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Newly crowned CABOFE champion remembers his root

May 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Newly crowned CABOFE champion remembers his root

Donates gears to Forgotten Youth Foundation Boxing Gym It is not often that sportsmen that would have left these shores and improved their fortunes find the time to remember their compatriots back...

Amidst robberies, post offices stick to new time to pay pensions

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Amidst robberies, post offices stick to new time to pay pensions

Faced with a number of break-ins and robberies at post offices countrywide, the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) has shifted the time for pension payment to 08:30hrs. According to GPOC, the new...

23 graduate from Republic Bank Youth Apprenticeship Programme

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 23 graduate from Republic Bank Youth Apprenticeship Programme

In fulfilling its duty as a good corporate citizen, Republic Bank Guyana yesterday held a graduation ceremony for 23 youths who were engaged in a seven-month apprenticeship programme with the bank at...

Caricom officials want speedy integration

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom officials want speedy integration

Caricom officials have once again encountered calls to increase the pace of regional integration by hastening their decision-making on projects that form the building blocks towards a Caribbean...

Media ladies lose to Bill Express female Titans in GKRS cricket

May 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Media ladies lose to Bill Express female Titans in GKRS cricket

But male Media team continue winning ways The annual Grace Kennedy Remittance Services (GKRS) stakeholders cricket and domino competition for members of the media and the host concluded at the Banks...

Mc Kay outhustles star studded field to take feature race

May 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Mc Kay outhustles star studded field to take feature race

Warren Mc Kay continued where he left off from the National Sports Commission sponsored Independence three-stage road race to cart off the feature 30-lap contest at the 5th George Cumberbatch...

Dream Hole Mining Company launches operation

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dream Hole Mining Company launches operation

– Upper Marazuni road project to be completed in three months Yesterday Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, and US investor Lloyd Johnson officially cut the ribbon for the Upper Mazaruni Road Project....

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Man in Mahaicony shooting fracas stable

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man in Mahaicony shooting fracas stable

Mahaicony resident Narmindra Ramtydeo, the man who allegedly opened fire on two policemen on Sunday night is now in a stable condition after undergoing emergency surgery at the Georgetown Public...

Shimron Hetmyer, 118, guides New Amsterdam/Canje to final

May 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Shimron Hetmyer, 118, guides New Amsterdam/Canje to final

New Amsterdam/Canje powered into the final of the Diamond Fire & General Insurance Under-19, two-day Inter Zone cricket competition in Berbice following their massive 240 run win over...

GMR&SC Karting Series off to exciting start

May 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC Karting Series off to exciting start

In an effort to offer good clean fun in a family atmosphere setting, while providing exciting races, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) launched its go-kart facility with an...

Scorers’ absence delay start of GCB U-15 Inter-County cricket

May 31, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Scorers’ absence delay start of GCB U-15 Inter-County cricket

Peters’ unbeaten 69 give E’bo early advantage By Sean Devers What transpired yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium on the opening day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) two-day Inter-County...

Feminition was excellent

May 31, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Feminition was excellent

Dear Editor, Firstly, I would like to congratulate the Minister of Human Services and Social Security Priya Manickchand for successfully hosting ‘Feminition 2011’. My friends and I had a...

Lucky Dollar Store rewards winners of Mother’s Day promotion

May 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lucky Dollar Store rewards winners of Mother’s Day promotion

As more and more businesses look for ways to “give back” to their customers, the Lucky Dollar Store rewarded 10 lucky customers who made purchases of over a fixed amount during May. The lucky...

The proposed Monica Reece inquest will reveal nothing

May 31, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The proposed Monica Reece inquest will reveal nothing

Dear Editor, I commend Mr. Michael Jordan of Kaieteur News for his reporting on the Monica Reece case over the years and his persistence in not letting it disappear from the public’s awareness and...

Alcohol at Feminition is a non-issue

May 31, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Alcohol at Feminition is a non-issue

Dear Editor, Stella Ramsaroop in her “Stella Says” column on Sunday May 29th, titled, “Serving alcohol at Feminition is like asking a woman to kiss a cutlass” makes a vacuous point, and in so...

Kissoon is wrong on Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s value to WI cricket

May 31, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon is wrong on Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s value to WI cricket

Dear Editor, I write in response to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s commentary (Kaieteur News May 8) in which he labeled President Jagdeo’s lobbying for the inclusion of Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the West...

Only parliament can recognise the legitimacy of the ERC

May 31, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Only parliament can recognise the legitimacy of the ERC

Dear Editor, I refer to a statement made by one Ramesh Dookoo currently the Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) in the Kaieteur news Friday May 27th 2011 captioned, “Private Sector...

Who gave Ramesh Dookoo that advice?

May 31, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Who gave Ramesh Dookoo that advice?

The business community in this country has to rein in Mr. Ramesh Dookoo, chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) if he did not have a mandate to make some of the extreme, weird and ignorant...

Can the Govt. enforce ‘stringent penalties’ against Motilall?

May 31, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Can the Govt. enforce ‘stringent penalties’ against Motilall?

Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled: “More woes hit Amaila Falls Roadway Project” (Kaieteur News, May 30), which reports on the unlikelihood of the project being completed as per contract...

A signal political maturity prevails

May 31, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on A signal political maturity prevails

Dear Editor, Last Saturday (28-05-11) the JOPP reached an agreement, and it was announced that these parties would contest this year’s election as a grand coalition. To me this was a signal that...

HE DESERVES THE ORDER OF EXCELLENCE

May 31, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HE DESERVES THE ORDER OF EXCELLENCE

He deserves the Order of Excellence, the nation’s second highest national award. The Order of Excellence is no longer the nation’s highest award. In case you missed it, the nation’s highest...

The way FIFA administrates over the sport is too personal

May 31, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The way FIFA administrates over the sport is too personal

Dear Editor, The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has found itself deep in the most publicized corruption scandal in its long history. Investigations are well underway, but...

Those national awards

May 31, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Those national awards

After nearly a decade, there has been the announcement of national awards. The last time there was such an announcement was at the turn of the century. Ever since 1971, it had become traditional that...

Another woman brutally murdered

May 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another woman brutally murdered

Even in the midst of a massive femininity campaign, yet another Guyanese woman was brutally murdered by her spouse. Seema Singh, 30, succumbed at the Georgetown Hospital around midday yesterday,...

Military-clad gang terrorises Meten-Meer-Zorg family

May 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Military-clad gang terrorises Meten-Meer-Zorg family

– escape in boat with over $8M By Latoya Giles Six heavily armed gunmen dressed in military clothing robbed and terrorised a Meten-Meer-Zorg West Coast Demerara, business family on Saturday...