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Minister suspected of being major financier

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Minister suspected of being major financier

‘Barber Shop’ computer scandal grows… The issue of the contract to Digital Technology has taken yet another interesting turn. The company is registered as Digital Technology Group of...

FBI Agent details Ahmad’s scheme

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on FBI Agent details Ahmad’s scheme

US mortgage fraud investigation… US Federal Special Agent Bryan Trebelhorn has revealed in court documents how Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad fleeced a US lending agency “Countrywide Home Loans”...

Dem boys seh….Goat and rabbit guh pun Hen See Hen

Jul 25, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Goat and rabbit guh pun Hen See Hen

Contractors surprised that dem actually got people who thiefing more than dem. Nuff of dem get vex when dem hear that some people who always holler how dem clean but now dem tie up wid a big computer...

Speedboat passengers escape death in Essequibo River mishap

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Speedboat passengers escape death in Essequibo River mishap

– captain, bowman detained By Kristen Macklingam Several passengers narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon, when a speedboat that was taking them from Supenaam to Parika sank in the...

Guyana needs new generation of compassionate leaders

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana needs new generation of compassionate leaders

Ramjattan tells Berbicians… Alliance for Change (AFC) Presidential hopeful, Khemraj Ramjattan urged Berbicians on a Live television programme on Saturday evening to move forward and not fall prey...

APNU outlines plans for Guyana at New Amsterdam rally

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU outlines plans for Guyana at New Amsterdam rally

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday outlined a number of initiatives it will undertake to give Guyanese a better life if it is elected by the people during a rally on Saturday at New...

Guyana, Belize reduced hunger by 50 percent in 2010

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Belize reduced hunger by 50 percent in 2010

– FAO Guyana is one of two countries (Belize being the other) in the Caribbean to reduce hunger by 50 percent last year, says Lystra Fletcher-Paul, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...

‘Remarkable’ recovery for Homestretch survivors

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Remarkable’ recovery for Homestretch survivors

By Kristen Macklingam One week has passed since the horrific accident on Homestretch Avenue which claimed the lives of five persons and the survivors appear to be making remarkable recovery....

Guyana set to resume sugar supply to Jamaica

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana set to resume sugar supply to Jamaica

– Govt. Guyana is set to resume sugar exports to Jamaica with government yesterday stating that increased production made this possible. “Guyana is happy to be in a position this year after...

Travails of an amateur gardener

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Travails of an amateur gardener

I come from a family of gardeners. My father was always planting in our backyard at Tucville. As a boy, he and his siblings raised crops at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo. My mother, too, came from...

Cop promoted during Scout’s Day ceremony

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cop promoted during Scout’s Day ceremony

An officer in the Guyana Police Force was given an ‘on the spot’ promotion yesterday at the opening ceremony for Scout’s Day at the Police Officers Mess Annexe, Eve Leary. Police Constable...

Sophia man chopped by elder brother

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia man chopped by elder brother

By Trevona Weekes Twenty-seven year old Simon Buttlers was chopped several times last Friday by an elder brother who the victim was trying to evict from the family’s South Sophia residence. He has...

Guyana/Brazil trade potential still untapped – Private Sector

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana/Brazil trade potential still untapped – Private Sector

In spite of Brazil’s proximity, the private sector in Guyana believes that there is still a great deal of untapped potential for trade and business between our two countries. This was the...

ATV rider killed in Mahdia crash

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ATV rider killed in Mahdia crash

One man is dead and another in a critical condition following a motor vehicular accident at Mahdia on Saturday. According to reports out of the area, 24 year-old Awad Narine Harrichand died almost...

City Mall to offer wider range of services and products

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Mall to offer wider range of services and products

After recent renovations by the new owners of City Mall, Hadi’s World Inc, services are now being re-launched with the aim of providing a wider range of products and services in a more convenient...

DCC ‘A’ takes GCA BrainStreet U-15 title

Jul 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC ‘A’ takes GCA BrainStreet U-15 title

On a day in which there was no play after Lunch at the DCC and GCC grounds in the Regional under-19 series, the GYO ground, in the same vicinity, was alive with activity yesterday in the Georgetown...

Rain has the final say at Bourda as Jamaica slump to 86-5 against Guyana

Jul 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain has the final say at Bourda as Jamaica slump to 86-5 against Guyana

By Sean Devers The much anticipated explosion between tournament leaders Jamaica and host Guyana in the second round of this year’s regional under-19 three cricket tournament fizzled out like a...

Trinidad and Tobago secure commanding victory over Windwards

Jul 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trinidad and Tobago secure commanding victory over Windwards

Trinidad and Tobago defeated Windward Islands by 8 wickets yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium on the final day in the second round of the U-19 three day cricket tournament to secure their first...

Badminton team set for Pan Am championships

Jul 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Badminton team set for Pan Am championships

The Guyana Badminton Association will be attending the Pan American Junior Badminton Championships which will be held in Kingston, Jamaica from July 25 to August 1 where over 16 countries will take...

Amerindian lives have improved under our administration – PPP/C

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian lives have improved under our administration – PPP/C

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has maintained that the living standards of Amerindians have improved under their watch since 1992. “Land, water and air transport has been...

Autism – The misunderstood malady

Jul 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Autism – The misunderstood malady

This week we look at another famous person who lived with and overcame autism to do extraordinary things. Considered the father of fairytales, the stories written by this autistic have been handed...

BLINDSIDED BY CONTROVERSY

Jul 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BLINDSIDED BY CONTROVERSY

It is rather unfortunate that the controversy that has erupted over the award of a contract to supply computers for school laboratories in Guyana, should detract from a most important initiative. The...

MURDOCH SHE WROTE

Jul 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on MURDOCH SHE WROTE

In the mid-70s when I studied journalism at University, the word “hack” in ordinary usage meant to cut up or sever something with irregular blows – not your smooth sawing action but frenzied...

In the early years, the leadership of the PPP comprised a better racial composition

Jul 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on In the early years, the leadership of the PPP comprised a better racial composition

Dear Editor, Guyanese must be very careful about the issues they choose to write about especially when they do not research their topic as is clearly the case with this essay by Arnold Sanasie....

Granger advocates democracy whilst Ramotar touts Stalinism

Jul 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger advocates democracy whilst Ramotar touts Stalinism

Dear Editor, In their latest attack on APNU’s Presidential Candidate David Granger, the PPP’s leadership brought up the subject of party paramountcy. This shows the lack of intellect of the PPP...

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Dolphin Secondary, East Ruimveldt seal Round-5 victories in Republic Bank U-18 Football League

A shameful abdication of leadership

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The PPPC government has reached a new low in its spineless defense of the lopsided Production... more