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Shot shop owner remains critical

Dec 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Shot shop owner remains critical

Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were still battling to save the life of 58-year-old businessman Loki Narain who was shot by bandits at his Triumph, East Coast Demerara business place on...

GT&T flays new telecoms legislation, regulations

Dec 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T flays new telecoms legislation, regulations

“… does not reflect an understanding of the challenges of Guyana” – CEO Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) Yog Mahadeo yesterday expressed...

Drivers charged optional fee to cross ‘B’ Field bridge

Dec 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Drivers charged optional fee to cross ‘B’ Field bridge

Drivers of motor vehicles are now being asked to pay a minimal fee to residents to cross the bridge at ‘B’ Field Sophia. The bridge which was constructed several years ago, by residents, links...

Reports on maternal deaths by weekend

Dec 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Reports on maternal deaths by weekend

Reports into the investigations surrounding the deaths of maternal patients Monica Carmichael and Miriam Bristol are expected to be completed by weekend. This was disclosed by a senior official in...

Dem boys seh…Man get ketch thiefing and seh is not he

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Man get ketch thiefing and seh is not he

A man walk into a store that does sell electronic goods and he look impressive. Dem boys seh that de thing look even more impressive because he walk in wid a woman. Dem walk round and dem check out...

M&CC anticipates ‘onslaught of garbage’ at Le Repentir

Dec 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC anticipates ‘onslaught of garbage’ at Le Repentir

An onslaught of garbage is anticipated at Le Repentir Cemetery as Christmas-related activities intensify in the city and further afield. This is according to City Mayor Hamilton Green who told a...

Good hygiene stressed for cholera prevention

Dec 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Good hygiene stressed for cholera prevention

Guyana is currently facing a rainy season which could lead to some level of flooding, though for short periods in some instances, a situation that should not be taken for granted. According to...

Plank walking begins today as 21st K&S competition kicks off

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Plank walking begins today as 21st K&S competition kicks off

BK Int. Western Tigers oppose Buxton United; Riddim Squad play Liquid Gold The long wait is over for at least four teams as competition proper in the 21st Kashif & Shanghai Football Extravaganza...

Stoll only new face in Guyana T20 squad

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stoll only new face in Guyana T20 squad

Chanderpaul returns to strengthen batting By Sean Devers Impressive National under-19 left-arm pacer Andre Stoll is the only new face in the Guyana 14-man squad which will defend their Regional T20...

GTTA host Cocktail for US-based players

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA host Cocktail for US-based players

After two weekends of intense rivalry, mental focus and keen competition, both local and United States-based table tennis players were feted at the Cocktail Reception Monday night at the Police...

Rawle Fredericks is Cricketer-of-the-Year

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rawle Fredericks is Cricketer-of-the-Year

Rawle Fredericks was named Cricketer of the year when the Buxton Cricket Club recently held it Awards Ceremony at the Buxton cricket ground pavilion on the East Coast of Demerara. Herod Ferrell was...

Reece scores another victory in B’ce cycling

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reece scores another victory in B’ce cycling

Samuel Whyte National junior cyclist, Neil Reece on Sunday chalked up another victory in the cycling arena when he rode away with the Phillip Arokium memorial 40 miles cycle road race organized by...

Lots of cash to be won as GASP caps off year with Scrabble Scramble tourney

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lots of cash to be won as GASP caps off year with Scrabble Scramble tourney

Moen Gafoor has had a great year on the board, winning most of the tournaments organized by the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) during that Association’s calendar of activities during...

Woodpecker Annual Junior Christmas Tournament underway

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Annual Junior Christmas Tournament underway

The Woodpecker Products Annual Junior Badminton Christmas Tournament started at the Queens College Badminton Courts on Monday with several exciting matches. Some semifinal and quarterfinal match-ups...

Argentine national wins RRT rapid chess tourney

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Argentine national wins RRT rapid chess tourney

Rice quality consultant Pierre Boucher of Argentina emerged unbeaten last weekend and secured First Place with 6.5 points in the RRT sponsored one–day rapid chess tournament at the KEI-SHAR’S...

TNT outright winners of Ivanoff Vodka Domino Competition

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on TNT outright winners of Ivanoff Vodka Domino Competition

TNT of Georgetown emerged the winner of the Ivanoff Vodka National Domino Competition which ended on Sunday at the Demerara Cricket Club Pavilion. In the final that also featured Frankies of West...

Camptown’s Nigel Codrington 18 senior int’l goals are the most by a Guyanese

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Camptown’s Nigel Codrington 18 senior int’l goals are the most by a Guyanese

Dear Editor, Inspired by the brilliance of Deon Barnwell, Anthony Stanton and Collie Hercules, the trio that tormented International and Regional defences during the late eighties and nineties,...

Abstinence alone is a flawed approached – Minister Ramsammy asserts

Dec 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Abstinence alone is a flawed approached – Minister Ramsammy asserts

…as talks to reduce HIV funding surface There has been persistence in the number of young people that are newly infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). This is according to Minister...

Selling low self-esteem to women

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Selling low self-esteem to women

There are a million reasons for women to feel bad about themselves. It seems a woman never measures up to any number of measuring sticks when it comes to cooking, cleaning, style, beauty,...

Bel Air Primary opens ‘Reading and Research room’

Dec 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bel Air Primary opens ‘Reading and Research room’

In an effort to aptly depict, to a great extent, this year’s Education Month theme, “child friendly homes, child friendly classrooms, quality education”, Bel Air Primary School on Monday opened...

City Council’s financial struggles continue

Dec 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City Council’s financial struggles continue

…even as amnesty deadline reaches again Although it is set to come to an end today, the recent amnesty offered by the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown has not yielded the desired results. At...

Cattle farmers call for stiffer rustling penalties

Dec 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cattle farmers call for stiffer rustling penalties

Cattle farmers of Cane Grove, Mahaica, are calling on authorities to introduce stiffer penalties for rustlers following a recent arrest. According to one of the cattle farmers, Kurt Marshall, the...

Weak opposition parties create the environment for dictatorships to thrive

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Weak opposition parties create the environment for dictatorships to thrive

Dear editor, The weakness and failures of the opposition parties as displayed in their prolonged unresponsiveness to their duty to work together to protect and uphold the constitutional rights of the...

Distribution points likely if complaints persist

Dec 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Distribution points likely if complaints persist

Amidst complaints over the possible shortage of rice and sugar on the local market, authorities yesterday warned that they are monitoring the situation and could set up depot points across the...

Ignoring the facts, glorifying the aberrations

Dec 15, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ignoring the facts, glorifying the aberrations

Dear Editor, Reading the Letters section of the newspaper recently, I came across a letter written by a Paul Seecharran (A defining and captivating moment) about Leader of the Opposition, Robert...

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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