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Ramanand, David capture U-10 & U-13 titles as Payless table tennis camp concludes

Aug 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramanand, David capture U-10 & U-13 titles as Payless table tennis camp concludes

Richard Ramamand and Ezam David took the honours in the U-10 and U-13 categories respectively as the Annual Payless Variety Store Table Tennis training camp concluded yesterday at Goed Fortuin on the...

National U-19 Male Volleyball Squad named

Aug 26, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on National U-19 Male Volleyball Squad named

A after a period of intense training, National Volleyball Coach Levi Nedd has released the names of the players who will comprise the National Under-19 squad for this year’s Inter-Guiana Games...

Mystery fire leaves West Berbice family homeless

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mystery fire leaves West Berbice family homeless

A family of five was left homeless on Saturday after a fire of unknown origin destroyed their two-storey wooden and concrete house at Lot 13, Number Five Village, West Coast Berbice. Homeless are 38...

President leads delegation to sort out land dispute issues in West Berbice

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News 1

…similar initiatives for other areas President Donald Ramotar led a team of government officials and officials from the Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) to Cotton Tree Village, West...

Ramotar determined to seek out other partners for Amaila project

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar determined to seek out other partners for Amaila project

– slams Opposition, private media at Cotton Tree meeting By Leon Suseran President Donald Ramotar says he is determined to look for other partners to build the Amaila Falls Hydro...

Work on IDB due diligence for Amaila comes to a halt

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Work on IDB due diligence for Amaila comes to a halt

– Finance Minister The due diligence that was being conducted by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) for the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project has now ceased, and without it,...

Health woes at St. Cuthbert’s Mission…1,161 people with major shortages of medication in the health center

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Health woes at St. Cuthbert’s Mission…1,161 people with major shortages of medication in the health center

Despite having a population of some 1,161 people, the lone health centre in St. Cuthbert’s Mission does not have the basic medication to combat any illness in the village, according to the medic,...

Govt. did not force UGBC Director to resign – Ramotar

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. did not force UGBC Director to resign – Ramotar

….Samad responds By Leon Suseran President Donald Ramotar has stated that no one forced University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) Director Professor Daizal R. Samad to resign. The Guyanese...

Quality of service, billing system successfully addressed in outreach programme

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Quality of service, billing system successfully addressed in outreach programme

– GWI Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has put measures in place to help consumers get greater access to billing inquires and options to make bill payments, through their customer outreach...

I was not responsible for your five years in jail – Bynoe tells Benschop

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News 3

“Mark Benschop decided on his own to listen to the advice of his attorney and turned himself in. Phillip Bynoe took his own counsel and refused to turn himself in,” Bynoe said. Controversial...

The fear that lingers below the surface

Aug 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The fear that lingers below the surface

A few weeks ago, for one day, there was a shortage of petrol in Guyana. This time there was no panic nor was there a situation whereby persons began to stockpile their personal stocks of petrol in...

Repairs to MV Kimbia still incomplete

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Repairs to MV Kimbia still incomplete

By Rehanna Ramsay The release of the MV Kimbia, Guyana’s leading North West Passenger Vessel has been once again stalled. Recent news on the Kimbia confirmed that maintenance works are yet to be...

Certain elements do not want a transparent, accountable, and professionally performing law enforcement body

Aug 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Certain elements do not want a transparent, accountable, and professionally performing law enforcement body

Dear Editor, My girlfriend who is an avid follower of news from Guyana asked me about the 18-month sentence which was meted out to four policemen for allegedly assaulting a citizen. She wanted to...

Former Magistrate gears up to launch website

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former Magistrate gears up to launch website

While it is of critical importance that every citizen knows the laws of the state, what is equally or more significant, is understanding the laws in such a manner that one can be able to identify at...

Mentally ill woman removed from tree

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News 1

– taken away in ambulance By Rehana Ashley Ahamad The mentally ill woman who, over the past year, had been living in the big old tree on the Mc Doom Public Road, East Bank Demerara, has...

APNU did the right thing by voting against the Amalia Hydro Bill

Aug 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU did the right thing by voting against the Amalia Hydro Bill

Dear Editor, We saw the Statement from His Excellency Donald Ramotar concerning the Amaila Falls Hydro Project and did not know whether to laugh or cry since his arguments for support of this now...

Guyana’s development dependent on Foreign Direct Investments

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s development dependent on Foreign Direct Investments

– GCCI President The fact that Guyana has an emerging private sector that lacks the capabilities and adequate capital to execute mega projects the likes of the Amaila Falls...

Bujagali has proven that more electricity DOES NOT translate to cheaper electricity

Aug 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bujagali has proven that more electricity DOES NOT translate to cheaper electricity

Dear Editor, I found Emile Mervin’s article titled “ The Bujagali story which started out with near tragedy and ended with triumph could be Amaila’s” (SN, August 17, 2013) very troubling,...

Cocaine in rice shipment…Profile scanning leaves leeway for drug traffickers

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine in rice shipment…Profile scanning leaves leeway for drug traffickers

– investigators By Zena Henry Checking the numerous tons of cargo that regularly leave the country could pose a massive task for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), which is already lacking...

GMRP births another initiative

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GMRP births another initiative

The Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project (GMRP) is currently working with coastal communities as part of its programme for community-based mangrove management. This newspaper was told that...

Hits and Jams should seek to work along with youths in developing them educationally

Aug 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hits and Jams should seek to work along with youths in developing them educationally

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your letter column to publish this letter. August 2013 marks significant achievements as we celebrate the abolition of slavery, the 250th anniversary of the...

Demerara Mutual records profits of G$124M in 2012 despite Challenges

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Mutual records profits of G$124M in 2012 despite Challenges

Demerara Mutual Life Assurances Limited (DM) has now been established for 121 years within Guyana. It has become the leading provider of life insurance despite the recessionary nature and challenging...

Marriott hotel equals tourism boost

Aug 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Marriott hotel equals tourism boost

Dear Editor, The construction of the Marriott Hotel on the Caribbean sea and in Guyana’s capital city Georgetown has been in full swing and promises to bring to Guyana a modern, world class,...

Amendment of TIP Act not on APNU agenda

Aug 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amendment of TIP Act not on APNU agenda

By Keeran Danny While A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) acknowledges the need for stiffer penalties for perpetrators of Trafficking In Persons (TIP), it does not plan at present...

GRIM HAIRY TALE

Aug 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on GRIM HAIRY TALE

Regardless of how poor we were in rural Trinidad in the aftermath of the Second World War, life was never too grim for Grimm, the fairy-tale world peopled by courageous princes and...

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National Table Tennis duo Shemar Britton, Chelsea Edghill to represent Guyana at prestigious Panam Table Tennis Cup

Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more