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Corbin gets ready to relinquish PNCR top post

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Corbin gets ready to relinquish PNCR top post

– Granger, Greenidge set to go head-to-head for leadership “the party (PNCR) must have at every level, fresh and talented young faces representing every shade of Guyana’s life...

Recovering $6B from CLICO, political will, critical to NIS survival

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Recovering $6B from CLICO, political will, critical to NIS survival

– Chartered Accountant By Gary Eleazar This past week, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon, who also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the...

Teen in Cemetery Road bridge accident succumbs

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teen in Cemetery Road bridge accident succumbs

The teenage boy who was injured in Saturday night’s Cemetery Road Bridge mishap has died. Elbert Thorne, of Grove, East bank Demerara, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital...

Driver killed after car slams into truck

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Driver killed after car slams into truck

An East Bank Demerara (EBD) taxi driver was killed early yesterday morning after being pinned inside of his car for hours following an accident along the Friendship Public Road. Dead is...

Police baffled by recent murders

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police baffled by recent murders

The month of May 2012 is only six days old and the police murder statistics are threatening to hitch a ride on the runaway train. Already, three brazen murders are engaging their...

Funding for LCDS project will not be affected by Budget cuts – AFC

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Funding for LCDS project will not be affected by Budget cuts – AFC

The Alliance For Change (AFC) said that it wishes to make it clear that the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) projects in Amerindian and hinterland communities will not be affected by cuts to...

Dem boys seh…NICIL gun send nuff people to jail

May 07, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…NICIL gun send nuff people to jail

Dem have problems all over de place. De other day de people had to close de Harbour Bridge to fix it. People grumble and dem blame de budget cuts. It tek a few days and de bridge fix. Then gas prices...

Amelia’s Ward Russians win tension-filled penalty shootout; $500,000 richer

May 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amelia’s Ward Russians win tension-filled penalty shootout; $500,000 richer

Amelia’s Ward Russians withstood a tension-filled penalty shootout to grab the $500,000 first prize after escaping with a 1-0 win over Hardknocks in the final of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the...

Floodlights, Wolf’s Warriors and Mike’s Wellwoman victorious

May 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights, Wolf’s Warriors and Mike’s Wellwoman victorious

By Sean Devers Watched by a large and raucous crowd the 2012 Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association’s (GFSCA) Hadi’s Word/City Mall, Nationwide Male and Female Softball tournaments...

Finals decided: Wolf’s Warriors v Regal X1; Trophy Stall Angels v 4R Lionness

May 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Finals decided: Wolf’s Warriors v Regal X1; Trophy Stall Angels v 4R Lionness

Well, the long wait is finally over as the finalists of the 3rd GT&T 10/10 Nationwide Softball Cricket competition were decided after four pulsating semifinal matches at the Everest Cricket Club...

Bohemia, Betsy Ground, Overwinning among latest winners

May 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bohemia, Betsy Ground, Overwinning among latest winners

Following are the results in the Canje & New Amsterdam Zones MCYS/NSC, GT&T & ASTP played at the Welfare Centre Ground Canje in the 15th Annual Regional Primary Schools Windball...

National football coaches advocate renewed vision for the sport

May 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on National football coaches advocate renewed vision for the sport

Assistant National Coach, Wayne Dover has made an impassioned plea for cohesiveness among local footballers and other stakeholders if the sport is to develop. He is adamant that footballers will...

Couple makes emotional plea to President for new EBB road

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Couple makes emotional plea to President for new EBB road

BY LEON SUSERAN In getting to the Indian Immigration Heritage site at Plantation Highbury, along the Eastern Banks of the Berbice River, President Donald Ramotar, on Saturday, had to...

Speaker mulls allowing Citizens the “right of reply” in Parliament

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker mulls allowing Citizens the “right of reply” in Parliament

By Zena Henry Regular citizens may soon have a voice in the National Assembly as Speaker of the House, Raphael Trotman, at a recently held parliamentary meeting, promised to consider...

Plea bargaining law “underutilized”

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Plea bargaining law “underutilized”

– Attorney General Almost four years after the plea bargaining legislation was passed in the National Assembly, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said it is being underutilized....

Man shot in back with arrow

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot in back with arrow

A 28-year-old man from Aishalton, South Rupununi is currently nursing a wound at the Georgetown Public Hospital after an outing with friends went ugly. Mechanic Mark Dookie, was shot once in the back...

High tide shifts bridge out of alignment

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on High tide shifts bridge out of alignment

Abnormal high tide caused three anchors at the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB)’s retractor span to burst, shifting the structure completely out of alignment, yesterday. Manual realignment took one...

The funds held by NICIL are not required to be placed into the Consolidated Fund

May 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The funds held by NICIL are not required to be placed into the Consolidated Fund

No doubt with the intention of diverting attention from its unpardonable cuts to the 2012 Budget, the Alliance for Change (AFC) in full theatrical mood is attempting to shift the blame...

Embracing a healthy lifestyle could effectively combat diabetes – Dr. Cummings

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Embracing a healthy lifestyle could effectively combat diabetes – Dr. Cummings

Being inflicted with diabetes today can no longer be considered a death sentence with the numerous medical advances that have been made over recent years. However, adhering to healthy lifestyle...

WHAT GOES UP…

May 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on WHAT GOES UP…

It is said that the reason so many people buy BMWs is that it is the only vehicle brand name they can spell. Some wits then play with the initials and you get “Brings Me Women”,...

CXC aiming to reduce disqualification at upcoming exams

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CXC aiming to reduce disqualification at upcoming exams

– no-cell-phone-policy to be fully enforced Of the 225,000 candidates who participated in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination last year about 0.9 per cent (or just...

Peeping Tom needs a reality check about the reason for the opposition cutting GY$18B from the LCDS

May 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Peeping Tom needs a reality check about the reason for the opposition cutting GY$18B from the LCDS

Dear Editor, Whoever is the Peeping Tom that wrote the column, “The world is not waiting on Guyana to solve its political problems,” (KN, May 6), needs a reality check about the reason for the...

Wales estate worker killed in car accident

May 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wales estate worker killed in car accident

– Taxi driver nabbed after fleeing scene A taxi driver is currently in police custody following the death of one man and the hospitalization of another following an accident on the...

We must guard against rogue elements who use the VAT to perpetrate atrocities against the suspecting public

May 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must guard against rogue elements who use the VAT to perpetrate atrocities against the suspecting public

Dear Editor, While it is never my intention to respond to every letter written about me or the entity I am responsible for, permit me, by providing space in your letter writer column, to respond to...

The PPP needs to slacken their hold on our communities

May 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP needs to slacken their hold on our communities

Dear Editor, What appropriate timing – elections of Toshaos for Amerindian Villages. This period surely propels the Windmills of the Gods. My sympathy to Mr. Santiago (now) past Toshao of...