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Bidders believe Laptops already bought

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bidders believe Laptops already bought

… see tender process as cover-up Today is the final day for the submission of bids for the supply of laptops the government says it will distribute to poor families, but some bidders feel that the...

Granny, 75, hangs self

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Granny, 75, hangs self

– couldn’t afford to pay grocery bill A 75-year-old grandmother on Sunday decided to take her own life by hanging herself in the upper flat of her home. She had reportedly encountered...

Students face uncertain future

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Students face uncertain future

… UG mulls slashing Science degree programmes By Leonard Gildarie Several foreign students and more than 70 locals are facing uncertainty over a decision to slash a number of science programmes...

Work not intended to be confrontational

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Work not intended to be confrontational

… says Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) is refuting Government’s accusations that its work is intended to be anti-government. The group,...

Dem boys seh… Bharrat gun need de backtrack map

Apr 12, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Bharrat gun need de backtrack map

Bharrat proppa cuss last weekend. He cuss de Waterfalls boss man, he mek it look like Uncle Adam was a criminal and he talk wha he wasn’t even sure about. Dem boys want know why he suh vex and then...

As Minibus strike continues … Govt. slashes excise tax on fuel

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on As Minibus strike continues … Govt. slashes excise tax on fuel

– Commuter urged not to pay fare increase, police to monitor By Rabindra Rooplall The government has slashed the excise tax on gasolene to 15 percent down from 20 percent and diesel, down to 10...

Canada-based Guyanese donate 400 netbooks to Education Ministry

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Canada-based Guyanese donate 400 netbooks to Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education yesterday received 100 laptops from two Canada-based Guyanese businessmen. The men also promised a further 300 within weeks. Alan Zakhir and his business partner, Chris...

Councillors granted injunction against Acting Town Clerk

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Councillors granted injunction against Acting Town Clerk

The statutory meeting of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) kicked off in dramatic fashion yesterday with Councillor Ranwell Jordan endeavouring to have Mayor Hamilton Green enforce...

Police fail to find taxi driver

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police fail to find taxi driver

… After teen jumps from moving car The taxi driver who was accused of attempting to abduct 17-year-old Shovone Rampersaud, of 152 Lodge Housing Scheme never returned to the East La Penitence...

Diabetes remains major cause of renal failure

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Diabetes remains major cause of renal failure

…as Health Ministry intervenes with HbA1c test The cause of end-stage renal failure in about 45 percent of all patients throughout the world and is linked primarily to diabetes. This is according...

Moving, but getting nowhere

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Moving, but getting nowhere

… The Local transportation industry The recent standoff between government officials and minibus operators plying the East Bank route for what the bus operators regard as a minimal increase,...

Charity Fish Port complex seems headed for the river

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Charity Fish Port complex seems headed for the river

Tremendous fear continues to linger in the minds of the management of the Alfro Alphonso Group of companies, as one of his million dollar complexes, the fish port complex, is severely threatened to...

Berbice Chambers appreciate street-lighting project

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Chambers appreciate street-lighting project

The Chambers of Commerce in Berbice have all expressed their satisfaction with the Government of Guyana Street- lighting project which is well underway in the Berbice area. A recently released...

Treason PI … Matter postponed, DPP absent

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Treason PI … Matter postponed, DPP absent

The preliminary inquiry into the treason case involving Guyana Defence Force Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe, and army reserve officer, Leonard Wharton, was yesterday postponed until...

Reinstatement of interdicted ranks being fast tracked

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Reinstatement of interdicted ranks being fast tracked

– Snr. Police Officer Senior police officials have indicated that they are in the process of clearing the backlog of cases that is stymieing the reinstatement of several interdicted ranks. This...

GCCI worried about large cash transactions, Customs operations

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI worried about large cash transactions, Customs operations

… Ramnauth returned as President The use of large sums of cash and Customs operations continue to remain a high priority for the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). This is...

Register 1500 teams and we’ll take it to the next level – Mahadeo

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Register 1500 teams and we’ll take it to the next level – Mahadeo

– Wolf Warriors, Berbice All Stars crowned champions By Rawle Welch With a further promise to double the prize monies should the Organising Committee manage to increase the teams to 1500 next...

ITTF Level I Coaches’ Course ends

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on ITTF Level I Coaches’ Course ends

After five days of intense theoretical and practical training at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Level I Coaches’ Course concluded where some 24...

Milerock hammered 4-0 by T&T’s Defence Force

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Milerock hammered 4-0 by T&T’s Defence Force

Trinidad & Tobago’s Digicel Pro League Champions Defence Force made light work of Milerock on Sunday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground, Linden, with a comfortable 4-0 win in their...

Hollywood, not Embassy

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hollywood, not Embassy

In the article Sunday last under the caption “Another Death Row inmate succumbs in jail” the Hotel Hollywood in Rose Hall Berbice was the hotel where Raymond Persaud, 68, called “Tarzan”, of...

Dramatic Arts Academy adds comedy to Cinderella story

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dramatic Arts Academy adds comedy to Cinderella story

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) has teamed up with the Dramatic Arts Academy of Guyana to bring to stage the classic fairy-tale “Cinderella.” The play will be staged this weekend at...

Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association mourns the passing of an affiliate

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association mourns the passing of an affiliate

After ailing for quite sometime, former National Weightlifter Malcolm ‘Tiger’ Smith finally succumbed to his illness Saturday afternoon last casting the local weightlifting fraternity into...

Four wanted suspects turn selves in

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Four wanted suspects turn selves in

… Fraud at govt. agency probe Four persons who are wanted in connection with the Government fraud, have made themselves available to the police for questioning. This newspaper was told that the...

Bartica Regatta Football kicks off today

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Bartica Regatta Football kicks off today

Six teams to clash for $300,000 top prize The 2011 edition of the Bartica Regatta football competition is set to kick off this evening at the Bartica Community Centre Ground, organised by the Bartica...

Easter Junior Badminton tourney set for April 18-20

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Easter Junior Badminton tourney set for April 18-20

The Guyana Badminton Association will be running off their Easter Junior Under-13 Singles, Boys & Girls Doubles & Mixed Doubles Tournament at the Queens College Badminton Courts from April...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more