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An open letter to the police commissioner

May 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to the police commissioner

Dear Editor, RE: The beating to death of a mason from Joe Singh Drive, South Sophia which was published in the Kaieteur News on Thursday May 9, 2013. Please be informed that the...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Playoffs…East Coast teams dominate semi-final line-up

May 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Playoffs…East Coast teams dominate semi-final line-up

-Tournament was expected to conclude last night In what was clearly a turn of events, both East Coast Demerara representatives, reigning champions Plaisance and runner-up Victoria...

Nadal rallies advances at French Open

May 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nadal rallies advances at French Open

PARIS (AP) — Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal was in an unfamiliar position on Monday in the first round of the French Open. He was trailing. Big-hitting Daniel Brands of Germany...

Fourth Fitness Paradise Gym C/ships & Awards fixed for June 9

May 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fourth Fitness Paradise Gym C/ships & Awards fixed for June 9

Members of one of Guyana’s leading Gym, Fitness Paradise, will have the opportunity to flex their muscles on stage in a club setting whilst many others will be rewarded for their...

Lachman /France /Hyles win Trio Darts Competition

May 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lachman /France /Hyles win Trio Darts Competition

The grouping of Anil Lachman, Colin France and Shaundell Hyles carted off the Triples Darts Tournament which was played, at the Pegasus Hotel Sports Club on Friday. The tournament which was...

Berbice Universal DVD Titans defeat Georgetown Lions to retain T20 Independence cup

May 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Universal DVD Titans defeat Georgetown Lions to retain T20 Independence cup

Universal DVD Berbice Titans defeated the Georgetown Lions by four wickets with two overs to spare to take the honours when the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), in collaboration with the...

Digicel launches campaign in support of CPL

May 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel launches campaign in support of CPL

DIGICEL, proud sponsor of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL T20), has launched an exciting new marketing campaign in support of its sponsorship of the new T20 cricket tournament. The...

TT Karate Federation set standards for foreign instructors

May 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on TT Karate Federation set standards for foreign instructors

Many karate instructors from the USA have seen their applications to conduct seminars in Trinidad and Tobago rejected because of non-qualification. In the past anyone could have made...

GDA qualifies for WDF Championships

May 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDA qualifies for WDF Championships

Contrary to a previous press release, The Guyana Darts Association (GDA) can now participate in the upcoming World Darts Federation (WDF) Championship to be held in St. Johns, Newfoundland,...

Trophy Stall sponsors Draughts competition

May 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall sponsors Draughts competition

The Guyana Draughts Association will be holding a National Draughts competition on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of June 2013 at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, Georgetown. On Saturday...

Domestic fridge transformed into mortuary

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Domestic fridge transformed into mortuary

– Health Minister promises to launch probe Employees at the Leonora Cottage Hospital, West Coast Demerara got a shock of their lives when they found out that the fridge they use to...

Leopold Street man being sought for dogfight stabbing

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Leopold Street man being sought for dogfight stabbing

A man identified as ‘Mice Man’ is being sought in connection with Sunday’s evening stabbing to death of an ex-policeman. Adrian Richmond, 31, called ‘Pinky’ was pronounced...

Orange walk shooting…Victim succumbs, suspect remains in police custody

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Orange walk shooting…Victim succumbs, suspect remains in police custody

Forty-two-year-old Shawn Nelson who was shot in the head on Orange Walk as he walked toward a car, Sunday morning, died shortly after 8:00 hours yesterday, some 26 hours later. He died in the...

Officer falls asleep, loses gun at Castellani House

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Officer falls asleep, loses gun at Castellani House

A police Constable is under close arrest after losing his loaded firearm while on guard duty at Castellani House where the National Art Gallery and the National Central Intelligence Agency are...

Dem boys seh…Is more ways to skin a cat, and thief

May 28, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is more ways to skin a cat, and thief

Wha happen wid dem pumps that was to come from India? Is years now Guyana order dem pumps because every time rain fall all over de place does flood. But dem pumps never come. Dem boys...

Distinguished Guyanese start poetry workshop

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Distinguished Guyanese start poetry workshop

Minister Priya Manickchand says “We need to perfect poetry” By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s most celebrated poets who now reside in the United Kingdom, John Agard, his wife Grace...

THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT COMMISSION WILL SOLVE NOTHING

May 28, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT COMMISSION WILL SOLVE NOTHING

Three sets of illusions have been allowed to fester in relation to the appointment/non appointment of the Procurement Commission. The first of these illusions is that somehow the government of Guyana...

Residents blame defective NDIA pump for unnecessary flooding

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Residents blame defective NDIA pump for unnecessary flooding

The residents of Sheriga Scheme, Enmore, East Coast of Demerara are bitterly upset. They have grown tired of the excuses made by the persons responsible for the pump that was put in place to drain...

President boasts of “improved wages”

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on President boasts of “improved wages”

…Says government will ratify the ILO convention 189 Not long after the joint parliamentary opposition chastised the government about the “meager” raise in public servants salary, President...

Questions abound over mega investments by Bai Shan Lin

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Questions abound over mega investments by Bai Shan Lin

…Govt promoting company without full disclosure The Government is keeping closed, the arrangements it has with Chinese company, Bai Shan Lin, which has announced massive investment plans...

Guyanese celebrate independence in Barbados

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese celebrate independence in Barbados

Guyanese in Barbados ended a week of celebrations observing Guyana’s 47th independence anniversary on Sunday, Independence Day, with a Church Service and a Taste of Guyana festival....

Minister Benn joins Monkey Mountain residents in independence celebrations

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Benn joins Monkey Mountain residents in independence celebrations

Residents of Monkey Mountain, Region Eight, turned out in their numbers to usher in Guyana’s 47th anniversary as an independent nation. The celebration was attended by Minister of Public...

President announces reopening “Del Conte” road project.

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on President announces reopening “Del Conte” road project.

President Donald Ramotar, has made a public announcement that Government has taken into consideration, anew, the “Del Conte” road project. The project, which was initiated approximately 50 years...

Mahaica rice farmers to protest over paddy price

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica rice farmers to protest over paddy price

Rice farmers from the Cane Grove, Mahaica community are expected to stage a massive protest later today over the price of paddy. About six weeks ago the farmers sold their paddy to a popular...

Caribbean countries discriminate against Rastafarians, Muslims – report

May 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean countries discriminate against Rastafarians, Muslims – report

The United States says several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, including Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Haiti and the Bahamas, are engaged in discriminatory practices against...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more