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AFC bats for Ram, Goolsarran on Public Procurement Commission

May 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC bats for Ram, Goolsarran on Public Procurement Commission

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has signaled intentions to name accountants, Christopher Ram and Dr. Anand Goolsarran, to be members of the long-awaited Public Procurement Commission...

Death Row brothers walk free on appeal

May 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Death Row brothers walk free on appeal

Yesterday the three brothers who had been on Death Row for some five years walked out of the Appeal Court all free men after the judges ruled in their favour, upholding a no case submission....

GRANGER CALLS FOR URGENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM

May 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRANGER CALLS FOR URGENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM

Opposition Leader, Brigadier David Granger, has issued a call to the People’s Progressive Party Civic administration to expedite local government reforms so that local government...

AFC says nursing programme is health crisis in the making

May 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC says nursing programme is health crisis in the making

-wants review, more lecturers The Alliance For Change (AFC), is calling on Government to immediately review the country’s nursing programme, as concerns grow over the quality...

Court awards sugar worker $6.4 million

May 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Court awards sugar worker $6.4 million

– 13 years after he fell while fetching cane The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been ordered to pay $6.4 million to a Blairmont sugar worker who slipped and fell...

Hitchcockian themes left unattended

May 31, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Hitchcockian themes left unattended

Just days before the debate on the 2012 budget got underway the TUC sponsored a seminar at its head office in which the discussants were Lincoln Lewis, Christopher Ram and Carl Greenidge. Mr....

The ERC debacle

May 31, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The ERC debacle

If Bishop Juan Edghill is to be believed, then the first casualties of the budget cuts have been identified by the non-payment of their wages and salaries for May. These are the...

APNU AND THE AFC SHOULD DONATE THEIR PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES TO THE ERC STAFF.

May 31, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on APNU AND THE AFC SHOULD DONATE THEIR PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES TO THE ERC STAFF.

The PNCR has long had an issue with the composition of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC). They questioned the composition of the Commission arguing that it is not in keeping with the provisions...

Dem boys seh…Rob Bert and Jagdeo team up again

May 31, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rob Bert and Jagdeo team up again

Rob Bert, Jagdeo, Bobby and some other man gone to Miami. Dem travel pun de same plane and dem boys want know wheh dem going and why dem going. Some people at de airport seh that dem...

Philip Moore deserves more

May 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Philip Moore deserves more

DEAR EDITOR, Nay, the dust should not settle on the nation’s tribute to Philip Moore, citizen, humanist and artist; notwithstanding his interment at Auchlyne. Last November 2011, I had the...

Lewis not accurate on Critchlow

May 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lewis not accurate on Critchlow

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to Mr. Lincoln Lewis’s “Bisram doesn’t care about the Linden issue or the people” (KN May 22). Lewis’s claims are not coherent or substantiated with...

The term ‘axed’ was not appropriate

May 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The term ‘axed’ was not appropriate

DEAR EDITOR, Because of numerous calls from reporters, associates and friends, I find it necessary to clarify issues raised in your May 24th edition in an article that stated that...

J.C. Superstar and Freddie the See-Far Man

May 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on J.C. Superstar and Freddie the See-Far Man

DEAR EDITOR, Some persons think Kaieteur News columnist Freddie Kissoon is a man whom has the gift of extraordinary foresight, but not many know that his gift is more mystical than it seems and he is...

Come on, Guyana!

May 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Come on, Guyana!

DEAR EDITOR, Three years ago I was visiting the Essequibo coast and was shown around the new Supenaam stelling by one of the contractor’s managers. The stelling was “finished” I was...

Stag Beer / WDFA Senior League kicks off on Sunday

May 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer / WDFA Senior League kicks off on Sunday

– nine clubs to battle for supremacy Competitive senior football rivalry will make a welcome return to the West Demerara when the inaugural Stag Beer League kicks off on Sunday at the Den...

Gayle doesn’t rule out playing in third England Test

May 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gayle doesn’t rule out playing in third England Test

Estranged West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has not ruled out making himself available for the third Test of the West Indies’ ill-fated tour of England but says a meeting with the West Indies...

Kemar Roach returns home, Sunil Narine his replacement

May 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kemar Roach returns home, Sunil Narine his replacement

Leicester, England – Fast bowler Kemar Roach has been ruled out of the remainder of the West Indies’ tour of the United Kingdom. Roach has been sidelined with shin muscle soreness and will...

Government launches Independence Half Marathon

May 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Government launches Independence Half Marathon

– Country’s best distance athletes to compete The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has collaborated with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) to re-host the Independence Half...

Digicel to host Triple Sports Fiesta on June 9

May 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel to host Triple Sports Fiesta on June 9

By Rawle Welch Organised by Digicel, ‘the bigger, better network’, the Triple Sports Fiesta which is scheduled to be staged on June 9, at the National Gymnasium is anticipated to be...

Four teams register 1st night wins in Inter Ministry/Corporation 7-A-side football

May 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four teams register 1st night wins in Inter Ministry/Corporation 7-A-side football

Despite torrential rain the Inter-Ministry/Corporation 7-A-side 30-minute football competition continued on Tuesday evening at the Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park with four matches. Watched by a...

Flex Night Inc. now has a Toronto chapter

May 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flex Night Inc. now has a Toronto chapter

Flex Night Inc., legally established in Guyana in February of this year, have now formed its second overseas chapter – Friends of Flex Night – Toronto. The launching of that entity took...

Caria Caria village holds annual Independence Sports Day

May 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caria Caria village holds annual Independence Sports Day

On Sunday last the Caria Caria village held its annual Independence Sports Day at the village ground. Several villages in the Essequibo River took part in the events, including Buck Hall,...

Fight Night boxing extravaganza …

May 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fight Night boxing extravaganza …

After weeks of diligent preparation Kelsie George confident of victory tomorrow night The Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym (PRBG) in St Magdalene Street, New Amsterdam Berbice, was a hive of...

Lodge/Meadowbrook down Albouystown/Charlestown

May 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lodge/Meadowbrook down Albouystown/Charlestown

-moves atop table in its group, through to next round By Edison Jefford As Kaieteur Sport had considered in its pre-game preview, Albouystown/Charlestown just didn’t have the usual fortitude...

National ruggers aiming to duplicate Golden Jaguars when they take on TT

May 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on National ruggers aiming to duplicate Golden Jaguars when they take on TT

By Rawle Welch Another excellent opportunity will present itself in another two days when regional powerhouse Guyana takes on Trinidad and Tobago for a place in the final of the Northern Zone...

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Hauls from Persaud and Farley highlight MVP Sports Girl’s U11 Football Tourney commencement

The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more