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National cricketers to do year-end physicals at home – Moore

Dec 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on National cricketers to do year-end physicals at home – Moore

Johnson, Deonarine & Dowlin need to ‘step up’ By Sean Devers Carl Moore, Manager of the national team preparing for the 2009 Carib Beer Regional first-class four-day cricket...

The Baccoo speaks

Dec 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Just when people are gearing to welcome the New Year there will be some grief in the form of carelessness. Another fire will strike in the city but this time it will claim no life as has been the...

The Ethanol Option

Dec 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on The Ethanol Option

In the effort to lower the overall costs of production in the Demerara sugar plantations, over the past month, we have stressed the necessity for reconceptualising the operations as units within a...

I had a good Christmas

Dec 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on I had a good Christmas

For the first time in years I had a Christmas without squibs and having to rush reporters to hospital to report on children and even adults who got seriously hurt by the exploding devices. I had been...

Large field entered for Carib Super 7 and Dyna’s Embroidery tapeball cricket

Dec 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Large field entered for Carib Super 7 and Dyna’s Embroidery tapeball cricket

A large number of teams have entered for the Carib Super 7 and Dyna’s Embroidery seven-a side six-over tapeball cricket competition set for today at the National Park Tarmac from 09:00hrs. The...

Health Ministry on high alert as rainfall intensifies

Dec 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Health Ministry on high alert as rainfall intensifies

Recent weather forecasts suggesting that the current spell of rainfall will intensify during the early part of this week have propelled the Ministry of Health into a high alert mode. Health Minister...

Weather boy, weather

Dec 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Weather boy, weather

The Parrot, like many others, woke up to persistent rains on Christmas morning. The rains continued well into the afternoon. I didn’t want to get up; Mrs. Parrot was responsible for that. She said...

Quamina Street auto store hit again

Dec 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Quamina Street auto store hit again

…owner critical of security service One city businessman is currently counting his losses, as a person or persons unknown broke into his auto spares shop and carted off an undisclosed amount of...

Caribbean lessons from 2008

Dec 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean lessons from 2008

By Sir Ronald Sanders In the week before Christmas I mused on the five defining moments in 2008 that would affect the Caribbean in 2009 and beyond. Topping my list was the Economic Partnership...

Business community must recognize corporate responsibility – Gouveia

Dec 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Business community must recognize corporate responsibility – Gouveia

Head of the Roraima Group of Companies and President of the Private Sector Commission, Captain Gerry Gouveia, says that persons in the business community must learn to appreciate the fact that they...

A possible benefit of the US economic decline

Dec 28, 2008 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on A possible benefit of the US economic decline

As I reflect on 2008 and previous years and look towards 2009 and the next decade, I realize even more Guyanese everywhere cannot any longer take the economic stagnation of our dear land. I will...

Int’l conference on suicide set for January

Dec 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Int’l conference on suicide set for January

Given the seriousness of the suicide issue in Guyana — the country loses approximately 200 of its people every year by this means — the Ministry of Health is slated to host an international...

Guyana assured of stable bauxite prices

Dec 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana assured of stable bauxite prices

While the price of bauxite on the world market has decreased recently, Guyana’s outlook for the product in 2009 will be good. This is according to President Bharrat Jagdeo, who told the media that,...

Towards a new political culture: Purification of the State – an imperative for democratic reconstruction

Dec 28, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Towards a new political culture: Purification of the State – an imperative for democratic reconstruction

If we consider the gossips at the rum tables, samples of private conversations, and the range of complaints and comments in the media, two things are certain. There are low levels of confidence in...

Election conspiracy is in the air

Dec 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Election conspiracy is in the air

In my column yesterday, I cited the opinion of President Jagdeo on the need for all Guyanese stakeholders to participate in the preservation of the sugar industry. His words came against his...

Friends still in custody

Dec 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Friends still in custody

Kurt Persaud and Gerald Harry, who were involved in the deadly crash that left University of Guyana student Kellon Griffith dead last Friday morning, are still in police custody assisting with...

Scrabble can be the catalyst to the elimination of illiteracy

Dec 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Scrabble can be the catalyst to the elimination of illiteracy

By Michael Benjamin Although it is not a spectator sport, scrabble has caught the imagination of a wide cross section of the Guyanese sporting public. Recently an influx of newcomers at tournaments...

THE 2008 GUYANESE PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR AWARD

Dec 28, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE 2008 GUYANESE PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR AWARD

Today I have to make the choice of Guyanese personality of the year, something that I have done. For those of my readers who may not be aware of this feature, as the year comes to an end I usually...