, Lall, City Hall, hypocrisy and the AG’s Report for 2006

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Burrowes, Lall, City Hall, hypocrisy and the AG’s Report for 2006

Dear Editor, I refer to the article “Burrowes city probe finds widespread financial irregularities” (SN August 1, 2009) and would be grateful for the opportunity to comment. Even though...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more