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Umana Yana attracts protest over 1823 Monument site

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Umana Yana attracts protest over 1823 Monument site

A group of persons from the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) along with newspaper columnist, Freddie Kissoon, Tuesday staged a protest in front of the Umana Yana, Kingston, against...

Teachers paying $38,000 for netbooks

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers paying $38,000 for netbooks

A batch of trainee teachers was asked to pay $38,000 for netbooks they received, the Education Minister has clarified. Parliamentarian Vanessa Kissoon said, she believed that the teachers would be...

Another chased and nabbed with cocaine in Berbice

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Another chased and nabbed with cocaine in Berbice

Marlon Balgobin, 36, a known character of Victoria Street, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice is the latest alleged drug dealer to be nabbed by police in Berbice; in their fight against drug dealers in...

Bush Lot West Coast Berbice murder … Accused to know fate today as both prosecution, defence close case

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bush Lot West Coast Berbice murder … Accused to know fate today as both prosecution, defence close case

The accused in the Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice murder trial is expected to know his fate today. Both the prosecution and defence closed their case on Tuesday. When the matter continues today both...

Positive Vibes FC 7-a-aide tourney pushed back

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Positive Vibes FC 7-a-aide tourney pushed back

The Positive Vibes Football Club organised 7-a-side football tournament which was scheduled to get underway on Saturday at the Paradise Playfield has been pushed back and will now get underway on...

Several new mining stations to be established across country

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Several new mining stations to be established across country

As Guyana continues to cash in on high gold prices, Government says that it is constructing 11 new mining stations across the country. Additionally, it has acquired 15 mobile camps for monitoring...

$16M Timehri market tarmac incomplete

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $16M Timehri market tarmac incomplete

– Vendors forced to occupy market, no compensation for demolished stalls Despite the $16M Timehri Market Tarmac being incomplete the Public Works Ministry on Saturday last, demolished...

Banditry, failed policing force businessmen to contemplate migration

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Banditry, failed policing force businessmen to contemplate migration

By Rabindra RooplallTwo businessmen are contemplating liquidating their assets and migrating after losing millions of dollars in cash, supplies and machinery over a prolonged period. They say...

Georgetown woman jailed, fined $2.7M

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown woman jailed, fined $2.7M

Alana Angel, 22, of Lot 39 Arapaima Avenue, Guyhoc Park, who was intercepted on October 5, last with 458 grams of cocaine and half a gram of cannabis in her luggage, was on Tuesday sentenced to three...

GABBFF plans hectic 2013 schedule

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF plans hectic 2013 schedule

– muscles off with fund-raising bachelor auction & BBQ on March 30 The recently elected Executive of the Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) has outlined a hectic...

Construction commences in April on $1.7B Linden water systems – GWI

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Construction commences in April on $1.7B Linden water systems – GWI

Works on the Linden Water Supply Rehabilitation Programme (LWSRP) will begin within two months as Universal Earth Movers Incorporated (UEM Inc) whom the contract was awarded to, started mobilizing...

Bush Lot United Turf Club expresses appreciation

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bush Lot United Turf Club expresses appreciation

The executives and members and the Bush Lot United Turf Club of Sea View Park, West Coast Berbice is extending heartfelt thanks to all the below named sponsors, the members of the public and the...

Ishmeal, Reddy, Deosarran hit half centuries in latest action

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ishmeal, Reddy, Deosarran hit half centuries in latest action

Shafik Ishmael, Ryan Reddy and S. Deosarran slammed half centuries as play in the Georgetown Softball League cricket competition continued last Sunday at the Everest Cricket Club ground. In the open...

CONCACAF President Webb extends sympathy

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF President Webb extends sympathy

– on passing of Prof. Aubrey Bishop & Winston DeHaarte President of CONCACAF Jeffrey Webb has extended condolences to the football fraternity in Guyana on the passing of Professor Aubrey...

Organisers anticipating exciting climax

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Organisers anticipating exciting climax

It started with 32 teams all having the same hope of cashing in on the $500,000 first prize. But as the story goes, only eight remain though the hopes and aspirations have all escalated, resembling...

Spectators’ behaviour at cricket matches

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Spectators’ behaviour at cricket matches

Dear Editor, I witnessed a Twenty\20 cricket game at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground last Sunday between Sans Souci Jaguars and Sans Souci Sports Club which the former won handsomely. The...

Exciting matches envisaged as tournament continues

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exciting matches envisaged as tournament continues

Three exciting quarterfinal matches are slated to be contested when action continues this evening in the Guyana Beach Football Association (GBFA)/Banks DIH League Cup tournament at the Bayroc Sand...

This raping of the treasury is tantamount to treachery against the people

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This raping of the treasury is tantamount to treachery against the people

Dear Editor, Leon Trotsky reminded us that the “depth and strength of human character are defined by its moral reserves”. Reading Dr. Singh’s statement in the Chronicle of Lies, one is...

An offensive headline

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on An offensive headline

Dear Editor, I am simply appalled at the fact that KN published a letter from an anonymous group headlined RAJ SINGH DISHONEST – NO RESPECT FOR THE COURTS. The headline alone is abominable and...

The capitalists are threatened by China’s rise as an economic power

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The capitalists are threatened by China’s rise as an economic power

The Americans have resorted to scare and alarmist tactics in response to the entry of Chinese telecommunications and communications companies into western markets. They feel threatened by China’s...

The next choice of Pope will be interesting

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The next choice of Pope will be interesting

DEAR EDITOR, The announcement of the resignation of Pope Benedict at month end sent shockwaves not only to the 1.2 billion Catholics, but the entire world, and as expected, there is what can be...

Guyana today and the words of Joshua Nkomo

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana today and the words of Joshua Nkomo

After the fallout between Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, Mugabe turned on Nkomo with vengeance and brutality. Nkomo made a statement that reverberates all over the post-colonial world...

Georgetown b/ball team go into preparation tonight

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown b/ball team go into preparation tonight

– ahead of March 2 showdown with Linden Georgetown’s senior basketball team go into preparation tonight ahead of its March 2 showdown against Linden. The duel was originally scheduled for...

Let us put an end to this march of folly

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us put an end to this march of folly

DEAR EDITOR, I could not believe the statement as contained in a letter by Bramdeow Singh – Titled “the MMA/ADA canals should not be cleared by the use of herbicides” If this alleged use of...

Language is no barrier

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Language is no barrier

The issue on the lips of every right thinking Guyanese is the absence of Guyanese from the site of a major project. This must be the first time in the history of the world that a multi-million-dollar...

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Kaieteur News- Guyana recorded just over 10,000 dengue cases in 2024, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony revealed during an... more