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DCB U-15 trial match slated for this weekend

Mar 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB U-15 trial match slated for this weekend

The Demerara Cricket Board will be hosting a Two-Day trial match on March 22 – 23 at the Demerara Cricket Club ground from 10:00 hours each day to select their team for the upcoming Guyana Cricket...

Kraft Junior Skill Level Tournament …Wiltshire edges out Cheeks in epic duel

Mar 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kraft Junior Skill Level Tournament …Wiltshire edges out Cheeks in epic duel

– Anthony Islam extends win streak Ten-year-old Shomari Wiltshire showed poise and patience beyond his years as he held his composure to narrowly withstand a stellar effort from Alex Cheeks on...

SPECTATORS’ STAND OR HOME FOR VAGRANTS?

Mar 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on SPECTATORS’ STAND OR HOME FOR VAGRANTS?

Vagrants inhabit the lone spectators’ stand at the Burnham Basketball Court at Independence Park. The trend has been ongoing for a while and is even more pervading at nights. The vagrants have...

Revlon Lake no longer a ‘Contender’ following knockout loss

Mar 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Revlon Lake no longer a ‘Contender’ following knockout loss

Revlon Lake’s ambitions of winning the welterweight version of the Wray & Nephew Contender boxing series and the top prize of J$2 million fizzed to naught after he suffered a fourth round...

AG’s AML ‘Modified Version’ shows support of APNU amendments

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AG’s AML ‘Modified Version’ shows support of APNU amendments

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is contending that its Anti-money laundering amendments for which the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) countered and provided a “Modified Version” is...

Union heads file writ against UG Administration

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Union heads file writ against UG Administration

A writ has been filed against the administration of the University of Guyana (UG), a move that was instigated by the heads of the unions tasked with representing workers at the tertiary institution....

Residents’ call heard…Kamarang hospital gets a doctor

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Residents’ call heard…Kamarang hospital gets a doctor

After months of pleading with the Ministry of Health, residents of Kamarang, Region Seven are now to benefit from the services of a doctor. This is according to Regional Chairman, Gordon Bradford,...

Combined Opposition denies polling Bharrat Jagdeo

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Combined Opposition denies polling Bharrat Jagdeo

…says he can never return as President Shadow Legal Affairs Minister and Executive Member of A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), Basil Williams, has denied that the coalition conducted any...

GPL eyes June deadline for completion of US$42.8M system upgrade

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL eyes June deadline for completion of US$42.8M system upgrade

The Guyana Power and Light Inc’s (GPL) US$42.8M Infrastructure Development Project is in its final stages and is scheduled to be completed by the end of June. The project includes the construction...

Govt turns to India for spice processing equipment

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt turns to India for spice processing equipment

The acquisition of spice processing equipment will add further impetus to the local spice industry, especially in Region One. This has been the main issue with farmers who are planting turmeric and...

GGMC to undertake $500M land reclamation project- Minister

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC to undertake $500M land reclamation project- Minister

This year, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission will be funding a land reclamation project valued at $500M to aggressively reclaim lands and engage in reforestation activities to preserve the...

New Flood Insurance Policy on the Horizon…Deprived City Council incompetent to deal with causes of flood

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New Flood Insurance Policy on the Horizon…Deprived City Council incompetent to deal with causes of flood

Mayor Hamilton Green on Wednesday said that the recently published notification by the Insurance Association of Guyana which sought to inform that it will be amending its flood policy is due to the...

Work moving apace to fix Georgetown sewerage system

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Work moving apace to fix Georgetown sewerage system

Even as concerns related to the Georgetown sewerage system, are being highlighted, the Guyana Water Incorporated, (GWI) has announced that rehabilitation works are moving apace to bring an end to the...

ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community ?

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community ?

Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@GailLaw.com Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If...

Teen victim breaks down in court

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen victim breaks down in court

…as trial for PM’s son gets underway A city magistrate was yesterday moved to allow self-bail for the 18-year-old who is accused of assaulting the Prime Minister’s son after the emotional teen...

DHB to carry out remedial works this weekend

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on DHB to carry out remedial works this weekend

– Heavy vehicles restricted The pivot and A-frame at spans 59 and 60 on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) are slated to be replaced over this weekend. Preparatory works to execute this...

Some shocking happenings in judicial quarters

Mar 22, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Some shocking happenings in judicial quarters

Some events send shockwaves through a society. For example, when President Forbes Burnham died the country was stunned. The news was that his political party was gearing for its biennial congress a...

DPP has power to reopen Kirk Davis’s murder PI – Crime Chief

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on DPP has power to reopen Kirk Davis’s murder PI – Crime Chief

– says very little police could do without an arrest warrant The power resides in Director of Public Prosecutor, Ms. Shalimar Ali-Hack, to order that the Rondy Jagdeo murder trial be reopened,...

Annandale shooting three months later…Shot bandit still critical at GPHC

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Annandale shooting three months later…Shot bandit still critical at GPHC

The alleged bandit, Dunstan La Fleur,who was shot by an Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) businessman almost three months ago, is still hospitalized and in a critical condition at the Georgetown...

Three years jail for causing death

Mar 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three years jail for causing death

Almost five years after he was in involved in an accident that left three of his friends dead, 25-year-old Farood Mohamed was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for causing death by dangerous...

CORRUPTION

Mar 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CORRUPTION

It is more than a bit ironic for A Partnership for National Unity(APNU) to be suggesting that a functioning Integrity Commission is needed to address widespread corruption, namely, of course, public...

MOE remains committed to a comfortable teaching and learner-friendly environment

Mar 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on MOE remains committed to a comfortable teaching and learner-friendly environment

DEAR EDITOR, The Ministry of Education (MOE) wishes to respond to an article carried in your newspaper on Wednesday March 19, 2014 entitled: “Crammed classrooms concern Teachers’ Union”, in...

Industrial Delinquency – We just cannot afford to repeat the (admitted) mistakes of the past

Mar 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Industrial Delinquency – We just cannot afford to repeat the (admitted) mistakes of the past

DEAR EDITOR, There is a patent lack of coherence in the flurry of heated exchanges about the current viability, and the future sustainability, of the sugar industry of Guyana. But few of the...

Using ‘hearsay’ as an instrument of information is ill-advised

Mar 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Using ‘hearsay’ as an instrument of information is ill-advised

DEAR EDITOR, I was not disposed to replying to Mr. Charles Sohan’s letter (KN Feb 25) concerning a report on an interview with myself, but some of my colleagues have urged me to do so, if only to...