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Two-man JAG team leaves for Panama this week

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two-man JAG team leaves for Panama this week

The Judo Association of Guyana (JAG) will be sending a two-man team to Panama to represent Guyana in the under-17 and under-20 divisions of the Caribbean Championships set for March 31. The...

GSA swings into Toucan Industries junior tournament this week

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA swings into Toucan Industries junior tournament this week

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) will be serving off the Toucan Industries Easter Junior Skill Level Tournament this Tuesday evening beginning from 18:00hrs, at the Georgetown Club’s...

Mayor’s Cup KO Inter-Ward football fiesta…Tiger Bay & West Ruimveldt draw 1st blood

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup KO Inter-Ward football fiesta…Tiger Bay & West Ruimveldt draw 1st blood

-triple headers on today By Juanita Hooper Action in the Mayor’s Annual Knockout (MAKO) Inter-ward Football tournament continues today with a thrilling triple header after an opening double...

Fitzgerald / Smartt Wins 501 Draw Doubles Darts Tournament

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitzgerald / Smartt Wins 501 Draw Doubles Darts Tournament

The pair of Melissa Smartt / Sudesh Fitzgerald won the Guyana Darts Association organized Tournament which was played on Friday evening at the CCWU Sports club on Quamina Street. The pair...

Clients accuse popular cell phone dealer of fraud

Mar 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Clients accuse popular cell phone dealer of fraud

After two dozen reports of fraud were made to the Alberttown Police Station recently against a popular cell phone dealer, recently, the victims are calling on the Police to institute...

2012 National Budget…Hinterland’s public servants exist under appalling conditions-GPSU

Mar 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 2012 National Budget…Hinterland’s public servants exist under appalling conditions-GPSU

“Similarly, poor and inadequate repairs and maintenance have rendered many living quarters uninhabitable. Workers are forced to live in quarters that are rotting; do not shelter them...

Accident victims accuse police of dragging foot on charging drivers

Mar 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Accident victims accuse police of dragging foot on charging drivers

Victims of last Saturday’s accident in the vicinity of Rupert Craig Highway, East Coast Demerara, that left millions of dollars in damage behind are calling on the Police and relevant authorities...

Paradise residents who qualify for housing loans promised assistance

Mar 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Paradise residents who qualify for housing loans promised assistance

In what has been described as a welcome move, the Minister of Labour Dr. Nanda Gopaul has promised members of the Paradise Multipurpose Cooperative Society (PMCS) to provide whatever assistance he...

Sunday Cartoon – March 25, 2012

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon – March 25, 2012

Development with a human face

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Development with a human face

The budget is going to be unveiled this Friday and it is going to be scrutinised from many angles. One would be to discern whether President Ramotar will be introducing new initiatives that...

Providence Stadium to mark fifth anniversary

Mar 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Providence Stadium to mark fifth anniversary

The only stadium in Guyana will be celebrating its fifth anniversary on Wednesday. The stadium was built by the Government of Guyana with substantial financial assistance from the Government...

Health Centres need child friendly spaces – Help and Shelter

Mar 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Health Centres need child friendly spaces – Help and Shelter

…As continued efforts are made to reduce violence against children The need for child friendly spaces at the local health centres has been underscored as one of the measures needful...

‘Feel the Beat’…Daniel Man vs. William Hung

Mar 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Feel the Beat’…Daniel Man vs. William Hung

By Leonard Gildarie It was laughter non-stop the first time I saw it. This little Chinese-looking dude with his spectacles and an intent, serious look attempting to do a John Travolta’s Saturday...

Let us salute Assistant Commissioner Ramnarine

Mar 25, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Let us salute Assistant Commissioner Ramnarine

By Khemraj Ramjattan Minister Rohee’s outburst and callous characterization of Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine’s statement as mutiny is intimidation and persecution of one of Guyana’s...

No rejoicing for Caribbean travellers

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on No rejoicing for Caribbean travellers

By Sir Ronald Sanders Air transportation in the Caribbean has always been difficult. The news that a privately-owned, low-cost carrier, REDjet, has been forced to suspend its operations has made...

The Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)

The Kodkod (Leopardus guigna), also called Guiña, is the smallest cat in the Americas and also has the smallest distribution, being found primarily in central and southern Chile and marginally in...

Hybridity and Hypocrisy

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Hybridity and Hypocrisy

Last week we emphasised the distinction between ‘multicultural’ and ‘multiculturalism’. The former being our lived societal reality with diverse cultural streams and the latter our...

The Baccoo Speaks

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

When I spoke of the fires many people simply considered the warning just the ramblings of a baccoo. Suffice it to say that I am not ordinary. There were four this past week and more are to...

Only fools debate dictators

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Only fools debate dictators

Have you ever witnessed the police catching a thief in the act? Growing up in South Georgetown, I have seen those incidents literally countless times. It can be a hilarious situation....

DEVELOPMENT FOR WHOM?

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DEVELOPMENT FOR WHOM?

We hear a great deal about development in our country. When persons come from outside of Guyana and speak about development they often make reference to some physical structure that has...

Parliament honours longest serving Speaker’s Confidential Secretary

Mar 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament honours longest serving Speaker’s Confidential Secretary

She has been there as a Confidential Secretary to the Speaker of the National Assembly for 26 years. She has served every Speaker from Sase Narine to Raphael Trotman and for that she was the...

They want to kill the messenger

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on They want to kill the messenger

The power of the press can never be underestimated. This past week I got an up close and personal look at the effect Kaieteur News has on the people who insist that there will always be corruption...

The strange demise of the peace-loving mechanic

Mar 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The strange demise of the peace-loving mechanic

– Who could have killed Marlon Welcome, and why? By Michael Jordan To find a killer, know the victim. That’s the advice a very good detective once gave me. I’ve taken his advice....

Emergence of drug-resistant TB should be a wake-up call – WHO

Mar 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Emergence of drug-resistant TB should be a wake-up call – WHO

Reports of tuberculosis (TB) cases with severe patterns of drug resistance are increasing, said experts who attended a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting in Geneva on 21-22 March....

Collaboration of organisations crucial to address violence

Mar 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Collaboration of organisations crucial to address violence

– Help and Shelter Rep. Addressing the scourge of domestic violence, child abuse and other such issues in any society is no easy task. However, not only has it been proven, but experts the world...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more