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East Berbice teen gets 17 years for beheading friend

Dec 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on East Berbice teen gets 17 years for beheading friend

The 19-year-old school dropout who beheaded his one-time good friend, classmate, villager and workmate a little over two years ago, was on Wednesday sentenced to 17 years in jail by Justice...

Surviving boat crash captain freed of manslaughter

Dec 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Surviving boat crash captain freed of manslaughter

Magistrate Sunil Scarce, on Monday dismissed a case brought against 58-year-old Hytilall Ramandahin, because the police failed to provide enough evidence to prosecute the defendant. The former Region...

Former Rifleshooter Charles ‘Swanka’ Dean laid to rest

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former Rifleshooter Charles ‘Swanka’ Dean laid to rest

The rifle shooting fraternity bid farewell to one of its dedicated members, the late Charles Dean who was laid to rest on Saturday last following a moving funeral service at the #4 Assembly of...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Kennard makes final response to Elcock’s concerns

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Kennard makes final response to Elcock’s concerns

Dear Sports Editor, I crave your indulgence to publish my response to Mr. Colin Elcock’s recent letter which appeared in last Sunday’s issue of the Kaieteur News. I can assure you that...

ECD four-lane highway…Public Works Ministry may terminate Courtney Benn’s contract-Source

Dec 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ECD four-lane highway…Public Works Ministry may terminate Courtney Benn’s contract-Source

The Public Works Ministry has threatened to terminate the contract of Courtney Benn Contracting Services Ltd for its tardiness in the pace of works being carried out on the East Coast Demerara...

Baracara, Young Warriors and No.71 get through to Quarter-Finals

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Baracara, Young Warriors and No.71 get through to Quarter-Finals

2013 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice Baracara United of the Canje Creek, Young Warriors of East Canje and No.71 of Upper Corentyne have...

There’s no magic in five percent

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on There’s no magic in five percent

Increasingly, public servants are taking protest action against a comment by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon that it is unlikely that any pay hike will be above...

Transparency International is part of an imperialist agenda

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Transparency International is part of an imperialist agenda

Lack of transparency is not a measure of corruption, just as how inequality is not a measure of poverty. It is therefore a mistake for anyone to assume that because a country ranks lowly when...

Gibbs attends cycling Coaching course in the USA

Dec 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gibbs attends cycling Coaching course in the USA

Former National Cyclist Dwayne ‘Road hogg’ Gibbs left these shores on Sunday for California in the United States of America to attend a five-day Cycling Coaching Course, scheduled...

DCB over 40 tourney…West Dem Mavericks bow out after rain ruins first semi

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB over 40 tourney…West Dem Mavericks bow out after rain ruins first semi

West Bank Demerara Mavericks were knocked out of the Demerara Cricket Board\Raj Singh Insurance Brokers\Trophy Stall over 40 twenty overs competition after their semifinal game against East...

GPHC gets US$10,000 equipment for urology clinic

Dec 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC gets US$10,000 equipment for urology clinic

“Some of the medical equipment the doctors use at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) need upgrading; some just aren’t very good,” is the opinion of Dr. Winston McGill. Dr....

Dry Shore Rice Mill supports Aurora Knight Riders CC

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dry Shore Rice Mill supports Aurora Knight Riders CC

Proprietor of Dry Shore Rice Mill, Wazeer Hussain, on Tuesday last handed over a quantity of cricket suits to the Aurora Knight Riders Cricket Club on the Essequibo Coast. The club, which was...

Bygeval secondary upgraded to A-List status

Dec 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bygeval secondary upgraded to A-List status

– Expected to churn out best performing students in Region Five With the input of over $45 Million from Government and the Ministry of Education, Region Five now boasts its...

Two years later…Computer technician still missing after first trip to interior

Dec 05, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two years later…Computer technician still missing after first trip to interior

Two years ago David La Rose went missing. Family members of the 42-year-old man have now become really worried. They now believe that something might have gone terribly wrong. He has never...

‘Mathematical modelling’ and Zero Discrimination

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Mathematical modelling’ and Zero Discrimination

DEAR EDITOR, World AIDS Day this year was commemorated with a Ministry of Health commitment to get to Zero Discrimination amongst other things. A few months ago, the issue of the National...

The rise of illiteracy in Guyana

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The rise of illiteracy in Guyana

Dear Editor, The rise of illiteracy in Guyana can be observed daily. I travel to Georgetown about four times a week and other parts of the country and I observe that more than 40% of our young...

Don’t stop now!

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t stop now!

DEAR EDITOR, Kudos to the Local Government Ministry for moving to start a clean-up and desilting of Georgetown and its environs. While some may say that the blame game is good, at the end of the day,...

Discontinue the current “rubbish in rubbish out” policy

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Discontinue the current “rubbish in rubbish out” policy

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to reply to a letter by Mr. Randolph Eleazar, published in KN 04.12.2013, under the bold caption “Minister Nandlall should resign”. In the letter, Mr. Eleazar...

Why would the New GPC risk US$30M of shareholders’ equity in this fashion?

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why would the New GPC risk US$30M of shareholders’ equity in this fashion?

DEAR EDITOR, What are the odds that in a matter of a few weeks we go from a US$30 million recycling plant to US$30 million GCC/GFC stadium at Bourda, the common denominator being a sum of...

A Russian roulette approach to education

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Russian roulette approach to education

DEAR EDITOR, As a boy growing up in Guyana in the 1970s, I took it for granted that my peers were either “bright” or “dunce.” The “bright” children were seen as attentive,...

This is a troubling position for the nation to find itself

Dec 05, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is a troubling position for the nation to find itself

DEAR EDITOR, In 1926 when the Father of Trade Unionism, Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, started the fight for one man one vote, a measure to protecting the inalienable right to...