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Grove woman sentenced to three years for trafficking in cocaine

Dec 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Grove woman sentenced to three years for trafficking in cocaine

….appears for sentencing with baby A Grove East Bank Demerara woman was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after she was found guilty of having in her possession 3.4 grams...

Root cause of many issues affecting cricket originated from DCB – GCB

Dec 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Root cause of many issues affecting cricket originated from DCB – GCB

The Guyana Cricket Board at a Special Executive Committee meeting held on December 15th 2012 at the entity’s board room recognised that many issues at the GCB originated from the Demerara Cricket...

BCB responds to ‘prize money letter’

Dec 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB responds to ‘prize money letter’

Dear Editor, The attention of Berbice Cricket Board has once again been brought to another letter to the press (Stabroek News edition of 12th Dec, 2012) under the headline “Prize money for the...

Shot porter still hospitalised

Dec 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Shot porter still hospitalised

Busby Dam robbery/murder… Mervin Marcus, the porter who was shot in his shoulder at Busby Dam (also known as Buzz Bee Dam), Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) remains in a stable...

THE AFC’S BUDGET PROPOSALS REPRESENT AN ACT OF PROVOCATION

Dec 19, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE AFC’S BUDGET PROPOSALS REPRESENT AN ACT OF PROVOCATION

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has presented the most politically opportunistic and almost brainless proposals for inclusion in next year’s annual Budget. The AFC is once again using...

Govt., Region 10 officials zero in on ‘social needs’ committees

Dec 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt., Region 10 officials zero in on ‘social needs’ committees

Premised on a principle that is enshrined in the constitution, Government and officials of the Region 10 administration have been engaged in what has been described as meaningful...

Scotiabank takes Christmas to the less fortunate

Dec 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Scotiabank takes Christmas to the less fortunate

Scotia Bank has continued its tradition of donations to the less fortunate. Every year at Christmas time the staff, their families and friends get together for an evening of caroling,...

AG’s continuous run to the courts is habitual

Dec 19, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on AG’s continuous run to the courts is habitual

Dear Editor, Like most Guyanese I have lost count of the number of times that the Attorney General has taken court action against the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Opposition leader Brigadier...

Appellant dismayed at inordinate delay in hearing of GCB matter

Dec 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Appellant dismayed at inordinate delay in hearing of GCB matter

Dear Editor, I pen this letter as an appellant in this matter. More than 6 months has elapsed since the Caribbean Court of Justice made certain Orders regarding the matter RAJENDRA SINGH & ROBIN...

New home for CARICOM offices in B’dos

Dec 19, 2012 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on New home for CARICOM offices in B’dos

New facilities for two sections of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, as well as a Regional institution, all based in Bridgetown, Barbados, were officially opened on Monday by the...

Dr. Ranjisinghi Ramroop’s double standards

Dec 19, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Ranjisinghi Ramroop’s double standards

Dear Editor, I submit this letter to you, hoping that it is printed and all the parties whom it concerns read it and understand that “you can fool some of the people, some of the time,...

Main Street to be transformed into Christmas Village

Dec 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Main Street to be transformed into Christmas Village

The Main Street area is to be transformed into a Christmas Village, starting Friday, and replacing the annual ‘Big Lime’. According to the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), the...

$National T\20 team to engage Rest XI in warm up games under lights at National Stadium$

National T\20 team to engage Rest XI in warm up games under lights at National Stadium

Dec 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on National T\20 team to engage Rest XI in warm up games under lights at National Stadium

The Guyana team preparing for the 2013 Caribbean Twenty\20 championship will face a Rest XI in two warm up matches under lights at the Guyana National Stadium. The first game gets underway this...

CASH to host Phillip George C/ship Game

Dec 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on CASH to host Phillip George C/ship Game

– inclement weather rules out Burnham Court The Phillip George Legacy Basketball Championship Game between Ravens and Republic Bank Nets will be played Friday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports...

Guyana seeks assistance in dealing with impending mercury ban fallout

Dec 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana seeks assistance in dealing with impending mercury ban fallout

Guyana has won support to delay the phasing out of mercury use in gold mining and is asking for help to deal with the fallout. According to a release from the Ministry of Natural Resources and...

Bill on parliamentary clerk’s autonomy sent to select committee

Dec 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bill on parliamentary clerk’s autonomy sent to select committee

The Special Select Parliamentary Committee will examine a Bill presented by opposition Member of Parliament (MP) A Partnership for National Unity’s Volda Lawrence that calls for the...

Commuters requesting Govt. intervention in ‘shed boat’ operations

Dec 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Commuters requesting Govt. intervention in ‘shed boat’ operations

Commuters and Essequibo residents are calling on the Transport and Hydraulics Minister, Robeson Benn to intervene with regard to the way speedboats operating between Parika and Supenaam are...

Death in a strange land: The enigmatic USA

Dec 19, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Death in a strange land: The enigmatic USA

I once wrote that no columnist should leave out of his/her repertoire an opinion on Michael Jackson. Whether you saw him through positive or negative lenses, he was simply one of the...

Bandwidth cost drives more customers to cell phone use

Dec 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bandwidth cost drives more customers to cell phone use

– Digicel CEO opines The high cost of broadband in Guyana is perhaps a key element that drives cell phone usage in Guyana. This assumption was made by Chief Executive...

BTV Channel 2 off air after financial fallout

Dec 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on BTV Channel 2 off air after financial fallout

BTV Channel 2 “ah we TV” will be off air and it is unclear when the station will be resuming its services. The station, which is owned by Godfrey Washington, was on Monday vacated...

Determined Kwakwani Strikers look to upstage GFC

Dec 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Determined Kwakwani Strikers look to upstage GFC

– Blueberry Hill take on foreigners C/bean United After an impressive opening night last Sunday, play in the Annual Banks Beer / GFA Knockout Cup continues this evening with a double header, at...

Pele FC crush Buxton Stars FC and advance as K&S Football extravaganza commences

Dec 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele FC crush Buxton Stars FC and advance as K&S Football extravaganza commences

Pele’s strike trio, Konata Manning, Travis ‘Zorro’ Grant and Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson sent an ominous message to their detractors and in a clinical display of team work...

Millington comes out on top in Banks Malta Supreme Cycle Road race in Berbice

Dec 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Millington comes out on top in Banks Malta Supreme Cycle Road race in Berbice

By Samuel Whyte The inaugural Banks Malta Supreme 40-mile cycle road race in Berbice lived up to its pre race billings ending in a nail biting sprint to the finish line. In the end it was up...

Banks Beer / GFA KO Cup…Sunburst Camptown, Fruta Conquerors send ominous warning

Dec 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks Beer / GFA KO Cup…Sunburst Camptown, Fruta Conquerors send ominous warning

Both Sunburst Camptown and Fruta Conquerors were in no mood to accommodate any threat to their ambitions of advancing further in this year’s Banks Beer / Georgetown Football...

Kitty Masjid Judo Club duo record 100% success at Int. Meet in Barbados

Dec 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kitty Masjid Judo Club duo record 100% success at Int. Meet in Barbados

Hard work and discipline has always been their main watchwords that have driven them to succeed in the world of judo ever since they opened their doors to Masjid members and the general public some...

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Following one’s conscience rather than the crowd

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect... more