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Guyana doing well at 2008 ISKF World Shoto Cup Karate tourney

Oct 12, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana doing well at 2008 ISKF World Shoto Cup Karate tourney

At the end of the elimination rounds on Friday, the Guyanese juniors held their own and qualified for eight finals which will take place tomorrow. The top four in Kata and Kumite in each age group...

The Baccoo speaks

Oct 12, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Another fire is going to leave some people homeless and like the one I spoke about last week, carelessness is going to be the root cause. A lighted match landing on an inflammable surface can be a...

Buxton wants Joint Services out of backlands

Oct 12, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Buxton wants Joint Services out of backlands

Farmlands in a civilian community cannot be under military watch. This is immoral and illegal, and in Guyana’s case it is another form of discrimination, since other communities do not have to face...

Banks DIH beat Monty Lynch XI by 4 wickets in 20/20 match

Oct 12, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH beat Monty Lynch XI by 4 wickets in 20/20 match

Despite solid innings of 51 by Lee Wood, the only half century of the match and a resolute 43 from Louis Lynch, the visiting Monty Lynch X1 lost by 4 wickets to hosts team Banks DIH in a feature...

The third stakeholders’ meeting

Oct 12, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The third stakeholders’ meeting

So there is a steady flow of criticism against Mr. Bruce Golding, Jamaica’s Prime Minister in the state media since Mr. Golding referred to certain Caricom Heads who are always begging the...

GPHC maternal death blamed on negligence

Oct 12, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GPHC maternal death blamed on negligence

Maureen France, a 21-year-old patient at the Guyana Public Hospital Corporation, died on Tuesday whilst attempting to deliver her child. Her family is claiming that when Ms France delivered her...

TOO MANY TOP ELECTED OFFICIALS HOLD LANDED IMMIGRANT VISAS

Oct 12, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on TOO MANY TOP ELECTED OFFICIALS HOLD LANDED IMMIGRANT VISAS

– It is imperative to sink or swim with the people By Sheila Holder At last reckoning it was gauged that far too many of the top brass in the PPP/C currently serving as sitting Members of...

EISS wins Wakenaam branch Inter-Schools athletic sports

Oct 12, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on EISS wins Wakenaam branch Inter-Schools athletic sports

Essequibo Islands Secondary School won the Ministry of Education, Guyana Teachers Union inter-schools athletics sports held on Wakenaam last Friday at the Islands Community Centre Ground, Good...

ACP irrelevant: CARICOM at risk

Oct 12, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on ACP irrelevant: CARICOM at risk

By Sir Ronald Sanders Notwithstanding a decision by the meeting of Heads of Government of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group in Ghana on October 2nd and 3rd to appoint a troika to...

HAVING A BALL!!! Ministry of Sports distribute volleyballs in Region Nine

Oct 12, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on HAVING A BALL!!! Ministry of Sports distribute volleyballs in Region Nine

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport recently distributed several volleyballs in the Central Rupununi area. The balls are to help with the development of the sport which is gaining new ground in...

“Firewall” – The Blame Game

Oct 12, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on “Firewall” – The Blame Game

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, Vision Guyana INTRODUCTION This week when the President finally returned to Guyana, he held a press conference and said that he was building a “firewall” around...

Rising Sun Horserace meet set for today

Oct 12, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun Horserace meet set for today

The Rising Sun Turf Club on the West Coast of Berbice is set to come alive today when they stage a one day eight event horse race meet organized by the club in collaboration with Friends...

Handbag thief jailed for two years

Oct 12, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Handbag thief jailed for two years

Having told the Magistrate that he wishes not to waste time in a trial, a man was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for snatching a woman’s handbag. The accused Paul Richards made his...

John Lewis Styles celebrates 5th Anniversary

Oct 12, 2008 knews News Comments Off on John Lewis Styles celebrates 5th Anniversary

– makes cash donations to NGOsCelebrating its 5th Anniversary on Friday last, the management of John Lewis Styles presented cheques of G$100,000 each to five non-governmental organizations in...

Émigrés, Immigrants and Guyanese Politics

Oct 12, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Émigrés, Immigrants and Guyanese Politics

The storm in a teacup over the existence of Errol Arthur, which segued into the reflections on the anniversary of the return of free and fair elections to Guyana on October 5th 1992, cast my mind...

Outstanding Badminton players receive prizes

Oct 12, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Outstanding Badminton players receive prizes

The Guyana Badminton Association Sterling Products Junior Singles Tournament presentation of prizes was done last Friday at the Queens College Badminton Courts. The top three players in the...

FROM MUSICAL CHAIRS TO SOLITAIRE

Oct 12, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FROM MUSICAL CHAIRS TO SOLITAIRE

According to reports, moves are afoot by the PPP administration to finally end the management contract to the Booker-Tate grouping in the sugar industry. Whenever you hear talk about performance...

Memorex Enterprise/Guyana Softball League 15-over cricket continues

Oct 12, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Memorex Enterprise/Guyana Softball League 15-over cricket continues

Play in the Guyana Softball League organised and Memorex Enterprise sponsored countrywide 15-over cricket competition continues today with several matches at various venues in the respective zones....

The Story of Ruth Baveghems

Oct 12, 2008 knews News Comments Off on The Story of Ruth Baveghems

Defying the odds of being blindBy Sharmain Cornette Engulfed in a world of blackness, but yet so brilliantly illuminated by her radiant personality, 10-year-old Ruth Baveghems has been able to defy...

The consequences of Fannie

Oct 12, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The consequences of Fannie

The Parrot is paying keen attention to the financial crisis on Wall Street down in Manhattan. The situation is not as easy to understand unless you are au fait with related financial issues. An...

The Termite

Oct 12, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Termite

Well known for its wood-eating habits, the termite is part of a group of social insects that are usually classified as the taxonomic rank of the order Isoptera. As social animals, they are termed...

Sunday October 12, 2008

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Wiretapping, plea bargain, witness protection to become legal this month

Oct 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Wiretapping, plea bargain, witness protection to become legal this month

The series of legislations to order wiretapping as well as to allow persons accused of committing offences to enter into plea bargaining for a reduced sentence are among others that were tabled in...

Girl mistakes gasoline for kero, burns down house

Oct 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Girl mistakes gasoline for kero, burns down house

A one-flat house occupied by Andrew Narine on Grand Sand Road, Soesdyke was razed yesterday morning when a girl reportedly attempted to refill a kerosene stove while it was still lit. Sources said...

Banks refuse cheques from Mahaicony Rice Mills again

Oct 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Banks refuse cheques from Mahaicony Rice Mills again

Farmers were again turned away from commercial banks, yesterday when they presented cheques issued to them by Mahaicony Rice Limited but were not able to cash them. Eighteen farmers presented...