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The passing of a friend who was more than a friend

Jan 09, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The passing of a friend who was more than a friend

I rarely ever feel bad at the passing of an individual because I know that everyone of us will one day leave this earth. That is a given that is more certain than sunrise the next day. And indeed I...

GPL was offered same plant for $600M less

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPL was offered same plant for $600M less

15.6MW plant for Guyana… …proposal also included immediate delivery The Guyana Power and Light was offered the exact Wartsila Generation Plant last November for the supply and immediate...

Jagdeo challenges Corbin to identify legal advisors

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo challenges Corbin to identify legal advisors

Third term allegation… Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo has challenged the leader of the Parliamentary Opposition and Peoples National Congress Reform Robert Corbin to identify the legal advisors...

More stalls demolished

Jan 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on More stalls demolished

In the wake of Wednesday’s explosion that killed one and injured 19 at the Stabroek Market; all persons who vended on the perimeter of the Stabroek Market bus park were removed. The Ministry of...

224 blackouts hit Berbice last year; 20 less than 2009

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 224 blackouts hit Berbice last year; 20 less than 2009

Even though statistics show that there has been some reduction in the number of blackouts in Berbice, statistics collected over the past two years have shown that power outages by the Guyana Power...

From runaway lass to legendary showgirl – Pita Pyaree is a ‘Special Person’

Jan 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on From runaway lass to legendary showgirl – Pita Pyaree is a ‘Special Person’

By Neil Marks “It may not be the best action in some situations, and I understand that. But if I hadn’t run away from home when I did, I certainly wouldn’t have achieved what I did.”...

Dem boys seh….Clem name call

Jan 09, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Clem name call

Clem gone and he still ain’t talk. When he been pun de TV he always threaten to call de names of all dem scampish people. De man use to expose things like wrongdoings and he always threaten to...

LCDS ‘opt-in’ mechanism to be fine tuned with Amerindian communities

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on LCDS ‘opt-in’ mechanism to be fine tuned with Amerindian communities

– Pauline Sukhai The mechanism through which Amerindian communities can opt into the government’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) has not been developed as yet, but the...

Three-year-old drowns in Canje River

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three-year-old drowns in Canje River

The life of three-year-old Omesh Williams initially from Aroaima Berbice River was snuffed out on Wednesday last after he was left unattended on a boat in the Canje River. The child died by drowning....

Five months later, mother and relative await word from police

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Five months later, mother and relative await word from police

Soesdyke Sandpit fatal accident… On July 30, last, 10-year-old Derrick Paul Deonarine left his home unknown to his parents for a swim at a nearby sandpit with friends. Little did he know that that...

Family learning programme to be on stream tomorrow

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Family learning programme to be on stream tomorrow

–Ministry of Education A family literacy programme is to be introduced by the Ministry of Education to prepare every child and adult to succeed in his/her environment. The Literacy Unit in...

Inefficient medicine leads to spread of malaria

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Inefficient medicine leads to spread of malaria

– Minister Ramsammy Measures have been engaged to address the spread of malaria, a problem which had during the past year negatively impacted the progressive fight in this regard by the local...

Freedom of Information Act can guarantee a lot

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Freedom of Information Act can guarantee a lot

By Michael Benjamin Life is replete with contradictions yet these very contradictions make life interesting and some may even say, meaningful. During adolescence I had developed a penchant for poking...

Cartoon. Sun. Jan. 09, 2011

Jan 09, 2011 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon. Sun. Jan. 09, 2011

Govt. looking at public/private partnership for some medical services

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. looking at public/private partnership for some medical services

Although strides have been made by the public health sector to provide a comprehensive set of renal diagnostic and treatment services for free, including peritoneal dialysis, there is still need for...

Mother’s Union fetes NOC residents

Jan 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Mother’s Union fetes NOC residents

Members of the Regional Dioceses of the Mother’s Union in Essequibo, yesterday, donated personal hampers and treated the inmates at the New Opportunity Corps to lunch. The annual feature is...

Drop-out levels to be curbed with more SCCP at 14 more schools this year

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Drop-out levels to be curbed with more SCCP at 14 more schools this year

– US$9.6M allotted by CDB for technical and vocational institutions In curbing the drop-out rate at secondary level, the Ministry of Education will be introducing the Secondary Competency...

Search on for Miss Guyana India Worldwide contestants

Jan 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Search on for Miss Guyana India Worldwide contestants

…Guyana queen to compete in Dubai Apsara, the entertainment group, is seeking contestants for a local pageant to select a Guyanese to compete in the Miss India Worldwide pageant in Dubai this...

Project to reduce maternal deaths at risk of collapsing

Jan 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Project to reduce maternal deaths at risk of collapsing

– Former Medical Council Chairman quits after conflict with GPHC officials By Michael Jordan A project to reduce maternity deaths at the Georgetown Public Hospital has been dealt a major...

Gov’t officials continue campaign to relocate itinerant vendors

Jan 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Gov’t officials continue campaign to relocate itinerant vendors

Following the horrific disaster at the Stabroek Market area, whereby a fragmentation grenade exploded in the ‘shopping arcade’ that accommodates unregulated vendors both day and night,...

Doctor leaves scissors inside Essequibo woman

Jan 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor leaves scissors inside Essequibo woman

A 29-year-old mother of nine, of Ondeerneeming, Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, remains a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital and is being carefully monitored by a local doctor. The woman had to...

US Sports Company +One partners Kashif & Shanghai

Jan 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on US Sports Company +One partners Kashif & Shanghai

Twenty-one and counting the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation continues to lead the way as regards the further development of football in Guyana. At the presentation ceremony for the last tournament...

Puran Bros to restart works tomorrow

Jan 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Puran Bros to restart works tomorrow

Puran’s Bothers will be undertaking the road project at ‘Aproo’ Street aka Sukhai Street, Friendship, East Bank Demerara to the tune of $3.1M. Manager of Puran’s Brothers,...

Unidentified body found hanging in unfinished building

Jan 09, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Unidentified body found hanging in unfinished building

Yesterday, shortly after noon the body of an unidentified man was found hanging from a building that is under construction located at lot 56 Hadfield Street, Georgetown. The body which was clad in...

Make 2011 truly the Year of Redemption from our modern oppressors

Jan 09, 2011 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Make 2011 truly the Year of Redemption from our modern oppressors

The PNCR extends New Year greetings to all Guyanese at home and in the diaspora. In his New Year address to the nation, during which he named 2011 as the “Year of Redemption”, the Leader of the...

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Uncertainty clouds Golden Jaguars’ Head Coach position as Barbados showdown approaches

Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more