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Govt. should stop ‘runaround’ and engage opposition

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. should stop ‘runaround’ and engage opposition

“approach to OAS will get nowhere” – AFC The Alliance for Change (AFC) has rejected government claims that the opposition was abusing its one seat majority, describing it as...

Chainsaw operator crushed by tree

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chainsaw operator crushed by tree

A father of five died yesterday after being pinned by the tree he was cutting in the Clonbrook Polder, East Coast Demerara. According to reports, 43 year-old Deaplall Muakelall of 13 Section ‘B’...

Dem boys seh…Sonny getting wha he call for

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Sonny getting wha he call for

Dem got all kind of promotion going on. Dem promotion got people answering dem phone in some ways that does got de people who calling raising dem eyebrows. De Waterfalls boss man call one of he staff...

PM Hinds opens Banks Beer/GFA Cup

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on PM Hinds opens Banks Beer/GFA Cup

Director of Sport, Mayor also in attendance Before a fair-sized crowd that defied the inclement weather in support of the second annual Banks Beer/Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Cup, Prime...

Attorney General directs all queries to judiciary

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney General directs all queries to judiciary

Collapsing New Amsterdam courthouse… Attorney General Anil Nandlall in an invited comment yesterday explained that the issues surrounding the New Amsterdam...

Caribbean T20 ticket sales start in Trinidad on Monday

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean T20 ticket sales start in Trinidad on Monday

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – Cricket fans will get the opportunity to secure early-bird tickets for the West Indies Cricket Board’s Caribbean T20 2013 when the ticket booths in Trinidad open on...

Controversy seems to be brewing in horseracing circle

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Controversy seems to be brewing in horseracing circle

Stakeholders blame Government for present situation By Samuel Whyte Controversy seems to be headed for the horseracing fraternity and the blame is being laid at the feet of the government, with the...

Basketball player Juan Richardson succumbs after suffering stroke

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball player Juan Richardson succumbs after suffering stroke

Members of the basketball fraternity, especially those in Albouystown, were thrown into mourning following the sudden passing of player, 37-year-old Juan Richardson, who suffered what is been said as...

Giftland spreads Christmas cheer in Tiger Bay

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland spreads Christmas cheer in Tiger Bay

– launches “12 deals of Christmas” Giftland Officemax in spreading the Christmas cheer visited the Tiger Bay community yesterday where they donated $300,000 in gifts. Present...

Less Holiday Spirits

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Less Holiday Spirits

With the Christmas season in full swing, leading up to the frenzy of the final year-end festivities, Guyanese will once again be doing what they do best at this time of the year: “eat, drink and be...

Britton wins Table Association ‘C’ class competition

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Britton wins Table Association ‘C’ class competition

Shemar Britton on Saturday won the Guyana Table Tennis Association ‘C’ class competition when he turned back the challenges of 47 other players to come out victorious when the tournament was held...

SWEET BREAD, SALTFISH AND SITAR

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on SWEET BREAD, SALTFISH AND SITAR

The evening started with my friend Kamal and me talking about heredity and the fact that it is not just hair or skin colour that passes from one generation to the other but intangibles like musical...

Stunning Nicolette Fernandes continues to amaze at World Open

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stunning Nicolette Fernandes continues to amaze at World Open

– upsets former world number one Rachael Grinham Representing her country, her region, her family and herself, world number 48 Nicolette Fernandes has done so with distinction and yielded...

Man slashes wife with axe and cutlass

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man slashes wife with axe and cutlass

Celena Butts, a 52-year old woman of Hope-Lowlands on the East Coast of Demerara is now seeking answers from her relatives as to why she is in pain and hospitalized with chops and...

St. Helen University, St. Lucia, awards scholarships to Guyanese students

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on St. Helen University, St. Lucia, awards scholarships to Guyanese students

St. Helen University (SHU), based in Vieux Fort St. Lucia, announced today that it has awarded a full scholarship to Jaclynncia George and 50% scholarships to Kissandra Rehana Boodie...

This sluice at Hope Canal may very well end up a white elephant

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This sluice at Hope Canal may very well end up a white elephant

Dear Editor, I refer to the Consultants’ letter dated 9/12/12 in KN on the above subject and to respond as follows: After our visit to the Hope Canal Site inspecting the eight-door sluice and the...

Eight-year-old hospitalized with burns from Essequibo fire

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Eight-year-old hospitalized with burns from Essequibo fire

Eight- year-old, Denzel Conway, of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast remains a patient at the Suddie Public Hospital, after sustaining burns about his body, when his parents’ two storey...

Despite our complaints, Charity police taking no action to curb this noise nuisance

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Despite our complaints, Charity police taking no action to curb this noise nuisance

Dear Editor, There is an ongoing noise nuisance of music emanating from a business place used as a hotel and bar that affects me and many others at Charity, and which is located in close proximity to...

AFC assesses flood situation in Black Bush

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC assesses flood situation in Black Bush

…gov’t belatedly clears outfall By Leon Suseran Executive Members of the Alliance for Change (AFC) on Sunday visited the flood- prone farming community of Black Bush...

Govt. seeks Dec. 20 sitting of Parliament

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. seeks Dec. 20 sitting of Parliament

Even as Government continues to lambast the parliamentary opposition for delaying the business of the government, efforts are being made to have parliament adjourn to Thursday. With tomorrow’s...

Guyana needs a caring, democratic and pro-working class government

Dec 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs a caring, democratic and pro-working class government

Dear Editor, Being the bigger person in politics not only takes a big effort and wisdom but commonsense as well. Who won the most votes in the 2011 elections? The PPP won the most votes and that...

Family frustrated as elderly man remains missing

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Family frustrated as elderly man remains missing

The children of 79-year-old Vibert Wilfred Solomon also known as ‘Stove man’ and ‘Buggy’ remain frustrated as the man is yet to be found. It has been about two weeks and the...

Two-year-old suffers burns after failing into lighted garbage heap

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two-year-old suffers burns after failing into lighted garbage heap

“If yuh play with fire, yuh gonna get burn” is a term that two-year old Akeem Thomas of Region Seven is not yet able to comprehend. He therefore continued to play around a burning...

Enterprise Road Safety Association continues to assist Cheshire Home

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Enterprise Road Safety Association continues to assist Cheshire Home

President of the Enterprise Road Safety Association Chandrapaul Persaud has issued a strong appeal for road users, especially motorists to “spare the drinks and save lives on our...

GWMA host “much needed” Bartica clean-up

Dec 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GWMA host “much needed” Bartica clean-up

By Abena Rockcliffe The Guyana Women Miners’ Association (GWMA), an organization that has visited and done outreach work in all mining districts across the country, has identified...

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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