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Ocean View Int. Hotel to sponsor Carifesta 60-mile cycle race

Aug 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Ocean View Int. Hotel to sponsor Carifesta 60-mile cycle race

By Franklin Wilson Come this Sunday, August 24, 2008, the East Coast Highway and Public Road will be set ablaze when Guyana’s leading cyclist’s battle each other for top honours in a specially...

Duo remanded for wounding with intent to commit murder

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Two men from the North West District have been refused bail after they reportedly wounded a man and his wife, as well as damaged over $250,000 worth in items. The duo, Cheddie Dawson and Orlando...

GSL/Banks DIH cricket competition…Quarter-final line ups decided

Aug 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GSL/Banks DIH cricket competition…Quarter-final line ups decided

Regal XI led qualifiers thru to the quarter-finals of the Guyana Softball League, Banks DIH sponsored cricket competition following results of games played last Sunday. Regal XI of Georgetown...

The “Roop” Economic Corner…The today – need for technology infusion

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Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA INTRODUCTION: Businesses today are more complex than ever. Many different issues and challenges face employees and business owners alike – from catastrophic natural...

The New Capital can be a low-carbon showpiece

Aug 20, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The New Capital can be a low-carbon showpiece

Dear Editor, The snap reaction of many Guyanese to building “A New Capital” is bound to be that we can not afford such an expensive project. I refer of course to your editorial of 14 August,...

West Demerara Inter-Block football knockout starts

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– Buxton finalists decided Last Sunday at the Pouderoyen ground, the knockout stage of the West Demerara Inter-Block football championships sponsored by the Ministry of Culture Youth and...

Mr. Hergash misses the point

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Dear Editor, Mr. Harry Hergash has replied to my letter of August 18 in yesterday’s edition (18-08-08) of Kaieteur News. He sorely and abjectly misses the point. He wants me to forget about him the...

Specially designed coin, stamp unveiled for Carifesta

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With three days remaining before the grand opening of Carifesta X in Guyana, the specially designed coin and stamp for the event were yesterday unveiled when President Bharrat Jagdeo and Minister of...

The Parrot…Yam demand Bolt-ing

Aug 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Parrot…Yam demand Bolt-ing

The Parrot, like billions of others, is still stunned by the now seemingly effortless display of forward propulsion by a human being. After Ben Johnson a few Olympics ago, it was difficult to...

Leslie Amsterdam Memorial U-17 Berbice cricket…Chattergoon spurs L/Corentyne to final

Aug 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Leslie Amsterdam Memorial U-17 Berbice cricket…Chattergoon spurs L/Corentyne to final

Former Guyana under-15 captain Harrinarine Chattergoon hit 69 as Lower Corentyne took first innings points from Central Corentyne to advance to the final of the Leslie Amsterdam Memorial under-17...

City Hall ‘can access’ municipal court funds

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City Hall’s financial capacity could be significantly boosted if senior officials at the municipal entity would take the time to make a simple request for funds that emanate on a daily basis from...

Freddie Kissoon column…A Guyanese nationalist will be honoured today

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This afternoon at the Pegasus, the University of Warwick’s representatives will confer upon Mr. Yesu Persaud, an honorary doctorate. I do not normally go these “gatherings.” The last one I went...

Are these practical ideas or lofty ideals?

Aug 20, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Are these practical ideas or lofty ideals?

Dear Editor, Currently, Ecuador is confronting a wave of violence previously unknown in the country. Organised crime, sicariatos (brutal contracted killings), drug trafficking, and kidnapping...

Is military force the best means to defeat terrorist groups?

Aug 20, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Is military force the best means to defeat terrorist groups?

Dear Editor, Many studies have asked how terrorist groups are born; relatively few have described how such groups are best put out of business. A recent effort to do the latter, by RAND Corporation,...

Traffic lights to be turned off during Carifesta X activities

Aug 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Traffic lights to be turned off during Carifesta X activities

…police ranks to facilitate uninterrupted progress of traffic – Semple Traffic lights will be turned off during Carifesta X events and will be directed by traffic ranks who will be at the...

Peeping Tom…THE OBSERVATION WARD

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I support a call which was made by a letter writer for citizens and the business community to contribute towards the rebuilding efforts after last week’s fire that levelled the Observation Ward and...

Police Youth Camp concludes in Berbice

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NUMBER SIXTY-THREE VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – An exhibition and cultural presentation on Friday last was the climax of the Guyana Police Force/Police Wives’ Association Youth Camp 2008. This year...

Blame the government…The results are clear, crime is confronted

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Things have been relatively quiet; crime seems to have taken a holiday and people are once more beginning to feel comfortable. Life is what it should be in any country and plans are well advanced for...

Whither CSME?

Aug 20, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Whither CSME?

Guyana, as one of the founders of the Caribbean Free Trade Area (Carifta) in the sixties, which segued into CARICOM in the seventies and is supposed to end up as the Caribbean Single Market and...

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The business class also funds undemocratic parties

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- There’s a peculiar phenomenon in Guyana, a sort of cyclical ritual, where members of... more