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Hadi’s Softball results for Feb. 12

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hadi’s Softball results for Feb. 12

Demerara Zone: Education Ground: Success X1 def. Cena X1 by 4 wickets. Cena X1 96 all out. N. Boodhoo 3 for 15. Success X1 97 for 6. J. Seenan 36 not out. Wolf Warriors def. Challengers...

DCC host Pre- Mash Karaoke and Lime tonight

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC host Pre- Mash Karaoke and Lime tonight

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) which is celebrating its centennial year will be hosting a Grand Pre Mash Karaoke and Lime in association with Everest Cricket Club today at the club’s...

No major outbreak of water borne diseases this year

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No major outbreak of water borne diseases this year

Unlike the 2005 floods, Guyana has no reports of any serious water borne diseases that might have been caused by the current flood. This was according to Dr. Narine Singh, Director of...

Newly commissioned officers receive their state warrants

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Newly commissioned officers receive their state warrants

The 15 officers who recently completed the Standard Officers’ Course # 44 were yesterday presented with their State Warrants by Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Donald...

EU calls for urgent establishment of broadcast authority

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on EU calls for urgent establishment of broadcast authority

– as TV stations, media launch new association Media executives and key stakeholders in the news business, have banded together in a new association that will advocate for new...

Red Village a dumping ground for hospital waste

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Red Village a dumping ground for hospital waste

-residents lament lack of potable water After years of living under appalling conditions in the Sandpit/Onderneeming Red Village, Essequibo Coast, residents have decided that they can no...

Day 4: Blairmont Sugar Estate strike…AFC pledges support for workers

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Day 4: Blairmont Sugar Estate strike…AFC pledges support for workers

Hundreds of sugar workers attached to the Blairmont Estate entered their fourth day of industrial action yesterday to press the Guyana sugar corporation to address several grievances affecting them....

AFC seeking answers to several Govt. spendings

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC seeking answers to several Govt. spendings

The Alliance For Change (AFC) says that it will take all measures necessary and allowable under the law to ensure the government is held accountable, especially scrutinizing the...

YCT bemoans Human Services Minister’s silence on Top Cop’s conduct

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on YCT bemoans Human Services Minister’s silence on Top Cop’s conduct

The Youth Coalition for Transformation is appealing to Human Services Minister, Jennifer Webster, to “come out as a woman, as a mother and as a concerned Guyanese” and...

Dawn of a new era?… Local Government Ministers finally meet with City Mayor

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dawn of a new era?… Local Government Ministers finally meet with City Mayor

There seems to be a renewed relationship between the Georgetown Municipality and the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Years of Government ignoring the political...

Bureau of Standards, stakeholders to discuss implementation of standards

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bureau of Standards, stakeholders to discuss implementation of standards

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards cannot implement standards in isolation and therefore needs input from private and public companies, which are expected to operate in keeping...

“Rescue UG” committee urges speedy signing of $10M World Bank grant….

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on “Rescue UG” committee urges speedy signing of $10M World Bank grant….

-minor works commence at campus As the “sit in” action continued at the University of Guyana, “Rescue UG” committee members are now strongly calling for the urgent signing of a $10M grant...

Hassar curry poisoning… Man vows never to forgive daughter

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hassar curry poisoning… Man vows never to forgive daughter

Although the two Mahaica poison victims are out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), their family fears the worse since both father and son...

GPHC admitted 29,591 persons last year

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC admitted 29,591 persons last year

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) admitted 29,591 patients last year. Out of that amount, the hospital revealed that 1,406 patients died at the institution. According to...

Abandoned road works result in damaged streets, flooding in Stewartville

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Abandoned road works result in damaged streets, flooding in Stewartville

Residents of Sarah Lodge, Stewartville, West Coast Demerara (WCD) are fuming over the inconvenience caused by incomplete road works. They complained yesterday that almost two months have...

Husband remanded for threatening to burn house with woman inside

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Husband remanded for threatening to burn house with woman inside

A man who allegedly assaulted his wife and threatened to burn down their house with her inside was yesterday remanded to jail after his wife explained to the court that their...