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Lima Sands children need help

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Lima Sands children need help

Affected by a high number of school dropouts, some dropping out as early as third form, the Community of Lima Sands in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) needs the immediate attention of educators and...

GT Beer / Petra Organisation Futsal Competition… Sparta stays unbeaten after 4-3 win over Albouystown; Queen Street eliminated

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer / Petra Organisation Futsal Competition… Sparta stays unbeaten after 4-3 win over Albouystown; Queen Street eliminated

National Guinness champions Sparta Boss maintained their unbeaten run after handing Albouystown their first defeat, surviving 4-3 in a fiercely fought contest as play in the inaugural GT Beer / Petra...

GFF seeks government’s support for Elite League

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF seeks government’s support for Elite League

Chairman of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalisation Committee Clinton Urling has approached the Government of Guyana for support of the Federation’s Elite League. Urling and a team...

Rice Producers call on Gov’t to come clean on $23B allocation

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rice Producers call on Gov’t to come clean on $23B allocation

–money was expected to go towards paying rice farmers Following accusations from the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Members of Parliament that in excess of $23B promised in the...

Kingston Secondary school students benefit from Digicel’s goodwill

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kingston Secondary school students benefit from Digicel’s goodwill

Coming hot on the heels of the recently concluded Back to School Dental Outreach, Digicel paid a visit to the students and teachers of the Kingston Secondary School to present students with back to...

Another 12 months jail for phone thief

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Another 12 months jail for phone thief

Self-confessed cell phone thief, Shane Thompson, has added yet another conviction to his rap sheet. The unemployed teenager, who has an eye for popular brand name cell phones, was yesterday jailed...

Basketball’s changing of the guard

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball’s changing of the guard

By Edison Jefford The timing of this weekend’s Colts vs Half Mile Bulls Basketball Final for the Forbes Burnham Memorial title could not have been more appropriate for a sport that is in desperate...

The gun amnesty begins today Programme will not work in Guyana—Rohee

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The gun amnesty begins today Programme will not work in Guyana—Rohee

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, believes that the gun amnesty which commences today, will not yield the desired success that the new coalition administration is...

BBC Inc. 1st Div. 50-Over knock-out… Foo’s 61 N.O sees Albion into round 2

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BBC Inc. 1st Div. 50-Over knock-out… Foo’s 61 N.O sees Albion into round 2

Albion Community Centre, Young Warriors, Port Mourant, Police and Blairmont Community Centre have joined Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets as teams advancing to the second round of the Berbice...

Gang fight on first day of school lands teenage boys in hospital

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gang fight on first day of school lands teenage boys in hospital

An ongoing feud between two 13-year-old boys ended yesterday with both of them in the hospital. Tiery Prince, a St. George’s student of Lot 72 Bent Street, was stabbed with a broken bottle to his...

Lawyers and military men in politics throughout Guyanese history

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Lawyers and military men in politics throughout Guyanese history

In an editorial of July 26, 2015, the Stabroek News (SN) used the following words; “The political congnoscenti (sic) – not to mention the opposition, of course – have been watching very closely...

Everest Masters overcome Oral Experts of T&T

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Everest Masters overcome Oral Experts of T&T

Host Everest Masters defeated Oral Experts of Trinidad and Tobago by 35 runs in a 25-over fixture on Saturday. Led by a fine 84 from Hemraj Garbarran, the host posted a respectable 193 all out in...

Police still to charge attacker after nine months – says wounded female boxer

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police still to charge attacker after nine months – says wounded female boxer

For the past nine months, popular local female boxer Margaret ‘Chico’ Walcott-Francis helplessly watched as the police concoct with her nephew to actually put an end to her career in the fistic...

SAVING OUR YOUTHS

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on SAVING OUR YOUTHS

All over Guyana youths are bored. They are rebelling against the status quo. Many are unemployed and have become frustrated and despondent with the system that has ignored their plight. The APNU+AFC...

Father pours gasoline, lights son afire

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Father pours gasoline, lights son afire

A 21-year-old man had to be rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) two Mondays ago after he was set on fire by his father. The incident occurred at their Helena, Mahaica home....

Cops forced to abort exhumation of slain Jamaican

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops forced to abort exhumation of slain Jamaican

Rough terrain and an almost dry creek forced police to abort plans to exhume the remains of Jamaican, Michael Dillon, who was slain in an alleged marijuana dispute near Kimbia, Berbice, three months...

The Co-operative movement has great potential to develop as a viable sector

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Co-operative movement has great potential to develop as a viable sector

DEAR EDITOR, Most recently, Mr. Lincoln Lewis, the General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress, made a case for the new Government to give some attention to the Co-operative sector. He...

M&CC gets IT boost from NY Company

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC gets IT boost from NY Company

The Information Technology department of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) received a boost with the donation of 10 new computer systems from a New York-based company. It is hoped that with the...

RDE Vibes/Sparta Boss football continues tonight

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on RDE Vibes/Sparta Boss football continues tonight

Action in the inaugural RDE Vibes/Sparta Boss King of the Streets football tournament continues tonight from 19:00hrs at the Sparta Boss Tarmac East La Penitence with eight matches. In the 30-minute...

Letter to the Sports Editor…. Opinions from Great Thinkers of the Ages & Basketball

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…. Opinions from Great Thinkers of the Ages & Basketball

DEAR EDITOR, Marcus Aurelius once wrote: Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so”. It is a belief that comforts me in challenging...

WHERE WILL THE GOVT PUT THE RIVER?

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE WILL THE GOVT PUT THE RIVER?

There is the small quarrel between the Berbice River Bridge Company and the govt. Apparently the govt felt that it had an agreement for the reduction in tolls. That agreement is now in jeopardy. The...

Trophy Stall Dominoes slated for Sunday in Wakenaam

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall Dominoes slated for Sunday in Wakenaam

Dominoes teams in Wakenaam will renew their rivalry this weekend when the Trophy Stall sponsored tournament takes place at Amit Ramnarine Sports Bar, Good Success. The tournament which will be run...

Who is in charge of monitoring child safety at the activity area of the Georgetown seawall?

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is in charge of monitoring child safety at the activity area of the Georgetown seawall?

DEAR EDITOR, I am writing to highlight some serious safety issues that I observed this past Sunday at the Georgetown Seawall, specifically the area by the Bandstand that has been set aside as a play...

Third Annual Foxy Ladies football tournament… Little Divas defeat West Side Conquerors; Eagles United in winners’ row

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third Annual Foxy Ladies football tournament… Little Divas defeat West Side Conquerors; Eagles United in winners’ row

Following their drawn encounter against Foxy Ladies FC, Little Divas FC turned in a much improved performance to inflict a 3-0 drubbing on West Side Conquerors when action in the Third Annual Foxy...

Is Govt. culpable for the high number of road accidents?

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Govt. culpable for the high number of road accidents?

DEAR EDITOR, Visiting the subject of road users, I would like to know: is the government culpable for the high number of road accidents? The government if it wishes to enforce the penalties as it...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The Jagdeo Doctrine is an absurd, reckless, and fundamentally shortsighted economic fallacy.... more