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Basketball IMC gets down to work, conducts outreach on West Berbice

Sep 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball IMC gets down to work, conducts outreach on West Berbice

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Berbice Basketball Association, which was recently installed to help revive the sport in the Ancient country, has begun to work. Last Sunday members of...

Eagerly anticipated Courts Pee Wee Football kicks off today

Sep 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eagerly anticipated Courts Pee Wee Football kicks off today

The eagerly anticipated Petra Organisation- organised Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition is set to kick-off today with twelve matches, at the Thirst Park ground. Co-Director of Patra...

Government needs to take purposeful loans

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Government needs to take purposeful loans

…Marriott should not be priority – says Granger Leader of the Opposition, David Granger, yesterday relied and stressed heavily on the word “purposeful” as he spoke on the numerous...

‘Cobra,’ murderous Coast Guards get stiffest penalties at Criminal Assizes

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Cobra,’ murderous Coast Guards get stiffest penalties at Criminal Assizes

… dead witness frees murder accused, two alleged rapists walk without trial The Criminal Assizes session which commenced last June, has seen most of the murder accused either being found...

APNU knocks Govt on school situation

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU knocks Govt on school situation

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is calling on the government to address the serious concerns plaguing the education system, more particularly within the context of primary...

CVQs introduction next year will foster certification for skills – Olato Sam

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CVQs introduction next year will foster certification for skills – Olato Sam

Guyana through its education sector is gearing to deliver Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQs) by September next year, a move that is being touted as a landmark occasion for technical education...

Trinidadian accreditation expert facilitates enlightening workshop

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidadian accreditation expert facilitates enlightening workshop

An efficient National Accreditation Council in any country is an imperative body to safeguard students not only against the influx of technology-driven programmes but the increasing...

IDB President meets President Donald Ramotar

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on IDB President meets President Donald Ramotar

… at United Nations General Assembly NEW YORK CITY –President Donald Ramotar and Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno met yesterday in New York at the margins of...

That detention for three days

Sep 28, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on That detention for three days

There was a time when the police could hold a suspect for an indefinite period. The result was that people spent months in the lock ups while the authorities claimed that they were conducting...

WPA: Walter Rodney’s COI not properly constituted

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on WPA: Walter Rodney’s COI not properly constituted

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has expressed unhappiness over the operations of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry. Yesterday, WPA, a party that the murdered politician/historian helped...

WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

Sep 28, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

It would be unreasonable to ask the President of Guyana to simply annul all the existing agreements relating to the Marriot Hotel, the Berbice River Bridge and the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric...

Dawn DaSilva’s brain surgery in T&T a success

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dawn DaSilva’s brain surgery in T&T a success

“My daughter is eight and my son is 12. They are the main reasons I have to make it. Who will look after them if I am gone?” Dawn DaSilva wondered just before leaving Guyana for her most...

Kerosene lamp caused Islington fire

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kerosene lamp caused Islington fire

A kerosene lamp that was left lit in the bedroom caused the Wednesday night fire that claimed the life of 88-year-old Margaret London of Lot 6, Cross Street, Islington, East Bank Berbice. This is...

Bagotsville Carpenter latest road fatality

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bagotsville Carpenter latest road fatality

A Bagotsville West Bank, Demerara Carpenter became the latest road fatality, on Thursday night, after being run over by a vehicle on the Stanleytown Public Road. Carley Gregory Wright, 58, of...

A Balanced Caribbean path to shared prosperity is possible

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A Balanced Caribbean path to shared prosperity is possible

By Hasan Tuluy The recent High Level Caribbean forum in Nassau was the latest in a series of discussions to develop a road map for the region’s long-term economic growth while addressing persistent...

Former Guyanese-born journalist, Ric Mentus, laid to rest

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former Guyanese-born journalist, Ric Mentus, laid to rest

Guyanese-born journalist Ric (Ulric) Mentus was Wednesday remembered as a member of the profession who had a reputation for reporting the truth, particularly about politicians, even when to do so led...

Question & Answer

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Question & Answer

Attorney Gail S. Seeram, [email protected] Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have...

Queenstown is 173 years old

Sep 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Queenstown is 173 years old

Queenstown, one of many plantations bought by ex-slaves during 1840, is celebrating its 173rd anniversary. And since the annual observations began in 1990, residents both young and old have been...

Time for a fresh start with the promotion of National Unity and Human Development

Sep 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for a fresh start with the promotion of National Unity and Human Development

Dear Editor, All well-thinking and law-abiding Guyanese should be very angry with President Ramotar and by extension the Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee and the ruling PPP cabal in...

AFC’s NY/NJ Chapter is still alive and well

Sep 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on AFC’s NY/NJ Chapter is still alive and well

Dear Editor, We wish to respond and set the record straight to Peeping Tom’s article of Sept 22, 2013 and your Editorial of Sept 23, 2013. We don’t know who Peeping Tom is or your...

What has gone wrong with our vision?

Sep 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on What has gone wrong with our vision?

Dear Editor, Beauty is a product of nature. Trees are a product of nature. Wood comes from trees. Therefore, beauty is an embodiment of things made and produced by wood. What a beautiful edifice...

Long live the Community Policing Group!

Sep 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Long live the Community Policing Group!

Dear Editor, Kudos to Mr. Washington and the team of Community Police from the South Ruimveldt Phase #1 area. They were missing in action for awhile, and the thieves took this opportunity to harass...

Neither Granger nor Felix has anything to offer in support of the Security Sector

Sep 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Neither Granger nor Felix has anything to offer in support of the Security Sector

Dear Editor, APNU’s members are waging psychological warfare on the Guyanese people. They can’t beat the PPP/C Administration on the social or the economic front, so they are bashing the...

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Saints and GTI dominate as YBG Georgetown Regional Conference continues

A coalition of shared disgrace

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The APNU and the AFC deserve each other. They deserve to be shackled together in a coalition... more