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Landlines rates increase…Consumer body accuses GT&T of hiding profits

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Landlines rates increase…Consumer body accuses GT&T of hiding profits

An application by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) to substantially increase its landline charges and rates has been totally rejected by the Guyana Consumer Association (GCA). As...

GuyExpo kicks off in style

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GuyExpo kicks off in style

…but familiar patterns point to lack of originality Guyanese turned out in their numbers last evening to witness the opening of the country’s premier Trade Fair, GuyExpo. This event which...

Contract variations “a growing problem for Govt.”

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Contract variations “a growing problem for Govt.”

“We cannot condone skullduggery, we cannot fund failure, and we cannot cover up for contractors, bidders or suppliers. We want a fair, open and transparent process.” – Juan Edghill No...

Paradise man killed in mining pit cave-in

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Paradise man killed in mining pit cave-in

A father of three is dead after a mining pit caved-in yesterday in the Potaro area, Region Eight. Dead is Rocklyn Solomon, 32, of Paradise Village, West Coast Berbice. According to the police,...

Plaisance plane crash…Victim receives home worth “more than $10M”

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Plaisance plane crash…Victim receives home worth “more than $10M”

A three-bedroom house at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD) has been completed for Florence Tyndall, the 69-year-old woman whose home was reduced to rubble when an aircraft crashed into it in 2013....

Pregnant patient, 21, faces death if untreated

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant patient, 21, faces death if untreated

– Overseas treatment required; family pleads for support With heavy hearts, doctors at a private hospital and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), on separate occasions,...

Cee fuh Satar snitch pun heself…again

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cee fuh Satar snitch pun heself…again

Every day people does get a shock. De shock could be seeing somebody who dem ain’t see fuh a long time or something really serious. A woman see a man get knock down pun de road and she head get...

Demerara trounce E’bo by seven wickets

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara trounce E’bo by seven wickets

Adams (97), Chandrika (90), Khan 5-31 shine By Zaheer Mohamed Spearheaded by a five wicket haul from leg spinner Amir Khan and an unbeaten 90 from opener Rajendra Chandrika, Demerara defeated...

GCB Inter-County Four –Day Cricket …Chanderpaul hits responsible ton but Berbice still ahead at Wales

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Inter-County Four –Day Cricket …Chanderpaul hits responsible ton but Berbice still ahead at Wales

By Sean Devers When bad light stopped play with 13 minutes remaining on the penultimate day of the final round four-day Inter-County game between Berbice and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)...

Windies Women’s squad for Aussie tour

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies Women’s squad for Aussie tour

St. John’s, Antigua – The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board announced yesterday a 14-member West Indies Women’s squad for a tour of Australia. The tour, starting later this...

EBFA/MCYS U-13 League…Three matches set for tomorrow at Farm

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA/MCYS U-13 League…Three matches set for tomorrow at Farm

Opening day winners, Herstelling Raiders and Grove Hi Tech will seek to maintain their winning form when day two of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports/East Bank Football Association Under-13...

Hand-in-Hand 2nd Div. 40-Over in West Berbice…D’Edwards’ Eon Abel smashes 114 as his team reaches final

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand 2nd Div. 40-Over in West Berbice…D’Edwards’ Eon Abel smashes 114 as his team reaches final

Former Berbice all-rounder Eon Abel followed up his brilliant match winning 83 for D’Edward on Saturday last with another crucial innings on Sunday, a century that guided his team into the final of...

Khemraj Pooranmall reigns supreme in Annual National ‘A’ Class Draughts

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khemraj Pooranmall reigns supreme in Annual National ‘A’ Class Draughts

Khemraj Pooranmall continued his dominance on the draughts board when he outplayed a team of competent players, amassed 20 points and reclaimed the title when the Guyana Draughts Association (GDA)...

South Ruimveldt Park Primary completes successful Inter house Athletics championships

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Ruimveldt Park Primary completes successful Inter house Athletics championships

The old idiom advocates that training children at a young impressionable age may produce long lasting and effective results and administrators of the South Ruimveldt Park Primary School were...

Windjammer/Golden Brook/Toney Sevens League launched

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windjammer/Golden Brook/Toney Sevens League launched

With the disappointment of not having the opportunity to attend the NACRA Sevens Championship last year, the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is in the midst of a two-pronged attack to ensure that...

National Open c/ship, overseas outings and AIBA AGM signal intense developmental trend in boxing

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Open c/ship, overseas outings and AIBA AGM signal intense developmental trend in boxing

When the nation’s amateur boxers enter the ring October 24 next in the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) National Open Championships, they will be under keen scrutiny as officials will be using this...

D’Andrade and Johnson dominate 5k races in Trinidad

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade and Johnson dominate 5k races in Trinidad

Trinidad and Tobago-based Guyanese duo, Lionel D’Andrade and Kelvin Johnson occupied the first two podium spots in two 5km Road Races, alternating the top spot as they prepare for this weekend’s...

Planet Paintball Firestorm Competition on this weekend

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Planet Paintball Firestorm Competition on this weekend

Planet Paintball Guyana (PPG) will be hosting an Open three-player competition at its Woolford Avenue, Georgetown Paintball Park (Opposite Stella Maris Primary School) tomorrow. PPG will continue...

Increased international participation at GuyExpo seen as benchmark

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Increased international participation at GuyExpo seen as benchmark

By Latoya Giles Over the years the reputation of GuyExpo has grown from just being a local trade fair to now being an international marketplace. This is according to President Donald Ramotar as he...

Diligence in dispensation of justice

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Diligence in dispensation of justice

The action by Magistrate Ann McLennan in a matter where a wife made false allegations of domestic abuse is one that we do not hear often, and Her Worship is to be commended for her approach to a very...

Education Ministry targets business sector with ‘industry linkages’ forum

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry targets business sector with ‘industry linkages’ forum

The stigma and prejudices associated with technical and vocational education is not unique to Guyana but, according to Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, efforts are certainly being made,...

Buggery of a female idiot

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Buggery of a female idiot

Judge to husband, “Do you accept the statement you signed to in this petition?” Husband with face pointed to the floor; “Yuh Anna, meh ah guh with women and have sex when meh drink.” Judge;...

Human rights groups protest handling of interior rape cases

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Human rights groups protest handling of interior rape cases

Taking a strong stand against the breaches of the Sexual Offences Act recently exposed regarding the rape of a young Amerindian woman in Mahdia, several human rights groups gathered in front of the...

Portuguese curriculum gets attention

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Portuguese curriculum gets attention

…as Education Ministry hosts Brazilian official Even as the Ministry of Education looks to improve its delivery of its Portuguese curriculum, efforts are continually being made to forge...

Guyana faces growing employment dilemma – academia vs. technical skills

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana faces growing employment dilemma – academia vs. technical skills

‘Thousands of jobs available, no workers’ –Labour Ministry By Zena Henry Labour Minister Nanda Gopaul has disclosed that there are thousands of jobs available countrywide, but no workers to...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more