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Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Queen Street crowned G/town champions

Dec 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Queen Street crowned G/town champions

Thousands of football fans were on hand to witness Tiger Bay’s Queen Street dismantle the usually impregnable defence of Stevedore Housing Scheme en route to being crowned Georgetown Zone champions...

Colts, Ravens set up riveting Final

Dec 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colts, Ravens set up riveting Final

By Edison Jefford Colts ensured that they will play for the second Phillip George Legacy title, an honour bestowed on them in recognition of their late Coach Saturday night with an easy win against...

Sachia Vickery beats Vicky Duval to clinch Australian Open Wild Card Playoff spot

Dec 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sachia Vickery beats Vicky Duval to clinch Australian Open Wild Card Playoff spot

NORCROSS, Ga., – Sachia Vickery won the US Australian Open Tennis wildcard playoff yesterday 6-2, 6-3, beating good friend Victoria Duval. Vickery, who is of Guyanese parentage but born in the US,...

Stringent checks before agreeing to next year’s public service funds – AFC

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stringent checks before agreeing to next year’s public service funds – AFC

Alliance for Change (AFC) Leader Khemraj Ramjattan has indicated his party’s intent to scrutinize the spending of Public Servants’ funds before agreeing to allocations in the New Year. Ramjattan...

Take away lethal weapons from CPGs – AFC Leader

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Take away lethal weapons from CPGs – AFC Leader

The time is now right for those who are responsible for security in Guyana to begin to embrace modern technology and equip the ranks of the various Community Policing Groups with more effective but...

CPCE Principal calls for review of some teachers’ training centres

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CPCE Principal calls for review of some teachers’ training centres

Although 14 teacher training centres were established in nine of the 10 Administrative Regions to complement the work of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), Principal of the institution,...

Freddie Right on PPP’s Self Delusion

Dec 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Right on PPP’s Self Delusion

Dear Editor, I rarely ever agree with the views propounded by my very good friend . Freddie Kissoon in his columns and letters. But I largely agree with his conclusion (KN Dec 20) that the PPP is...

The govt. must have a conditional No Objection role in Procurement

Dec 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The govt. must have a conditional No Objection role in Procurement

Dear Editor, There seems to be a misunderstanding of the meaning, of the words, “No Objection” to be issued by Cabinet. This No objection will not affect the independence of the Procurement Body...

Bridging the Berbice River

Dec 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bridging the Berbice River

Dear Editor, Bridging of the Berbice River is one of the most invaluable projects executed and delivered for the people of Guyana. This is one of the structures that come at a time when direct stress...

Guyana Foreign Ministry did not attend OIC Guinea meeting

Dec 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Foreign Ministry did not attend OIC Guinea meeting

Dear Editor, The Foreign Minister of Guyana, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett was absent from the recent 40th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Minister Meeting in Conakry,...

That home for the destitute

Dec 23, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on That home for the destitute

No one likes to see people living on the streets. In fact, there are those among us who believe that people are made to lie on the streets either because of impecuniosity or because of hostile family...

Richard Pitman: One of the most sought after Guyanese Film producers

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Richard Pitman: One of the most sought after Guyanese Film producers

By Kiana Wilburg Attention to detail and an uncanny approach are what make 31-year-old Richard Pitman one of the most sought after film producers in Guyana. And according to Dr. Paloma Mohamed, who...

SWANSONG FOR SANTA

Dec 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on SWANSONG FOR SANTA

In my childhood, “His Master’s Voice” was not the lady of the house but phenomena that waxed even warmer and needed to be wound up to give voice. They were records set, not by Usain Bolt, but a...

New Amsterdam gets another modern supermarket

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam gets another modern supermarket

Building on what they have with the customers in mind, entrepreneurs Randolph and Rhonda Blair have expanded and remodeled the Stretch D Dollar Supermarket that was in existence at Pitt Street, New...

Parliament one step closer to becoming paperless

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament one step closer to becoming paperless

– UNDP donates tablets, laptop and desktop computers The Guyana Parliament’s vision to become a paperless parliament has been brought one step closer to reality with the handing over of 15...

Bringing Sustainable Initiatives to the Caribbean

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bringing Sustainable Initiatives to the Caribbean

By Kathleen Haley In Kiven Pierre’s home country of Guyana, cheap electricity is a valuable commodity. “The majority of energy systems in the Caribbean are based on diesel, heavy fuel oils. It...

Essequibo Ferry Service comes to the rescue for Christmas

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo Ferry Service comes to the rescue for Christmas

The refurbished M.V. Malali, along with the two Chinese ferries have been operating on a double schedule daily, rendering services to persons traveling to Georgetown and back. Employees indicate...

Local Govt. Ministry donates brush cutters to health facilities countrywide

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Local Govt. Ministry donates brush cutters to health facilities countrywide

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has gotten onboard the enhancement drive in the administrative regions, and today it presented brush cutters to 27 hospitals and health...

New River Triangle debacle…Dr. Luncheon was not misquoted on Jagdeo’s position

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New River Triangle debacle…Dr. Luncheon was not misquoted on Jagdeo’s position

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon denied that he made comments which suggested that it was former President Bharrat Jagdeo who resuscitated the idea of mining in the...

PPP 56M subvention for restoration of Georgetown is inadequate – APNU

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PPP 56M subvention for restoration of Georgetown is inadequate – APNU

Leader of the political opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger has expressed displeasure with the attitude of the Government regarding the Cabinet approved 56M for...

Police investigating discovery of human bones at Bath Settlement

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police investigating discovery of human bones at Bath Settlement

Police are investigating the circumstances in which a set of human bones were found on Thursday in a clump of bushes on a vacant plot of land at Waterloo, Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice. The...

Thousands pay final respect to Commander Derrick Josiah

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Thousands pay final respect to Commander Derrick Josiah

Thousands of Guyanese packed the Uitvlugt Community Center ground on Saturday, to pay their final respects to Assistant Commissioner of Police, Derrick Josiah. Josiah received a full military...

Motorcyclist dead after crashing into utility pole

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dead after crashing into utility pole

Police are investigating the circumstances which caused the death of one man after he allegedly lost control of his motorcycle shortly after leaving a wedding house in the wee hours of Sunday...

Shot passenger believes robbery was planned

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Shot passenger believes robbery was planned

– Bandits escaped with approximately $2.3M in cash and jewelry Desmond Edwards, the passenger who was shot around 21:00hrs on Thursday in ‘B’ Field Sophia after bandits attacked the...

Study highlights state of renal failure in Linden

Dec 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Study highlights state of renal failure in Linden

Although the state of renal failure has been gaining much attention, a recent study was able to amplify the extent of the condition as seen by medical personnel at the Linden Hospital Complex...

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Bent Street settle Back Circle 1-0 to lift Hamilton Green’s Inter-Ward Football KO C/ship

If the system is not broken why try to fix it?

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- A few years ago, I was at a private hospital watching the workers “clock-in” to work... more