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Berbice Cricket Board to hold raffle

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board to hold raffle

The Berbice Cricket Board recently launched a fundraising raffle to assist with its development programmes. Over the years, the board has been proactive in preparing county teams to participate in...

APNU can solve the county’s problems and restore its pride

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU can solve the county’s problems and restore its pride

Dear Editor, To understand why Brigadier David Granger is the right person to lead Guyana into the future, one just has to look at what took place under the PPP regime in the past twelve years....

The education system must embrace change if Guyana is to progress

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The education system must embrace change if Guyana is to progress

Dear Editor, One would have expected that the Minister of Education, who was present at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of UG, to have apprehended the implications of the President’s...

Support top performing women

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Support top performing women

Dear Editor, In 1995 the United Nations organized a World conference of Women, which was attended by numerous Heads of Government and Women’s Organizations from 187countries. Guyana was represented...

Greene places third at US Pro Cup -seeking local sponsor as he aims for Mr. Universe & World’s in 2014

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greene places third at US Pro Cup -seeking local sponsor as he aims for Mr. Universe & World’s in 2014

US based bodybuilder Rawle Greene placed third in the recently held US Pro Bodybuilding Cup competition. The former Guyanese sprint king, who is a dedicated bodybuilder now, says he is working...

GT&T Indoor Hockey Championships Hikers’ teams sweep opposition on opening night

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T Indoor Hockey Championships Hikers’ teams sweep opposition on opening night

It was a clean sweep for the Hikers hockey club as all of their teams managed wins on the first night of action in the GT&T National Indoor Championships which opened on Monday evening, at the...

CONCACAF Sports Summit Time to develop a sustainable Pro League – Webb

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF Sports Summit Time to develop a sustainable Pro League – Webb

By Franklin Wilson in the Cayman Islands The inaugural CONCACAF Sports Summit, which has been deemed a resounding success, was held yesterday at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands....

Six Guyanese participate in Youth Ambassadors Programme

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Six Guyanese participate in Youth Ambassadors Programme

Six young Guyanese have been privileged to embark on a three-week undertaking in the United States initiated under the Youth Ambassadors Programme (YAP). Five students and one mentor representing...

Bus driver lands $100,000 bail on assault charge

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver lands $100,000 bail on assault charge

Dexter Haynes of 86 Durban Street, Werk-en-Rust, appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday faced with an assault charge. It is alleged that on October...

Truck driver accused of causing death on $350,000 bail

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver accused of causing death on $350,000 bail

Dev Harkinshun of Lot 1 ‘A’ Pump, Road Lillendaal appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown’s Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer the charge of Causing Death by Dangerous...

House lot holders evicted from Charity scheme

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on House lot holders evicted from Charity scheme

– claim plots paid for through official channels Disparity in the distribution of house lots was recently amplified with the issuance of eviction notices to a specific group of residents...

Tour guides trained for Kaieteur Falls

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tour guides trained for Kaieteur Falls

Nineteen persons last Sunday successfully completed an initial training course on tour guiding at Kaieteur National Park. The training, which was funded by WWF Guianas, was the result of a...

City Hall worries about imminent garbage escalation

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall worries about imminent garbage escalation

By Zena Henry With increased economic activities expected as the Christmas season approaches, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has expressed grave concern over a possible garbage crisis,...

‘Picture Boy’ case continues with police evidence

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Picture Boy’ case continues with police evidence

A Voir Dire (trial within a trial) will continue today in the double-murder re-trial of Cyon Collier. Collier, called ‘Picture Boy’ is accused of the 2006 murder of East Coast Demerara...

First batch of Lethem Public Management students graduate

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on First batch of Lethem Public Management students graduate

The skills of 32 Region Nine residents were recently enhanced with the successful completion of a 120-contact-hour course in Public Management. The group graduated on Saturday, marking the...

Taking shade during peak hour traffic

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Taking shade during peak hour traffic

There is an interesting story about a driver who was once stopped by one of our zealous traffic ranks. A driver was speeding in a 35 mile per hour zone when a local police officer pulled her over and...

Dead Haslington toddler…PM to be performed today

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dead Haslington toddler…PM to be performed today

As police continue to investigate the suspicious death of a two-year-old girl of Haslington, East Coast Demerara (ECD), relatives are hinting to investigators that the child may have died from...

Miners unhappy over wait for promised concessions

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miners unhappy over wait for promised concessions

– want action on fuel relief, payments in foreign currency Miners, worried by high fuel costs and falling prices for gold, are again pressing home their demands for a slashing of tax on...

MV Kimbia back in service

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on MV Kimbia back in service

North West residents are breathing sighs of relief that the region’s leading passenger/transport vessel MV Kimbia, has returned to its regular service. The MV Kimbia docked at Guyana...

APNU believes security situation can only be solved if it is in Govt. – Nandlall

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU believes security situation can only be solved if it is in Govt. – Nandlall

As he addressed the spate in crime at a recent People’s Progressive Party (PPP) press conference, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall asserted that, “it is clear based...

Gun-toting bandits invade Nabaclis couple’s home

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gun-toting bandits invade Nabaclis couple’s home

For years, the little East Coast Demerara village of Nabaclis was dubbed as one of the safest communities, but bandits put paid to that tag on Monday night when they invaded the home of a young...

SMD staff ‘comfortable working with police’

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on SMD staff ‘comfortable working with police’

– Team Leader denies resignation Team Leader of the Strategic Management Department (SMD) that is overlooking the implementation of the reform of the Guyana Police Force, Rosanne Purnwasie,...

Two bidders vie to provide lab equipment for GNBS

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two bidders vie to provide lab equipment for GNBS

Under Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, two (2) bids were opened yesterday for the procurement of accessories for lab equipment for the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) at the...

A troubling lack of vision and planning

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A troubling lack of vision and planning

Operating in a country that is widely referred to as poor, there is a frustrating tendency among Guyana’s administrators to squander the limited funds available, a penchant to borrow that which can...

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The clock and the cloud

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Time, as the ancients knew, is a trickster. It slips through the fingers of kings and commoners... more