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$300M facility installed to manage GPHC waste

Mar 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $300M facility installed to manage GPHC waste

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is now equipped to sterilize 300 kilogrammes of infectious waste daily – waste that would have otherwise been harmful to both human health and the...

Rohee declares loss of confidence in Ramnarine

Mar 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee declares loss of confidence in Ramnarine

– calls on Brumell to discipline him The heated verbal battle between Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee and outspoken Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine has risen to new...

When your heart’s on fire, smoke… oops, sorry, dust gets in your eyes

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When your heart’s on fire, smoke… oops, sorry, dust gets in your eyes

Every mature citizen in this world has a repertoire of songs, each one of which is attached to a memory which is invoked once the song is heard. For me the group, The Platters, bring back strong...

GET THIS MATTER OVER WITH AND DONE!

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GET THIS MATTER OVER WITH AND DONE!

While it could be part of the strategy of the government to bog the opposition parties into debating trivialities and non-issues, thus avoiding the larger issues such as those controversial...

Dem boys seh…De PPP getting a fancy hotel

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De PPP getting a fancy hotel

De Marriott is a PPP project. De Rat tell de whole world suh. He seh that de project is a Public Private Partnership agreement. Right away Uncle Donald buy into de project because he is de...

Looking back and giving back

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Looking back and giving back

Increasingly, Guyanese who left these shores years ago are looking back. For many years now, there were those who kept sending money for their relatives because they believed that times were...

Ramnarine’s name should not have been on the cheque

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramnarine’s name should not have been on the cheque

Dear Editor, I refer to your article ‘Rohee dismisses call for audit of police $90M’ (SN march 16, 2012) for which I was intrigued by the fact that the cheque allocated to buy food...

Some suggestions pertaining To Diabetes

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some suggestions pertaining To Diabetes

Dear Editor I read in KN (March 19, 2012) about white rice and juices affecting blood glucose in diabetics. It is true that refined/processed foods are more likely to be high in...

That call for a new global order

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on That call for a new global order

Dear Editor, The late Dr. Cheddi Jagan, whose life and works are celebrated by members and supporters of the People’s Progressive Party in the month of March, had been a strong...

Blaming a machine

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Blaming a machine

Dear Editor, I visited one of the ATM machines at the Camp Street Branch of Republic Bank(Guyana) Limited with the intention of withdrawing money from my account on the 27th January,...

A letter writer with a pseudonym

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A letter writer with a pseudonym

Dear Editor, I am driven once again to write to you on a lingering matter. The specific thread of communications concerns the issues at the University of Guyana , and specifically the...

A big cover up in Region Two

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A big cover up in Region Two

Dear Editor, Recently, several of our daily newspaper carried a story of larceny of fuel from the Region Two Drainage and Irrigation Department. A drum containing about fifty gallons of...

A case of erroneous reporting

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A case of erroneous reporting

Dear Editor, I am forced once again to write to you about poorly written articles that misrepresent the true picture. I have often said that proper investigative reporting must be done....

Roach enjoying his work, proving his worth with new ball

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Roach enjoying his work, proving his worth with new ball

Kingstown, St Vincent — Kemar Roach is pleased with his very good bowling performances against Australia so far as he kicked off the Digicel One-Day International Series. Roach, the out-and-out...

Fudadin hits ton against T&T as rain affected match ends in stalemate

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fudadin hits ton against T&T as rain affected match ends in stalemate

Twenty-six year-old West Indies ‘A’ team left-hander Guyanese Assad Fudadin notched up his second First-Class century as the four-day Regional First-Class cricket match between Guyana and...

“Special feeling” as Narine bowls Windies to win

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Special feeling” as Narine bowls Windies to win

Kingstown, St Vincent — Sunil Narine came to the party in a big way on Sunday with a superb spell of spin bowling as West Indies beat Australia by five wickets in the second Digicel...

Guyanese women win GBBS C/ship in Antigua

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese women win GBBS C/ship in Antigua

-Redjet leaves them stranded, GABF intervenes By Edison Jefford Guyana’s female basketball team remained unbeaten to win the 12th edition of the Gillian Brazier Basketball Shoot-Out (GBBS) in...

Another win for Josiah-Tanner in Publix 5k

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Another win for Josiah-Tanner in Publix 5k

Guyana’s elite 37-year-old runner, Euleen Josiah-Tanner whose trademark in athletics is ‘train hard and win’, took an easy victory in the Publix International Cuties 5km Saturday morning...

Chris Gayle, WICB beef unresolved

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chris Gayle, WICB beef unresolved

The return of Jamaican batsman Chris Gayle to the West Indies team has been delayed, as the former captain is yet to sign a deal agreed on by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and CARICOM...

Leon Belony carts off spoils in Insurance Brokers Open Scrabble Championship

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leon Belony carts off spoils in Insurance Brokers Open Scrabble Championship

Leon Belony turned in a masterful performance where he amassed 5 points and a positive spread of 473 to cart off the honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) staged the...

5th Cheddi Jagan Memorial Essequibo cycle race set for Sunday

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 5th Cheddi Jagan Memorial Essequibo cycle race set for Sunday

Sponsored by El Dorado Trading & S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies & Construction Services With Alonzo Greaves not being in the competitive form recently, junior rider Paul...

Wazim Hasnoo takes B Division Community policing group cycling event

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wazim Hasnoo takes B Division Community policing group cycling event

Participants and organisers after the race. Wazim Hasnoo in a time of one hour, 40 minutes rode away with the ‘B’ Division Community Policing Group anniversary cycle road...

Malteenoes Sports Club youth cricket coaching starts Friday

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malteenoes Sports Club youth cricket coaching starts Friday

Malteenoes Sports Club will commence its 2012 youth cricket coaching programme on Friday March 23 from 16:30 at the club ground, Thomas Road, Thomas lands, Georgetown. The programme...

Powerlifters still to raise $2M ahead of Caribbean C/ships

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powerlifters still to raise $2M ahead of Caribbean C/ships

– 3.9M budget overall; Gov’t assistance needed Without a doubt, the sport of Powerlifting in Guyana has come on leaps and bounds over the years with Guyanese athletes gaining...

GDA / Granny Sports Bar Darts Tournament…Bissoondyal / Adams, Yearwood / Seeteram win Doubles titles

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDA / Granny Sports Bar Darts Tournament…Bissoondyal / Adams, Yearwood / Seeteram win Doubles titles

The Guyana Darts Association (GDA) in collaboration with Granny Sports Bar of Better Hope held two Doubles Tournaments on Friday evening, at, Better Hope where the sudden death one game...

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Mice and Jermaine $1.7M Linden Futsal tournament starts tonight with three matches at Retrieve Hard Court

The PPP has started the intimidation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In politics, as in life, what goes around comes around. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic... more