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Merundoi Inc. to conduct writing workshop

Oct 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Merundoi Inc. to conduct writing workshop

Merundoi Incorporated, in collaboration with the University of Guyana/Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE), will be conducting a Creative Writing for Dramatic Performances workshop...

The Diwali Sari Pageant is an Indian cultural event

Oct 05, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The Diwali Sari Pageant is an Indian cultural event

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to respond to especially those who are critical of the Diwali Pageant. Let them show me which part of this Pageant is vulgar! Our women folk are well dressed when displaying...

Pepsi Cup 1st division cricket…Forde, Ferrier spur MSC to victory against GDF

Oct 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Pepsi Cup 1st division cricket…Forde, Ferrier spur MSC to victory against GDF

An attacking 43 from Orin Forde and 40 from Deon Ferrier led Malteenoes Sports Club to an easy four-wicket win against GDF at the MSC ground yesterday as action continued in the Georgetown Cricket...

Santa Rosa toilet bowl politics…Education Minister yet to respond to request of PTA

Oct 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Santa Rosa toilet bowl politics…Education Minister yet to respond to request of PTA

Education Minister Shaik Baksh is yet to respond to the request from the Parent Teachers Association of the Santa Rosa school for him to meet with them to address the issue of the sanitary facilities...

Cellink Premier League…Alpha back at the top, two games set for tonight

Oct 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Cellink Premier League…Alpha back at the top, two games set for tonight

Defending Cellink Premier League champions Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United are back in pole position following their 1-0 win over Uprising on Friday evening when play in the competition continued at...

DEALING WITH THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Oct 05, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on DEALING WITH THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

With a financial crisis now hitting the West, it is instructive that the President of Guyana should be in the East, in China to be precise. If there is a problem in the West, the best place is to be...

Top scrabble players vie for national open championships honours

Oct 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Top scrabble players vie for national open championships honours

One week after a sterling performance that earned him a lien on the Metro Lien Trophy, Leon Belony will attempt to add the National Open title to his collection when the Guyana Association of...

The Georgetown clocks are now heading south

Oct 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on The Georgetown clocks are now heading south

By Rustom Seegopaul Though many persons may have forgotten their presence, there are quite a few clocks across Georgetown looking down on the city from their towers, their days of calibrating the day...

Lawyer feels that authorities hiding truth about escaped prisoner

Oct 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Lawyer feels that authorities hiding truth about escaped prisoner

With ongoing investigations into the easy escape of a prisoner from the Camp Street jail still underway, prison authorities are still no closer to understanding how remanded prisoner Teon Smith, also...

DeSinco Cup Under-19 cricket…Stoll star with bat and ball as GYO beat MSC

Oct 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on DeSinco Cup Under-19 cricket…Stoll star with bat and ball as GYO beat MSC

National under-17 selectee Andrew Stoll grabbed 4-23 and then smashed a savage 86 to spearhead GYO to a two-wicket victory against Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) at GYO yesterday as the Georgetown...

Money is being poured into agriculture

Oct 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Money is being poured into agriculture

Rice has been one of the primary exports for a very long time, and over the years it has earned Guyana so much money that the various governments who managed this country have been able to undertake...

GUYANESE LITERATURE

Oct 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on GUYANESE LITERATURE

– by Petamber Persaud One of the few children books to be launched recently is ‘Guyanese Stories for Children Everywhere’ by Sheila King, self-published Guyana, 2008. Connectivity is very...

Cyclists to clash again today at Max Pereira & Marlis Archer Memorial Meet

Oct 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Cyclists to clash again today at Max Pereira & Marlis Archer Memorial Meet

All the big guns are expected to be attacking the finish line today when the Second Max Pereira and Marlis Archer Memorial Race Meet take place on the Outer Circuit of the National Park. Ten events...

Housing authority halts Sheriff Street construction

Oct 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Housing authority halts Sheriff Street construction

As a result of a petition by residents of Subryanville, Georgetown, in objection to the construction of a three-storey commercial building in the residential area, the Central Housing and Planning...

Contaminated milk found in Guyana

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Following the major issue of melamine unfolding in China, which has since claimed the lives of at least four persons and which has more than 53,000 hospitalized in that country, the Ministry of...

Jackass ears big

Oct 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Jackass ears big

There is an old saying that goes ‘Jackass ears big but he don’t hear he own story’. I have been a victim of this saying on many occasions and more recently when the situation hit me I had to...

Banks Beer/MCYS/UDFA First Division League…Amelia’s Ward, Winners Connections, Bakewell Topp XX & Blueberry Hill face off this evening

Oct 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks Beer/MCYS/UDFA First Division League…Amelia’s Ward, Winners Connections, Bakewell Topp XX & Blueberry Hill face off this evening

Rivalry in the Banks Beer / Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport / Upper Demerara Football Association first division league is set to continue this evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in the...

Street basketball at its best…GABA stages five-a-side today

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EBDCA/D&R Construction 40-Over Cricket Competition continues

Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more