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Todd claims Trophy Stall Golf tourney

Oct 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Todd claims Trophy Stall Golf tourney

Gavin Todd captured his third major tournament this season when he won the Trophy Stall of Bourda Market sponsored Diwali Golf tournament played last Tuesday at Lusignan Golf Course. Todd playing off...

Nelson Street capture Mocha Inter-Block Football

Oct 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Nelson Street capture Mocha Inter-Block Football

Sherwin Hope’s cracking left-foot shot two minutes from half time was all that was needed to hand Nelson Street a hard fought 1-0 win and the coveted trophy at the final of the Mocha Inter-Block...

Moen Gafoor wins Open Diwali scrabble tournament

Oct 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Moen Gafoor wins Open Diwali scrabble tournament

Technical Director lauds high standard of play By Michael Benjamin Moen Gafoor bounced back from a third round defeat to Ulric Harris by a spread of 142 and then survived a strong challenge from...

THE GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

Oct 30, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

The only logical explanation I can find for some CARIFESTA workers still not receiving their monies is because someone wants them to come begging at his or her door. It is a sad indictment of the way...

‘Joe the Plumber’ eats duck curry

Oct 30, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on ‘Joe the Plumber’ eats duck curry

Go back to the past issues of the PPP’s newspaper, the Mirror, and read what the then PPP leader wrote about the PNC Government’s hosting of certain events like Labour Day, etc. The PPP back then...

Is there an ulterior motive by the sponsor of the Sanford 20/20?

Oct 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Is there an ulterior motive by the sponsor of the Sanford 20/20?

DEAR EDITOR, I’d like to express my disagreement with this Stanford twenty-twenty for US$20 million. I do not object to Mr. Stanford putting his money into cricket in the interest of the cricketers...

Suspected Buxton gang member freed of attempted murder

Oct 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Suspected Buxton gang member freed of attempted murder

Two of the three charges instituted against David Leander, to wit, attempted murder and possession of cannabis, were last week dropped, when he appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs at the...

Children at Convalescent Home are beaten

Oct 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Children at Convalescent Home are beaten

… If such cases are found, staff are disciplined – President of Red Cross President of the Guyana Red Cross Society, Mrs Dorothy Fraser, has admitted that some children who are at the Red Cross...

Please get these squibs off our markets

Oct 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Please get these squibs off our markets

DEAR EDITOR, There are some very dangerous squibs selling in our markets country-wide. These squibs can be very dangerous if they are used without proper guidance and control; some of these squibs...

US/Guyana journalism exchange programme to be resuscitated – US envoy

Oct 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on US/Guyana journalism exchange programme to be resuscitated – US envoy

The journalism exchange programme between the United States and Guyana is soon to be resuscitated. This is the promise of US Ambassador to Guyana, John Melvin Jones, who noted that the fund to...

Was the element of a fair trial present in the Theon Smith case?

Oct 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Was the element of a fair trial present in the Theon Smith case?

DEAR EDITOR, Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle is one of those young professionals I admire, particularly in the manner in which she dispenses her duties — with great professionalism,...

‘VJ’ terminally ill in DC

Oct 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ‘VJ’ terminally ill in DC

Guyanese calypsonian, Vivian Jordan, popularly known as ‘Mighty VJ’, is terminally ill and is hospitalised at the Washington Adventist Hospital, Washington DC. Kaieteur News was told yesterday...

The Foreign Affairs Minister has been misquoted

Oct 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The Foreign Affairs Minister has been misquoted

DEAR EDITOR, I have read your editorial of (29-10-08) today in conjunction with the letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana, which appeared in the SN on October 24, 2008. I wish to...

The method of garbage disposal is out of control

Oct 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The method of garbage disposal is out of control

DEAR EDITOR, The manner in which garbage is being disposed of on some areas on the East Coast Demerara is horrifying. This letter is to highlight garbage disposal in the villages of Strathspey and...

The U.S. presidential contest will be closer than the polls are suggesting

Oct 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The U.S. presidential contest will be closer than the polls are suggesting

DEAR EDITOR, As the American Presidential contest winds down, political pundits are saying and opinion polls are showing that the race is all but over for the republican John McCain. Democrat Barack...

Duo charged for robbery underarms

Oct 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Duo charged for robbery underarms

– relatives hurled remarks at victims Pandemonium broke when relatives of Jason Caesar, 25, and Cecil Wilson, 28, heard that the two were going to be remanded to the Camp Street Prisons. The...

Guyanese battles US citizens for Mahaicony land

Oct 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese battles US citizens for Mahaicony land

After six years in the High Court contesting the ownership of his land, 60-year-old Chandra Ramoutar Singh has been declared the rightful owner of the land. The land, which is located at lot 14...

THE GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

Oct 30, 2008 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

I was forced to run away from home-Essequibo teen

Oct 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on I was forced to run away from home-Essequibo teen

…Pressured to start relationship with 18- year-old boy Amrita Layne, the 15-year-old who ran away from home last week, allegedly over the issue of a stolen cell phone from her school, has told the...

‘Joe the Plumber’ eats duck curry

Oct 30, 2008 knews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on ‘Joe the Plumber’ eats duck curry

MELAMINE AND GREED

Oct 30, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on MELAMINE AND GREED

Now that the dust seems to have settled on the contamination of several milk products with melamine that were produced in China, we believe that we ought to examine the fiasco a little closer. The...

More caution must be taken by road users

Oct 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on More caution must be taken by road users

DEAR EDITOR, The Mafia who said “every second a fool is born” was surely on to something. It hurts to see the tragedies that are caused because of the dumb things that people do, and the innocent...

Victims were ‘roughed up’, not tortured – Robert Persaud

Oct 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Victims were ‘roughed up’, not tortured – Robert Persaud

Opposition vows to ensure perpetrators are brought to justice On Monday evening, the People’s Progressive Party Civic rejected the main opposition party’s motion on torture, calling for evidence...

Guyana cops Most Outstanding CSEC Award again

Oct 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana cops Most Outstanding CSEC Award again

Guyana’s top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) student, Yana Marisa Edwards, has been declared the Most Outstanding Overall Candidate of the Region who participated in the 2008 CSEC...

Guyanese gets life sentence without parole in the US

Oct 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese gets life sentence without parole in the US

Jurors handed Mohamed Kamaludeen a life sentence without the possibility of parole on Thursday last after hearing testimony from Judy Calder’s family and a Canadian inspector investigating a 1993...

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Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport endorses Mashramani Street Football Championships

Guyana’s silence represents a shocking neglect of its national interest

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Guyana has long championed the sanctity of territorial integrity and the rejection of aggression... more