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Termination of Pregnancy Board examines safe abortion practices and measures

Jun 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Termination of Pregnancy Board examines safe abortion practices and measures

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Board sub- committee in Region Five met recently to discuss plans for the upcoming anniversary of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act which came into being...

Local rulers have oppressed their people more than the colonizers

Jun 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local rulers have oppressed their people more than the colonizers

Dear Editor, Several writers in your paper have commented about the meaning and achievement of our political independence. There is an absolute need for introspection of independence. Are we really...

Kwayana’s use of constitution preamble is confusing elephant’s trunk for elephant

Jun 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kwayana’s use of constitution preamble is confusing elephant’s trunk for elephant

Dear Editor, In a letter to SN on 6-5-12 titled “the preamble to the Guyana constitution commits us to finding a system of governance which permits a ‘broad-based participation in national...

This situation calls for an urgent forensic audit

Jun 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This situation calls for an urgent forensic audit

Dear Editor, I accepted my son-in-law’s invitation to accompany him to a community security meeting at Paradise Housing Scheme on Sunday May 27 and was surprised at the large number of persons who...

I refuse to pay $80 from Main Street to the minibus park

Jun 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on I refuse to pay $80 from Main Street to the minibus park

Dear Editor, I have kept my silence about the increase in fares being peddled by the private operators of public transportation around Georgetown for as long as I possibly could. I was hoping that...

Grades, Games and Youth Violence

Jun 11, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Grades, Games and Youth Violence

There has been a great deal of ink spilled about violence and youths in our country. Recently we had two egregious cases where two schoolboys were actually stabbed to death by their classmates after...

Parliament will investigate US$150M CJIA secret deal – House Speaker

Jun 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament will investigate US$150M CJIA secret deal – House Speaker

– Chinese company official flies in for emergency meeting A senior official and team representing the embattled Chinese company involved in the massive Timehri airport expansion...

Hire-car driver unaware he is still employed, paid by NCN

Jun 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hire-car driver unaware he is still employed, paid by NCN

– massive malpractices being unearthed at state-owned entity Amidst revelations that a senior official of National Communications Network (NCN) was sent home Friday pending an investigation...

Govt pays New GPC six times retail cost for pharmaceuticals

Jun 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt pays New GPC six times retail cost for pharmaceuticals

Last year, when the government awarded a $311M contract to the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation, importers found that some of the prices put forward by the entity were exorbitant; that...

From addict to educator…Sandra Braithwaite is a ‘Special Person’

Jun 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From addict to educator…Sandra Braithwaite is a ‘Special Person’

Pull Quote: “Every time I tell my story, it’s like I am in a therapy session.” By Neil Marks “Y’all ever see a junkie?” That’s the question Sandra Braithwaite has for a group of Grade...

West Indies make the most of Engish butterfingers

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies make the most of Engish butterfingers

Yahoo! Cricket – BIRMINGHAM: Marlon Samuels and Denesh Ramdin both scored fifties as West Indies reached 280 for eight against England at stumps on the third day of the third Test at...

Maria Sharapova wins French Open by beating Sara Errani

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Maria Sharapova wins French Open by beating Sara Errani

BBC Sport – Maria Sharapova blasted her way to victory over Sara Errani in the French Open final to become only the 10th woman to complete a career Grand Slam. Sharapova, 25, claimed a...

Underdogs D’urban Street upstages Albouystown for top prize

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Underdogs D’urban Street upstages Albouystown for top prize

-Team Guyana (Back Circle) end fourth After witnessing their team play unbeaten in all of their matches leading up to the finals, fans and supporters of Albouystown were already tooting their horns...

Digicel and Norman Singh Turf Club team for July 22 horserace meet

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel and Norman Singh Turf Club team for July 22 horserace meet

Digicel has teamed up with the Norman Singh Turf Club for a 8-race horserace meeting on Sunday July 22 at the Turf Club’s Bel Air, West Coast Berbice racetrack. Keen competition is anticipated and...

Guyana to face Bermuda for a place in 2015 WC

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana to face Bermuda for a place in 2015 WC

Southern Zone champions Guyana will have to travel to Bermuda to take on the hosts after they defeated the Bahamas 16-8 yesterday, in the Northern Zone final in the Bahamas. Guyana, who defeated...

KMTC race meet set for today

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMTC race meet set for today

All roads leads to the Kennard Memorial Turf Club today when that entity stages their grand Post Independence Horse race meet at the club’s entity Bush Lot Farm Corentyne Berbice. The race...

Homer is on top of her game

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Homer is on top of her game

By Edison Jefford The adage that suggests that patience is virtue may be true for some while archaic for others, but in the context of someone who has literally emerged from the shadows of...

From the ‘square jungle’ to Great Britain’s cold streets Derek ‘Teacher’ McKenzie refuses to stop fighting

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on From the ‘square jungle’ to Great Britain’s cold streets Derek ‘Teacher’ McKenzie refuses to stop fighting

If there is one thing about Guyana worth bragging about, it is our rich boxing history. There are a few household names that have contributed to this legacy and many will immediately remember...

Preparation commence for Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club CARICOM Day meet

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparation commence for Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club CARICOM Day meet

Despite this being the regular out of season racing period and the inclement weather is also putting a damper on pre-season preparations for the second half of the racing season, the...

Adams stars as Meten -Meer- Zorg East, Uprising Star record victories

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adams stars as Meten -Meer- Zorg East, Uprising Star record victories

National U-19 player Ricardo Adams stared with both bat and ball as Meten- Meer- Zorg East Uprising Star recorded consecutive victories as the West Coast Demerara United Cricket League\...

4th Annual Aqua Water 40 mile cycle road race pedals off in Berbice today

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 4th Annual Aqua Water 40 mile cycle road race pedals off in Berbice today

Cyclists in the Ancient County of Berbice and those affiliated to the Flying Aces Cycling club will today get the opportunity to wet their appetites with the staging of the 4th Annual Banks...

“Will West Indies be better in One-Day series?”

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Will West Indies be better in One-Day series?”

By Colin E. H. Croft West Indies has it all to do to win Test No. 3. Losing, again, is not that important in the grand view, since, as captain Darren Sammy confirmed recently, West Indies...

Dem boys seh…Like dem MP mouth glue down

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Like dem MP mouth glue down

Dem have a saying ‘Live and let others live. Eat and lef fuh others eat.’ But dem got some people—one name Bernie Madoff, one name Allen Stanford, one name Jagdeo and one name...

We have made giant leaps to nowhere

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have made giant leaps to nowhere

Dear Editor, Sometimes I wonder if my country is cursed; if its people suffer because of a great and unforgivable sin committed by their predecessors. This is a country that has untold...

There is the urgent need for an environmentally-friendly recycling plant

Jun 10, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is the urgent need for an environmentally-friendly recycling plant

Dear Sir, The theme for this year’s World Environment Day is “A Green Economy- Are You Included.” It is an appropriate theme because it seems to suggest that there is need for...