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Public Works probes attempt to sabotage Amaila Falls equipment

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Public Works probes attempt to sabotage Amaila Falls equipment

…work to restart on access road this week Well placed sources in the Public Works Ministry have confirmed that they are currently working with at least four contractors to have works...

Rain pounds Region Six

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rain pounds Region Six

– several communities flooded Nine inches of rainfall pounded Berbice from Friday evening right through yesterday and the bad news is that there is more rain on the way. The...

Jury selection process ‘seriously compromised’

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jury selection process ‘seriously compromised’

– legal official By Latoya Giles The system to select jurors for Criminal Assizes in the High Courts of Guyana is badly flawed and needs urgent revamping, some legal officials...

Doobay Renal Center opens

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Doobay Renal Center opens

– President Ramotar promises support for similar ventures The Doobay Renal Center, at Annadale East Coast Demerara was formally opened yesterday by His Excellency President Donald...

Father, friend still in custody

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Father, friend still in custody

Highway hunting tragedy… Relatives of 12 year-old cyclist Justin Nobrega who was accidentally shot during a hunting trip are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination...

Home Affairs Minister moves office to Eve Leary

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Home Affairs Minister moves office to Eve Leary

Beginning today, the Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee will be operating out of a police building at Eve Leary. This is to facilitate repair works to the Ministry’s building on Brickdam....

Dem boys seh…De thieves now finding it hard

Jan 30, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De thieves now finding it hard

People still talking bout Prado and dem even name a whole community Pradoville. That was time when Prado was de big thing. Today, dem boys gone bigger than Prado. Dem driving Lexus. But Pradoville...

Regional cricket matches moved from Guyana

Jan 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional cricket matches moved from Guyana

International games likely to be moved as WICB takes decisions on Guyana St John’s, Antigua – The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board held a meeting by...

Guyana team leaves today for regional 4-day tournament

Jan 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana team leaves today for regional 4-day tournament

– Sarwan unavailable to play for Guyana GEORGETOWN, GUYANA: The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on Saturday announced that the team selected to participate in the Regional 4-Day Tournament will...

Guyanese women boxers oozing confidence on verge of international outings

Jan 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese women boxers oozing confidence on verge of international outings

Three of Guyana’s prolific female pugilists are scheduled to engage in fistic duties in two countries and they are oozing confidence of clinching victories. Guyana’s inaugural women’s world...

GASA host successful January Splash at Colgrain Pool

Jan 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA host successful January Splash at Colgrain Pool

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) on Saturday morning, got their 2012 programme off to an encouraging start with the hosting of a mini competition dubbed ‘January Splash’. While the...

Horserace meet postponed

Jan 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horserace meet postponed

Inclement weather takes toll on outdoor activities The one day Horserace meet organized by the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club in collaboration with the Winners Circle Pool Hall has been postponed...

BHS beat BEI in Old Students football game for Raj Mangal Trophy

Jan 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BHS beat BEI in Old Students football game for Raj Mangal Trophy

The past students of Berbice High School and old nemesis Berbice Educational Institute took to the football field and played to a hard fought 2-2 draw in damp and slippery conditions, but in the end...

Scotia Bank & Ming’s Product Services partners with RHTY&SC

Jan 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank & Ming’s Product Services partners with RHTY&SC

Scotia Bank along with Ming’s Products & Services Ltd are the latest corporate entities to partner with the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) in support of the club’s 2012...

Witness Project to highlight gender-based violence launched

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Witness Project to highlight gender-based violence launched

The Margaret Clemons Foundation (MCF) on Saturday rolled out the first phase of its Inside Out Witness Project, which aims to draw attention to and spark conversation about the effects of adult human...

WEATHER ADVISORY

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on WEATHER ADVISORY

The Hydrometeorological Service as at 08:00hrs on January 29, 2012 received reports from a number of its rainfall stations across the country. These reports gave the total accumulated...

President Ramotar pledges support for tourism sector

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on President Ramotar pledges support for tourism sector

– during THAG Awards President Donald Ramotar has pledged Government’s support of Guyana’s tourism sector while working with stakeholders to prevent anarchy and develop strategies to...

Mother pleads for assistance for son with retinal scars

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mother pleads for assistance for son with retinal scars

Twenty one- year- old Rohit Mohanlall of Lot 68, Plantation Hope, Bath Settlement, West Berbice is going blind due to the presence of retinal scars in both of his eyes. At present, the...

Grove/ Diamond residents blame NDC inaction for flooding

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Grove/ Diamond residents blame NDC inaction for flooding

– water in homes, snakes and caimans in yards The recent incessant rains may be an ‘act of God,’ but some irate residents of 18th Avenue Diamond New Scheme are blaming the...

Pork in short supply, prices up

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pork in short supply, prices up

Pork lovers are now complaining of exorbitant prices for this meat as the local market is being faced with a shortage. Several consumers have aired their concerns about paying at least...

Utility pole at farm still not fixed

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Utility pole at farm still not fixed

The unstable utility pole located at Farm on the East Bank of Demerara that graced the Kaieteur News’ front page sometime last month, has still not been fixed. Kaieteur News was made...

Felix Austin Training College wins 2011 Smellie Cup

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Felix Austin Training College wins 2011 Smellie Cup

Ranks from the Felix Austin Training College have won the 2012 Smellie Cup First Aid Competition. Participants in Friday’s event included the Criminal Investigation Department...

A PORSCHE OF A DIFFERENT COLOUR

Jan 30, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on A PORSCHE OF A DIFFERENT COLOUR

Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) was an English poet, short-story writer and novelist celebrated for his tales for children (including the Jungle Book featuring Rikki-Tikki-Tavi) and the...

GTUC writes Chancellor Bourne to secure a resolution to termination

Jan 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC writes Chancellor Bourne to secure a resolution to termination

The Guyana Trades Union Congress has written to Professor Compton Bourne, Chancellor, University of Guyana, seeking his intervention to bring a resolution to conflict surrounding the termination of...

NOT THE PRESIDENT’S CALL

Jan 30, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NOT THE PRESIDENT’S CALL

The President of Guyana can dismiss the Director of Public Prosecutions but the decision or recommendation for such action is not one for the President to make. In short, the President...

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CWI Cricket West Indies suspends Alzarri Joseph for two matches

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