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Leonora MYO to run off cricket competition

Aug 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Leonora MYO to run off cricket competition

The Leonora Muslim Youth Organisation in association with Guyana Softball League will be running off a inter-Jamaat Four team 15-over Softball Cricket Competition at the Leonora Masjid Ground on...

Minibus associations should change their names

Aug 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Minibus associations should change their names

Dear Editor, The Oxford Concise Dictionary defines an association as “a group of people organised for a joint purpose”. Based on that definition, my question is: what is the purpose of the...

The Freddie Kissoon column…Antigua and Guyana: democracy compared

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One of the Peeping Toms, in the Thursday column, sought to dismiss my theory of elected dictatorship, which I have taken from the theorizing of Fared Zakaria on the loss of constitutionalism in...

Tony Deyal Column…The Number is 63

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I always wondered about 69 and what I would be like if I ever attained that number of three score and nine. I suppose if you have to score three times and then another 9, what’s good for sixty...

Young Warriors to stage fund raising Softball cricket tourney

Aug 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Young Warriors to stage fund raising Softball cricket tourney

Young Warriors Sports Club of Good Fortuin in association with Guyana Softball League will be running off a fund raising 8-over Softball Cricket Competition at the Good Fortuin Ground Sunday August...

Regularising ancestral lands

Aug 04, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Regularising ancestral lands

Dear Editor, Asafo Modibo and others keep mentioning in their letters statements such as: “if the government respects African constitutional rights and treats Africans as equals, they must pass the...

The PPP and leadership

Aug 04, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on The PPP and leadership

The PPP’s congress has ended, and, as declared by its General Secretary even before it began, its 2001 presidential candidate was not chosen. One may choose to look at the respective votes the...

Sunday Cartoon – August 03, 2008

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29th PPP Congress…

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Unity will secure victory in 2011 – Jagdeo President Bharrat Jagdeo, in his final address to the 29th People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Congress, as Head of State, assured delegates that the party...

JFK terror plot …

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on JFK terror plot …

FBI questions local Muslim businessmen GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Two Muslim businessmen in Guyana said Friday that the FBI and police recently questioned them about an alleged plot to blow up New...

Traffic cop arrested for sexually molesting son

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Traffic cop arrested for sexually molesting son

A few days after the National Assembly passed stricter monitoring laws for paedophiles, the Guyana Police Force detained one of its own for allegedly sexually molesting his three-year-old son. The...

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Defence questions identity of ‘Shortman’ Lawyers for accused drug trafficker Guyanese Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan are questioning part of the prosecution’s evidence in the case. In a...

Woman strangled in GPHC Psychiatric Ward

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Woman strangled in GPHC Psychiatric Ward

Pandemonium broke out once again at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Psychiatric Ward, this time because of the death of a female inmate. Reports are that, at around 4:00 hours yesterday,...

Emancipation Day celebrations…

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Emancipation Day celebrations…

Dancer injures spine after routine One of Georgetown’s more popular dancers sustained spinal injuries and is at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). She was injured after attempting a...

Berbice hotel heist…

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Venezuelan suspect dies Police are probing the death of yet another prisoner under unusual circumstances. This time, the dead man was a Venezuelan who was apprehended on Friday night following a...

Piracy fight…

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Berbice fishermen install radio equipment at Number 66 base Berbice fishermen’s fight against piracy has taken another crucial step forward with the installation of a long-range radio set during...

The Helmeted Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris)

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The Guinea Fowl is of a family of birds that falls within the same order as the pheasants, turkeys, partridges and other game birds which originated in Africa. They are a family of insect and...

Community involvement without assistance from police will not work

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Community involvement without assistance from police will not work

By Dale Andrews Last week I had a sense of what the residents of Lusignan went through when gunmen raided their village and their calls to the police for assistance fell on deaf ears. I, for one,...

Mother seeks financial assistance to save baby

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Mother seeks financial assistance to save baby

Persons desirous of helping to finance the cardiology surgery needed to save the life of nine-month-old Zephaniah Ramnarayan can do so by sending their donations to Scotia Bank, and by accessing a...

A journey into the life of an ex-soldier and medic

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on A journey into the life of an ex-soldier and medic

Her life has not quite been the same ever since she had fallen ill to what her mother believed were attacks of epilepsy, which have resulted in her being declared medically unfit in performing her...

Guyana to commence drilling for oil in Region 9 by year end

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana to commence drilling for oil in Region 9 by year end

…hydro power plant still on cards — Jagdeo Head of State, President Bharrat Jagdeo, yesterday told delegates at the People’s Progressive Party’s 29th Congress that Guyana will commence...

Memories of my DAD

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By Michael Jordan A fellow journalist once asked me whether my father was a retired teacher. I told him, ‘no.’ I realize now that I was wrong. You see, my father was a teacher. He taught us to...

Youth traumatised after stint in Brickdam lock-ups

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Youth traumatised after stint in Brickdam lock-ups

Police at the Brickdam Station are yet to release at least two of the young East Bank Demerara men who were arrested between last Wednesday afternoon and Thursday night during what was described as...

Man accuses GPL of breaching agreement, cutting electricity supply

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man accuses GPL of breaching agreement, cutting electricity supply

— GPL’s CEO says pay up or remain disconnected Constant harassment from technicians and the alleged betrayal by an official at the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) may cause a Mon Repos, East...

Emancipation Day mothers get awards

Aug 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Emancipation Day mothers get awards

On Friday, Emancipation Day, three babies were delivered at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Their mothers were presented with gift hampers from the Dahlia’s Baby Softness, a St....