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Tons for Ajib, Bhoj & Heeralall; Baldeo takes 6; Khan grabs hat-tick

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tons for Ajib, Bhoj & Heeralall; Baldeo takes 6; Khan grabs hat-tick

This year’s edition of the New Building Society (NBS) second division 40-over cricket competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) for teams in the Ancient County continued with some...

Speaker walks out of Nat’l Assembly

Feb 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker walks out of Nat’l Assembly

– Abrupt end to sitting, no date set for next session By Abena Rockcliffe Yesterday’s sitting of the National Assembly came to an abrupt end around 21:00 hrs when House Speaker Raphael...

Opposition entities picket Marriott site

Feb 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition entities picket Marriott site

– Protest action continues today Yesterday, protesters marched peacefully in front of the closed gates of Marriot Hotel site, Kingston, demanding Guyanese constitutional rights to...

Bush Lot man gets death sentence

Feb 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bush Lot man gets death sentence

After two trials – with the first having ended in a hung jury – 45-year-old Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice resident, Ramesh Sahadeo, 45, called ‘Bado’ was yesterday sentenced to...

GGMC views Ministry’s action as “bullyism”

Feb 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC views Ministry’s action as “bullyism”

By Zena Henry Mixed feelings are brewing as the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is forced to abandon a newly constructed building at its Brickdam location. The organization has cited the...

Marriott controversy…Conflicting statements over hiring of Chinese workers

Feb 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott controversy…Conflicting statements over hiring of Chinese workers

Government yesterday insisted that the hiring of labour by any particular contractor is one that is ultimately left to the contractor’s discretion. The issue has to do with an ongoing row...

House approves Bill to ensure “independent” agencies

Feb 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on House approves Bill to ensure “independent” agencies

By Abena Rockcliffe Notwithstanding the fact that the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall stated categorically that he will advise the President not to assent, the National...

No evidence CCTV applied to Broadcast Authority

Feb 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No evidence CCTV applied to Broadcast Authority

… Gov’t ‘scrutinizing’ details As government continues to face questions over the circumstances in which permission was granted to China Central TV (CCTV) to broadcast in Guyana, a senior...

Delta confirms pull out

Feb 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Delta confirms pull out

– cites declining passenger loads, revenue A significant decline in passenger loads and by extension, loss of revenue, has been outlined in an official statement as the primary reason for the...

Dem boys seh…Is only a matter of time fuh Brazzy

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is only a matter of time fuh Brazzy

Brazzy is one man who when he talk people does got to run. Dem boys seh that he dishonest. Very, very dishonest. If he had to tek a lie detector test de machine gun got a problem...

NA United & Alpha United defy sodden conditions to progress to quarter finals

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on NA United & Alpha United defy sodden conditions to progress to quarter finals

It was a wet night and most of the fans opted to stay at home but by now they would be ruing a missed chance to witness a great display of tactical football when action in the Fruta...

Melanie ‘A’, BV ‘A’, Victoria Church Yard, Plaisance into semi-finals

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Melanie ‘A’, BV ‘A’, Victoria Church Yard, Plaisance into semi-finals

With vigorous defending the order of the night, it took goals from Jermaul George and Sherman Fraser to power Melanie ‘A’ to a hard fought 2-0 win over a dogged Victoria Eagles as quarter-final...

LABA names squads for March 2 showdown against Georgetown

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA names squads for March 2 showdown against Georgetown

The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) has called up some 21 prospective Under-19 players ahead of their clash against Georgetown on March 2 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The Under-19...

Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club coordinator, Olga Harry, passes on

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club coordinator, Olga Harry, passes on

Members of the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC), noted for the promotion of Racewalk activities, are mourning the death of its founder member and coordinator, Ms. Olga Harry, who passed away on...

WICB President salutes Windies Women’s historic achievement

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB President salutes Windies Women’s historic achievement

– says success is part of Strategic Plan to support and grow women’s cricket St John’s, Antigua – Dr. Julian Hunte, President of the West Indies Cricket Board has congratulated the West...

GFF/GFRC/Nat. Referees Committee host Beginners Course from today

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/GFRC/Nat. Referees Committee host Beginners Course from today

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in association with the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) and the National Referees Committee (NRC) will be hosting a Beginners Referees Course that will be...

Bartica Regatta 2K 13 to be launched on Tuesday at Pegasus

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bartica Regatta 2K 13 to be launched on Tuesday at Pegasus

The 2013 edition of the biggest water sport event in Guyana, ‘Bartica Easter Regatta’ is set for Tuesday next at the Le Meriden Pegasus Hotel, from 10:30hrs. According to a release from the...

NLSC 5th Inter Corporation Dominoes starts today

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on NLSC 5th Inter Corporation Dominoes starts today

Dominoes lovers and players are eagerly awaiting the start of the 5th Next Level Sports Club (NLSC) Inter Corporation Dominoes competition and family fun day set for Banks DIH Limited, Thirst Park,...

Goolsarran rejects unwarranted attacks

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Goolsarran rejects unwarranted attacks

DEAR EDITOR, There were two recent anonymous letters appearing in the Guyana Chronicle newspaper attacking the Doctor in Business Administration degree that I obtained from the Robert Kennedy College...

Another con game!

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another con game!

Dear Editor: In a classified conversation that Bharrat Jagdeo has with the then US Ambassador His Excellency Mr. Robinson on October 2, 2006, that was leaked by WIKILEAKS; he outlined his priorities...

Focus on the wages paid by the Chinese

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Focus on the wages paid by the Chinese

Dear Editor, About 10 to 15 years ago, when I was an engineering student and before, I realised that the labour cost to construct a typical residential house on the coast of Guyana was approximately...

I lost hope in Guyana

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I lost hope in Guyana

Dear editor Four weeks ago, I attended Parliament and the debate was on the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Cuba. It was a rare occasion: all parliamentarians were in agreement. What I...

The harsh lot of the sugar workers

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The harsh lot of the sugar workers

Dear Editor, Mr Editor, as I am wont to do to begin my day here in New York, I open the Guyana newspapers on line and read in minute details all the news on my dear, suffering country of my birth,...

Is the NIS committing suicide?

Feb 15, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Is the NIS committing suicide?

Notwithstanding all the protestations from the Chairman and the Board of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), the latter has been in trouble for quite some time. Last December, after the eighth...

US Embassy launches ‘American Spot’ at National Library

Feb 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy launches ‘American Spot’ at National Library

– anticipates closer collaboration with Guyana Aimed at exemplifying the United States of America’s commitment to the core tenet of democracy, which speaks to a citizen’s...

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GHB selects strong Women’s team for PAHF Challenge in Bermuda

Cyberspace is becoming a dark place

Kaieteur News – The notion that cyberspace should exist in some fictional realm, free from the meddling hands of governments... more