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PPP 30th Congress…President Ramotar comes out on top

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PPP 30th Congress…President Ramotar comes out on top

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) membership reaffirmed their confidence in and support for President Donald Ramotar at the party’s 30th Congress. Of the 35 members...

Controversial Hydro project…No absolute guarantee for Guyanese employment

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Controversial Hydro project…No absolute guarantee for Guyanese employment

Many, who attended the stakeholder’s forum held by the government last Wednesday, left the Guyana International Conference Center, uncertain that the average Guyanese worker will...

“Get out immediately” from abusive relationships – Minister Webster warns women

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Get out immediately” from abusive relationships – Minister Webster warns women

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr. Jennifer Webster yesterday sounded the alarm for women who may be in abusive relationships to “get out immediately”. The Minister in an invited...

Man caught on camera emptying teacher’s bank account

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man caught on camera emptying teacher’s bank account

A man has been caught on camera emptying a teacher’s bank account using the visa card that was left in an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM). Equipped with a face to the crime, the police are looking...

Plane crash victims reject ASL “meager” compensation

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Plane crash victims reject ASL “meager” compensation

Passengers on board the Cessna Caravan 8R-AMS which crashed at Mathew’s Ridge a few weeks ago are dissatisfied with the “meager” compensation that the aircraft’s operators are offering them....

Dem boys seh…De Bees money could fund Amaila

Aug 05, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Bees money could fund Amaila

When people talk bout de exchange rate dem does seh that it high. And it high. Years ago it used to be $125 to one. Now is 208. Then people start to talk bout de cost of living. Dem seh that...

GT&T Junior C/bean Hockey Festival concludes

Aug 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T Junior C/bean Hockey Festival concludes

The inaugural GT&T-sponsored Junior Caribbean Hockey Festival came to an exciting conclusion yesterday, at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue. Played among teams from Barbados, Trinidad and...

LCPL Cricket…St. Lucia dent Guyana’s hopes of unbeaten run with last over win

Aug 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LCPL Cricket…St. Lucia dent Guyana’s hopes of unbeaten run with last over win

By Sean Devers ‘Cricket Fever hits Guyana’ screamed the placard of a little fan, while another said ‘Guyanese love cricket’. If the crowd on Wednesday was big and the one on Friday bigger,...

LCPL cricket…Jamaica notch first win with 7-wicket trouncing of Antigua

Aug 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LCPL cricket…Jamaica notch first win with 7-wicket trouncing of Antigua

By Sean Devers The first Day/Night game in the tournament produced a seven-wicket victory for the Jamaica Tallawahs against the Antigua Hawksbill as the Limacol CPL T20 cricket tournament continued...

9th Regan Rodrigues Memorial 50-Mile Road Race…Robin Persaud repeats, Eastman, Melville, Shaw, Parris & Barrett also win

Aug 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 9th Regan Rodrigues Memorial 50-Mile Road Race…Robin Persaud repeats, Eastman, Melville, Shaw, Parris & Barrett also win

Robin Persaud (Carlton Wheelers Cycle Club) was a repeat winner of the annual Regan Rodrigues Memorial 50-Mile cycle road race which was held on the West Demerara yesterday. In this the 9th edition...

Gibbs gives back to DCC

Aug 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gibbs gives back to DCC

…challenges beneficiaries to aim high FORMER Guyana and West Indies off spinner Lancelot Richard Gibbs, who is more known to the cricketing fraternity as Lance Gibbs, on Thursday afternoon last,...

Guyanese Delroy Tyrrell on Trinidad’s national swim team

Aug 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Delroy Tyrrell on Trinidad’s national swim team

Trinidad and Tobago-based Guyanese, Delroy Tyrrell continued to make big splashes with exceptional performances that landed him on the Twin Island Republic’s National Swim Team that will compete at...

All on Board for KMTC/ Digicel Horse race classic

Aug 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on All on Board for KMTC/ Digicel Horse race classic

All systems are in place for Digicel/Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) one day Horserace Classic now set for Sunday August 11th at the club’s Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne Berbice venue. The event is...

Following spate of domestic violence…Don’t leave our men out of the counseling set-up

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Following spate of domestic violence…Don’t leave our men out of the counseling set-up

– female community leader urges A well-known female community leader believes that the lack of organizations at which men can deal with their frustrations is partly to blame for the...

Berbice Bridge tolls reduced for August month

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge tolls reduced for August month

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) has taken the initiative to lower the toll charges for the following categories of vehicles in what the company termed as its ‘Summer Holiday...

Grove businessman and NDC official at war over illegal workshop

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Grove businessman and NDC official at war over illegal workshop

A Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD) businessman is convinced that an official at the village’s Neighbourhood Democratic Council is using the law to victimize him because he raised his...

After three years, Abary Sluice still not complete

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on After three years, Abary Sluice still not complete

In December 2010, the contract for a $149M sluice was signed between the Government of Guyana and Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited (CBCSL). The contract, which stipulated the arrangement...

One year, 19 court dates later…Relatives not unhappy with dismissal of La Grange fish vendor death

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on One year, 19 court dates later…Relatives not unhappy with dismissal of La Grange fish vendor death

– says physical evidence was enough After one year, the relatives of the 52-year-old fish vendor, who was killed on the occasion of Indian Arrival Day 2012, are not pleased with...

Global crisis impacting heavily on the Caribbean – La Rocque

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Global crisis impacting heavily on the Caribbean – La Rocque

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin La Rocque says that the global economic crisis is having a severe impact on the region resulting in stagnation or declining growth rates....

Suicide and Diabetes – Guyana’s most troubling health and social issues

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Suicide and Diabetes – Guyana’s most troubling health and social issues

During her medical outreaches in supporting Guyana’s efforts to make health care and social services accessible to all Guyanese, Medical Lecturer, Dr. Joan Liverpool, has been able to...

Farmer still critical 23 days after hit and run accident

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer still critical 23 days after hit and run accident

For the past 23 days, a 47-year-old man has been battling for his life in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Intensive Care Unit. The father of five, John Coxall was...

Our Parliamentarians should think before voting for something that could be another Berbice Bridge

Aug 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our Parliamentarians should think before voting for something that could be another Berbice Bridge

Dear Editor, The briefings provided by the Sithe/Blackstone group to the Parliamentary sectoral committees on Natural Resources and Economic Services and to the National Stakeholders Forum are no...

Conference on State of African Guyanese deemed as “awakening experience”

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Conference on State of African Guyanese deemed as “awakening experience”

“Time for Renewal and Empowerment,” was the theme for a special forum on “The state of Black African Guyana,” hosted by the Ghana Day Committee in collaboration with the Cuffy...

Let us not be fooled that Amaila Falls hydropower is a unique opportunity

Aug 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us not be fooled that Amaila Falls hydropower is a unique opportunity

Dear Editor, Effective emancipation must allow us to make genuine choices. This means we must have alternatives to choose from. Let us not be fooled that Amaila Falls hydropower is a unique...

Police called in to probe controversial Lamaha Gardens land sale

Aug 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police called in to probe controversial Lamaha Gardens land sale

Minister of Labour Nanda Gopaul has confirmed that a new investigation has commenced that will cause criminal charges to be laid if the police finds that irregularities occurred during the sale of...

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Rana five-for and enterprising batting put Bangladesh in the driver’s seat

Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more