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Empowerment in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Empowerment in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Last Sunday, Guyana and the rest of the world observed World AIDS Day. Between 2011 and 2015, the theme for that day is: “Getting to zero: zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero...

Guyanese on murder charge in Barbados

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese on murder charge in Barbados

Another Guyanese man is in Barbados jail on a domestic violence-related charge – this time it is for the murder of an ex-spouse of some seven years. Jerrick Tudor, 29, of...

Renole Bourne to host tape ball cricket

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Renole Bourne to host tape ball cricket

Former Demarara Under-19 cricketer Renole Bourne will host a Holiday Bash six-over knock-out Tape Ball Cricket competition on the Cultural Centre Tarmac on December 28. The event, which caters...

K and S Group receives and gives as school tournament looms

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on K and S Group receives and gives as school tournament looms

Several weeks of stringent planning will finally come to fruition when the curtains go up on the 24th annual Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament, among 24 school teams, at the Georgetown...

‘Troubled’ Teen gets two years for stealing

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Troubled’ Teen gets two years for stealing

A teenager who said she stole a quantity of items to provide for her younger brothers was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison. Eighteen-year-old Teanisha Evans was handed the...

THE SPORTS ACADEMY RETREAT

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE SPORTS ACADEMY RETREAT

The figure of US$30M seems quite popular these days. It is the same sum that it was said was being invested by a company which signed a MOU with the government for the construction of a...

The missing link in the PPP

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

One of the greatest myths in world politics that began in the sixties and lasted way into the eighties, one that textbook after textbook published in the West stressed, was that the...

Tenelec Inc. U-15 Cricket – Berbice …Albion through to semis

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tenelec Inc. U-15 Cricket – Berbice …Albion through to semis

Albion Cricket Club is the final team to seal a semi-final berth in this year’s Tenelec Inc. Under-15 cricket tournament and have joined Police, Edinburgh and Rose Hall Town Farfan...

Correction/Apology

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Correction/Apology

Kaieteur News in yesterday’s edition inadvertently reported that Education officials presided over overpayments to contractors the sum of S1.5B. The figure is in fact $1.5M. This...

Statement on TV coverage of WI v NZ

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Statement on TV coverage of WI v NZ

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board joins with cricket fans in the region in encouraging television companies operating in the Caribbean to secure the Television broadcast rights...

Public-spirited citizens mount clean-up exercise opposite City Hall

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Public-spirited citizens mount clean-up exercise opposite City Hall

Yesterday, armed with one spade, a wheel barrow and sticks, several public-spirited citizens took up the task of carrying out a ‘round about’ clean-up in the vicinity of the...

Rights of the Child Commission expands mandate

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rights of the Child Commission expands mandate

– includes probing complaints of abuse Now equipped with additional staff, the Rights of the Child Commission has expanded its mandate to investigate complaints of abuse against...

‘New Thriving’ launches events centre

Dec 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘New Thriving’ launches events centre

The newly erected and attention-grabbing six-storey building located at Camp and Lamaha Streets, Georgetown, is now home to an events centre, operated under the New Thriving brand. Following...

Who is speaking the truth – Minister Ramsammy or Dr. Luncheon?

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is speaking the truth – Minister Ramsammy or Dr. Luncheon?

Dear Editor, The headline booms out – Minister Ramsammy says pumps are here, Dr. Luncheon says no? Who really is speaking the truth? First of all, we want to make it very clear...

Those blocked waterways

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those blocked waterways

Dear Editor, On Tuesday November 26, last, I ran into Francis Quamina Farrier at Stabroek Market whilst on my way to catch a minibus to go home. We started catching up on the times we had...

Let’s proceed with the development of Bourda, GFC grounds

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s proceed with the development of Bourda, GFC grounds

Dear Editor, It is with much interest that I read of a proposal to develop the Bourda and Guyana Football Club grounds. Guyanese would know that these two grounds are beyond priceless for the...

Of prisoners and witnesses

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Of prisoners and witnesses

Dear Editor, In response to a letter headed “Worrying Incidents at the Bartica Magistrate’s court” in Kaieteur News dated Sunday, December 1, 2013. The letter writer spoke about the...

Minister Nandlall should resign

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Nandlall should resign

Dear Editor, How is it that the National Assembly, including Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, voted unanimously for the Local Government Commission Bill and then advises the President...

AFC abandons its constituencies in favour of cricket hijackers

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on AFC abandons its constituencies in favour of cricket hijackers

Dear Editor I understand that the passage of the Cricket Administration Bill 2012 (the Bill) tabled in Parliament has become stagnated. The content of this Bill has been ventilated at no less...

The high sugar cost

Dec 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The high sugar cost

Dear Editor, It is Mollycoddling! This has to do with the labour intensive nature of growing this 40-ton of cane per acre crop. And whilst it may be true that at that at some time in the past labour...

Auditor General finds…Education officials preside over US$7.5M overpayment to contractors

Dec 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General finds…Education officials preside over US$7.5M overpayment to contractors

The Ministry of Education is still to recover in excess of $1.5B which it overpaid to contractors during 2010 and 2011. This is according to Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, who flagged this...

“Big Foot” on remand for murder of guest house owner

Dec 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Big Foot” on remand for murder of guest house owner

Nineteen-year-old Brian Leitch, also known as “Big Foot,” was placed before the courts charged with the murder of South Central’s proprietor who was found dead in one of his guest rooms almost...

Soesdyke children killer accused committed to High Court trial

Dec 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke children killer accused committed to High Court trial

Thirty-three-year-old John Blanchard, the clothes vendor who was accused of chopping his three children to death at their Soesdyke home two years ago, has been committed to stand trial...

Guyana’s Honorary Consul to Mumbai was announced – Foreign Ministry

Dec 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Honorary Consul to Mumbai was announced – Foreign Ministry

Guyana’s Ambassador to Caricom and Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Elisabeth Harper yesterday sought to explain the circumstances surrounding the appointment of...

GuySuCo bringing Indian experts to rescue industry

Dec 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo bringing Indian experts to rescue industry

-production unlikely to reach 200,000 tonnes With poor weather further compounding its woes, the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is unlikely to meet an adjusted target of...

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Poor Power Planning (PPP)

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Planning has long been the PPP/C government’s pride and joy. The PPP/C touts it at rallies,... more