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Revamp GECOM after local Govt. elections

Mar 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Revamp GECOM after local Govt. elections

– Chris Ram Minister in the Ministry of Local Government, Norman Whittaker, must explain whether he was articulating government’s policy when he said that the vast majority of the populace is...

Boy, 6, dies at Leonora Hospital from lack of oxygen

Mar 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 6, dies at Leonora Hospital from lack of oxygen

– hospital report cites two similar fatalities A six year old boy was recently added to a list of two persons who died at the Leonora Cottage Hospital due to shortage of oxygen and medication...

Cops still seek motive for murder of Corentyne woman

Mar 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cops still seek motive for murder of Corentyne woman

Police are still looking for a motive for the suspected execution-style killing of a No.2 East Canje mother of four, Patricia Samaroo. Her sister Annetta, was also injured during the shooting which...

PPP/C vows to uphold Dr. Jagan’s legacy

Mar 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C vows to uphold Dr. Jagan’s legacy

– during Babu John memorial As hundreds gathered at the Babu John Crematorium, Region Six, to observe the 17th death anniversary of the late President Dr. Cheddi Jagan, they were reminded of...

Reach out to the male victims of domestic violence

Mar 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Reach out to the male victims of domestic violence

– Administrator of the Women’s Affairs Bureau “His problems may persist until one day it explodes and result in the tragedies, which we see documented in the daily news.” While...

Alanzo Greaves wins 17th Cheddi Jagan Mem. Road Race in Berbice

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alanzo Greaves wins 17th Cheddi Jagan Mem. Road Race in Berbice

By Samuel Whyte Leading cyclist of the Roraima Bikers Club, Alanzo Greaves in a time of Two hours 7 Minutes 8 Seconds won the 17th edition of the Annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial Cycle Road Race which...

Chinese company conducting study to identify fish species

Mar 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese company conducting study to identify fish species

– Govt. promises to protect local fisher folk interests A Chinese company interested in deep sea fishing is conducting a study of fish species available in Guyana’s waters that are not...

Horace Phillips Memorial Tri-nation Boxing Championships…Guyanese boxers cart off lion’s share of loot despite questionable decisions

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horace Phillips Memorial Tri-nation Boxing Championships…Guyanese boxers cart off lion’s share of loot despite questionable decisions

By Michael Benjamin in Barbados with the compliments of LIAT Airlines, Modern Optical Services, Keith Burrows, Rent-a Tent and Duckies Variety Store Guyanese boxers shrugged aside two questionable...

Samuels and Badree overpower limp England

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Samuels and Badree overpower limp England

As forecast, a West Indies comeback gave England nightmares at Kensington Oval, but the much-heralded return of Chris Gayle was overshadowed by Marlon Samuels. Samuels is the Yohan Blake to Gayle’s...

BCB to host special Elizabeth Styles Coaching programme

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB to host special Elizabeth Styles Coaching programme

The Special Events Committee (SEC) of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) over the course of the next month would be hosting a series of Coaching Clinics for youth cricketers in the Ancient County. The...

Vizion Sounds C’bean club Football tourney…Alpha United trounce Slingerz 5-0, Boys Town whip Buxton

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vizion Sounds C’bean club Football tourney…Alpha United trounce Slingerz 5-0, Boys Town whip Buxton

Alpha United and Boys Town of Jamaica registered comfortable victories when action in the Vision Sounds Entertainment Caribbean Club Football tournament continued Friday night last at Buxton ground,...

Barbados maul Guyana by 136 runs

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barbados maul Guyana by 136 runs

By Sean Devers On a slow Providence track 28-year-old Test leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo extracted bounce and turn to claim his 10th five wicket haul at this level to leave Guyana with high hopes of...

Assuria Invitational…Top seeds to battle for Men’s Over 35 crown

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Assuria Invitational…Top seeds to battle for Men’s Over 35 crown

In closing two weeks of high quality tennis, Godfrey Lowden and Carlos Adams would add another chapter to their list of riveting clashes when the two meet for the Men’s Over-35 title in the Assuria...

NCN U-15 Inter Zone tournament…New Amsterdam / Canje face West Berbice tomorrow

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NCN U-15 Inter Zone tournament…New Amsterdam / Canje face West Berbice tomorrow

The Berbice Cricket Board organised National Communication Network (NCN) Under-15 Inter Zone tournament is set to bowl off tomorrow with West Berbice playing New Amsterdam / Canje over two-days at...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo must lef in a tree

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo must lef in a tree

De world mourning how 239 people who been pun a jet from Malaysia to Beijing and how dem dead. Dem people lef dem house good, good but dem got people who always want to see people in distress. Dem...

EBFA U-17 League

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA U-17 League

When competition in the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Under-17 tournament continued on yesterday at two venues, BV Triumph United edged Paradise 2-1 at the BV Ground. Mahaica won by a...

THE TOR IS BEING USED AS AN EXCUSE

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE TOR IS BEING USED AS AN EXCUSE

An excuse had to be found. Any excuse. It therefore makes little sense to haggle over the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Commission of Inquiry(COI) into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney. The issue is...

The PPP has zero interest in making this law work

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP has zero interest in making this law work

Dear Editor, After reading Sir Ronald Saunders’ sobering column, “In Guyana: political negotiations an opportunity for real democracy,” (KN, March 9, 2014), I think Guyanese need to know the...

End the pervasive Culture of Police Crime and Violence in Guyana

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on End the pervasive Culture of Police Crime and Violence in Guyana

Dear Editor, I am certain that most Guyanese are outraged and shocked at the criminal and inhumane behaviours displayed by some (seems most) members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF). If any reader...

I was assaulted by a Police Rank on Int’l Women’s Day

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I was assaulted by a Police Rank on Int’l Women’s Day

Dear Editor, On a day that is generally meant to celebrate, appreciate, respect and show love towards women, International Women’s Day, I was assaulted by a police Officer (name given), attached to...

Sinking in filth

Mar 10, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sinking in filth

The recurrence of a garbage crisis does not surprise us. The corrective methods have always been inadequate. The wrangling at City Hall hasn’t helped. It is also no longer newsworthy. The citizens...

Anti Money Laundering Bill…Finance Minister continues to deceive public- Granger

Mar 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti Money Laundering Bill…Finance Minister continues to deceive public- Granger

Leader of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger says that while the amendments proposed by the coalition will not guarantee enforcement, it will most certainly increase the...

West Watooka Farmers Tarmac- Another White Elephant?

Mar 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on West Watooka Farmers Tarmac- Another White Elephant?

A farmers’ tarmac which was commissioned more than three years ago at West Watooka to facilitate the selling of produce is yet to be used for the purpose for which it was intended, and is...

Remembering Johnny Braff

Mar 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Remembering Johnny Braff

By Michael Jordan ” I played songs that people could listen to; when you hear songs like that, they go straight to your heart and you have to stop what you are doing and sing..” ‘STOP THE...

Historic Cemetery in dire state

Mar 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Historic Cemetery in dire state

The state of Guyana’s Le Repentir Cemetery is now in an even more sorry state. Dense vegetation covers many tombs, and families going to pay respects to loves ones have to trek through overgrown...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more