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A Martyr’s Requiem

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A Martyr’s Requiem

Last Monday was the thirty-first anniversary of the murder most foul of Dr. Walter Rodney. It is rather pathetic that those who are members of the organisation for which his life was snuffed out at...

Severance pay delayed

Jun 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Severance pay delayed

…as union objects to clauses in discharge agreement Frustrated sugar workers plan to protest this morning after the anxiously awaited severance pay exercise ended before it began yesterday as their...

GuySuCo flip-flops on forensic audit – Hides behind AG

Jun 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo flip-flops on forensic audit – Hides behind AG

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) says that it remains committed to honour an offer by accountant, Christopher Ram, to conduct a forensic audit on the recently commissioned Enmore packaging...

Heavy flooding reported along Corentyne River

Jun 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Heavy flooding reported along Corentyne River

…logging brought to a halt By Leonard Gildarie Heavy rains and swollen rivers continue to wreak havoc around the country with several riverain communities along the Corentyne River now reporting...

Alleged abduction in Campbellville

Jun 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged abduction in Campbellville

– Shots fired, man dragged into car Residents of Akawini Street, Section K, Campbellville, are alleging that a male individual was abducted at gunpoint at around midday yesterday by occupants...

Teen’s mother files complaint with Medical Council

Jun 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen’s mother files complaint with Medical Council

The mother of one of the teenage girls who died in March at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) – maternal patient Joanne Peters – has filed a formal complaint with the...

Guyanese among foreigners being trafficked to T&T under guise of CSME

Jun 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese among foreigners being trafficked to T&T under guise of CSME

– report says (Trinidad Guardian) Haitians, Jamaicans and Guyanese nationals are being “trafficked” into Trinidad and Tobago under the cover of the Caricom Single Market and Economy...

Dem boys seh…Bar-Rat put words in Bim Bim mouth

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bar-Rat put words in Bim Bim mouth

Something strange happen. Dem boys now claiming that GuySuCo behaving like a woman who got she son and mekking decisions. Now this boy give a commitment to a gyal. He want de sex. De gyal agree. Then...

Fire devours upper flat of Lodge house

Jun 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire devours upper flat of Lodge house

… 14 homeless An extended family in Lodge Housing Scheme was left at a loss as the upper flat of their home was completely consumed by a fire of unknown origin around midday yesterday. Five...

Motie (5-57), Pereira (3-91) spin Berbice to first innings points

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Motie (5-57), Pereira (3-91) spin Berbice to first innings points

Despite fifties from Boodie & Adams By Sean Devers at Providence An attractive 65 from Kevon Boodie and a solid 60 from National under-19 spinner Anthony Adams failed to prevent Essequibo from...

Under-21s secure first victory in John Fernandes Second Division Hockey

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Under-21s secure first victory in John Fernandes Second Division Hockey

The newly formed under-21 male hockey team chalked up its first ever victory as a team when they trounced the Airbenders 4-0 on Monday afternoon, at the GCC ground. Midfielder Leon Bacchus was the...

Squires, Sue-Ho sound early warning

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Squires, Sue-Ho sound early warning

Adams, Niamatali also in winners’ row Top contenders for the GBTI Men’s Singles title Phillip Squires and Ezra Sue-Ho showed ominous form in their first round matches as they both won without...

Norman Singh Memorial, Jumbo Jet race meet promises fireworks

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Norman Singh Memorial, Jumbo Jet race meet promises fireworks

The Norman Singh Memorial Turf club situated at Bel Air, No 6 Village West Coast Berbice in collaboration with the Jumbo Jet Stables will stage its grand one day ‘Guyana Cup Fever’ horserace Meet...

Royals mulling Finals at MHS Court

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Royals mulling Finals at MHS Court

The management of the Victory Valley Royals (VVR) Basketball Club is considering hosting the semi-finals, and finals, of the 2011 VVR Schools’ Championships at the Mackenzie High School (MHS)...

National Draughts competition set for Sunday

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Draughts competition set for Sunday

The Guyana Draughts Association has scheduled a National Draughts competition for Sunday at the Mildred Mansfield Sports Club in Durban Street Werk-en-rust, Georgetown. The competition will be played...

Delon Allicock, Benjamin Henry clash promises excitement

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Delon Allicock, Benjamin Henry clash promises excitement

Bantamweight boxers, Delon Allicock of the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) and Benjamin Henry of the North West Boxing Gym will match skills when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control stages the June...

Rising Stars dominate Guyana Softball League female one day tournament

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Stars dominate Guyana Softball League female one day tournament

Officials of the Guyana Softball League continue to work assiduously towards the development of the sport and towards this end recently held a one day development tournament for females in the Parika...

Berbice Chamber of Commerce 10/10 cricket now set for July 3

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Chamber of Commerce 10/10 cricket now set for July 3

Participants and spectators will have to wait a bit longer to be a part of the action on the much anticipated Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inter Agency Softball 10/10 Cricket competition,...

Guyana observes World Blood Donor Day

Jun 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana observes World Blood Donor Day

Yesterday Guyana joined the world in celebrating “World Blood Donor Day”, and the blood bank observed the occasion by releasing 90 red balloons, a symbol of their appreciation for local blood...

North Georgetown, Mae’s, St. Angela’s, St. Agnes into finals

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on North Georgetown, Mae’s, St. Angela’s, St. Agnes into finals

North Georgetown, Mae’s, St. Angela’s and St. Agnes are all through to the finals of this year’s 14th Annual Primary School Windball Cricket Championships which continued recently, at the...

Team Guyana secure 21 medals in excellent display

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana secure 21 medals in excellent display

Guyana’s team to the just concluded 5th annual JKA/WF America’s Camp and tournament recently returned home after hauling in 21 medals at the competition which was hosted by the JKA/WF New Mexico...

Semi-finals set for this Saturday

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Semi-finals set for this Saturday

Four games are scheduled to be played this Saturday when semi-final action in the inaugural Scotiabank / Pepsi School Football Academy commences, at the Carifesta Avenue Sports Complex Ground. In...

Kuru Kuru Coop College appoints new board

Jun 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Kuru Kuru Coop College appoints new board

A new board has been appointed at the Kuru Kuru Cooperative College and will soon take on the task of restructuring the programmes of the institution to be more relevant to national developmental...

Company invests over US$1M to boost power generation

Jun 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Company invests over US$1M to boost power generation

Banks DIH Limited is investing over US$1M (G$200M) to boost its energy capacity, recently signing an agreement with Hyundai Company of South Korea for the purchase of a 1.7 megawatt (MW) generator....

Will WPA’s “equality” demands result in half JOPP Cabinet?

Jun 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will WPA’s “equality” demands result in half JOPP Cabinet?

Dear Editor, Now that the PNC is teamed up with the WPA and other smaller parties (JOPP) will it concede half of all parliamentary seats and Cabinet appointments if they win the 2011 elections? No...

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How do you analyse a Budget?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- What if in tabling the 2025 Budget, the Minister with responsibility for Finance did... more