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GGMC concludes successful introductory prospectors training

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC concludes successful introductory prospectors training

…as preparations begin for higher level training The Mining School functions under the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. The recent training was also in partnership with the Guyana Women...

Bandits rob fish trader at Meadow Bank wharf

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits rob fish trader at Meadow Bank wharf

…third time victim robbed in 11 months An early morning robbery at the Meadow Bank wharf has left fish glue trader, Omar Esau of 1757 Providence, East Bank Demerara calling on police to tighten...

Need for development of human resource in St. Cuthbert’s

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Need for development of human resource in St. Cuthbert’s

With a population of just over 1600 and spanning several acres of land, the Amerindian village of St. Cuthberts regarded as the cultural capital for Amerindians, is just one of many Amerindian...

La Penitence street vendors moved from vending spots

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on La Penitence street vendors moved from vending spots

– cry foul as City Constabulary threatens to do it again A group of Middle Road, East La Penitence vendors are crying foul after they were forced to vacate road stall positions they had held...

Awareness a priority to reduce road accidents

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Awareness a priority to reduce road accidents

…as Road Safety Council plans for Road Safety Month As the Guyana National Road Safety Council (GNRSC) eyes a 50 percent reduction in road fatalities by 2020, education and awareness is being...

Handyman burnt in freak accident

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Handyman burnt in freak accident

A freak accident which occurred at around 9:00 am yesterday has left a handyman nursing first degree burns. The victim, Hardeo Rampersaud of Lot 34 Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, has been...

Local maritime, transport sector to see major improvements

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Local maritime, transport sector to see major improvements

– Minister of Public Infrastructure Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson has disclosed that the new administration is already moving ahead with plans to improve the local maritime...

Guyana Police Force ‘A Division hosts successful gymkhana

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Police Force ‘A Division hosts successful gymkhana

The Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary was a hive of entertainment yesterday as the Guyana Police Force’s ‘A’ Division hosted its maiden Gymkhana, where ranks and friends of the force...

Stag Elite League…Alpha United and Slingerz notch first wins at expense of GFC and Monedderlust

Sep 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Elite League…Alpha United and Slingerz notch first wins at expense of GFC and Monedderlust

By Franklin Wilson Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United and Slingerz FC secured their first wins of the inaugural Stag Elite League last evening at the GFC ground. Having notched up two draws prior to last...

Deaf awareness week recognized with charitable donations from Digicel

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Deaf awareness week recognized with charitable donations from Digicel

In recognition of Deaf Awareness Week, representatives of the telecommunications giant, Digicel, paid a visit to four special needs schools in Regions Three, Four, Six and Ten on Wednesday last. At...

Veteran Judoka Joseph Edmondson honoured by Rising Sun Judo club

Sep 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Veteran Judoka Joseph Edmondson honoured by Rising Sun Judo club

On Friday last the Rising Sun Judo Club honoured one of its founding members, Joseph Edmondson, a former national lightweight Judo champ. Edmondson is a founding member of the club and he was also...

Grissi triumphs in Annual Trophy Stall Golf Tourney

Sep 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grissi triumphs in Annual Trophy Stall Golf Tourney

The Golf Course was in excellent condition – in fact, Captain Chen Deo declared that the Course is ready for Guyana’s greatest annual tournament, the Guyana Open, scheduled for October 31st and...

Sculptor Ernest Van Dyke unveils new masterpiece

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sculptor Ernest Van Dyke unveils new masterpiece

The world of an artist is often characterized by vision, creativity and finesse. Art often reveals a world that is totally hidden from the masses. Such is the craft of renowned Guyanese Sculptor,...

43rd CAC Championships – Bahamas…Davis place 2nd Mr. Guyana Clarke 4th

Sep 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 43rd CAC Championships – Bahamas…Davis place 2nd Mr. Guyana Clarke 4th

Devon Davis was Guyana’s highest placed athlete when the curtains came down on the 43rd Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise...

Berbicians: Mad, racist or just plain naïve?

Sep 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Berbicians: Mad, racist or just plain naïve?

If any group of humans operates outside the realm of imagination, it is the PPP leadership. The things these people have done since they lost the government in May this year is beyond both belief and...

BCB/Tenelec inc 2015 First Division fifty over cricket competition…Half centuries from Latchaya, Bramble, six wicket haul from Permaul lead Albion

Sep 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Tenelec inc 2015 First Division fifty over cricket competition…Half centuries from Latchaya, Bramble, six wicket haul from Permaul lead Albion

A classy 92 not out with 6×4’s from fast emerging batsman David Latchaya, a responsible 82 with 3×4’s from national wicketkeeper batsman Anthony Bramble and a six wicket haul from West...

Red palm mite disease…Govt. seeks int’l assistance to save coconut industry

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Red palm mite disease…Govt. seeks int’l assistance to save coconut industry

Pomeroon coconut farmers are adamant that the red palm mite disease which continues to destroy acres of coconut fields is set to bring the coconut industry down. They are claiming that government is...

GCA/NBS second division tourney…Barker century gives MSC huge win, TSC overcome Sophia

Sep 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/NBS second division tourney…Barker century gives MSC huge win, TSC overcome Sophia

A fine century by Nikosie Barker propelled Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) to a comprehensive 198-run victory over Ace Warriors, while Transports Sports Club (TSC) defeated Sophia by six wickets when...

Annandale fisherman goes missing

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Annandale fisherman goes missing

…captain, crewman in custody What started off as an East Coast Demerara fishing trip late last week has turned the subject of a police investigation as one man has gone missing without a trace....

Region Two Chairman against parkingþ fee at Anna Regina

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two Chairman against parkingþ fee at Anna Regina

Region Two Chairman, Devenand Ramdatt is not keen on a suggestion to enforce a parking fee for vehicle operatives who utilise the Anna Regina car park. The idea was touted by Member of Parliament...

Allan La Rose to host TV sports programme

Sep 28, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Allan La Rose to host TV sports programme

Senior Sports Broadcaster/Journalist, Allan La Rose will be launching a weekly one hour live TV show on NCN Channel 11,beginning today, Monday September 28th,2015 and will be aired at 21:00hrs....

In defense of Freddie Kissoon

Sep 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on In defense of Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, I read an article, in KN of 25th September 2015, viciously attacking Freddie Kissoon. The intention it appears was not to merely rebuke him but, as it were, to give him a dose of his own...

Regma Primary showcases Indigenous culture

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Regma Primary showcases Indigenous culture

The parents, teachers and pupils of the Regma Primary School in Linden celebrated Amerindian Heritage month (Indigenous month) in grand style, last week, pulling out all the stops to showcase the...

Mora tree crushes farmer’s leg

Sep 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mora tree crushes farmer’s leg

A thirty eight year-old father of two is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after a large Mora tree crushed his right foot. Philbert Edwards, a farmer of Princeville...

There is no way Indo-Guyanese can be linked to the ideology of “ethnic supremacism”

Sep 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no way Indo-Guyanese can be linked to the ideology of “ethnic supremacism”

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon (KN Sep 25)’s definition of “ethnic (Indian) supremacy” needs correction. He defines supremacists as “Indianized minds” and unfairly includes among them Dr....

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The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more