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Bridge construction stalled for almost two years

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bridge construction stalled for almost two years

Almost two years ago, works commenced on the Camran Dam Bridge that once linked the Canals Polder. However, after the foundation was laid, workers downed tools and it seems as if the contract has...

Hemraj awaits his chance

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hemraj awaits his chance

Middle order batsman Chanderpaul Hemraj is confident of doing well if given an opportunity to represent Guyana in the 2013 West Indies domestic competitions. The Everest left hander caught up...

Guyana’s top cyclists in action today in Berbice’s Benjamin Mashramani event

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s top cyclists in action today in Berbice’s Benjamin Mashramani event

Cyclists will be in action today in the Ancient County when the Flying Ace Cycle Club in collaboration with former cyclist Wilbert Benjamin stage their Mashramani 40 mile road race. The annual race...

Cooperate Guyana and entries pour in for Rising Sun/ Banks Classic Mash horserace meet

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cooperate Guyana and entries pour in for Rising Sun/ Banks Classic Mash horserace meet

– Over 95 horses on board With race day upon us a number of cooperate entities have confirmed their sponsorship as entries pour in for the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with Banks DIH...

Veterans football match postponed

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Veterans football match postponed

The veteran football match between former Guyana and Suriname national players that was slated for Sunday at the GFC ground has now been rescheduled for the 31st of March. According to the organisers...

Dr Thakur’s statement must be condemned in the strongest terms

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dr Thakur’s statement must be condemned in the strongest terms

Dear Sir, The entire cricketing public should out rightly condemn the alleged statement of Dr. Rishi Thakur to the Special Select Committee on the Guyana Cricket at Parliament Building on Monday....

Charity begins at home, Mr Hydar Ally

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Charity begins at home, Mr Hydar Ally

Dear Editor, During the past six weeks several letters by a VIP, Mr Hydar Ally, give the impression that the contributor is very concerned about social issues, and has great compassion for the...

Asian influence in Guyana

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Asian influence in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Two recent letters in your column gripped my imagination. One asked the question whether China’s strong presence in Guyana represented a ‘new Imperialism’. The other mentioned “a...

Mashramani – A true Guyanese celebration

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mashramani – A true Guyanese celebration

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese are gearing up today for what is likely to be the biggest Mashramani celebration ever. As is common knowledge, the celebrations are held every year in the month of February to...

Burnham remembered

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Burnham remembered

The 90th birth anniversary of former President Forbes Burnham passed almost unnoticed on February 20, last. Burnham died on August 6, 1985. He was 62. He was preparing for the Biennial Congress of...

Brassington wobbles over Guyana Stores privatization

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington wobbles over Guyana Stores privatization

…Court hears assets dipped by $400M before deal …Brassington kept key documents away from investor Winston Brassington, the man who signs off on Government’s privatisation deals faced...

Speaker ends the Rohee gag saga… Rules that the Minister can speak

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker ends the Rohee gag saga… Rules that the Minister can speak

By Abena Rockcliffe Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, yesterday announced that Clement Rohee is no longer barred from speaking in the National Assembly. Rohee last year, after the...

APNU demands immediate suspension of CCTV’s channel

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU demands immediate suspension of CCTV’s channel

Parliament’s largest opposition body, A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), has called for the immediate suspension of Channel 27/Cable 78, which is dedicated to China Central Television (CCTV)....

Canadian citizen says Army Major sodomized her, police slow to act

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian citizen says Army Major sodomized her, police slow to act

A Canada-based Guyanese woman, home on vacation, is alleging that she was sodomized by a Major of the Guyana Defence Force. The woman, 35, is contending that though she willingly rendezvoused with...

2013 Calypsos banned from airwaves, because they criticize govt. officials

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 2013 Calypsos banned from airwaves, because they criticize govt. officials

Government has banned the playing of those 2013 Calypsos that poke fun at Government officials and criticize the government from the National Communication Network’s airwaves. A Government...

Dem boys seh… Chris got to write Marriott part three in advance

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Chris got to write Marriott part three in advance

Whatever do in darkness must come to light. Old people seh suh and dem had to learn that from de Creator. Scampishness and skullduggery and duttiness does come out in de open. De Marriott still...

Corentyne man on trial for attempted murder

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man on trial for attempted murder

A Bush Lot, Corentyne man is on trial in Berbice High court for attempted murder. Harrylall Mankarran, of Bush Lot, Corentyne, Berbice, is on trial before Justice Brassington Reynolds and a mixed...

GT&T loses stay in court

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T loses stay in court

– monopoly may be in jeopardy The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has lost its request to stay the enforcement of the order of Justice Rishi Persaud pending appeal....

Chinese businesswoman shot and robbed

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese businesswoman shot and robbed

A 26-year-old Chinese national is currently nursing a gunshot wound to her left side hip which she sustained during a daring daylight robbery in front of her business place, Celina’s Resort, Kitty...

Schoolboy, 13, on drug charge

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy, 13, on drug charge

A 13-year-old schoolboy faced the court yesterday charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. The child, a resident of South Sophia, Georgetown, faced Magistrate Leslie...

Miner beaten at Imbaimadai landing

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miner beaten at Imbaimadai landing

… may lose sight Dellon Yorrick, 27, a miner from Timehri is suffering from a severely damaged eye following a beating by the hands of a gang of men which included a member of the Guyana...

Immigration INFO: Immigration News For Our Community

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration INFO: Immigration News For Our Community

Attorney Gail S. Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have a question that...

Diamond Hospital treated 80,012 patients last year

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond Hospital treated 80,012 patients last year

By: Romila Boodram The East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital saw a total of 80,012 patients for last year. Of that amount; the hospital reported that 7,966 visited the eye clinic for treatment and 443...

East Canje sugar workers strike over NIS benefits

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje sugar workers strike over NIS benefits

The sugar woes for the New Year may have just begun. More than 300 sugar workers from two gangs attached to the Rose Hall Estate in East Canje yesterday congregated at Adelphi in solidarity...

Sports betting shops to resume operations shortly

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sports betting shops to resume operations shortly

The licences of Sports betting entities were revoked by Government, recently. On Wednesday the government decided to rescind its decision and to reissue the licences. The result is that the betting...

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Girls’ Hockey team selected for 2025 PAHF Jr Challenge

Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more