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New Demerara River Bridge…Jagdeo, Brassington must not be allowed to hijack project

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New Demerara River Bridge…Jagdeo, Brassington must not be allowed to hijack project

– APNU’s Harmon Bharrat Jagdeo and Winston Brassington must not be allowed to hijack the process and be involved in the workings of the building of a new bridge across the...

Budget cuts delay hinterland development

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Budget cuts delay hinterland development

– President Ramotar The long standing issue of land titling in the hinterland regions could soon see a resolution with the inking of a US$10.7 Million contract by the government and the...

Bandits waylay, rob Annandale family

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits waylay, rob Annandale family

An East Bank Demerara family is now traumatized after being ambushed and robbed by bandits several hours after arriving in the country. Nanda Ally, her thirteen year-old daughter and aunt...

Black Bush man on trial for murder of 14-year-old girl

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Black Bush man on trial for murder of 14-year-old girl

The trial of 23-year-old Satrohan Mannaru, who is accused of murdering his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend two years ago, began on Tuesday in the Berbice High Court before Justice Dawn Gregory and a mixed...

Green was against free and fair elections in 1992

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Green was against free and fair elections in 1992

Dear Editor, Former PNC strongman Mayor Hamilton Green in his letter, “Proposed rotation of mayorship has to be seen in context of PPP obsession with political control of Georgetown,” (SN...

Amerindian development preceded 1992

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Amerindian development preceded 1992

Dear Editor, With reference to your article, ‘Amerindian development began long before 1992,’ in the Sunday edition of 2013-09-08 I too would like to add my bit of information. Coming out of the...

Four die in minibus/truck smash-up

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Four die in minibus/truck smash-up

Dear Editor, This serves to inform the people of this country why cases of murder, etc. remain unsolved and this is due to slackness on behalf of the Guyana Police Force when it comes to executing...

Castello Housing Scheme fire leaves six homeless

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Castello Housing Scheme fire leaves six homeless

– Arson suspected By Javone Vickerie A fire suspected to be the work of an arsonist, ravaged a two-storey house located in Castello Housing Scheme, West La Penitence yesterday, leaving a family...

Dem boys seh…Dem giving wuk to nuff pagalee people

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem giving wuk to nuff pagalee people

Things got to be bad in this country because de other day dem boys see some people painting a set of street signs and is only one thing stop dem from coming to de conclusion that dem who was painting...

American woman can leave Guyana with baby…once cleared by doctor

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on American woman can leave Guyana with baby…once cleared by doctor

– CCPA Head An American woman will soon be able to leave Guyana with her newborn baby once she is given the green light by the psychiatrist who is treating her at the Georgetown Hospital’s...

Authorities still mum on NCN fraud report

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News 1

It has been well over a year since fraud allegations within the National Communications Network (NCN) have been made public. However, President Donald Ramotar, who made promises to deal with the...

Doctors avert leg amputation of crash victim

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News 1

Relatives of 28-year-old Travis Semple, who lost his right hand on Sunday night following a smash-up on the Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice Public Road, are counting their blessings that doctors have...

The Guyanese money men and the betrayal of their country

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Guyanese money men and the betrayal of their country

I can hardly think of anything in recent months both in Guyana and the world, and I say the world, even though I was revolted at the Tea Party’s madness in the shutdown of the US Government, than...

Miners unhappy over wait for promised concessions

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miners unhappy over wait for promised concessions

– want action on fuel relief, payments in foreign currency Miners, worried by high fuel costs and falling prices for gold, are again pressing home their demands for a slashing of tax on...

Officials commit to assistance as Taurus Women’s Club launched

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Officials commit to assistance as Taurus Women’s Club launched

The recent launching of the Taurus Women’s Club in Melanie Damishana, ECD, is hailed as developmental and officials of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security joined those from the...

Cheddi Jagan ‘A’ reigns supreme in Air Traffic Control Officers dominoes tournament Fire Service dominates table tennis

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cheddi Jagan ‘A’ reigns supreme in Air Traffic Control Officers dominoes tournament Fire Service dominates table tennis

(CJIA A) team amassed 83 games to take top honours in the dominoes segment, while the Guyana Fire Service led by Warren Hackshaw, who ended unbeaten, carted off the honours in the table tennis...

Foreign athletes depleted for SA 10k Classic -Only Suriname has registered

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foreign athletes depleted for SA 10k Classic -Only Suriname has registered

Foreign athletes’ participation for Sunday’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)/Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) South American 10km Road Race Classic will be at an...

Bridge Company donates trophies to Draughts Association

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bridge Company donates trophies to Draughts Association

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) donated two trophies to the President of Guyana Draughts Association towards the association’s Annual National Championship Draughts tournament on October...

$Skeete T\20 cricket – South E’bo Dusraj guides Rising Star to victory, Jaguars beat NOC seniors$

Skeete T\20 cricket – South E’bo Dusraj guides Rising Star to victory, Jaguars beat NOC seniors

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Skeete T\20 cricket – South E’bo Dusraj guides Rising Star to victory, Jaguars beat NOC seniors

An unbeaten 64 from Rovin Dusraj guided Rising Star to an emphatic victory over Aurora when action in the Edward Skeete and family T\20 tournament continued last Sunday in South Essequibo. At Pomona,...

ECCCC/GT&T 35-over competition… Ferrier powers Duchfour to semi-final spot

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECCCC/GT&T 35-over competition… Ferrier powers Duchfour to semi-final spot

An excellent all-round performance from ex-national player Deon Ferrier propelled Duchfour to a comfortable six-wicket victory over Perseverance in the last quarter-final game of the inaugural Enmore...

Braithwaite wins Second Recorded shoot‏

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Braithwaite wins Second Recorded shoot‏

Reigning Guyana and Caribbean individual shooting champion Lennox Braithwaite was back in winning ways when he won last weekend’s Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) second Recorded Shoot at...

Kings reign in win over Jets -but result null and void

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kings reign in win over Jets -but result null and void

Usually the team that controls the ‘boards’, wins the game, but that was not the case as the defending champions, Kings were out-rebounded, but amended that disadvantage through their outside...

LABA to hold meeting with clubs -to address GABF suspension

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA to hold meeting with clubs -to address GABF suspension

The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) has invited its eight affiliate clubs: Kings, Amelia’s ward Jets, Victory Valley Royals, Retrieve Raiders, Half Mile Bulls, Wismar Pistons, Block 22...

$Parika are Roberts Gas Station Twenty\20 champs$

Parika are Roberts Gas Station Twenty\20 champs

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Parika are Roberts Gas Station Twenty\20 champs

Parika defeated High Park by 48 runs to win the Roberts Gas Station Twenty\20 round robin competition when action in the final preliminary round continued last Sunday in East Bank Essequibo. Playing...

2nd Annual Payless Variety Store Cycle Race pedals off Saturday at National Park

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2nd Annual Payless Variety Store Cycle Race pedals off Saturday at National Park

Always committed to the development of local cyclists, National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed MS, has organized the 2nd Annual Payless Variety Store Cycle Race Programme slated for the inner circuit...

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The PPP/C also drank the IMF/ World Bank Cool-Aid

Kaieteur News – The curious thing about politicians is how easily they forget their own past while presenting a revisionist... more