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NOC in turmoil again

Nov 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NOC in turmoil again

… Employees fear a repeat of the “last time” By Abena Rockcliffe More turmoil has erupted at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) as students, both boys and girls are developing habits of regularly...

Kaieteur News staffer shot, motorcycle stolen

Nov 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur News staffer shot, motorcycle stolen

– suspect held Bandits shot Kaieteur News staffer, Shaum Persaud in the thigh before escaping with his motorcycle CF4664 and a pouch containing his driver’s licence during a...

Wanton waste at Guyana Elections Commission

Nov 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wanton waste at Guyana Elections Commission

– Auditor General Auditor General Deodat Sharma has said that the Guyana Elections Commission continued to be in breach of the stores regulations as audits of the stores in...

Dry season leaves Mahdia without water

Nov 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dry season leaves Mahdia without water

– residents turn to creeks Dry pipelines in Mahdia have left residents totally dependent on water from the creek for domestic purposes. It is unclear how long this situation will...

Teen of Guyanese parentage faces 25 years in prison

Nov 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teen of Guyanese parentage faces 25 years in prison

Deadly Long Island crash… By Abena Rockcliffe Joseph Beer, 17, who crashed his 2012 Subaru Impreza car on a Long Island, United States of America highway last month, killing...

Dem boys seh…Stricter de government, wiser de population

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Stricter de government, wiser de population

Uncle Donald does collect NIS. De Lunch Man does collect NIS and Gail and Odinga does collect NIS. All of dem had a meeting de other day because dem was worried bout dem pension. Was a heated...

Stephen Bailey captures Novice Tennis title

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stephen Bailey captures Novice Tennis title

Kumar & Singh take Novice doubles As the Pegasus Tennis Open winds down to an end this week, Novice Stephney Bailey captured the title when he outlasted Jesus Lamazon in a close matchup at the...

Largest Station Management Committee project undertaken at Fort Wellington

Nov 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Largest Station Management Committee project undertaken at Fort Wellington

The Station Management Committee of the Fort Wellington Police Station is showing exactly how the police and community could cooperate to get things done. The Committee has undertaken a multi-million...

Relatives of accident victims renew call for stiffer penalties

Nov 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives of accident victims renew call for stiffer penalties

Guyana yesterday remembered those who have died as a result of road accidents over the years, when scores participated in the annual awareness walk for road safety as the world celebrated World Day...

Getting the ERC right

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Getting the ERC right

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) is one of the ‘Rights’ Commission inserted into the constitution after the 2000 overhaul to address the euphonic challenge in our society: ethnic relations....

West Indies retain Permaul, Powell for ODIs

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies retain Permaul, Powell for ODIs

ESPNcricinfo – West Indies have retained left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul and opener Kieran Powell for the limited-overs series against Bangladesh, starting November 30. Permaul made his...

Shondell Alfred arrives in Mexico City

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shondell Alfred arrives in Mexico City

The Guyana Boxing Board of Control is pleased to advise that the WBC’s Executive Secretary, Mauricio Sulaiman has confirmed that they have received Shondell Alfred and her team, Sebert Blake and...

Guyana-a cultural melting pot

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana-a cultural melting pot

Dear Editor, Guyana can be described as a cultural melting pot. This is manifested in so many of our national festivals where Guyanese from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds turn out by the...

Berbice name squad for Under-21 Basil Butcher Trophy clash with Georgetown

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice name squad for Under-21 Basil Butcher Trophy clash with Georgetown

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) as part of its efforts to promote the development of young cricketers in Berbice by exposing them to a higher level of cricket, has teamed up with the Georgetown...

GCC’s Sarwan, Johnson cart off Double Wicket competition

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC’s Sarwan, Johnson cart off Double Wicket competition

GCC ‘A’ team pair of Ramnaresh Sarwan and Leon Johnson won the Georgetown Cricket Club 16-team Double wicket competition played Saturday at Bourda ground. Sarwan and Johnson representing GCC...

Guyana defeat French Guiana in final game

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana defeat French Guiana in final game

Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ ended their 2012 Caribbean Cup campaign with a 4-3 win over French Guiana at the Grenada National Stadium last evening. Coming off of defeats to Haiti and Grenada, the...

The ladies didn’t disappoint!

Nov 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on The ladies didn’t disappoint!

Patrons who came out to support the “Caribbean Divas Concert” on Saturday night got a show that I’m sure would leave them talking for weeks to come. It didn’t matter that the...

Why work when there are Ma and Pa to provide?

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Why work when there are Ma and Pa to provide?

On a very quiet morning a few years ago, a gentleman went berserk in the city and attacked workers in an automotive repair shop. At the time of the attack, there were not many persons...

Businessman critical in HDU

Nov 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman critical in HDU

Two days after Chinese national shot… The Chinese national who was shot and robbed last Saturday night remains in a critical condition in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) at the...

Turner’s game winner pilots Bulls past Raiders in 53-52 overtime thriller

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turner’s game winner pilots Bulls past Raiders in 53-52 overtime thriller

BOSAI Minerals Group Inc Open Challenge B/ball final Michael Turner played his heart out and restrained himself after collecting four fouls within the first half, to hit the game winning shot on the...

A response to Peeping Tom

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A response to Peeping Tom

Dear Editor, We live in a dynamic world, so I share your columnist Peeping Tom’s view that institutions of state have to be reformed or retired in order to enhance or protect democracy, which...

ALL IN PAULA BROADWELL

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on ALL IN PAULA BROADWELL

Old soldiers never die, just their privates. I used to think so until the Petraeus scandal started and we found out that the term “pfc” (private first class) used to describe...

Den Amstel, Amelia’s Ward, Western Tigers & Pele seal full points

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Den Amstel, Amelia’s Ward, Western Tigers & Pele seal full points

When play in the Guyana Football Federation National Super League continued yesterday at two venues, taking full points from their encounters were Den Amstel Porknockers, Amelia’s Ward United, Pele...

Guyana Defence Force is the top boxing gym as Intermediate Boxing championships end

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Defence Force is the top boxing gym as Intermediate Boxing championships end

Mark Marshall/Shaka Moore best boxers on show The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) boxing gym distinguished itself among the other gyms and was adjudged the best when the curtains came down on the National...

It is to the PPP’s benefit to not have a strong functioning office of the opposition leader

Nov 19, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is to the PPP’s benefit to not have a strong functioning office of the opposition leader

Dear Editor, For the health and efficiency of a democracy there must be a strong opposition. It is my opinion that because the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) is aware of this fact, they have...

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Clarendon College too good for Dolphin as Annai Sec’ holds Speyside College to 4-all draw

The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more