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Politicians must not allow Amaila to become another Skeldon Plant or Berbice Bridge – Dr. Janette Bulkan

Aug 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Politicians must not allow Amaila to become another Skeldon Plant or Berbice Bridge – Dr. Janette Bulkan

“Even if late in the day, now is the time to have expert independent input and check on the project developer’s figures, to inform the members of all political parties in the National Assembly...

Ex-soldier slits wife’s throat then drinks poison

Aug 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-soldier slits wife’s throat then drinks poison

By Dale Andrews The small farming community of Jonestown, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara is still coming to grips with the brutal murder of a 26-year-old woman whose husband later ingested...

GTUC says competent Guyanese being sidelined in Amaila debate

Aug 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC says competent Guyanese being sidelined in Amaila debate

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) condemns the “roguish tactics by Government investors and special interest” and believes that the Members of Parliament (MPs) must engage their...

Cops jailed for assaulting businessman

Aug 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops jailed for assaulting businessman

Magistrate Judy Latchman sent a clear message that police excesses will not be tolerated when she sent four policemen to prison for 18 months for brutalising a popular businessman during an...

Dem boys seh…Amaila is not a ready-made dress

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Amaila is not a ready-made dress

No tricks no living is something old people does always seh when dem talking bout a scamp. Dem does use that same statement when dem children trying to smart dem just like how Brazzy and he...

Service in many spheres…Winifred Haywood is a ‘Special Person’

Aug 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Service in many spheres…Winifred Haywood is a ‘Special Person’

“Whenever you’re going to do something, do it properly, and do it like it is the last day, and always leave a footprint, so people will remember whatever you would have done…where you would...

Nat’l stakeholder consultation on US$840M Amaila project…Media barred from asking questions

Aug 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Nat’l stakeholder consultation on US$840M Amaila project…Media barred from asking questions

Government yesterday sponsored a national stakeholders’ consultation at the International Conference Centre to attempt to win support for the US$840M Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project....

The Baccoo Speaks

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The spate of violence is due to a darkness that has descended on the land. This darkness is due to the evil that is in the minds of the rulers who always say that they must get what they want....

Deadly obsession with a Trinidadian girl

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Deadly obsession with a Trinidadian girl

Eighteen-year-old Nikita Ramischand never saw her stalker as she headed towards the Casa de Belize, a salon located inside the compound of her father’s sprawling mansion in at LP 46 Maracas Royal...

DID THE PPP/C WIN A MAJORITY AT THE LAST ELECTIONS?

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DID THE PPP/C WIN A MAJORITY AT THE LAST ELECTIONS?

When Vincent Alexander made public the fact that there was a dispute over the computation of seats at the last elections, the media described his revelations as “electrifying”. This...

Education and Marginalisation of identity

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Education and Marginalisation of identity

(We continue with the series on African Marginalisation from 2008) We posited that the discourse and institutionalisation of “race and racism” was an integral part and parcel of the...

Guyanese must pay through their noses

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Guyanese must pay through their noses

Not so long ago, Guyanese were not travelling overseas as much as they are today for many reasons. For one, the disposable income was not as much as it was today, simply because...

Emancipation and education

Aug 04, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Emancipation and education

(This article is an abbreviated version of a Graduation Address to the Guyana Education Trust College) Guyana’s history has been an eternal contest between emancipation and enslavement. Those who...

The Crab

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Crab

Crabs are decapods crustacean of the infra order Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting “tail”, usually entirely hidden under the thorax. They live in all the...

Three conversations today: The tragic tale of a nation

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Three conversations today: The tragic tale of a nation

The first conversation takes place early this evening. If you look at the cricket on television today, you will see happy faces of East Indians cheering emotionally for a Guyanese cricketer of...

LCPL Cricket double-header at Providence…Amazon Warriors play St Lucia in feature match tonight

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LCPL Cricket double-header at Providence…Amazon Warriors play St Lucia in feature match tonight

Antigua face-off with Jamaica this afternoon By Sean Devers On the back of victories over Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica last week the Guyana Amazon Warriors will look to maintain a...

Execution of game plan – key to success – Harper

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Execution of game plan – key to success – Harper

Head coach of the Guyana Amazon Warriors Roger Harper told the media yesterday at a press conference held at the Guyana National Stadium, that execution of their game plan was one of the keys...

Good to start with two wins Sarwan

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Good to start with two wins Sarwan

Captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Ramnaresh Sarwan, said that it is good to start the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) with two wins. Speaking after his team crushed the Jamaica...

GBA wants U-16 boxers in school to participate in future DDL tourneys

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA wants U-16 boxers in school to participate in future DDL tourneys

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) would make it mandatory for boxers involved in future Demerara Distillers Limited sponsored tournaments to be in school and have a decent academic...

GT & T C’bean Junior Hockey Festival 2013…GCC to play Combermere B; Tigers, Combermere C to clash in U-16 semis

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT & T C’bean Junior Hockey Festival 2013…GCC to play Combermere B; Tigers, Combermere C to clash in U-16 semis

GCC, Tigers, Marian Academy, Saints advance in U-13 By Zaheer Mohamed Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Futuristik Tigers of Trinidad and Tobago and Combermere C and B of Barbados turned in...

Guyanese on Trinidad’s national swim team

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese on Trinidad’s national swim team

– Delroy Tyrrell continues to make big splash Trinidad and Tobago-based Guyanese, Delroy Tyrrell continued to make big splashes with exceptional performances that landed him on the Twin...

Boyce & Jefford host two-day workshop for Officials

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce & Jefford host two-day workshop for Officials

The Management Committee for the upcoming Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic IV held a workshop yesterday for Competition Officials in Georgetown at the Police Sports Club...

“Christopher Columbus must be smiling – Caribbean Premier League completes the cricketing circle!”

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Christopher Columbus must be smiling – Caribbean Premier League completes the cricketing circle!”

Colin E. H. Croft Christopher Columbus, credited with discovering the New World, including the Americas and Caribbean, must be smiling in his grave! While probably not being a closet...

From Uitvlugt to Lithuania – Trayon Bobb signs with FK Kruoja

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on From Uitvlugt to Lithuania – Trayon Bobb signs with FK Kruoja

By Rawle Toney News Source – For most Guyanese footballers at age 19, they settle for playing in their domestic league; at least whenever there’s one, but for Trayon Bobb things are...

JKA/WF Guyana hosts successful exams, 76 graded

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on JKA/WF Guyana hosts successful exams, 76 graded

Seventy-six (76) students were successfully graded last Saturday at the Japan Karate Association/World Federation (JKA/WF) Guyana Karate examinations which were conducted their HQ Dojo, National...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more