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10th annual DMW 11 Race Cycle Meet …Orville Hinds tops field in feature clash; Michael Anthony takes juvenile race

Mar 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 10th annual DMW 11 Race Cycle Meet …Orville Hinds tops field in feature clash; Michael Anthony takes juvenile race

Orville Hinds of United Bike Shop pedaled to victory in the feature 35-lap school boys and invitational race, topping a star studded field when the 10th edition of the Diamond Mineral Water 11-Race...

Elizabeth Styles U-19 50 overs tourney bowls off this weekend in Berbice

Mar 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elizabeth Styles U-19 50 overs tourney bowls off this weekend in Berbice

The 2014 Elizabeth Styles Under-19 50 overs competition sponsored by US based Cosmetic Firm, Elizabeth Styles and organised by the Berbice Cricket Board has started this weekend with first and second...

APNU accuses Govt of stalling AML Bill

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU accuses Govt of stalling AML Bill

Brig. David Granger, the APNU leader, has said that complaints have been leveled about APNU’s role in the deliberations of the Special Select Committee. Granger however emphatically said that APNU...

Former partner used internet to fleece me’ – Investor says

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Former partner used internet to fleece me’ – Investor says

…believes Guyana’s image is being tarnished A top local entrepreneur in the sand export business strongly believes that Guyana could suffer dire consequences with regard to future foreign...

Abandoned, elderly patients at GPHC – relatives respond

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Abandoned, elderly patients at GPHC – relatives respond

Human Services Minister Jennifer Webster says the State does not have unlimited resources and as such persons need to take responsibility for their relatives who require home care. The Minister made...

Health workers express fear over prisoners admission to GPHC

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Health workers express fear over prisoners admission to GPHC

Health workers attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) have expressed concerns over the recent admission of a 24-year-old man who was involved in a shootout with the police on...

Port Kaituma tragedy highlights hinterland neglect – APNU

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma tragedy highlights hinterland neglect – APNU

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has extended condolences to the relatives and close friends of Lurlene La Cruz, 39; Lea LaCruz, 14; Lavette La Cruz, three; Labron La Cruz, eight; and Levon...

GuySuCo’s new board takes over from July 1- Agriculture Minister

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo’s new board takes over from July 1- Agriculture Minister

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has announced that from July 1, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will be getting a new board, led by a new chairperson who has already been...

Anna Regina moves to end roadside vending

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Regina moves to end roadside vending

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) which now runs the town of Anna Regina has served notices to vendors, who have been vending for years on the road shoulders of the Anna Regina Old market. The...

Guyana’s Cricket: An expensive and slow train crash

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Cricket: An expensive and slow train crash

By Charles S. Ramson (Attorney-at-Law) Even though the Georgetown to Rosignol public train service ended in 1972, we are witnessing a train crash very slowly in Guyana – the Guyana Cricket...

PHAGWAH MESSAGES

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PHAGWAH MESSAGES

2014 PHAGWAH MESSAGE FROM MADAME DEOLATCHMEE RAMOTAR, FIRST LADY OF GUYANA I am extremely happy to send greetings to all Guyanese, especially the Hindu community on the occasion of Phagwah...

Guyana’s First Daughter…‘I want a fair chance like any other Guyanese’

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s First Daughter…‘I want a fair chance like any other Guyanese’

By Rehana Ahamad Pull Quote- “My siblings and I were always encouraged to work towards the development of our country. From an early age, we understood that while it is important for us to better...

There must be politics in the FIU appointment

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on There must be politics in the FIU appointment

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is not in agreement with the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to have the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU be void of any political influence. The FIU is the...

Asphalted Parika-Goshen Road coming this year

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Asphalted Parika-Goshen Road coming this year

Construction of the Parika/Goshen Road as an alternative access to interior communities, particularly mining districts, is inevitable. It is hoped that this infrastructural development would open-up...

Operations of Go-Invest increases risk of corruption – APNU

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Operations of Go-Invest increases risk of corruption – APNU

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Shadow Minister on Public Works and Telecommunications, Mr. Joseph Harmon has categorically stated that the weakness of the Guyana Office for Investment...

The Indian diplomatic debacle

Mar 16, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Indian diplomatic debacle

The dismissal of visa fraud charges against India’s former Deputy Consul-General in New York, Devyani Khobragade, does not mean that she has been fully absolved of wrongdoing, but it does provide...

From the Diaspora…ONCE UPON A TIME IN NEW AMSTERDAM

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…ONCE UPON A TIME IN NEW AMSTERDAM

By Ralph Seeram One of the highlights of visiting the Botanical Gardens was to see the manatees; there were two living among the “water lilies”. Parents out for an evening stroll brought their...

Berbice High School student triumphs at Impromptu Speech Competition

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice High School student triumphs at Impromptu Speech Competition

A number of topical issues were craftily ventilated by students at the finals of the keenly contested Regional Impromptu Speech Competition for secondary schools in Berbice. The event was held on...

Combating kidney failure with awareness

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Combating kidney failure with awareness

– The Kidney Foundation of Guyana remains focused three years later By Sharmain Grainger Guyana is currently saddled with an estimated 7,000 people suffering from kidney disease, among whom...

Nominal increase in biofuels could push water demand for agriculture by 20% – UN

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nominal increase in biofuels could push water demand for agriculture by 20% – UN

The increasing momentum in the production of biofuels has created a growing demand on water resources, according to the United Nations (UN). The United Nations will be observing World Water Day (WWD)...

Can Guyana be saved? Who will save it from the PPP?

Mar 16, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can Guyana be saved? Who will save it from the PPP?

Dear Editor, The PPP has been in office for almost twenty-two unbroken years and during that time politics has been a zero sum game, it’s all or nothing for them. The dystopian society that...

Calgary University cardiology team arrives today

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Calgary University cardiology team arrives today

– to assist in setting up children’s clinic As the Ministry of Health continues its strategic partnerships with international health institutions, a team of cardiologists, headed by Professor...

Living with the circus in a failed state

Mar 16, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Living with the circus in a failed state

If you are a student of politics and you have been in this country since the PPP came to power, but especially since Mr. Jagdeo became President, you must have said to yourself one morning while...

“Forget about your disability and live life to the fullest!” – Stacy Johnson

Mar 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Forget about your disability and live life to the fullest!” – Stacy Johnson

By Romila Boodram Believe it or not, but this 27-year-old has done almost everything a so-called normal person does, including “shaking away” at various clubs in Georgetown and even visiting...

Sovereignty is exercised by the government

Mar 16, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Sovereignty is exercised by the government

The role of any opposition party is to hold the government’s feet to the fire. They are there to ensure that abuses by the government are exposed. More importantly, the role of the opposition is to...

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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