February 2009

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$501M for Competitive Programme

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on $501M for Competitive Programme

The activities planned for 2009 under the Competitiveness Programme include continuing the process of telecommunications reform, conducting a feasibility study on expanding shipping capacity,...

Girvan’s Cuba

Feb 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Girvan’s Cuba

No one can deny that Caribbean economist, Norman Girvan, is a learned professor. He is a formidable economist and a scholar of regional fame. But like all human beings, he has his inexplicable...

PRESERVING OUR HISTORIC MEMORY

Feb 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PRESERVING OUR HISTORIC MEMORY

I have once again been embarrassed by my country. A Minister within the Foreign Ministry of Canada was in Guyana and when he turned up at State House to meet with our President, he along with his...

Simmons’ unbeaten 148 rallies T&T to 279-3 on truncated opening day

Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Simmons’ unbeaten 148 rallies T&T to 279-3 on truncated opening day

By Sean Devers Lendl Simmons continued his prolific form this season with a magnificent unbeaten 148 at the Guyana National Stadium to see Trinidad and Tobago to 279-3 on a truncated opening day of...

‘Next Level’ basketball officially jumps off

Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘Next Level’ basketball officially jumps off

– Kings come in at eight from Linden By Edison Jefford “They are back with a bang and we hope it is a bang because I think basketball fans and enthusiasts in Guyana look forward to good...

The importance of medical checks in sports

Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on The importance of medical checks in sports

Dear Editor: Fitness and good health are terms which can be readily associated with sport. Recreational Sport can do much to contribute to good health and fitness, and the association between the...

Kitty Market a risk to life and limb — says Commissioner of Inquiry

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Kitty Market a risk to life and limb — says Commissioner of Inquiry

The Kitty Market was regarded as a ‘risk to life and limb’ on Thursday by Commissioner of Inquiry, Keith Burrowes, when he visited the dilapidated facility among several others to get a...

Unbeaten Georgetown hammer East Coast by 10 wickets

Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Unbeaten Georgetown hammer East Coast by 10 wickets

W/Demerara beat E/Bank by 2 wickets in rain hit match By Sean Devers Defending champions Georgetown, the best prepared and most efficient of the four teams in the Nalico/Nafico Demerara Cricket Board...

GRA withdraws VAT claim on Linden electricity supplies

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GRA withdraws VAT claim on Linden electricity supplies

A protest march called by the members and management of the Linden Utility Services Cooperative Society Limited (LUSCSL), to demonstrate their rejection of the Guyana Revenue Authority’s demand for...

Stolen milk lands man in hot water

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Stolen milk lands man in hot water

Mark Griffith, 30, of 169 Campbell Street, Albouystown, was asked to pay $25,000 or serve nine months in jail for stealing a bale of full-cream powdered milk from Kissoon Sookwah. He pleaded guilty...

ABS 40 overs Division One KO starts tomorrow

Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on ABS 40 overs Division One KO starts tomorrow

The first ever Associated Business Services 40 Overs first division cricket tournament in the Ancient County bowls off tomorrow with six matches across Berbice. Young Warriors clash with Skeldon...

Alpha encampment set for next week

Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha encampment set for next week

As preparations for CFU Club Championship intensify By Franklin Wilson President of the Alpha United Football Club Odinga Lumumba disclosed yesterday at a press briefing that the team will commence a...

Monitoring of forest resources a priority in 2009 – Agri Minister

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Monitoring of forest resources a priority in 2009 – Agri Minister

… 50 new forest rangers recruited Monitoring and compliance within forestry concessions will continue to be a priority in 2009 with 50 new forest rangers being recruited, Minister of Agriculture...

Labour Ministry sides with injured seaman

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Labour Ministry sides with injured seaman

The Labour Department will be ‘standing firmly’ in support of disabled seaman, Russell Cornelius, who lost both of his legs last month while working on a trawler that is operated by Noble House...

ACP- EU Parliamentary Meeting opens in Guyana next week

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ACP- EU Parliamentary Meeting opens in Guyana next week

European, Caribbean and African parliamentarians will gather in Guyana next week for the third regional meeting of the ACP-EU Parliamentary Meeting. The four-day meeting starts on Tuesday, to be...

Chest Society moves to expand aid to TB victims

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Chest Society moves to expand aid to TB victims

As part of its efforts to render assistance to the less fortunate of the society, the Guyana Chest Society, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has been offering support to scores of persons,...

Powell, Edwards relieved Antigua’s headaches

Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Powell, Edwards relieved Antigua’s headaches

-WI team rescue WICB By Rawle Welch The determined performance by the eleven players that represented West Indies in the Third Test which ended on Thursday must have relieved the migraine headaches...

Six of one, half dozen of the other

Feb 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Six of one, half dozen of the other

Dear Editor, There is a saying that you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all the people all the time. This saying is relevant to John Da Silva’s letter “Guyana is no state of...

The “naysayers” have not done their homework

Feb 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The “naysayers” have not done their homework

Dear Editor, In the recently prepared National Budget 2009, there have been a number of “naysayers” who said that the economy could not grow last year (2008) much less grow this year (2009) as...

Snackette operator claims discrimination

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Snackette operator claims discrimination

For the past 15 years, Mohammed Jamat popularly known as ‘Billygoat’ has been operating his snackette in Meten–Meer–Zorg, only to have it broken down by the Region Three authorities as part...

120 graduate from EU-sponsored programme with life skills

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 120 graduate from EU-sponsored programme with life skills

Some 120 participants in the five-month Technical Assistance Training Programme sponsored by the European Union (EU)/Low Income Housing Programme (LIHP) graduated yesterday. The EU/LIHP was launched...

The EPA is now a fact of life

Feb 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The EPA is now a fact of life

Dear Editor, In May 2008, I gave a presentation entitled “The Cariforum-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement: A Work in Progress” to the Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Foreign Relations,...

Glaring discrepancies

Feb 21, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Glaring discrepancies

The economic projections in the January 2009 report on Guyana by the Economic Intelligence Unit are far different from those of the Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh in his 2009 Budget. According to...

Suspects in $1.8M Bartica heist remanded

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Suspects in $1.8M Bartica heist remanded

– stolen money recovered, third suspect sought Two men were remanded to prison yesterday in connection with last Tuesday night’s $1.8M robbery at the home of Bartica gold trader, Suraj...

E’bo Islands defeat E’bo Coast & West Dem

Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on E’bo Islands defeat E’bo Coast & West Dem

Essequibo Islands defeated Essequibo Coast and Pomeroon and West Coast Demerara by 8 runs and 2 wickets respectively in the Ministry of Education, Guyana Teachers Union, National Sports Commission...

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(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

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Silence and sloth

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(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim aftermath, there’s the reverse of what should be happening. With intensity and honesty. With frequency...

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