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BEYOND ALL EXPECTATIONS

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BEYOND ALL EXPECTATIONS

Yesterday, for the first time for the year, I saw a kite in the skies. It is unusual to see a kite so early in the year, but it is a reminder that Easter is just a few months away. In my life I have...

Over fishing …US$75,000 study to assess situation in Guianas-Brazil zone

Feb 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Over fishing …US$75,000 study to assess situation in Guianas-Brazil zone

As worry continues with the over exploitation of fishing and fishing grounds in the Guianas-Brazil shelf, a project is underway to assess the value and management potential of stocks in order to...

The silly season is here

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The silly season is here

Election time is appropriately called the silly season. It is the time when normal people lose all sense of reason; when partisan politics supersedes even friendship; when the entire country braces...

DEBUNCHING PAYOUT …Bynoe says MoE dishonest and disrespectful

Feb 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on DEBUNCHING PAYOUT …Bynoe says MoE dishonest and disrespectful

Past President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Colin Bynoe, is very concerned about the Ministry of Education (MoE)’s slothful approach to the debunching issue, especially since the process...

The pressures of election campaigns…Jaipaul Sharma ‘mentally prepared’ to face “Priya” this time

Feb 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The pressures of election campaigns…Jaipaul Sharma ‘mentally prepared’ to face “Priya” this time

Executive Member of the Justice For All Party (JFAP), Jaipaul Sharma, is now “mentally” prepared to face his nemesis, Education Minister, Priya Manickchand. Last year, Manickchand hurled some...

Rice mill offers compensation to dead teen’s family

Feb 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rice mill offers compensation to dead teen’s family

Senior employees attached to the privately-owned Caricom Rice Mills Ltd at Anna Regina visited the mother of the dead teenager, Threeion Gittens. Gittens lost his life while cleaning a tank that was...

Film review: Imitation Game/Kill the Messenger

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Film review: Imitation Game/Kill the Messenger

When I returned to Guyana after working in Grenada, the next day I went on the seawall to jog. As I passed the CID Head Office at Camp Road, I saw an expensive speedboat. It was seized in the then...

West Demerara Guinness ‘Greatest of De Streets’ Futsal Competition: Could West Side Ballers prove the pundits wrong?

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Demerara Guinness ‘Greatest of De Streets’ Futsal Competition: Could West Side Ballers prove the pundits wrong?

– Raiders, Street Ballers playing for bragging rights By Rawle Welch Many knowledgeables who had the opportunity to watch hosts Pouderoyen Showstoppers clinical mutilation of Patentia Street...

Deonarine down with the ‘flu’ but delighted with CPL pick

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deonarine down with the ‘flu’ but delighted with CPL pick

By Sean Devers in Jamaica Just back from South Africa with the West Indies team after finishing just behind Devon Smith with runs in the first phase of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional...

Man robs ‘girlfriend’ of blackberry cellphone

Feb 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man robs ‘girlfriend’ of blackberry cellphone

Gavin Major yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer a charge of robbery. It is alleged that Major, on February, 4, last,...

DOUBLE WICKET CRICKET AT ENMORE FEB. 22

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on DOUBLE WICKET CRICKET AT ENMORE FEB. 22

The Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club will be running off a Double Wicket Cricket tournament involving Clubs on the East Coast of Demerara on Sunday 22nd February, 2015 at the Enmore Community...

Eddy Grant’s ‘Electric Avenue’ rocks the Superbowl ads list

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eddy Grant’s ‘Electric Avenue’ rocks the Superbowl ads list

Guyanese International Superstar Eddy Grant was elated to find out that his iconic hit recording and song “Electric Avenue” would be featured in BMW’s Super Bowl commercial for the...

Fight on!!! CliveAtwell/ Sakima Mulling consummate the deal with contract signing ritual

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fight on!!! CliveAtwell/ Sakima Mulling consummate the deal with contract signing ritual

It’s official; Clive Atwell arrived at Abdool and Abdools, the Avenue of the Republic office of President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Peter Abdool and affixed his signature to the...

GAPF Novice and Junior C/ships on tomorrow

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF Novice and Junior C/ships on tomorrow

– record field of 28 athletes set to compete With the aim of achieving another successful year, the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) will commence its 2015 season with the usual...

2015 Golf season tee-off today

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2015 Golf season tee-off today

Lusignan Golf Club will open their 2015 season today at their Lusignan East Coast Demerara location and President, David Mohamad, is hopeful that golfers will turn out in full for this first...

UG needs to do some serious introspection and careful re-strategizing

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG needs to do some serious introspection and careful re-strategizing

DEAR EDITOR, The University of Guyana is currently faced with industrial action over the issue of salary increases for staff members. One can only hope that reason and good sense will prevail and a...

GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles Badminton tournament starts Monday

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles Badminton tournament starts Monday

The GUMDAC Annual Open Doubles Badminton tournament starts on Monday at the Queen’s College badminton courts. This will be the first tournament for the year for the Guyana Badminton Association,...

Reparations claim only about the money

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reparations claim only about the money

DEAR EDITOR, Whenever we hear those clamoring for reparations, they will always tell you that they are demanding “justice for our ancestors”. It is being claimed that the Europeans must make...

My experiences at the University of Guyana

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on My experiences at the University of Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, I worked at the University of Guyana until almost three years ago. This was my second full-time stint there. I had worked there in the early nineties and despite loving the job I was...

We have endured a trip to hell and back

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have endured a trip to hell and back

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese are people that have endured a trip to hell and back with airline after airline that has come on the scene, many of which have duped travellers. A history of turmoil, rip-offs,...

An AFC/APNU coalition govt. will uphold the ideals of good governance

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An AFC/APNU coalition govt. will uphold the ideals of good governance

DEAR EDITOR, When President Ramotar assumed office three years ago, he pledged that there would be no compromise on integrity in public office or performance by him or his ministers. He also promised...

LABA AGM and biennial elections set for tomorrow at Toucan Call Centre‏

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA AGM and biennial elections set for tomorrow at Toucan Call Centre‏

The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) has announced that its Annual General Meeting and biennial elections are to be held tomorrow at 3:00pm at the Toucan Call Centre in Linden. The clubs...

Milo U-20 Schools Football resumes today and tomorrow

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo U-20 Schools Football resumes today and tomorrow

After two days of pulsating action, play in the Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition resumes this weekend with four matches planned for today and tomorrow respectively, at the Ministry...

Slingerz, GDF hunt quarterfinal berths as Mayor’s Cup continues

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz, GDF hunt quarterfinal berths as Mayor’s Cup continues

Two exciting matches are fixed for tonight at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground from 7:00pm with favourites Slingerz of the West Side and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) hunting places in the...

WICB Four-Day First Class Franchise cricket: Permaul’s unbeaten 75 put Jaguars ahead on day one

Feb 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB Four-Day First Class Franchise cricket: Permaul’s unbeaten 75 put Jaguars ahead on day one

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In Association with Western Union John Fernandes Ltd & Payless Varity Store In an Island celebrating the 70th birth anniversary of one of its greatest musical legends...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

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