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Man fined, sentenced and remanded for shooting friend

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man fined, sentenced and remanded for shooting friend

A man who shot his friend in his head was fined $75,000 and jailed for three years each on the possession of firearm and possession of ammunition. He was also remanded for shooting his friend in the...

NCERD Library – a wealth of educational information

Nov 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on NCERD Library – a wealth of educational information

It has been in existence for almost two decades but to some it remains non-existent. However, those who have sought with diligence to utilise its service can testify to the fact that the National...

Inner Wheel Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Nov 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Inner Wheel Celebrates 25th Anniversary

The Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown would be celebrating it’s 25th anniversary of it’s chapter today. The club, which is affiliated to the International Inner Wheel, has its genesis as far back as...

Ground breaking ceremony launches 9th European Development Fund

Nov 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ground breaking ceremony launches 9th European Development Fund

…reconstruction, rehabilitation and maintenance of sea defences continues Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, and European Union Ambassador, Geert Heikens, yesterday ‘broke ground’ at the...

Local laboratories working toward ISO accreditation

Nov 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Local laboratories working toward ISO accreditation

Laboratories across Guyana are a step closer to delivering foolproof results, thanks to the efforts of a local entity and a regional organisation. The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) in...

Johnson, Jacobs excluded from Guyana 21-man training squad

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson, Jacobs excluded from Guyana 21-man training squad

Shortened 1st Class season planned for next year By Sean Devers The national senior selection panel headed by Chairman Claude Raphael yesterday named a 21-man training squad as Guyana’s...

Mon Repos win Boys title

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mon Repos win Boys title

Mon Repos registered a convincing 31 runs victory over Leonora to cart off the Seerja Construction Company Inter-Primary Schools Windball Cricket title which ended yesterday, at the Carifesta Sports...

RHTY&SC junior teams honour 8 outstanding Corentyne head teachers

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC junior teams honour 8 outstanding Corentyne head teachers

Eight outstanding head teachers from schools on the Corentyne Coast were recognized for their outstanding contributions on Thursday last by the Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell...

Several First Class pacers failed to win a senior cap for Guyana

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Several First Class pacers failed to win a senior cap for Guyana

Guyana’s Inter County Final was once classified as first class matches the status started in 1972 and was relinquished in 1990, but before Guyana’s Premiere County Championship list its first...

Rusal rides with Kashif & Shanghai for 4th year

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Rusal rides with Kashif & Shanghai for 4th year

Bauxite Company Rusal has for the 4th successive year supported the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation ensuring the year end football extravaganza succeeds. Finance Director Ramdeo Kumar in handing...

Designers House awarded Food & Drinks Concessionary Rights for K&S

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Designers House awarded Food & Drinks Concessionary Rights for K&S

The Kashif and Shanghai Organisation in an effort to continue raising the bar, has awarded a one year contract to Designers House, who will be in charge of the Food, Drinks, Arts and Craft...

Johnson leads GCC to crushing win against UG in a day

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson leads GCC to crushing win against UG in a day

By Sean Devers A detention period of writing on the chalkboard ‘we are not yet ready for first division cricket’ should be recommended for the University of Guyana cricket team after their...

National cricketers can benefit from reduced rates

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on National cricketers can benefit from reduced rates

As Genesis Fitness Express moves to TSC building By Sean Devers The recently opened Genesis Fitness Express gym which was launched 3 months ago with Sunday exercise sessions at the National...

Panthers justify colourful sponsorship

Nov 24, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Panthers justify colourful sponsorship

Displace top-three ranked Nets in OT By Edison Jefford Colours Panthers justified their recent lucrative sponsorship deal Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall when they displaced number...

These little things mean a lot

Nov 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on These little things mean a lot

Dear Editor, Most times whenever I address a topic that deals with less serious and everyday troubling issues, some folks upon meeting me would share with me their objections, schooling me on the...

A matter that needs immediate investigation

Nov 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A matter that needs immediate investigation

Dear Editor, I was delighted to receive an invitation to the President’s Suite (PS) to view the final of the 2009 Regional 50-Over Competition between Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago at the...

Two dossiers: Which one will win out?

Nov 24, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Two dossiers: Which one will win out?

There are two documents in circulation. One is a terrible indictment of the Government of Guyana. It is the compilation of deaths by homicidal violence that occurred from the period 1993 until the...

A THIRD WHAT?

Nov 24, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A THIRD WHAT?

Even if the Constitution of Guyana could be successfully amended to facilitate a third term for President Bharrat Jagdeo, why would anyone wish to do so? Even if it could, why should it? This year...

In current day Guyana, psychological wrongness is dangerous and suicidal

Nov 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on In current day Guyana, psychological wrongness is dangerous and suicidal

Dear Editor, I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments of M. ST. Clair Morgan as expressed in the letter captioned “Mad Dogs and Dumpsites”. One has to wonder about the twin motives behind...

What message is the President sending?

Nov 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on What message is the President sending?

Dear Editor, I am a little confused. While driving down the Avenue of the Republic late last week I managed to see the massive billboard, seeking a third term for President Jagdeo, at the corner of...

Dem boys seh… Henry find oil at Convention Centre

Nov 24, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Henry find oil at Convention Centre

People who don’t smoke and who always complaining bout people smoking now smoking. Dem even smoking more than people who does smoke four pack cigarettes a day. Dem boys seh that dem see so much...

Mr. Yesu Persaud is truly an outstanding Guyanese

Nov 24, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Yesu Persaud is truly an outstanding Guyanese

Dear Editor, I write to congratulate Mr. Yesu Persaud on receiving an Honorary Doctorate from UWI, Trinidad on October 30, coming on top of another Honorary Doctorate from the University of Warwick...

Minibuses – the scourge of the roads

Nov 24, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Minibuses – the scourge of the roads

Another minibus crashes and there are multiple deaths. This accident occurs on a stretch of roadway that affords speed well above the limit. But there is more. Vehicles parked at the side of the...

Another security guard murdered

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Another security guard murdered

By Brushell Blackman The body of Ivan Phillips, 54 years of D’Urban Street, Lodge, was found lying in a pool of blood at the Le Premier Academy on North Road and Alexander Street, where he worked...

Death toll climbs to six

Nov 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Death toll climbs to six

Bus was speeding and rammed truck from the back De Hoop smash-up… By Clifford Stanley, Latoya Giles and Brushell Blackman The death toll in Saturday’s smash-up at Mahaica on the East Coast of...

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Are we better off today than we were before first oil?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-If you had asked me ten years ago what I wanted for Guyana, I would have said a few things:... more