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Exciting weekend of Golf promised at LGC

Aug 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Exciting weekend of Golf promised at LGC

Local golfers will have a fun-filled weekend with two major tournaments planned for this weekend at the Lusignan Golf Club on the East Coast of Demerara. On Saturday, the annual Macorp sponsored...

AHBF Programme continues with social exercise

Aug 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on AHBF Programme continues with social exercise

– event to conclude on Saturday The social education feature of the Abdulla Hamid Basketball Foundation’s (AHBF) Summer Programme continued when Social Educator and Counsellor, Trudyann Scott was...

The Walcott-Jagdeo Carifesta clash: Who lost?

Aug 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Walcott-Jagdeo Carifesta clash: Who lost?

President Jagdeo may be twenty-five years younger than the Caribbean giant, Derek Walcott, one of three Caribbean Nobel Laureates (the other two: Arthur Lewis and VS Naipaul) but that does not mean...

IS BILL ON THE MOVE…AGAIN?

Aug 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on IS BILL ON THE MOVE…AGAIN?

Dear Editor, Guyana Times I notice you now have a vacancy. Please can I apply. You will know my work from the Guyanese media over the last decade or more. My manifesto for transforming the ‘GT’...

GUYANA CAN ALSO STUN THE SPORTING WORLD

Aug 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA CAN ALSO STUN THE SPORTING WORLD

The past few weeks saw Olympic Fever in Guyana. Though that fever has given way to the Carifesta bug, I believe that there are certain points which need to be made about Guyana’s failure to secure...

New standard for hatching eggs developed

Aug 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on New standard for hatching eggs developed

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Code of Practice for the operation of poultry hatcheries GCP 27:2008 was recently approved as a National standard by the National Standards Council, governing board of the...

Stick to your advertisement GECOM

Aug 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Stick to your advertisement GECOM

DEAR EDITOR, In the year 2005 the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) made a decision to open offices in each region. Vacancies were advertised to fill positions in each office, which did happen, but...

Mission drift in microfinance institutions

Aug 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Mission drift in microfinance institutions

DEAR EDITOR, Microfinance, a “trickle-up” market-based approach to poverty alleviation, is a hotly contested subject in the field of development. Most microfinance organisations in less-developed...

Top artistes for Guyana Night in Orlando

Aug 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Top artistes for Guyana Night in Orlando

DEAR EDITOR, Top Guyanese comedian and storyteller Ken Corsbie will be among the featured artistes at a Guyana Night to be held on Friday, September 26, 2008 at the new Pegasus Banquet Hall and...

“Celegacy” Sugar

Aug 28, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on “Celegacy” Sugar

For Carifesta X, a new word was coined – “celegacy”. A combination of the words “celebrate” and “legacy”, it was proposed that it was most appropriate to signify what Carifesta was all...

Taxi driver takes on armed robbers in desperate fight

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Taxi driver takes on armed robbers in desperate fight

(Reprinted from the Antigua Sun) A taxi driver was robbed of over $2,400 by armed robbers, but not before he engaged them in a desperate fight for his life early Monday morning. Reports are that two...

The lighter side of Carifesta X…Wood for canoe making demonstration floats away

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on The lighter side of Carifesta X…Wood for canoe making demonstration floats away

– participants resort to cassava bread making The Amerindian Village on which the government spent $20M to make a showpiece for Carifesta turned out to be a hearty laugh. The plans were...

Giftland launches Online Shopping

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Giftland launches Online Shopping

Consumers in Guyana can now do their shopping online. This has been made possible by Giftland OfficeMax, a local commercial entity. At a special launching of the occasion on Monday night at the Le...

Soldiers deny robbing, assaulting teens

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Soldiers deny robbing, assaulting teens

– admit boarding vessel at 03:00hrs Once again the Guyana Defence Force is forced to defend its ranks against allegations of torture and robbery. This follows allegations by two youths of...

GAWU/GuySuCo negotiations breakdown….Union announces cessation of field, factory operations

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GAWU/GuySuCo negotiations breakdown….Union announces cessation of field, factory operations

– sugar company set to lose additional $840M The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) yesterday announced the cessation of field and factory operations within the Guyana...

Suspect held in shooting of Canadian seaman

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Suspect held in shooting of Canadian seaman

– car impounded Police have detained a suspect and seized a car following investigations into last Friday’s robbery in which Canadian seaman Christopher Olsen was beaten and shot....

Carifesta X symposium…Concept of ‘cultural industries’ should be properly examined

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Carifesta X symposium…Concept of ‘cultural industries’ should be properly examined

– UWI lecturer By Tusika Martin The Caribbean should proceed consciously on the idea of ‘cultural industries’ since there is a lot to lose should this concept not be put in its proper...

India to host conference on concerns of Diaspora

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on India to host conference on concerns of Diaspora

The 7th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention will be held at the Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, from January 7-9, 2009. It is being organized by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in...

Two detained in Linden after shooting

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Two detained in Linden after shooting

Police in Linden are investigating an incident which occurred about 09:00hrs yesterday, at Blue Berry Hill, Wismar, in which a man was shot by a licensed firearm holder. Investigations have so far...

Health surveillance for Carifesta challenged by roadside vending

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Health surveillance for Carifesta challenged by roadside vending

– Ramsammy With a boosted surveillance programme effected by the Ministry of Health for Carifesta X, there has so far been no alarming detection of any outbreaks of infectious diseases within the...

Suspect held in watchman’s murder

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Suspect held in watchman’s murder

– ‘vagrant killer’ still at large Police have detained a suspect in the murder of watchman Bissoondyal Mangar, whose battered body was found Monday in a yard at North Road, Bourda. An...

Concert at the Cathedral…Audience left waiting for ‘Austrian Laser Lights’

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Concert at the Cathedral…Audience left waiting for ‘Austrian Laser Lights’

Scores of people gathered outside of St. George’s Cathedral on Sunday night in anticipation of the ‘Austrian Laser Lights’ display. However, the lights did not appear. Instead those gathered...

Police officer succumbs three weeks after accident

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police officer succumbs three weeks after accident

After clinging to life for more than three weeks in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), 52 year-old Police Sergeant Dwarka Persaud succumbed to injuries which he sustained in an...

Carifesta X exciting but could have been better organised – participant

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Carifesta X exciting but could have been better organised – participant

Guyana’s hosting of Carifesta is commendable but could have been better organised. This is according to Executive Director of the Festival Secretariat, of St Kitts and Nevis, Mr Antonio Liburd. Mr...

AFC urges against supporting proposed political union

Aug 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on AFC urges against supporting proposed political union

…says it will undermine CSME Chairman of the Alliance For Change, Khemraj Ramjattan, says that the proposed political and economic union is a radical move that goes against the spirit Treaty of...