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Fire ruins Christmas for Berbice families

Dec 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire ruins Christmas for Berbice families

Five people were left homeless after a fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, destroyed a two storey wood and concrete house at Second Street Betsy ground village East Canje at around...

The reality of poor Guyana

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The reality of poor Guyana

The wider world takes pride in describing Guyana as a poor country. At one time this country was said to be the poorest country in the western hemisphere after Haiti. There were some who...

Dem boys seh…Dem pickney see Santa drunk

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem pickney see Santa drunk

Christmas is a time when dem got Santa all over de place. Guyana Stores had one. Fogarty’s had one and he run away. He claim how dem li’l pickney disgusting. One juck he eye. And...

PUT THEM OUT TO PASTURE

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PUT THEM OUT TO PASTURE

There were developments, recently, which suggest that the same elements which were mainly responsible for the ruling party’s failure to gain a parliamentary majority may once again be...

APNU’s Parliamentary team is good, but not its best

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU’s Parliamentary team is good, but not its best

DEAR EDITOR, The business of selecting Parliamentarians is a very serious one, which upon conclusion, ought to display a team comprising the best minds of any political party, capable of...

A Good Life, a Board of Inquiry (BOI) or a Missed Opportunity?

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Good Life, a Board of Inquiry (BOI) or a Missed Opportunity?

DEAR EDITOR, I had three weeks to reflect on our national election results and I would like to share my views on the chance we gave up for ‘a good life’. Was it a Missed Opportunity? On the...

Parliamentary Representation – the new arrangement should result in the best for our nation

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parliamentary Representation – the new arrangement should result in the best for our nation

DEAR EDITOR, Our elections are over. National discontent is ever present amidst the possibility of having a different parliamentary experience which many never thought the 1980 Constitution...

We should stay focused on the message of the season

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We should stay focused on the message of the season

DEAR EDITOR, With Christmas and the end of the year celebration upon us, we should stay focused on the message of the season — to love and show appreciation for each other and to share our...

Immigration Officers’ act of kindness

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Immigration Officers’ act of kindness

DEAR EDITOR, As a visiting Guyanese, I was amazed at the Christmas spirit displayed by the Immigration Officers at the Passport Office in Georgetown. Quietly, I was waiting on my turn to be...

Government setting up IMC to run Guyana’s cricket…GCB expresses disagreement

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Government setting up IMC to run Guyana’s cricket…GCB expresses disagreement

-Guyana could be banned says WICB Director GCB President Ramsay Ali confirmed yesterday that the Guyana Board was informed of the plan which would see two members from the Essequibo Cricket...

Ministry of Sport announces IMC to run local cricket

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Sports 1

The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport has announced the formation of an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to run Guyana’s cricket. Permanent Secretary Alfred King in a release stated that,...

United CFU concretise way forward following 2-day meeting at FIFA House

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on United CFU concretise way forward following 2-day meeting at FIFA House

Guyana represented by GFF President (ag) Franklin Wilson Leaders of the thirty (30) national associations of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) held meetings at the Home of FIFA in Zurich,...

QC’s preparation the winning factor in schools’ chess championship

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on QC’s preparation the winning factor in schools’ chess championship

-Richard Ishmael wins individual category Captain of the Queen’s College chess team Cecil Cox has attributed his team’s win at the recently held National Schools’ Chess Championship to constant...

Satro and Maryville are latest champs

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Satro and Maryville are latest champs

Satro and Maryville recorded victories as the Kishan Bacchus Construction Company\ Leguan Cricket Committee twenty\ 20 competition continued recently in the Essequibo River Island. On Saturday...

2011 was good year for Race Walking for Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2011 was good year for Race Walking for Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club

The Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC), the main promoters of the sport of Race Walking in Guyana has described 2011, despite the absence of adequate sponsorship, as an extremely...

ECB highlights achievements for 2011

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECB highlights achievements for 2011

As the cricket season comes to a close, the Essequibo Cricket Board noted some of its achievements for the year 2011, starting with the U-15 tournament. The board ran off a...

Letter to the Sports Editor…BCB responds to DCC official

Dec 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…BCB responds to DCC official

Dear Sir, It was with a sense of irony that I read the reply of Mr. K. Amsterdam of the Demerara Cricket Club in response to the letter of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club on...

Commonwealth issues final report on Guyana elections

Dec 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth issues final report on Guyana elections

– Says benchmarks for democratic elections were met, but cites shortcomings The Commonwealth Secretariat has noted that while benchmarks for democratic elections were met in the...

Rains, flooded market ruin Christmas sales

Dec 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rains, flooded market ruin Christmas sales

First it was the post-elections tension. Now it’s the heavy rainfall in recent days that has made things gloomy for vendors down at the Stabroek Market Square with two more days...

Four rescued after squall overturns boat

Dec 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Four rescued after squall overturns boat

Four men narrowly escaped drowning on Thursday after a boat powered by a 200 horsepower engine toppled over in the Essequibo River during a squall. The boat which is the property of the Region Two...

‘Fip’ deemed hopelessly behind schedule since April

Dec 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Fip’ deemed hopelessly behind schedule since April

…Luncheon says delay will not hamper financial closure for Hydro project With the US$15.4M Amaila Falls Road project which was handed to Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall and Synergy Holdings Inc being...

Seven charged in Western Union heist

Dec 24, 2011 KNews News 6

-four refused bail Seven persons were charged yesterday in connection with last Wednesday’s 10M heist at a Church Street Western Union outlet. Four of the accused were remanded, while the...

Probation report blames education system failure for teen’s incarceration

Dec 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Probation report blames education system failure for teen’s incarceration

Guyana is quickly becoming a country where officials do as they please without consideration for the consequences. That was the summation of a Probation Report which was recently...

Fire destroys another East Canje home

Dec 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys another East Canje home

Just as firefighters were replacing their hoses after fighting one fire yesterday morning in Betsy Ground East Canje, they were summoned to another inferno in the same district. This second...

Housewife wins car as Christmas gift

Dec 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Housewife wins car as Christmas gift

Christmas will be a wonderful occasion for 49-year-old Bhagwandai Gangadeen, a housewife and mother of two, who is now the proud owner of a brand new car which she won in a competition hosted...

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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