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Munroe selected interim President of GTTA

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Munroe selected interim President of GTTA

– AGM set for October 20 Long-standing General Secretary of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Godfrey Munroe was selected interim President Tuesday night with the Executive and Council...

Female footballers receive gears as preparations for GFF Women League continue

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Female footballers receive gears as preparations for GFF Women League continue

Female football recently received a boost when the executives of the Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) and those of the Bank of Nova Scotia teamed up to render corporate support to a team of...

Banks DIH Limited Inter Department sports to climax Saturday

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH Limited Inter Department sports to climax Saturday

Banks DIH Limited 2012 Inter-Department cricket and dominoes competitions will climax on Saturday at Banks DIH Sports Club, Thirst Park. Defending cricket champions Soft Drink Plant will clash...

Berbice High School win again in Wilbur Hope Memorial Schools’ football tourney

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice High School win again in Wilbur Hope Memorial Schools’ football tourney

Berbice High School (BHS) continue their winning ways to book a place in the semifinals when they defeated Tutorial Academy Secondary 1-0 as play in the Inaugural Wilbur Hope Memorial Inter Secondary...

GCA competitions continue this weekend

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA competitions continue this weekend

The Georgetown Cricket Association\ Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup first division two day and the NBS second division 40 over competitions continue this weekend with a number of...

GTC/PM wins PPP Blairmont Group Volleyball tournament

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTC/PM wins PPP Blairmont Group Volleyball tournament

On Sunday September 16, Guysuco Training Centre, Port Mourant (GTC/PM) Volleyball team played unbeaten to win the first prize of $25,000 cash when the PPP Blairmont Group hosted a volleyball...

The changing face of the Guyana Police Force

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The changing face of the Guyana Police Force

Within recent times the police have been in the forefront of the news. There was the shooting death of a detective who was said to have been involved in the narcotics section of the Guyana Police...

ILLEGAL ALIENS IN GUYANA

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ILLEGAL ALIENS IN GUYANA

A few months ago, a Venezuelan woman who said that she came to Guyana looking for her man was deported for overstaying in the country. Recently, another foreign national who was here,...

What is really the role of police traffic officers?

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is really the role of police traffic officers?

Dear Editor, The Police and the Ministry of Home Affairs should urgently clarify the role of police traffic officers as it relates to ensuring the smooth flow of traffic and the prevention of chaos...

All legitimate efforts must be made to safeguard and advance intellectual production

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on All legitimate efforts must be made to safeguard and advance intellectual production

Dear Editor, The government’s argument that its decision to source pirated textbooks is driven by economics – conscious that it is violating time-honoured principles, laws and rules of...

The emptying bottle…

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The emptying bottle…

Dear Editor, As I wake up to start my day, I can’t help but feel an eerie sadness for the state our country is currently in. This sadness affects all sections of our society and its decline...

Pensions and the question of affordability

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pensions and the question of affordability

Dear Editor, Shortly after the debate on the National Communications Network (N.C.N.) about the President of Guyana’s pension package and all other benefits that go with same, I caused a letter to...

We must provide for our presidents, but not on this ridiculous scale

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must provide for our presidents, but not on this ridiculous scale

Dear Editor, Romel Roopnarine is distraught I am comparing Jagdeo’s pension earnings to those of American presidents like Barack Obama. Well, we have to compare in order to make the Guyanese people...

“Ring Bang” rang in my ears last Saturday

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Ring Bang” rang in my ears last Saturday

International star, Eddy Grant has a hotel named Blue Wave on North Road. In 2000, controversy arose about the parapet on the northern part of the road outside the hotel. The owner decided...

AFC calls for probe into textbooks orders

Sep 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC calls for probe into textbooks orders

….Govt.’s stance tantamount to telling Guyanese to steal The fallout from Government’s admission that it authorized hundreds of millions of dollars in purchases of photocopied textbooks is...

Fire destroys another Linden home

Sep 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys another Linden home

A wooden and concrete two-storied house at 184 Wisroc Housing scheme, was yesterday afternoon destroyed by fire, leaving a family of seven homeless and with losses they could not readily estimate....

Panday testifies against in-laws in robbery trial

Sep 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Panday testifies against in-laws in robbery trial

By Rehanna Ramsay Malcolm Panday was called to the stand by the prosecution yesterday to give evidence in the case of his wife’s relatives and four other persons who allegedly robbed him of $7...

Texila American University clears the air on student deportation

Sep 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Texila American University clears the air on student deportation

Texila American University (TAU) has said that it was justified in seeking to withdraw the visa of an Indian student and having him deported to India. Ragavendra Balakrishnan recently claimed that he...

Agricola residents picket police headquarters

Sep 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola residents picket police headquarters

One day after the burial of 17-year-old Shaquille Grant, the lad killed by police officers last Tuesday, family, friends and residents of the Agricola community picketed police headquarters at Eve...

Dem boys seh…De problem is Shite Global

Sep 20, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De problem is Shite Global

De whole government happy over de signing fuh de Amaila Falls deal because is money galore fuh nuff of dem. De country gun get nuff lights too although de falls can’t supply de whole of Guyana....

Stalled Bartica road works cause concern

Sep 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Stalled Bartica road works cause concern

Residents of the Bartica/Potaro Road from One to Five Miles are disheartened by the lackadaisical approach now being adopted by the assigned personnel who...

CXC calls for graduates’ contribution to Region’s development

Sep 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CXC calls for graduates’ contribution to Region’s development

There is a dire need for the Region to start moving like ‘(Usain) Bolt’ in the STEM areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, said Senior Assistant Registrar of the Caribbean...

DTL workers strike against “nine hours a day” electricity

Sep 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on DTL workers strike against “nine hours a day” electricity

About 80 of the 120 workers attached to the Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) – Mabura Hill location, yesterday downed tools and mounted protest to register their demands for the restoration of 24...

Guyana, T&T and Suriname record spike in drug smuggling

Sep 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, T&T and Suriname record spike in drug smuggling

(Jamaican Observer) JAMAICA’S Customs Department is reporting a spike in the number of persons attempting to smuggle cocaine in the island. The disclosure was made yesterday by Commissioner of...

Government continues to under fund UG – Cathy Hughes

Sep 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Government continues to under fund UG – Cathy Hughes

Alliance for Change Member of Parliament, Cathy Hughes, has stated that the emasculation of the University of Guyana by the government continues, notwithstanding pleas from staff and students...

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An Open Letter to the election observer missions

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Later this year, you will arrive in Guyana as protectors of the integrity of our democracy.... more