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$90M for police elections duties unaccounted for

Feb 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $90M for police elections duties unaccounted for

– Commanders were advised to seek public assistance During last November’s General and Regional Elections, police ranks had complained bitterly about the quality, and in...

Guyanese culture on display

Feb 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese culture on display

The North Georgetown Secondary School yesterday hosted a cultural extravaganza in recognition of Mashramani, which is being celebrated today. Created in 2009 with the intention of having...

Govt. doesn’t deny financial irregularities

Feb 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. doesn’t deny financial irregularities

– Luncheon says PAC can make recommendations The government is not denying charges of financial irregularities, but says the option the Parliamentary opposition used two...

Female teacher suspended for ‘pimping’ student

Feb 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Female teacher suspended for ‘pimping’ student

A female teacher attached at the Pomona Secondary School, on the Essequibo Coast, has been suspended, a week after she instigated a relationship between one of her students and a young man...

UG admin causes talks to collapse

Feb 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG admin causes talks to collapse

After five hours of negotiations between the University of Guyana workers’ organizations (the Senior Staff Association and Workers’ Union) and management, the latter rescinded its...

GuySuCo unable to supply sugar to CARICOM markets

Feb 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo unable to supply sugar to CARICOM markets

…contemplated importation to meet shortfall By Leonard Gildarie Strikes at a number of estates over the past week have left the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) short of the...

Mash in Guyana but ….

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mash in Guyana but ….

Mashramani in Guyana brings into focus its unofficial anthem composed by Rudy Grant, the brother of world famous Guyanese singer, Eddy Grant. Whenever it is Mash time, that song is played over...

THE SUGAR STRIKE IS RECKLESS

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE SUGAR STRIKE IS RECKLESS

There is a casualness bordering on recklessness about actions in the sugar belt, where strikes are presently taking place for the flimsiest of reasons. The sugar industry is important not just...

Dem boys seh…De Rat want use Uncle Donald

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Rat want use Uncle Donald

De Big Rat ain’t done wid Guyana; he only tek a break. Dem boys hear he good when he seh that he coming back to be de President, how Donald only holding de brief fuh he. Well...

Welcoming another republic anniversary

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Welcoming another republic anniversary

Forty-two years ago today, Guyana shed the last vestiges of the Monarchy and became a republic, the first in this corner of the world. This was happening a mere four years after Guyana had...

The PPP/C desperately needs to wriggle out of its minority status – Guyanese must stay alert

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C desperately needs to wriggle out of its minority status – Guyanese must stay alert

DEAR EDITOR, There seems to be an aggressive and deceptive campaign on the part of the PPP/C and their agents to hoodwink or bully the people into supporting their call for fresh...

Adumbrating the national policy on child abuse

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Adumbrating the national policy on child abuse

Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter written by Help and Shelter and published in the print media during the week of February 12, 2012. The letter writers demanded that the...

An effort to bring order to chaos

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An effort to bring order to chaos

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, 25th January, 2012, fifteen persons took the Oath of Office as Regional Councillors of Region Nine. I was one of those persons. During that most memorable day of my...

Detailing a waste of taxpayers’ dollars

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Detailing a waste of taxpayers’ dollars

Dear Editor, Certain things are more self evident than others, since we can see some of them clearly but there are also those which we cannot see e.g. expensive contracts to do work...

Indifference and a death on the roads

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Indifference and a death on the roads

Dear Editor, What a tragedy of errors. In the dark of night a young man holds out his hand to hail an ambulance on its way to the hospital with a casualty, mistaking it for a bus. ...

Let’s talk about crime in this country

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s talk about crime in this country

Dear Editor, Any poor society will have crime. It is just the way it is. Poverty and crime will go hand in hand. This means crime has always been a feature of Guyanese society. However,...

Calypso has gone to the dogs

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Calypso has gone to the dogs

Dear Mr Editor I must comment on the Calypso and soca competitions held for Mash 2012. I have been was involved in the planning and execution of Mash for the period 2000 to 2003 and I...

It happened before

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on It happened before

Dear Editor, I have read with personal interest the sad passing of Guyanese born Mr. Cecil Fitt and his wife, Joan Fitt, in Barbados. A similar incident had occurred in Guyana – right...

‘The Sniper’ Cox threatens to shoot down ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘The Sniper’ Cox threatens to shoot down ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite

Don’t expect any white flag, the symbol of surrender, to be hoisted when former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite and current Caribbean...

Courageous Aguilleira takes Windies to 4-wicket win

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courageous Aguilleira takes Windies to 4-wicket win

Roseau, Dominica — A superb knock by Merissa Aguilleira took West Indies Women to a hard-fought victory over India Women in the third T20 International at Windsor Park on Wednesday. The...

Extensive League to test fortitude of clubs

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Extensive League to test fortitude of clubs

– says GABA President By Edison Jefford President of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA), David Carto has stated that the extensive League, which got...

Chisholm says fair performance at AAG Developmental meet

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chisholm says fair performance at AAG Developmental meet

– athletes to better performance at next developmental meet on March 1 Robert Chisholm, Coach of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Track Club, stated yesterday in a candid interview that...

Hadi’s Softball results for Feb. 19

Feb 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hadi’s Softball results for Feb. 19

Action in the Hadi’s Softball Cricket competition organised by the Guyana Floodlights Association continued with several matches last weekend. Here are the results of those matches....

GPS again among devices mulled in piracy fight

Feb 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPS again among devices mulled in piracy fight

By Rabindra Rooplall Once again, Global Positioning System (GPS) for fishing boats along with improved coast guard monitoring, is being touted by Government and relevant authorities to prevent...

Strikes put sugar’s turnaround plan under stress – Dr. Luncheon

Feb 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Strikes put sugar’s turnaround plan under stress – Dr. Luncheon

The government has expressed concern that strikes in the sugar industry threaten the financial viability of the sugar corporation and have put the Corporation’s turnabout plan under stress....

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The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day Horse race meet

Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more