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TSC terminated 288 teachers last year

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on TSC terminated 288 teachers last year

In recognition of the fact that some teachers within the public education system were not suited to perform such duties, or had in some way broken the Code of Conduct, the Teaching Service Commission...

Three escape death in ‘miraculous’ accident

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three escape death in ‘miraculous’ accident

Three persons escaped death last evening when an SUV careened off of the East Bank Public Road at Mc Doom, Greater Georgetown, and ended up in the yard of the Masjid. The vehicle PJJ 665, according...

Former TPL Managing Director dies in gym

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Former TPL Managing Director dies in gym

David Persaud, the 74-year-old brother of Toolsie Persaud of Toolsie Persaud Limited, last evening collapsed at the Gymnasium of the Pegasus Hotel and died. This newspaper understands that the...

IPED celebrates 25 years of helping small businesses

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on IPED celebrates 25 years of helping small businesses

The Institute of Private Enterprise and development (IPED) celebrated its 25th anniversary yesterday with its founder and Chairman, Dr Yesu Persaud highlighting the challenges the company has faced...

Hammer attacker gets eight years

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hammer attacker gets eight years

FAREEZA HANIFF in the Virgin Islands Guyanese national, Vernon Anthony Paddy was sentenced to eight years imprisonment by High Court Judge, Justice Indra Hariprashad–Charles, after he pleaded...

Dem boys seh… Ganda seh that he drink Listerine

Apr 02, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Ganda seh that he drink Listerine

De boss man fly in from New York Friday morning, wid some beer in he head and rum in he knee. Since de people at de Waterfalls paper see he dem holler ‘Sri Lanka. Bet.’ De boss man like fuh bet...

PNC/R wants judicial inquiry into narco-trafficking

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PNC/R wants judicial inquiry into narco-trafficking

The People’s National Congress Reform is calling for a comprehensive, independent, judicial inquiry into all aspects of narcotics-trafficking in Guyana. This call was made by the Party’s...

Nine remain in police custody as police seek mastermind

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Nine remain in police custody as police seek mastermind

… Guyana Stockfeed robbery Up to press time yesterday the nine persons detained for the Guyana Stockfeed robbery were still in police custody assisting with investigations. This newspaper was...

Relatives spend $$ to bring in foreign pathologist

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives spend $$ to bring in foreign pathologist

… Bridgette Gangadin’s murder saga continues The story of Grasstrack Champion, Dave Gangadin, of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara who was charged with murdering his wife, Bridgette Gangadin,...

GEA reports success against fuel smuggling

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GEA reports success against fuel smuggling

…more sites visited, less fuel seized in 2010 The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has reported success with its Fuel Marking Programme and is convinced that its efforts are leading to a reduction in the...

Millions die worldwide due

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Millions die worldwide due

More than a million mothers and newborn babies are dying each year from easily prevented birth complications because of a chronic shortage of midwives across much of the developing world, a new...

‘My son is no criminal’

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘My son is no criminal’

– Wanted man’s mother breaks her silence Jean Anne Fredericks, the mother of Orlando Thom, is adamant that her son is no criminal, but is the target of wicked people who happen to be...

Parents urged to set high standards while being good role model to children – Education Ministry

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parents urged to set high standards while being good role model to children – Education Ministry

A two-day workshop at Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara Community Centre, saw parents being taught a range of issues that included positive parenting, alternative form of discipline, teenage pregnancy...

Guyana Goldfields Inc. donates ATVs to Police force

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields Inc. donates ATVs to Police force

The ability of the police to traverse harsh terrains in some interior locations has been boosted by two new All Terrain Vehicles, (ATV). Making the donation was Guyana Goldfields Inc. The...

Canecutters are vandalising punts for scrap metal – GuySuCo

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Canecutters are vandalising punts for scrap metal – GuySuCo

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday expressed concern at increasing acts of vandalism by those plying the scrap metal trade, and called in the Police to arrest two cane cutters engaged...

Well-known felon jailed for two years

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Well-known felon jailed for two years

Gilford Daniels, on Wednesday, appeared before Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of break and enter and larceny. The accused who was unrepresented...

Conflicting reports surface over teen stabbing

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Conflicting reports surface over teen stabbing

Fourteen-year-old, Shavana Peters, of 155 North Haslington, East Coast Demerara is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after she was reportedly stabbed by another teen on Wednesday....

Parent accuses N/A school of negligence

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parent accuses N/A school of negligence

…says head teacher banned her from school A Grade Two student of the St Therese Primary School in New Amsterdam is nursing a three-inch cut on his forehead after another student punched him in his...

Tourney officially launched in Linden; 32-teams to battle from tomorrow

Apr 02, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Tourney officially launched in Linden; 32-teams to battle from tomorrow

By Franklin Wilson It took the Capital City by storm for the first two years it was introduced and even saw high level officials from Guinness World Wide coming to Guyana to share in the excitement...

President launches first educational channel

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on President launches first educational channel

— Warns that no politics allowed History was made in Guyana yesterday when the Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Education, launched the first ever educational channel dubbed the...

Ryon Gayadin ready for impending battle

Apr 02, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Ryon Gayadin ready for impending battle

Race car driver Ryon Gayadin is ready for the impending battle in Group 3 even if it means a ding dong clash with his brother Gavin when the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri comes to life tomorrow with...

GRFU season resumes today with two matches

Apr 02, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GRFU season resumes today with two matches

Two more games in the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is slated for the National Park today with Yamaha Caribs taking on the Guyana Defence Force as play in the William Blackman Men’s...

Essequibo Chamber relaunched after one year lapse

Apr 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo Chamber relaunched after one year lapse

Stakeholders, the membership of the Essequibo Technical Institute, along with members of the Essequibo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, met over dinner, Thursday night, to air proposals and...

Berbice Schools Table Tennis competition set for next week end

Apr 02, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Schools Table Tennis competition set for next week end

Preparation continues for the Berbice School Table Tennis competition organized by the Steering committee of the Berbice sub Association and slated for the week end of Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th...

Stag/El Dorado Softball fixtures continue tomorrow

Apr 02, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Stag/El Dorado Softball fixtures continue tomorrow

Action in the Stag/El Dorado Softball cricket competition continues tomorrow with several matches at various venues. At the GCC Ground Bourda: Pitch 1: 9:30am- Ariel Divas vs Colour Girls.11:30am...

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Traditional media is still king

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Election campaigns are a battle for attention, persuasion, and votes. In this digital age,... more