August 2013

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Jacobs should make LCPL debut in T&T

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jacobs should make LCPL debut in T&T

Says Sean Devers At 24, Off-spinning all-rounder Steven Jacobs should make his Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) debut for the Guyana Amazon Warriors on Friday as the action shifts to...

Goodluck, TNT Dominoes finals on August 10

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goodluck, TNT Dominoes finals on August 10

The playoff and final of the Sonia Goodluck/TNT Dominoes competition is set for August 10 at R & R in Meadowbrook starting from 14:30hrs. Preliminary round matches will continue...

Scorching action envisaged as Slingertz Football Club unveils ‘Goal for Gold’ football

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scorching action envisaged as Slingertz Football Club unveils ‘Goal for Gold’ football

The organisers have labeled it the best tournament coming out of the West Coast Demerara area and football fans will be able to weigh the strength and authenticity of their prognosis when action gets...

Frank Watson 40th Mem. Anniversary football tourneys to start Nov. 24s

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Frank Watson 40th Mem. Anniversary football tourneys to start Nov. 24s

Pele Alumni Corporation/Collin & Clyde Watson on board The Pele Alumni Corporation (PAC) of the USA in collaboration with Dr. Collin Watson and Clyde Watson has sponsored the Frank Watson 40th...

LCPL T20 Tournament…Guardian Group launches ‘Show Us How You Celebrate’ Contest

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LCPL T20 Tournament…Guardian Group launches ‘Show Us How You Celebrate’ Contest

Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago – Guardian Group, Official League Partner for the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 Tournament, has announced an exciting...

GBTI Open Tennis tournament concludes

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI Open Tennis tournament concludes

By Zaheer Mohamed The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) open lawn tennis tournament concluded with a presentation ceremony which was held last evening at the GBTI Recreational Centre, Bel Air...

Cloud Nine/Banks T10 to bowl off Aug. 16

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cloud Nine/Banks T10 to bowl off Aug. 16

The Cloud Nine Inc/Banks DIH Ten10 knock-out softball cricket competition will get underway on August 16 at the Banks DIH Ground, Thirst Park. The tournament will continue on August 21 and will...

GPL to revise tariffs annually to make Amaila payments

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL to revise tariffs annually to make Amaila payments

– Sithe Global wants removal of incentives to force self generators onto grid – Govt. required to maintain access road The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) under...

Minister dodges questions on absence from debate on Local Government Bills

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Minister dodges questions on absence from debate on Local Government Bills

By Zena Henry Despite Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud energetically emphasizing on the importance of local polls and the hindrances caused by the non-holding of Local Government elections, he...

GPL bills can now be paid using GT&T mobile

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL bills can now be paid using GT&T mobile

The Guyana Power and Light Inc.(GPL) last week signed on to GT&T Mobile Money service paving the way for customers’ payments of electricity bills using their cellular phones. GT&T, saying...

TIGI to act as facilitator for aggrieved citizens

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on TIGI to act as facilitator for aggrieved citizens

In the absence of an Ombudsman, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) is hoping to act as a facilitator for citizens affected by certain problems in an effort to help stamp out...

Transparency Institute wants independent experts to review Amaila project

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Transparency Institute wants independent experts to review Amaila project

A local watchdog group with international links yesterday urged Government to reconsider the financing arrangements for the Amaila Falls hydro project, saying that a different approach may save...

Education Ministry appoints new DCEO

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry appoints new DCEO

A new Deputy Chief Education Officer has been appointed by the Ministry of Education, according to a statement released yesterday. Charged with the responsibility for Development is Mrs...

Meeting the MDG deadline…Improved measures to target maternal mortality

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Meeting the MDG deadline…Improved measures to target maternal mortality

By Tiffanne Ramphal With the 2015 deadline of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaching, Governments around the world are now reassessing their positions and reviewing their strategies and...

At 28th death anniversary commemoration… PNCR remembers Burnham as African liberation fighter

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on At 28th death anniversary commemoration… PNCR remembers Burnham as African liberation fighter

By Keeran Danny The Late President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham’s legacy of struggling for African liberation was celebrated yesterday as the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) celebrated...

The scorpion killed the frog. But why?

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The scorpion killed the frog. But why?

The story of the scorpion and the frog is perhaps known to most adults in perhaps all the countries in the world. The scorpion sits on a stone pillar in the middle of the river and the...

$17M difference in bids for GPHC security services

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $17M difference in bids for GPHC security services

A difference of $17M was seen in the two bids which were tendered yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance, Main Street for the...

Guyana to highlight SBA concerns at CUT conference

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to highlight SBA concerns at CUT conference

Concerns surrounding the marking of School Based Assessments (SBAs) are expected to be brought to the attention of the 36th Caribbean Union of Teachers Biennial Conference which is currently being...

Groundwater and Agriculture

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Groundwater and Agriculture

As a country dubbed “the land of many waters”, arguing whether we should build bigger dams to generate electricity and worrying about increased rainfall inhibiting sugar production,...

STATE-OWNERSHIP OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION DOES NOT TRANSLATE TO WORKING CLASS POWER

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on STATE-OWNERSHIP OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION DOES NOT TRANSLATE TO WORKING CLASS POWER

No one can dismiss the factor of race in Guyanese politics. But is race holding back this country? Or is the real problem economic, and more specifically, the absence of a model of development that...

Construction work blamed for traffic build-up at major junction

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Construction work blamed for traffic build-up at major junction

By Javone Vickerie Heavy traffic congestion on Regent Street just before noon on Monday and continuing yesterday saw dozens of drivers stranded in their vehicles for extended periods. The congestion...

Women lawyers condemn spate of domestic violence

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Women lawyers condemn spate of domestic violence

– Request safe house to be established forthwith The Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) has reiterated that it is “deeply concerned about the apparent never-ending...

Service by GPHC, Police “sloppy” and “slow” – Acid victim

Aug 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Service by GPHC, Police “sloppy” and “slow” – Acid victim

A Kitty businesswoman who was doused with acid more than two months ago has likened the services offered by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to that of the Guyana Police Force,...

This new development paints a grim picture for pensioners

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This new development paints a grim picture for pensioners

Dear Editor, It has now been 23 yrs since my mother has been receiving survivor’s benefits from the National Insurance Scheme. It has been 16 yrs since she has been receiving the benefits via the...

All the deficiencies Dr. Mangal raised should have been directed at Mr. Boodoo

Aug 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on All the deficiencies Dr. Mangal raised should have been directed at Mr. Boodoo

Dear Editor, Dr. Mangal’s latest tirade and expedition into invincible absurdity (SN-o6.08.2013) needs really only a one sentence answer: all of the deficiencies raised in his letter to the...

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Whatever happened to this matter?

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(Kaieteur News) – There is something deeply troubling about the driver’s-licence saga in Guyana. And it is not simply the question of whether a few police officers may have done something wrong. It is the possibility that people are driving on our roads who were never properly tested, never...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Boycott- duh fuh duh nah obyah

Sep 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Hon Speaker of the House started the ball rolling. The wrong way. Neither time nor space for opposition in parliament. For months after the September elections, the machinery of parliamentary democracy couldn’t get cranking. The white people had to intervene so...

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