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No Dictators for Democracy

Aug 29, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on No Dictators for Democracy

The U.S. State Department this month reported that the Honduran government is taking adequate measures to address congressional concerns about human rights. This approval on Honduras’ Human...

The uncivilized den that Guyana has become

Aug 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The uncivilized den that Guyana has become

There can be no doubt about it, absolutely no doubt that the political culture in Guyana makes people frown on this nation. One can just imagine what goes through the minds of foreign diplomats who...

With the relevant improvements Digicel schools c/ships can become a flagship tournament

Aug 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on With the relevant improvements Digicel schools c/ships can become a flagship tournament

Dear Sir, In extending my heartiest congratulations to Wismar/Christiansburg Secondary out of Region 10, for their resounding 5-2 victory over Waramadong of Region 7, in the finals of this...

Letter to the Sports Editor…The new GCB must reorganize its mission for the future

Aug 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…The new GCB must reorganize its mission for the future

Dear Editor, It is my firm belief that the new Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) must divert from its old ideology of semi-dictatorial governance. This was evident through the unlimited powers that...

Berbice Football coaches benefit from football training programme

Aug 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Football coaches benefit from football training programme

The football talent in Berbice should be significantly boosted with the completion of a course for coaches in the Ancient County. Some 25 persons successfully participated in the four...

Goodluck fires to victory in second GNRA recorded shoot

Aug 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goodluck fires to victory in second GNRA recorded shoot

Former Caribbean shooting champion Ransford Goodluck fired his way to victory in the second recorded shoot as the National rifle shooting squad continued preparation for the regional...

Taxi driver’s bullet-riddled body dumped on Thomas Lands

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver’s bullet-riddled body dumped on Thomas Lands

Police have launched a hunt for the killers of 25-year-old taxi driver, Sean De Freitas Sookdeo, whose bullet riddle body was discovered early yesterday morning on Thomas Lands, near the...

Wastage, hazardous conditions continue to plague West Dem. Hospital

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wastage, hazardous conditions continue to plague West Dem. Hospital

Despite several reports and complaints of the worsening state of the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH), and accusations by staffers at the facility that government was turning a blind eye,...

GPHC in urgent need for critical drugs

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC in urgent need for critical drugs

Patients are being sent home and surgeries postponed due to the shortage of critical drugs at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), a senior official said yesterday. Dr. George Norton,...

GuySuCo twists truth on Enmore Packaging plant

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo twists truth on Enmore Packaging plant

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySucO) yesterday sought to twist the truth on the Enmore Packaging Plant, denying that managers at the location told Kaieteur News the plant was out of operation...

Missing teen’s remains found

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Missing teen’s remains found

– family wants investigation Searchers around 13:00 hrs on Tuesday found the body of Jermaine ‘Kevin’ Anthony, 18, of 17 School Street, Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice. He went missing...

$60M bid to supply learning materials for Regions 3, 5 tech institutes

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $60M bid to supply learning materials for Regions 3, 5 tech institutes

Bids for the supply and delivery of learning materials for government’s technical institutes in Regions Three and Five were opened Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender...

Linden businesses reporting slow back-to-school sales

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden businesses reporting slow back-to-school sales

With less than a week left before the reopening of schools on Monday, business persons who would have invested heavily in school gear and accoutrements are trying to remain optimistic that sales will...

Medical emergency services to be available at CJIA, Ogle Airport

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Medical emergency services to be available at CJIA, Ogle Airport

Basic medical emergency and critical services are likely to soon become staples at the country’s ports as part of the Ministry of Health’s effort to bolster its surveillance capabilities. This...

Boy, 14, drowns at Leonora seawall

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 14, drowns at Leonora seawall

The August holiday yesterday took a deadly turn for a West Demerara family with the shocking drowning of one of their own. Fourteen-year-old Rondell Ally, who went for a swim at the Leonard...

David Hinds says he is target of harassment

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on David Hinds says he is target of harassment

– claims emails accuse him of plot to overthrow government Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member, Dr. David Hinds, says that he has become a target of a “well-orchestrated”...

Power woes hit Lethem

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Power woes hit Lethem

…major shakeup in management Lethem, in Region Nine, is facing hours of extended blackout because of problems with its Caterpillar engine. According to residents there, the area which is...

Blairmont estate hard hit by three-day strike – GuySuCo

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Blairmont estate hard hit by three-day strike – GuySuCo

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has lost 100 tonnes of sugar valued at $13M due to the three-day strike at the Blairmont Estate, and GuySuCo yesterday said that it has been forced to cease all...

Non-operational ambulance sits idle at BV’s health centre

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Non-operational ambulance sits idle at BV’s health centre

For almost eight years now, an ambulance donated to the Beterverwagting Health Centre, has been sitting in that facility’s compound…and left to rot. The vehicle, said to worth an estimated $5M,...

French Guiana-based teacher freed on marijuana charges

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on French Guiana-based teacher freed on marijuana charges

After being incarcerated for more than three months and then granted $1M bail a week ago, a Guyanese who teaches in French Guiana was on Friday freed on drug charges. Charles McLeod, 27, who had...

GDF Officer Cadet heads to China for specialist pilot training

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GDF Officer Cadet heads to China for specialist pilot training

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Officer Cadet, Carlos Jordan, departed the shores of Guyana last weekend for China where he will pursue specialist training to qualify as an aircraft pilot as part of the...

GWI to install new meters outside fences of West Dem. residences

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to install new meters outside fences of West Dem. residences

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) will now be installing meters outside the fences of residences in the West Demerara area. The programme will target customers served by the Pouderoyen and Fellowship...

National Drama Festival set for October

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on National Drama Festival set for October

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony has confirmed that the National Drama Festival is set to be held in October at the National Cultural Center (NCC). According to the Minister,...

Motorcycles collide in Bartica, two hospitalized

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcycles collide in Bartica, two hospitalized

Two motorcyclists remained hospitalized at the Bartica Public Hospital last night after they were involved in a smash-up shortly before 20:00hrs. at the junction of ...

Minibus driver is third to die in horrific Lima accident

Aug 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver is third to die in horrific Lima accident

A horrific accident between a sports car and a minibus on the Essequibo coast earlier this month, has claimed a third life. Fifteen days after the smashup, 52-year-old Vincent Persaud, the...

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‘One Guyana’ 3×3 Quest Basketball opens with local teams in mixed results

This must not be our hour of humiliation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There are moments in the history of nations when fate lays before them a choice not of... more