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Forde leads GDF to 10km Olympic Day Team run

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forde leads GDF to 10km Olympic Day Team run

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ‘A’ Team (3hrs 55mins3secs) yesterday morning claimed another victory for the year at the Olympic Day 10kmTeam run which started at 6am at the YMCA, Thomas Lands, Camp...

GABA looks to future programmes

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA looks to future programmes

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) will be focusing on their future programmes in the coming weeks and months, that’s the word from the association President, Steve Ninvalle. Speaking to...

Digital Technology contributes to rising table tennis star

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digital Technology contributes to rising table tennis star

Digital Technology Incorporated, a computer sales and solutions provider, on Saturday made a financial contribution to rising table tennis star, Niron Bissu to assist with offsetting his expenses in...

Guyana Olympic Association Under-15 Junior Badminton tournament underway

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Olympic Association Under-15 Junior Badminton tournament underway

The Guyana Olympic Association Under-15 Junior Badminton Tournament 2012 started on Saturday at the Queens College Badminton Courts. The Tournament is part of a series of events that the GOA is doing...

BEWARE OF THE DOG

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on BEWARE OF THE DOG

The newspaper headlines read “Dangerous Dogs Act”. I know about Lassie and Rin Tin Tin but, I thought, this is ridiculous. When I was growing up the cinema was divided into three seating areas...

Pontoon, ramp retrieved and taken to Supenaam stelling

Jun 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pontoon, ramp retrieved and taken to Supenaam stelling

Parika Roll on/Roll off stelling… Officials from BK International have relocated the pontoon and ramp that sank off the Parika Stelling on Saturday. Last Saturday speedboat operators upon turning...

THE BIKINI AT THE FUNERAL

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE BIKINI AT THE FUNERAL

So appalled was a pastor at the attire he witnessed recently at funerals in Barbados that he indicated to those planning to attend future funerals that it was okay for them to wear whatever they had...

Denesh Ramdin, Compton Bourne and incredible hypocrisy

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Denesh Ramdin, Compton Bourne and incredible hypocrisy

Dear Editor, Dr. David Hinds (whom I consider a great Guyanese) in discussing the Denesh Ramdin incident laid the blame for Ramdin’s indiscretion on the elder Caribbean generation. He posited that...

The parliamentary opposition can also block government’s bills unless it has input

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The parliamentary opposition can also block government’s bills unless it has input

Dear Editor, It is clear that President Donald Ramotar and his Attorney-General are ill-suited for their respective jobs. First, President Ramotar said in a June 13 staged interview with state media...

I am praying that my children will become more grateful

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am praying that my children will become more grateful

Dear Editor, I don’t believe you can teach children gratitude in America. My children are obedient and respectful, but they are not grateful. This is why I am taking them to Guyana to teach them...

Was Minister Rohee’s mission to deliberately cause panic in the nation?

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was Minister Rohee’s mission to deliberately cause panic in the nation?

Dear Editor, The Demerara Waves reported in a news item on Saturday 23rd June 2012 that Minister Rohee announced that police officers will not get their full leave because of the ‘political...

Conceding defeat in a democratic election is not an apology

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Conceding defeat in a democratic election is not an apology

Dear Editor, Dr. Ravi Dev (column of June 24) is right in stating that accepting the outcome of a democratic election is not the same as an apology. And the population is looking forward for an...

The opposition has to find a way to stop this project

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The opposition has to find a way to stop this project

Dear Editor, I am normally not a letter writer but recently I have felt compelled to do so, because of what I see happening in Guyana. From the perspective of a citizen, what I see is a government in...

Responsibility of the Press

Jun 25, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Responsibility of the Press

There is no question that this newspaper has earned the ire of some in the administration – both for its editorial position and its reporting. We are not surprised. Anyone familiar with the history...

Randy Morris killed after another robbery bid

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Randy Morris killed after another robbery bid

The curtain finally came down on the life of Randy Morris who was shot dead by police following a high speed chase through the streets of Georgetown yesterday afternoon. Morris,32, of Freeman Street...

One dead, several injured in Mabura head on collision

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on One dead, several injured in Mabura head on collision

One person is dead and several others rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex for emergency medical attention yesterday after an early morning accident between minibus BMM 7746 and pickup GMM 5690l at...

Parika Roll on/Roll off stelling… Pontoon sinks, further delaying project

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Parika Roll on/Roll off stelling… Pontoon sinks, further delaying project

By Rabindra Rooplall The two US$14M Roll on/Roll off ferries will be further delayed going into operations as one of the two pontoons which was floating a section of the ramp sank next to the Parika...

South African firm hired to salvage Skeldon factory

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on South African firm hired to salvage Skeldon factory

A South African firm has been hired by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to help ensure that the Skeldon Sugar estate is fully operational, Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy...

Preaching God’s message to all corners, Winston Campbell is a ‘Special Person’

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Preaching God’s message to all corners, Winston Campbell is a ‘Special Person’

By Leon Suseran We feature different kinds of people each week in this column and each and every one of them has their distinct special qualities. Our ‘Special Person’ this week has a flare for...

Police killings down significantly

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police killings down significantly

– five so far this year Almost two weeks ago, ranks of a police mobile patrol shot and killed a criminal suspect following the robbery of a money changer and a brief exchange. And even as this...

Dem boys seh… Uncle Donald gun faint

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Uncle Donald gun faint

When people back deh against de wall is then dem does realize how serious things serious. Dem boys hear how Randy Morris cry when he friend get kill. He cry again when he hear that people want kill...

Elderly man left to suffer on busy N/A Road

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly man left to suffer on busy N/A Road

A senior citizen collapsed on the Strand Public Road some time after 10:00 hrs yesterday, in front of the Bank of Nova Scotia and in the busy New Amsterdam Market/Strand shopping area. Vehicle after...

Team Guyana clear favourites after ending unbeaten in preliminary rounds

Jun 24, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana clear favourites after ending unbeaten in preliminary rounds

Team Guyana went into the final night of competition last evening as clear favourites to capture the inaugural Guinness Caribbean Street Challenge Futsal title after producing some inspiring...

HPV vaccination programme continues in schools

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on HPV vaccination programme continues in schools

The vaccination of young girls with Gardasil to protect against cervical cancer is continuing, with advocates against the vaccine saying their concerns are being washed away. On the East Coast of...

CHEC gives one price for CJIA expansion and another on its website

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CHEC gives one price for CJIA expansion and another on its website

The Chinese firm that landed a contract to rebuild the Cheddi Jagan International Airport is now quoting different prices for its projects after a string to stories highlighted the company’s...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more