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Kwakwani extend YBG Conference dominance

May 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kwakwani extend YBG Conference dominance

– Marian, Port Mourant, Plaisance also win By Edison Jefford Port Mourant Training School, Plaisance Academy and Marian Academy all turned in interesting performances to win their respective...

B’ce Universal DVD Titans are Independence cricket champions

May 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on B’ce Universal DVD Titans are Independence cricket champions

By Samuel Whyte The Universal DVD Berbice Titans are the Inaugural Independence twenty/20 cricket champions when they defeated Hits and Jams Superstars in the final of the one day mega...

James Krakowsky plays unbeaten to capture Independence Open Scrabble Championship

May 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on James Krakowsky plays unbeaten to capture Independence Open Scrabble Championship

James Krakowsky demonstrated superb word forming skills to amass an impeccable 6 points and a positive spread of 675 to cart off the honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP)...

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars overpower Suriprofs 2- 1

May 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Golden Jaguars overpower Suriprofs 2- 1

Parbo Bier Cup Competition… The Golden Jaguars did the nation proud when the defeated Suriprofs by 2 goals to 1 in the Parbo Bier Cup Competition which was played on Friday last at the Andre...

GUYSUCO sugar woes put refinery plans on hold

May 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GUYSUCO sugar woes put refinery plans on hold

The woes that have plagued the Guyana Sugar Corporation for more than a decade now, have led to the Government-owned company, shelving a plan to establish its own refinery, with the...

Rupununi man gets 3 years for one bullet

May 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi man gets 3 years for one bullet

On Friday last, a resident of North Rupununi received a three year jail sentence after pleading guilty to the illegal possession of ammunition. The man appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-...

DHB changes western hydraulic ramp two days ahead of schedule

May 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on DHB changes western hydraulic ramp two days ahead of schedule

The operation to change the western hydraulic ramp of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) was successfully completed yesterday, two days ahead of schedule. The bridge could once again...

Death row inmate on hunger strike

May 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Death row inmate on hunger strike

Death row inmate Ganga Deolall, incarcerated for close to three decades, is said to be on a hunger strike. Deolall has reportedly taken the action in protest over the lack of proper medical attention...

Linden woman feted for 100th birthday

May 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden woman feted for 100th birthday

Agnes Beatrice Benjamin, well known as Miss Aggie, was the guest of honour at a special function at the L&L Lounge on Greenheart Street in the mining town of Linden yesterday, to mark her...

Albouystown man slapped with armed robbery charge after buying new car

May 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown man slapped with armed robbery charge after buying new car

Kevin Nelson of Lot 66 Barr Street Albouystown was on Friday last placed on $400,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave- Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for the...

‘Jr. Gong’ Marley rocks National Stadium at first ever FAM Fest

May 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley rocks National Stadium at first ever FAM Fest

Guyanese came out in their thousands on Saturday night to witness Damian Jr. Gong Marley, the son of the late reggae icon Bob Marley, perform at the National Stadium for the inaugural “FAM”...

ONLY IN AMERICA

May 28, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on ONLY IN AMERICA

“To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.” This was George W. Bush at his...

A DISSERVICE TO NATION-BUILDING

May 28, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A DISSERVICE TO NATION-BUILDING

Today we republish an edited and revised column about the Guyana National Service. National Service was a monumental failure that achieved nothing, absolutely nothing. National Service failed without...

Organized chaos at CPCE!

May 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Organized chaos at CPCE!

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News of May 18th, 2012 carried a letter to the editor in which, it appears, a current trainee teacher of the Associate Degree Programme highlights a number of inadequacies...

I believe David Ramnarine will be chosen in the future for a bigger job

May 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on I believe David Ramnarine will be chosen in the future for a bigger job

Dear Editor, In 2003, in the run-up to the Iraq War, one man stood up to the lies and myths coming out of the White House and the Pentagon. General Eric Shinseki, Army Chief of Staff, told Congress...

When will electricity return to Mabaruma?

May 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will electricity return to Mabaruma?

Dear Editor, It is with great concern that I wish to bring the attention of the relevant authorities, the problem of the unprofessional and the non commitment of the Region One administration, as it...

‘Touting the Dead’ brought back childhood memories

May 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Touting the Dead’ brought back childhood memories

Dear Editor, Your recent News item headed “Touting the Dead” took me back to my childhood in the early 1940s, when I had to remain in the public hospital with a fractured arm. I was placed in a...

Playing ‘ketch-a-koo’ with Guyanese motorists

May 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Playing ‘ketch-a-koo’ with Guyanese motorists

Dear Editor, Our police rightly charge motorists for speeding where speed limits are officially posted. However, it seems unfair, if not illegal, to ambush and charge motorists using the lonely,...

Rio-20: Another Take

May 28, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Rio-20: Another Take

Ben Pile, convenor of the Oxford Salon takes a second look at next month’s Rio-20 Summit. “Forty years ago, two ideas about humanity’s relationship with the natural world caught the imagination...

Several teams advance as Inter Ministry/Corporation football competition continues

May 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several teams advance as Inter Ministry/Corporation football competition continues

Several teams turned in good performances to advance to the next round when action in the Inter Ministry/Corporation Seven-a- side football competition continued at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground...

Man chops police, shot dead

May 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man chops police, shot dead

– had threatened to burn down house Investigations are continuing into a fatal shooting yesterday afternoon during which one man was shot dead by a female police rank at...

Fire strikes MFK building, damage totals millions of dollars

May 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fire strikes MFK building, damage totals millions of dollars

Fire fighters had their work cut out last night before they finally contained a fire of a so far unknown origin which had engulfed the G. Bacchus Enterprise building (formerly MFK) on Hadfield...

Three staff members in custody…As pontoon disappears from Harbour Bridge

May 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Three staff members in custody…As pontoon disappears from Harbour Bridge

A pontoon mysteriously disappeared from the Demerara Harbour Bridge Thursday night and investigators are now questioning a number of staff members. The pontoon which was to be used by staffers...

Aga Khan, the forgotten security guard in the Sash Sawh murder

May 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Aga Khan, the forgotten security guard in the Sash Sawh murder

“I believe I get a l’il raw deal. I went to Freedom House a couple times and they help me with the Old Age pension. Many of us would readily recall the murders of Minister Satyadeow...

A tonsorial artist for over 40 years… Tullahram Dass is a ‘Special Person’

May 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on A tonsorial artist for over 40 years… Tullahram Dass is a ‘Special Person’

“In order to become a barber, you have to have love for the profession…a dedication; a passion to please each customer that sits to have themselves groomed. You have to fully appreciate...

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Maloney Pacers set sights on FIBA 3×3 World Tour qualifiers in Guyana

No immigrant should feel safe in America today

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more