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Digicel Caribbean Championships group E

Sep 19, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Caribbean Championships group E

St. Vincent’s dream shattered despite win over Anguilla St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) were the architects of their own demise as they conceded their third own goal in two games, this time...

Berbice Zone Neal and Massy First Division 40-Over cricket Competition

Sep 19, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Zone Neal and Massy First Division 40-Over cricket Competition

Bermine upset Young Warriors to reach Berbice semi-finals Former Guyana U-19 off spinner, Devon Clements took 3 wickets and conceded a miserly 3 runs to lead Bermine Cricket Club (BCC) of New...

Neal and Massy cricket final set for tomorrow at Thirst Park

Sep 19, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Neal and Massy cricket final set for tomorrow at Thirst Park

Defending champions AINLIM/NMSL will clash with NM Security Solutions (NMSS) in the final of the Neal and Massy Inter-Company 20-over Tapeball Cricket competition tomorrow evening under floodlights...

Nagamootoo, Pooran in Berbice 21-man squad

Sep 19, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Nagamootoo, Pooran in Berbice 21-man squad

Former West Indies leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo and former first-class batsman Hoomchand Pooran have been named in a Berbice 21-man training squad to prepare for the ElDorado senior Inter-county...

Public Service reports major improvements

Sep 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Public Service reports major improvements

There have been major improvements within the Public Service as a direct result of training through the Public Management Modernisation Programme (PMMP). This is according to Minister within the...

Hinckson alleges continued police harassment, further remanded

Sep 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Hinckson alleges continued police harassment, further remanded

– Lawyer deems evidence inadmissible Sedition accused, Oliver Hinckson, made yet another court appearance yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, before Acting Chief Magistrate...

Breastfeeding Week march held in Wakenaam

Sep 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Breastfeeding Week march held in Wakenaam

The Medex and nurses of the Wakenaam Cottage Hospital yesterday led a march involving school children and other members of the community from the Good Success Ferry Stelling to the Hospital Compound...

PCA Chairman visits Berbice this weekend

Sep 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on PCA Chairman visits Berbice this weekend

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Justice Cecil Kennard will travel to Berbice this weekend to meet with members of the public who may wish to raise with him matters which are of...

De country is one big circus

Sep 19, 2008 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De country is one big circus

Old people always seh dat monkey know which limb fuh jump pon. Li’l boy does pick pon ole people because dem know dat ole people cyan run and catch dem. Man does beat woman because he know dat she...

Give new Skeldon Sugar Factory a chance

Sep 19, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Give new Skeldon Sugar Factory a chance

DEAR EDITOR, There are some things happening in our country that I am very much displeased with. The recent GUYSUCO issues that were brought to the attention of the public through the media is of...

Why are teachers the least consulted, compensated and respected?

Sep 19, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Why are teachers the least consulted, compensated and respected?

DEAR EDITOR, It is evident that the role of teachers is being taken advantage of. I have been a teacher for over 12 years and the way I am being treated my resignation will be penned shortly. I love...

Improving Public Service – Licence Revenue Office (LRO)

Sep 19, 2008 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Improving Public Service – Licence Revenue Office (LRO)

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA INTRODUCTION There is a great need for a total revamping of the Licence Revenue Office (LRO) in relation to the issuing of driver’s licence and obtaining of licence plates...

Leslie’s Guyana

Sep 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Leslie’s Guyana

I read a long letter by Dr. Leslie Ramsammy in this newspaper (Sept. 15) on what he termed his “beloved Guyana.” The problem with Guyana is that it becomes your “beloved Guyana” or “your...

Devonshire Castle needs street lights

Sep 19, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Devonshire Castle needs street lights

DEAR EDITOR, Devonshire Castle is a medium sized village of about 85 families, each striving for progress and a bright future for their children. There are institutions, facilities and cooperation...

The PNCR is confused

Sep 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The PNCR is confused

One of the talking points in recent times has been the need for shared governance and an administrative relationship between the government and the main opposition party since they represent the bulk...

Instead of malicious character assault, disclose facts about expenditure of CARIFESTA funds

Sep 19, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Instead of malicious character assault, disclose facts about expenditure of CARIFESTA funds

DEAR EDITOR, My letter to your newspaper of 10th September, 2008, simply invited the CEO and the Artistic Director of the CARIFESTA Secretariat and the Permanent Secretary to the Minister of Culture,...

PNCR’s impulsive and belated concerns about the EPA

Sep 19, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on PNCR’s impulsive and belated concerns about the EPA

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the PNCR statement of September 15, 2008, where it implicitly calls on Guyana and CARICOM to ink the EPA. The PNCR Press statement exposes that party’s impulsive and belated...

What? Dump the Council?

Sep 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on What? Dump the Council?

The Parrot is in sympathy with those residents, who were affected, again, by the smoke from the Mandela Avenue dumpsite. The discomfort is unimaginable. Wouldn’t want to be in their shoes. The...

MASTER WILLY ROLLS AGAIN

Sep 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on MASTER WILLY ROLLS AGAIN

Remember Master Willy who had a roll in the mud? Well, there is a new Master Willy in the media. His name is Uncle Freddie and does he love a tumble in the mud. Ravi Dev made a silly mistake when he...

Coping with climate change

Sep 19, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Coping with climate change

More than three decades ago, there was talk in Guyana about shifting the capital from Georgetown to the North West. There was no talk about global warming and climate change. Instead, the move to...

Russian bombers conduct Caribbean test flights

Sep 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Russian bombers conduct Caribbean test flights

“We continue to watch with interest. The United States is looking for ways to exchange cooperation rather than engage in confrontational gestures,” said Rolf Olsen, the Political and Public...

Wismar Hospital attack… ‘Piggy’ charged with raping nurse – gets nine years for armed robbery

Sep 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Wismar Hospital attack… ‘Piggy’ charged with raping nurse – gets nine years for armed robbery

Thirty-six year-old Wesley Carlos Payne, called ‘Piggy’, was remanded to prison yesterday for allegedly raping a nurse and a female security guard, and a magistrate jailed him for nine years on...

Prison death probe ends… Two senior officers to be charged with manslaughter

Sep 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Prison death probe ends… Two senior officers to be charged with manslaughter

After an almost three-month investigation, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that two senior prison officers be charged with manslaughter for the death of prison inmate Edwin...

Attack on Lincoln Lewis… Freedom of expression under threat – Trade Unions

Sep 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Attack on Lincoln Lewis… Freedom of expression under threat – Trade Unions

Five trade unions have condemned the attack on veteran trades unionist, Lincoln Lewis, who was forced to flee his Cummings Lodge home early Monday morning when three unsavoury characters tried to...

Former mayor charged with attempted murder

Sep 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Former mayor charged with attempted murder

…released on $500,000 bail RELIANCE, EAST CANJE – Former New Amsterdam Mayor, Errol Alphonso, was yesterday slapped with an attempted murder charge and placed on $500,000 bail. Alphonso is...

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Teen arrested over uncle’s murder after sharing burial plan with relative

Kaieteur News- A teenager of Tabatinga, Lethem, Central Rupununi, Region Nine was arrested for murder on Friday after he... more