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‘Grow More’ campaign successful

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ‘Grow More’ campaign successful

Farmers capitalizing on prices While the recently launched ‘Grow More’ campaign has proven to be successful thus far, in terms of increased acreage and in the exports of non-traditional crops,...

Sugar workers wages dispute…

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Sugar workers wages dispute…

Oral submissions on dispute presented Yesterday, oral submissions were made to the tribunal dealing with the wages dispute between the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the Guyana Agricultural and General...

Dispute continues over ownership of slain miner’s dredge

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Dispute continues over ownership of slain miner’s dredge

Brother produces documents certifying ownership Miner and dredge owner Marlon Softleigh, 34, also known as Marlon Waddell, was chopped to death in Carico, in the North West District of Guyana, nearly...

Project Management body to be launched Oct. 31

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Project Management body to be launched Oct. 31

Members of the Board of the Trinidad and Tobago-based Project Management Institute Southern Caribbean Chapter (PMI SCC) arrived in Guyana on Friday, and from then to yesterday, promoted the...

Food for the Poor contributes to prisoner rehabilitation

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Food for the Poor contributes to prisoner rehabilitation

Over the years, Food for the Poor has been making a positive impact on the lives of many Guyanese in various areas vital to their development and existence. While they have impacted greatly in the...

Inter-County cricket…Demerara go down to Berbice at Blairmont

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Inter-County cricket…Demerara go down to Berbice at Blairmont

For the crickets pundits who watched defending champions Demerara’s ordinary performance in their win against traditional whipping boys Essequibo in Friday’s opening El Dorado inter-county...

Lady in the water

Sep 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Lady in the water

Someone gutted pretty Yvette Lall like a fish, stuffed a crankshaft and a concrete slab into her stomach, then dumped her overboard… By Michael Jordan I really thought I had heard the last about...

Lethem and Linden roads’ plans to soon be implemented

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Lethem and Linden roads’ plans to soon be implemented

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, has said that Cabinet has endorsed the Lethem Development plan and the Linden Road Development plan, after discussing the two presentations...

Digicel commemorates Caribbean Wellness and Fitness month

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel commemorates Caribbean Wellness and Fitness month

– 200 cyclists of all ages join the Georgetown Bike-A-Thon Georgetown, Guyana: Digicel, the leading mobile telecommunications provider in Guyana, held a Bike-A-Thon, at 10 locations...

GuySuCo is pressing on, tackling all challenges in securing the competitiveness of Guyana’s most vital economic sector

Sep 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo is pressing on, tackling all challenges in securing the competitiveness of Guyana’s most vital economic sector

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is compelled to respond to another political party, this time the PNCR, who along with the AFC is making irresponsible statements on the state of...

Sports Ministry football programme forges ahead

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Sports Ministry football programme forges ahead

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Inter-Block football competition is set to brake new ground today even though the Guyana Football Federation has pulled referees affiliated to the Guyana...

Govt. must take drastic action to protect all Guyanese

Sep 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Govt. must take drastic action to protect all Guyanese

DEAR EDITOR, It was most distressing reading the Wednesday edition of Kaieteur News, September 24th, ‘08, which reported that Nafeeza Yahya, my friend and colleague, was attacked in Port Mourant...

GCA’s 2nd division Beharry Cup cricket semi-final…TSC squeeze past MSC by one run in thriller, advance to final

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s 2nd division Beharry Cup cricket semi-final…TSC squeeze past MSC by one run in thriller, advance to final

If the batting of the Transport Sports Club (TSC) was terrible, the reply from the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) was even worse as TSC edged into the Georgetown Cricket Association’s Beharry Cup...

Once we justify criminality, the breeding ground for criminals will remain fertile

Sep 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Once we justify criminality, the breeding ground for criminals will remain fertile

DEAR EDITOR, I have been reading with interest the many opinions expressed by several interest groups and politicians to the effect that Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins et al should have been...

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;...

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Windies captain Brathwaite stresses bravery, belief ahead of Pakistan Test Series

No conflict of interest exists

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Accusations of conflict of interest have a peculiar way of rising to the surface in Guyana.... more