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Eccles to Providence hijacked by private developers

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Eccles to Providence hijacked by private developers

– unhappy Opposition not satisfied with Housing Ministry’s explanations “We are seeing a trend that whenever an asset of this country is being sold or passed over to a close friend...

Administration playing politics with police careers

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Administration playing politics with police careers

– Promotions pushed back to February BY DALE ANDREWS The wait will continue indefinitely for the hard-working police ranks, who are desperate for promotions. Indications point to...

Dr. Luncheon denies implicating Jagdeo in New River Triangle debacle

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Luncheon denies implicating Jagdeo in New River Triangle debacle

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, despite this and other publications reporting him saying that it was former President Bharrat Jagdeo who resuscitated the idea of mining in...

Cabinet at odds with US Ambassador

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet at odds with US Ambassador

“….elements of rejected USAID project seek to usurp its authority”- Dr Luncheon Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, has lashed out at US Ambassador D....

15 prisoners released for Christmas

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 15 prisoners released for Christmas

Fifteen non-violent inmates from the various prisons in Guyana were released last week Monday, December 16, in time to spend the Christmas holidays with their families and friends. According to...

Dem boys seh…A Christmas wish fuh de greedy

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…A Christmas wish fuh de greedy

Is Christmas and is a time fuh giving. But if dem have people giving dem got to have people taking. Dem boys see dem gyal who spend de whole of yesterday taking dem time wid wha dem got to...

Samuels returns home from NZ with wrist injury

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Samuels returns home from NZ with wrist injury

ESPNcricinfo – Marlon Samuels, the West Indies allrounder, has been ruled out of the New Zealand limited-overs series with the recurrence of a chronic wrist injury. The injury, on his...

Chico/K&S Secondary Schools Football…Two power matches heralds festive celebrations today

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chico/K&S Secondary Schools Football…Two power matches heralds festive celebrations today

It’s the yuletide season but while the average citizen relaxes today and feast on the many treats that is synonymous to the joys of the season, players of 4 football teams are getting ready to...

C 7 are Joseph Memorial Dominoes champs

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on C 7 are Joseph Memorial Dominoes champs

C 7 amassed 79 games to win the final of the Orin Joseph Memorial Dominoes competition which was contested Last Sunday at Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt. Providence placed second with 75 while TNT...

BCB, RHTY&SC bring Christmas cheer to BCUA

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB, RHTY&SC bring Christmas cheer to BCUA

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) with sponsorship form the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) on Saturday last donated sixteen Christmas hampers to the Berbice Cricket Umpires...

RHTY&SC cricket teams complete successful multi-million Christmas Programme

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC cricket teams complete successful multi-million Christmas Programme

The cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) since 1990 have organised a series of programmes during the festive season each year with the main aim of making a...

2013 was fairly successful year for Judo – GJA President

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2013 was fairly successful year for Judo – GJA President

When the new executive of the Guyana Judo Association (GJA) were elected to office in March the Association was in disarray. Now, nine months later President of the GJA Raaul Archer described...

DCC, GCC head GCA/Carib Beer T20 points standings…GYO, TSC lead Noble House 2nd division

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC, GCC head GCA/Carib Beer T20 points standings…GYO, TSC lead Noble House 2nd division

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) are atop of the points table in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)\Carib Beer T20 first division tournament following the...

All roads lead to KMTC for Boxing Day Meet

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on All roads lead to KMTC for Boxing Day Meet

With all the arrangements in place and sponsors on board the crowd is expected to journey to the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) for its usual December 26 Boxing Day Horserace Meet at the...

GCU&SA closes season on a high despite challenges

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCU&SA closes season on a high despite challenges

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCU&SA) closed the 2013 season on a high note despite a number of challenges. One of its youngest member Ryan Banwari topped the Caribbean...

Fistic action to brighten Lindeners’ festive season tomorrow night

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fistic action to brighten Lindeners’ festive season tomorrow night

By Michael Benjamin The weather forecast over the past two weeks has been grim with heavy showers that have left some parts of the country inundated. It seems though more is to come and this...

Former national G/keeper Newark eleced President of Old Fort

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former national G/keeper Newark eleced President of Old Fort

One of the founders of Old Fort Hockey Club Allan Newark was elected to serve as President when the entity held its Annual General Meeting to choose office bearers recently. Newark, a former...

More than two years later…Hope Canal cannot meet another deadline

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on More than two years later…Hope Canal cannot meet another deadline

It has been confirmed; after being more than a year behind schedule, the $3B Hope/Dochfour Canal will not meet its latest December 31 deadline. According to Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie...

Guyana must produce its own heroes

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana must produce its own heroes

I have the highest regard for Glenn Lall, the publisher of this newspaper, but there are some issues on which we disagree. But we do so without affecting our lifelong friendship. Glenn is...

TB patients urged to take medication on time

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on TB patients urged to take medication on time

Tuberculosis is one of the most deadly diseases, and the local Ministry of Health is calling on persons countrywide, especially those in the hinterland regions, to take their medication on time. The...

Gold miner murdered on Five Star trail

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miner murdered on Five Star trail

– residents nab suspect Veteran gold miner Timothy Adams was found murdered at around 09:00 hrs Monday on the Five Star, North West District trail. A shopkeeper found the 57-year-old...

Greenidge accuses Govt. of buying votes with supplementary provisions

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Greenidge accuses Govt. of buying votes with supplementary provisions

“How will the Minister spend $500M in a few days when that sum is way more than the initial sum approved in the budget for an entire year?” That was the concern expressed recently by Former...

Bids submitted for structures at Track and Field facility

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bids submitted for structures at Track and Field facility

Under the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport, bids were opened yesterday by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of Synthetic...

Fisherman kills wife, commits suicide

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman kills wife, commits suicide

A 29 – year – old fisherman of Endeavour, Leguan, Essequibo Islands, brutally murdered his wife by slitting her throat, early yesterday morning. The man, identified as Youvindra Jagdai,...

Guyana’s economic growth is no fluke – Edghill

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s economic growth is no fluke – Edghill

Guyana’s economic growth of five percent this year did not occur by fluke and is not surprising. It is based on prudent fiscal management of the economy and Government’s vision of investing in...