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Fifth Corporate Business in Sports Inter-Agency Softball cricket on today

Oct 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fifth Corporate Business in Sports Inter-Agency Softball cricket on today

The fifth annual Corporate Business in Sports (CBIS) Inter-Agency Softball cricket tournament, fun day and exhibition cricket games will be held at the Albion Sports Complex today and will bring...

East Demerara Football Association Stag Beer League…Ann’s Grove and Victoria Kings advance

Oct 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Demerara Football Association Stag Beer League…Ann’s Grove and Victoria Kings advance

Ann’s Grove FC registered an upset 2 nil victory over BV Triumph United, while Victoria Kings FC defeated Sparta United by a similar margin when action in the East Demerara Football Association...

Courts/Petra Organisation Pee Wee Schools Football Competition…Round of 16 action on today at Thirst Park

Oct 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts/Petra Organisation Pee Wee Schools Football Competition…Round of 16 action on today at Thirst Park

Today is the start of action in the Round of 16 in this year’s Courts/Petra Organisation Pee Wee Schools Football Competition which resumes, at the Thirst Park ground. Defending champion St. Puis,...

Government revamping CANU – Dr Luncheon

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Government revamping CANU – Dr Luncheon

By Latoya Giles Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday announced that the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) is expected to undergo several major changes starting from...

Patentia student dies after motorcycle accident

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Patentia student dies after motorcycle accident

Police are investigating a fatal accident which led to the death of 17-year-old Patentia Secondary School student, Cecil Adolphus, of Bagotville, West Coast Demerara (WBD). The accident occurred...

$60M Moleson Creek Bridge reconstruction completed

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $60M Moleson Creek Bridge reconstruction completed

A 10-month project to reconstruct the Moleson Creek Bridge is completed. The 105 foot long concrete structure was opened to traffic on Saturday, October 18, 2014, the Ministry of Public Works has...

APNU, Govt. to develop response to Ebola

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU, Govt. to develop response to Ebola

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s Shadow Minister of Health, Dr. George Norton, and Parliamentarian, Dr. Karen Cummings have declared that they are willing to work with the government to...

Guyanese shines at Caribbean Toastmasters contest

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese shines at Caribbean Toastmasters contest

With a scintillating speech laced with humor titled “It’s time to upgrade,” Guyanese Toastmaster Travis Ferreira, secured second place at the just concluded District 81 Humorous Speech Contest....

Transparency body offers Govt. help on extractive sector

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Transparency body offers Govt. help on extractive sector

Watchdog body, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has offered to help Government to build accountability in the country’s extractive industry. According to the body, it is welcoming the...

UNICEF, lawyers’ associations sign MoU for advancing child rights

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF, lawyers’ associations sign MoU for advancing child rights

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Guyana Bar Association and the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL), signed a joint MOU yesterday, with emphasis on the areas of research,...

Death of four-year-old at GPHC…Mother to form organisation to help other grieving families

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Death of four-year-old at GPHC…Mother to form organisation to help other grieving families

The fight for justice for the untimely demise of four-year-old Jaden Mars at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) may soon evolve into a full-fledged movement aimed at advocating for...

APNU MP links sole sourcing to “chronic” drug shortages at local health facilities

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU MP links sole sourcing to “chronic” drug shortages at local health facilities

George Norton, a medical professional attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), yesterday told the media that the much too drug shortages at health facilities across Guyana, can...

Mom fears missing son executed

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mom fears missing son executed

– cops scour Providence backlands for ‘body’ Police yesterday scoured an area at Providence, East Bank Demerara for missing Industrial ite, Squatting Area resident Troy Greenidge, after...

ADVERSARIAL POLITICS AND A COMMON OPPOSITION STRATEGY

Oct 25, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ADVERSARIAL POLITICS AND A COMMON OPPOSITION STRATEGY

There is no basic rule of joint opposition politics to wit, that if there is a common adversary then there has to be a common strategy to confront that adversary. There has never been such a rule;...

President keen on seeing Guyana reach ‘developed’ status

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President keen on seeing Guyana reach ‘developed’ status

Backed by fervent rhetoric by Government officials outlining plans to ensure that Guyana remains along a developmental path, the recently introduced Cash Grant initiative, which falls under the...

Clash of the Whips …Delay in reconvening National Assembly due to Granger, Ramotar talks – Teixeira

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Clash of the Whips …Delay in reconvening National Assembly due to Granger, Ramotar talks – Teixeira

– There are discussions but this subject is not on the agenda – Ally By Kiana Wilburg Government’s Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira sought to set the record straight last night on the fact that...

Suspected Ebola case at GPHC ruled-out

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected Ebola case at GPHC ruled-out

A suspected case of the Ebola virus was dispelled yesterday, after medical practitioners at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), swung into action to ascertain the root of some...

Mutilated body found floating in canal

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mutilated body found floating in canal

Joseph Semple, 41, a farmer of Onverwagt Village, West Coast Berbice was found floating in a West Coast Berbice canal. His body was discovered face down in the canal around 16:00 hrs on Wednesday by...

Overseas-based GAIL Foundation donate playground equipment

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based GAIL Foundation donate playground equipment

When asked if they prefer playing on a slide, sea-saw or swing, the 27 children living at the “Bless the Children’s Home” in Industry, Guyana responded unanimously – the slide. On Saturday,...

‘Bumps’ lead to “Guinness Bar” shooting

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Bumps’ lead to “Guinness Bar” shooting

A self employed man is currently nursing gunshot wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), after an altercation resulted in him being shot twice to his right leg on Thursday night,...

Gun, magazine and rounds tendered into evidence

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gun, magazine and rounds tendered into evidence

…as land dispute shooting death PI continues Four envelopes containing the gun, magazine and rounds believed to have been used in the Caracas house demolition shooting death were tendered into...

Ministry of Education continues distribution of $10,000 vouchers today

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Education continues distribution of $10,000 vouchers today

The Ministry of Education will be continuing the distribution of the ‘Because we Care’ $10,000 Grant vouchers in Georgetown today. The Ministry has a list of distribution centres and the name...

2009 drinking spree murder trial opens in Berbice High Court

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 2009 drinking spree murder trial opens in Berbice High Court

The trial of Dharampaul Gopaul called ‘Pauline Gulliver’, 47, of Side Line Dam, Port Mourant, Corentyne, got underway when the Berbice Assizes opened yesterday. Gopaul is on trial before...

Sliding further downhill

Oct 25, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sliding further downhill

The majority of our skilled people is migrating, and not only does this not augur well for the future, it means that the country is getting less for its investment in human development; training...

The problems facing mankind require global solutions

Oct 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The problems facing mankind require global solutions

DEAR EDITOR, We live in a world that is far from perfect. And while it is impossible to create a trouble-free and perfect world, there can be no doubt that much more could be done by those who...

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