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$Guyana place third in NAFMA World C\ships…Eudoxie is instructor of the year$

Guyana place third in NAFMA World C\ships…Eudoxie is instructor of the year

Nov 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana place third in NAFMA World C\ships…Eudoxie is instructor of the year

Guyana placed third overall after copping 5 Gold, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze medals in the just concluded North American Federation of Martial Arts (NAFMA) World Championships at the Regency Hotel,...

RCMTC&SF/PMTC, Shariff horserace meet rescheduled to December 1

Nov 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on RCMTC&SF/PMTC, Shariff horserace meet rescheduled to December 1

The horserace meet organised by the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities (RCMTC&SF), the Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC) and the Shariff Business Enterprise and Racing...

First time mother records her near death experience

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on First time mother records her near death experience

In most cases, mothers are happy when they finally deliver their babies. However, this is, unfortunately, not the case of Trinidad-born Neesha Sewchand who suffered extreme discomfort because...

Former GAC boss Fazal Khan dies

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former GAC boss Fazal Khan dies

Fazal Khan, former husband of Gail Teixeira and ex General Manager of the now defunct Guyana Airways Corporation, died on Tuesday. He was 67. Relatives stated that Mr. Khan passed away at the...

US Coast Guard seizes cocaine in Caribbean Sea

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US Coast Guard seizes cocaine in Caribbean Sea

The United States law enforcement authorities said they had seized 54 bales of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea with an estimated street value of more than US$38 million. The Coast Guard said that it had...

Comparing corruption between PNC and PPP governments is a circular process

Nov 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Comparing corruption between PNC and PPP governments is a circular process

Trying to compare corruption between what existed in the days of PNC rule and what has been experienced since the PPP took office is like comparing a parrot to a macaw. They are essentially...

Relatives of fatal accident victim seek compensation

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives of fatal accident victim seek compensation

Relatives of 17-year-old Anil Jason who was killed on Friday in Parika, East Bank Essequibo after he was hit by a pick-up truck claim that they are being bullied into taking inappropriate...

Lack of capacity leads to overpayment, termination of High Court contracts

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lack of capacity leads to overpayment, termination of High Court contracts

Even as Government continues to boast of “value for money,” Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, in the recently released 2012 audit report, said that he found it alarming that four contracts were...

Former telecoms workers warn of protest action if pensions are not paid

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former telecoms workers warn of protest action if pensions are not paid

Retirees of the Guyana Telecommunications Corporation, (GTC) now Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), say they are giving those responsible for owing them over 20 years of...

A reckless security lapse yesterday almost cost me dearly

Nov 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A reckless security lapse yesterday almost cost me dearly

I called the University office (this was in January 2012) and requested that they begin to reproduce my course outlines for the courses I would teach for that semester since classes were only...

President’s excuse for non assent of Local Government Bill rejected by GTUC

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on President’s excuse for non assent of Local Government Bill rejected by GTUC

The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) has announced that it rejects the position advanced by President Donald Ramotar for his non-assent to the Local Government (Amendment) Bill....

Jamaican businessman shot in execution attempt

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican businessman shot in execution attempt

In what is believed to be an execution attempt, a gunman early yesterday opened fire on a Jamaican businessman at a city liming spot. Up to news time the victim was in a critical condition at a...

Farmers can save thousands on production costs – Ramsammy

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers can save thousands on production costs – Ramsammy

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), through a collaborative approach with the Ministry of Agriculture, on Tuesday convened a ‘Cost of Production’ Workshop, where...

GPSU hints at strike action

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU hints at strike action

After years of petitioning for an increase in wages and salaries for public servants, President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Patrick Yarde yesterday called on workers nationwide to...

Anti-Money Laundering…Government establishes Special Organized Crime Unit after CFATF recommendations – Luncheon

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-Money Laundering…Government establishes Special Organized Crime Unit after CFATF recommendations – Luncheon

Cabinet on Tuesday approved the creation and the operationalization of a Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU). The unit is dedicated to investigating suspected financial transactions...

Raj Singh Insurance Brokers/Trophy Stall Over-40 20-Over Competition…

Nov 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raj Singh Insurance Brokers/Trophy Stall Over-40 20-Over Competition…

Fifth Round rained-out, Bulls leading Points Table The Fifth Round of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Over-40 20-Overs Competition sponsored by Raj Singh Insurance Brokers and Trophy Stall...

APNU reiterates need for “independent legal and judicial salaries commission”

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU reiterates need for “independent legal and judicial salaries commission”

…holds out that Chancellor and CJ’s tax-free salaries are discriminatory By Zena Henry A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Shadow Legal Affairs Minister, Attorney at...

‘Police’ and accomplice jailed for theft

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Police’ and accomplice jailed for theft

Two men, Demsrick Griffith, 19, called ‘Police’, of New Area East Canfield, East Canje and Kevin Dhanpat, 19, called ‘Kelly’ also of New Area East Canfield were each jailed for three...

Belle West residents halt construction of community bridge

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Belle West residents halt construction of community bridge

… Calls it a waste of taxpayers’ money Over five months now, work on a community bridge at Belle West, West Bank Demerara has been halted after residents prevented its...

Jealous lover chops Jamaican woman at Mahdia

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Jealous lover chops Jamaican woman at Mahdia

A 36-year-old Jamaican woman who has been residing in Guyana for the past five years is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). She was chopped on both hands by her...

GPHC staffers get exposure to ‘10 commandments’

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC staffers get exposure to ‘10 commandments’

In a scholarly attempt to simplify the intricacies of wound care, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Dr. Peter Akai, during the past week was able to impart expert knowledge to medical staffers...

Sacrificing skills at the altar of age

Nov 14, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sacrificing skills at the altar of age

Earlier this year, we published this editorial that examined the age of retirement. The situation has not changed, especially more recently when it was argued that Guyana was not...

Mabaruma ambulance service delayed

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mabaruma ambulance service delayed

Residents of Mabaruma, Region One, are still without a vehicle to transport the sick in the event of emergencies, three months after a “special purpose” ambulance was scheduled to return to...

Killer driver released on station bail

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Killer driver released on station bail

Sohshanmn Sancharran, the 20-year-old driver who struck and killed 61-year-old,Bhagwanden Narine,a/k”Babu Gee”, with a speeding car last Wednesday ,on the Sparta Public Road was released on...

Barbados to host largest cancer confab in world

Nov 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados to host largest cancer confab in world

Cancer Caribbean, a new cancer services company in the Caribbean region, announced the inaugural Best of ASCO Event in the Caribbean from December 1, next at the Barbados Hilton Hotel....

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