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Cabinet approves SWAT team – 11 years after initiation

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet approves SWAT team – 11 years after initiation

Eleven years after it first initiated a Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit, the Guyana Police Force is expected to soon establish such a unit. This follows the announcement yesterday by...

‘Impressions’ gears for GuyExpo 2013

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Impressions’ gears for GuyExpo 2013

In a world where the graphics and media are quickly evolving into a magnificent tool that captivates society with its rapidly growing technologies, Impressions, a private company, continues to...

Gov’t. holding Guyanese hostage – AFC

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t. holding Guyanese hostage – AFC

With the threat of another crime wave staring the country in its face, the call for a highly trained, professional police force, free from political interference is being repeated. This time around...

Berbice Bridge ‘guarded’ in request for information

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge ‘guarded’ in request for information

…Chairman Keith Evelyn refuses to disclose register of shareholders Winston Brassington is no longer the Company Secretary for the Berbice Bridge Company, a role that has been coming under...

Dem boys seh…Police can move like turtle

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Police can move like turtle

Was a time when people use to run from de police. Now de police running from people. Some people run in a bar and shoot up some people. De gunshots sound till to Big Market. Kitty police...

T&T top table after thumping victory

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T top table after thumping victory

…March into CLT20 semis ESPNcricinfo – Trinidad & Tobago are the only team from outside the three countries that own a stake in the Champions League to be given direct...

India A v West Indies A, 2nd unofficial Test, Shimoga, 1st day…Brathwaite, Fudadin click on meandering day

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on India A v West Indies A, 2nd unofficial Test, Shimoga, 1st day…Brathwaite, Fudadin click on meandering day

ESPNcricinfo – An enthusiastic holiday crowd of over 10,000 packed under – and on – the trees that surround the cricket ground of Shimoga’s Jawaharlal Nehru College...

Athletes did their best at 1SAYG – Chef-de-Mission Dr. Pilgrim

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletes did their best at 1SAYG – Chef-de-Mission Dr. Pilgrim

By Franklin Wilson Chef-de-Mission of the Team to the recent South American Youth Games (1SAYG) Dr. Karen Pilgrim in reviewing Guyana’s participation is of the view that the athletes did...

Fights are more intense outdoors – says Douglas

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fights are more intense outdoors – says Douglas

By Edison Jefford Mackeson Brand Coordinator, Jamaal Douglas believes that the ongoing Mackeson Fight Nights initiative, which is community-based owed to its open-air setting, is...

Guyana Horseracing Authority holds successful general meeting

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Horseracing Authority holds successful general meeting

Calls on Minister to fast rack horse racing Legislation The Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) on Sunday 29thSeptember held a general members meeting on at the Bush Lot United Turf Club,...

Donation of Cricket gears, computer training kits, farming tools for Leguan Secondary

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Donation of Cricket gears, computer training kits, farming tools for Leguan Secondary

The Leguan Secondary School was the recipient of a donation of cricket gears, computer kits and farming tools on Thursday September 26 from Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated in the...

Mendonca pleased with opening week turnout

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mendonca pleased with opening week turnout

– urges teachers and parents not to be disheartened by negative results Co-Director of the Petra Organisation, the entity responsible for organising the Courts Pee Wee Schools Football...

Regional broadcasters worry about Governments’ stance on digital switchover

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Regional broadcasters worry about Governments’ stance on digital switchover

– preparing plan on impending 2015 deadline Amidst worry over a 2015 deadline for television and radio stations to start broadcasting digitally, a regional body says that it is preparing a...

GuyExpo 2013…100 percent increase in international Booths

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GuyExpo 2013…100 percent increase in international Booths

GuyExpo will be opening today. This year’s exposition will see greater participation from local and international exhibitors, geared towards achieving the theme “Advancing Productivity...

Over $3 Million goes to M&CC annually

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Over $3 Million goes to M&CC annually

– “Paying people who do very little or nothing” On the matter of the present state of the Capital City, the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has taken to questioning...

Three escape alive after cargo boat smashes into barge at Waini

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Three escape alive after cargo boat smashes into barge at Waini

Three persons working for a Canadian exploration company escaped without serious injuries Tuesday evening after their cargo vessel slammed into a barge on the Waini River, Region One, and sank. The...

Audit Office responsible for certifying GEA’s financial reporting – Anand Goolsarran

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Audit Office responsible for certifying GEA’s financial reporting – Anand Goolsarran

…Auditor General to review GEA financial records Although, the Audit Office has been preparing the audited reports of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), it will now be reviewing financial...

UG must embrace changes to progress – President Ramotar

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UG must embrace changes to progress – President Ramotar

Having stood the test of time for half a century, the University of Guyana is still on course to achieve its full potential as was envisaged at its inception on October 1, 1963. And although...

Europe wants 32,000 litres of Guyana’s coconut water weekly

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Europe wants 32,000 litres of Guyana’s coconut water weekly

The byproducts of coconut are taking a strong stand in Guyana’s exports, with a European group proposing that Guyana supply them with 32,000 litres of coconut water on a weekly basis, for...

Nine thousand Guyanese on Public Assistance for 2013

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Nine thousand Guyanese on Public Assistance for 2013

– increase in cases engaging Ministry’s attention There are approximately nine thousand Guyanese who currently receive $5,900.00 per month via the Public Assistance Programme, under...

President Jagdeo said it, now President Ramotar repeats it

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on President Jagdeo said it, now President Ramotar repeats it

In my column of August 29, last, captioned, “Politics that just don’t make sense at all,” I referred to a statement made by former President Jagdeo at the International Convention Centre...

The problems with the flights

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The problems with the flights

Guyana’s air travel woes may have resulted from its own devices. At least the United States Department of Transportation feels that Guyana was not too accommodating of aircraft operating out of...

Int’l Property Law needs to be upgraded -VP of GCCI

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l Property Law needs to be upgraded -VP of GCCI

Vice President (VP) of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Lance Hinds, is urging those in the relevant authorities to update the Intellectual Property Law (IPL). Hinds, in an...

APNU believes Parliament Clerk lacks independence, is dominated by OP

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU believes Parliament Clerk lacks independence, is dominated by OP

“Come on President Ramotar, assent to those Bills,” was the lament of A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Basil Williams, yesterday when the party held a special media briefing at...

Police no match for “hot plate minibus drivers”

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News 2

“Hot plate buses would roll up, pull and tug at passengers, chuck some of them inside, while a set of school children gang up waiting on the hot plate buses. Many people are victims to robberies in...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more