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Female amateur boxers leave for T&T today

Sep 27, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Female amateur boxers leave for T&T today

The female amateur boxing team participating in the Female Pan Am Games in Trinidad and Tobago from October 1-8 departs today for the Twin Island Republic. Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA)...

Guyana to open publishing house

Sep 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana to open publishing house

…Nobel laureate commits to coaching stint with local writers next year President Bharrat Jagdeo has agreed to set up a publishing house in Guyana for regional writers, following a call by eminent...

Sheriff Memorial 20/20 Cricket in north Essequibo

Sep 27, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Sheriff Memorial 20/20 Cricket in north Essequibo

Devonshire Castle, Ravens to clash in final Devonshire Castle and Ravens will clash in what is expected to be an exiting final of the Sheriff Memorial 20/20 cricket competition in North Essequibo...

Memorex 15-over Guyana Softball League Cricket competition (Essequibo leg)

Sep 27, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Memorex 15-over Guyana Softball League Cricket competition (Essequibo leg)

Lall, Raghubansie hit centuries in last weekend’s contest Jaianand Lall and Parashuntarm Raghubansie hit contrasting centuries as the Essequibo leg of the Memorex 15 overs Guyana Softball League...

Govt. believes Le Meridien sale on

Sep 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Govt. believes Le Meridien sale on

Downpayment already made – Dr Luncheon The Government has received information that Le Meridien may have been already sold. According to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon,...

Youths charged with $3M robbery, placed on $300,000 bail

Sep 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Youths charged with $3M robbery, placed on $300,000 bail

Randy Blackman, 18, of Water Street, Kingston, and a 16-year-old of Second Street, Agricola, were granted $300,000 bail after the two made their second appearance before acting Chief Magistrate...

Demerara Neal & Massy final set for Everest today

Sep 27, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Demerara Neal & Massy final set for Everest today

The Demerara zone of the Neal and Massy 40-overs National Club competition will climax today when Mavericks of West Demerara lock horns with Georgetown champions Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) at the...

Agricola hosts Child Protection Week rally and exhibition

Sep 27, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Agricola hosts Child Protection Week rally and exhibition

Hundreds of children gathered at the Agricola Playground on Thursday last for a grand rally and exhibition held to commemorate Child Protection Week. The event was a joint initiative between the...

Buxton teams record victories in EDFA action

Sep 27, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Buxton teams record victories in EDFA action

Buxton teams recorded victories in latest matches of the East Demerara Football Association Senior League. Bakewell Buxton secured at 1-0 win over Victoria Kings, compliments of a Ruben Morris 6th...

Football referees body AGM set for tomorrow

Sep 27, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Football referees body AGM set for tomorrow

The Guyana Football Referees Council will be holding its Annual General Meeting tomorrow at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue, Thomas Lands commencing at 10:00 hrs. High on the Agenda...

Eastman versus Lewis bout pushed back to Oct. 25

Sep 27, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Eastman versus Lewis bout pushed back to Oct. 25

The eagerly anticipated clash between local middleweight champion Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman and Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis for the national title suffered an unexpected setback and has...

Criminals do not represent any one race

Sep 27, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Criminals do not represent any one race

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Mr. Ogunseye’s letter of 18th September in SN wherein he declared that “he will not be stopping this debate that is taking place on the issue of the shooting of the...

GCCI needs to relinquish its dependency syndrome

Sep 27, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on GCCI needs to relinquish its dependency syndrome

DEAR EDITOR, As a Private Sector person, I am disappointed to see in the Stabroek Business News dated Friday September 26, 2008 the President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr....

Errol Arthur fought for free and fair elections

Sep 27, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Errol Arthur fought for free and fair elections

DEAR EDITOR, In response to Freddie Kissoon’s letter “Just another nameless letter writer” (Kaieteur News September, 21), Errol Arthur does exist. I met him a couple of times during the late...

This advertisement is insulting to Hindus

Sep 27, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on This advertisement is insulting to Hindus

DEAR EDITOR, An advertisement appears in the newspapers on 24 September, 2008 from the Guyana National Diwali Committee asking for young, attractive and unmarried women to participate in a Miss...

Let’s get the facts right before casting stones

Sep 27, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s get the facts right before casting stones

DEAR EDITOR, There have been a lot of views and statements about the two prison officers, Assistant Superintendent Corbin and Samuels. However, I am surprised by the statements made by certain...

Kissoon’s writings demonstrate that he lacks the character to engage in civil discourse

Sep 27, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon’s writings demonstrate that he lacks the character to engage in civil discourse

DEAR EDITOR, None of us is infallible. We sometimes make statements in good faith that turn out to be incorrect. When the error is discovered, our sense of honesty and ethics demands that we...

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THIS IDEA?

Sep 27, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THIS IDEA?

More than ten years ago, with great pomp and fanfare, the idea of converting the Botanical Gardens and its Zoological Park into a biodiversity park was suggested. There was even a plan on how to...

Psychic burden

Sep 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Psychic burden

There is hardly any public intellectual debate taking place among Guyanese academics. This is quite unlike Trinidad and Jamaica. Without wanting to appear chauvinistic, our political and contemporary...

CHECK YOUR ACCOUNT!

Sep 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CHECK YOUR ACCOUNT!

When I first began my working career, a clerk in the civil service was more highly recognized than a teller in a bank. And that was one of the main reasons why despite applying for a job in one of...

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A coalition of shared disgrace

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The APNU and the AFC deserve each other. They deserve to be shackled together in a coalition... more