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Sammy leads WI to series-leveling win

Dec 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sammy leads WI to series-leveling win

Dhaka, Bangladesh – A timely, all-round intervention from Darren Sammy dragged West Indies to a 75-run victory in the fourth One-day International against Bangladesh on Friday here, drawing...

Battle tested Leopold Street starts as underdogs against Back Circle

Dec 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Battle tested Leopold Street starts as underdogs against Back Circle

– Third place playoff should be a scorcher By Rawle Welch Battle tested Leopold Street even after withstanding three close encounters where they won two in penalty shootouts and the...

European Fitness Queen, Gisa ter Haar to feature at Flex Night International tonight

Dec 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on European Fitness Queen, Gisa ter Haar to feature at Flex Night International tonight

Guyanese of all walks of life are expected to grace the National Cultural Centre (NCC) when the Flex Night Incorporated presents Flex Night International starting at 19:00hrs. But even before that...

Malta Supreme Christmas B’ball…Kings play Raiders; Bulls bounce against Royals tonight

Dec 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malta Supreme Christmas B’ball…Kings play Raiders; Bulls bounce against Royals tonight

The long standing rivalry between the number one ranked club in Linden, Kashif and Shanghai Kings and a resurgent Retrieve Raiders will come to the fore this evening while the battle among the...

Lester Peters U-15 football…Fruta Conquerors ‘A’ tackle Northern Rangers in final

Dec 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lester Peters U-15 football…Fruta Conquerors ‘A’ tackle Northern Rangers in final

Fruta Conquerors ‘A’ will tackle Northern Rangers for championship honours while South Georgetown will oppose the Georgetown Football Club when the finals and third place playoff of the Lester...

Crandon confident Guyana can do well in Regional T20

Dec 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Crandon confident Guyana can do well in Regional T20

By Zaheer Mohamed Coach of the Guyana senior Twenty20 team Esaun Crandon is confident that they can go all the way in the 2013 Regional tournament which starts in January. He was speaking to this...

Upper Corentyne 2nd div. 20 over…No. 68 Turn Team & Kim IL Sung play final tomorrow at Skeldon

Dec 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Upper Corentyne 2nd div. 20 over…No. 68 Turn Team & Kim IL Sung play final tomorrow at Skeldon

No. 68 Turn Team and Kim IL Sung of Corriverton will meet in the final of the inaugural Upper Corentyne Second Division 20 Over cricket competition after they both won their respective...

Philip George Legacy B’ball reaches semi-final stage

Dec 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Philip George Legacy B’ball reaches semi-final stage

The Philip George Legacy Basketball Tournament for First and Third Divisions teams has reached the semi-final stage with matches slated for today and tomorrow, at the Burnham Court on Middle Street....

NIS operating in the red – GM tells consultation

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NIS operating in the red – GM tells consultation

By Leon Suseran The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is operating at a deficit. It is paying out more benefits than contributions received on a monthly basis. This is according to the...

Top Cop feeds recruits

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop feeds recruits

The Guyana Police Force held a Christmas luncheon for recruits in training at the Felix Austin Police College, yesterday, at the Police Officers’ Mess Annexe. They are usually served meals by the...

US$10M cocaine unearthed on city wharf

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US$10M cocaine unearthed on city wharf

The local Drug Enforcement Agencies seem to be close on the heels of drug traffickers. In less than 24 hours they have busted two large shipments, each worth more than US$10 million. According...

Cabinet concerned over stalled Parliament

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet concerned over stalled Parliament

By Abena Rockcliffe In the absence of Dr Roger Luncheon, Presidential Adviser on Governance, Gail Teixeira, during yesterday’s post Cabinet briefing expressed concern on behalf of the body...

Dem boys seh…Rob Earth bluffing again

Dec 08, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rob Earth bluffing again

Corruption eats away at the foundation of people’s faith in government and undermines national security. The great Mahatma Gandhi seh suh. Transparency International been watching Guyana fuh...

The silence is deafening

Dec 08, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The silence is deafening

The situation involving the Amaila Falls road project seems to be more frustrating than anything else. In the first instance there is precious little word on the project. The planned...

Taxi owners may expose Permanent Secretary to further grilling

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi owners may expose Permanent Secretary to further grilling

Government’s Chief Whip Gail Teixeira, who is currently performing the duties of Cabinet Secretary yesterday said that there is possibility that the Permanent Secretary for the Tourism...

AG highlights Ministry of Agriculture irregularities

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AG highlights Ministry of Agriculture irregularities

The Auditor General has observed in his 2011 report that the Ministry of Agriculture continues to over expend amounts voted as subvention and capital provision for the National Drainage...

Presidential Advisor announces… Cabinet grants no objection for more contracts

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential Advisor announces… Cabinet grants no objection for more contracts

A further $40,060,400 is awarded for the Amaila Falls road. This money is being spent on the section for which the Works Ministry has responsibility. According to Ms Teixeira this money...

Standoff in National Assembly…Business community demands compromise

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Standoff in National Assembly…Business community demands compromise

-wants more transparency, revamped UG, Procurement Commission, tax reforms By Leonard Gildarie City businesses have unveiled a list of demands for the country’s politicians including the need for...

IS GEORGETOWN NEGLECTED?

Dec 08, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IS GEORGETOWN NEGLECTED?

In 2009, the government spent close to $150 million repairing pumps for some of the major pumping stations in Georgetown. In the same year they spent millions repairing roads that were the...

Students to return to QC on Monday

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Students to return to QC on Monday

Students, teachers, and stakeholders of Queen’s College are to return to their rightful classrooms on Monday. This is according to a Ministry of Education press release which stated that the...

GPSU rejects “arbitrary” 5% hike

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU rejects “arbitrary” 5% hike

– -warns of industrial action The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has rejected government’s five per cent increase to workers’ wages and salaries, yesterday issuing a one...

Renowned Guyanese novelist, Jan Carew, dead at 92

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Renowned Guyanese novelist, Jan Carew, dead at 92

Renowned Guyanese-born novelist, Jan Rynveld Carew, has died, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport yesterday said. A playwright and educator also, Jan Carew wrote landmark novels among...

Collecting child support money a “three days running”- frustrated mothers

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Collecting child support money a “three days running”- frustrated mothers

Single mothers who depend on every dime to provide their children with fulfilling Christmases say that this year will be more difficult, since collecting child support payments from the...

No chicken shortage for this Christmas season

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No chicken shortage for this Christmas season

– Chicken price expected to fall early next year Major players in the poultry industry are confident that there will be no shortage of chicken on the local market for the Christmas...

Corentyne accident victim dies

Dec 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne accident victim dies

…police prosecutor still in custody Troy ‘Lil Man’ Liverpool, 38, of 22 Queen Street, Courtland Village, Corentyne, who was struck down by a police prosecutor’s car on...

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Guyana Beverage Inc. on board with Petra to host 8th Annual Girls U11 Football Tournament

Poor Power Planning (PPP)

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Planning has long been the PPP/C government’s pride and joy. The PPP/C touts it at rallies,... more