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Albion, RHTWSB clash today at stadium

Oct 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Albion, RHTWSB clash today at stadium

By Sean Devers With National defending champions Young Warriors being knocked out at the Berbice semi-finals, a new Neal & Massy 1st division 40-overs National champion will be crowned tonight at...

Guyana’s male b/ball team down French Guiana

Oct 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s male b/ball team down French Guiana

Mixed fortunes for cycling, volleyball and chess By Edison Jefford in Suriname Compliments of Bryden and Fernandes, Warsila, Fon-J Cycle Store and Kiskadee Day Care Individual skill and team work...

Selfless contributions make Winston Kassim a Special Person

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Selfless contributions make Winston Kassim a Special Person

“I think we as a general society should go out and look for those people we can help… rather than giving the person the fish, teach them how to fish” By Gary...

Diwali mishap lands child in manhole

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Diwali mishap lands child in manhole

Six-year-old J’anay Nedd fell into a man hole last Friday night and was forced to tread in the filthy murky sewage water for some five minutes. The young girl and other family members were out...

Dem boys seh…Third term done fail Mr Yong

Oct 18, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Third term done fail Mr Yong

Some people like hide but dem boys know that moon does run till day ketch am. Dem boys also seh that de longest rope got an end. Well, Day ketch de Moon that run and start fuh beg people fuh give...

Trini company has rights to 800 megawatt hydro project

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Trini company has rights to 800 megawatt hydro project

– awaiting completion of feasibility studies A Trinidad company says it is awaiting the completion of a final feasibility to apply for a licence to develop a massive 800 megawatt hydropower...

President ignores pertinent issues at home in his global LCDS quest

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on President ignores pertinent issues at home in his global LCDS quest

– AFC The Alliance for Change (AFC) has chided President Bharrat Jagdeo for what they see as total disregard for burning issues that are festering and stymieing Guyana’s development even as...

Guyana to reinstate CET on Cement

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to reinstate CET on Cement

Attorney General Charles Ramson S.C.,on Thursday told reporters that the government is left with no option but to reimpose the Common External Tariff (CET) on Cement imported from outside the region...

John Fernandes celebrates 50 years in shipping

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on John Fernandes celebrates 50 years in shipping

– 80,000 sqaure feet farm for Timehri Fifty years of committed excellence to shipping in Guyana was celebrated last Thursday evening by John Fernandes Limited. With dinner and dancing, the...

GPL taking too long to process claim

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GPL taking too long to process claim

Bourda stall fire… On July 20 last, Jean Rajnarina’s Bourda market stall (Sections K4) was burnt to ashes. Her losses are pegged at $3 million and she is now claiming a delay in the process...

Linden Highway accident survivor feels lucky

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Highway accident survivor feels lucky

Paulette Yaw, of 150 Wismar Housing Scheme, said that she feels lucky to be alive, after the accident Friday night that took the life of her uncle- in-law, Aubrey Yaw. Yaw said that contrary to...

Four Domestic Violence Protocols handed over to Human Services Ministry

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Four Domestic Violence Protocols handed over to Human Services Ministry

Help and Shelter handed over four Sexual Domestic Violence Protocols to the Ministry of Human Services last Thursday, for the benefit of staff working under the sectors that interact constantly with...

An opinion…Reliance on Privy Council is a shame

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on An opinion…Reliance on Privy Council is a shame

The failures of CARICOM have become so notorious that talking about them incites more contemptuous laughter than lawyer jokes. And there’s probably no greater monument to these failures than the...

Two win Plasma TV after visiting GuyExpo Exhibition

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Two win Plasma TV after visiting GuyExpo Exhibition

By simply filling up coupons during their visits to Gizmos and Gadgets and Wireless Rush booths at the recently concluded GuyExpo, two lucky customers were each able to cart off a plasma television....

City Hall to pay $1M to GPL for electrification of New Vendors Mall

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall to pay $1M to GPL for electrification of New Vendors Mall

They were assured by City Mayor Hamilton Green that they would be able to access affordable electrical supply from the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), but even after five months and the official...

Guyana comes alive with lights for Diwali

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana comes alive with lights for Diwali

Guyanese of every class, creed and race, last evening took to the streets as has become tradition to view the beautifully lit buildings and edifices as Hindus observed Deepavali or Diwali. The event...

Man further remanded, as police await DPP’s advice

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man further remanded, as police await DPP’s advice

Detention of four-year-old… An unrepresented Sherwin Lewis was further remanded to prison on Friday when he appeared before Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court....

British national says Guyana jail a hell hole

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on British national says Guyana jail a hell hole

By Phillipa Cherryson Julie Warner, 30, spent five weeks in a South American jail after being wrongly accused of smuggling drugs. The secretary finally had all charges dropped in August, but not...

LBI sugar workers still on strike

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on LBI sugar workers still on strike

Sugar workers at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) estate are still on strike action, as they continue to press their demand to obtain an acceptable target for sugar production for their estate to secure...

Riverview businessman robbed

Oct 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Riverview businessman robbed

– a stone throw away from police station A Riverview businessman was robbed by two gun-toting men just a stone throw away from the Ruimveldt Police Station. The two men attacked Chris Seymour...

Corentyne man remanded for school girl sex

Oct 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Corentyne man remanded for school girl sex

Another man has been placed in the custody of the state for having sexual relations with an underaged girl. This time, charges has been levelled against a Corentyne resident who it is alleged was...

New Wartsila sets to test run this week

Oct 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New Wartsila sets to test run this week

– PM Hinds tells Parliament Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, during an impromptu debate in the National Assembly on Thursday, sparked by a motion led by Leader of the Opposition Robert Corbin, has...

UG Pro Chancellor at UWI on capacity building stint

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on UG Pro Chancellor at UWI on capacity building stint

“I want UG to regain its national and regional credibility… and so, I would like to believe that my UWI visit would eventually make some difference to UG, no matter how incremental it may...

Meadow Brook road in dire need of repair

Oct 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Meadow Brook road in dire need of repair

Residences of Meadow Brook Gardens are asking the relevant authorities to fix their road. A section of the Silverballi Road of Meadowbrook Gardens is in need of repairs. According to the residents,...

GuySuCo to appoint former board member as Deputy CEO

Oct 18, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo to appoint former board member as Deputy CEO

…will be tasked with marketing among other portfolios – source By Gary Eleazar This newspaper has been reliably informed that the Guyana Sugar Corporation, following the resignation of its...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more