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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...

Boy, 10, clings to life after struck by car

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 10, clings to life after struck by car

– Younger brother discharged with minor injuries A 10-year-old Mahaicony Primary School student is clinging to life in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Intensive Care...

Nursing school saga…Nigel Hughes hits back at Education Ministry over criticism

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nursing school saga…Nigel Hughes hits back at Education Ministry over criticism

Under fire for his representation of controversial nursing school operator Nanda Kissoon, prominent attorney at law Nigel Hughes has hit back at the Ministry of Education, claiming that “the...

GRPA seeks to redefine how citizens view sexuality

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GRPA seeks to redefine how citizens view sexuality

Redefining how we understand sexuality is one way the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA), is working on changing the country’s perception on issues related to sexual health and...

Importance of family farming emphasised

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Importance of family farming emphasised

…as Agriculture Month launched The Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) on Wednesday hosted the first Agriculture Month 2014 activity, focusing on the “Promotion of Youths in Agriculture” with...

Luncheon released from city hospital following health scare

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon released from city hospital following health scare

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, was yesterday rushed to the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) for a medical assessment after he reportedly complained of feeling unwell at his...

Haslington woman to testify against lover for husband’s murder

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Haslington woman to testify against lover for husband’s murder

The wife of murdered Haslington New Scheme fisherman Chetram Bharrat will be the prosecution’s star witness when the preliminary inquiry commences in three weeks’ time. On Wednesday, Magistrate...

AFC swears in new councillor in Region Six

Oct 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC swears in new councillor in Region Six

The Alliance for Change (AFC) in Region Six yesterday swore in a new regional councilor to its representative body in the East Berbice, Corentyne region. Popular businessman Devindra Sookraj...

The PPP is ruined, sadly so

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is ruined, sadly so

Dear Editor, Change is constant. Usually attempts to stop change are futile though they may delay the inevitable. In the end change always wins and if I were the PPP/C I would see the writing on...

Pantomime

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pantomime

Dear Editor, The media footage given to the Town Clerk (acting); Treasurer (errant); Public Relations Officer (verbose, rightfully so); the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown (stressed out, as...

A roof over one’s head

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A roof over one’s head

Dear Editor, One indicator of social progress is the extent to which people can claim ownership of a roof over their head. There was a time in Guyana when ownership of a piece of land to build a home...

We should be and constantly evaluating our preparedness for Ebola

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We should be and constantly evaluating our preparedness for Ebola

Dear Editor, America’s health authorities have confirmed that they have diagnosed the first patient with Ebola in the United States of America really demonstrates the interconnectedness of our...

PPP/C must be held accountable for poor investment deals

Oct 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP/C must be held accountable for poor investment deals

Dear Editor, “Guyana is to earn US$960 million from 17-year Aurora gold mine” screamed the arresting headline in the online Demerara Waves of 1-9-14. The report credited the President and...

Chief Justice upholds ban against Trotman’s accuser

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice upholds ban against Trotman’s accuser

The 22-year-old man who moved to challenge the injunction that bars him from publishing in the print or electronic media, any material relating to allegations made against Speaker of the National...

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Berbice ease past Demerara in low-scoring match

The geography of pettiness

Kaieteur News – You have to admire the commitment. Not to international diplomacy, mind you, but to the art of the... more