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C/ville Health Centre leads the way with extended hours

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on C/ville Health Centre leads the way with extended hours

– Enmore, Industry and Kitty to follow By Tiffanne Ramphal An overcrowding of the Accident and Emergency Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has resulted in...

Rear Admiral Gary Best would be an excellent Commissioner of Police

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rear Admiral Gary Best would be an excellent Commissioner of Police

Dear Editor, Congratulations to Army Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Gary Best, MSS on his recent elevation which speaks well of the confidence that the government reposes in his ability as a military...

Let’s move beyond the smoking gun and get the facts on the table

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s move beyond the smoking gun and get the facts on the table

Dear Editor, The amount of debt being assumed by the GoG on the Amaila Falls Project, and hence the liability on the governments books continues to be in question. Here are just two examples:...

The opposition seems to be shifting the goalposts on Amaila all the time

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The opposition seems to be shifting the goalposts on Amaila all the time

Dear Editor, The opposition parties, from all indications, are so intent on using their combined strength to derail the government’s developmental agenda that they are prepared to sacrifice the...

The 1960s Mayhem

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The 1960s Mayhem

Dear Editor, Unfortunately, this reader is not privy to the agenda discussed at the National Economic Forum (reported on by Stabroek News August 16, 2013); but one couldn’t help being intrigued...

Gov’t should sell Amaila shares immediately – Professor Hunte

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t should sell Amaila shares immediately – Professor Hunte

…minority stake in company presents significant risk “… it is indeed mystifying to say a large investment project is profitable without a due diligence report being available...

Skeldon Sugar Factory slated to restart operations tomorrow

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon Sugar Factory slated to restart operations tomorrow

By Rehana Ahamad After several months of rehabilitation, the US$200M Skeldon Sugar Factory is slated to be up and running tomorrow, with a target of 400,000 tonnes of cane (36,000 tonnes of sugar) to...

AFC condemns “corrupt” Specialty Hospital deal

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AFC condemns “corrupt” Specialty Hospital deal

By Latoya Giles Leader of the Alliance for Change Khemraj Ramjattan says that his party condemns what it considers as the corrupt deal for the construction of the Specialty Hospital, further calling...

Inactive Integrity Commission can’t scrutinise declared assets – TIGI

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Inactive Integrity Commission can’t scrutinise declared assets – TIGI

While it is important for public officials to declare their assets annually and timely, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) is expressing that an Integrity Commission is not in place,...

Body at Safari Inn…Dead handyman was ‘Peeping Tom’

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News 7

– proprietrix suggests he fell from shed while spying on guests Victor Ramsabad, the handyman whose body was found at the Safari Inn on Tuesday, may have fallen to his death while indulging in...

Dem boys seh…If only people know

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…If only people know

When ashes cold, dog does lie down. That is wha old people does seh. Some does seh that come see me and come live wid me is two different thing. Dem does also seh that when story old it more sweet....

LCPL cricket: Semi-final 1…Guyana Amazon Warriors melt T&T Red Steel in own their backyard, book final spot

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports 3

By Sean Devers The atmosphere in Port- of-Spain last night was like a funeral instead of the usual Carnival as Guyana Amazon Warriors made the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel fans see red. A...

Gentle crushes Vincentian en route to ITF junior title

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gentle crushes Vincentian en route to ITF junior title

Guyana’s Afruica Gentle crushed Vincentian Amarlia Benn 6-1, 6-1 to capture the final of the ITF Under-14 title on Wednesday, at the Grass Roots Tennis Center in Kingstown, St Vincent and...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Alvin Johnson speaks out following Boston’s attack

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Alvin Johnson speaks out following Boston’s attack

Dear Editor, The attack that Mr Winston G Boston launched on me in his article titled “Alvin Johnson deliberately avoids the cricket conspiracy charges” In Kaieteur News of August 20, 2013...

Banks Malta Supreme U-13 tourney bowls off today

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks Malta Supreme U-13 tourney bowls off today

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)\ Banks Malta Supreme U-13 limited overs competition commences today with three matches. Demerara Cricket Club will travel to Everest Cricket Club with...

Upgrading of sporting facilities underway at National Park – Fernandes

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Upgrading of sporting facilities underway at National Park – Fernandes

By Zaheer Mohamed Suitable facilities are required to enhance the talent of athletes. The National Park facilitates the training of sportspersons from various disciplines. Yesterday the...

Atlantic Cable Networks donates gifts to grandaunts of Fruta Conquerors coaching clinic

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Atlantic Cable Networks donates gifts to grandaunts of Fruta Conquerors coaching clinic

Three weeks of rigid sessions that improved their knowledge of football has served 32 youth footballers of the Fruta Conquerors Football Club (FCFC) well when their administrators planned a...

Non-stop party planned for Stadium on Aug 30 &31

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Non-stop party planned for Stadium on Aug 30 &31

Tickets go on sale from today T20 cricket in the West Indies is associated with pulsating music, all night dancing, non-stop partying and of course exhilarating cricket. Nothing less is anticipated...

Hearts of Oak Masters Annual football camp ends as over 134 participate

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hearts of Oak Masters Annual football camp ends as over 134 participate

The Annual Hearts of Oak Masters’ “Teach them Young” football camp ended recently with a presentation and prize giving ceremony at the Prison Officers Sports Club, Penitentiary Walk, New...

GABA mulling ‘Friday Night Fury’

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA mulling ‘Friday Night Fury’

– For Division III Clubs Calling all Division III Clubs! Following the ultra successful Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Division III League, which only weeks ago...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Mr. Stephney, good governance and convenient governance are very different

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Mr. Stephney, good governance and convenient governance are very different

Dear Editor, Please allow me to join the exchanges regarding the Government of Guyana sponsored cricket bill. I read the letters from Mr. Elroy Stephney, Intikhab Sankar and Winston Boston....

Weightlifting set for positive turn around – GAWA

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Weightlifting set for positive turn around – GAWA

– more Reg. & Int. assistance flowing By Franklin Wilson Following their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on June 29 last, the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association has resolved to reverse...

JAMAICA WIN REGIONAL WOMEN’S T20

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on JAMAICA WIN REGIONAL WOMEN’S T20

St George’s, Grenada – Jamaica subdued Barbados by six wickets at the national stadium Thursday to retain their title as champions of women’s T20 cricket in the Caribbean. An...

Scrabble players vie for top spots as GASP stages Open championship

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scrabble players vie for top spots as GASP stages Open championship

Those scrabble players that have been sharpening their skills during practice sessions at the Malteenoes Sports Club will now have an opportunity to demonstrate what they have learnt when the...

Unitech Awning Cycle Programme set for tomorrow

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Unitech Awning Cycle Programme set for tomorrow

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed MS has organized the 3rd Annual Memorial Unitech Awning Cycle Programme in memory of the late Noel Persaud aka (Pokan), a former Continental Cycle Club...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more