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GT&T attracts Work Study volunteers

Jul 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GT&T attracts Work Study volunteers

Forty-six students from 21 learning institutions on Monday began their annual work study programme at the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T). The group comprises 11 from the Government...

Mother goes missing

Jul 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Mother goes missing

Shalini Pereira, 22, has gone missing for the past seven days. She had left her parents Good Hope, East Coast Demerara home for Berbice on July 10. Since then, her parents have not seen or heard from...

TCL Group regional U-19 three-day cricket (final day, third round)

Jul 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on TCL Group regional U-19 three-day cricket (final day, third round)

Rain has final say but Guyana maintain six-point lead By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, TCL, Pepsi, Smalta, Demerara Power Company & Lifetime Realty The festive atmosphere...

Gaskin & Jackson Jewellers offers support to GABA

Jul 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Gaskin & Jackson Jewellers offers support to GABA

Struggling to keep apace with the speediness of support from the business community, the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) was once again the recipient of a sizeable donation in aid of its...

TPL workers to resume duty today

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A group of protesters gathered outside the main office of the Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL) on Sussex Street, yesterday morning, to protest what they said was the company’s mistreatment towards...

CFU unveils new logo

Jul 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on CFU unveils new logo

Euro C/ship influenced DCC name change By Franklin Wilson in Curacao compliments of Digicel The Caribbean Football Union (FCU) yesterday unveiled its new logo at the launching of the 2008 edition of...

Entire 2008 Regional One-day cricket tournament planned for USA

Jul 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Entire 2008 Regional One-day cricket tournament planned for USA

Guyana hunt 12th title from Sept. 27- Oct.12 By Sean Devers in Barbados Guyana will hunt their 12th regional one-day cricket title and first since they beat Barbados in the 2005 final at Bourda when...

Forum strengthens UK-Caribbean relationship

Jul 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Forum strengthens UK-Caribbean relationship

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and co-chair of the Sixth UK-Caribbean Forum the Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda told the closing ceremony of the Forum...

Suspected gang member jailed

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CORRIVERTON, CORENTYNE – A Corentyne man suspected of being part of a three-man gang operating in the Upper Corentyne area was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison. Orin Sam, called...

Digicel Caribbean Championship 2008 launched

Jul 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Caribbean Championship 2008 launched

Gives young people a sense of hope & belonging – Warner By Franklin Wilson in Curacao compliments of Digicel The 3rd edition of the Digicel Caribbean Championship (DCC) formerly known as the...

North West group gets UNDP money

Jul 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on North West group gets UNDP money

Major General (rtd) Joe Singh on Tuesday last presented a $1M cheque to the project coordinator of North West Organics, Annette Arjoon as part of the programme to pursue the Millennium Development...

Freddie has every right to be ashamed

Jul 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Freddie has every right to be ashamed

DEAR EDITOR, I respond to Freddie Kissoon’s article, “Elected dictatorship and East Indians like me” in Kaieteur News new dated July 16.08 Freddie Kissoon you have every right to be ashamed to...

D-Day for student designers

Jul 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on D-Day for student designers

Since it began on May 11 last, the Facts 1 Fashion, Art, Creativity by Talented Students Project has received rave reviews. The other part of the project dubbed the ‘Facts 2 TV Reality Show’ on...

This is harassment of the media

Jul 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on This is harassment of the media

DEAR EDITOR, It is unbelievable that the President has suspended a reporter from covering him at his office and at the state house. The free press has been facing an onslaught of attacks from the...

This incident has been grossly exaggerated

Jul 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on This incident has been grossly exaggerated

DEAR EDITOR, When I read the article under the caption “Police probe fraud at the N/A court registry – official mysteriously proceeds on leave, entry page missing,” published on Friday 11th...

Michael Correia re-elected president of aircraft owners’ body

Jul 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Michael Correia re-elected president of aircraft owners’ body

Members of the Aircraft Owners’ Association of Guyana (AOAG) has re-elected Michael Correia (Jr), of Trans Guyana Airways, as President of that body. According to the AOAG, their Annual General...

There are no child soldiers in Guyana

Jul 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on There are no child soldiers in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, I have noticed that for some time now certain columnists and letter-writers have been describing young people, still in their teens or pre-teens, who engage in criminal activities as...

Berbice Campus hosts fifth reading programme

Jul 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Berbice Campus hosts fifth reading programme

The University of Guyana’s Berbice Campus (UGBC) is currently hosting its annual reading programme at the Tain Campus. The exercise began on July 14 and concludes July 31, 2008. The programme...

It’s win, lose and draw for the PPP as it prepares for its August Congress

Jul 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on It’s win, lose and draw for the PPP as it prepares for its August Congress

DEAR EDITOR: As the ruling PPP prepares to stage its August Congress, there are three specific areas I think merit urgent attention: 1) the 2011 elections; 2) gun crimes and official corruption; and...

More drugs found in Berbice

Jul 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on More drugs found in Berbice

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Two men, one of whom was wanted for murder, are in police custody after a ganja bust on the Canje River on Tuesday. According to police reports, a marine patrol...

Canefield Road to be upgraded

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By Melissa Johnson NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – A $5.9 million contract has been awarded to Associated Construction Company of Hampshire Village, Corentyne, to rehabilitate the Canefield New Area...

Reporter’s ban is indicative of a visionless, suppressive and undemocratic regime

Jul 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Reporter’s ban is indicative of a visionless, suppressive and undemocratic regime

DEAR EDITOR, Press Freedom in Guyana seems to be under threat. With the recent ban on Capitol News senior reporter, Gordon Moseley, the government has demonstrated that it is committed to silence...

Guyana and the wider world

Jul 17, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana and the wider world

As we – the people and the government – struggle to cope with the economic shocks of precipitous price increases, let us not forget that there are broader structural constraints to which...

Hinckson, Moseley and the intensification of elected dictatorship

Jul 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Hinckson, Moseley and the intensification of elected dictatorship

CN Sharma played into the hands of the government. Of course he could have been set up. Someone could have been planted to say a seditious word against the President so as to get Sharma into trouble....

Don’t worry Gordon; the President will reverse the ban

Jul 17, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Don’t worry Gordon; the President will reverse the ban

I have not seen the letter which was written by Capitol News reporter Gordon Moseley in response to the government’s criticism of his coverage of a meeting the Head of State had with Guyanese...