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Allegations against govt functionaries cannot be swept under the carpet – GTUC

Apr 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Allegations against govt functionaries cannot be swept under the carpet – GTUC

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) believes that a simple denial by Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee will not bring to closure, the recent allegations by a Guyanese man who has now been...

Fire destroys police Land Rover at Lethem

Apr 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys police Land Rover at Lethem

– explosions heard Police at Lethem in the Rupununi will certainly have to rely on civilian assistance to patrol the community for this year’s Rodeo, following the complete destruction by...

Young mother killed in Mandela Ave. accident

Apr 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Young mother killed in Mandela Ave. accident

– motorcycle collides with minibus A 34-year-old mother of two was killed on the spot early yesterday morning after her motorcycle collided with a minibus on Mandela Avenue, in the vicinity of...

Contractor killed in Highway crash

Apr 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor killed in Highway crash

A 44-year-old contractor became the latest road fatality yesterday, following an accident on the Hauraruni Public Road, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. Dead is Floyd Denzil Washington, of Fourth Street,...

Dem boys seh…Things really bad

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Things really bad

Things really bad and all de government trying to mek things nice fuh people nuff still got problems. A man call a woman who wukking at State House after he meet she pun de road walking to wuk. Dem...

64 Guyanese deported from US in last six months

Apr 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 64 Guyanese deported from US in last six months

The United States has deported more than 2,000 criminals back to the Caribbean in the past six months, according to figures released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Guyana had...

Pele play Renaissance; Flamingo oppose Camptown in today’s semis

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele play Renaissance; Flamingo oppose Camptown in today’s semis

The battle for a place in tomorrow’s championship game of the inaugural Len’s Craft Optical / Sunburst Orange Juice Under-15 League will be as intense as can be when those matches are played...

Neal and Massy supports CARIFTA Team Coach

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Neal and Massy supports CARIFTA Team Coach

Neal and Massy Group of Companies yesterday showed support for Service Coordinator, Julian Edmonds, who is attached to AINLIM, and who was named to perform the functions of National Coach with...

Lowden / Persaud claims second Doubles title

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lowden / Persaud claims second Doubles title

– Grant reaches O-45 Singles final Berbician Godfrey Lowden teamed up with Omar Persaud to grab their second title in this year’s MACORP Open Tennis Championships which continued on Monday...

Ageday fails fitness test

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ageday fails fitness test

– left off CARIFTA team Current Junior Sportsman of the Year, sprint ace, Chavez Ageday failed a physical fitness test yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, and as a result, received the...

Netball fraternity expresses shock at Coach’s passing

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Netball fraternity expresses shock at Coach’s passing

President of the Guyana Netball Association (GNA) Kim Kyte-John in an e-mail on behalf of the entity expressed shock at the sudden passing of junior national coach Shondel Samaroo, who passed away...

Richard Latif, Richard Persaud and Lalta Gainda hit centuries

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Richard Latif, Richard Persaud and Lalta Gainda hit centuries

The Stag Beer & El Dorado Rum Softball Tournament continued last weekend across the country. The highlights were centuries by Richard Latif, Richard Persaud and Lalta Gainda. Persaud and Gainda...

Fans gobble up cricket tickets

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fans gobble up cricket tickets

Cricket lovers have started the rush for tickets for the upcoming Test match between Guyana and Pakistan set for May 12-16 at the Providence Stadium. This was the scene at the ticket booth at Bourda...

Budding talent to showcase as GABA stages novice boxing tournament

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Budding talent to showcase as GABA stages novice boxing tournament

As young boxers prepare to don gloves for the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) National Novices Boxing Championships from May 6-8 next, those from Berbice are expected to form a united force...

The multi-million-dollar headache!

Apr 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on The multi-million-dollar headache!

Contractors hone in on Buxton Sluice

Apr 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Contractors hone in on Buxton Sluice

Buxtonians can anticipate more reliable drainage as the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is set to construct a sluice in the village. The bids for the...

Caribbean Airlines offers full refund to ticket holders

Apr 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines offers full refund to ticket holders

(Thedailyherald) St Maarten – Caribbean Airlines has informed travel agents in Guyana and Jamaica, two countries that now require visas for St. Maarten, that the airline will “waive change...

Several players turn in good performances at Easter Badminton tourney

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several players turn in good performances at Easter Badminton tourney

The Guyana Badminton Association Easter Junior Under-13 Tournament started on Monday at the Queens College Badminton Courts. The Tournament attracted players from a number of schools and the GBA is...

Hemant Narine captures GNRA Handgun shoot

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hemant Narine captures GNRA Handgun shoot

Experienced shooter Hemant Narine rolled back the years when he won the latest Guyana NRA Smallbore .22 Precision Pistol competition last Saturday at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) ranges at Eve...

Port Mourant Turf Club Horserace Meet set for Easter Sunday

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant Turf Club Horserace Meet set for Easter Sunday

The Port Mourant Turf Club Grand annual one day Easter Sunday Horserace meet is set for this Sunday April 24 at the Club’s track at Port Mourant Corentyne Berbice. Entries closed last Sunday and...

Lusignan power past Plaisance to reach final

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lusignan power past Plaisance to reach final

Lions XI edge Strathaven, will meet Enterprise in semifinal In the two quarterfinals matches played over the weekend at the Lusignan Community Centre and Strathaven Cricket Ground, aggressive batting...

Charles Ramson’s response to Adam Harris article

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Charles Ramson’s response to Adam Harris article

Dear Editor, I write in response to Adam Harris’s column published in the Kaieteur Newspaper on Sunday 18th April, 2011 captioned: Jagdeo hates professionalism. In my response, I shall identify...

Berbice High School win Trinidad and Guyana inter school first form football

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice High School win Trinidad and Guyana inter school first form football

By Samuel Whyte Berbice High School (BHS) played unbeaten, scoring two victories and two draws, to come out victors when the second edition of the annual Trinidad and Guyana (T&G) Sports Club and...

Frozen bank accounts, inoperable ATM cards loom

Apr 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Frozen bank accounts, inoperable ATM cards loom

…as Money Laundering Law kicks in April 30 By Leonard Gildarie Commercial banks yesterday made a last-ditch attempt to encourage account-holders to provide them with required documentation with an...

Wendell Meusa and Taffin Khan on collision course

Apr 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wendell Meusa and Taffin Khan on collision course

Current national chess champion and former champ Taffin Khan and Wendell Meusa respectively, have won all three of their games, to lead the pack when the first round of the Caribbean Container Inc....

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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