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Time for a proper System of Training in sports to be established

Jan 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Time for a proper System of Training in sports to be established

Dear Editor, Webster’s Third New International Dictionary (1971) defines a system as an organised methodically arranged set of ideas, theories, or speculation. A system should encompass, in an...

The people were not consulted… again. Why weren’t the people consulted?

Jan 10, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The people were not consulted… again. Why weren’t the people consulted?

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle of Wednesday 7th January, 2009, carried the unfortunate comments (“Guyana Condemns Atrocities Perpetuated Against Palestinians – President Jagdeo”) of...

As with much else, The Trade Union Recognition Bill is an issue of power

Jan 10, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on As with much else, The Trade Union Recognition Bill is an issue of power

Dear Editor, Although it is now more than a decade since I, as Minister of Labour, piloted the historic Trade Union Recognition Bill through parliament, it is not unusual for legislation to be...

No simple answers

Jan 10, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on No simple answers

For the last six decades economists have been searching for an answer to a simple question: how to bring poor countries out of backwardness? The initial answer was as simple as the question itself....

GFF gears up to expand sport

Jan 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GFF gears up to expand sport

– calls for collaboration with all stakeholders By Rawle Welch If one is to judge from yesterday’s forceful pronouncements made by Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Colin Klass...

Opposition withdraws, vows to challenge constitutionality

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Opposition withdraws, vows to challenge constitutionality

Trades Union Recognition (Amendment) Bill… …Govt. argues it is aimed at removing GTUC monopoly The uncertain became certain yesterday as the Speaker of the National Assembly ruled that the Trades...

Inadequate PR delays enactment of ‘drunk driving’ legislation

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Inadequate PR delays enactment of ‘drunk driving’ legislation

– Jagdeo More than six months after the National Assembly approved the Evidence and Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2008 which facilitates a two-beer limit for drivers, the...

Guyanese shoots man in Connecticut

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese shoots man in Connecticut

– Arrested in Florida trying to get on flight back to Guyana A man of Guyanese origin, Parasurama Rabindranauth, 26, was held by law enforcement officers in Florida, on Wednesday, in connection...

Dealers concerned over Sol’s high priced kerosene

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dealers concerned over Sol’s high priced kerosene

– company’s head insists fuel purchased at high price A shortage of kerosene should have never been experienced in this country since substantial amounts of the commodity have been and still...

PM inconclusive, body interred

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PM inconclusive, body interred

Following the discovery of the decomposed body of an unidentified man at the Number Two Village Foreshore, West Coast Berbice, the police from that division have said that the post mortem examination...

Torrential rains delay Harbour Bridge repairs

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Torrential rains delay Harbour Bridge repairs

The torrential rains, a feature at this time of year in Guyana, have reportedly slowed the progress of the repair works on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB). A source at the DHB said that due to the...

Terrorism will not destabilise India

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Terrorism will not destabilise India

– PM Manmohan Singh By Fareeza Haniff in Chennai, India Despite the terrorist threats to disrupt the opening session of the Seventh Parvasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) being held in Chennai, India, the...

Confirmed confirmations

Jan 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Confirmed confirmations

The Parrot would like to congratulate the Commissioner on being confirmed as the nation’s top cop. Dem boys seh that technically, the man can now be described as a retired “cop cop”. Now...

Naipaulian drift 09

Jan 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Naipaulian drift 09

Several, not just a few, persons told me over the years; “Freddie, you made your point; ease it on the UG thing.” I acknowledged that and as you can see viewpoints on UG from this corner have...

Dem begging round de place

Jan 09, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem begging round de place

Old people seh that when you got you dawg you mustn’t disown it because is that same dawg gun save you life. Dem other old people seh that when you own bug bite you, you well bitten. Well dem boys...

When critics put party above country

Jan 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on When critics put party above country

It is often a difficult thing to have people appreciate that this government is not only for some of the people in this country. Every Guyanese is critical to development in one sphere or another....

The political failures of youth

Jan 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The political failures of youth

Sometimes you are glad to see a young man getting a break in life. Sometimes you are not. On Wednesday, the President of Guyana swore in a relatively young man as the country’s new Minister of...

Hope canal attracts international engineers

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hope canal attracts international engineers

The Conservancy Relief Channel is a massive project that requires greater engineering capability than the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority or the Ministry of Works currently possess. This...

Royal Grenada Police launches campaign against ‘low pants waist’

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Royal Grenada Police launches campaign against ‘low pants waist’

By Sean Devers in Grenada The Americanized trend of males wearing their pants waist very low to show off their underwear is now a fashion statement in Guyana and across the Caribbean. However, the...

Murder rate, unsolved killings soared in 2008

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Murder rate, unsolved killings soared in 2008

-157 homicides recorded If the names Mohamed Kalamadeen, Marcyn King, Alicia Foster, Rosaline Hall and Shenese Richardson-Austin have a familiar ring, it’s because they are from a large stack of...

Guyana face winless Windwards in season-opener today

Jan 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana face winless Windwards in season-opener today

By Sean Devers in Grenada In association with Mike’s Pharmacy & Trophy Stall Windward Islands, the only one of six traditional teams without a regional first-class title face Guyana from...

Man shot over property dispute

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man shot over property dispute

What appears to be a land dispute between two villagers ended up yesterday with one of them being shot in the right thigh by the other. According to hospital sources, Quarpaul Hoodit, 47, of Lot 77...

John leaves tomorrow for scholarship

Jan 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on John leaves tomorrow for scholarship

–refuses KS interview By Edison Jefford Guyana’s table tennis queen, Michelle John is expected to leave tomorrow for the United States of America where she is to take up a partial table...

CANU praised for cooperation in drug fight

Jan 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CANU praised for cooperation in drug fight

The recent successes by Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) were praised by President Bharrat Jagdeo who on Wednesday said that he is very pleased with the collaboration that is taking place with the...

Chanderpaul, Morgan overwhelming favourites

Jan 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul, Morgan overwhelming favourites

By Rawle Welch Choosing this year’s Sportsman and Woman of the year seems to be much easier than last year if one is to compare the achievements of the two frontrunners with those of other...

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The PPPC does not practice political inclusion

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) has mastered the art of political rhetoric.... more