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Three years later, $600M Supenaam stelling falling apart

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Three years later, $600M Supenaam stelling falling apart

– section collapses under truck with rice for Venezuela More than three years after being commissioned, the $600M-plus Supenaam Stelling in Essequibo, which provides a critical link to the...

GEA Directors still unknown

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GEA Directors still unknown

…Prime Minister, Dr. Luncheon silent Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, yesterday committed to having the Government Information Agency (GINA), disseminate the names of all...

Edghill’s comments on the Procurement Commission are repulsive – says Anand Goolsarran

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Edghill’s comments on the Procurement Commission are repulsive – says Anand Goolsarran

The sentiments expressed recently by Junior Finance Minister, Juan Edghill, on the Public Procurement Commission have attracted many comments from knowledgeable minds, in particular, Anand Goolsarran...

Barbados immigration feeds laxative to suspected cocaine swallower

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados immigration feeds laxative to suspected cocaine swallower

On the eve of a Caribbean Court of Justice decision on a case in which Barbados immigration officers are accused of violating a Jamaican visitor, word has come of another matter to be filed....

Dem boys seh…Sam and Luncheon get dumb

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Sam and Luncheon get dumb

These days dem have a report that things short. Well times got to change because shortage was Burnham middle name. Everything use to short wid Burnham. Even de money dem men carry home use to be...

GOAL Project performance poor – McIntosh

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOAL Project performance poor – McIntosh

– urges GFF to spring into action FIFA Development Officer Howard McIntosh, who is in Guyana for first hand interactions with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Executive and various...

Lack of suitable facilities affecting the development of Sports on EBD

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lack of suitable facilities affecting the development of Sports on EBD

Suitable facilities are definitely required for the development of sports. It is evident that Guyana lacks such necessities in most sports disciplines and little is being done to address this...

Floyd Mayweather writes off ‘stepping stone’ Saul Alvarez

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floyd Mayweather writes off ‘stepping stone’ Saul Alvarez

BBC Sport – Floyd Mayweather has dismissed Saul Alvarez as just “another stepping stone” before their super-fight in Las Vegas today. Mayweather will put his unbeaten record...

Caribbean Badminton Championships 2013 individual tournament…Guyana experience mixed fortunes in latest play

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Badminton Championships 2013 individual tournament…Guyana experience mixed fortunes in latest play

The AGE GROUP Events continued Wednesday at the Caribbean International Junior Championships (CAREBACO) which is being held in San Juan, Puerto Rico September 8-15, 2013 and Guyana suffered mixed...

Courts ‘Brings Value Home’ with 10k Road Race Classic

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts ‘Brings Value Home’ with 10k Road Race Classic

– event set to attract best distance athletes in Guyana Epic distance-running battles and the corresponding production of outstanding distance athletes have been one of the established...

Young Warriors Cricket Club congratulates Shimron Hetmyer on Windies U19 selection

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Young Warriors Cricket Club congratulates Shimron Hetmyer on Windies U19 selection

The Universal DVD Young Warriors Cricket Club of East Canje, with a base in Cumberland, East Canje, has extended congratulations to their bright and upcoming cricketing star in Shimron...

Banks DIH Sports Programme to climax today at Thirst Park

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH Sports Programme to climax today at Thirst Park

Banks DIH 2013 Sports Programme will climax today as employees battle for supremacy at cricket, football, dominoes, pools, billiards, table tennis and darts at the Sports Club at Thirst Park...

GSCL Inc. 12/12 bowls off today

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc. 12/12 bowls off today

Defending Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated (GSCL Inc) 12\12 champions Memorex will be hard hard-pressed to retain their title when the second edition of the tournament bowls off today...

Fun and frolic as Ministry of Foreign Affairs host fun Day and 10/10 Tapeball Cricket

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fun and frolic as Ministry of Foreign Affairs host fun Day and 10/10 Tapeball Cricket

Thirteen teams drawn from within organizations in the Public and Private Sector will vie for honours when the office assistants within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs host a fun Day and 10/10...

RHTYSC Pepsi U-19 cricketers donates school bags to BCB

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC Pepsi U-19 cricketers donates school bags to BCB

The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club’s Pepsi Under-19 cricket team on Tuesday last donated 30 schools bags to the Berbice Cricket Board. The donation was done under the Rose Hall Town...

World Boxing Council reaches out to past boxing champions

Sep 14, 2013 KNews Sports 1

Can this be a lease on life for Terrence Alli? Asks Michael Benjamin How many times have we read of the rags to riches stories in the boxing fraternity that have raised our hopes of...

Govt. insists that stone is in short supply

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News 1

Government yesterday insisted that several of its projects remain under threat from a stone shortage despite assurances from one major producer that all is well and there is no need for the...

CANU destroys US$14.3M in narcotics

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CANU destroys US$14.3M in narcotics

Ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) destroyed 431 kilos of cocaine and marijuana yesterday during an eradication exercise on Homestretch Avenue. The exercise which was held in an open lot...

Parents protest for new building for St. Agnes Primary

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Parents protest for new building for St. Agnes Primary

‘They should stop worrying about Marriott Hotel and build us a school’—-Parents Parents of students attending the St. Agnes Primary School were once again armed with placards as...

Vice Chancellor insists “nothing new” in UG statutes

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Vice Chancellor insists “nothing new” in UG statutes

Incompetency on the part of a senior academic official within the University of Guyana has resulted in the tertiary institution losing a Master’s programme. This disclosure was made by...

APNU will not take blame for the crime situation

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU will not take blame for the crime situation

…the problem is solely with government A Partnership for National Unity yesterday said that it would not take any responsibility for the recent sprawl in crime. Rather, it would lay the...

Venezuelan armed visit…There was a breach of sovereignty

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan armed visit…There was a breach of sovereignty

Former Police Commissioner and Shadow Home Affairs Minister, Winston Felix, said that the recent “armed visit” by the Venezuela Army was a breach of sovereignty towards Guyana. On August...

Education rally sees biggest turn out ever

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Education rally sees biggest turn out ever

By Abena Rockcliffe The National Park came alive, yesterday, with youthful exuberance as the Ministry of Education hosted is annual rally. The event was dubbed the biggest since the...

GPL nationwide raids uncover 3,921 Illegal connections

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL nationwide raids uncover 3,921 Illegal connections

A total of 3,921 illegal electricity connections were detected and removed during the period January to June, 2013, as part of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. ongoing exercise to reduce...

No immediate DNA testing facilities at Forensic Lab – Rohee

Sep 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No immediate DNA testing facilities at Forensic Lab – Rohee

Installation of equipment for the forensic laboratory at Turkeyen should be completed by October, but DNA testing will not be incorporated just yet. Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, made this...

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Traditional media is still king

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Election campaigns are a battle for attention, persuasion, and votes. In this digital age,... more