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191,500 students to benefit from $300M uniform programme

Jun 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 191,500 students to benefit from $300M uniform programme

The $300M School Uniform Assistance Programme is set to assist 165,000 students on the coastland and 26,500 in the hinterland, according to the Ministry of Education. The programme which caters for...

Case adjourned as foreign pathologist fail to make appearance

Jun 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Case adjourned as foreign pathologist fail to make appearance

Yesterday was yet another short appearance in court for Dwarka ‘Dave’ Gangadin, because the foreign pathologist who was scheduled to be cross-examined failed to show up. Gangadin is accused of...

Duo for court on Monday, CANU hunts third person

Jun 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Duo for court on Monday, CANU hunts third person

The two men who have been arrested in connection with the marijuana bust at the John Fernandes Wharf, Georgetown, are expected to make an appearance in Court on Monday. According to a source close to...

Budget Super Centre to sponsor Golf tournament today

Jun 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Budget Super Centre to sponsor Golf tournament today

Budget Super Centre will sponsor this weekend Medal Play golf tournament as the local players gear up for a hectic period on the 2011 golfing calendar. Today’s tournament will feature the cream of...

Blue Birds Domino Club hosts 2-day Competition

Jun 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Blue Birds Domino Club hosts 2-day Competition

Two days of action packed rivalry is anticipated when the Blue Birds Domino Club host its tournament on July 2-3, at the Guyana Girl Guides Association Headquarters on Brickdam, starting from 14:00...

Financial assistance for flood victims-Dr. Luncheon

Jun 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Financial assistance for flood victims-Dr. Luncheon

Government is set to provide financial assistance to flood affected residents of Regions Nine, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon, said on Wednesday, at his weekly press briefing. He noted that the...

Top teams battle for Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy final places

Jun 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Top teams battle for Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy final places

After two months of intense action, the four best teams in the inaugural Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy will contest for a place in the finals when the semifinals action is staged at the...

Dragline operator discovered dead at Hogg Island

Jun 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dragline operator discovered dead at Hogg Island

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 62 year old Mohan Singh of 43 West Ruimveldt. Mohan Singh a dragline operator left his home on Tuesday to work at Northern Hogg...

Swollen rivers may see flooding, authorities warn

Jun 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Swollen rivers may see flooding, authorities warn

Authorities are warning residents to be on the alert for several days of high tide starting yesterday, with the levels expected to be above normal. The Works Services Group/Sea Defence Division, an...

Kuru Kururu Warriors prevail over Kuru Kuru Lions to claim title

Jun 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Kuru Kururu Warriors prevail over Kuru Kuru Lions to claim title

Kuru Kururu Warriors emerged victorious on penalty kicks when they defeated Kuru Kuru Lions when action in the James Herbert knockout football tournament concluded at the Kuru Kuru College Ground...

Squires advances, on course for showdown with Downes

Jun 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Squires advances, on course for showdown with Downes

A couple years ago, a matchup between Phillip Squires and Anthony Downes would most likely have taken place in the finals. Given their protracted absence from the local scene and the emergence of...

Hemraj hits unbeaten 61 on rain affected opening day

Jun 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Hemraj hits unbeaten 61 on rain affected opening day

By Sean Devers at Providence Chanderpaul Hemraj and Jahron Byron featured in an unfinished half-century partnership to put Demerara in a good position against Essequibo on the truncated opening day...

Gayle, Taylor ignored for first Test, Chanderpaul to meet team management

Jun 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Gayle, Taylor ignored for first Test, Chanderpaul to meet team management

West Indies have one of their best chances of winning a Test series against an Indian side missing several key players even as the Jamaican pair of Chris Gayle and Jerome Taylor were ignored for the...

Barama restarts local plywood production

Jun 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Barama restarts local plywood production

…warned to up harvesting in concessions By Leonard Gildarie The country’s plywood supplies, which took a huge dive last year after the manufacturer Barama Company Limited (BCL) ceased production...

Rose Hall Town vendors locked out of market, clash with IMC Chairman

Jun 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall Town vendors locked out of market, clash with IMC Chairman

By Leon Suseran Vendors along the shoulders of the Rose Hall Town Independence Avenue Road located next to the municipal market clashed with Chairman of the Interim Management Committee of the town,...

THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGETOWN

Jun 18, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGETOWN

Guyana is planning to build a railway so as to move large numbers of persons who will soon begin to occupy some of the new housing schemes in the country. The railway is thus seen as solving the...

West Dem. GT&T FastBall Awareness Games now at Uitvlugt

Jun 18, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on West Dem. GT&T FastBall Awareness Games now at Uitvlugt

Football fans on the West Demerara will be introduced to the new and innovative GT&T FastBall, it’s not just football, tomorrow afternoon at the Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground from 15:00hrs....

Prominent PNCR leaders isolating themselves from Granger

Jun 18, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Prominent PNCR leaders isolating themselves from Granger

Dear Editor, Even with the newly formed alliance between the PNCR and other parties, it seems that the PNC/R is internally divided. There seems to be no unity among PNCR party members, as evidenced...

Advertising is a con game

Jun 18, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Advertising is a con game

Dear Editor, In this fast pace, leaping, competitive modern worlds of business/commerce, advertisement has become a sine qua non. It is near inconceivable to think of entering a business minus...

There may well be a case for employers to expand their human resources services

Jun 18, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on There may well be a case for employers to expand their human resources services

Dear Editor, There are, of course, a number of lessons to be learnt from the event organised at the Pegasus Hotel, Thursday, June 9, 2011, to present the documentary on “Breakout”, the book which...

Sugar concerns in GuySuCo

Jun 18, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Sugar concerns in GuySuCo

Dear Editor, Recently, it was claimed that the current sugar crop produced by GuySuCo was the largest in recent years. In a previous article, it was reported that the European Union (EU)...

No sandalwood in Guyana

Jun 18, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on No sandalwood in Guyana

Dear Editor, On 17 June you reproduced (‘Forestry exports earnings down by US$2M’) from the fortnightly Tropical Timber Market Report 16-11 (1-15 June 2011) of the International Tropical Timber...

The Enmore Martyrs’ remains should be duly relocated

Jun 18, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The Enmore Martyrs’ remains should be duly relocated

Dear Editor, Please permit me to briefly express my appreciation to Dr. Tota Mangar for his lucid article (GC, June 17, 2011) on the Enmore Martyrs for non-historians like me. The behaviour of our...

How long can we continue without a comprehensive crime fighting strategy?

Jun 18, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on How long can we continue without a comprehensive crime fighting strategy?

Dear Editor, The prison breakout on Saturday June 11, 2011 is another unfortunate event, which can only remind us of the grave crime and security threats Guyana continues to face, for lack of a...

GuySuCo will not be privatised under a PPP/C govt is a clear policy statement

Jun 18, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo will not be privatised under a PPP/C govt is a clear policy statement

DEAR EDITOR, One thing about the PPP is that it has always been rich in policy directions and in programs to lift Guyana to heights people do not expect out of a country ravished by centuries of...

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Youngsters impress as final day draws near

Burnham must be having a good laugh

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Each week, the more Bharrat Jagdeo speaks, the more the lines between party and government... more