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Double gold medalist George pays courtesy call on Sport Minister -call made for closer collaboration

Apr 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Double gold medalist George pays courtesy call on Sport Minister -call made for closer collaboration

By Rawle Welch After being apprised of the achievements of the Guyana team that participated in the Junior Carifta Games which ended in Martinique earlier in the week, Minister of Sport Dr. Frank...

GFA U-17 league Beacon, Pele draw 5-5; Fruta Conquerors thump Santos 3-1

Apr 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA U-17 league Beacon, Pele draw 5-5; Fruta Conquerors thump Santos 3-1

Beacon and Pele Football Clubs played to an exciting draw while Fruta Conquerors hammered Santos FC 3-1 when the Georgetown Football Association (GFC) Under-17 league commenced yesterday at the...

President chides GPF over number of unsolved murders

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President chides GPF over number of unsolved murders

– says low rate of prosecution also cause for concern President Donald Ramotar expressed his dissatisfaction with the increasing number of unsolved crimes which are plaguing the Guyana...

“Illegal” Easter spot sales prompt sanctions against Sooba, officers

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Illegal” Easter spot sales prompt sanctions against Sooba, officers

– Council invites citizens to claim refunds By Zena Henry The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is setting to move a motion to sanction Town Clerk (ag) Carol Sooba and all the...

Black Bush $1.7M robbery…Prison escapee among two suspects being sought

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Black Bush $1.7M robbery…Prison escapee among two suspects being sought

Police are continuing their hunt for two more suspects in the robbery of a Black Bush Polder couple on Tuesday. They say that one of the suspects is a prison escapee. The victims, Baijnauth...

Amended Appropriation Bill to reach OP today

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Amended Appropriation Bill to reach OP today

The 2014 Appropriation Bill, which is essentially the Budget, is expected to be forwarded today to the President for his assent. This is according to a senior official at the National...

Cops seeking another suspect in businessman’s murder

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seeking another suspect in businessman’s murder

Newly-appointed Crime Chief, Leslie James, has disclosed that the police are seeking another person in connection with the kidnapping and subsequent murder of businessman Rajendra Singh....

E-Governance project has nothing to do with internet – Alexei Ramotar

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E-Governance project has nothing to do with internet – Alexei Ramotar

– Infrastructural development phase concludes month-end By Keeran Danny “If you felt the E-Governance project is internet then you are barking up the wrong tree. E-Governance has nothing...

PUC warns of buying stolen GT&T copper cable

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PUC warns of buying stolen GT&T copper cable

The regulator of the telephone industry has called for more vigilance by residents after vandals damaged critical components leaving thousands without service. According to the Public...

AFC supports elevation of Judiciary to financial autonomy

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC supports elevation of Judiciary to financial autonomy

The elevation of Guyana judiciary’s status to that of an independent entity has been welcomed by the opposition Alliance for Change (AFC), a move which, according to party leader Khemraj Ramjattan,...

Region positioned to be breadbasket of the world – IDB

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region positioned to be breadbasket of the world – IDB

…but tough policies to increase production needed A key report has placed Latin America and the Caribbean in an excellent position to help feed a global population of nine billion people in...

Guyana should be aiming to have many specialty units

Apr 25, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana should be aiming to have many specialty units

The Specialty Hospital has been given special treatment by the combined parliamentary opposition. Once again, the plug on the finances for the construction of this hospital has been pulled....

Demerara Bank Limited registers 32% profit for half

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Bank Limited registers 32% profit for half

Demerara Bank Limited has continued its excellent run in terms of performance, recording a 32% increase in its profits after tax for the first six months of its financial year. Bank officials...

Four-year-old’s death at GPHC…Recommendations made for four health workers to be disciplined

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Four-year-old’s death at GPHC…Recommendations made for four health workers to be disciplined

— mother disheartened by lengthy process A final investigation into the death of four-year-old Jaden Mars, who died last December while a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital...

PM’s son loses case against teen sister-in-law

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PM’s son loses case against teen sister-in-law

– Magistrate cites insubstantial evidence One month after the teenage sister-in-law of the Prime Minister’s son was accused of assaulting and displaying threatening behaviour towards...

Swiss House Cambio boss murder…Prosecution faces two-week deadline for remaining witnesses

Apr 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Swiss House Cambio boss murder…Prosecution faces two-week deadline for remaining witnesses

…as two more take the stand As the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of former Swiss House Cambio Managing Director Farouk Razac continued yesterday, Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry...

Sharks declare war on sardines; not in the water but in the circus

Apr 25, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sharks declare war on sardines; not in the water but in the circus

Protracted incumbency not only saps the mental energy of an authoritarian cabal, but it destroys the faculty to understand the external environment. In such a sad situation, the tired power-wielder...

The long and hard debate continues

Apr 25, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The long and hard debate continues

These days the media seem to have been caught between a rock and a hard place. Of course, they have a duty to present the best possible image of the country and at the same time they have a duty to...

This mother’s response has further damaged her daughter’s self esteem

Apr 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This mother’s response has further damaged her daughter’s self esteem

Dear Editor, The people who need love and understanding the most are usually the rebellious ones. Life is contemplatively ironic like that. That is the thrust of my take on the issue in Trinidad and...

Stop the divide and rule policy over the indigenous peoples

Apr 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop the divide and rule policy over the indigenous peoples

Dear Editor, Allow me the opportunity to share my thoughts with my Amerindian brothers and sisters of Region No. 9, Upper Takatu, Upper Essequibo, “Rupununi” and elsewhere and indeed, all...

How can a curfew state help a community?

Apr 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on How can a curfew state help a community?

Dear Editor, Good intentions are practiced and not preached, that the acting Commissioner’s approach to embracing the underprivileged South Georgetown area demonstrates the absence of a real...

Peeping Tom is misleading the public

Apr 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Peeping Tom is misleading the public

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to an opinion column by Peeping Tom appearing in your newspaper on 21st April 2014 entitled “The AFC is attempting to hookwink Guyanese”. In it, the author...

Amended 2014 ‘budget’ missing

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Amended 2014 ‘budget’ missing

Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS) Dr. Roger Luncheon, in updating the media on the 2014 National Budget process has said that the Appropriation Bill passed by the National Assembly is yet to...

AG, Greenidge clash over “snail’s pace” of Public Accounts Committee

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AG, Greenidge clash over “snail’s pace” of Public Accounts Committee

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is still to complete its report on the Auditor General’s report for the years 2010 and 2011. With the 2013 report expected to be released in a matter of months,...

Labourer killed by falling mirrors

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer killed by falling mirrors

Jeremy Ames, 28, died yesterday after being crushed by a pile of mirrors at the construction site of the new Giftland Office Max Mall, at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. According to Denzil...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more