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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...

Sugar crisis…Largest economic disaster in country’s history looms

Sep 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Sugar crisis…Largest economic disaster in country’s history looms

– PNCR The People’s National Congress Reform Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Anthony Vieira yesterday said that no strike by the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) workers or teething...

Joint Services raid unearths AK-47, other guns, ammo in alley way

Sep 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Joint Services raid unearths AK-47, other guns, ammo in alley way

Three women are in police custody following the discovery of three weapons including an AK-47 assault rifle during a search conducted on a house at 120 Regent Street, Bourda, on Wednesday. Apart from...

Global financial crisis prompts customer to check account…Discovers millions missing from fixed deposit

Sep 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Global financial crisis prompts customer to check account…Discovers millions missing from fixed deposit

Officials of a foreign-based commercial bank are baffled at the disappearance of millions of dollars from the account of a Guyanese customer. The fraud was discovered last week Friday at one of the...

Robbery accused assaults police, bolts from lockups

Sep 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Robbery accused assaults police, bolts from lockups

Police have launched a manhunt for an armed robbery suspect who escaped from the Golden Grove Police Station yesterday. A source said that Carlton Sampson, 27, bolted from the station lockups at...

Jamaica confirms no more rice purchase from Guyana this year

Sep 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Jamaica confirms no more rice purchase from Guyana this year

…this is an act of bad faith – Minister Persaud By Tusika Martin Jamaica will indeed not be able to purchase its full 60,000 tonnes quota of rice from Guyana this year because that...

Transparency Report is flawed

Sep 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Transparency Report is flawed

– Dr Luncheon In responding to the revelation in the Transparency International Report Corruption Perception Index, which states that Guyana has been ranked as the second most corrupt country in...

Cuban doctors complete tour of duty, say farewell

Sep 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Cuban doctors complete tour of duty, say farewell

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday bade farewell to eight members of the Cuban medical brigade who have completed their tour of duty. The hospital also welcomed seven new...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more