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$3.7B sea defence contracts…EU may withhold $$billion in funding

Dec 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $3.7B sea defence contracts…EU may withhold $$billion in funding

…as BK Int’l fails on many projects The European Union (EU), Guyana’s largest donor for critical sea defence works, says that it could cancel remaining funding for the...

Revamping the education system

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Revamping the education system

All through last year and even before we kept hearing about the improvements in education, the former Minister kept unveiling plans to ensure improved performances from children whose academic...

PARENTS NEED TO SUPERVISE THE STUDY TIME OF THEIR CHILDREN

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PARENTS NEED TO SUPERVISE THE STUDY TIME OF THEIR CHILDREN

A 20 percent improvement in passes in Mathematics and English for the entire secondary school population may be too ambitious. But this is not what the Ministry of Education is...

Dem boys seh…Some people panicking till dem seeing jumbie

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Some people panicking till dem seeing jumbie

People does always crowd de court when a big one got to appear before a judge or a magistrate. Yesterday, Kwame prove that he is a big one because nuff people tun up at the...

The AFC will have to support and oppose the PPP and APNU where necessary

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AFC will have to support and oppose the PPP and APNU where necessary

Dear Editor, The AFC is not the PNC/APNU. It is not the PPP. It is the AFC. It is its own party. As much as many APNU supporters are drunk with the belief that the AFC is or should be...

After years of promises we are still living in hope

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on After years of promises we are still living in hope

DEAR EDITOR, Since the Burnham administration, when Mr. Gavin Kennard was the Minister of Agriculture, we the residents of South Essequibo were told of the Government’s plans to make...

Let me refresh your memory, Mr. Williams

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let me refresh your memory, Mr. Williams

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to the letter in your Monday edition, dated December 5, 2011 under the caption “I have evidence of corruption in awarding of contracts” written by one...

APNU ran an effective ground campaign

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU ran an effective ground campaign

Dear Editor, Any serious analyst of Guyana’s politics would be impressed with the campaign that produced the shocking results for APNU and the AFC and the fall in support for the...

Spare a thought for the environment

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Spare a thought for the environment

DEAR EDITOR, The Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) is calling on all citizens to spare a thought for the environment, during this festive season. ECHO is calling on...

KO is the prediction when over 400 pounds of human clash for CABOFE honours tonight

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on KO is the prediction when over 400 pounds of human clash for CABOFE honours tonight

It takes a bit of imagination but when one finally conjures the image of two gladiators, each tipping the scales in excess of two hundred pounds, going after each other with a...

France/Hopkinson win Men’s Doubles title

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on France/Hopkinson win Men’s Doubles title

-Lowe/Edghill outclass women field Former senior national table tennis player, Colin France teamed up with junior national player, Denzel Hopkinson to win the Senior Men’s Doubles...

ELITE CRICKET COACHING PROGRAMME SET FOR E’BO COAST

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on ELITE CRICKET COACHING PROGRAMME SET FOR E’BO COAST

The Essequibo Coast Cricket Development programme is set to start on Monday December 20 at Anna Regina with an Elite Coaching Programme, which is geared to prepare players for the...

Prudential Industrial Technology supports Banks Beer KO Cup

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Prudential Industrial Technology supports Banks Beer KO Cup

Prudential Industrial Technology joined the growing band of business entities to pledge their support to the GFA / Banks Beer Knockout Cup with a donation of a cheque for an undisclosed...

Letter to the Sport Editor…GCB continue to stumble

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sport Editor…GCB continue to stumble

Dear Sir, Heaven forbids but the administration of cricket in Guyana at the national level cannot get any worse than it is at the moment. The administration of the game seems to be...

Banks Beer Knockout Cup…GDF, Riddim Squad favoured to advance tomorrow night

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks Beer Knockout Cup…GDF, Riddim Squad favoured to advance tomorrow night

Despite the fact that the results in all the matches in the Banks Beer Knockout Cup have gone to script, the mere fact that big ‘fat’ Christmas bonuses are awaiting the teams that...

Final year’s ProAm affair… Top amateur pugilist’s on show tonight

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Final year’s ProAm affair… Top amateur pugilist’s on show tonight

Guyanese amateur boxers recently returned from Barbados with 2 gold and a similar number of silver medals in the Ronald Wilson Memorial tournament. Their performances have been...

GASP closes season with lucrative Open tournament

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASP closes season with lucrative Open tournament

It will be fun mixed with intense rivalry when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) stages the final tournament of the year, a Scrabble Scramble, at the Malteenoes Sports...

Cornelius looks to defy National Race Walk Champion Mitchell tomorrow

Dec 17, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cornelius looks to defy National Race Walk Champion Mitchell tomorrow

Cavalier Sports and Tour Club will be hosting their last walk race for the year after a staging numerous competitive activities countrywide tomorrow (Sunday) at 06:30hrs from Barama...

Two held after Cumberland robbery

Dec 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two held after Cumberland robbery

Reliance, Canje police arrested a man and his wife late Thursday afternoon in connection with the robbery of S. Sattaur & Son Grocery and Lotto Outlet, Cumberland Public Road....

Ex-GDF Association wants action following Brig. Collins’s shooting

Dec 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-GDF Association wants action following Brig. Collins’s shooting

The Ex-Guyana Defence Force Association says that “it is with grave concern, that we the officers and members of the XGDF Association of Guyana register our disapproval of the...

Women Lawyer’s Association says …Police Commissioner should go on leave, allow rape probe to proceed

Dec 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Women Lawyer’s Association says …Police Commissioner should go on leave, allow rape probe to proceed

The Guyana Women’s Lawyer’s Association has spoken out against the Police Commissioner Henry Greene and the present allegations before him. The association said that the allegation...

Education Minister sells ambitious plan to Region Two stakeholders

Dec 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister sells ambitious plan to Region Two stakeholders

Parents and students alike were among the target audience that Minister of Education Priya Manickchand reached out to yesterday as she continued to amplify the need for an urgent...

Seven injured in two-vehicle smash up on Canje Bridge

Dec 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Seven injured in two-vehicle smash up on Canje Bridge

Seven persons were injured late Friday afternoon when two cars travelling in the opposite directions crashed head- on on the Canje Bridge. It is reported that the driver of PPP 43, ...

Fifteen complete Standard’s Officer Course

Dec 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fifteen complete Standard’s Officer Course

Fifteen Officer Cadets became Ensigns yesterday having completed the Standard Officer’s Course #44. However the ensigns, who include ranks from the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana...

Victimisation under Govt. is real, shared Governance needed

Dec 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Victimisation under Govt. is real, shared Governance needed

– APNU’s Youth Arm A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Youth Arm says that the ruling administration which has been elected by the people can also be taken to task by the people, and...

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Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy Eagles

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more