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Over 2500 trained under PAHO/WHO-CIDA programme

Jul 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Over 2500 trained under PAHO/WHO-CIDA programme

By Zena Henry Over 2500 local medical workers are now better equipped to handle a variety of health concerns following a three-year training programme facilitated by the Pan American Health...

Man jailed for threatening to burn former senior cop’s house

Jul 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for threatening to burn former senior cop’s house

An East Bank Demerara resident will be spending the next three months in prison for threatening to burn the house of a former Assistant Commissioner. Charges for threatening and abusive language were...

Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 Opening Ceremony expected to attract ‘1.5 billion’ viewers around the world

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 Opening Ceremony expected to attract ‘1.5 billion’ viewers around the world

The Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, which is due to begin at Celtic Park at 8pm today, will potentially have a global audience of 1.5 billion, according to Glasgow 2014 organisers – and it...

Man gets 36 months for robbing students

Jul 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets 36 months for robbing students

A man who stole a female high school student’s cellular phone, and was nabbed by public-spirited citizens before he could have robbed one of her male colleagues, has been jailed for thirty six (36)...

Region’s tax administrators meet in Guyana

Jul 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region’s tax administrators meet in Guyana

Drawn from 11 territories, tax administrators are meeting in Guyana for five days to deliberate on a number of tax issues, exchange ideas and share experiences in keeping with the theme for the...

Regional U-15 50-over tourney Persaud, Sinclair slam half centuries as Guyana whack Leewards by 113 runs

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U-15 50-over tourney Persaud, Sinclair slam half centuries as Guyana whack Leewards by 113 runs

Joshua Persaud and Kevin Sinclair stroked half centuries to lead Guyana to a huge 113 run win over the Leeward Islands when the Regional Under-15 50-over tournament commenced yesterday in Jamaica....

CFU U-17 Tourney Group 3 Guyana lose to Dominican Republic; Barbados win group

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU U-17 Tourney Group 3 Guyana lose to Dominican Republic; Barbados win group

Guyana’s Junior Jaguars lost their final game in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-17 qualifying competition to the host nation Dominican Republic 3-0 yesterday. Needing a win to be in...

MASS-BASED POLITICAL PARTIES DO NOT HAVE A TRADITION OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on MASS-BASED POLITICAL PARTIES DO NOT HAVE A TRADITION OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

Let us not bluff ourselves! The mass-based political parties in Guyana do not have a tradition of being liberal parties or, more importantly, of employing liberal democratic practices within their...

Jamaica poised for 1st innings honours, Lewis grabs 5

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica poised for 1st innings honours, Lewis grabs 5

Jamaica are in a comfortable position to take first innings points from Barbados in their first round game of the Regional Under-19 3-Day tournament which commenced yesterday. After bowling out...

Public service should include arts training

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public service should include arts training

Dear Editor, I have made a point to stress that while my criticism of the Minister of Culture’s mismanagement of his portfolio will continue to be strident as long as that mismanagement remains a...

GMR&SC International Drag Race Meeting Ramchand, Dabys’, Chen outstanding

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC International Drag Race Meeting Ramchand, Dabys’, Chen outstanding

A number of outstanding performances were recorded when the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) held its International ‘Burnout’ Drag Race Meeting on Sunday, at the South Dakota...

Urling is about public service

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Urling is about public service

Dear Editor, I read the headline in the Sunday Guyana Times and wondered why the editor of that newspaper felt the need to headline the newspaper with my name. It seemed to me and I wondered if there...

Guyana’s Finest Hour – Scaling-Up Guyana’s Development

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s Finest Hour – Scaling-Up Guyana’s Development

Dear Editor, On the 18 June, 1940, Sir Winston Churchill, delivered the speech – ‘Their Finest Hour’, to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In this speech...

Windwards in charge as T&T blown away for 74

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windwards in charge as T&T blown away for 74

A pathetic batting display on a low and slow Enmore track from Trinidad and Tobago saw them catapulting to an embarrassing 74 yesterday as they struggled to come to terms with a sluggish track on...

A strange attire in Linden

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A strange attire in Linden

Dear Sir, Permit me space in your column to share my view on the topic, title “Traffic Police fitted with bowties!” Not so long ago, some traffic police were seen on the streets of Linden town...

Police Athletics Championships Day 1 -Headquarters, ‘A’ Division in dead-heat

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police Athletics Championships Day 1 -Headquarters, ‘A’ Division in dead-heat

By Edison Jefford The two powerhouses in Police Athletics, Headquarters and ‘A’ Division have already separated themselves from the rest of the pack after the first day of the Guyana Police Force...

The Cabinet ignored Gobin — and he died

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Cabinet ignored Gobin — and he died

Dear Editor, Mr. Basdeo Gobin began experiencing heart problems in 2011 and at some point was a patient of the Caribbean Heart Institute attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. On...

Unity for the Nation organizes 3-a-side small goal football in Berbice

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Unity for the Nation organizes 3-a-side small goal football in Berbice

The Unity for the Nation Organisation, which is founded by Physical Fitness Trainer and Community Leader, activist and sports enthusiast, Eli Hazel, has organized a 3-a-side Small Goal Knockout Road...

Tarron Khemraj is misguided

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tarron Khemraj is misguided

DEAR EDITOR, Mr Tarron Khemraj’s contention that Mr. Granger is the best person to build a multi-ethnic rainbow coalition is not based on the facts. Mr. Khemraj must be aware that as Leader of the...

RHTYSC cricket teams launch school bags for sport programme -GTM donates $100,000 worth

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC cricket teams launch school bags for sport programme -GTM donates $100,000 worth

The eight cricket teams of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) on Friday last launched their million-dollar schoolbags for Sports...

Rohee and those wild accusations

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rohee and those wild accusations

Dear Editor, Earlier in the evening as I was looking at the HGP’s Nightly News I saw a very disgusting comment coming from none other than the Minister of Home Affairs and the PPP General...

Six entities bid to supply textbooks for nat’l distribution

Jul 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Six entities bid to supply textbooks for nat’l distribution

Six bids were opened yesterday under the Ministry of Education for the printing, supply and delivery of textbooks for national distribution. The bids were opened at the National Procurement and...

Refuting Norman McLean’s authoritative statement

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Refuting Norman McLean’s authoritative statement

Dear Editor, I was flabbergasted by Norman Mc Lean’s authoritative statement in the Stabroek News edition of 18 July titled “Bosai denies owing royalties”. His statement read as follows; “In...

LABA meets tomorrow to plan for rest of the year

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA meets tomorrow to plan for rest of the year

The Executive Committee of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) will meet tomorrow in an effort to address issues affecting the game in Linden. The meeting will also look at plans for the...

Mike Guyadin cops BK Golf Tournament

Jul 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mike Guyadin cops BK Golf Tournament

Veteran golfer of some 15 years and winner of over 20 trophies during his career so far, LGC Ground Supervisor Mike Guyadin had the ground just the way he wanted it as he trounced the rest of...

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Deeply concerned about political dysfunction in society

Dear Editor The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is deeply concerned about the political dysfunction in society that is... more