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Guyana’s Blacklist status can impact entire region

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Blacklist status can impact entire region

…CARICOM urges speedy resolution to deficiencies The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is urging an early resolution of the issues surrounding the implementation of recommendations to...

Flood forces city to a standstill

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Flood forces city to a standstill

– 42 city schools remain closed, more rains expected The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy was caught at the crossroads. On the one hand, sections of the country...

‘SS’ series begins as vehicles’ registration reach record levels

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘SS’ series begins as vehicles’ registration reach record levels

Vehicle registrations have continued to break records with the recent 12 months being among the best one for auto dealers. According to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), in less than one year, more...

GPHC maternity ward overcrowded – admissions reach record heights

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC maternity ward overcrowded – admissions reach record heights

… strained for staff, beds By Tiffanne Ramphal Peaking numbers of deliveries and admissions at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Maternity Unit have once again put the strain on staffers to...

October is the deadliest so far for 2013

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on October is the deadliest so far for 2013

– pedestrians are this year’s ‘endangered species’ Despite it being designated Road Safety Month, the month of November has already turned out to be the deadliest month so far, this year....

Dem boys seh…Irfaat pee he pants in Miami

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Irfaat pee he pants in Miami

Old people does suffer from weak bladder and people can understand but when a young person walking around wid he crotch wet people does think all kind of thing. Some people does think bout...

Nation’s best chess players go after premiere prize at National Senior Chess Championship

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nation’s best chess players go after premiere prize at National Senior Chess Championship

Three years ago, Taffin Khan relinquished the Junior National Chess Championship and went after the senior crown held by the then champion, Berbician Kriskal Persaud. The wily player went on...

Dhawan flattens WI in decider

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dhawan flattens WI in decider

ESPNcricinfo – India have been masterful while chasing in ODIs this year, and against a moderate total and a mediocre West Indies attack, they ambled to victory in the series-deciding...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Abrams hat-trick hands defending champs first loss

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Abrams hat-trick hands defending champs first loss

– Action switches to National Cultural Centre Tarmac Former national player Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams easily transferred his talent harnessed from the longer version of the game to...

Berbice teen pleads guilty to beheading fellow worker

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice teen pleads guilty to beheading fellow worker

A 19-year-old school dropout who beheaded his one-time good friend, classmate, villager and workmate a little over two years ago following a dispute at a private cane farm on the Upper...

Granger dismissal from budget cut case…Opposition Leader was denied fair hearing, right to waiver immunity—Attorney

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Granger dismissal from budget cut case…Opposition Leader was denied fair hearing, right to waiver immunity—Attorney

Lawyers for Opposition Leader David Granger have reiterated that Granger was not given a fair hearing, while his right to waive his parliamentary immunity was overlooked when Chief...

Problems not solved overnight – Consumer body

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Problems not solved overnight – Consumer body

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC), though tasked with attending to complaints of consumers, has maintained that such ‘problem solving’ does not take place...

Mercury free technology fund to benefit small miners, Amerindian communities

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mercury free technology fund to benefit small miners, Amerindian communities

Cabinet recently gave its no-objection for the setting up of a mercury free technology fund to benefit small miners and Amerindian communities involved in mining, says Robert Persaud, Minister...

Fewer teachers being assaulted – GTU

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fewer teachers being assaulted – GTU

There has been a decrease in the number of reports of teachers being assaulted by their students. This assertion was made yesterday by Coretta McDonald, Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union...

OP funding comes under Auditor General’s microscope

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on OP funding comes under Auditor General’s microscope

Auditor General Deodat Sharma in his 2012 annual report has noted that the Office of the President has continued to inappropriately meet expenditure for the presidential guard and Castellani...

Life expectancy of dialysis patients can vary

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Life expectancy of dialysis patients can vary

– but transplantation can give more hope – Nephrologist While there is hope for dialysis patients to live long and fulfilling lives, their existence can however be limited by the...

A Thanksgiving in jail for son of Suriname’s President

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A Thanksgiving in jail for son of Suriname’s President

New York (News Americas) – Dino Bouterse, son of Suriname’s president, Desi Bouterse, will be stateside this Thanksgiving, today, for this quintessentially American holiday, having turkey and...

Systems in place for Roberts Champion Boxing Gym Amateur card on Saturday

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Systems in place for Roberts Champion Boxing Gym Amateur card on Saturday

Systems are now in place for the much anticipated first ever Amateur boxing competition organised by the newly former Roberts Champion Boxing Gym (RCBG) on Saturday at the Matthew Allen...

Bakery delivery truck robbed, driver shot

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bakery delivery truck robbed, driver shot

A bakery delivery truck attached to Budram’s Bakery, of Enmore, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday robbed as it was delivering bread to a shop in Sophia. The salesman for the truck...

2013 Tenelec Inc Under-15 Cricket Competition in Berbice…

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2013 Tenelec Inc Under-15 Cricket Competition in Berbice…

Bhaskar Yadram’s 41 and 8 for 5 ensures Rose Hall Town Farfan & Mendes advance to semifinals – Edinburgh also through A fighting innings and telling spell of leg spin...

GFC new venue for Vision Sports Inter Club C’bean football

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFC new venue for Vision Sports Inter Club C’bean football

A release from the Georgetown Football Association, who have collaborated with Vision Sports and Entertainment Agency to host a two-match Caribbean Inter Club Football series involving...

GT&T, Hand-in-Hand Inter-County cricket…Matches postponed due to rain

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T, Hand-in-Hand Inter-County cricket…Matches postponed due to rain

Heavy overnight and early morning rain left almost the entire Georgetown flooded ruling out the DCC ground, which was under water yesterday, as a venue for the opening round of the GT&T,...

‘Sunburst’ Linden Secondary Schools U-17 b/ball championship …

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Sunburst’ Linden Secondary Schools U-17 b/ball championship …

Wins for New Silvercity Secondary, Mackenzie High schools New Silvercity Secondary scored a 49-24 win over Harmony Secondary, while Mackenzie High School registered a 30-22 victory as...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Leave Matthias alone, detractors back off

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Leave Matthias alone, detractors back off

Dear Sports Editor, Football is considered as the beautiful game with its symmetry and ballerina like effect it has when it is in full flow. Look at Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and...

Third form student attacks Deputy Head

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Third form student attacks Deputy Head

A Grade Nine student of the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School physically attacked the Deputy Head teacher last Friday during the afternoon session. According to reports, the female student was...