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Laing Avenue children enjoy medical outreach

Mar 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Laing Avenue children enjoy medical outreach

The Professional Social Engineers located at 96 Thomas Street, Kitty, Georgetown, in collaboration with doctors and nurses from the John Hopkins Hospital and other health institutions from the United...

In the blood: Guyanese siblings who represented the country in same Championship

Mar 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on In the blood: Guyanese siblings who represented the country in same Championship

Dear Editor, Permit me the opportunity to highlight one aspect of the richness in Guyana’s sporting culture in the discipline of basketball. Although Guyana males never won a senior Caricom...

Recognition for sustained support

Mar 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Recognition for sustained support

Recently, Corentyne Berbice resident Hilton Madray-Kalicharran was honored for his continued support offered to the organisers of the Annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial cycle road race in the Ancient...

Dr. Anthony encouraging persons to exercise more

Mar 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Dr. Anthony encouraging persons to exercise more

Advocating walking clubs in every community, Min. ready to support By Franklin Wilson Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony is encouraging more Guyanese to walk as a means of keeping healthy and in...

IDB plans to increase lending this year

Mar 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on IDB plans to increase lending this year

…Moreno predicts fewer jobs, more poverty Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President, Luis Alberto Moreno is predicting fewer jobs and more poverty in the Caribbean and Latin American this...

Alpha goes down to President’s X1 in practice match

Mar 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha goes down to President’s X1 in practice match

By Franklin Wilson Alpha United went down to a President’s X1 combination primarily made up of under-21 players playing in the Georgetown Football Association Premier League and Milo competitions....

150 workers laid off, another 50 jobs threatened

Mar 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 150 workers laid off, another 50 jobs threatened

…as manufacturers start cutting jobs as financial crisis bites Manufactures in Guyana have begun cutting jobs, given the drop in overseas demand for their products. President of the Guyana...

Netrockers FC Town Week football continues today

Mar 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Netrockers FC Town Week football continues today

Winners Connection face Vasco, Netrockers oppose Eagles Rivalry is expected to heat up today at the Bayrock Community Centre ground in the Netrockers FC organised Linden Town Week under-19 football...

GBA President dismayed at civil matters backlog

Mar 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GBA President dismayed at civil matters backlog

…hopes backlog reduction strategy will be developed in timely manner By Nadia Guyadeen President of Guyana Bar Association (GBA), Teni Housty, says that he is shocked to see that at the end...

Santos, Rhythm Squad, Conquerors, Uprising & GDF gather full points

Mar 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Santos, Rhythm Squad, Conquerors, Uprising & GDF gather full points

By Franklin Wilson Rhythm Squad won their first game of the Milo under-21 league organised by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) while there were wins for Santos, Fruta Conquerors, Uprising...

Guyana does well at Barbados Agro-Fest

Mar 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana does well at Barbados Agro-Fest

Guyana was once again represented at Barbados’ premiere show “Agro-Fest” recently and reports are that the Guyana Marketing Stall (GMC) made an even bigger impact this year. A news...

It’s impossible to please all

Mar 15, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on It’s impossible to please all

Dear Editor, I refer to Charles Sohan’s letter of 3/12/2009 in the SN. Mr. Sohan cited ‘a floodgate of criminal activity’ if airfields are built on the Essequibo islands of Leguan and Wakenaam....

Guyana lose third consecutive day to adverse weather

Mar 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana lose third consecutive day to adverse weather

By Sean Devers in Albion Although the sun was out for most of yesterday in Corentyne Berbice, the Albion ground remained in an unplayable condition and like the opening day on Friday, the second day...

Haven’t these facts vindicated the PPP/C’s occupation of office?

Mar 15, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Haven’t these facts vindicated the PPP/C’s occupation of office?

Dear Editor, Isn’t it the highest form of corruption for the PNC to rig national elections from 1968 to 1985, a fact that Donald Isaacs, Humphrey Charles and others have a serious problem in...

Some 50% of criminal cases in the High court may never go to trial – JSRS

Mar 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Some 50% of criminal cases in the High court may never go to trial – JSRS

The Guyana Justice Sector Reform Strategy (JSRS) for 2006-2010 states that it has been suggested that as many as 50 per cent (or 12,700) of the criminal cases on the High Court trial docket will...

Hinckson breaks his silence

Mar 15, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Hinckson breaks his silence

Dear Editor, The US State Department report on Guyana, besides setting a plethora of demerit on the country, states clearly and categorically that ‘the charges against former army officer Oliver...

The Spider Wasp

Mar 15, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Spider Wasp

Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps in this section of the world (South America). Species of wasps may be referred to colloquially as marabunta or marimbondo, though these...

Government as inflexible as an old, dying guava tree

Mar 15, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Government as inflexible as an old, dying guava tree

Extracts of the Presentation on 2009 Budget made by AFC MP, David Patterson Mr. Speaker, this year’s budget comes at a time when the global economy is experiencing an unprecedented downturn; the...

The rice industry is global – Guyana stands to benefit

Mar 15, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The rice industry is global – Guyana stands to benefit

Dear Editor, I wish to bring to the attention of the public some current statistics on global rice production and how the effects will simmer down to Guyana and our farmers here. As we are aware,...

People must demand that Khurshid Sattaur accept this challenge!

Mar 15, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on People must demand that Khurshid Sattaur accept this challenge!

One hopes that Mr. Khurshid Sattaur, the head of the Guyana Revenue Authority, does not end up like his political bosses. They say all the wonderful things about their performance in government but...

GTUC calls for investigation into Joint Services torture allegation

Mar 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GTUC calls for investigation into Joint Services torture allegation

The Guyana Trades Union Congress is calling on the relevant authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the alleged report of torture of Mitchell Thomas and Ryan Gordon, two Wakenaam...

There is nothing to lose by taking a leaf out of someone else’s book

Mar 15, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on There is nothing to lose by taking a leaf out of someone else’s book

Dear Editor, I must commend GT&T for its recent position in meeting with some internet cafe owners and having a fruitful discussion where their doors continue to remain open to the public. I was...

My head is full of CLICO and polygraphs

Mar 15, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on My head is full of CLICO and polygraphs

Some issues never go away. Instead they attract a host of questions, some of which never seem to yield satisfactory answers. There are two such issues today — the CLICO (Guyana) affair and the...

Marriage Blood Tests

Mar 15, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Marriage Blood Tests

Back in the 1930s it became mandatory in most of the U.S. and several other countries for couples wishing to get married to first have blood tests done to detect whether either party was infected...

McCoy’s nomination is akin to indecency – Mayor Green

Mar 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on McCoy’s nomination is akin to indecency – Mayor Green

“He does not have the calibre to be positioned in such a crucial arena” Parliament’s approval of Kwame McCoy as the one of the nominees to sit on the Rights of the Child Commission is...

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GPF arrests Presidential Guards by 48 runs as cricket action gets underway

Due Process, Not Distraction

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the following release from the Office of the Leader of the Opposition: “MORE PPP DESPARATION:... more