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‘Santo’ pips ‘His Holiness’ to win El Dorado Golf Tournament

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Santo’ pips ‘His Holiness’ to win El Dorado Golf Tournament

The bell rang at 12:30pm last Saturday and the golfers were eager to tackle the 18-hole medal-play El Dorado sponsored tournament. Mohanlall ‘Santo’ Dinanauth, one time Guyana Open champion, took...

Sunday’s race meet organised by Alness Race club not RCMTC&SF – Colin Elcock

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sunday’s race meet organised by Alness Race club not RCMTC&SF – Colin Elcock

Popular Horse owner and promoter Colin Elcock has indicated that the race meet set for this Sunday, July 13, has been organised by the Alness Race Track and not by him and the Ryan Crawford Memorial...

Bush Lot United Turf Club to stage race Meet on Sunday July 20

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bush Lot United Turf Club to stage race Meet on Sunday July 20

The Bush Lot United Turf Club (BLUTC) has begun preparations to host their first Race Meet for the year. The grand one-day event is slated for Sunday July 20 at the club’s Sea View Park, Bush Lot...

Tough training itinerary as Laured Stewart prepares for first overseas bout in Australian

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tough training itinerary as Laured Stewart prepares for first overseas bout in Australian

By Michael Benjamin Approximately three weeks after travelling to Australia to engage in a two year training stint, local Welterweight pugilist, Laured ‘The Nightmare’ Stewart is gearing up for...

Guyana points out challenges for CARICOM

Jul 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana points out challenges for CARICOM

…at UN meeting The post-2015 development agenda must address the urgent challenges of poverty and inequality and build on the successes and shortcomings of the Millennium Development Goals...

TGI hikes cement price

Jul 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on TGI hikes cement price

The price of cement by one major supplier has gone up. According to TCL Guyana Inc. (TGI), it has increased its prices 8.7% on the ex-terminal price of its Portland Pozzolan Cement with effect from...

Cocaine in ornaments…Expectant mother, taxi driver charged

Jul 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine in ornaments…Expectant mother, taxi driver charged

An expectant mother and a taxi driver who was once convicted for drug peddling, were jointly indicted yesterday in the City Magistrates’ court on a drug trafficking charge following the recent...

Guard shot by young bandit during botched robbery

Jul 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guard shot by young bandit during botched robbery

A 54-year-old security guard is nursing two gunshot wounds to his right side abdomen at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being shot by a teenage bandit early yesterday during a...

Parents to get $10,000 grant in cash – Minister Manickchand informs

Jul 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Parents to get $10,000 grant in cash – Minister Manickchand informs

…As Education Ministry continues national consultations Parents of children attending public schools are likely to access the $10,000 grant that was assured by Finance Minister, Dr....

Works Ministry retenders for Amaila Falls river crossing pontoon

Jul 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Works Ministry retenders for Amaila Falls river crossing pontoon

Two bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), for a retender under the Ministry of Public Works for the Amaila Falls Access road Butukari River...

Duo faces court for mugging elderly man

Jul 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Duo faces court for mugging elderly man

Two city youngsters were yesterday charged for mugging an elderly man earlier this month. Roheem Benn, 20, of William Street, Kitty and Hakim Morgan, 18, of Albouystown, Georgetown appeared before...

The VIPs taking over

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The VIPs taking over

It was only a matter of time before the VIPs carved out their own space (in this instance their own stand) for viewing franchise cricket. We have seen it happen at concerts and now we are seeing it...

NCN Report…Ramotar needs to take action, not dilly-dally with recommendations

Jul 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NCN Report…Ramotar needs to take action, not dilly-dally with recommendations

– Harmon The delay by President Donald Ramotar to once and for all make public his decisions on the findings of the National Communications Network (NCN) report into irregularities is bordering...

What exactly is going on?

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on What exactly is going on?

Whatever happened to the “War on Bad Manners”? Like most attempts at setting standards, it appears to have desultorily petered out in the desert of indifference by the ordinary people. Are they...

Manickchand’s speech was not written for her

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Manickchand’s speech was not written for her

Dear Editor, In my Sunday column, I expressed the opinion that Manickchand’s delivery was not written for her. I took the position that given the way the PPP operates, I could have envisaged a...

The roads are tools in the re-election bid

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The roads are tools in the re-election bid

Dear Editor, Since assuming office in 1992, the PPP/C administrations have expended tens of billions, if not hundreds of billions, on roads across the country. That would have been a commendable feat...

Luncheon reduces Manickchand to a wild animal

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Luncheon reduces Manickchand to a wild animal

Dear Editor, Dr Roger Luncheon, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, may have intended to provide cover for and defence of acting Foreign Minister Ms. Priya Manickchand whose toast at the Fourth of...

Time for something to be done

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for something to be done

Dear Editor, A recent accident in the Kwakwani Community brought out a very troubling fact about the community’s roads. No one can be successful prosecuted for any traffic offence in Kwakwani...

Condemn Priya Manickchand

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Condemn Priya Manickchand

Dear Editor, The recent outburst by acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Priya Manickchand, on the outgoing US ambassador at the 238th independence anniversary celebration of the United States is...

An embarrassment

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on An embarrassment

Dear Sir, Please allow me space in your paper to have another voice heard on the issue of Guyana’s embarrassment by Priya Manickchand. I have been reading about this very outspoken Minister of...

Promises have gone through the window

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Promises have gone through the window

Dear Editor, It is with great concerns that I am penning this letter to your column in respect to the above and the recent development taking place within this country especially in the sugar...

Party with rum, we must

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Party with rum, we must

Dear Editor, The alcohol industry has great power in the way it uses sport to market a product that is destructive to many persons. One of the side stories about Brazil’s hosting of the World Cup...

A brutal situation in Sophia

Jul 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A brutal situation in Sophia

Dear Editor, Can the relevant authorities kindly inform the residents of Sophia D section, the third street from the police station, if this area was designated for residents or otherwise. Since...