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Opposition blocks Specialty Hospital, $1.1B Amerindian fund

Apr 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition blocks Specialty Hospital, $1.1B Amerindian fund

– Health Ministry grilled over prices paid for drugs In the first of its promised cuts to this year’s National Budget, the Opposition yesterday voted against the Indian-funded US$18M...

REO’s son killed in Berbice smash-up

Apr 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on REO’s son killed in Berbice smash-up

– Passenger critical Donald Ambedkar, the son of Region Five Regional Executive Officer Ashford Ambedkar, died Wednesday night after the car he was driving collided with a truck on the D’...

Male teacher in hot water

Apr 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Male teacher in hot water

…after sending nude photo to female student A male Mathematics teacher attached to a Woolford Avenue secondary school has found himself in hot water. The mother of one of his female students found...

I care about Guyana, says outgoing US envoy

Apr 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on I care about Guyana, says outgoing US envoy

“I care about Guyana…I have often spoken about the critical contributions that Guyanese in the Diaspora can make back home here.” These were the words of outgoing US Ambassador to Guyana, D....

APNU accuses Ministry of road projects bias

Apr 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU accuses Ministry of road projects bias

…but $9B for Housing approved Despite accusations of ‘discrimination’ by the Government, the allocations for the Ministry of Housing and Water, to the tune of almost $9B were approved last...

Sooba’s appointment as Town Clerk quashed

Apr 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sooba’s appointment as Town Clerk quashed

– CJ rules Minister does not have such power By Zena Henry The decision to appoint Carol Sooba as the substantive Town Clerk of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) was yesterday...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo ketchin’ fits over de Waterfalls paper

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo ketchin’ fits over de Waterfalls paper

De way some people does behave you got to worry whether de country got any ruler. Is like everybody is a powerhouse. Dem people from Bai Shan Lin come. De Williams boy decide to tek dem to dinner,...

Regional Four-Day Cricket…Leaders T&T face bottom placed Guyana from today at Providence

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Four-Day Cricket…Leaders T&T face bottom placed Guyana from today at Providence

By Sean Devers When Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago clash from today in the final round of the 2014 Regional Four-Day Cricket Tournament at Providence, T&T will be going all out for an outright...

Republic Bank Scrabble tournament unveiled for Region Six Sec. Schools

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Republic Bank Scrabble tournament unveiled for Region Six Sec. Schools

Two of Berbice and Guyana’s leading sports organisations the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) have joined hands to host the historic Republic...

Bill Express makes timely contribution to two organisations Easter activities

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bill Express makes timely contribution to two organisations Easter activities

Two organisations were recently given a timely boost by Grace Kennedy Remittance Services (GUY) Ltd, under that company’s Bill Express brand to pull off separate events planned for the Easter...

Absolute Silence from General Council continues to fail Football

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Absolute Silence from General Council continues to fail Football

The publication of an article and a letter in S.N (03.04.14 & 04.04.14) captioned “No provisions within FIFA statutes for no confidence motion against sitting President-Says Wayne Forde, Some...

West Demerara humble Georgetown by 60 runs

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Demerara humble Georgetown by 60 runs

By Zaheer Mohamed West Demerara defeated Georgetown by 60 runs in their second round game of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/Demerara Fire and General Insurance Company Inter Association Under-19...

GFF names Technical Team for CFU U-17 C/ships

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF names Technical Team for CFU U-17 C/ships

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in preparation for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-17 Championship scheduled for July/August 2014, has selected its Technical Team. Head Coach is Mr....

6th annual Republic Bank Inter Zone U-17 tournament launched

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 6th annual Republic Bank Inter Zone U-17 tournament launched

On Wednesday last, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) launched the 6th annual Republic Bank Under-17 Inter Zone tournament, an investment of some $200,000 by the bank which will also be providing...

Everest oppose Florida Masters today

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Everest oppose Florida Masters today

As part of their 100th Anniversary celebrations Everest Cricket Club will take on Florida Masters in a 30- over match today starting at 11:00 hrs. Team Everest will come from Rajesh Singh (Captain),...

Ravens makes donation to Ptolemy Reid Centre

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ravens makes donation to Ptolemy Reid Centre

Undoubtedly, one of Guyana’s premier basketball clubs, Dyna’s Ravens made a timely donation to the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre yesterday in an effort to “give as they receive”, which...

DCB/Diamond Fire & General Insurance U-19 cricket …

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB/Diamond Fire & General Insurance U-19 cricket …

Albert, Sattaur, Ramlakan spur E/Coast to 3-Wkt win over W/Dem By Sean Devers Led by a five-wicket haul from off-spinner Vivian Albert and half-centuries by Brian Sattaur and Vishwanauth Ramlakan,...

Bain aiming to be Caribbean’s top marksman

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bain aiming to be Caribbean’s top marksman

Providence, Guyana – Kithson Bain’s name is being debated among observers in the region following his clinical performances for Alpha United in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club...

GCA competitions continue this weekend

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA competitions continue this weekend

Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) competitions continue tomorrow with first and second division games. In the Hadi’s World City Mall Inc. first-division 2-day, Police will host Demerara Cricket...

Moore leaves today for USA Tournament

Apr 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Moore leaves today for USA Tournament

Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) FIFA International Referee, Sherwin Moore is scheduled to represent Guyana at the 35th Annual Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup 2014 in Dallas, Texas, USA from April 13-20....

Food and Drug Dept. aims to regularise pharmaceutical industry

Apr 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drug Dept. aims to regularise pharmaceutical industry

The possibility exists that close to 50 per cent of malaria drugs on the local market do not conform to quality specifications, a daunting state of affairs that is compounded by the fact that the...

Shot cop claims GPHC could have made him lose his foot

Apr 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shot cop claims GPHC could have made him lose his foot

– Hospital mulls probe Doctors attached to a private hospital are desperately trying to save at least the calcaneus, also called the heel bone, of a 23-year-old policeman who was...

Draft Teachers’ Professional Standards gets overseas attention

Apr 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Draft Teachers’ Professional Standards gets overseas attention

– Education Minister heartened by response Nationwide consultations, intended to foster stakeholders’ input in the Ministry of Education’s Draft Professional Standards for teachers have...

DPP Chambers apologises to Justice William Ramlal

Apr 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on DPP Chambers apologises to Justice William Ramlal

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has issued an apology to Justice William Ramlal for inaccuracies carried in a press release, the contents of which were carried in an article...

2014 Budget…$56.2B of $220B approved on day one of voting

Apr 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 2014 Budget…$56.2B of $220B approved on day one of voting

A total of $56.2 billion of the $220 billion 2014 Budget was approved by the Committee of Supply considering the Estimates on the first day of voting, inclusive of the $6B bailout for the Guyana...

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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