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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

Oct 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Contaminated milk found in Guyana

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

Oct 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Street basketball at its best…GABA stages five-a-side today

By Edison Jefford Street basketball in Georgetown is expected to be back with a bang today at the Burnham Basketball Court when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) stages its...

“Are we doing something wrong?”

Oct 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Are we doing something wrong?”

Before she had committed herself to the statement that Dr. David Hinds is a wildly, extremist anti-PPP character, it would have been wise for Mrs. Jagan to ask herself if there was something wrong...

Carelessness leads to another accident

Oct 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Carelessness leads to another accident

At approximately 17:00 hours yesterday afternoon, a motorcycle (CF 673) collided with a privately owned minibus (PKK 1861) full of children. At the time the motorcycle was travelling east along...

GuyOil/Castrol assists Karate team

Oct 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GuyOil/Castrol assists Karate team

The Guyana National Karate Team received a much needed financial boost from GuyOil – Castrol in response to a request from the Guyana Japan Karate Association for assistance in sending the team to...

The Baccoo speaks

Oct 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Tears will flow because some disasters in the form of a fire and a collapsed house will visit two families in the mining community. The fire would be the result of carelessness but the collapse would...

Fast bowling clinic set for Tuesday at National Stadium

Oct 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Fast bowling clinic set for Tuesday at National Stadium

The Guyana Cricket Board in conjunction with the Red’s Perreira Foundation will be conducting a Fast Bowler’s Clinic at the National Stadium from Tuesday Thursday from 9:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs each...

Wakenaam smoker gets his scooter

Oct 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Wakenaam smoker gets his scooter

Neel Paramdeo Chanderedeo of Wakenaam finally got his scooter from the Demerara Tobacco Company. Early last month, he had gone to the tobacco company with the lid of a Pall Mall packet that indicated...

IS IT SCRUTINY YOUR CASE AGAINST SIGNING THE EPA, MR. PRESIDENT?

Oct 05, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on IS IT SCRUTINY YOUR CASE AGAINST SIGNING THE EPA, MR. PRESIDENT?

By Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Chairman Guyana Government’s sudden hesitation to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union is evidence that it does not appreciate the need to...

Exciting matches witnessed in Amerindian Heritage Month football tournament

Oct 05, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Exciting matches witnessed in Amerindian Heritage Month football tournament

Youth, Sport and Culture officer of Region 9, Megan Thomas, urged residents of that region to use every available opportunity to elevate themselves. She was at the time delivering the feature address...

Concern about our Economy

Oct 05, 2008 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Concern about our Economy

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, Vision Guyana INTRODUCTION In my Friday Economic Corner, I addressed the global financial crisis and its current and potential impact on our nation. We have not...

Answer these questions and end all speculations on Lindo Creek

Oct 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Answer these questions and end all speculations on Lindo Creek

By Dale Andrews Who killed the eight miners at Lindo Creek is still a question on almost everyone’s lips, and although the police are insisting that their evidence points significantly to the...

Government for growth

Oct 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Government for growth

Four years ago, we critiqued the Government’s reliance on the market fundamentalism implicit in the World Bank’s conditionalities under which Guyana’s economy was being mannered, er, managed....

The Economic Partnership Agreement: What is in there for Guyana?

Oct 05, 2008 knews News Comments Off on The Economic Partnership Agreement: What is in there for Guyana?

By Mr. Karl Falkenberg, EU Principal Negotiator of the CARIFORUM-EC EPA and Deputy Director-General for Trade, European Commission The EPA is a far-reaching agreement which builds on extensive...

The cockroach

Oct 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The cockroach

Cockroaches or simply roaches are insects of the order Blattaria, a name which derives from the Latin word for cockroach ‘blatta’. There are about 4,000 species of cockroaches of which 30 species...

Democracy and DeMOCKracy

Oct 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Democracy and DeMOCKracy

The Parrot still has vivid memories of the 1992 election campaign. As a matter of fact, I have memories of many years prior to 1992. As they say here, “I could write a book ’bout it”. Many...

THE GREATEST HERO

Oct 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GREATEST HERO

Today marks yet another anniversary of the PPP’s 1992 victory that restored democracy to Guyana. There are likely to be many more such anniversaries because the PPP has proven itself, despite its...

Europe’s ploys to secure EPA signing coming to light

Oct 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Europe’s ploys to secure EPA signing coming to light

By Sir Ronald Sanders The many ploys that the European Commission (EC) has used to bulldoze Caribbean countries into signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) are...

Canadians get 40,000 acres to seek gold, diamonds in Potaro

Oct 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Canadians get 40,000 acres to seek gold, diamonds in Potaro

Shoreham Resources Ltd, a Canada-based exploration company dedicated to the exploration of advanced precious metal and polymetallic deposits in South America and Canada, has announced further...

Habeas corpus filed… Aboud released, Hutson still in custody

Oct 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Habeas corpus filed… Aboud released, Hutson still in custody

Lawyers for Clayton Hutson and Joseph Aboud moved to the courts with writs of habeas corpus yesterday. However, only Trinidadian Aboud was released from police custody on his writ. The writ for...

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No immigrant should feel safe in America today

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more