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GLTA applauds Corriverton Tennis Programme

Nov 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GLTA applauds Corriverton Tennis Programme

A milestone event for tennis came off last Friday in the Corriverton community as the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association’s drive to promote the sport of tennis outside of Georgetown continued. The...

HIV infection high among children in orphanages

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on HIV infection high among children in orphanages

The prevalence of HIV infection appears to be higher in Guyana’s orphanages than in the wider society, a survey by the National Aids Programme Secretariat (NAPS) has revealed. But NAPS, and Child...

Slain bank employee’s relatives erect cross in her memory

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Slain bank employee’s relatives erect cross in her memory

– brazen robbers still operating in area The person who ran over and killed her almost two months ago remains at large, but the family of murdered bank employee, Sheema Mangar is doing all they...

Fire guts De Willem business place

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fire guts De Willem business place

– nine homeless, over $20 M in losses Nine persons were left homeless and an electronic store was destroyed following a fire of unknown origin at Lot 111, De Willem, West Coast Demerara...

Dem boys seh…Is stink meat fuh Christmas

Nov 22, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is stink meat fuh Christmas

Is blackout again and Christmas ain’t meet yet. Dem boys now wondering if dem can afford to buy meat and put up. De last time when blackout was common place dem boy had to parboil and dem who had...

Trotman’s FOI Bill deferred again

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman’s FOI Bill deferred again

While the Freedom of Information Bill in the name of the Leader of the Alliance For Change, Raphael Trotman was listed for debate during the last sitting of the National Assembly, this did not...

PNCR to campaign as a party not a one man show

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR to campaign as a party not a one man show

– Corbin Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, says that despite the fact that a Presidential Candidate will not be elected until early next year, this will not...

Pensioner paid for property but it was sold to another

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner paid for property but it was sold to another

Sixty-six year old Bibi Ahkala Ahmad of 552 New Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) is alleging that she paid approximately $1.5M to another woman for a property in Georgetown—only to...

More than 1400 UG students graduate

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on More than 1400 UG students graduate

Another batch for the world of work… Despite the rains, more than 1400 graduates were conferred with their degrees, diplomas and certificates at the University of Guyana on Saturday evening....

Surinamese make it two in a row against Guyana

Nov 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Surinamese make it two in a row against Guyana

– win male and female basketball and volleyball Suriname completely dominated the second stage of the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), which climaxed last night when Guyana’s strongest hope for...

ECHO takes environmental awareness to Region 10

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ECHO takes environmental awareness to Region 10

With the main objective of providing a forum for youths to take leadership on issues affecting the integrity of their natural environment, the Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO) on...

Suriname retain title with Gold medal performance

Nov 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suriname retain title with Gold medal performance

Guyana settle for Silver… again By Sean Devers Inside a closed room at the Ocean View Hotel and without the distraction of vociferous spectators like the other Inter Guiana Games (IGG) events in...

“Introspection” exhibition showcases Guyanese talent

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on “Introspection” exhibition showcases Guyanese talent

“The depth of her imagination is what adds quality to her artistry” was the general opinion of spectators at Dominique Hunter’s début drawing exhibition held at the Castellani House on Friday....

Kashif and Shanghai Org. responds to newspaper articles

Nov 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kashif and Shanghai Org. responds to newspaper articles

The Kashif and Shanghai organisation has responded to articles carried in three daily newspapers including the Kaieteur News. The news papers had carried views expressed by Alpha United President...

ERC scrutinising capital work projects

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ERC scrutinising capital work projects

– intends to ensure communities are receiving full benefits Contracted capital work projects undertaken countrywide are currently being scrutinised by the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) with...

Horseracing action full speed ahead, Rising Sun entries closed yesterday

Nov 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horseracing action full speed ahead, Rising Sun entries closed yesterday

Banks DIH to once again sponsor main event By Samuel Whyte Starting yesterday with the Ryan Crawford end of season meet, the horseracing bandwagon is expected to go full speed ahead with a race meet...

Guyanese cyclists win IGG road races yesterday

Nov 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese cyclists win IGG road races yesterday

Guyanese male and female cyclists carted off the lion’s share of prizes when the 2010 Inter Guiana Games Men and Women cycling events concluded on the West Bank Demerara yesterday morning. The...

Public debates for PNCR candidates a possibility

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Public debates for PNCR candidates a possibility

…would depend on funds being made available – Clarke General Secretary of the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) Oscar Clarke says that he does not believe that the persons that will be...

ROC enlightens school children about violence against women

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ROC enlightens school children about violence against women

Schoolchildren were among several persons who marched yesterday from the Bank of Guyana to the seawall bandstand to highlight the issue of violence against women. The march was organised by the...

Christmas Policing in Division ‘B’

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas Policing in Division ‘B’

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas and Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force is leaving no leeway for those with criminal intent. Already there is...

More attention to be placed on reckless drivers during the Christmas season

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on More attention to be placed on reckless drivers during the Christmas season

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – In anticipation of heavy traffic flow and increase in road congestion for the Yuletide Season, Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force stepped up its traffic...

Students suffer from lost instructional hours

Nov 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Students suffer from lost instructional hours

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Chairman of the Region Six Education Committee David Armogan says that too many instructional hours are lost as result of teachers attending the University of Guyana....

Attempts by the PNM and the Guyana Govt. to explain away these two incidents are clumsy at best

Nov 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Attempts by the PNM and the Guyana Govt. to explain away these two incidents are clumsy at best

Dear Editor, Two news items have caught my attention recently. The first relates to the wire-tapping of several citizens, including the President, in Trinidad and Tobago under the previous People’s...

When a thing is wrong if it is not corrected it stays wrong and eventually gets worse

Nov 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on When a thing is wrong if it is not corrected it stays wrong and eventually gets worse

Dear Editor, It was news for me reading the letter in Kaieteur News October 29th, under the heading, “One year later: UG top student jobless”, written by Claudia Heywood, mother of 2009...

We should avoid carrying ‘lame ducks’ to the polls

Nov 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on We should avoid carrying ‘lame ducks’ to the polls

Dear Editor, The recent sudden illness of presidential hopeful Winston Murray has brought to stark reality the need for all presidential candidates to be subjected to a rigorous medical examination...