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GCU&SA closes season on a high despite challenges

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCU&SA closes season on a high despite challenges

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCU&SA) closed the 2013 season on a high note despite a number of challenges. One of its youngest member Ryan Banwari topped the Caribbean...

Fistic action to brighten Lindeners’ festive season tomorrow night

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fistic action to brighten Lindeners’ festive season tomorrow night

By Michael Benjamin The weather forecast over the past two weeks has been grim with heavy showers that have left some parts of the country inundated. It seems though more is to come and this...

Former national G/keeper Newark eleced President of Old Fort

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former national G/keeper Newark eleced President of Old Fort

One of the founders of Old Fort Hockey Club Allan Newark was elected to serve as President when the entity held its Annual General Meeting to choose office bearers recently. Newark, a former...

More than two years later…Hope Canal cannot meet another deadline

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on More than two years later…Hope Canal cannot meet another deadline

It has been confirmed; after being more than a year behind schedule, the $3B Hope/Dochfour Canal will not meet its latest December 31 deadline. According to Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie...

Guyana must produce its own heroes

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana must produce its own heroes

I have the highest regard for Glenn Lall, the publisher of this newspaper, but there are some issues on which we disagree. But we do so without affecting our lifelong friendship. Glenn is...

TB patients urged to take medication on time

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on TB patients urged to take medication on time

Tuberculosis is one of the most deadly diseases, and the local Ministry of Health is calling on persons countrywide, especially those in the hinterland regions, to take their medication on time. The...

Gold miner murdered on Five Star trail

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miner murdered on Five Star trail

– residents nab suspect Veteran gold miner Timothy Adams was found murdered at around 09:00 hrs Monday on the Five Star, North West District trail. A shopkeeper found the 57-year-old...

Greenidge accuses Govt. of buying votes with supplementary provisions

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Greenidge accuses Govt. of buying votes with supplementary provisions

“How will the Minister spend $500M in a few days when that sum is way more than the initial sum approved in the budget for an entire year?” That was the concern expressed recently by Former...

Bids submitted for structures at Track and Field facility

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bids submitted for structures at Track and Field facility

Under the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport, bids were opened yesterday by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of Synthetic...

Fisherman kills wife, commits suicide

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman kills wife, commits suicide

A 29 – year – old fisherman of Endeavour, Leguan, Essequibo Islands, brutally murdered his wife by slitting her throat, early yesterday morning. The man, identified as Youvindra Jagdai,...

Guyana’s economic growth is no fluke – Edghill

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s economic growth is no fluke – Edghill

Guyana’s economic growth of five percent this year did not occur by fluke and is not surprising. It is based on prudent fiscal management of the economy and Government’s vision of investing in...

Chief Librarian dies in smash up with police

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Librarian dies in smash up with police

Gillian Thompson, Chief Librarian of the National Library, died at around 14:30hrs yesterday, after a speeding white Toyota Allion car slammed into the bus that she was in. According to...

CGX locked in legal battle with former partner over new exploration licence

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CGX locked in legal battle with former partner over new exploration licence

Canadian-based oil exploration company, CGX Energy, is now locked in a legal battle with former partner Repsol Exploracion, S.A. According to CGX yesterday, it has started arbitration proceedings...

A closer look at ‘The Catholic Standard’

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A closer look at ‘The Catholic Standard’

By Dwijendra Rooplall If you are like me born after the Forbes Burnham era, then you might be just as surprised as I was to know that during those days there was a weekly Christian newspaper...

City dilemma highlighted on international stage

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on City dilemma highlighted on international stage

Amidst city woes, a handpicked Town Clerk, poor management at City Hall, garbage pile-ups and flooding to name a few, Georgetown’s dilemma has been highlighted on the world stage as Public...

Con artist targets “barrel” recipients

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Con artist targets “barrel” recipients

Christmas is a time when everyone looks forward for their barrels and boxes from their overseas relatives. Well, this year, a con man has surfaced and he has been targeting “barrel lovers”...

“Mastermind” in Port Kaituma gold heist slapped with murder charge

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Mastermind” in Port Kaituma gold heist slapped with murder charge

After about five court appearances for other charges, the man believed to be the “mastermind” who carefully crafted the multi-million gold heist in Port Kaituma from the El Dorado Gold Trading...

Digicel to commission Eteringbang communication tower

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel to commission Eteringbang communication tower

By Zena Henry A year or two ago, members of the joint services and residents of the jungle frontier town of Eteringbang would not have imagined standing on the border with Venezuela and...

Procurement process…Cabinet’s no-objection role must be maintained – Nandlall

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Procurement process…Cabinet’s no-objection role must be maintained – Nandlall

Attorney General Anil Nandlall in the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) recent weekly missive articulated that while the party welcomes the government’s public declaration of its...

CHRISTMAS MESSAGES

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CHRISTMAS MESSAGES

A Partnership for National Unity The message of the Gospel of St. Luke in the Holy Bible – … on earth, peace, good will to all men – is as valid today as it was two millennia ago. Jesus...

“IPA Group brings Xmas cheer to children’s homes”

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “IPA Group brings Xmas cheer to children’s homes”

IPA Group, yesterday, donated over 500 Christmas gifts to Children Homes and Orphanages in the city. The presentation took place at its Head Office on Camp Street. Group Marketing Manager, Mr....

No bail for miner caught smuggling shotgun cartridges into G/T Prison

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No bail for miner caught smuggling shotgun cartridges into G/T Prison

Just two days ago, a warder at the Georgetown Prisons found two 12-gauge shotgun cartridges stashed in a pair of Nike sneakers. And yesterday a 29-year-old miner was brought before the courts...

Christmas message…We in Guyana have not lost the traditional significance of this season – PPP

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas message…We in Guyana have not lost the traditional significance of this season – PPP

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has extended “warm Christmas greetings” to all Guyanese, “especially our Christian brothers and sisters during this most festive period of the...

Warming the heart

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Warming the heart

The smells coming from the homes at this time of the day tell a story. It is a story about having the best that the year has given us. Many of us saved all through the year just for...

GEA board wants matters be dealt with systematically

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GEA board wants matters be dealt with systematically

In another six months, the life of Guyana Energy Agency (GEA)’s Board of Directors will come to an end. The board Gazetted, in September 2013, after a stir of controversy in the media, met twice...

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An Open Letter to the election observer missions

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Later this year, you will arrive in Guyana as protectors of the integrity of our democracy.... more