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YBG, Gov’t Officials usher in 2013 NSBF

Jul 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG, Gov’t Officials usher in 2013 NSBF

-National Final tips off at CASH Amid attendance from senior Government Officials, Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) yesterday ushered in the 2013 National Schools Basketball Festival...

Digicel’s Nationwide Schools Football Championships…IPE oust defending East Bank Champs

Jul 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel’s Nationwide Schools Football Championships…IPE oust defending East Bank Champs

Institute of Professional Education (IPE) ousted defending Digicel’s Schools’ Football East Bank Demerara Champions, Friendship Secondary School, yesterday in a keenly contested...

7th Caribbean& 14th Pan American Powerlifting Championships…Team Guyana aiming to excel

Jul 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 7th Caribbean& 14th Pan American Powerlifting Championships…Team Guyana aiming to excel

Guyana’s Team (12 male 1 female) left these shores a confident unit to contest the 7th Caribbean and 14th Pan American Powerlifting Championships in Orlando Florida, Miami from...

Hearts of Oak Masters 16th Annual Summer Football camp starts July 15th

Jul 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hearts of Oak Masters 16th Annual Summer Football camp starts July 15th

– Organisers seek support The 16th edition of the Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club “teach them Young” football summer camp will be staged this year from...

Regional U-17 cricket…Windwards whip Guyana by 9 wickets

Jul 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-17 cricket…Windwards whip Guyana by 9 wickets

Scarborough, Tobago, – The Windward Islands completed a comprehensive win in their opening match of the West Indies Cricket Board Tobago House of Assembly Regional Under-17 Tournament...

Rockers destroy Black Sharks

Jul 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rockers destroy Black Sharks

Smythfield Rockers Basketball Club of New Amsterdam continued their excellent showing on the Basketball court when they demolished Fyrish Black Sharks 48-40 to end their round of...

$GCB\GTM 3 day inter county tournament…Rain washes out play on day 3$

GCB\GTM 3 day inter county tournament…Rain washes out play on day 3

Jul 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB\GTM 3 day inter county tournament…Rain washes out play on day 3

Overnight rain prevented any play on the third day in the third and final round of the Guyana Cricket Board\Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Fire and Life General Insurance Company (GTM) 3...

GuySuCo’s Chairman tipped to be next CEO

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo’s Chairman tipped to be next CEO

Government has reportedly tipped the current Chairman of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) as its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Dr. Rajendra Singh, from New...

Constant flooding halts health service at Parika Health centre

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Constant flooding halts health service at Parika Health centre

Residents of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, are furious that every time the rain falls, they are sent home because the community health centre is flooded. Patients, mostly pensioners, explained the...

Fly Guyana for New York route from October

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fly Guyana for New York route from October

-CAL defends US$1,400 fare Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has defended its fares even as Government announced that another airline, Fly Guyana Airlines, will be introducing daily flights to New York...

Caricom Heads meet to mull new direction for growth, development

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom Heads meet to mull new direction for growth, development

The effects of the current economic climate on Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the framework within which the Community can achieve growth and development will be a major...

Two New GPC Directors at helm of Berbice Bridge Company

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two New GPC Directors at helm of Berbice Bridge Company

…Govt. through NICIL waives $104M in dividends annually There has been a change of directorship at the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) but to date this information has not been filed...

Woman shot by friend’s former lover

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman shot by friend’s former lover

After being constantly “called all sorts of distasteful names” by her friend’s former lover, a 28-year- old woman decided to confront her abuser. For her efforts she was shot in...

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital opens new wing today

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on St. Joseph Mercy Hospital opens new wing today

Three years after a fire of unknown origin broke out in the original building of the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, the administration is preparing to commission a new wing, in addition to a...

Empretec continues to aid small business owners after 10 years

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Empretec continues to aid small business owners after 10 years

Commemorating a decade in the business, Empretec Guyana will be launching its anniversary activities on Friday. Empretec, a non-profit institution with a programme designed to help...

Opposition councillors want investigation into Region Three contract manipulation

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition councillors want investigation into Region Three contract manipulation

The only two Opposition members on a five- member works committee in Region Three, are calling for an investigation into the issuance of contracts in the Region. They allege that the...

WILL UNCLE DONALD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE?

Jul 02, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WILL UNCLE DONALD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE?

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) is not the answer to the concerns over corruption. The PPC is not concerned with the award of contracts; it has no control over who evaluates bids; it has...

Citizens question the relevance of “I paid a bribe” website

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens question the relevance of “I paid a bribe” website

– “This website needs to do more than just document corruption,” Residents from several communities hold firm to the belief that the “I paid a bribe” website created by...

Bad news chasing good money away from the Caribbean

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bad news chasing good money away from the Caribbean

Some relationships just don’t last too long; some don’t even get started if the other is broke. This is exactly what happened some 10 weeks ago when investment suitors came rushing...

Plight of Belle Vue farmers take a turn

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Plight of Belle Vue farmers take a turn

– Labour Minister says he has it under control Last week the spotlight was on the troubles of cane farmers operating at Belle Vue estates. Now that the Ministry of Labour has made...

Camp Street jail beating…‘One month without any answer’ – relative

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Camp Street jail beating…‘One month without any answer’ – relative

As investigations continue into the alleged beating of a prisoner at the Camp Street prison by three prison warders, relatives are now calling on the relevant authorities to intervene. On May 30,...

The Brazilian Embassy and the cycle of life in Guyana

Jul 02, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Brazilian Embassy and the cycle of life in Guyana

One of the things for which I will forever remember Forbes Burnham and his PNC and Cheddi Jagan and his PPP was their genuine, sincere efforts to regulate the power of colour and class in Guyanese...

Parents urged to uplift uniform vouchers – Minister

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Parents urged to uplift uniform vouchers – Minister

Parents are being urged to collect the school uniform voucher. The distribution which began on June 20 is scheduled to end when school closes for this term on July 5, according to...

Corentyne accident, driver released on station bail

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne accident, driver released on station bail

The driver who was taken into custody following the death of Goapul Megnauth, a Number 47 Village, Corentyne, carpenter, who fell to his death off a motor lorry on Saturday, has been released on...

Kaieteur News receives Lion’s Club award

Jul 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur News receives Lion’s Club award

Kaieteur News was recognized by the New Amsterdam Lion’s Club on Saturday evening at the club’s 52nd Installation and handing-over ceremony which was held at the Lion’s Den in Vrymen’s Erven....

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Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport endorses Mashramani Street Football Championships

Guyana’s silence represents a shocking neglect of its national interest

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Guyana has long championed the sanctity of territorial integrity and the rejection of aggression... more