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ICT4D

Dec 06, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on ICT4D

With the spectacular development of information processing (personal computers) and communication technologies (the internet and smart phones) since the eighties, a whole new intervention has...

Barama imports plywood

Dec 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Barama imports plywood

– higher prices anticipated Guyana’s insatiable demand for plywood, which was rudely interrupted two months ago with the sudden closure of the country’s largest factory, may gain some...

Ex-cop held following bungled armed robbery

Dec 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-cop held following bungled armed robbery

– victim disarms gunman, takes weapon to station An ex-policeman who was interdicted from duty some years ago is now in custody at the Kitty Police Station for his alleged involvement in an...

Renowned engineer Walter Willis is a ‘Special Person’

Dec 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Renowned engineer Walter Willis is a ‘Special Person’

“I would rather not sit down and debate about projects; I just want to get the drawings and do the job. That’s my profession and I love it. Where the funds come from is not important to me.” By...

Dem boys seh….Ministers want lef de wuk

Dec 05, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Ministers want lef de wuk

Is big story. Some people frighten to be Minister in de Government. And all this happen because a man meet a Minister and tell he that dem gun go to jail. De story start when de Minister shake the...

Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre hosts ‘mini-concert’

Dec 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre hosts ‘mini-concert’

… International Day for Persons with Disabilities On Friday, several children living with disabilities were treated to a ‘mini-concert’ and show hosted by the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation...

Establishing the Parent-Child Relationship

Dec 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Establishing the Parent-Child Relationship

Immigration TALK: In current times, the dynamics of the family unit have changed. It is a norm to see children born to unwed parents and children raised by stepparents. In these situations, the...

Mabura Trail children get early Christmas tidings

Dec 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mabura Trail children get early Christmas tidings

The Christmas season is regarded as one of perpetual giving, a notion which held true on Friday when the children of 47 Miles, Mabura Trail were endowed with glad tidings. Forty-Seven Miles is a...

National Assembly recalls Winston Murray’s lasting legacy

Dec 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on National Assembly recalls Winston Murray’s lasting legacy

By Gary Eleazar The President Guyana never had, the man should have been President, the Little Giant, the man to emulate were just some of the many sentiments that permeated the hallowed Chambers of...

Agri Ministry unhappy with construction pace of $156M pump station

Dec 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Agri Ministry unhappy with construction pace of $156M pump station

A new drainage pump station at Greenfield, East Coast Demerara, is expected to be completed in a few weeks, officials said on Friday. The two pumps and the station, expected to double the current...

Disabled people hold walk in Essequibo

Dec 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Disabled people hold walk in Essequibo

The Community-based Rehabilitation Programme (CBR) in collaboration with the Disabled Peoples Network, sponsored an awareness walk from Queenstown village on the Essequibo Coast to Onderneeming in...

17 years on death row

Dec 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 17 years on death row

By Dale Andrews (Continued from last week) Seventeen years ago, Hafiz Hussein was sentenced to death for the murder of Aubrey Ramsammy called Arnold at Black Bush Polder, Berbice. Despite his...

National Table Tennis Championships return

Dec 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Table Tennis Championships return

By Edison Jefford Amid serenading from the Guyana Police Force Steel Orchestra and a flatteringly decorated Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the much-anticipated National Table Tennis Championships were...

Red Cross hosts inter-school impromptu speaking competition

Dec 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Red Cross hosts inter-school impromptu speaking competition

Under the theme, “Universal Access and Human Rights” the Guyana Red Cross Society hosted an inter-school impromptu speaking competition at the Guyana Red Cross Society Headquarters at Eve Leary,...

Ground Structures Engineering Consultants Inc. donate 3rd place trophy

Dec 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ground Structures Engineering Consultants Inc. donate 3rd place trophy

For the third consecutive year, Consulting Engineers and Scientists, Ground Structures Engineering Consultants Inc. have donated the 3rd place trophy for the Annual Kashif & Shanghai football...

The joys of rum and its products

Dec 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on The joys of rum and its products

Rum – slaves distilled it, pirates swigged it, and planters knocked it back with a dash of lime and sugar. It became the Caribbean’s most celebrated icon and it is more superior here than...

Humphrey retains Ladies crown

Dec 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Humphrey retains Ladies crown

Defending Ladies Singles champion Berbician Carol Humphrey easily disposed of junior champion Krystal Sukra to retain her Pegasus Open Tennis Championships title yesterday, at the Hotel’s...

New K&S fixtures released

Dec 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on New K&S fixtures released

Plank walking begins on December 15 @ GFC By Franklin Wilson The 21st Edition of Guyana’s Premier knock-Out Football tournament is set to kick off on December 15 at the Georgetown Football Club...

“Captains ahoy! The story of recent West Indies team captaincy”

Dec 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Captains ahoy! The story of recent West Indies team captaincy”

by Colin E. H. Croft It has been suggested that ‘the captaincy of the West Indies cricket team is a poisoned chalice.’ That might be so, but how did we get to where we are now in captaincy?...

UNAIDS report shows a reverse in spread of HIV

Dec 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on UNAIDS report shows a reverse in spread of HIV

…Total number of people on treatment increased by seven and half times over the last five years A new UNAIDS report shows that the AIDS epidemic has been halted and that the world is beginning to...

Dr. Noel Blackman’s birthday 7-a-side football kicks off Thursday

Dec 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dr. Noel Blackman’s birthday 7-a-side football kicks off Thursday

Action in the Dr. Noel Blackman birthday knockout 7-a-side football tournament will kick off on Thursday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda with a total eight matches starting at...

Chaos at Port Mourant Market on first day of vending

Dec 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Chaos at Port Mourant Market on first day of vending

– vendors return to old habit of roadside vending The new Port Mourant Market opened for business yesterday amidst chaos and confusion, with a number of vendors occupying the roadside and spots...

Packed Programme anticipated at Port Mourant Pre-Christmas horserace meet

Dec 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Packed Programme anticipated at Port Mourant Pre-Christmas horserace meet

The Port Mourant Turf club will be abuzz with activities come Sunday December 12, that’s the date when the club runs off their annual Pre-Christmas horserace meet. Over 55 horses have entered so...

It is our time!

Dec 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on It is our time!

Is the acquisition of tertiary education a waste of time?

Dec 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Is the acquisition of tertiary education a waste of time?

Asks Michael Benjamin The recent upsurge in letters to the editor by graduates of the University of Guyana bemoaning the absence of adequate jobs has once again triggered a heated debate and provoked...

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The Horse Racing Authority Bill will solve nothing!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Horse Racing Authority Bill of 2024, though ostensibly aimed at regulating horse racing... more