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Jamaica and Guyana are at it again

Sep 28, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Jamaica and Guyana are at it again

Guyana must be careful in granting waivers of the Common External Tariff (CET) to allow countries like Jamaica to import rice from extra-regional sources. As the saying goes, if you give a man an...

Pepsi Cup 1st division cricket…Wong (75), Greavesande (5-25) help MSC arrest Police

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Pepsi Cup 1st division cricket…Wong (75), Greavesande (5-25) help MSC arrest Police

Thirty-five year-old former Guyana and West Indies ‘B’ team wicket keeper Kenneth Wong smashed a belligerent 75, while teenage off-spinner Daniel Greavesande grabbed 5-25 to help Malteenoes...

NSC / MCYS / Al Sport Windball Cricket Tournament…Lodge, Goed Fortuin post victories

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on NSC / MCYS / Al Sport Windball Cricket Tournament…Lodge, Goed Fortuin post victories

Play in the AL Sport & Tour Promotions / Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS) / National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored Inter-Secondary Schools Male Windball Cricket Tournament...

Look who is talking about corruption

Sep 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Look who is talking about corruption

The issue of corruption has long been a talking point in the country, and more particularly when some people began to display signs of wealth, especially when they had no visible means of acquiring...

Another chance gone a-begging

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Another chance gone a-begging

By Rawle Welch Another opportunity to boost the development of sports and our athletes was lost when we failed to accept an invitation to attend the sixth World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture....

“Our children are being stigmatized”

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on “Our children are being stigmatized”

– Community leader says Agricola Youths need help By Jenelle Carter In recent years, the community of Agricola has been branded as a haven for criminals. With last week being ‘Child...

Cellink Plus Premier League…Conquerors latest team to record victory

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Cellink Plus Premier League…Conquerors latest team to record victory

– Double-header on today at Tucville Fruta Conquerors through goals from two members of their young brigade defeated Pele 2-1 in the feature game of a double-header as the Cellink Plus...

UNASUR facilitates dialogue in Bolivian crisis

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on UNASUR facilitates dialogue in Bolivian crisis

By Odeen Ishmael On September 15, leaders of the 12-member Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), meeting in an emergency session at La Moneda Palace in Santiago de Chile to discuss the Bolivian...

Mission Miracle recommences… More to leave for eye surgery in Cuba

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Mission Miracle recommences… More to leave for eye surgery in Cuba

Some 50 persons have been screened and selected to be a part of the first batch of patients who will be heading to Cuba for eye care treatment. They are scheduled to leave Guyana by mid next week....

GFF, SVB refute recent media reports

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GFF, SVB refute recent media reports

The Surinamese Voetbal Bond (SVB) and the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) are expressing alarm at recent media reports stating that FIFA had ordered the GFF to pay its Suriname counterpart an...

Memorex Enterprise/GSL 15-over Softball cricket tourney…Play continues today with several matches

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Memorex Enterprise/GSL 15-over Softball cricket tourney…Play continues today with several matches

Action in the Memorex Enterprise, Guyana Softball League 15-over cricket tournament continues today with several matches in the respective zones. In the West Coast Demerara zone starting from 9:00am;...

Regent Street arms and ammo find… Wanted trio still at large

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Regent Street arms and ammo find… Wanted trio still at large

– ballistics tests being carried out Three men for whom the police issued bulletins on Friday are still to present themselves for questioning in relation to a cache of arms and ammunition...

Our Cabinet may be too young

Sep 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Our Cabinet may be too young

There has long been the debate about whether youth holds an advantage over experience or vice versa. Most older people would say that the two should go hand in hand because one complements the other....

Banks MCYS UDFA Division One League…Bakewell Topp XX beat Silver Shattas, Milerock & Blueberry Hill draw

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks MCYS UDFA Division One League…Bakewell Topp XX beat Silver Shattas, Milerock & Blueberry Hill draw

Bakewell Topp XX has joined Blueberry Hill at the top of the points standings following their 3-1 triumph over Silver Shattas on Friday evening when play in the Upper Demerara Football Association /...

The EPA, micro-management and the EPA

Sep 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The EPA, micro-management and the EPA

This is not, and in the foreseeable future, will not be an easy country to administer. Guyana is fraught with structurally profound problems. Those structural problems become insurmountable because...

Bandits hammer hole in concrete wall

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bandits hammer hole in concrete wall

– remove over $500,000 in items from Wholesale Depot For the second time this year, businessman Michael Rodrigues woke up to discover that one of his two businesses was broken into and items...

The Baccoo speaks

Sep 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There is a group of criminal-minded people who may be considered as opportunistic criminals. Up until the notorious wanted man was killed, they remained in their cocoon because they knew that they...

Event Organisers Workshop completed in Berbice

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Event Organisers Workshop completed in Berbice

– hailed a successSome twelve (12) teachers representing the three (3) Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Sports Districts in Berbice successfully completed the “Event Organisers” Workshop...

Reality of our tax money

Sep 28, 2008 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Reality of our tax money

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, Vision Guyana INTRODUCTION Without our businesses generating jobs and paying taxes, the Ministers of Government will be like most of us, devoting great amounts of...

No. 2 Village win Aditiya Kids Trust Fund Foundation 20/20 competition

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on No. 2 Village win Aditiya Kids Trust Fund Foundation 20/20 competition

No. 2 Village carted off the top prize of $100,000 and trophy when they defeated Bath Settlement by 13 runs in the final of the recently concluded Aditiya Kids First Fund Foundation 20/20 cricket...

Sponsors step forward for Guyana Fashion Weekend

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Sponsors step forward for Guyana Fashion Weekend

On Friday, with a simple ceremony held at the Kings Plaza Hotel, Guyana Fashion Weekend Chief Executive Officer Sonia Noel received two sizable cheques from sponsors King’s Jewellery World and the...

August school now means something different

Sep 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on August school now means something different

The Parrot recalls the most memorable old-time “advertising” ploy to get people to purchase newspapers. Simply, it was the vendor, often depicted by a boy in movies, shouting “Extra, extra....

SQUATTING SHOULD BE MADE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE

Sep 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SQUATTING SHOULD BE MADE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE

There is one sure way to obtain a government house lot. Go and squat on a piece on State land or reserve and when the demolition squad comes to remove your structure, raise a mighty noise and the...

Container for Haiti hurricane victims packed

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Container for Haiti hurricane victims packed

Donations for the container being packed with relief supplies for Haiti’s hurricane victims were yesterday handed over to the CARICOM Secretariat. Coordinated by the Secretariat’s Staff...

The Butterfly

Sep 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Butterfly

According to some mythical legends, a butterfly is the personification of a person’s soul, whether they be living, dying or are already dead. Another superstitious belief is that once a butterfly...

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Maloney Pacers set sights on FIBA 3×3 World Tour qualifiers in Guyana

America does not fight for free

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Guyana must be wary of America. That much is clear. The United States has recently issued... more