May 2014

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Results of YBG Regional Conference B/Ball last Saturday

May 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Results of YBG Regional Conference B/Ball last Saturday

Regional Conference Tournament play continued last Saturday with 6 games in the Georgetown & East Coast Conferences at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The Regional Conference Tournament is...

Speed XI beat Mischievous Boys by 4 wkts

May 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Speed XI beat Mischievous Boys by 4 wkts

Speed XI overcame Mischievous Boys by four wickets to claim the Pitamber Auto Spares over 40 softball title recently at the Georgetown Cricket Club. Batting first after winning the toss, Mischievous...

GSCL Inc says thanks to sponsors and teams

May 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc says thanks to sponsors and teams

Following the successful hosting of their inaugural Independence Cup, which was held in collaboration with the National Sports Commission, the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc. wishes to thank...

$Inaugural Independence 10\10 Day\Night Softball Cricket Festival plans moving apace$

Inaugural Independence 10\10 Day\Night Softball Cricket Festival plans moving apace

May 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inaugural Independence 10\10 Day\Night Softball Cricket Festival plans moving apace

Plans for the staging of the inaugural Independence 10\10 Day\Night Softball Cricket Festival is moving apace as organizers are putting things in place for the May 25th, 2014 Festival at the No. 5...

Enmore to host 4-team softball on Sunday

May 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enmore to host 4-team softball on Sunday

Enmore Cricket Club will be hosting a male and female softball tournament on Sunday. Floodlight XI, Mike’s Wellman, Parika Defenders, Superstars XI, Enmore and Success are the teams expected to...

Annual T&G Outreach U13 Inter-school football underway in Berbice

May 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual T&G Outreach U13 Inter-school football underway in Berbice

Play in the fifth edition of the annual Trinidad and Guyana Sports Club and Outreach Programme (TGSCOP) U13 Inter Secondary School football competition for schools in the NA/ Canje district began...

Downward draft, other elements probed in Kurupung ‘hard landing’

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Downward draft, other elements probed in Kurupung ‘hard landing’

Investigators are examining a report of a possible down draft along with other elements, to ascertain what may have caused a ‘hard landing’ involving an aircraft belonging to one of the local air...

THE NATIONAL GRADE SIX ASSESSMENT

May 20, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE NATIONAL GRADE SIX ASSESSMENT

One of the good news emerging last week concerned the release of the results of the National Grade Six Assessment. This exam which is written in April is the main examination that determines how...

GTC/GT&T pensioners plight to engage Parliament

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GTC/GT&T pensioners plight to engage Parliament

The plight of several pensioners in a struggle to receive their benefits from the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) will be engaging the attention of Parliament when it...

First time twins for Essequibo

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on First time twins for Essequibo

The birth of twin calves to an 11-year-old cow has brought a sense of pride to seasoned Essequibo cash crop farmer, Alvin Jones. Jones, of Anna Regina now intends to take extra care of both his twin...

Tacama shooting…Lieutenant accidentally shot self, recruit

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tacama shooting…Lieutenant accidentally shot self, recruit

– relative, army sources As army officials continue to investigate Sunday’s shooting of Lieutenant Othneil Hope and recruit, Vernon Harding, at Tacama, Berbice, army sources and relatives of...

Millions committed to expand East Coast Dialysis Centre

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Millions committed to expand East Coast Dialysis Centre

– various health services to be offered A pledge of $100 million has been made to the Doobay Medical Centre to facilitate expansion of the Annandale East Coast Demerara dialysis facility. This...

Drugs in local agro-products concerns Canadian buyers

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Drugs in local agro-products concerns Canadian buyers

Canadian agro buyers are concerned about the prevalence of drug finds inside shipments of Guyanese food products. In fact, this has limited the numbers of Canadian buyers who participated in a...

Erratic airport passenger threw shoes, other items at security during tantrum

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Erratic airport passenger threw shoes, other items at security during tantrum

Security personnel at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport may have got more than they bargained for on Saturday when they tried to tell an alleged mentally unstable woman that she could not board...

NCN gets new CEO

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NCN gets new CEO

The National Communications Network Incorporated (NCN) has announced that Ms. Molly Rampersaud-Hassan is its newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Ms. Hassan commenced duties yesterday. Ms....

GPL rations power as two Wartsila engines go down

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL rations power as two Wartsila engines go down

With consumers’ patience wearing thin over an increase in outages in recent weeks, the state’s power company yesterday disclosed that it was forced to cut electricity to a number of communities...

The usual suspects: An apology to the PPP

May 20, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The usual suspects: An apology to the PPP

I received an e-mail from the PPP that stated that the contents of my Thursday column were “totally inaccurate.” After providing me with a plethora of details I was asked to “make the record...

President commissions $7M bleacher at Burnham Park

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President commissions $7M bleacher at Burnham Park

By Leon Suseran After being dormant and neglected for a number of years, Burnham Park, New Amsterdam, which was once one of the premiere sporting venues in Guyana, saw a grand re-commissioning...

Govt to take ‘comprehensive approach’ for supplementary funding—Dr. Luncheon

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt to take ‘comprehensive approach’ for supplementary funding—Dr. Luncheon

‘They want to be able to tell the populace, you are suffering because of the opposition,’ — Greenidge By Abena Rockcliffe The probability of the budgetary allocations which were set aside for...

Another maternity death rocks New Amsterdam Hospital

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Another maternity death rocks New Amsterdam Hospital

Despite the proliferation of doctors in the health system, persons continue to die and the situation points to carelessness. A young mother is now dead and relatives are screaming negligence on the...

GPHC training second batch of Critical Care Nurses

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC training second batch of Critical Care Nurses

– as anticipated accreditation of programme nears A batch of 14 nurses from various hospitals is currently students of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC’)s Critical Care...

Guyana needs a sex offenders’ registry – Nicole Cole

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana needs a sex offenders’ registry – Nicole Cole

By Latoya Giles Child Rights Activist, Nicole Cole, has said that there needs to be an operating sexual offenders’ registry in Guyana. Cole has been very vocal ever since several sex allegations...

GPHC Emergency Medical Services deemed a success

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC Emergency Medical Services deemed a success

By Romila Boodram The recently launched Emergency Medical Services (EMS) programme by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been described as a blessing by Wendy Gill, a woman who...

Berbice Bridge toll reduction… Opposition will chase away investors … says Rohee

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge toll reduction… Opposition will chase away investors … says Rohee

“The action of the opposition with regard to the Berbice River Bridge is political and intended to chase away investors. Without such partnerships the bridge would not have been realized in the...

Bamboo man in court for murder

May 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bamboo man in court for murder

Robert Luke, a resident of Bamboo Creek, North Rupununi faced Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, yesterday, charged for the murder of his childhood...

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Jun 27, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Amir Jangoo may not have even featured in the opening Test for West Indies had Shai Hope not suffered an injury during training. But with a chance handed out, he made full use of...

Compliance not flight

Jun 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I am not discussing the specifics of the incident of Thursday night when a teenager died following him being pursued by the police and him ending up crashing and dying. It is for an investigation to establish what exactly happened and who were at fault. Unfortunately, much of...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

At times like these

Jun 27, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – It’s at times like these that the frailty of humanity registers poignantly. The monuments of man’s advance, the towers of his achievements crash down. A devastating earthquake in Venezuela, two in fact. Right next door. Just beyond the...

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