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Guyana Water Inc. and medication benefits are unfair to seniors

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Water Inc. and medication benefits are unfair to seniors

Dear Editor, Here is a scenario which is by no means farfetched. A four-apartment house is rented by four unrelated tenants aged 72, 73, 74 and 75. The landlord holds the transport for the...

Grove Hi Tec, Buxton Stars advance after thrilling contests in K&S Football extravaganza

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grove Hi Tec, Buxton Stars advance after thrilling contests in K&S Football extravaganza

Grove Hi Tec FC played a robust game to dispose of Victoria Kings FC 3-2 moments before Buxton Stars FC needled BV/Triumph and advanced into the next round when action in the Kashif and...

GFA / Banks Beer Knockout Cup…GFC sets up Christmas Day date with Sunburst Camptown

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA / Banks Beer Knockout Cup…GFC sets up Christmas Day date with Sunburst Camptown

-Santos also progress to quarter-finals By Rawle Welch Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Santos FC booked the final two quarter-final spots after registering victories against Houston Stars FC and...

Reds to personally autograph his book at Oasis Café’ tomorrow

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reds to personally autograph his book at Oasis Café’ tomorrow

Book lovers in Guyana will have an opportunity tomorrow to have a personally autographed copy of ‘Living my dreams’ by veteran Guyanese Radio Cricket broadcaster Joseph ‘Reds’...

Greene takes swipe at absentee national players

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greene takes swipe at absentee national players

– GTTA rewards National C/ships performers By Edison Jefford President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Henry Greene, took a swipe at the senior national male...

Season ending Horserace meet set for Rising Sun Turf club on New Year’s Day

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Season ending Horserace meet set for Rising Sun Turf club on New Year’s Day

$7M up for grabs By Samuel Whyte The final race for the 2011/2012 Horse racing season is set for the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park West Coast Berbice. The date is Sunday...

Caledonia AIA and Caribbean United football team hope to claim K&S ‘pound of gold’

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caledonia AIA and Caribbean United football team hope to claim K&S ‘pound of gold’

Trinidad and Tobago Professional League club Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA and Caribbean United of Barbados are in Guyana and has their sights set on this year’s Kashif and Shanghai...

Peaceful Woman Warrior- Sensei Celise Thomas

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Peaceful Woman Warrior- Sensei Celise Thomas

At age eight, she started martial arts in November of 1999 with Young Tigers Karate School located at Cumuto Trinidad. Celise was influenced to join this sport by a good friend who at...

Woodpecker Junior Badminton tournament to conclude today at QC

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Junior Badminton tournament to conclude today at QC

The Annual Woodpecker Junior Christmas Singles Tournament for 2011 started at the Queens College Badminton Courts yesterday and is expected to conclude today with the remaining matches....

Guyana banks on Ramotar administration to draw down on Norway Funds

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana banks on Ramotar administration to draw down on Norway Funds

…administration angered but sees renewed hope under Ramotar’s Presidency Spearheaded by Former Head-of-State Bharrat Jagdeo, and after much ranting and raving on his part, the Guyana Government...

Western Union $10M heist…Two youths detained, $6M recovered

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Western Union $10M heist…Two youths detained, $6M recovered

Quick action by police has resulted in the arrest of two youths and the recovery of over $6M from Wednesday’s night’s daring $10M heist at the Western Union outlet in Church Street....

Finally… temporary bypass bridge being constructed at La Parfaite Harmonie

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Finally… temporary bypass bridge being constructed at La Parfaite Harmonie

Days after this publication highlighted months of delay in the construction of the $80M La Parfaite Harmonie Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara main access bridge, the unknown contractor has...

GRA Changes Motor Vehicle Licence Renewal Process… Vehicle owners to renew/ purchase MVLs every fiscal year

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GRA Changes Motor Vehicle Licence Renewal Process… Vehicle owners to renew/ purchase MVLs every fiscal year

– Agency to network with Guyana Police Force The Guyana Revenue Authority announced on Wednesday that beginning January 1, 2012, a new Motor Vehicle Licences (MVLs) system will be...

Berbice Commander defies Greene gag order

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Commander defies Greene gag order

-describes it as disrespectful Commander of Police B Division Assistant Commissioner Steven Merai says that the gag order placed on the Commanders and Heads of Division of The Guyana Police Force...

Cornelia Ida man walks away with car as Ansa McAl’s ARIEL Clean Sweep ends

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cornelia Ida man walks away with car as Ansa McAl’s ARIEL Clean Sweep ends

One lucky Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, resident walked away with a brand new TOYOTA ALLION, as the Ansa McAl’s ARIEL Clean Sweep Win-a-CAR-not-a-cart promotion ended yesterday....

$700M in coins circulating in Guyana

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News 1

The total number of coins presently in circulation in Guyana, adds up to over seven hundred millions dollars. This was according to a Bank Statement from the Bank of Guyana after the closing of...

Generator fire temporarily halts DIDCO Ruimveldt operations

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Generator fire temporarily halts DIDCO Ruimveldt operations

A mid-afternoon fire yesterday, temporarily halted operations at the DIDCO Wholesale depot at Ruimveldt and proved to be more than just a scare for some of the visibly shocked employees. According to...

Digicel repeats call for end to telecoms monopoly

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel repeats call for end to telecoms monopoly

Mobile giant Digicel yesterday repeated calls for the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector. The call came after the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) asked...

Man shot after dousing cops with gasoline

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot after dousing cops with gasoline

A man who doused police with gasoline in an attempt to escape during an operation to arrest him yesterday is currently nursing a gunshot wound to his left hand. The cops were forced to...

No objection to $186M schools’ biscuit contract

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No objection to $186M schools’ biscuit contract

Five contracts were given “no objection” at Cabinet’s December, 20 statutory meeting. Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon, at a post-Cabinet media briefing on Thursday, said that the...

Diplomatic vehicle torched…. Vehicle belongs to diplomat of European Delegation

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Diplomatic vehicle torched…. Vehicle belongs to diplomat of European Delegation

Contrary to reports under the caption “Diplomatic vehicle torched” in Thursday’s Edition of this newspaper, it has now been established that Alain Castermans of the European Delegation...

Berbicians facing unending blackouts as Christmas nears

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbicians facing unending blackouts as Christmas nears

Berbicians, especially businesses are reeling from unending power outages that have been rampant over the past week. But many persons expressed their preparedness for such an occurrence...

Relatives suspect foul play after body found in Port Kaituma Hotel

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives suspect foul play after body found in Port Kaituma Hotel

Three weeks after arriving in Port Kaituma, 51-year-old Terrence Morrison was found dead in a hotel room on Tuesday night, and relatives suspect foul play was the cause. According to...

A disabled person’s story of determination and a system that he believes has failed him

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on A disabled person’s story of determination and a system that he believes has failed him

By Leon Suseran Pull quote: “Even the bandits don’t sorry for disabled people.” The Disability Act was passed sometime ago in the Guyana Parliament. This Act was put in place to solidify...

APNU youth arm wants President Ramotar to demand Rohee and Greene’s resignation

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU youth arm wants President Ramotar to demand Rohee and Greene’s resignation

The youth arm of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is calling on newly elected President, Donald Ramotar to demand the resignations of Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee and Police...

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