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132nd Canadian Fullbore Rifle Championships…Mahendra Persaud does well

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 132nd Canadian Fullbore Rifle Championships…Mahendra Persaud does well

National Fullbore Captain Mahendra Persaud continues to show his class in the world of fullbore shooting with a creditable performance in the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association 132nd Fullbore Rifle...

LABA unaware of reported suspensions of national players

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA unaware of reported suspensions of national players

Players eligible for Victory Valley Royals championship next weekend in Linden Plans are in train for the staging of the Victory Valley Royals eight team knockout basketball championships which...

PM Hinds, lauds organizers as Pan American Martial Arts Games concludes

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on PM Hinds, lauds organizers as Pan American Martial Arts Games concludes

Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds lauded the efforts of martial arts practitioners when he attended the Pan American Martial Arts Games (PAMAG) at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, Saturday evening...

Stag Beer West Side 5-A-Side tournament…Stewartville Gunners, Vergenoegen All-Star, Woodcrest, New Road Eagles win

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer West Side 5-A-Side tournament…Stewartville Gunners, Vergenoegen All-Star, Woodcrest, New Road Eagles win

The Ansa McAl/Stag Beer West Side 5-A-Side football tournament started at the Vergenoegen Rice Mill Tarmac on Friday last with several teams recording victories in front of a large crowd....

Relatives want thorough probe of woman’s ‘suicide’

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives want thorough probe of woman’s ‘suicide’

– refute claims victim jumped through window Relatives of a 27-year-old woman from Strathspey, East Coast Demerara, are pleading for a thorough investigation into what they claim are attempts...

$500M clean-up campaign…More equipment needed to complete work

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $500M clean-up campaign…More equipment needed to complete work

– West Ruimveldt residents While the authorities have noted progress made under the $500 million clean –up campaign, residents of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown say that there are insufficient...

Gordon queries waste disposal contract

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gordon queries waste disposal contract

Interim Management Committee Chairman Orrin Gordon has expressed dissatisfaction over the recent signing of a contract between Cevons Waste and the Regional Democratic Council, for solid waste...

China’s tentacles are also in the Caribbean

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on China’s tentacles are also in the Caribbean

It is one thing to feel that commissions, indeed any State owned corporate body, should hand over non-utilized earnings to the Consolidated Fund. It is another thing to argue that by law these bodies...

The no confidence motion if passed could change the political direction in Guyana

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The no confidence motion if passed could change the political direction in Guyana

Dear Editor, If as expected, the no confidence motion is passed in Parliament, the government will have to resign but the president will act as the caretaker until the results of the next elections...

The GFC stands ready to work with all stakeholders in an atmosphere of transparency and professionalism

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GFC stands ready to work with all stakeholders in an atmosphere of transparency and professionalism

Dear Editor, It has become clear that the Kaieteur News has embarked on a campaign geared towards tarnishing the image and credibility of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) by employing low-level...

Guyana has lost one of its most talented political foot soldiers

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana has lost one of its most talented political foot soldiers

Dear Editor, Guyana has lost one of its most talented political foot soldiers that fought against the petty bourgeoisie rulers of Guyana. Lionel Peters (Lio) was a political activist who had a deep...

Freddie Misinforms Abu Bakr about Bisram

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Misinforms Abu Bakr about Bisram

Dear Editor, I reprimanded Freddie Kissoon on numerous occasions for penning falsehoods and misinformation (while providing irrefutable evidence to support my claims against him and for which FK has...

There is something sinister about this exercise

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is something sinister about this exercise

Dear Editor, Is it reasonable to ask that the organisation/s sending out its people to enter the privacy of our premises to enquire whether our names are on the voters’ list, be decent enough to...

Police ranks being used and abused

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police ranks being used and abused

Dear Editor, When I joined the Guyana Police Force a little over a decade ago I never thought that I would have been used the way me and my colleagues are being used today. I joined the Force to...

Social media and personal responsibility

Aug 25, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Social media and personal responsibility

There are over 206 social networking sites ranging from academia through photo-blogging to online language learning and include almost everything imaginable in between. Of course the list of...

Opposition parties say Gov’t worried over no-confidence motion

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition parties say Gov’t worried over no-confidence motion

…employs “delay tactics” With the possible vote of “no confidence” against the incumbent People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government lingering, Opposition parties say they feel...

Linden businessman blasts Council for demanding tolls from vending trucks

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden businessman blasts Council for demanding tolls from vending trucks

Linden businessman and proprietor of the Demerara Bakery in Wismar, Steve Bovell has blasted the Linden Municipality, for allowing staff to drive around demanding tolls from vending trucks...

Drawn together by a love for art…Burrowes School ends five-week ‘summer’ course

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Drawn together by a love for art…Burrowes School ends five-week ‘summer’ course

A stay-at-home mom, a construction worker and science student with aspirations of becoming a doctor were among eleven art lovers who were tutored in the finer points of drawing and painting,...

Shot Merriman’s Mall ‘bandit’ dies

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shot Merriman’s Mall ‘bandit’ dies

The 26-year-old robbery suspect who was shot by a licensed firearm holder on Saturday in Alberttown, died at a private hospital early yesterday. Dexter Lindo, of Shell Road, Kitty, was shot...

Herstelling community road construction behind schedule

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Herstelling community road construction behind schedule

– Gov’t may terminate $38M contract Chung Global Construction has failed to complete constructing community roads in Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, by the extended deadline of August...

Man found dead on Carifesta Avenue

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man found dead on Carifesta Avenue

– Hit and run accident suspected Police are still trying to identify the body of a man of East Indian descent that was found on Carifesta Avenue around 12:30 hrs on Saturday. The victim,...

Fly Jamaica flight services requested for Brazilian market

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fly Jamaica flight services requested for Brazilian market

With the continued promotion of tourism in the Caribbean, Jamaica-based airline Fly Jamaica has been asked to offer flight services to Brazil. Executives of the Guyanese-owned agency have been...

Giftland Officemax conducts annual “Back to School Charity” in Rosemary Lane

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland Officemax conducts annual “Back to School Charity” in Rosemary Lane

Giftland Officemax held its annual “Back to School Charity” for the Rosemary Lane (Tiger Bay) community yesterday, at the West End Community Centre on Hope Street. The event attracted many...

Banks DIH rewards 23 NGSA performers

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH rewards 23 NGSA performers

Banks DIH Limited presented bursaries to 23 children of employees and shareholders who were successful at 2014 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) during a presentation ceremony Saturday at...

Rodney Commission resumes today

Aug 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rodney Commission resumes today

The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry is expected to continue today, after a two week break. Commissioners Richard Cheltenham, Jaqueline Samuels- Brown and Seenath Jairam will work from...

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President’s College upstage Santa Rosa to advance into Quarters

Anticipation without preparation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Vice President of Guyana, ever the sagacious observer of the inevitable, has reassured... more