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KN leads vibrant media protest against unfair distribution of Radio licences

Mar 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on KN leads vibrant media protest against unfair distribution of Radio licences

Expressing concerns about the recently publicised biased distribution of radio licences, the editorial staff of Kaieteur News (KN) led by Publisher Glenn Lall, took to the streets in protest mode....

Court blocks Jagdeo radio licencee Telecor from setting up

Mar 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Court blocks Jagdeo radio licencee Telecor from setting up

Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang has issued an order blocking one of the controversial new radio licencees, Telecor and Cultural Broadcasting, from setting up its broadcasting tower and offices. The...

Cable instead of radio/TV…Brian Yong admits he got more than he bargain for

Mar 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cable instead of radio/TV…Brian Yong admits he got more than he bargain for

Brian Yong, one of the persons favoured by former President Bharrat Jagdeo to receive a cable licence to operate his digital TV and satellite communications business, has now admitted that he got...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo now thinking in fives

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo now thinking in fives

Trent University announce that it got to give Jagdeo an honorary doctorate. Now this is a great honour because dem got people who study all dem life and never get a doctorate. Jagdeo get four...

West Indies v Zimbabwe, 2nd Test, Roseau, 1st day…Shillingford, Gayle put West Indies on top

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies v Zimbabwe, 2nd Test, Roseau, 1st day…Shillingford, Gayle put West Indies on top

ESPNcricinfo – Zimbabwe had lost 13 wickets to spin in Barbados. Roseau was supposed to help the slow bowlers even more and Zimbabwe were expected to have a tough time. A little while after tea...

DDL on board with KMTC

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DDL on board with KMTC

The Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under its brand 5‘O’ has supported the Kennard Memorial Turf Club Phagwah Horserace meeting which is scheduled for Sunday March 24th at Bush Lot Farm,...

DCB Inter Association U-15 tourney starts today

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB Inter Association U-15 tourney starts today

The Demerara Cricket Board Inter Association U-15 cricket competition gets underway today with two matches. At Wales, East Coast Demerara will play West Demerara with Pritipaul George and...

More Mayor’s KO Football set for today at GFC

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on More Mayor’s KO Football set for today at GFC

The annual Mayor’s knock out football tournament continues today with a double header at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda. Western Tigers will take on home team GFC...

Central New Amsterdam drown Black Sharks

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Central New Amsterdam drown Black Sharks

By Samuel Whyte Central New Amsterdam Basketball club made sure that their travel to Fyrish was not in vain as their put their experience to play to drown out Fyrish Black Sharks and...

$GPF HQ\Regal Dominoes…Mounted Branch march into final$

GPF HQ\Regal Dominoes…Mounted Branch march into final

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GPF HQ\Regal Dominoes…Mounted Branch march into final

Mounted Branch chalked 78 games to book their place in the final of the Guyana Police Force Headquarters\ Regal Stationery and Computer Centre Dominoes competition. In the latest action...

Two Judokas promoted

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two Judokas promoted

Recently, after more than five years of hard work and commitment to their martial art, veteran Judoka Webster McRae and reigning national lightweight silver medallist Tidane Ba were...

Port Mourant Jaguars win Kris Jagdeo Volleyball Competition

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant Jaguars win Kris Jagdeo Volleyball Competition

Port Mourant Jaguars defied the odds when they defeated Berbice’s and Guyana’s top volleyball team, Port Mourant Training Centre (PMTC) 1, when the two clashed in the final of the...

Grande De Roja ready for its run to the top

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grande De Roja ready for its run to the top

Amidst all the bustle and hustle and cross talk and reference about the best horse in Guyana no one seems to notice the ever improving Grande De Roja of the Jumbo Jet stable. The...

CARIFTA Games team receive support

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on CARIFTA Games team receive support

The 2013 nine-member CARIFTA Games team received support from three business entities to make the March 29–April 1 tour to Bahamas a reality. The team is expected to depart Guyana on...

GSA Toucan Industries Kool Aid Junior skill level tournament…Debutant Ramroop wins first match

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA Toucan Industries Kool Aid Junior skill level tournament…Debutant Ramroop wins first match

One of the students of the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA) Afterschool squash programme at the National Racquet Centre, Michael Ramroop, won his first tournament match during the Toucan...

Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice… Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Young Warriors Universal DVD advance to finals

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice… Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Young Warriors Universal DVD advance to finals

Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Young Warriors Universal DVD have advance to the finals of the 2013 BCB/Tenelec Inc Tournament after both easily won their semifinal matches...

Carib Beer First Division T/20 Cricket Competition in Berbice…Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and West Berbice advance to the Semifinal

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carib Beer First Division T/20 Cricket Competition in Berbice…Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and West Berbice advance to the Semifinal

Berbice Cricket power house Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets have advanced to the semifinals of the BCB/Carib Beer 20/20 cricket tournament with an easy seven wicket victory over...

The implications for the UG fees hike

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The implications for the UG fees hike

The question of increased fees at the University of Guyana is once more rearing its head, much to the consternation of those attending the institution. When the fee issue came up...

Dog biting saga…Doctor charged with letting ferocious dog be at large

Mar 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dog biting saga…Doctor charged with letting ferocious dog be at large

The doctor whose dog on Sunday evening mauled a 10-year-old schoolgirl causing her to be hospitalised in a serious condition at the New Amsterdam hospital has been charged. Dr Roy Nankumar,...

DPP: History created as US-based witness testifies via live video in local murder trial

Mar 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on DPP: History created as US-based witness testifies via live video in local murder trial

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday said that it made history in the Demerara Criminal Assizes when for the first time, in a criminal matter, it used a live...

CHEDDI UNDERSTOOD POVERTY

Mar 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CHEDDI UNDERSTOOD POVERTY

Three years ago there was a heart-warming story in the newspaper that Food for the Poor had constructed a small, not expensive or fancy, home for someone who was disabled. The home was constructed on...

GPL spends US$225M within seven years for service provision

Mar 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL spends US$225M within seven years for service provision

Through government financing, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said at a media engagement on Tuesday, that it has invested almost US$225M into the provision of electricity in the past seven years....

HIV high on the agenda of Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Mar 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on HIV high on the agenda of Commission on Narcotic Drugs

In wide-ranging opening remarks to the current session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov placed HIV...

UG looking to offer Masters in Public Health – Health Sciences Dean

Mar 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UG looking to offer Masters in Public Health – Health Sciences Dean

In the quest to maintain a flagship status at the University of Guyana, the Faculty of Health Sciences is gearing to introduce its latest programme. This disclosure was recently made by...

Police seize fraudulently obtained Driver’s Licences

Mar 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police seize fraudulently obtained Driver’s Licences

… several ranks transferred Police say they have cracked a ring that resulted in a number of persons obtaining driver’s licences fraudulently. A statement from Police Headquarters, Eve Leary...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more