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Only fresh elections will break current political impasse – former Speaker

Nov 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Only fresh elections will break current political impasse – former Speaker

The only way to break the current political stalemate in Guyana is through Constitutional reform and new elections. This is the view held by Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph...

Minister to be blamed if Guyana loses US$20M from Norway

Nov 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Minister to be blamed if Guyana loses US$20M from Norway

– APNU MP The government this past week admitted that it could lose an estimated US$20M from its forest-saving deal with Norway and according to A Partnership for National Unity’s...

Magistrate orders Radio Announcer to do 53 hours of community service

Nov 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate orders Radio Announcer to do 53 hours of community service

Popular NTN Radio Announcer Ossie Rogers, who, according to Magistrate Alex Moore, thought he was above the law, was on Friday last found guilty on two of three charges. Rogers was fined...

Diwali motorcade dazzles thousands

Nov 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Diwali motorcade dazzles thousands

By Rabindra Rooplall The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s Annual Deepavali Motorcade saw thousands of persons lining the East Coast Demerara (ECD) seawall to observe the dazzling spectacle, which...

Trotman wants to secure independence of Parliament

Nov 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman wants to secure independence of Parliament

– Pushes for lump sum budgetary allocations and legal counsel By Abena Rockcliffe Speaker Raphael Trotman, sitting at the helm of the National Assembly, has expressed a deep desire to...

Thirteen-day-old Cane Grove Bridge sinks

Nov 04, 2013 KNews News 2

Recently completed bridge constructions at Strathaven, Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara have begun to raise the eyebrows of villagers. This comes even as one of the recently constructed bridges,...

Dem boys seh…Robeson set up a deck of cards

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Robeson set up a deck of cards

Robeson been to de North West to inspect some works and he fall down. He is not de first person to fall down but he was de most famous to tek that fall in de North West. He knock he back and he...

Kishore dethrones his brother to win Digicel Guyana Open Golf title

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kishore dethrones his brother to win Digicel Guyana Open Golf title

– Sukhram retains crown It was a simple case of keeping it in the family and more importantly in the same household when 18 year-old Arvinda Kishore dethroned his more illustrious brother...

16th Troy Humphrey Memorial Cycle Meet…Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams demolishes star studded field in feature 30-lap contest

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 16th Troy Humphrey Memorial Cycle Meet…Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams demolishes star studded field in feature 30-lap contest

By Franklin Wilson Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams showed glimpses of his old vintage self when he stormed to an emphatic win in the feature 30-lap race of the 16th annual Troy Humphrey Memorial Cycle...

GABA/Yolo ‘Super Sevens’ continues today

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA/Yolo ‘Super Sevens’ continues today

– Harris Paints help brighten Burnham Court The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA)-sanctioned Yolo Entertainment ‘Super Sevens’ basketball competition will continue today at...

Fly Jamaica Airlines chip in for McDonald’s World Scrabble Championships trip

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fly Jamaica Airlines chip in for McDonald’s World Scrabble Championships trip

Scrabble players will convene this morning to battle for honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) stages the Diwali Open competition at the Malteenoes Sports Club Thomas Lands...

Digicel/Schools Table Tennis C/Ships…Bartica, Bishop’s, Mae’s A win titles

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel/Schools Table Tennis C/Ships…Bartica, Bishop’s, Mae’s A win titles

Bartica Secondary defeated Mae’s A 3-2 to take the U-15 title when the Digicel/School’s National Table Tennis Championships continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Bishop’s...

Excitement galore as group ‘paints the town red’

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Excitement galore as group ‘paints the town red’

As the uninitiated approaches the Pattensen East Coat Demerara community, he/she may be greeted by popping sounds that permeate the air. Closer examination reveals what appears to be a battlefield as...

Former national footballers take a swipe at non-functioning BFA, suggest office be closed

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former national footballers take a swipe at non-functioning BFA, suggest office be closed

By Samuel Whyte Former national players Neil ‘Grizzly’ Humphrey and Ike Bowry among others have come out hard against the defunct Berbice Football Association (BFA). The players, who are members...

2013 Norman Singh Memorial 2nd Division 20-Over Knockout Cricket in West Berbice…Lakeraj Sookra slams competition’s highest 93 for D’Edward

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2013 Norman Singh Memorial 2nd Division 20-Over Knockout Cricket in West Berbice…Lakeraj Sookra slams competition’s highest 93 for D’Edward

The 2013 Norman Singh Memorial Second Division 20-Over Knockout Cricket Competition for teams in West Berbice continued recently with opening batsman, Lakeraj Sookra, registering the highest...

Preparation almost complete for fourth BCCDA Inter Agency cricket in Berbice

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparation almost complete for fourth BCCDA Inter Agency cricket in Berbice

Preparations are moving ahead for the eagerly anticipated fourth annual Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association Inter Agency Corporate Business in Sports (CBIS) 10/10 cricket...

Johnson wins Airborne Sonics 5k race in Trinidad

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Johnson wins Airborne Sonics 5k race in Trinidad

Kelvin Johnson followed up on his third place finish at the South American 10km Road Race Classic in Guyana last weekend when he won the Airborne Sonics 5km race in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago...

Sodomizing of two-year-old…Private medical report clears prime suspect

Nov 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sodomizing of two-year-old…Private medical report clears prime suspect

A report from a private medical practitioner may clear the main suspect in the sodomizing of two-year-old Kimanie Watson, which resulted in her death two weeks ago. The medical report, which was seen...

Safeguarding staffers on Infectious Diseases Ward high on GPHC’s agenda

Nov 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Safeguarding staffers on Infectious Diseases Ward high on GPHC’s agenda

Through its Quality Improvement Department, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been seeking to safeguard its workers from infectious diseases, with immense focus being directed to...

Airport taxi drivers contemplate action as concerns increase over new system

Nov 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Airport taxi drivers contemplate action as concerns increase over new system

Taxi drivers operating at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, are contemplating their next move against what they say is “bullyism” in relation to new Standard Operating...

GUYANA IS A FREE-FOR-ALL

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA IS A FREE-FOR-ALL

A few days ago, I noticed some school-aged children looking very excited in front of a vendor’s stand. The school children were rifling through scores of pornographic movies that were being sold...

Vile and common cussing down of those with whom they disagree

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vile and common cussing down of those with whom they disagree

Dear Editor, Please allow me to express my abhorrence and disgust over the shameful exploitation of the educational accomplishments of our kids for the purpose of political masturbation by the...

The PNC did not embrace the blatant massive corruption that exists today

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PNC did not embrace the blatant massive corruption that exists today

Dear Editor, We continue to be extremely disappointed by the rabid and in some cases untrue statements coming from the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh. In his latest release, he stated “If we...

We the people have to demand that government addresses this dire issue of corruption

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We the people have to demand that government addresses this dire issue of corruption

Dear Editor, As Frederick Douglass once stated “power concedes nothing without a demand.” We the people of Guyana have to demand, have to pressure and force government, if we have to, to...

Repair the effects of native genocide and slavery through land reforms in the region

Nov 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Repair the effects of native genocide and slavery through land reforms in the region

Dear Editor, I have been following the reparations discussion in your newspaper. I wish to add some comments. Many persons in the region are suspicious of the agendas of CARICOM and the...