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Banks DIH announces sponsorship of 2011 Guyana Open Golf tourney

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH announces sponsorship of 2011 Guyana Open Golf tourney

Local Beverage giant Banks DIH Ltd. has announced its sponsorship of the 2011 Guyana Golf Open to be played next month at the Lusignan Golf Club, East Coast Demerara. The championships...

Defending Champs, ‘E’ House in the lead

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Defending Champs, ‘E’ House in the lead

Defending overall champions of the Tutorial High School Inter-House Athletics Championships, ‘E’ House has amassed a slight four-point lead after the Field Events competition last...

DVA to host tournament this Sunday

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on DVA to host tournament this Sunday

The Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) will be hosting a Third Division Tournament this Sunday, October 2, at the National Park Court. According to a release from the Organisers, the...

Letter to the Sports Editor…The End of Klass’ Reign

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…The End of Klass’ Reign

Dear Sports Editor, My late mother, who was always a strong advocate of Christian values, had always remonstrated, “The mill of God grinds slowly but also grinds exceedingly fine,”...

Raphael Trotman wields a forked tongue

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Raphael Trotman wields a forked tongue

Dear Editor, Writing in the AFC page, the leader of that party Mr. Raphael Trotman said, “Dismantling the establishment founded on race, reward and revenge will not be easy. It has to...

Cleanliness and Citizenship

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cleanliness and Citizenship

Dear Editor, Saturday 17 September, 2011 was Inter-American Cleanliness and Citizenship Day or DIADESOL. This day was instituted in 2002 and held simultaneously in Latin American and...

The contractor flopped

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The contractor flopped

Dear Editor The Ministry of Housing and Water notes the article in your newspaper of Saturday September 24, 2011, under the caption “Mother of two frustrated at snail’s pace of...

A breach of contract

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A breach of contract

Dear Editor, I have been forced to resign my position as the Driver/ mechanic at the Port Kaituma Hospital due to the atrocious running of the administration of Region One, particularly...

VASSAN TO PNC/APNU: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WIN ME OVER!

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on VASSAN TO PNC/APNU: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WIN ME OVER!

Dear Editor, Now that Malcolm Harripaul who was previously PPP and ROAR (defunct) has now finally (?) found solace and wisdom within PNC/APNU he wants me to join his bandwagon for I...

Slavery was abolished long ago!!

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Letters 7

Dear Editor, I would be grateful if my letter can be published so that the Ministry of Labour can intervene into the working facility of some businesses and how underpaid many workers...

Non-payment of NIS benefit

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Non-payment of NIS benefit

Dear Editor, I am very annoyed and disgust with the manner in which NIS Bartica has been operating for the past months. I am a Government worker and was on maternity leave for three...

READ THE WIKILEAKS CABLES!!

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on READ THE WIKILEAKS CABLES!!

Dear Editor, I thank Harry Gill for his letter, “Two Rotten Peas in the same pod,” (KN 09-26-11). Harry has long been slinging dirt at critics of his new political masters and in...

Transportation is a nightmare

Sep 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Transportation is a nightmare

Dear Editor, This matter must be treated with very much urgency. I live in New Diamond Scheme. Going out is a nightmare in the morning. We leave at 7:00 a.m. and get on the Public Road...

GPL projects 25,000 new customers in five years

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPL projects 25,000 new customers in five years

– US$100M-plus plugged in power company within recent years The state-owned power company, Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL), says that growing demands will see almost 25,000 homes and...

Chemicals, field supplies for GLDA attract two foreign bids

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chemicals, field supplies for GLDA attract two foreign bids

Four bids, including two US-dollar submissions from foreign companies, were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Board (NPTAB), for the supply, delivery and testing of field...

Bel Air heist suspects make another court appearance

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bel Air heist suspects make another court appearance

Persons charged for the brazen multi-million-dollar heist at the Bel Air Park home of businessman Malcolm Panday on July 12, last, made another appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya...

Defaulting taxpayers…M&CC offers final 100% waiver on interest today

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Defaulting taxpayers…M&CC offers final 100% waiver on interest today

Taxpayers are today given the final opportunity by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to capitalise on its 100% waiver of interest on all rates owed, as the first 14-day amnesty period concludes....

51 parents prosecuted for neglecting to educate children

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 51 parents prosecuted for neglecting to educate children

…between September 2010 to July 2011- Snr. Welfare Officer Every child has the right to an education and those who prevent this must be prosecuted. The Ministry of Education acting under...

Pediatric Ward kids receive $500,000 donation from COURTS

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pediatric Ward kids receive $500,000 donation from COURTS

Children in the Pediatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will now enjoy a more “child friendly” atmosphere after receiving a donation worth $500,000 in the form...

October 10 is deadline for crime prevention proposals in C’bean

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on October 10 is deadline for crime prevention proposals in C’bean

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Center for Public Safety Studies (CESC) of the Public Affairs Institute of the University of Chile and the Open Society Institute have announced...

G/T hospital dialysis centre nearing completion

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on G/T hospital dialysis centre nearing completion

Staffers are being trained and infrastructural works being finished as the completion date of the first dialysis centre at the Georgetown Hospital draws near. Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy...

80% attendance rate for students countrywide

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 80% attendance rate for students countrywide

– Ministry says The Ministry of Education yesterday honoured over 1,600 students from several Georgetown schools for their attendance rate of 98 percent for the last school-year....

Man on trial for raping 12-year-old

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man on trial for raping 12-year-old

A man accused of having carnal knowledge with a 12-year-old on three occasions is currently on trial before Justice James Patterson at the High Court. Charged with the offence is Carl Alleyne Wren....

City duo jailed for crime in Berbice

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City duo jailed for crime in Berbice

Two city residents who attempted to rob an employee of the Stretch ‘D’ Dollar Supermarket in New Amsterdam last November were yesterday sentenced to two years in jail by Magistrate...

Miner found dead with bullet hole in chest

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miner found dead with bullet hole in chest

A team of detectives has been dispatched to the Omai area to probe the murder of 23-year-old gold miner Jahave Browne. Browne of Helena, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was found on Monday...

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