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Republic Day not Mash Day

Feb 19, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Republic Day not Mash Day

As I’ve done since they started school, around this time of the year I ask my kids what they were taught about Republic Day. And the answer remains the same: “Mash, Dad. It’s all about Mash.”...

GTU questions role of CPCE and UG to trained teachers

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GTU questions role of CPCE and UG to trained teachers

The roles of the Cyril Potter College of Education and the University of Guyana was called into question yesterday when President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Colin Bynoe, addressed the recent...

Magistrate absent from Sharma’s witness tampering trial

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate absent from Sharma’s witness tampering trial

The case of witness tampering against embattled television owner, Chandra Narine Sharma and his five associates Ravi Mangar, Tyrone Ali, Mark Reid, Raywattie Ramsaywack and Doodnauth’ was scheduled...

Female con artist hits Robb Street grocery in latest scam

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Female con artist hits Robb Street grocery in latest scam

…this time disguised in Muslim wear By Leonard GildarieNew Post A female scam artist, who has been fingered in a string of incidents on businesses in the city and mainly on the East Coast of...

Dem boys seh…Guyana got to do a lot of importing

Feb 19, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Guyana got to do a lot of importing

Guyana decide that it got to buy teachers from overseas. It shopping around because it hardly have people who can teach Maths and Science in Guyana. Well dem boys seh that dem should also bring in...

Nine year old death is accidental

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Nine year old death is accidental

He was not a farm worker – Farm manager An experiment is said to have led to the tragic demise of nine-year-old Richard Mohamed, called Rommel. This newspaper previously reported that the lad...

No arrests yet in killing of Barbados-based contractor

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No arrests yet in killing of Barbados-based contractor

Barbados police are yet to make any headway in their investigations into the brutal slaying of 43-year-old Guyanese contractor, Aubrey Buntin-October. Contacted at her home yesterday, the victim’s...

New access road to Cheddi Jagan International Airport

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New access road to Cheddi Jagan International Airport

Government has announced that there will be a new three km access road leading to Cheddi Jagan International Airport. Engineering co-ordinator, Leon Goring, yesterday told Kaieteur News that the new...

Pascal’s 5-52 gives Windward 1st day advantage against Guyana

Feb 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Pascal’s 5-52 gives Windward 1st day advantage against Guyana

By Sean Devers in St Vincent In association with Digicel & Queensway The Windward Islands were well placed on 104 replying to Guyana’s 142 on the opening day of their 3rd round Regional...

Route 32 minibus drivers deny “taking advantage of rising fuel prices”

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Route 32 minibus drivers deny “taking advantage of rising fuel prices”

Chairman of the route 32 minibus association, James Cowsil, and the former Chairman, Nizam Ali, visited Kaieteur News to “clear the air” over accusations that the route 32 minibus drivers were...

UG to review Rehabilitation Sciences Programme – Dr Cummings

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG to review Rehabilitation Sciences Programme – Dr Cummings

In recognition of the fact that it attracted no more than 10 students last year, the University of Guyana has plans apace to review its Rehabilitation Sciences Degree Programme. The Programme was...

Your votes could help Terry Gajraj win T&T Chutney monarchy

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Your votes could help Terry Gajraj win T&T Chutney monarchy

With the winner of the mega prize in Trinidad’s Chutney competition dependent on online votes and texting, Guyana’s Terry Gajraj could pull an upset at this year’s competition and he is...

No backlog of birth certificate applications- Registrar General

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No backlog of birth certificate applications- Registrar General

The General Register Office (GRO) has denied that there is a backlog in the processing of applications for birth certificates. Recently, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the People’s...

Digicel, Wartsila make contribution to Wilson, Pedro

Feb 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel, Wartsila make contribution to Wilson, Pedro

– NACAC Cross Country team go on show today By Edison Jefford Continuing to pioneer its corporate support for sports in Guyana, Digicel handed over a pair of handsets (phones) to Region...

Guyanese technicians certified by APC

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese technicians certified by APC

Fifteen persons were certified as authorised APC technicians at the Starr computers Inc headquarters, 59 Brickdam, on Thursday. According to District Manager for American Power Conversion (APC)...

Woman, 14-year-old disappear, husband frustrated

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, 14-year-old disappear, husband frustrated

Omesh Sewdath, the father of 14-year-old, Ashminie Sewdath, is urging his reputed wife, Raywattie, to return his only daughter to their Charity home. The businessman said that his reputed wife...

All set for the Rising Sun Charity Horserace meet tomorrow

Feb 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on All set for the Rising Sun Charity Horserace meet tomorrow

All systems are in place for the Rising Sun Grand Charity one day horserace meet set for tomorrow when that entity presents its annual Pre Mashramani Horserace meet at the famous Rising Sun Turf...

Godwin McPherson Foundation Mash basketball competition set for Berbice

Feb 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Godwin McPherson Foundation Mash basketball competition set for Berbice

Leitchfield Village will come alive today and tomorrow when the Godwin McPherson Foundation holds a two day Pre-Mashramani Basketball extravaganza for teams in Regions 5 and 6 at the Leitchfield...

Fyrish residents protest frequent substandard repairs to major access road

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fyrish residents protest frequent substandard repairs to major access road

Concerned residents of Fyrish on the Corentyne came out in their numbers on Thursday to protest the faulty repair works that are being carried out on the Fyrish Road. They staged a protest in front...

Fierce competition expected tonight in Berbice Boxing programme

Feb 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Fierce competition expected tonight in Berbice Boxing programme

Berbicians are expected to turn out in their numbers at the All Saints Scott Church Ground at Princess Elizabeth and Vryheid Road in New Amsterdam this evening from 18:00 hrs. The occasion is the 5th...

Harbour Bridge victim died from drowning – post mortem

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Harbour Bridge victim died from drowning – post mortem

A post mortem performed yesterday on the remains of Harbour Bridge victim Nalini De Agrella, called ‘Sally’, revealed that she died from asphyxiation caused by drowning. This was compounded by...

Adams, Ragnauth star as Road Warriors take MFS softball title

Feb 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Adams, Ragnauth star as Road Warriors take MFS softball title

Road Warriors defeated Daredevils by 6 wickets to capture the Mustak Furniture Store 15 over softball title on Sunday at Sewram’s Tarmac in Belle Plaine Wakenaam. In an exiting final, Daredevils...

Policeman slapped with bribery charge

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman slapped with bribery charge

Kwame Benn, a Lance Corporal attached to the Grove Police Station, was yesterday brought before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after he was arrested by...

GASP executives host trouble shooting meeting

Feb 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GASP executives host trouble shooting meeting

It has been sometime since the organizing committee of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) has hosted a tournament and such inadequacies have been the cause for concern among its...

Well known impostor charged again for similar offence

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Well known impostor charged again for similar offence

Bibi Azeez, 45, who was described by Police prosecutor, Sergeant Lionel Harvey, yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court as a well known imposter was again slapped with the charge of...

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A call for more cultural centres

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