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Looking at the Styrofoam menace

Jun 21, 2012 knews Editorial Comments Off on Looking at the Styrofoam menace

Last week, the government signaled that it was seeking to curtail the importation of material fashioned from Styrofoam and certain plastics as part of the programme to save the local environment....

Enriching their friends at the expense of the little man

Jun 21, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on Enriching their friends at the expense of the little man

DEAR EDITOR, Someone once told me that corruption was worse than prostitution; because the latter endangers the morals of an individual, but the former endangers the morals of an entire nation. The...

Berbice Cricket Board honours Michael Ramdeen as Father of the Year

Jun 21, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board honours Michael Ramdeen as Father of the Year

Fifty-year-old, Michael Ramdeen, of Reliance Settlement, Canje was on Sunday last honoured as the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Father of the Year 2012. The father of three was selected by the...

Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge starts tonight

Jun 21, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge starts tonight

– Soca Warriors/Stoke City star Kenwyne Jones arrives this evening By Rawle Welch It is now just a case of awaiting the arrival of Soca Warriors and Stoke City star Kenwyne Jones, the...

GOA to run off Olympic Day Cycle Race Programme

Jun 21, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on GOA to run off Olympic Day Cycle Race Programme

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will run off a BMX Cycle Race Meet on Saturday at the Inner Circuit of the National Park to coincide with Olympic Day 2012, action set to pedal off at 09:00hrs....

Twenty-eight successfully complete Programme

Jun 21, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Twenty-eight successfully complete Programme

The development of cricket in Berbice particularly at the junior level took a massive stride when twenty eight aspiring Coaches successfully completed a Pre-level One Coaching Seminar at the Albion...

The NCBL and its wonderful dynamism

Jun 21, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on The NCBL and its wonderful dynamism

– your community needs your support By Edison Jefford The decision to impose as a rule that national players competing in the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) must return to...

Coach satisfied with team’s performance

Jun 21, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Coach satisfied with team’s performance

North Georgetown Secondary School (NGSS) female football team Coach Celeste Mullin has disclosed that she is satisfied with her side’s performance following the conclusion of the 2012 edition of...

A lack of accountability and more excuses

Jun 21, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on A lack of accountability and more excuses

Dear Editor, I hate what this government is doing to Guyana. They are just like the previous party that was in government. I know hate is a strong word, but there is no other word to describe how I...

RCMTC CARICOM Day Horserace Meet nears

Jun 21, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on RCMTC CARICOM Day Horserace Meet nears

Berbicians in high anticipation Turfites are currently preparing intensely and most of the animals are doing good gallops in anticipation of the stiff competition as the Executives of the Ryan...

Thomas doubles up at Morvant Jets, Mustangs Games in T&T

Jun 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thomas doubles up at Morvant Jets, Mustangs Games in T&T

Captain of the Enmore Track Club, Ornesto Thomas, is now in possession of two gold medals from the recent Morvant Jets and Mustangs Games, which was held in Trinidad and Tobago last weekend. The...

Uitvlugt edge LaGrange 3-2 in pulsating encounter

Jun 21, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Uitvlugt edge LaGrange 3-2 in pulsating encounter

It was perhaps one of the most exciting games in this year’s Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition to date and fans had a real opportunity to see the stars of the future on display...

Assassins win Atinas Super Foods inaugural Father’s Day dominos

Jun 21, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Assassins win Atinas Super Foods inaugural Father’s Day dominos

Assassins, led by Colin Mc Ewan brushed aside all opponents to win the inaugural Father’s Day domino competition sponsored by Atina’s Super Foods of 55E Upper Robb Street and held at the Strikers...

Zafrull, Lake guide Eastern Wakenaam to WDA Title

Jun 21, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Zafrull, Lake guide Eastern Wakenaam to WDA Title

Mohamed Zafrull marked the maximum 18 games while Eric Lake supported with 16 as Eastern Wakenaam totaled 80 games to win the Wakenaam Domino Association (WDA) competition which was played recently...

BCB to host 5th Annual Scotiabank Academy

Jun 21, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on BCB to host 5th Annual Scotiabank Academy

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is set to host the Fifth Annual Bank of Nova Scotia Cricket Academy from the July 23 – 28, 2012 at the Area ‘H’ Ground, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne. A total of 90...

Salem residents want new contractors for sea defence works

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Salem residents want new contractors for sea defence works

…. Construction constantly being washed away by sea After residents identified sloppy works by sea defence workers at Salem, East Bank Essequibo, they said the present structure is...

Relatives request proper investigation into Diamond resident’s murder

Jun 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives request proper investigation into Diamond resident’s murder

– stolen vehicle yet to be located Relatives of Rajendra Puran who was killed in Enmore, East Coast Demerara on May 3, 2012 are calling on the Minister of Home Affairs, the Commissioner...

More shocking drug purchases revealed…New GPC sells $2,000 ‘pressure tablets’ for $18,000

Jun 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on More shocking drug purchases revealed…New GPC sells $2,000 ‘pressure tablets’ for $18,000

…under-fire, calls for value for money audit Government’s largest supplier of pharmaceutical supplies has backed down and is now calling on the Auditor General to carry out a value for money...

Security concerns over businesses operating in Post Office buildings

Jun 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Security concerns over businesses operating in Post Office buildings

…PRO says nothing to be alarmed about Security concerns have been raised with the establishment of a grocery store in the same building that houses the Skeldon Post Office on the Corentyne....

‘I have launched a probe into drug purchase’ – Dr. Bheri Ramsaran

Jun 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘I have launched a probe into drug purchase’ – Dr. Bheri Ramsaran

Even as the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (New GPC) has called on the Auditor General to provide a value for money audit, Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran has announced that he has...

Bobcat operator buried alive as sand pit caves in

Jun 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bobcat operator buried alive as sand pit caves in

A bobcat operator who was working in a sandpit at Sibirien/Old England, Linden, was yesterday buried alive after the pit caved in. According to reports, the incident occurred at around noon...

Chinese contract for CJIA US$150M expansion says…Ban from roads, bridge construction, not airport project

Jun 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese contract for CJIA US$150M expansion says…Ban from roads, bridge construction, not airport project

The Chinese contractor of the US$150M Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion says that while it is banned from participating in roads and bridge projects by the World Bank,...

A leader for the season

Jun 20, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A leader for the season

With the ‘new dispensation’ in the Assembly producing a balance between the executive and legislature, and the PNC about to choose a new leader, the question of leadership is on the agenda....

Last gig of a failed rock star

Jun 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Last gig of a failed rock star

There were two opinions in the letter pages of the newspapers this week and from persons who know what they are talking about. One is GHK Lall, the other, Vic Puran. Both were unkind to Ralph...

IS UNCLE DONALD UP TO THE TASK?

Jun 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IS UNCLE DONALD UP TO THE TASK?

Uncle Donald has an imposing physical stature that equates him to a heavyweight. But if he fails to take a grip on the affairs of the nation, he may end up being referred to as a political...

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Desecration, Disrespectful, and Disgraceful

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The solemnity of Babu Jaan, a site meant to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Cheddi... more