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Embarrassing revelations continue…UG also refused radio licence

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Embarrassing revelations continue…UG also refused radio licence

As government continues to face more flak over the controversial granting of several radio licences by former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, to mainly friends and party supporters, days...

Passenger dies after altercation with bus conductor over loud music

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Passenger dies after altercation with bus conductor over loud music

A 52-year-old man was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital shortly after he was reportedly beaten by a route 44 minibus conductor having asked for the loud music...

Sparendaam plane crash…GCAA ‘did not verify’ insurance of aircraft

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sparendaam plane crash…GCAA ‘did not verify’ insurance of aircraft

There are growing suspicions that the American-registered aircraft, a twin-engine Piper Aztec with registration N27-FT, that crashed into a Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara house three...

New Venezuela rice deal on agenda as Foreign Minister visits tomorrow

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New Venezuela rice deal on agenda as Foreign Minister visits tomorrow

Guyana is expected to discuss a new rice deal with neighbouring Venezuela during a visit tomorrow by that country’s new Foreign Affairs Minister, Elías Jaua Milano. The deal is badly needed...

Five Nursery School students hospitalised after “tasting” rat poison

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Five Nursery School students hospitalised after “tasting” rat poison

Five children from the South Road Nursery School have been hospitalised after they tasted a small portion of rat poison taken to the school by another student. The children, all female,...

Dem boys seh…Old GBC is a big milking cow

May 01, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Old GBC is a big milking cow

Rob Earth planning and scheming fuh mek money and it look like if is a good scheme. Dem find a new milch cow and it deh pun High Street. Was a building that dem use to broadcast radio...

Govt. still looking for contractor for Kato Hydro project

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. still looking for contractor for Kato Hydro project

The period for invitation of bids for construction of the hydroelectric project and irrigation infrastructure at Kato in Region 8 (Potaro /Siparuni) has been extended by three weeks....

Teenage girls, youth stabbed at Golden Grove

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teenage girls, youth stabbed at Golden Grove

Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) were last night treating two teenage girls for stab wounds, as well as their alleged assailant, all of whom were injured...

One year later…Daughter still hopes that missing father is alive

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on One year later…Daughter still hopes that missing father is alive

One–stop-centres, a new tool in child protection system

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on One–stop-centres, a new tool in child protection system

Mormons boost health sector with 87 wheelchairs

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mormons boost health sector with 87 wheelchairs

By Leon Suseran The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints effectively boosted the health sector of Guyana as well as several other organizations after it donated 87 wheel chairs recently...

Remittances flow to C’bean, Latin America remain stable

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Remittances flow to C’bean, Latin America remain stable

Cancer Institute granted temporary licence to operate

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cancer Institute granted temporary licence to operate

Cancer patients who have been in the waiting line for treatment for the past 10 months can now breathe a sigh of relief. This was after news yesterday that the government has granted...

NDC, M&M clash over ‘illegal’ fencing

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NDC, M&M clash over ‘illegal’ fencing

The Neighbourhood Democratic Council, (NDC) at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara, is accusing the proprietor of M&M Fast Food and Snackette of illegally constructing a fence on a...

Measures to ease Public Servants’ burden lacking in budget

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Measures to ease Public Servants’ burden lacking in budget

GPSU By Zena Henry Various implementations and allocations to ease the burden of public servants past and present are lacking in this year’s budget, head of the Guyana Public Service...

Mangrove Co-op Society completes essential project

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mangrove Co-op Society completes essential project

The Mangrove Reserve Producers Cooperative Society (MRPCS) has completed its first donor- funded project aimed at mechanisation of production, bar-coding of packages, and provision of...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Defending champs T.L.C. Russians booted from final; Silver Bullets join Assasins in national playoffs

May 01, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Defending champs T.L.C. Russians booted from final; Silver Bullets join Assasins in national playoffs

By Rawle Welch Tournament favourites and defending champions T.L.C Russians lost the right to represent the Linden community in the national playoffs of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the...

The changing face of boxing

May 01, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on The changing face of boxing

– just the antidote for local boxers’ advancement Local boxing buffs who flocked the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (then the National Sports Hall) during the late seventies and early eighties...

Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ starts at California Square tonight

May 01, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ starts at California Square tonight

The Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ Football tournament will start tonight at East Ruimveldt Community Centre Hard Court, which is also known as California Square, with eight games and eight...

Mohabir Baljeet Sukhpaul Memorial cricket tourney postponed due to rain

May 01, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohabir Baljeet Sukhpaul Memorial cricket tourney postponed due to rain

Torrential rains over the past few weeks have forced the postponement of many sports activities and the latest casualty is the Mohabir Baljeet Sukhpaul (Beto) Memorial Twenty20 cricket competition...

Hicks and Campbelle are RHTY&SC cricketers of the year

May 01, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hicks and Campbelle are RHTY&SC cricketers of the year

Former National player Delbert Hicks copped the prestigious cricketer-of-the-year award and was well rewarded when that entity held an impressive Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Sunday last in the...

Nations best spellers go head to head as GASP presents Labour Day Open today

May 01, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nations best spellers go head to head as GASP presents Labour Day Open today

Just three days ago, top scrabble player, Leon Belony, turned in one of his better performances, rebounded from a first round loss to Colin Chichester and eventually amassed 5 points and a positive...

Mentore returned as DCC President

May 01, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mentore returned as DCC President

Alfred Mentore was re-elected unopposed as President of the Demerara Cricket Club at its Annual General Meeting held recently at the Club’s pavilion at Lance Gibbs and New...

IPED’s 27th AGM…Businesses are generally rewarded for innovation and effort

May 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on IPED’s 27th AGM…Businesses are generally rewarded for innovation and effort

– Canadian High Commissioner “Business can thrive here (Guyana) with innovation and effort, which are generally rewarded…Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are...

PJ Patterson to Chair CPL Committee

May 01, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on PJ Patterson to Chair CPL Committee

The Caribbean Premier League has received an important and most welcomed stamp of approval and support from former Jamaica Prime Minister The Most Honourable PJ Patterson who has been...

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Thomas’ hat-trick inspires D.C Caesar Fox 10-5 victory, as Annai Sec’ hammer Dolphin

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