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The men who helped make Dr Cheddi Jagan

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The men who helped make Dr Cheddi Jagan

Dear Editor, On the anniversary of my father’s birth, March 22, I would like to take this opportunity to talk about two individuals who are still alive and who helped significantly in President...

Final price tag still open

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Final price tag still open

Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project… – company says between US$650-$700M By Gary Eleazar At what was described as a “historic milestone” Senior Vice President of Sithe Global,...

Magistrate sacked

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate sacked

Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton was yesterday dismissed from her judicial duties, two years after been sworn in by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds. Kaieteur News was told that the magistrate received the...

Toddler perishes in fire

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Toddler perishes in fire

An early morning fire yesterday at Vryheid’s Lust South, East Coast Demerara, claimed the life of a toddler and left four persons homeless. Reports are that the blaze may have started while the...

Both PPP, PNC have blood on their hands

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Both PPP, PNC have blood on their hands

“The Jagdeo Presidency is a difficult period for Guyana, “for the PPP, the PNC, for everybody” – Dr. Henry Jeffrey Given Guyana’s long history of racial violence, both of the...

Accused chuckle as main witness testifies

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Accused chuckle as main witness testifies

As the chief witness in the treason case, Quincy Critchlow, stood in the witness box of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to testify, he avoided making eye contact with the three accused for the...

Dem boys seh…Everybody hiding

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Everybody hiding

Bedbug does hide when light come on; roach does hide and rat does run in hole as soon as it thief or get surprise. Dem boys seh that in Guyana big man hiding and once dem hide dem hard fuh get spot....

Sithe Global commits to public consultation on impacts of hydro project

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sithe Global commits to public consultation on impacts of hydro project

Sithe Global, the US-based energy company executing the Amaila Falls Hydro Project yesterday committed itself to a public consultation to discuss the environmental and social impacts of the project....

Rains could affect August deadline – ‘Fip’ Motilall

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rains could affect August deadline – ‘Fip’ Motilall

– contractor says he decided to forego profit markup With five months to go, rains could result in the August deadline of the access roads to the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project being...

Missing man found dead in canal

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Missing man found dead in canal

The search for 31-year-old sugar industry worker Vishanand Lall, of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, came to a sad end yesterday, when his body was found floating in a trench near where he reportedly...

Fairy Landing, Dubai Duchess outstanding

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fairy Landing, Dubai Duchess outstanding

Sheriff, Customs Racing Stables take top honours Fairy Landing of the Sheriff Racing Stable of West Berbice negotiated the conditions successfully and landed safely to take top honours in the feature...

Fudadin says poor batting is ‘mental thing’

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fudadin says poor batting is ‘mental thing’

– feels Video Analyst would help By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, Queensway & Leisure Inn Guyana Captain Assad Fudadin watched in anguish on Monday as his team...

Seven schools to compete for royalty as Seventh VV Royals C/ship looms

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seven schools to compete for royalty as Seventh VV Royals C/ship looms

By Edison Jefford Seven schools will compete for royalty when the Victory Valley (VV) Royals Basketball Club rolls out the red carpet Friday to usher in its seventh edition of the marquee Schools’...

More Mayor’s Cup football action set for today with quarterfinal play

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on More Mayor’s Cup football action set for today with quarterfinal play

More action in the Mayor’s Cup football championship is set for today at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda, with a double header as the tournament has reached its quarterfinal round....

Jones predicts Eastman victory even as he eyes title fight against Lennox Allen

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jones predicts Eastman victory even as he eyes title fight against Lennox Allen

Kwesi Jones is so confident of defeating Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman when the two square off in the 13th edition of the ProAm boxing extravaganza at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH)...

CCWU/Birchmore Philadelphia Memorial Domino starts

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on CCWU/Birchmore Philadelphia Memorial Domino starts

An exciting opening day of play was recorded when the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union / Birchmore Philadelphia annual Memorial open knock-out dominos competition served off at the entity’s...

Guyana going for overall glory despite depleted team – Coach Edwards

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana going for overall glory despite depleted team – Coach Edwards

By Franklin Wilson Weeks of anxiety that saw consorted efforts to raise funds resulted in Guyana being able to still field a formidable team that will be seeking to retain the team title at the 5th...

Guyanese judokas clinch silver and bronze medals

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese judokas clinch silver and bronze medals

Local judo practitioners returned from the Senior Caribbean championships staged in the Dominican Republic with two bronze and one silver medal and President of the local Judo Association has praised...

Preparation almost complete for Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club meet

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparation almost complete for Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club meet

With entries expected to be closed on Sunday and less than one week away from race date, the principals of the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities (RCMTC&SF) has already put...

Koker door left open, rice beds affected at WCD

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Koker door left open, rice beds affected at WCD

Many rice farmers at Windsor Forest and Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara, are hoping that the weather pattern for the next two weeks is favourable, so that the damage which was done to their rice beds...

Sugar workers stage protest over LBI estate ‘closure’

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers stage protest over LBI estate ‘closure’

Early yesterday morning, dozens of sugar workers who have been employed at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) for a number of years, staged a protest over the ‘closure’ of the estate. The workers...

Scotia Bank / Pepsi Schools Football Academy Referees Course commences

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank / Pepsi Schools Football Academy Referees Course commences

The three-day Referees Course for schools taking part in the inaugural Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy opened on Monday with twenty two participants drawn from secondary schools in...

Increase in economic activities presents major challenge in malaria fight – Ramsammy

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Increase in economic activities presents major challenge in malaria fight – Ramsammy

Retaining a declining trajectory as it relates to the impact of malaria is likely to be a major challenge given the increase of economic activities in Regions One, Seven, Eight, Nine and 10,...

Ex-employee arrested

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-employee arrested

Police have detained an ex-employee of the Correia Mining Company as they continue to probe last Monday morning’s brazen raid at the Ogle Airport, which resulted in the death of 55-year-old...

Health Ministry’s surveillance teams monitoring water-borne diseases

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry’s surveillance teams monitoring water-borne diseases

Despite recent rainfall there has been no alarming increase in water-borne diseases, according to reports from the Ministry of Health. However, the threat of leptospirosis is always there even if...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more